RE: Embedded PC's

["Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <andyb@xxxxxxx>]

My PC based MP3 player uses two LP3s (http://lp3music.com).  These plug into
parallel ports and have dedicated processors to play the mp3s.  The main
cpu
doesn't really get involved, so you never have jumps and starts.

I have the LP3 line-outs going into a passive mixer and back into the
line-in of my sound blaster (so I can control volume).  I have two so I can
fade-in/fade-out one track after another.

I see no reason why you couldn't have multiples of these as long as you can
stick in multiple parallel ports.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 November 2000 17:04
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] 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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