[Cialug] Small cheap computer for Airplay

[Derek Etnyre]

Apple Airport Express: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-AirPort-Express-M9470LL-VERSION/dp/B0002GDIII

Know you can stream to it from OS X, so thinking you can from  iOS.

Derek

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> 
> I used to have spare computers running Linux in my basement. One ran
> Shareport so that I could hook a speaker up to it and play music from my
> iPod.
> 
> I got rid of that computer because now I can run virtual machines to do
> what I want and don't need the power consumption of a full time PC on all
> the time.
> 
> I'd like to do the Shareport thing again, I think. Ideally it would be
> wireless except for power, and have an analog audio out. Debian based is a
> bonus, as is a low price, like under $50. (I can get a speaker with Airplay
> built in for $80)
> 
> If it's not possible to get one with Wireless for $50 I can probably run
> Ethernet, and at that point, I think the Raspberry Pi would probably work.
> However, it's not clear to me if the RPi has analog audio out (there is a
> lot of mention about it having HDMI, which I really don't need).
> 
> My preference is a cheap wifi enabled device though, if possible.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
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