[RossLUG] Internet radio device

[Jonathan Archer]

Hi Dave,

that sounds pretty neat! What internet radio services do you use? is it
a preset list of stations or do you use a service like shoutcast?

Jon
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 20:05 +0100, Dave Hunt wrote:
> I thought I'd share a small job I've been working on.
> I have had a Wyse S90 thin client for a few years (366 Geode processor) with the embedded XP tweaked a bit for wireless (TL-WN422G), Winamp installed and connected to my 1980s hi-fi. Internet radio, controlled from vnc.
> It's always bothered me it didn't run Linux though. I finally got round to getting it working with Tinycore on a usb stick. I used the USB-ZIP install option, as this device won't boot USB-HDD. I got telnet working by inserting creating /etc/inetd.conf, added oss and mpg123, added cheatcode for text only, and added network.gz to tce dir. (This gives you all the stuff you may need for wireless) I couldn't get TL-WN422G to work, so used Belkin rt73 instead. Modified /opt/bootlocal.sh to include
> 
> iwconfig wlan0 essid "bridgehouse"
> udhcpc -i wlan0
> /usr/local/sbin/inetd /etc/inetd.conf
> 
> Everything now working, and a telnet controllable commandline radio player, with XPe untouched.
> Now I have to make Slackware work with the TP-link device. More fun.
> 
> --- 
> Dave Hunt
> http://www.carrybridge.co.uk
> 
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