Re: [Cialug] Mp3 players

[Dwight Hubbard <dwight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 05 July 2004 10:50, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> I'm looking for a linux based mp3 player. What I want to do is build a
> linux based touch screen mp3 music jukebox.  Initially it will plug into
> the stereo in the house, later on it will end up in street rod.
>
> I've seen some small 6-8in touch screen LCD's and this looks like the
> way to go . However, at this point, I'm still doing the basic research.
>
> Linux is the preferred OS. I'm thinking that if I stay on this platform
> I may be able to add tivo like functionality in the near future.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? Google, has been helpful, but I haven't really
> found what I wanted yet...

An IPAQ 3800/3900 series running Linux familiar/opie would provide an LCD/
Touchscreen a bit smaller than you asked for but they generally go for around 
$120 on ebay and for a car mount mp3 player it would have all the basic 
functionality you would need, although you would probably want an SD card to 
store the MP3s on.  If you add a compact flash or pcmcia sleeve and a network 
or wireless card you can use a more powerful computer for the computation and 
use the IPAQ with VNC as a display device (I did that on a trip last year 
where I put my laptop with a wireless card under the passenger seat and used 
VNC to the IPAQ which i velcroed to the dash as the display/input device (the 
laptop display was to large to fit anywhere I could see it while driving).   
If you can get an IPAQ 3870 it would have built in bluetooth so you wouldn't 
necessarily need a sleeve and a wireless card.

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