4 Jan
2005
4 Jan
'05
2:01 p.m.
On Saturday 01 January 2005 22:22, Steve Vanechanos wrote:
I'm wondering if the present state of the
Intel/AMD powered PC with
Linux is robust enough to control multiple sources (4, 6 or 8) like
digital cable box,
directv receiver, XM radio, CD player(s), etc. and route the output to
multiple zones/rooms (4, 6 or 8) in an effective and cost efficient manner.
Interesting idea. Storage, playout and audio routing should be very reliable,
and straightforward to do. I suspect that the tricky bits would be the
interfaces to the various pieces of outboard gear: XM radio, DirectTV
receiver, etc. You'd likely end up doing some major reverse engineering
here, as few or none of the relevant specs are available publicly AFAICT, at
least without an NDA.
Cheers!
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