Hi guys.
I have come across this device which has open source firmware and server software. Just wondered whether you have seen it and if you have any plans to add it as a "device" to MJ
The company's website is
www.slimdevices.com , they appear to ship worldwide which is good as i am in England.
If i could use this in conjunction with my MJ i would be over the moon.
Below is an extract of one of the reviews i read concerning it:
"Slim Devices saw THG's review of the Audiotron, and asked if we would take a look at a device of theirs, similar to the AudioTron, which they have named the "SliMP3." The SliMP3 (Slim-'pE-'thrE) is also a network audio device that can decode MP3s for playback through your stereo. Additionally, it has the ability to handle streaming Internet audio. However, the real beauty of the SliMP3 is its compact size and its open-source firmware and server software. Yes, you read that correctly -- all of the SliMP3 software is open-source, which makes it the first device of this type with an entirely open-source development community.
In addition to being completely open-source, the SliMP3 has some other nice features. It uses a vacuum fluorescent display, or VFD, which is extremely easy to read, even from as far as ten feet away. The SliMP3 make no noise at all, as there are no fans or disk drives. When compared to the AudioTron, the SliMP3 is almost 600% smaller in cubic inches! With such a small form factor, SliMP3 would be a perfect addition to a bookshelf stereo system. The server software is written in Perl, and any operating system that can run Perl (Windows 95 and greater, Linux, Mac OSX, FreeBSD, Solaris and many more) can act as the SliMP3 server.
The SliMP3 does not use Windows file sharing to access your MP3 files; instead, it uses a custom open protocol to access the MP3 files. The SliMP3, or the little box that connects to your network and stereo system, only decodes MPEG data to play through your stereo. One might think that would limit the use of the unit, but Slim Devices claims that their server software will also be able to transcode from other formats to MPEG in the foreseeable future. "
Cheers Graham