usb drive with infrared control
by CVAlkan from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4PV56)
Looking for some ideas ...
I am in the process of converting a large collection of CDs, tapes (7.5" and 10"), and LPs to digital form (using flac), with the idea of controlling everything from my stereo system.
So far I've converted about 300 or so albums and placed them on an old spare hard drive in an old USB enclosure which is connected to my main amplifier.
Everything seems to work great, BUT the old drive is filling up fast, and I need to manually turn the power to the enclosure on and off when I wish to listen to music on the drive.
What I'd like to get is some sort of usb drive (or enclosure) that can be powered on and off using infrared signals from my Harmony remote, since the amp has a USB port. Or, if there is such a thing as a drive or enclosure that only powers itself on when the Amp tries to make a connection, that would probably be ok as well. The amp also has an ethernet port, though I haven't tried using it since I use its wi-fi for listening to some sites and I would expect conflicts with the USB.
I've trolled various sites and - as far as I can see - there don't seem to be any devices that would be suitable for either of those ideas. I'm aware that I can convert a machine to be a media server using VLC and other such apps, but I would then have to control things from the computer, which is not what I want to do. The other consideration is that I listen mostly to so-called "classical" music, where a single piece of music might occupy several tracks (e.g. the movements of a symphony), so facilities for random play and such things are not at all important, nor do I need to access any on-line databases for artist and track information and such.
Does anyone have any suggestions or other approaches I might take? Thanks ....
I am in the process of converting a large collection of CDs, tapes (7.5" and 10"), and LPs to digital form (using flac), with the idea of controlling everything from my stereo system.
So far I've converted about 300 or so albums and placed them on an old spare hard drive in an old USB enclosure which is connected to my main amplifier.
Everything seems to work great, BUT the old drive is filling up fast, and I need to manually turn the power to the enclosure on and off when I wish to listen to music on the drive.
What I'd like to get is some sort of usb drive (or enclosure) that can be powered on and off using infrared signals from my Harmony remote, since the amp has a USB port. Or, if there is such a thing as a drive or enclosure that only powers itself on when the Amp tries to make a connection, that would probably be ok as well. The amp also has an ethernet port, though I haven't tried using it since I use its wi-fi for listening to some sites and I would expect conflicts with the USB.
I've trolled various sites and - as far as I can see - there don't seem to be any devices that would be suitable for either of those ideas. I'm aware that I can convert a machine to be a media server using VLC and other such apps, but I would then have to control things from the computer, which is not what I want to do. The other consideration is that I listen mostly to so-called "classical" music, where a single piece of music might occupy several tracks (e.g. the movements of a symphony), so facilities for random play and such things are not at all important, nor do I need to access any on-line databases for artist and track information and such.
Does anyone have any suggestions or other approaches I might take? Thanks ....