the linksys nslu2 is a fun thing to hack around with, not only can you change the firmware and do things like telnet to it, but with this guide it can act as an itunes server and stream music to any of your computers running itunes.
well guess what ? i san store mp3s on unmodified NSLU and play them on every freaking computer in the house, not only iTunes compatible ones
Posted at 7:45 am on Nov 21st, 2004 by rasz
man, post some wi-fi and warchalking hackz!!
Posted at 2:53 pm on Nov 21st, 2004 by Marcelo
rasz, you obviously missed the point of this hack, and iTunes music sharing in general. Not to mention that you posted twice.
As someone with an 80 GB music library that likes to create one set of playlists and keep it all nicely organized and centralized for every computer, with a consistent interface and easy accessibility, I for one appreciate this hack. mt-daapd rocks and any device I can install it on frees up my options.
Thanks for the link, hackaday.
Posted at 1:33 am on Nov 22nd, 2004 by Josh
I was pleased to see this hack posted coincidentally on the same day I purchased my NSLU2. I have not installed this hardware yet, but my assumption was that I could simply specify the remote USB drive as the default iTunes folder for each of my (3) home pc’s utilizing iTunes.
If this is indeed the case, I do not understand the benefit of this hack. Will somebody please elaborate?
Thanks!
Posted at 11:54 am on Nov 22nd, 2004 by SteveO
What about make this thing mobile? Seems like it would be a nice, uh, security tool.
Posted at 3:57 pm on Nov 26th, 2004 by homeland
but josh, he is saying the anyone can use samba or nfs and share music throughout the network and they do not need iTunes. I appreciate the hack, but it doesn’t interest me.
Posted at 1:28 pm on Nov 29th, 2004 by c
What a bunch of whining (comments about storing MP3s and such). Those people miss the point of the hack!
I have a new unit, firmware V2.3R29. Has this version of firmware been hacked yet? If so, where can I find the links? I don’t want NFS, but the iTunes server, telnet and more control would be great!
Thanks for the sharing of info!
Posted at 1:09 pm on Feb 27th, 2005 by JOn geissinger
I’m missing the point of this hack too. Can someone explain? I’m thinking of buying an nslu2 for this specific purpose. But I thought I could just dumpy my music onto it and access it from any computer straight out of the box?! Why do I need itunes to do it? Can’t I just go to the network drive, double-click on a playlist and listen to tunes?
Posted at 11:57 pm on Mar 24th, 2005 by jr
The point of the hack is to have a centralized point where to keep playlists and a unique library. If you only use it as a remote disk each of the computers you connect to it will have their own iTunes library and playlists.
Another point is to have fun doing it !!!
Posted at 10:05 am on Jul 12th, 2005 by dhoffryn
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well guess what ? i san store mp3s on unmodified NSLU and play them on every freaking computer in the house, not only iTunes compatible ones
Posted at 7:44 am on Nov 21st, 2004 by rasz