macintosh and tivo: streaming music!

July 11, 2005 3:09 PM

need recommendations on mac's and tivo's home media. i'm trying to decide how to rout all my good music into my home stereo. seems i could do one of two things: send playlists etc through tivo home media or use the airport express to the stereo hub. our main router is actually a linksyss because we have a PC as well as a mac now so i guess i would have to get airport express for the stereo. my computer will all of my pictures and music is a new imac g5 and i think it already has a wireless hub installed/bluetooth (the whole nine yards!) what is the best way/easiest way/most reliable way to get music shifted into my stereo. ps. the stereo is very far from the computer itself and cant be directly connected. i've searched the archives on this question to no avail. thanks, dave
posted by dstrouse91 to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Is iTunes your program of choice for organizing and playing music? If so, the Airport Express will work well for you with minimum hassle.
posted by mr_roboto at 3:31 PM on July 11, 2005

If you're going to spend the money for the Airport Express, consider spending a little more money for an El Gato EyeHome (and an inexpensive wireless bridge, since the EyeHome is a wired device). It plays video (including DiVX) as well as audio, so you can rip your DVDs to your Mac's hard disk and put the DVDs in the closet next to the CDs. If you have a really large music library, it gets kind of flaky (it times out accessing it the first time you try), but it's usable. I like mine a lot.
posted by kindall at 3:48 PM on July 11, 2005

Oh yeah, when I bought mine, they offered refurbs for $150.
posted by kindall at 3:49 PM on July 11, 2005

If you're running Tiger, you'll need to follow the < ahref="http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/06/fancreated_home.html">instructions Matt linked to on PVR Blog
posted by nathan_teske at 5:22 PM on July 11, 2005

on a similar note, does anyone know of a device that works with a windows PC and a non-airport router?
posted by clarahamster at 12:43 AM on July 12, 2005