5.1 Sound Card Delivers 3 Streams of iTunes 259
An anonymous reader writes "How do you distribute simultaneous streams of DRM-protected iTunes from a single computer to multiple rooms of the house? Autonomic Controls demonstrated a unique solution at the recent Electronic House Expo (EHX). The company's Media Control Server EX software turns a PC with a 5.1 sound card into a three-zone music distribution server. (Add a second card for six outputs). At EHX, the solution was demonstrated with a multiroom audio system from NuVo, whose keypads could be used to browse and select songs, playlists, genres, artists, etc. The Autonomic software merges WMA and iTunes files into a single library for easy access." I have mixed feelings about this: on one hand, this is a really clever idea and a cool hack. On the other hand, the fact that DRM makes something like this necessary is truly infuriating.
Duh! (Score:3, Funny)
Easy, download the MP3s from Kazaa or rip them from CD. The hard question is, why in Turing's name would anybody download something with DRM? That's just insane!
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Re:Time is on our side... yes it is. (Score:5, Funny)
I tried that, but once I managed to get the piano set up I had difficulty working out which pedals did what and I couldn't see through the windscreen very well. Frankly, I thought it was a little dangerous. Now I only drive while playing the oboe.
O'Rly ? (Score:5, Funny)
Add a third card for nine outputs
Add a fourth card for twelve outputs !
Re:iPod, anyone? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Rear 5.1 outputs (Score:1, Funny)
Note to self: wire rear outputs to restroom, where my rear outputs are of low quality...
Re:Time is on our side... yes it is. (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Time is on our side... yes it is. (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Simple (Score:3, Funny)