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Porter · 07-14-2007, 06:36 AM

I'll look into that, thanks!

I was in the shower today and had a thought... what about a Carputer (or small laptop) mounted in the car with Ubuntu Linux and a wireless card, running SlimServer... with a Squeezebox as a head end installed into the dash, streaming audio directly off of the remotely mounted PC via 802.11g?

That would seem to give me what I want... a decent player interface in the dash (with a remote!) and very very high audio quality, and the PC would be easily removable to interface with my home network. The laptop idea seems to have the most merit, cheap small laptops with crappy screens are a dime a dozen and their power supplies are already hardened against voltage drops. I could stick the PC in a durable enclosure in the trunk with the appropriate OEM DC-DC power brick and forget about it... set up auto-suspend in 2 minutes when the power isn't connected (avoid quick on-off problems) and set it up to auto-wake when the power is restored.

Thoughts?

07-14-2007, 06:36 AM	#11
Porter Newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 12	I'll look into that, thanks! I was in the shower today and had a thought... what about a Carputer (or small laptop) mounted in the car with Ubuntu Linux and a wireless card, running SlimServer... with a Squeezebox as a head end installed into the dash, streaming audio directly off of the remotely mounted PC via 802.11g? That would seem to give me what I want... a decent player interface in the dash (with a remote!) and very very high audio quality, and the PC would be easily removable to interface with my home network. The laptop idea seems to have the most merit, cheap small laptops with crappy screens are a dime a dozen and their power supplies are already hardened against voltage drops. I could stick the PC in a durable enclosure in the trunk with the appropriate OEM DC-DC power brick and forget about it... set up auto-suspend in 2 minutes when the power isn't connected (avoid quick on-off problems) and set it up to auto-wake when the power is restored. Thoughts? Last edited by Porter; 07-14-2007 at 06:41 AM.