Hi everyone!
As per the title, my project which I am gathering all parts I will need to get it working, is to have sound distributed over the entire house...
Sonos systems and similar are out of the equation, not just are well over my budget, but also require to many wires, for the controllers etc...
So this is what I am planning to do: I already have wired network all over the house, including the loft, and I also have a NAS DLNA compatible, so, the DLNA server (NAS) will be ready to stream contents at any time; using an Android tablet (the cheapest one I have found on eBay...) withy the App Skifta (Skifta? ), or similar, loads of them on play store... so with that I will be able to use the tablet as a bridge/remote to push contents from the DLNA server to any device DLNA compatible on the network... (I have tested it on my both TV's, and works like charm...).
Now, for the sound I will have 2 ceiling speakers on each room, (one single stereo speaker for small compartments, such as bathrooms... to feed the speakers I am planning to use this kind of amps... (6 X 100 Watt 6 Ohm Class D Audio Amplifier Board - TDA7498 6CH 100W Power Amp | eBay ), speakers will be turned on or off, so I can have sound only on the rooms I want, by using on of this Ethernet 16 CH Relay Module, Board for Home Automation - SNMP, Web, IP, LAN | eBay , also controlled with the tablet through the appropriate app...
Now, my doubt, is which DLNA player should I use to feed the amp... As you can see video is not required, as it will be used only for sound, actually as the player will be placed on the loft it will have to be as simple as possible... on eBay I found a few possible solutions, like this Egreat R6S HD Network Media Player, support 3D, Android, DLNA, eSATA | eBay ... just not sure if I can use it to just push contents to it? I am sure there is brains out there which can give me some suggestions...
Any thoughts will be more than welcome! Sorry for the long post, was just to make sure would be understandable...
As per the title, my project which I am gathering all parts I will need to get it working, is to have sound distributed over the entire house...
Sonos systems and similar are out of the equation, not just are well over my budget, but also require to many wires, for the controllers etc...
So this is what I am planning to do: I already have wired network all over the house, including the loft, and I also have a NAS DLNA compatible, so, the DLNA server (NAS) will be ready to stream contents at any time; using an Android tablet (the cheapest one I have found on eBay...) withy the App Skifta (Skifta? ), or similar, loads of them on play store... so with that I will be able to use the tablet as a bridge/remote to push contents from the DLNA server to any device DLNA compatible on the network... (I have tested it on my both TV's, and works like charm...).
Now, for the sound I will have 2 ceiling speakers on each room, (one single stereo speaker for small compartments, such as bathrooms... to feed the speakers I am planning to use this kind of amps... (6 X 100 Watt 6 Ohm Class D Audio Amplifier Board - TDA7498 6CH 100W Power Amp | eBay ), speakers will be turned on or off, so I can have sound only on the rooms I want, by using on of this Ethernet 16 CH Relay Module, Board for Home Automation - SNMP, Web, IP, LAN | eBay , also controlled with the tablet through the appropriate app...
Now, my doubt, is which DLNA player should I use to feed the amp... As you can see video is not required, as it will be used only for sound, actually as the player will be placed on the loft it will have to be as simple as possible... on eBay I found a few possible solutions, like this Egreat R6S HD Network Media Player, support 3D, Android, DLNA, eSATA | eBay ... just not sure if I can use it to just push contents to it? I am sure there is brains out there which can give me some suggestions...
Any thoughts will be more than welcome! Sorry for the long post, was just to make sure would be understandable...
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