<div dir="ltr">Greetings from Freeside Atlanta!<div><br></div><div style>I wanted to shout out to this list to get an idea of what other hackerspaces are using as a streaming music solution. What I would like to do is setup a linux box exclusive to our LAN to stream open, DRM-free music in our space. Freeside is a proponent of open and free software, so it would be cool to continue practicing that fine tradition. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I saw this on hack-a-day: </div><div style><a href="http://hackaday.com/2013/01/04/dedicated-pandora-player-plus-airplay-built-around-the-raspberry-pi/">http://hackaday.com/2013/01/04/dedicated-pandora-player-plus-airplay-built-around-the-raspberry-pi/</a></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>...and I was inspired to hack together something similar, but instead of Pandora (and ads, and/or potential broadcasting legal issues, and/or spending money just on principle) instead populate the source music with free tunes, or connect to existing free music.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I found a couple of great sources for music:</div><div style><a href="http://sonicsquirrel.net/">http://sonicsquirrel.net/</a><br></div><div style><a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/">http://freemusicarchive.org/</a><br>
</div><div style><a href="http://libre.fm/">http://libre.fm/</a><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Libre.fm runs off gnu-fm, so I dug into the gnu-fm code a little:</div><div style><a href="https://gitorious.org/foocorp/gnu-fm">https://gitorious.org/foocorp/gnu-fm</a><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>I'll be going through the install process to see if that setup works for us, but in the mean time, what have some of the other hackerspaces in the world done for streaming music?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Alan Fay</div><div style>Director/Treasurer, Freeside Atlanta</div></div>