SlimServer
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The SlimServer is a streaming audio server supported by Slim Devices, developed in particular to support their range of digital audio receivers. It is open source software.
SlimServer is designed for streaming music over a network, allowing users to play their music collections from virtually anywhere there is an Internet connection. It supports a large number of audio formats including MP3, FLAC, WAV, Ogg, and AAC. It can stream to both software and hardware receivers, including Slim Devices Squeezebox, as well as any media player capable of playing MP3 streams.
There are numerous plug-ins and device drivers available for SlimServer, which include features such as support for automation systems from AMX and Crestron Electronics.
The SlimServer software is written in Perl, and will run on Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms.
[edit] Supported Hardware
The Squeezebox has been released in wired and wireless Ethernet varieties, and offers analog and digital audio output. There is a free software emulator version of the Squeezebox, called Softsqueeze, which is written in Java and can be run easily as an applet inside a web page.
SlimServer itself can run on a number of NAS devices, such as QNAP TS-101, Infrant, Buffalo Linkstation, and Linksys NSLU2. This generally causes lower energy consumption than running Slimserver on a personal computer whilst offering the same feature set. Some NAS devices may require more effort than others to get SlimServer running, though.
More information on NAS based Slimserver solutions can be found in the Slim Devices forum for 3rd party hardware.
