"The MPST Digital Jukebox (http://www.mpsharp.com) is a Linux based embedded CD/MP3/OGG ripper and player (and real-soon-now) burner made for a non-Linux user's home entertainment system. The box is mostly remote and LCD controlled and the GUI is ran through a VNC client (or a touch-screen) such that the user never sees the Linux Desktop or shell interface. The Jukebox is actually a Via C3 home built system designed to run silent and cool. It does not require cooling fans and makes very little hard disk noise.
The hardware design and code is all open source. The code was based heavily on DigitalDJ and Grip. I merged the two source bases, rewrote the UI and added LIRC and LCDProc support. I'd love to take it to the next step and start manufacturing, but too many others (HP, SonicBlue, etc) have beat me to the punch.
Please take a look at it and tell me what you think. I'm also curious how many others have gone down the same path. There are also some interesting problems I'm still trying to find better solutions for.
http://www.mpsharp.com
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Full Version: MP Sharp Digital Jukebox Beta
Hehe, this is quite mad. I'm sure most Music Compression and/or Linux hobbyists here considered making a dedicated serving box for playing their music.
Well, I havent gone quite that far more like I've just got an old Pentium 133 with no hard drive, made a DOS boot disk with mpxplay and made it add all files from an inserted CD to its playlist.
It works quite nicely, however because of the age of the machine its quite noisy.
One of my major concerns with the enjoyment of music is the noise PC's make. Its good to see that this device is using the Via C3 processor - ideal for the task.
If anyone else was considering doing something similar - check out Via's new Eden platform (http://www.viatech.com/), which is a fanless low power, average speed solution for small integrated devices. It'll run Linux no problems - however look for benchmarks! - The processor clock speed is really no indicator to its performance.
I'm also having trouble trying to locate them in the UK.
Anyhow - its worth considering if you're quite hobbyist.
Ruairi
Well, I havent gone quite that far more like I've just got an old Pentium 133 with no hard drive, made a DOS boot disk with mpxplay and made it add all files from an inserted CD to its playlist.
It works quite nicely, however because of the age of the machine its quite noisy.
One of my major concerns with the enjoyment of music is the noise PC's make. Its good to see that this device is using the Via C3 processor - ideal for the task.
If anyone else was considering doing something similar - check out Via's new Eden platform (http://www.viatech.com/), which is a fanless low power, average speed solution for small integrated devices. It'll run Linux no problems - however look for benchmarks! - The processor clock speed is really no indicator to its performance.
I'm also having trouble trying to locate them in the UK.
Anyhow - its worth considering if you're quite hobbyist.
Ruairi
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