VortexBox 1.5: Turn an Old PC into a Jukebox
Sep 24, 2010, 13:02 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
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"The DAAP arms race continues. With iTunes 10, Apple
has once again broken compatibility with third party DAAP servers
— so projects like VortexBox that stream to iTunes have
required a refresh. With the 1.5 release, VortexBox is back in the
game and ready to play ball with iTunes — at least until the
next update.
"What is VortexBox? It's a Fedora-based, single-purpose
distribution that turns a PC or virtual machine into a music server
or jukebox. Basically, you install VortexBox onto a machine and it
will serve up your media to networked media players like iTunes,
Sonos, an XBox 360, PS3, or streamed directly to other OSes.
"Using VortexBox
"Installing VortexBox is just a matter of slapping the CD into a
drive and following the instructions. It also has a special install
for VMware, which is what I used to test it out. It doesn't take
more than 20 minutes to get the system up and running."
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