MP3 Music Server and Audio Streamer system

Traditionally audio streaming systems allow playback of MP3 music files stored on computers throughout the home without the user needing direct access to the computer.

PC (Music Server) → Router (Home Network) → Audio Streamer.

Using Wi-Fi the music can be streamed wirelessly to almost any type of generic audio streamer, anywhere in a house.
Essentially, how it works is that an audio streaming device plugged into the local home network will be able to see multimedia files that are on different UPnP-enabled computers, PDA's and other networking devices (loaded with UPnP AV MediaServer software).

With the hard drive capabilities of modern computers allowing users to store their lifetimes entire music collection in one place this system offers an excellent alternative to traditional music formats such as CD. Now music can be accessed and listened to at the press of a button without the need for masses of jewel cases and inlay cards. What’s more, because the music can be stored in a central point it can be shared allowing the same or different tracks to be recalled at the same time from different rooms.
You can even create play lists of your favourite tracks for parties or hit the random button for a radio show of your music.
Until recently this technology has been slow to the take up because people were reluctant to leave their PC’s on permanently and the hassle of having to boot up a machine just to listen to one song was considered a nuisance.
Wireless Router LINKSYS
Hard Drive SEAGATE
Streamer PHILIPS
Streamer ROKU
Speakers
Linksys Mini PC
Now however, with the popularity of USB external hard drives increasing people began to ask why we can’t just plug an external hard drive into the network. This did become possible with the advent of the NAS (network attached storage) drive which was a convenient way of storing media, though without the inherent capability of running a music server these hard drives did not have the capability to stream the music.

Then media server NAS drives became available which solved this problem but came with a built in hard disk which was inconvenient for people who had already loaded their USB drives with music.
What was needed was a device that would interface the hard disk with the network and at the same time could run a media server to stream the audio files.
Linksys had gone someway to achieving this when they released their NAS adaptor. Used in conjunction with a USB hard drive the hard disk would perform as a NAS drive. The remaining challenge in then accomplished by the Lightscape technical team who install a streaming server onto the adaptor.

USB Hard Disk → (Linksys Adaptor with Music Server) → Router (Home Network) → Audio Streamer.

Now the ultimate audio system is created which not only offers the most flexible solution on the market, it is also compatible with a new generation of mobile phones like the Nokia N93, Nokia N80 and N95 which allow remote browsing and playback via clients for the ultimate in audio playback convenience.