mp3 network player

Hello!

I'm looking for a way to build small mp3 network player. It should be
something like http://mp3elf.net/ but cheaper. Could you suggest me some
embedded system that has:
- low price
- stereo output
- ethernet with tcp/ip
- rs232 (not necessarily)
- lpt (for LCD)

Of course, it should be fast enough to decode 320 kb/s mp3 files.
System could be stored locally on flash or booted over network.

-- 
Nastyd

Hi,
Easy with the VLSI chip (VS1001).
Have a look at my page (in french, but for the photos) : www.le68hc908.fr.st
=> "Lecteur MP3"

Regards,

--

Yvan
http://www.ybdesign.fr




"Nastyd" <nastyd@fuckspam.o2.pl> a &#4294967295;crit dans le message de news:
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> Hello!
>
> I'm looking for a way to build small mp3 network player. It should be
> something like http://mp3elf.net/ but cheaper. Could you suggest me some
> embedded system that has:
> - low price
> - stereo output
> - ethernet with tcp/ip
> - rs232 (not necessarily)
> - lpt (for LCD)
>
> Of course, it should be fast enough to decode 320 kb/s mp3 files.
> System could be stored locally on flash or booted over network.
>
> --
> Nastyd
>
>

Sorry, I've didn't read "ethernet"...

--

Yvan
http://www.ybdesign.fr




"Nastyd" <nastyd@fuckspam.o2.pl> a &#4294967295;crit dans le message de news:
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> Hello!
>
> I'm looking for a way to build small mp3 network player. It should be
> something like http://mp3elf.net/ but cheaper. Could you suggest me some
> embedded system that has:
> - low price
> - stereo output
> - ethernet with tcp/ip
> - rs232 (not necessarily)
> - lpt (for LCD)
>
> Of course, it should be fast enough to decode 320 kb/s mp3 files.
> System could be stored locally on flash or booted over network.
>
> --
> Nastyd
>
>

I would like to know what are you starting with ?

Do you have any microcontrollers available to you ?

Are you going to have to buy everything needed to build this project ?

Do you have the experience to build and code something like this ?

How much is your time worth ??

Nastyd wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm looking for a way to build small mp3 network player. It should be
> something like http://mp3elf.net/ but cheaper. Could you suggest me some
> embedded system that has:
> - low price
> - stereo output
> - ethernet with tcp/ip
> - rs232 (not necessarily)
> - lpt (for LCD)
> 
> Of course, it should be fast enough to decode 320 kb/s mp3 files.
> System could be stored locally on flash or booted over network.
> 

> Do you have any microcontrollers available to you ?

No.

> Are you going to have to buy everything needed to build this project ?

Yes, beside LCD. Ideally I would like to use PC/104 board, but it's too
expensive.

> Do you have the experience to build and code something like this ?

Very little experience in electronics, but I have some in coding in asm and
C/C++ on x86 and 8051.

> How much is your time worth ??

I have plenty of time!

"Nastyd" <nastyd@fuckspam.o2.pl> wrote in message
news:c8o5b0$fvt$1@news.onet.pl...
> > Do you have any microcontrollers available to you ?
>
> No.
>
> > Are you going to have to buy everything needed to build this project ?
>
> Yes, beside LCD. Ideally I would like to use PC/104 board, but it's too
> expensive.
>
> > Do you have the experience to build and code something like this ?
>
> Very little experience in electronics, but I have some in coding in asm
and
> C/C++ on x86 and 8051.
>
> > How much is your time worth ??
>
> I have plenty of time!
>

I have none, so could You mail me some of that "time"? :-)

>> I have plenty of time!
>>
> 
> I have none, so could You mail me some of that "time"? :-)

If You pay for it... ;>

"Nastyd" <nastyd@fuckspam.o2.pl> wrote in message news:<c8o5b0$fvt$1@news.onet.pl>...
> > Do you have any microcontrollers available to you ?

Decoding mp3 with microcontrollers are not that easy, unless you have
hardware assistance.

> 
> No.
> 
> > Are you going to have to buy everything needed to build this project ?
> 
> Yes, beside LCD. Ideally I would like to use PC/104 board, but it's too
> expensive.
> 

Why would you need LCD to play mp3?  I would just setup a playlist
from a network server.

> > Do you have the experience to build and code something like this ?
> 
> Very little experience in electronics, but I have some in coding in asm and
> C/C++ on x86 and 8051.

If you must have a screen, the compaq internet appliance (IA1 or IA2)
would be a good cheap box (<$100 on ebay) for this.

> 
> > How much is your time worth ??
> 
> I have plenty of time!

Then you would not mind trying out this: http://ia2.linnix.com

> Decoding mp3 with microcontrollers are not that easy, unless you have
> hardware assistance.

Like what?
Would 8051 + some hardware be enough?

> Why would you need LCD to play mp3?  I would just setup a playlist
> from a network server.

It should display what is currently playing and volume, but it isn't
necessary.
In future, I would like to control it with PDA connected to the network with
802.11b.

> If you must have a screen, the compaq internet appliance (IA1 or IA2)
> would be a good cheap box (<$100 on ebay) for this.

No, I don't want a screen. It should be as small and cheap as possible. I
want to place it in the kitchen and the bathroom.

Nastyd <nastyd@fuckspam.o2.pl> wrote:
> > Decoding mp3 with microcontrollers are not that easy, unless you have
> > hardware assistance.

> Like what?
> Would 8051 + some hardware be enough?

For a somewhat flexible interpretation of "some hardware": sure ;-)

After all, you could hook up an 8051 to a 3 GHz PC and call that PC
"some hardware", right?

But, jest aside.  Yes, there is dedicated hardware that is a good deal
more energy-efficient than a general-purpose microprocessor at
decoding MP3s.

The German computer magazine c't was just recently running a project
called BlueMP3.  Sounds quite like what you're trying to do.  They use
a dedicated MP3 decoder chip called VLSI VS1001k. A pre-assembled
board is still in the 90 EUR price range, though.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.