MP3 Beamer
3 years, 5 months ago I’ve just come across this new product, MP3 Beamer, offering a dedicated box to stream all your music from one location. I know this isn’t a new idea - there are hundreds of way to achieve a similar thing yourself - but this is the first time I know of someone specifically marketing a media box such as this.
The system is powered by Lindows (a distirbution of Linux), so that allows the makers to keep the cost to a bare minimum. At only $399 (around £210.00) it’s a steal for a dedicated music system. It’s the same price as a low end hi-fi system! Basically, it allows you to rip all your CD’s to it’s 80gb hard drive and then provides various different services to allow you to stream the music to other devices. These include:
- Other computers (running iTunes!)
- Handheld Computers
- Home Stereo
- Eventually, your car!
It’s a pretty good piece of kit overall, and for an excellent price. If I was into music just a little more (and had a house…) it’s something I’d definitely buy. Having said that, the Mac Mini should fulfill a similar task if need be.
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March 31st, 2006 at 6:34 am
Judy Garlandknow garageband can do essentially what you’re asking, maybe sound studio too. That old school classic app SoundApp was amazing and would probably work as well. I know it does work under classic.
March 31st, 2006 at 6:36 am
Cary GrantYou need the files in the order you want them joined on a CD and on import there is an option to join.Works like a dream.
March 31st, 2006 at 6:38 am
Suzanne Cupitoknow garageband can do essentially what you’re asking, maybe sound studio too. That old school classic app SoundApp was amazing and would probably work as well. I know it does work under classic.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Kate CapshawFor instance, I typed “cat” in my Terminal, and dragged three files from my iTunes Music folder in to the Terminal window, and followed with the > pipe and specified ~/Desktop (”~/” is Unix shorthand for your “Home folder”) and the file went to t…
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:24 pm
Monte HalparinWow!! I personally knew Bucky. I was the one who took him to Apple Computer and introduced him to Steve Jobs who gave him a tour of the Cupertino facility.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Mary Ann EvansI use a virtually unknown program called iTunes to merge MP3 files.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:29 pm
David KotkinOnce again I am in your debt, Dr Grey. I raise my cap to you sir!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Alice CooperYou can definitely do this in GarageBand. Simply drag the songs you want from iTunes to GarageBand and it automatically converts them. Then use the Export to iTunes feature. Works like a charm!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:30 pm
W.C. FieldsReplace mp3-*-name.mp3 with the names of your songs (using Terminal, you can just drag and drop the file/names to Terminal and it’ll add the name/path). The “>” is the output pipe, and the “joined-songs.mp3″ would be the resulting name. You can ch…
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Chaplin LillitaYou can definitely do this in GarageBand. Simply drag the songs you want from iTunes to GarageBand and it automatically converts them. Then use the Export to iTunes feature. Works like a charm!
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Demi MooreIf not, can anyone recommend a good tool for turning RealAudio streams into mp3?
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:35 pm
Robert ConradGiven the name of your weblog and the subject of this post, I’d like to introduce you to the First Crack Podcast (Coffee, Technology, and other Daily Grinds).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:35 pm
Buddy HackettMP3’s to PCM Wave and then encode them back into MP3 is never a good idea, you’d loose too much quality (compression x 2).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Bobbie GentryMP3’s to PCM Wave and then encode them back into MP3 is never a good idea, you’d loose too much quality (compression x 2).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
David BowieThe instructions in the article are really easy to follow - in fact, they deserve to be inscribed in stone for the benefit of humankind (and the puzzlement of future archaeologists).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Cary GrantWer Fuller selbst gerne einmal reden h??ren und sehen will, kann sich Aufnahmen seines legend?§ren 42-st?ºndigen Vortrags Everything I know streamen lassen (die Seite ist allerdings recht h?§ufig nicht zu erreichen).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Kathy Sue NailSounds like a shell script should be able to do it… I’d mpg123 them to .wav, concatenate the wavs (I bet there’s some neat little app that does that), and convert them back.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:40 pm
William Lawrence BoydThe instructions in the article are really easy to follow - in fact, they deserve to be inscribed in stone for the benefit of humankind (and the puzzlement of future archaeologists).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Robert Allen ZimmermanThe instructions in the article are really easy to follow - in fact, they deserve to be inscribed in stone for the benefit of humankind (and the puzzlement of future archaeologists).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:42 pm
David CarradineReplace mp3-*-name.mp3 with the names of your songs (using Terminal, you can just drag and drop the file/names to Terminal and it’ll add the name/path). The “>” is the output pipe, and the “joined-songs.mp3″ would be the resulting name. You can ch…
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Candace June ClarkMP3’s to PCM Wave and then encode them back into MP3 is never a good idea, you’d loose too much quality (compression x 2).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:43 pm
William Franklin Beedle, JrAre there any mp3 sources for these lectures? It’d be great to be able to listen to them off-line.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Truman Streckfus PersonsThe price goes to Restiffbard. The iTunes Applescript does the job exactly the way I wanted it. Thanks a lot for your suggestions though, they will undoubtedly come in handy at some later point in time.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Carol Diahann JohnsonSounds like a shell script should be able to do it… I’d mpg123 them to .wav, concatenate the wavs (I bet there’s some neat little app that does that), and convert them back.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Truman Streckfus PersonsMP3’s to PCM Wave and then encode them back into MP3 is never a good idea, you’d loose too much quality (compression x 2).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Truman Streckfus PersonsThe instructions in the article are really easy to follow - in fact, they deserve to be inscribed in stone for the benefit of humankind (and the puzzlement of future archaeologists).
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:47 pm
Nathaniel Adams ColesTo join songs, try the old DOS command COPY, like this: copy /b song1.mp3 + song2.mp3 + song3.mpg mysongs.mp3. That should work great.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Leonard HackerMaybe you should try Google for a change
Google Search: Join mp3s, check the 3rd en 7th result.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Nicholas Coppolaused to use a program called Cool Edit to do this kind of work as well as other audio editing things. I’m not even sure if it’s around anymore. This was a long time ago.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Robert WidermanIf you’re not afraid of the Unix command line, you could do this with the Cat command. Just type cat mp3-1-name.mp3 mp3-2-name.mp3 mp3-3-name.mp3 > joined-songs.mp3.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Richard Burtonhave spent some time converting and tagging all thee 42 hours into mp3. i was wondering if poeple here are interested in it, as I have already spent a lot of time making it IPOD compactable.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:55 pm
Buddy HollyReplace mp3-*-name.mp3 with the names of your songs (using Terminal, you can just drag and drop the file/names to Terminal and it’ll add the name/path). The “>” is the output pipe, and the “joined-songs.mp3″ would be the resulting name. You can ch…
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Daniel Patrick HarringtonOops, in the “cat /Users/tangent/music/iTunes…” paste it took away the back slashes, so disregard the paste.
May 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Connie HainesSounds like a shell script should be able to do it… I’d mpg123 them to .wav, concatenate the wavs (I bet there’s some neat little app that does that), and convert them back.
May 24th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Kate Capshawthis is what I wanted to find!
May 24th, 2006 at 12:11 am
Jeff ConawayMP3’s to PCM Wave and then encode them back into MP3 is never a good idea, you’d loose too much quality (compression x 2).
May 24th, 2006 at 12:22 am
Rocky GrazianoSounds like a shell script should be able to do it… I’d mpg123 them to .wav, concatenate the wavs (I bet there’s some neat little app that does that), and convert them back.