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AirPlay/DNLA receivers also do exist all over Amazon, they seem to be around $60-90. I see a product for under $25 on AliExpress. The Pi with boot storage and
by dangus 4y ago
AirPlay/DNLA receivers also do exist all over Amazon, they seem to be around $60-90. I see a product for under $25 on AliExpress.
The Pi with boot storage and power adapter isn't that far from that cost, plus you had to blow 3 hours of labor.
I think it was a neat exercise but it was also not really the most logical constraint for the task at hand.
- woodruffw 4y agoIt was a fun side project. I didn’t “blow” 3 hours; I enjoyed fiddling with it (so much that I wrote a blog post about it, which I also do for fun). Not everybody has to do that, much less wants to, which is perfectly fine! I don’t expect anybody else to do this, unless they want to. But if they do, they now have a resource to follow, one that’ll cost them (next to) nothing, will keep working even if it’s not in a company’s profit interest, and doesn’t involve shipping yet another doohicky over the ocean.
- dangus 4y agoI understand, I don't mean to knock a solid hobby project. Still, to be pedantic, the Raspberry Pi didn't cost next to nothing ($35+PSU+boot storage) and was shipped over an ocean.
- woodruffw 4y agoRight -- emphasis on yet another. This one's been sitting in my closet for at least 5 years. The PSU is a wall wart from an old phone. Of course, maybe it'll all stop working in a couple of weeks, at which point I'll break down and buy the doohicky. We'll see!