Home Computer Audio Asylum

Music servers and other computer based digital audio technologies.

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Computer Audio Asylum ]
[ Alert Moderator ]

Remote for Mac mini...

You may not have tried this, but here goes. I listen to internet radio via itunes on my PC. I had a squeezebox, but gave it up in favor of my Burwen Bobcat USB dac. I miss the SB display, but can live without it. What drives me crazy when surfing internet radio by remote using itunes is that when a station is slow or off the air, itunes gets "stuck" and I have to get up, walk over to the PC, "stop" the dialog box it brings up while "connecting", then start another station and trod back to my listening chair. This generally happens in pitch blackness whilst I listen between midnight and 1:00am - VERY frustrating.

The SB would never get stuck - you could always switch it to the next station, that's the one thing I really miss! Is there anything in the itunes remote that might solve this? I highly doubt it, but if there was I'd go buy a mac mini just to fix that, happily.

Hopefully someone will make an external display unit for itunes one day - I really love it for internet radio. If the SB had a USB out I'd try it with my Bobcat - or if there were any such thing as an optical to USB converter I'd even try that (there is USB to optical, but I've never seen the reverse).

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Sonic Craft  

Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
FAQ

Post a Message!

 Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.

[ Top Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]