A Little Geekery Over Two Unexpected Days Off
Before we abandoned the townhouse for Sharpstown during Rita, I made a point of disassembling various stereo and computer equipment and stowing it.
Since our office is closed until Wednesday, I got all that stuff back out yesterday and started tinkering.
In the main stereo array, I ditched the Squeezebox and brought the old box I'm using as a music server out to be a part of the whole assortment. I'm still running SlimServer, since it has some nice capabilities (like remote streaming of your music collection to anywhere with an internet connection, and the ability to set playlists and control the player from another computer, via web browser), but I just cut out the middleman. I attached one of these devices to the box (the hifi link was buried in a box -- I haven't used it in ages and had honestly meant to sell it on ebay), because usb sound out is far superior to the typical sound card; I'm running SoftSqueeze to emulate a Squeezebox, and it works fine. And the computer even has an s-video out jack, so it's now hooked to the television. It looks like crap, frankly, because it's just your standard, non-highdef television, but it's good enough that the machine can be manipulated if need be. And the video looks decent enough that I can run other stuff (iTunes, MusicMatch, Yahoo Music, etc) if I want.
I left messes everywhere after coming up with old cables and usb devices and moving things around. I guess I should clean up today. :)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/27/05 07:47 | Other | Technorati
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