04 Nov 08 Documentation

Get your VortexBox up and running

• Quick Install Guide
• Connecting your VortexBox to your Network
• OK I installed it, now what?
• Connect to your VortexBox with your Apple mac running OSX

FAQ

• How do I copy my existing FLAC files onto my VortexBox

VortexBox Player

• What is VortexBox Player?
• Playing other music formats WMA, Napster, BBC stations, on VortexBox Player

How To Guides – What “Just works”

• Building a 2-zone whole house audio system with VortexBox
• Low cost home theater and music system

Things you can do with your VortexBox

• Using the VortexBox command line
• Setting a static IP address for your VortexBox
• Streaming music to iTunes
• Adding a hard drive to your VortexBox
• Add mplayer to your VortexBox for use with AlienBBC or playing wma files
• Mirroring your FLAC collection as mp3 or Apple lossless (AAC)
• Add third pary plug-ins into SqueezeCenter
• Backing up your VortexBox using rsync

Misc information

• Hardware Requirments
• What is DLNA?

Using your VortexBox with apple OSX

• Accessing your music and files
  

Advanced mods to your VortexBox

• Setting a static IP address for your VortexBox
• Changeing how your VortexBox rips files
• Installing BETA versions of SqueezeCenter
• Install Hamachi on your VortexBox
• Automatically backup up your hard drive using rsnapshot
• How to integrate temperature readings into the phpsysinfo screen using lm-sensors and hddtemp
• RIP audio from a DVD
• Russound Keypad Interface for SqueezeBox