From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FBQR0-0002kj-00 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:51:38 -0500 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (ldavis@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1L5pbo0010953 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:51:37 GMT (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id k1L5paH9010950 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:51:37 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:51:36 -0600 (CST) From: Luke Davis To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Accessable media devices In-Reply-To: <20060126193925.GA6474@cm.nu> Message-ID: References: <20060126193925.GA6474@cm.nu> Organization: Tacticus Communications, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:51:38 -0000 I'm seeing this late, but why not use a MiniITX system for this, instead of a laptop? On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Shane wrote: > Hello all, > > I am looking for a device which is able to stream audio and > video from a central server to a home theatre with a > minimum of quality loss. There appear to be devices which > do this via ethernet or wlan but all seem to require a > piece of software on the server side to export the content > which wouldn't work in the case of a Linux server. > Further, the audio output on these things seem to be all > rca lr where I'd be looking for spdif or optical capable of > transmitting ac3 directly for 5.1 output and lossless > stereo. > > I toyed with putting a pc into the home theatre room but > it's too big and won't fit into the stereo cabinet. My > latest idea is a laptop with a wireless network running > Linux with a bluetooth keyboard and software speech. The > laptop should be thin enough to fit into the stereo stand. > I'm just not sure whether Linux will be able to support the > spdif and s/video outputs on the notebook and there's also > the noise of the hard drive to consider. > > Have others undertaken the computer integration project. > Perhapse there is a wireless media receiver out there I > don't know about which can stream from a Samba or nfs > share. > > Best, > Shane > > >