<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Andrew Malcolmson <<a href="mailto:andzy%2Bcomp.voyage@imap-mail.com">andzy+comp.voyage@imap-mail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:50:45 -0400, "Nick L." <<a href="mailto:nycparamedic@gmail.com">nycparamedic@gmail.com</a>><br>
said:<br>
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> I was hoping to get some advice from the list concerning a small server I<br>
> am<br>
> trying to put together.<br>
><br>
> Simply, I would like to use an ALIX 3c2c USB as a MPD (music player<br>
> daemon)<br>
> music server. There is no sound card required; output will be via USB<br>
> audio<br>
> with the FLAC files sent to a USB Digital-to-Analog converter. The FLAC<br>
> files will be available from a FreeNAS box in another room, or my desktop<br>
> via NFS.<br>
<br>
</div>Sounds like you know what you're doing here. A howto wiki entry would<br>
be appreciated once this is done. Which USB hardware are you using?</blockquote><div><br>I'll consider the WiKi once I order the board (this week maybe?) and get everything setup.<br>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<br>
dedicated USB input DAC (Scott Nixon USB Tube DAC or Wavelength Audio Brick) in the future.<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Does Voyage Linux contain all the packages that Debian proper offers,<br>
> i.e.,<br>
> can I apt-get the MPD and ALSA packages?<br>
<br>
</div>Although I'm a newbie here, AFAIK, Voyage is straight Debian Etch and<br>
any package is installable. The packages which are unique to this<br>
distro have their own names and so don't replace or override the usual<br>
ones.</blockquote><div><br>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?<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Are there any other issues I should be wary of when using Voyage Linux<br>
> and<br>
> the ALIX board in this capacity?<br>
><br>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.<br>
<br>
</div>Just now setting up an Alix 2c3 myself.<br>
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Andrew Malcolmson<br>
</blockquote><div><br>What will you be running on your ALIX?<br></div></div><br>