streaming

Building a Desktop Music Streamer From A Car Stereo

Building a Desktop Music Streamer From A Car Stereo

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

View more articles by Cabe Atwell
4

  Listening to audio and radio stations on the internet usually involves using a PC or mobile device to do so. That’s no longer the case as an engineer and audiophile named Chris (of niston cloud) designed a stand-alone Hi-Fi internet receiver component that can be connected to independent sound systems and stereos. Incredibly enough, […]

Continue Reading
Alt.SXSW: MAKE’s Take on the Festival

Alt.SXSW: MAKE’s Take on the Festival

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

View more articles by Gareth Branwyn
8

We’re at the festival, armed with a livestreaming camera, looking for maker stories amongst the conventional mayhem.

Continue Reading
Networked On Air Light for Streaming Broadcasters

Networked On Air Light for Streaming Broadcasters

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

View more articles by Matt Richardson
20

In true spirit, Make: Live is very much a DIY production. Instead of tripods, we use zip ties to mount webcams to chairs and we jury rig an old monitor to act as our prompter. Along those lines, I decided to create an on air light to indicate when we’re broadcasting. While I could have […]

Continue Reading

How-To: Make a WiFi radio in a pinch

By Adam Flaherty

Adam Flaherty

I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip.

View more articles by Adam Flaherty
0

If you’ve got an extra WiFi access point laying around and would like to stream audio to your stereo from sites like Pandora, last.fm, and Slacker Radio, then you’ll appreciate this informative how-to video from Tinkernut. Based on work available at MightOhm, this segment will get you up to speed with installing firmware, adding USB audio, and general configuration.

Continue Reading
Impromptu live streaming video rig

Impromptu live streaming video rig

By Adam Flaherty

Adam Flaherty

I make cool stuff and write about other people making cool stuff on makezine.com. If you have something you think I should see, send me a tip.

View more articles by Adam Flaherty
0

We just finished up with Ignite Sebastopol, part of Global Ignite Week. During the setup the camera we were going to use to stream the event ended up not working, so we cobbled together this live streaming video rig using a clamp, some duct tape, a light stand, and my Nexus One using the ustream app.

Continue Reading
WiFi radio project

WiFi radio project

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

View more articles by Gareth Branwyn
2

Over at the MightyOhm, Jeff has been working on building a streaming WiFi radio system (built around a Asus WL-520GU router): I have been wanting to build a streaming radio for some time. I frequently work in my garage, where I occasionally use my Macbook to play music through a small amplifier and bookshelf speakers. […]

Continue Reading