Plug Computers for whole-home audio (was: [GNHLUG] REMINDER: ManchLUG: Tuesday April 19th @ Wings Your Way - Manchester NH)

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

Actually, a confluence of events has me playing with my Sheeva today.  By
sheer circumstance, I
- Need to replace my bedroom computer with something quiet
- Bought a 10-port powered USB hub
- Acquired, gratis, a USB-to-VGA converter
- Saw a video of someone running Gnome off of a Sheeva plug.

It seemed like the perfect setup for my Sheeva to step in.  Unfortunately,
for one, as of 9.10(?), Ubuntu no longer supports the Sheeva; they compile
for a higher CPU than the Sheeva has.  Then, my 16 GB SD card gave up the
ghost.  So I'm installing Debian on a newly acquired card; what with only
512 MB of RAM, I don't anticipate that I'll be making huge inroads into
graphical editing or anything, but assuming I get it working as a
"workstation," it'll just be DamnCool(tm).

-Ken


On Fri, April 22, 2011 10:37 am, Marc Nozell (marc at nozell.com) wrote:
> I've played some mp3s using 'mocp' and sounds a distant on one
> channel(?) but may be something to fix in the alsamixer.  For example
> listening to 'Face The Face' its like I'm next to the chorus & keyboards
> and Pete Townshend is off in the distance.  The settings for
> Master/PCM/Mic are all the same levels in the midrange.
>
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> As for the optical audio out, I don't have thing to plug into it.
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> FWIW, I've not been successful using arecord to grab sound from the mic.
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> -marc
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
>
>> kenta <kenta.koga at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> A little bump for tomorrow night!
>>>
>>>
>>> UPDATE: Marc Nozell will bringing his new DreamPlug as well to show
>>> off in slot #3.
>>
>> Hm. I've really gotta find a way to start attending these things....
>>
>>
>> I've been considering getting one (or four...) plug computers to deploy
>>  as part of a PulseAudio- and MPD-based whole-home audio system, where
>> I've currently deployed scavenged full-scale (and full-volume...) PCs
>> as a proof of concept.
>>
>> My original plug-computer thought was that I'd buy some USB
>> audio-adapters to use with them, and then I heard about the DreamPlug
>> coming out with integrated audio. So, maybe that's an option--the big
>> question to which I can't find an answer is:
>>
>> Â  Â How's the audio quality on the DreamPlug?
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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