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On 10/01/13 16:18, Simon Avery wrote: > Where I live there is very poor FM and DAB reception. T'wife loves to > listen to Radio4, has it going all day, but it's a bit of a struggle > at present. > > I have an old laptop that has a broken screen. My idea is to use that > to stream radio4 over tinternet via wifi through the home. > > Just radio4. Turn laptop on, sound comes forth. Turn it off, it goes > quiet. Got to be simple. Volume buttons would be nice. > > So, any ideas how? > > I could use anyold distro, autorun a web browser which autostarts the > stream. But it's inelegant and I was thinking there must be a simple > all-in-one thing somewhere out there that just does this - has anyone > got any other suggestions? > > (I also have an rpi that I'm told a squeezebox client exists for, but > I don't even know what one of those is yet, but I would also need an > amp, wifi and speakers if I used that.) > You mean something like this on the raspberry Pi site http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3026 Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com I am committed to safeguarding chidlren, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq