01/09/07: The power supply on the ShuttleX has died. I've fallen back to using ITunes from my laptop (after recovering all my MP3's and copying to my Windows box). Someday when I have time, I plan to build a diskless client-sever system using Myth TV. Until then, feel free to pursue a little pre-IPod history.
02/01/04: Wow. Almost two years since the last update. Talk about cob-web sites! I've decided to embark on a contracting career to see if I can create some free time to work on other things. For starters, I built a new machine using a ShuttleX as the platform. My intention is to do away with the LCD and use the video output straight to my TV instead.
Some weirdness with the ShuttleX platform. The system is pretty quiet, except when I put the machine to sleep (apm -s) the case fan kicks in a full speed. Not the sort of noise you want in the stereo cabinet when you turn off the player. I'm now fighting with APIC in the newer kernels. While the case fan doesn't come on in APIC sleep, it has the unfortunate side effect of not waking up....
I plan to get some new pictures on the website soon, especially since I'll be using it to help drum up business. If anyone out there is trying to build one (I have seen interest pickup lately for some reason), feel free to drop a note to the list.
04/10/02: The Digital Jukebox made The
Linux Show! I think it went pretty well. You can
listen to the interview here.
If you want to go straight to the good part, skip in about 45
minutes. Also, ZapMedia
just lowered their price to $599. According to SlashDot,
You can specify "LINUX ONLY" when you order, and they will ship
it to you with linux (and
drivers for the hardware) so that you can do what you want with it.
Given the high quality audio hardware and the floating ground
power-supply, this may be the new MPST platform.....
04/04/02: As you can imagine, the response has been overwhelming from the
slashdot and MP3 NewsWire coverage. Just because of the sheer number of
responses. There's a new
ordering page which uses PayPal.
As for everyone who has sent email, don't worry, I will get back to you soon.
03/24/02: Well the HOWTO isn't in the greatest shape, but it should be a little better. I cleaned up the distribution, deleting unecessary files and adding a couple which were missing. Please
download it from here.
03/18/02: I just upload loaded a new
release of the software. This version includes a number of bug fixes as well as the ability to handle Genre, Dialogs and Multi-Album CDDB returns with the LCD/Remote interface. The HOWTO document is still sorely lacking but I plan to work on it this week while in Tahoe.