internet radio on my stereo?

bbbbb

Recently got IOLBB, and planning to get a wireless router/modem box. My PC is not in my living room, what I would like to be able to do is listen to streaming media on my stereo via DSL, my PC, wireless network and <<missing piece>>

The closest I've found is:
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=38&prid=554
Sounds good, comes with a remote control and all, but only allows access to media files on your harddrive and mixed reviews.

Any other products out there?

sirlinux

Possibly not legal here, but i know people that have brought back low power fm transmitter from the US (where low power fm stereo transmitters are legal) and they work very well hooked up to the pc. Have a look on ebay id guess.

rymus

I saw a stereo somewhere that you plug into your dsl/network, enter a few network settings into it and you can listen to thousands of web radio stations. Problem is, I can't remember where or when I saw it... but I know I did!

If I remember, I'll post up the details.

If that's not what you're after, the low power fm transmitter would probably be your best bet.

Señor Juárez

you can persuade an xbox to do that, with a little work. of course then you would need a TV to select what to play on...

byte

rymus, would the machine you speak of be a Philips MCi250 by any chance?

Linkage:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009RTBU/103-8198786-6878268?v=glance

Plays CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3 and mp3-PRO CDs, offers Wi-Fi compatibility for wireless streaming music from your PC or the Internet

Connect to multiple online music services, thousands of Internet music channels, hundreds of musical genres, personalized radio stations

PC Link lets you listen to all the MP3 and mp3-PRO music files on your PC

bbbbb

Interesting replies, hadn't considered the FM transmitter option, still focused on WiFi. Looks like there's a whole set of new products coming out
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/streaming_media_devices/
Can't find any of these for sale and some don't even have product specs. Might hold off a few months before making the jump...

topgold

I saw a Sony RoomLink in one of the Dublin Sony Centres before Christmas. It's a slim box for the top of your TV. It can serve music, video, and photo slide shows from a Sony VAIO. It uses standard Ethernet or 802.11a. The MP3s (maybe they were ATRAC) files sounded good through the 20-inch Sony WEGA television that I watched. The brochure says that RoomLink can play MP3 soundtracks behind slide shows. However, you need to convert your existing video clips into Sony's Giga Pocket format for them to work on the RoomLink system.

rymus

Originally posted by byte
rymus, would the machine you speak of be a Philips MCi250 by any chance?

Linkage:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009RTBU/103-8198786-6878268?v=glance

Why yes, thats the very beast...

ST

Would one of these be what you need perhaps?

http://www.smc-europe.com/english/products/home_ent.html