[mythtv-users] [offtopic] what do you use to 'stream' mp3
Benjamin Carlisle
bcarlisle at 24oz.com
Tue Sep 14 18:13:06 EDT 2004
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Floyd
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:19 PM
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> On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:29:17 +0200, zardoz at zardoz.ath.cx
> <zardoz at zardoz.ath.cx> wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > as you are the linux and multimedia guys here, maybe you
> can answer my
> > question.
> >
> > I have dozens of mp3 on my server, but would like to listen
> to them in
> > every room. for the living room, myth does a perfect job,
> but for the
> > kitschen, the garage, etc. it is simply to expensive. I am in love
> > with these small $100 boxes from netgear or linksys, but they all
> > require (at least from my
> > understanding) a windows box to act as a server. is there anything
> > that i could use with a standard protocol like ftp, nfs or ......
> >
> Hi,
>
> Edna (http://edna.sourceforge.net/) is what you want.
> Streams over http. Works with all popular players. I use it
> to stream my 60GB+
> mp3 collection. Excellent directory based on-the-fly
> generated track listing. Keeps statistics and can (should)
> be password protected. No need to install anything other
> than edna and python (which you probably already have).
> Development on it is slow, but, it Just Works (tm).
>
> A>
>
Also check out Netjuke (http://www.netjuke.org/), which streams over HTTP.
It's not a device, it needs PHP and a SQL database on a server (read: myth
backend), but does require a networked PC with a soundcard and browser to
access. But it's great if you want to access your collection on all your
PCs.
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