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<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a Playstation Portable streaming music from FLAC files on a Linux server. <\/p>\n
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What\u2019s going on here? Well, this is the PSP\u2019s Remote Play feature, which lets you view and control a PS3 remotely. As I mentioned before<\/a>, the FLAC files get transcoded to PCM on the fly by Mediatomb<\/a>, a free and open source DLNA server for Linux. The clever bit is that this works across the Internet as well as on a local network, allowing you to play your FLAC library from anywhere with a wi-fi connection.<\/p>\n There are a couple of snags. Although the sound is decent, I get occasional stutters which spoil the effect. It also strikes me as inefficient (which means not green), running both a Linux server and a PS3 at home just to play music on the move. So this isn\u2019t all that practical; but I found it an interesting experiment.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure why Sony hasn\u2019t joined all the dots with the PSP. It has a great screen, good sound, and would make a delightful streaming media client if the software were better. As it is, the only supported way (that I know of) to stream media is via the RSS client, which is far from ideal, or with the Remote Play feature as above.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a Playstation Portable streaming music from FLAC files on a Linux server. What\u2019s going on here? Well, this is the PSP\u2019s Remote Play feature, which lets you view and control a PS3 remotely. As I mentioned before, the FLAC files get transcoded to PCM on the fly by Mediatomb, a free and open source … Continue reading Streaming media to a PSP<\/span> Technorati tags: sony<\/a>, psp<\/a>, flac<\/a>, streaming<\/a>, mediatomb<\/a>, ps3<\/a>, linux<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"