I would like to pitch a DIY project to show readers how they can recycle their old computers into a dedicated digital jukebox. The articles will be in three parts, one article a week, and could be published before the holidays in December. This is based on the suggestion for a December audio theme as a Fedora Magazine Editorial - thanks Eduard. The articles will use the latest Fedora Server with minimal installation for the OS. Unfortunately, the reader would need to use rpmfusion to install software like MPD and faad2 which are not included in the official Fedora repositories. Would there be any objections to this? 1. Audio Realtime Priority: - How realtime processing works and achieving bit-perfect playback by directing audio processes from source straight-to hardware using ALSA - How to configure RT priority to achieve low-latency audio performance by creating a file in /etc/security/limits.d/ - Basic command-line utilities for displaying info about audio hardware and playback (i.e. alsamixer and aplay) - Testing for bit-accurate playback with 'cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params' 2. Installing and Configuring MPD (Music Player Daemon): - Explaining what MPD is and how it works - Installing MPD - Configuring MPD - Connecting and playing music with ncmpcpp 3. MPD GUI Clients: - Basic instructions for installing and using popular MPD GUI clients: a) Cantata b) gmpc - Controlling MPD from a smartphone (finding apps in App Store and Google Play) Maybe the DIY projects can be a monthly/quarterly theme? I'm hoping this idea will encourage and inspire other writers, and invite readers to submit ideas for DIY projects they might like to see. Regards, Shaun Assam IRC: sassam _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
