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Hardware Streaming MP3 Components?
woogie asks: "I have finally broken down and ripped all my CDs, and I have a mod_mp3 server with a bunch of different streams based on genres that can deliver those mp3s to anywhere in my house. Anywhere, that is, except my stereo system. Anyone know of decent audio hardware that will read a Shoutcast stream? Sure, I can plug my laptop line out into my tuner's inputs, but I'd really like a device I can just stack on top of my tuner that will accept Shoutcast streams. The only device I've seen that allows this is the Audiotron which appears to want to read your mp3s from an SMB share, but can be configured to read Shoutcast streams if you use special Windows based software to configure it. It would work, but seems a bit pricey given that it targets my needs as an afterthought. There is some promising hacking going on with the Rio Receiver here and here, but getting one to read a Shoutcast stream might be beyond my abilities. Am I missing anything else out there? A simple device that I could just cycle through different preconfigured streams with a remote would suffice." -
On the Cost of IEEE and ISO Standards Documents?
jeffmock asks: "It seems that I bump against this problem a couple of times a year. Last year I was working on an MP3 project and I needed to read the spec for MPEG-I layer-3 audio. The document is ISO 13818-3 and it costs $150 to get a third generation, barely readable photocopy. It's not a freely available document. This week I want to read the 802.11 spec. You can purchase a hard copy from the IEEE for $288 or they will let you download a PDF file for $432. Is this right? I understand the need to fund standards efforts and limit the circulation of drafts while they're a work in progress. Does it make sense to put up this kind of financial barrier for established industry standards?"