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

[Marc Nozell (marc@nozell.com)]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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).

pro-tip: to save your SD card from excessive writes, look at
flashybrid. It works well for me.

Description: automates use of a flash disk as the root filesystem
 Flashybrid is a system to help in setting up and managing hybrid
 flash/disk/ram based Debian systems which can run most of the time
 using only a small flash disk for their root filesystem and do a useful,
 but limited task (such as being a router, or a PDA, or a rescue system
 on a USB keydrive). The flash can be as small as 32 mb, though 64 to 256
 mb is more comfortable.

-marc

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> -Ken
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> 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.
>>
>>
>> -marc
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>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen
>> <rozzin at geekspace.com> wrote:
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>>> 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....
>>>
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>    How's the audio quality on the DreamPlug?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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