Media players compatible with Linux?
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Mon Nov 22 21:11:34 UTC 2004
Gregory Gulik wrote:
>
> I know this is slightly off topic but I've been wanting a media player
> box hooked to my stereo so I can just stream MP3/OGG files off my PC and
> play them through my stereo as easily as a CD player.
>
> Based on a recommendation of a friend, who is a techie but not a Linux
> user, I bought a D-Link DSM-320. He told me it uses standard HTTP from
> port 8080 to stream. Among many other problems with the box, the
> biggest is that there is another protocol layer on top of HTTP that's
> Microsoft proprietary. I found a free server from a site in Germany
> that claimed to support this unit under Linux but it never worked. Even
> with XP I had a lot of problems.
>
> Is there another competing device that uses standard protocols that can
> be made to work with Linux (FC3) specifically relatively easily?
>
>
I would get you friend over to show you how to use it. Teach him a
thing or two about Linux. :)
I found this.
http://www.digital5.com/technology/server.asp
This media server uses
Intel Networked Media Product Requirements (INMPR)
From Intel, there are tools for Linux.
http://www.intel.com/update/contents/it02041.htm
Search further.
There is always VideoLAN
http://www.videolan.org/
Who knows, maybe there will be a plugin for VideoLan.
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Robin Laing
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