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[markie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   We have a 802.11b/g network (54mbps) with three wireless network cards (the damn X-box can't use wireless otherwise it would be four) for under $120.  
 
 

Ok I am a bit out of date with my pricing......
 
 But I am pretty sure as its a standard that my mac could connect to that type of network.... It even has a pcmca card slot so can probably use a cheap card..... Still the (old portable) Mac has to connected to a firewire hard drive and power some of the time. So Having another cord really does make no difference to me.
 
 So what do you have connected to your stereo so that it can receive audio?
 
 
 Ever  get this?

[raebyddet]

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
 running a cord is so hard in a palace like yours

That's right it would have to stretch across the pool, tennis court, and library.
 
 Actually even in a small space I have found that making things wireless just makes life easier.
 
 Now if I could just figure out how to make the firewire drive for the iBook connect wirelessly I would be set.

[markie]

Originally posted by raebyddet:
   

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
 running a cord is so hard in a palace like yours

Now if I could just figure out how to make the firewire drive for the iBook connect wirelessly I would be set. [/b]

just buy a new ibook. I will look after your old one  

[raebyddet]

Originally posted by The Pariah:
 So what do you have connected to your stereo so that it can receive audio?
  [/QB]

Tivo. It has a wireless usb adaptor so it can connect to the network. You install a piece of software on your computer, it acts as a server, and the two devices communicate. Tivo is then connected to the reciever. At least that is how I do it.

[markie]

Ok because the gadgets to stream audio to a hifi, the receiver things are still a bit uncommon as far as I can tell. Obviously that is the way to go though. Stream music around your mansion and its grounds that can be received vai any device.......

[raebyddet]

Originally posted by The Pariah:
 just buy a new ibook. I will look after your old one      

I think Jadetree might have something to say about that.

[vansmack]

Needing power for your devices is one thing.  Being able to keep the device in another room is a whole different story.
 
 We keep the laptops in the office with the USB harddrive plugged into it.
 
 The TV and the Tivo are in the front room, the bedroom is between the two rooms.  
 
 The Tivo software installed on the machines talks to the Tivo over a wireless network and through a USB wireless card plugged into Tivo.  The software tells Tivo what songs are available on the network and they come up on you Tivo Menu on the TV.  The Tivo, DVD, VCR and X-box are plugged into the Stereo.  Anyone of these devices play through the stereo without a cable or chord stretcing across the room.
 
 I'm working on a few other things right now that are pretty cool too.
 
 1) Moving the USB harddrive to the back of the Tivo instead of through the laptop so none of the laptops have to be powered on to stream the music.  I'm having a few problems with moving songs from the laptop to the USB harddrive at the moment.  I'm thinking of just switching to a SNAP type server drive instead and putting all of the music on there.  That would fix the need for a wired hard drive connection.
 
 2) Using a memory module and linux to Surf the net through the X-box hooked up to a network.  This is too technically intense for this board, but it will be cool to surf the net through my TV.
 
 3) DVD burning from the Tivo instead of having to use a VCR to share recorded shows.  I haven't found an inexpensive way to do it.  Yet.
 
 4) Using VPN to be able to play songs off of machines not actually on my network but that are available to my network using VPN (for instance, having Markie VPN to my network and the Tivo software shares the songs on his computer for my enjoyment).  This would have the RIAAA in nut crusher.
 
 And this is why I should be forced to have a job in an office and not at home.

[markie]

Vansmack, thanks for the insight into your sad life..... Please clear this up......It contradicts itself.
 
 "The Tivo, DVD, VCR and X-box are plugged into the Stereo.  Anyone of these devices play through the stereo without a cable or chord stretcing across the room."

[vansmack]

Originally posted by The Pariah:
  Vansmack, thanks for the insight into your sad life..... Please clear this up......It contradicts itself.
 
 "The Tivo, DVD, VCR and X-box are plugged into the Stereo.  Anyone of these devices play through the stereo without a cable or chord stretcing across the room."

It's like this markie:
 
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[markie]

So only one connection is wireless..... Woop de dooo
 
 with all those wires does that one absent wire make so much difference? Looks like a piss in the Atlantic to me.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by The Pariah:
  So only one connection is wireless..... Woop de dooo
 
 with all those wires does that one absent wire make so much difference? Looks like a piss in the Atlantic to me.

You only need one unit to be wireless if it can control everything.  That's the point.
 
 All of the stereo electronics are in one cabinet so all of the wires are in one place and behind the cabinet (keeps wifey happy).  The DSL and Router are next to the stereo cabinet.  
 
 The laptops and the USB hardrive are in a separate room.  The digital music on each harddrive plays through the stereo via the wireless connection which was the point from the start - not having the long cable stretch across the room to play your digital collection through your stereo using iTunes.

[godsshoeshine]

you lost me...what does the mp3 playing software have to do with being wireless?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  you lost me...what does the mp3 playing software have to do with being wireless?

Initially, the question was about iTunes and some members were touting iTunes ability to play music files off of multiple computers on a network.  I was pointing out that TiVo will do that for you as well, even to the point where you don't have to run a cable from the stereo out (or headphone) jack from your laptop to the back of your stereo because TiVo can work on a wireless network.
 
 Therefore, you can play MP3 files through your stereo off of every machine on your network without having to run cables from your stereo to your laptop.

[markie]

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[ratioci nation]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/21/apple.itunes.reut/index.html
 
 Apple PC iTunes hits 1 million downloads
 
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) --Apple Computer Inc. said that computer users had downloaded more than one million copies of its iTunes digital jukebox software for Windows since its launch Thursday, and that a total of one million digital songs had been purchased at 99 cents in that time.
 
 That compares with 1 million songs sold in the first seven days when it introduced the original iTunes for Mac users, according to Apple co-founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
 
 "We're off to a great start, and our competition isn't even out of the starting gates yet," Jobs said in a statement Monday.
 
 The latest million-song milestone includes both Mac and Windows iTunes sales, however, meaning that the exact number of songs bought just by Windows users remains unclear.
 
 Apple, based in Cupertino, California, last week unveiled in San Francisco, in a characteristically glitzy presentation, the Windows version of its popular iTunes software, with Apple's online music store integrated into the program.
 
 Apple said that 14 million songs have now been bought and downloaded since the original, Mac-only iTunes software and music store launch in April.
 
 Along with last week's launch of iTunes and the music store for Windows, the software now allows for buying and sending gift certificates and setting up "allowance" accounts for children whose parents don't want to give them access to a credit card number.
 
 Jobs last week set a goal of selling 100 million songs by April 28, 2004, one year from the launch of the innovative and easy-to-use service. To help meet that goal, Apple also announced a promotion with PepsiCo Inc. starting in February in which 100 million winning bottle caps on certain Pepsi drinks grant the winner a free song.
 
 Apple also last week announced a partnership with Time Warner Inc.'s America Online AOL to make it easier for the Internet service provider's 25 million users to sign up for and use Apple's online music store. Time Warner is the parent company of CNN.com.