Comment Did it at my house (sorta) (Score 1) 641
I did something like this at my house -- except its not all wireless. It can be controlled wirelessly - which was my requirement for the project.
Components:
* Wireless router
* Old PIII tower running Windows XP Pro set up to boot headless
* SB Live w/ digital (Coax - spdif) output
* coaxial (tv) cables with RCA adapters (instant digital audio cables!)
* Coaxial splitters
* Drill
Set up the tower with remote desktop and hook it up to the router. This is your audio source. Connect via remote desktop to control Winamp or whatever. For an easier solution (easier to control), you could set up a shoutcast server on the tower and DJ from whatever workstation you want (laptop, whatever).
Connect coax to SPDIF out on the SB Live, then run it (with splitters, whatever) to your amps in the rest of your house (i've got two hooked up). Boom - you've got digital sound.
I suppose you could even set up a web interface for this... i haven't had the ambition (Boredom?) to do it yet.
So - the only problem here is not having the audio connections be wireless. The beauty is I can take my laptop with me around the house and control the music. One of these days i'll set up a wi-fi enabled palm to do the controlling.
Considering i'm on a student budget, i'm pretty happy with the results. I only had to drill out a couple of holes (actually just making them bigger so I could piggy back with existing TV coax.
By the way - NO, I didn't consider using Linux on the server. I haven't been able to get Linux to output digital audio yet (SB Live! SPDIF). Anybody have a solution to this?
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Sigs cause cancer.
Components:
* Wireless router
* Old PIII tower running Windows XP Pro set up to boot headless
* SB Live w/ digital (Coax - spdif) output
* coaxial (tv) cables with RCA adapters (instant digital audio cables!)
* Coaxial splitters
* Drill
Set up the tower with remote desktop and hook it up to the router. This is your audio source. Connect via remote desktop to control Winamp or whatever. For an easier solution (easier to control), you could set up a shoutcast server on the tower and DJ from whatever workstation you want (laptop, whatever).
Connect coax to SPDIF out on the SB Live, then run it (with splitters, whatever) to your amps in the rest of your house (i've got two hooked up). Boom - you've got digital sound.
I suppose you could even set up a web interface for this... i haven't had the ambition (Boredom?) to do it yet.
So - the only problem here is not having the audio connections be wireless. The beauty is I can take my laptop with me around the house and control the music. One of these days i'll set up a wi-fi enabled palm to do the controlling.
Considering i'm on a student budget, i'm pretty happy with the results. I only had to drill out a couple of holes (actually just making them bigger so I could piggy back with existing TV coax.
By the way - NO, I didn't consider using Linux on the server. I haven't been able to get Linux to output digital audio yet (SB Live! SPDIF). Anybody have a solution to this?
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Sigs cause cancer.
