abusing iTunes
For this couple of weeks I’ve been trying to get the best out of my iTunes library with as many devices as possible. So far I ended up installing and having things like these:
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Mac mini- iTunes - JewelCase- iScrobbler- Simplify Media- Remote buddy (with Ajax Remote)- PSP- coverBuddy (unregistered yet)- chumby- SqueezeCenter (formerly known as Slim Server)- iTunes-LAME- iPod nano (want to upgrade to iPhone or Touch)- Airport ExpressI guess I want to draw a picture diagram of how these work together, but basically I can do things like:
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Turn my TV and home audio into a complete jukebox, displaying the cover art full-screen (Remote Buddy, JewelCase)- … and skip, rate and control that jukebox with Apple Remote (Remote Budy), iPhone (Remote Buddy Ajax … yet to come) or PSP (coverBuddy)- Listen to my home library from work (SimplifyMedia or SqueezeCenter)- Listen to my iTunes library from my bedroom or bathroom (chumby + squeezeCenter)- … and control the playlist with PSP (squeezeCenter Handheld skin + PSP)- Scrobble all of these play history to Last.fm (iScrobbler and SqueezeCenter Scrobble plugin)Some of these “I can do this!” are just plain useless beside it’s a nice hack. But having an unified library on my home computer and being able to listen to all of them everywhere and control via any tools is, AWESOME.