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you could get a clapper.<br><br>Joseph Wennechuk<br>
________________<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:24:17 -0400<br>> From: unsolicited@swiz.ca<br>> To: kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Outdoor music & FM<br>> <br>> Well, if you're remote in some manner, if you pipe FM in from your <br>> receiver to the network or however, it will be available on the porch?<br>> <br>> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1850 - PCI Express Card, QAM/ATSC HDTV/Analog TV, <br>> PVR (MPEG-2 Encloder), FM Radio (White Box)? - <br>> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=44_562&item_id=024999&sid=vi6h64in8fu3us5vpv5cn8ktj7<br>> <br>> Just don't forget the porch webcam ... so all your friends can see <br>> what they're missing - and remotely record Richard's OpenWRT recipe <br>> experiments, er, medicinal treatments - to use against him forever <br>> afterwards. And to show what a great time people have at your place.<br>> <br>> There's face-finding/focusing technology built into the webcams these <br>> days, isn't there? It should track you as ... vertical stops being so?<br>> <br>> Or is that horizontal?<br>> <br>> And when the BBQ goes, the fire department can get a heads up on what <br>> they're facing?<br>> <br>> Colin Mackay wrote, On 06/02/2010 7:40 PM:<br>> > A shower radio? Hahah. Wanted something that sounded a little better....<br>> > <br>> > A little myth box with an LCD scrolling panel may work... Anyone know<br>> > of a good Bluetooth, or wireless remote that works with Myth?<br>> > <br>> > I wonder if I can get the scrolling panel to just work with VLC, or<br>> > some other player?<br>> > <br>> > Doesn't really answer the need for FM, but the more I think about<br>> > it... the less I think I'll use the FM.<br>> > <br>> > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:12 PM, John Van Ostrand <john@netdirect.ca> wrote:<br>> >> Another idea is a set of outdoor speakers running to a PC or stereo and an<br>> >> RF remote control. Maybe it's too expensive.<br>> >><br>> >> Another idea is the LCD panels usually used in MythTV boxes. Run a cable to<br>> >> an internal PC and set up lircd to change channels on a button press. You<br>> >> might have to dop something to make the LCD weather resistant.<br>> >><br>> >> Then there is a shower radio.<br>> >><br>> >> ----- Original Message -----<br>> >> From: kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org <kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org><br>> >> To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><br>> >> Sent: Wed Jun 02 16:08:14 2010<br>> >> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Outdoor music & FM<br>> >><br>> >> OpenWRT router (eg Asus WL500gP) with a USB sound card? Low WAF/SOAF<br>> >> for sure.<br>> >><br>> >> Better is probably a lots of low guage speaker wire and VNC activated on<br>> >> a client Myth box.<br>> >><br>> >> On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 15:58 -0400, Colin Mackay wrote:<br>> >>> Interesting... But I suppose I'd want something that can be installed<br>> >>> in the summer and removed for the winter. I'd be afraid to leave the<br>> >>> netbook in the porch.<br>> >>><br>> >>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:55 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited@swiz.ca> wrote:<br>> >>>> Colin Mackay wrote, On 06/02/2010 3:53 PM:<br>> >>>>> So I may be getting a house with a screened in porch, so my first<br>> >>>>> thought, of course, is how can I get some entertainment out there?<br>> >>>>> After padding around the net a little while I've decided that an<br>> >>>>> outdoor TV is too expensive, so what about audio?<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> I can handle an amp and outdoor speaker install, no worries there.<br>> >>>>> What I'd like is a device that can play MP3's (or OGG's) and also tune<br>> >>>>> FM with a wireless remote, so I can sit outside and flip songs, or<br>> >>>>> scan the FM band, presets, etc.<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> I've found some network MP3 players, but none sport FM tuning and few<br>> >>>>> support volume. Anyone on the list have an idea?<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> I use MythTV, but I can easily share the files via SMB, or NFS.<br>> >>>> netbook with radio usb dongle?<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc_kwlug.org mailing list<br>> kwlug-disc_kwlug.org@kwlug.org<br>> http://astoria.ccjclearline.com/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org<br> </body>
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