Originally Posted by VirusKiller
Originally Posted by Marcus
wouldn't a

Ethernet->SPDIF bridge

or even a

Wi-Fi->SPDIF bridge

Be better?
That's a music client like a Squeezebox. smile The trouble is that it could no longer be a dumb bridge. There has to be client-server communication with the client requesting data (a music file) and the server sending it to the client.

The Client does not neccessarily need to request the data. No IR, No Display Sort of like a Duet Controller or even an airport express is pretty much exactly that. Stuff is just pushed at it. The requesting Client is really the SqueezeCenter and pushes music to the Ethernet-SPDIF bridge.

The difference really is one acts as a true Sound Card (i.e. USB) device (any Player works) the other needs proprietary software to drive it.

An interesting solution would be a True SoundCard device that transmits over ethernet. I wonder if a plugin for squeezebox exists for that.

The transmission medium is seperate from what the device looks like to the PC.

- Fiddler (IMHO)

If you think listening to music is fun, try learning an instrument.
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