[SunRescue] Thought on SPARC MP3 player.

[Ron Rosson]

* Peter Wargo (pwargo at basenji.com) [010511 17:38]:
> 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.
> 

This probably is not what you had in mind but take a look.

http://edna.sourceforge.net

-Ron
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