Project Home PageA while ago I saw an advert for
http://www.sonos.com and thought wow. Then I saw the price and thought ouch. Then I started work on Emp3thy.
Emp3thy is a client server application that can stream mp3s to a music device. It is designed so that it can be extended to cover different models and makes of music devices, providing a core music server and controller to make managing and enjoying your music devices easy.
Released: (1.0.1)
- New Features:
- Airport Express Support
- Core functionality unit tested - stable build
- For those upgrading from any other .907 release you only need to re-install the Music Server (please uninstall first)
Emp3thy Roadmap: RoadmapEmp3thy Installation:InstructionsEmp3thy Controller:PDAController-FAQEmp3thy is currently broken down into a series of components:
Music Server:
This is responsible for:
- managing client players
- streaming music and
- managing the MP3 library.
The music server stores a collection of players. At present there are 3 supported players:
- Barix Exstreamer
- A PC Client NT Service
- Airport Express
I'd really like to extend the number of supported players. Most of the infrastructure is there so adding new players should be incremental.
PC Client:
This is an NT Service that sits on a host PC and acts as a passive stream. There's not a lot of functionality here, most of the functionality is held in a 3rd party GPL component.
Controller:
This is an app that runs on a PDA. I saw an advert for Sonos about a year ago and thought that the controller they had for their music system was a great idea. By using a Windows Mobile device you get:
Free networking built in
.Net Compact framework support
Full support for designing mobile apps in the dev environment.
You also get a nice big screen and the ability to do lots.
The controller controls:
- Music Search and selection
- Playlist management
- Volume control
- Server library location