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Re: Embedded PC's
> Given the extortionate cost of MP3 multi room jukeboxes (like 1000 per
zone)
> I'm interested in the feasibility of rolling your own.
The Dell box works out at 180 quid (if we get US prices - yeah right).
> to go, but you need to be able to decode several (like 4, 6 or 8) MP3
> streams simultaneously. This would also require several sound cards
as
well
> as a CPU capable of handling the decoding workload.
Again the Dell / TurtleBeach boxes seem the way to go to me...
http://www.dell.ca/en/edu/topics/vectors_2000-digitalaudio.htm
It appears the Dell will pull standard wave files as well as MP3 and WMA
files too.
You could have multiple MP3s server from one PC to different zones. Good
page about it here...
http://www.dell.ca/en/edu/topics/vectors_2000-digitalaudio.htm
M.
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