MP3 Player With Mp3 player with Network Interface by Michael Somersmith Interesting thesis on this guy trying to make a nas type mp3 player cheaply. Seems to have worked. Except it still requires server side software. Basically wants an Audiotron/Motorola SimpleFi but cheap. in Audiowith cheapcheaperinterfacemichaelmp3networknetworkednetworkingplayersomersmith Note: http://innovexpo.itee.uq.edu.au/2002/projects/s337476/
Compressing raw audio with the MP3 standard can reduce the storage space required by approximately one tenth. This has made it possible to play audio from devices with limited storage space, for example mobile phones, PDA’s and flash based MP3 ...moreplayers.