Music around the house

**Cowboy Bob** · 27 April 2007, 10:37

Mac Mini - Front Row software for control, and can stream from or to any other computer running iTunes or other Bonjour compatible applications - including Windows and Linux machines.

**Clippy** · 27 April 2007, 10:51

No personal experience, but this may help:

http://tinyurl.com/hduoj

**interested** · 27 April 2007, 11:45

I use the Apple Airport Express and stream the music from my laptop. I only have it set up in one room though but I've seen someone's set up with three of them in different rooms.

It's a good bit of kit and has been set up both with a Dell and my newish Macbook - can't remember the last time I actually played a CD, itunes is so much easier to use/change tracks/make playlists etc

Looked at getting the Sonos thing but it doesn't play DRM protected tracks bought from itunes. If and when itunes starts selling DRM free tracks I would definitely consider getting one because you get a remote control thingie which is a bit like carrying an ipod round with you rather than having to control everything from your computer.

**Captain Dispensable** · 27 April 2007, 12:01

Microsoft Home Server is due out soon, which might be an alternative to the current NAS solutions.

From my limited reading about it's capabilities it may be just a dumbed down server edition for people that don't have IT skills, so may be a pile of cack for us 'professionals'.

There's various types of networkable media players for connecting to a TV. For standalone/portable stuff you could investigate the new Ultra Mobile PC kit with touch screens.

**hyperD** · 27 April 2007, 16:50

I'm just researching the final bits of hardware for streaming TV around the house using my Gigabit network. Hopefully should be able to stream direct to conventional plasmas with channel change code. Trying to tie up software with hardware.

**realityhack** · 27 April 2007, 23:06

Originally posted by hyperD

I'm just researching the final bits of hardware for streaming TV around the house using my Gigabit network. Hopefully should be able to stream direct to conventional plasmas with channel change code. Trying to tie up software with hardware.

Hyper - once you sort that let me know, I have a mate who wants to control his central PC wirelessly from several monitor/kb/mouse stations around his home/garden/summer house, and the last equipment I researched for him cost a fortune. Any reasonably priced kit that wirelessly transceives AV & IO would be a godsend. It needs to have a high bandwidth as he's using apps like audition, after effects etc.

**NoddY** · 29 April 2007, 11:12

Have you tried singing or whistling? Much cheaper.

**Captain Dispensable** · 29 April 2007, 11:32

Or move onto a chav estate where your next door neighbours will provide all the music you could ever want, at any time of the day.

**hyperD** · 30 April 2007, 14:04

Originally posted by realityhack

Hyper - once you sort that let me know, I have a mate who wants to control his central PC wirelessly from several monitor/kb/mouse stations around his home/garden/summer house, and the last equipment I researched for him cost a fortune. Any reasonably priced kit that wirelessly transceives AV & IO would be a godsend. It needs to have a high bandwidth as he's using apps like audition, after effects etc.

Ok will do. Probably won't get around to connecting it all up until July as I need to buy a separate server to host videoLAN. I get the feeling that not all the bits are going to talk to each other. It's not really my area of expertise and I've been googling like crazy.

If anyone has any tips then let me know.

Looking at these guys initially...

http://www.exterity.co.uk

Music around the house