[SunRescue] Thought on SPARC MP3 player.

[Joshua D. Boyd]

The Ultra1 should definately be able to hand MP3 playing.  The SS5/175
would also be a good candidate.  I used to play MP3s at top quality on a
Pentium75 notebook in Windows 95 (by comparison, playing on a 486
wouldn't quite work at top quality, but still sounded decent), so you can
see that it doesn't require a super machine.  I doubt that the LX or
Classic could handle it, but feel free to try.  I'd be interested in
knowing how the SS5/80 does.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> While playing with our TiVo last night, I got struck by the idea of using
> a SPARCstation to do something similar.  I know there are had-drive
> equipped music devices out there, But I though I'd build my own for the
> fun of it.
> 
> What I would do is store MP3's on my file server, and hook this box the
> stereo and the network.  I think some sort of Web-based interface to
> access it would be fine, as we have a pair of wireless powerbooks that
> would allow access from anywhere.
> 
> The question is, what to use?  If I want to run the web page on it and
> decompress MP3's, I need *some* beef, but I'm not sure how much.  Plus, I
> want to keep the noise and electrical costs down.
> 
> Resources:
> Classic
> LX
> SS5/85
> SS5/170
> SS10, HS-100 or 1 or 2 SM-40's
> U1
> 
> Or, should I sell a bunch of stuff and use a blade 100...?  Or a low-end
> powermac?
> 
> The other option would be to install *NIX on a 68040 mac, like a Q605
> (with FPU) and do it that way - I could even host the web page on another
> system.
> 
> Comments, Ideas?
> 
> -Pete
> 
> -----
> Peter L. Wargo
> pwargo at basenji.com
> Owner/operator of basenji.com.
> 
> 
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