dancehalld

So I figured something out that will prove the DM500-S still has lots of uses for me after satellite tv:

The following was configured:
||Celeron Headless PC: [centos] + [mpd httpd streaming]|| + [one of the many mpd clients] + [DM500 as a streaming client] + [amplifier] = working

The following posts were helpful for me:
http://mpd.wikia.com...from_a_Dreambox
http://rednerd.com/2...n-ubuntu-10-04/

After setting up MPD on the Celeron CentOS PC using the HTTP streaming audio output as noted in the above posts, an M3U playlist file was created on the DM500 with the following contents:
http://192.168.0.3:8001/

where 192.168.0.3 is the IP of the Celeron, and port 8001 is defined in the audio_out line of MPD.

Once MPD is running on the Celeron Machine at 192.168.0.3 I connect to it with one of the many MPD clients (I use an iPad) and start playback. Then on the DM500 I navigate through File Mode to the playlist file and click OK. The stream starts and I have sound from the DM500 coming out of the amplifier.

This is especially perfect since just after getting it working, the actual sound card on the Celeron Headless crapped out.

The playback is smooth and clear. The only issue is having to start the stream with the m3u playlist file described above each time playback on the mpd client is restarted. Oh well, can't be pefect...yet

As a workaround for having to always start the stream I just load a few days worth of music and start that playing then mute the dreambox when I want silence.

Hope this helps other people, not especially unique but it does work well.

ttyl
DD