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#352502 - 06/06/2012 02:38 RaspberryPi
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
2 of the Pis I ordered came, one will show up Thursday.

I have plans for all three, but, thinking about other uses, I rather want whole-house synchronized audio. In truth, I want something like this:
http://snarfed.org/synchronizing_mp3_playback

Have any of you given thought to what you plan to do with your Pis?

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#352508 - 06/06/2012 11:49 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: Daria]
hybrid8
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
I'd imagine it's faster and cheaper to buy a bunch of Squeezeboxes. Though you could also try running Squeezeplay or Squeezeslave on the Pi boards, all pulling from the same server, which you could also run on one of those same Pis. Trying to reinvent the wheel in this case could be a huge hassle, unless of course you want to do it for the challenge or to create a product of your own.
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#352519 - 06/06/2012 12:53 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: hybrid8]
andy
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Quite. And if you check the Squeezebox forums you'll find someone has already ported both Squeezebox Server and Squeezeslave to the Pi.


http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?92101-Raspberry-Pi&highlight=raspberry
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#352561 - 07/06/2012 16:20 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: andy]
Daria
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I'm not looking to do as a product. Nor, exactly, a challenge. In all likelihood the server will go on the Mac Mini which runs everything else in the house, and we'll go from there. andy, thanks for the pointer.

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#352563 - 07/06/2012 16:34 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: Daria]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
I'm going to get a bunch of them and just run Shairport with a home made amplifier daughterboard to drive ceiling mounted speakers. Not sure if synchronised playback is important for me yet.

I also decided to hold off buying more than one for now (despite being given the opportunity) to give people further down the list a chance to get one without waiting even longer. Once I can just order them from stock from Farnell then I'll order more.
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#352570 - 07/06/2012 17:45 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: Daria]
LittleBlueThing
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Registered: 11/01/2002
Posts: 612
Loc: Reading, UK
Use it as another target for Mer

http://www.merproject.org/
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#352616 - 08/06/2012 22:30 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: LittleBlueThing]
Daria
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Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
My third arrived yesterday. That... wasn't the plan. The last 2 weren't supposed to ship for a while yet.

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#354965 - 17/09/2012 15:49 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: Daria]
tonyc
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#354971 - 17/09/2012 17:10 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: tonyc]
pca
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Registered: 20/07/1999
Posts: 1102
Loc: UK
While I think of it, a quick plug for the RPi acrylic case I designed and am gearing up to sell. £10 plus shipping each. Manual linked from here. A quick review from an apparently satisfied user, with pictures, here.

smile

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#354974 - 17/09/2012 17:30 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: pca]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
What would it cost to ship to Belize?
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#354976 - 17/09/2012 19:50 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: JBjorgen]
pca
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Posts: 1102
Loc: UK
According to the Royal Mail website, £3.86 with no tracking, and £9.01 with tracking.

pca
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#354978 - 17/09/2012 20:46 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: pca]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Humph. Cheaper than sending from the US. I was looking for a case anyway. I'd rather support your projects than some unknown dude. I'll PM soon.
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#354986 - 18/09/2012 11:02 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: pca]
Shonky
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Registered: 12/01/2002
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Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Originally Posted By: pca
While I think of it, a quick plug for the RPi acrylic case I designed and am gearing up to sell. £10 plus shipping each. Manual linked from here. A quick review from an apparently satisfied user, with pictures, here.

smile

pca


Looks good. How does one order such a device? Don't really have to bother reading the review since I know it will be good. Still need to figure exactly what to do with my RPi...
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#354992 - 18/09/2012 13:38 Re: RaspberryPi [Re: Shonky]
pca
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Registered: 20/07/1999
Posts: 1102
Loc: UK
Send an email to sales at pcats dot co dot uk. Have to spell it out to minimise spam frown I will have an ordering page up on the website soon, been rather busy recently and haven't had a chance to finish it.

They are currently available in transparent, and a frosted light green which is rather nice. I can do them in other colours to special order, if the quantities are sufficient. Custom etching can be done as well.

The boxes come with two lids, one ventilation only one and one with slots for the cables.

pca
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