[Voyage-linux] Fwd: An MPD music server using ALIX and Voyage Linux

[Nick L.]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Andrew Malcolmson <
andzy+comp.voyage at imap-mail.com <andzy%2Bcomp.voyage at imap-mail.com>> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:50:45 -0400, "Nick L." <nycparamedic at gmail.com>
> said:
> >
> > I was hoping to get some advice from the list concerning a small server I
> > am
> > trying to put together.
> >
> > Simply, I would like to use an ALIX 3c2c USB as a MPD (music player
> > daemon)
> > music server. There is no sound card required; output will be via USB
> > audio
> > with the FLAC files sent to a USB Digital-to-Analog converter. The FLAC
> > files will be available from a FreeNAS box in another room, or my desktop
> > via NFS.
>
> Sounds like you know what you're doing here.  A howto wiki entry would
> be appreciated once this is done.  Which USB hardware are you using?


I'll consider the WiKi once I order the board (this week maybe?) and get
everything setup.
The hardware -for now- is a Trends Audio UD-10 USB to S/PDIF converter,
which is run into a Adcom GDA-700 DAC via coax. I hope to purchase a
dedicated USB input DAC (Scott Nixon USB Tube DAC or Wavelength Audio Brick)
in the future.



>
>
> > Does Voyage Linux contain all the packages that Debian proper offers,
> > i.e.,
> > can I apt-get the  MPD and ALSA packages?
>
> Although I'm a newbie here, AFAIK, Voyage is straight Debian Etch and
> any package is installable.  The packages which are unique to this
> distro have their own names and so don't replace or override the usual
> ones.


Thanks. So I'm guessing the kernel is a bit tweaked as far as keeping
everything in a RAM disk, in a addition to other embedded options being
enabled?

>
>
> > Are there any other issues I should be wary of when using Voyage Linux
> > and
> > the ALIX board in this capacity?
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Just now setting up an Alix 2c3 myself.
> -------------------
> Andrew Malcolmson
>

What will you be running on your ALIX?
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