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On Dec 29, 2012 5:50 AM, "Gordon McCrae" <<a href="mailto:gordon.mccrae@gmail.com">gordon.mccrae@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I'm thinking more of a non-MythTV device like one of the devices from Logitech, Sony, etc.<br>
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> Just curious if anyone else on this list has a similar device and using it with MP3 files hosted on Linux.<br>
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<p>I have 2 squeezeboxes running against a Linux server (also happens to be my backend). Works fine. Be aware squeezeboxes are now EOLed. Buy while you can. <br><br></p>
<p>> Cheers<br>
> Gordon<br>
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> On 28/12/12 16:26, Karl Dietz wrote:<br>
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>> On 10.12.2012 11:03, Gordon McCrae wrote:<br>
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>>> I'm looking to add music playback functionality into a room with no TV<br>
>>> display, so the normal MythTV frontend isn't appropriate.<br>
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>> I'm not sure how well that would work, but I remember a thread about<br>
>> controlling a MythTV frontend via text-to-speech using the LCD<br>
>> functions.<br>
>><br>
>> I can imagine a Raspberry PI + LCD Display + Remote Control being a<br>
>> nice solution for the task at hand. Obviously its build instead of buy.<br>
>><br>
>> Thinking about the details it makes a nice milestone on the way to a<br>
>> full MythTV frontend on limited devices as you get away with only<br>
>> reducing memory usage a bit (you can tear out all big pictures via a<br>
>> dedicated theme) instead of squeezing everything in. And you don't need<br>
>> to hook up the video decoder if you restrict yourself to MythMusic.<br>
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>> Attaching a IR receiver + HD 44780 LCD Display + small case makes a<br>
>> nice project on its own, too. Maybe some of the XBMC (or generic PI)<br>
>> users have something already finished in that direction.<br>
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>> Regards,<br>
>> Karl<br>
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>> PS: There are resctrictions, like 5.1 audio only via HDMI.<br>
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