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09-10-2008, 08:47 PM
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I'll be following this thread to see what you end up with for remote control.
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MPoD has been released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Makes No Sense At All » MPoD
I'll be picking up the new touch this week to use as a remote. I'll let you know how it compares to the Nokia N800 tablet I've been using.
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09-14-2008, 06:45 PM
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This little MSI nettop is pretty cool, but Ive run into a hitch. Got MPD installed and got it working locally. I installed mpdDS on my Nintendo DS to use as a remote. The problem Im having is getting my laptop through Sonata and DS through mpdDS to connect to MPD on my music server. Any advice?
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09-14-2008, 08:09 PM
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Quote:
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This little MSI nettop is pretty cool, but Ive run into a hitch. Got MPD installed and got it working locally. I installed mpdDS on my Nintendo DS to use as a remote. The problem Im having is getting my laptop through Sonata and DS through mpdDS to connect to MPD on my music server. Any advice?
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Ok, I have some trouble understanding "The problem Im having is getting my laptop through Sonata..." Through?
Where is the server MPD installed? On the MSI netbook? On another server? Do you know the IP address of the MPD server and its port?
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09-14-2008, 09:01 PM
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Ok I got it all figured out. Controlling my nettop music server with my DS now  . Im digging this so far...very nice. Thanks for the inspiration nyc paramedic. I have one more issue I need to resolve. I cant control the volume from my laptop or my NDS...is there something in the mpd.conf I need to edit?
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09-17-2008, 12:00 AM
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09-17-2008, 12:54 AM
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Ooops... Sorry. Are you going USB DAC? Is that what the Fubar is? Can you also post the sound section of you mpd.conf?
Also, can I ask why you want to control the volume with MPD? You do know it degrades sound quality, right? Some would say worse than re-sampling. 100% volume is always recommended for highest fidelity.
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09-17-2008, 03:33 AM
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Only problem with laptops is that many are quite noisy.
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Funny, i have the same complaint about most ITX systems.
When VIA comes up with a new ITX board, they can't predict what sort of case it's going into, so they stick tiny heatsinks and tiny high-speed fans on anything that might get hot.
I used to work for a company that used a ton of ITX boxes as well as a boatload of MSI's proprietary-formfactor mini-systems.
The MSI boxes were faster, quieter, more reliable, and after figuring in the production costs of putting together ITX boxes from parts that came from different vendors, substantially cheaper. And this was not "in theory, after human costs" more expensive. They were literally close to $100 more expensive to assemble - for twice the noise and a quarter the performance.
They were also slightly bigger - but not enough bigger to make a difference.
I don't understand or like the shoebox formfactor that Shuttle goes for, but their reliability and performance is also quite good.
fwiw my dedicated jukebox is a 2U rack case with a full-size ATX motherboard running debian and freevo - but my music is already organized into subdirectories by artist and album, so it was a slam-dunk. If you go for the "everything in one huge pile + a database" storage method, it won't work so well.
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09-17-2008, 12:48 PM
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nyc_paramedic....yeah youre right about the fidelity, I was just being a little lazy and didnt feel like getting my ass up off the couch to control the volume at the amplifier end, but it is at 100% coming from the music server. I think Ill just leave it like it is.
As far as cost for this one, I didnt put much money into it, just the barebones itself. I already had the SODIMM and CF card. It just works so good. I wish the barebones looked more like a stereo component, but beggars cant be choosers. Besides the fact it would probably cost a premium if it did. I may have to build another one of these to put in my garage . Thanks for all the help everybody. Being a Linux newbie (just started using it a few months ago...no more Windows), I didnt find this that difficult to set up. I hope things like this catch on...its a great component to add to your system.
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09-18-2008, 09:33 AM
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Perhaps another idea? There is a mini-itx made by Intel that is inexpensive and fan-less (look for Intel d201gly2, there might even be Atom CPU upgrade by now). Can be used in combination with an Ati Remote Wonder II remote, which is based on radio, not IR, and goes through walls (the remote worked for me until a driver change in Ubuntu 8.10 which somehow caused a conflict). I don't have exact numbers, but I spent in the order of $200-$230 (board, memory, harddisk, 2nd soundcard, riser card, remote, picoPSU).
There are reviews with more details of the board and for me it was an easy solution for a larger audioPC-headphone setup ( pic, pic).
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