[ic] IC as a music file server

Grant listbox at email.com
Sun Oct 26 16:49:29 EST 2003


> I'd like to use IC to setup a personal music file server for myself which
> will use the lossless FLAC codec.  Does anyone have any pointers
> or comments
> of any kind on this subject?  Would be better to have the music
> file played
> on the server and the audio sent over the Internet, or the file sent over
> the Internet with the playing being done locally?  I would prefer it to be
> played on the server, but I just don't know enough about this to decide if
> that's a good idea.  Any advice?
>
> - Grant

On second thought, I'm thinking I may just set IC up on a small Linux laptop
and take it around with an external sound card for the D/A conversion.  This
machine would pretty much never be on the Internet....

- Grant



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