Nice review Craig... interesting device. However, all I can say is, you may want to buy a backup remote — if you lose the original you're really going to be outa luck!

Mike: You're absolutely right! Tops on my To Do list tonight when I get home is to add the EZ-Stream's remote codes to our Pronto universal remote. That way, at least we'll have a backup of the infrared codes.

I got one from Z-buy.com for $59.00 + 4.95 Shipping & Handling. It's a great unit, but I'm having problems with the MP3 tags, instead of the song title, artist, etc. the unit shows Ÿ?B, Ÿ?T. No help yet from SMC tech support. I hope is just one bad unit, not a design flaw.

Chelman: What UPnP software are you using to serve up your MP3 files? Also, you may want to try going through your files with a good ID3 tag editor (I recommend 'MP3tag') to see if there are weird international or other ASCII characters in your ID3 tag fields. Sometimes that can cause tremendous problems in these situations.

excellent review and i would agree this is a great unit all around. i had it config'd with WPA in munites and it served up songs from my ubuntu linux using gmediaserver upnp program which was free.

super! im impressed!

Anyone used this product with a UPnP-compatible file server?

How the hell do you set the WEP key? I enter all the digits but then the -> key and the "OK" key don't accept the entry. What the heck am I missing??

Thanks

Bob, I've no idea. I don't run a secure WLAN, so I've not tested the SMC's WEP functionality. Sorry.

I just got one of these the other day (they were on sale at Buy.com for $35). I got it connected to my wireless-G network using WPA, although it was a bit of a pain entering my long randomly generated password (thanks grc.com) using the cell phone text message-like method.

After I got it up and playing music from some Internet Radio stations, I asked it to manually update the station list (presumably from radio678), and when it failed, it WIPED OUT the existing station list! I had to "factory reset" to get it back (and then had to reenter my WPA PSK again).

Now I can't seem to convince the radio678 website to accept my unit's MAC address to get a subscription.

Since I use Linux, I can't use the provided s/w, perhaps that has something to do with it.

Also, it says it only supports MP3 radio stations, not WMV (though it claims to play local WMV tracks), not OGG, RealPlayer or anything else.

Bob: Did you enter the hex version of the key, or the text version of it? If one doesn't work, try the other. If the hex version, try leaving out the dashes. I haven't tried WEP either, yet. Also, don't forget to put the MAC address in your firewall's "MAC filter" list, if any.

Got one the other day too and it seems excellent. I've not got the UPnP running (using Windows Media Player 11, XP home, McAfee, and a ethernet router). I can get the media player to see and allow the device, I've opened up the router for upnp and told mcafee to allow a bunch of services microsoft says you need to allow, but the device won't see the PCs music folders. Any advice? - I note that the in the review above the device instantly saw all upnp servers.

Thanks

Wogga, I'm not sure...it saw mine without me having to do anything. Are you perhaps running Windows Firewall on that PC without knowing it, which might be blocking UPnP communications? Alternately, could you put that PC in "DMZ" mode on your router, just for testing?

Very nice audio stream, basic but that's all I need.

When I first received it I was wondering about adding my own internet radio, I guess after I logged on to radio678.com, I realized..there are 60days for you to have approx 1600 radio stations, after 60 days you only get 50 radio stations unless you pay the one-time $29.95 fee and you will continue to get 1600 station forever. I was able to add my own internet radio stations but I am not sure if that feature goes away after 60 days?? Does anyone know?? I would assume since that's how they make you pay the one time $29.95 fee. Overall, very impressed quality streamed from the radio station I added - very good, my own mp3 very good! Stereo quality (left and right channel only).

Didn't have any trouble hooking up to my generic AirLink+ wireless g router. I have WAP/WEP on and had to enter password but works fine without problem. only 5 feet from my wireless router, maybe why the good receiption.

Well, I got mine to validate and d/l the station list over the weekend (from someone else's network). But when I tried use a WEP-encrypted wireless network, it failed. It seemed to recognize the hex key, but it couldn't make the actual connection. WPA still works fine.

Hint: before trying to update the station list for the first time, make sure you can play the Help clips under the "Internet Radio" section ... those sound bites come directly from radio678.com and if they play, then you haven't got any connectivity issues that might prevent an update.

Works great--EXCEPT won't play WMA lossless files. Simply get a file format error message. TEch support (X4) says they have sent it to their lab and "we will call you" with the results. Waiting two weeks for that call.

I have had a roku m500 for 18mos or so but wanted another media player for downstairs and the garage. I originally got my Roku for $50, which was a great deal, but when buy.com had this for $35, last month I opted to get this too. I'm glad I did as the smcwaa-g works very well. I had no problem once I got the wep configured, and it plays well with TwonkyVision.

One of my favorite points of the Roku was its ability to play internet radio without a PC and this one does too. I haven't had any problems with connectivity, and although I wish it had a digital audio connection, at least it has 802.11G.

Nice unit. the only difficulty was it wasn't entirely intuitive on how to use the remote to enter in the wep address but I obviously figured it out.

Thanks for the Review, Buy.com $25 free shipping...

Just ordered one from Buy.com Netgear MP101 is basically a POS. The netgear worked great until you added over 5000 tracks then hey sorry database is too big error.

Does anybody have 10-15,000 tracks in the music library. I want to know if I should break it up into two or it can I leave it as is.

Any feed back would be great. Will be installing next week.

My wife likes to visit 2 music web sites featuring old & new songs from India. IOW, they are not radio stations on the web, but both use their versions of Real Player. Recently my wife asked me to 'do something to play these songs on the home sound system'; the PCs are in the computer room, while the TV & sound system are in the family room. I am tech savvy and this unit sounds like it will fit the requirements. Ques is will this unit allow me to pipe the sound from my PC, or is it dependant on the music player used by these two web sites? Help!

Does this device require any paid subscription service? I read somewhere that after 60 days you have to subscribe to a service & pay on monthly basis, is it true?

I would like to know if I can play Mp4 format music files. Such as the entire music list I have for my Ipod?

Vaidy: This unit does not play RealPlayer streams.

It apparently supports streaming MP3 only. But one thing we love about it is that if ID3 tags are in the stream, it will display the name of the currently playing artist/song.

BTW- I found that the station list update is blocked if I have uPNP disabled in my Linksys WRT54GL router. If I temporarily enable it, I can manually update the station list and then disable it again.

Curious: No, it functions perfectly fine without paying any fees. It does come with a trial subscription to an Internet radio service, but even if you choose not to subscribe (monthly $), you can play streaming MP3 stations through the normal interface.

All, would appreciate if someone out there has seen this issue before and can help out. I was able to set this unit up on my network (using a WEP key) in addition to adding its MAC address to my router's MAC filter setup screen. The unit says that it acquired a network address, BUT, (1) I do not see it listed in my router's screen of all wireless attached devices, and (2) it seems the unit's IP address is not an "internal" IP of 192.168.x.x but rather some other IP of 169.x.x.x - Moreover, when I load up TwonkyMedia or TVersity, I do not see either listed on the Unit's Main Screen. My Norton Firewall is also disabled to help troubleshoot. What am I missing??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks

I have a music media server in house running XP home sp2 running through a wireless/ wired actiontec router. When logging onto the network with the SMC, it sees the music server (which is running windows media player 11 w/sharing activated); however, it doesn't see the music files. For the record there is no firewall activated on the media server. Anyone have any suggestions?

cdurst: you said "you can play streaming MP3 stations through the normal interface." Can you explain this? I tried setting up a radio stream on my windows media playlist. The normal playlist of mp3s work, but it does not "see" the radio stream entry. Any ideas?

I got this unit from Buy.com yesterday and spent 3 hours trying to get it to see my network?? Talked with support for 1.5 hours, got it to work wired but, no go wireless?? Hung up the phone, then found it would work wireless if it was within 5 feet of the router?! Anyone have any ideas?? If it doesn't go more than 2 rooms away, it's going back!?! Both my laptops get 'excellent' reception anywhere in my house!

Tim,
I recently got it from buy.com and the setup royally stinks. I couldn't get the device to DHCP automatically. Spent about 3-4 hrs.
Finally got it working by choosing static IP rather than DHCP. Hope this helps.

George

I also just one from buy.com. I set it up wirelessly, using WPA PSK TKIP and it worked fine for 15 minutes. Then I turned it off & about 20 minutes later (while buiding a playlist on my laptop which is connected wirelessly connected to the same network) the LCD screen on the unit just started to blink (even though it was powered off). Ever since I cannot connect the EZ Share wirelessly. When I connected a cat5 cable it works fine. I have reset the unit, unplugged the unit, tried to configure it through the PC Utiity but still cannot get it to work wirelessly. Anyone got any ideas?

I recently purchased mine from Buy.com also.

I use the yahoo music unlimited service, but am unable to get the SMC to play any "subscription" downloaded songs.

Has anyone had luck making this work with anything other than Rhapsody?

I too bought one last week through Buy.com, hard to pass up for $35. I had only a few problems setting up on my wireless network. The biggest problem was figuring out that the SSID entry needed to delete the trailing spaces from the name. (Delete key being the 'Previous Track' button on the bottom of the remote.)

One very nice surprise is the EZ-Stream's ability to use UPnP media servers. I set up Gmediaserver on my Debian/NSLU2 "Slug", and had it serving up my personal ripped CD collection.

Two downers - I tried to serve up a custom .m3u (and .pls) playlist of my favorite Internet Radio streams from Gmediaserver. The EZ-Stream apparently only expects to play .mp3/.wma files, and doesn't know how to deal with the playlists.

The other is the Radio678 "ransom" fee. I call this a "Bait and Switch" - nowhere on the product description at Buy.com, SMC's website, or even the packaging mentions that it's Internet Radio station list is an extra $30 fee. I wouldn't mind so much if I could just manually program my favorite streams.

There is hope. Last night I configured my EZ-Stream to use an HTTP proxy on my main Linux box, and watched as I instructed the EZ-Stream to do a manual update of its Internet Radio list.

The good news is that it is a simple HTTP GET to radio678.com, and a simple XML file is returned. The XML file contains a description of the station db version, each station by name, id, and the URL of the station's .m3u, followed by a directory structure of directory entries and station ids. Should be easy enough to build a CGI to query Shoutcast and translate into the radio678 format, and possibly add my own favorites too.

Tom, I would be very interested in whatever you wind up with if you don't mind sharing, I too am looking to get custom/shoutcast going and am as PO'd at radio678 as you for their fee structuring.

Just to clarify, I am not the author of the review.

Thanks!

I'm seeing a LOT of strange behaviour with this unit. Not sure why, it could be just my PC, but the most annoying things I am seeing are:
- Using Music Match software, whenever I start SMC the server crashes. Usually a restart of it will make it work, but lately this crashes the server again (segment fault)
- I tried the Twonky demo, and it shows up in the server list, but for unknown reasons, there are never any files available on the SMC. Now that the demo has timed out, it shows a single album "your evaluation has timed out"
- The 1-key short cuts for favorite albums only works until you turn the unit off. I figured it was because my songs were on a USB drive, but it makes no difference if on an internal drive.
- Windows Media Player 11 sees the unit perfectly, allows me to set it up, but the SMC does not see WMP.

I've got no idea the cause, but suspect the dd-wrt firmware in my router, or the high load from bit torrents might be contributing. If I get a chance, I'll run a server on a second computer and see if the problem is still there.....

Window Media Player works well. The problem I faced to get it work successfully was
(a) Windows Firewall setting (b) Virus Scan - On access scan enabled for music file.

Hope this helps you!

Craig2 (and all) - I've made some progress on my Shoutcast converter. Should have something to share in a few days. I'm still trying to get the EZ-Stream to accept a .pls or .m3u playlist file, but I do have a work-around if unsuccessful. My work-around is another CGI script that grabs the .pls playlist from Shoutcast, finds an open slot, and starts streaming through my webserver. As a bonus, my converter also allows custom definitions, such as my local public radio station whose stream is not listed on Shoutcast.

Well, if this is any indication of how happy we are with this SMC EZ-Stream, just today I took advantage of Buy.com's special and purchased two more units at $35 apiece. They do what they do so well and so reliably that I'm going to stick one in the garage (output going into an old boombox! :-) and one in the basement (even though our entire CD collection is just steps from the stereo down there, it's easier to find and play stuff via the SMC than it is to go grab a CD...and you can't play an entire genre of physical CDs!)

Several of the comments have been very helpful to me in setting this up. I am currently experiencing a buffer problem with my music library on MusicMatch (not, ironically, when I use Internet Radio). The buffer indicator will go down to 0 and the system will disconnect only to reconnect a few seconds later and resume the track. I have been working with SMC tech support to try to solve the problem but if anybody has any ideas it would be appreciated.

Thanks to everybody who's contributing here and the site owner for providing it.

If anyone has advances (getting internet radio withoout radio678 after 60 days) or more info on solving our shared/individual problems, please continue to post here or post links to the software. Thanks to those that are able to build solutions and provide them.

(Still just using the internet radio part, not got wmp 11 working, still in the 60 day period evidently)
Wogga

Wireless setup is a pain if you're using WPA. The maximum length of the passphrase is 26 characters - not very useful for the grc.com uncrackable 63 random characters. You can set it up wired with an Ethernet cable, then configure the wireless with the SMC utility. I couldn't get 128-bit WEP to work either. I entered the key with the remote and cut-and-paste using the utility in a separate Profile. However, it will not connect to a 802.11b access point with WEP. Maybe it just won't connect to 802.11b at all. So perhaps the only possible configuration is a 802.11g router with no encryption.

I have been using my EZstream with Media Player 10 and Windows Media Connect for over a year and love it. The upgrade to WMP 11 broke it. I've spent hours trying to get it to work (I'm a techie, so I tried all kinds of things), and eventually got as far as the SMC device seeing the actual media files (.mp3s) but no longer playing any of them. I finally gave up and backed out MP11 and life is great again with media player 10 and Media Connect. If anyone ever gets it working with 11 can you let me know what you did?

As far as I can tell, the SMCWAA-G is unable to play "rented" tracks from my Rhapsody Unlimited subscription.

I can see all these tracks as I navigate through the menus on the device, but if I try to play any of them I get the message, "Another device is accessing Rhapsody". (And no, there is no other device on my network.)

To isolate some of the variables, I put a CD in my computer and ripped a single song as 160kbps WMA (same format as Rhapsody uses for its rented tracks, except unprotected). This song I can play fine through the SMCWAA-G.

Disappointing... has anyone had better luck playing rented WMA's with this device? My server PC is running Rhapsody v4.0 (build 1.193) on Windows XP.

Interestingly, I CAN listen to Rhapsody stations on the device... Rhapsody > Stations > Rhapsody Channels > Blues works, for example.

Finally got it working with an 802.11b router with no encryption (connected to the LAN port as an access point). It's better to first connect the SMCWAA-G with an Ethernet cable, turn on Profile Management, and set up at least a couple of profiles with the SMC utility. You can also cut-and-paste the WEP/WPA keys (although I still can't get the WEP to work) into the profiles and then switch (with the remote) to the correct profile when you connect wirelessly.

If the SMCWAA-G is connected wirelessly, the SMC utility on a wireless laptop can't find/discover it. You have to connect the SMCWAA-G by Ethernet cable to have the SMC utility on the wireless laptop find/discover it. Or connect the computer running the SMC utility to the network by Ethernet cable.

Similary, the media server computer can't be connected to the network wirelessly, if the SMCWAA-G is also connected wirelessly. I am using the D-Link Media Server, which is a free download (thanks FatWallet forum) from the D-Link site.

Would be interested if anyone else is having WEP/WPA problems.

Don't know if my problem is with WEP, but my buffer indicator drops to 0 and the server disconnects in both wireless and wired configurations. Have tried disabling firewalls, antivirus, using other media server software (eg, windows media player, TVersity, Yahoo Jukebox, etc). SMC tech support has offered some suggestions but thus far to no avail. Internet Radio works fine with no buffer problem although that is where it would likely crop up.

I got mine working with gmediaserver (wirelessly from a wireless laptop over WPA), but it really chokes when it sees an 'ogg' file, so I had to filter those out. Eventually I'll want to serve my music from a future MythTV box. (MythTV is supposed to be able to act as a UPNP MediaServer.)

Tom, I'm also interested in what you come up with, but I'd also like to try Cidero (http://www.cidero.com) and see if that works.

Another promising project is FUPPES (http://fuppes.ulrich-voelkel.de) which looks like it can stream my 'ogg' files as 'mp3' on demand.

Too bad SMC doesn't have a support forum for this product.

cdurst

I have my Shoutcast converter plus required
pls-to-stream redirector online now. Wander on over to
http://wiki.tcl.tk/EZShout

Note, Linux only at this point, and probably not for the faint of heart.

Cidero looks interesting, and I saw Fuppes also. I
don't have any OGG at the moment, so don't need the
translation. I am running GMediaServer, it
supposedly can read a .pls playlist and connect to
streams referenced in the playlist, but I haven't tried that myself yet.

Yes, looks like a forum would be useful.

I just set up a Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ez-stream

Unmoderated, anyone can join, members can post.

I have a mac and was wondering if I will be able to load in my mp3s without using their CD that is for windows only. Im not clear on how this is done. If thats not a possibility, will this thing work for Pandora or other web music even with my mac?

I don't think this could be easier to use. Setting it up on my network with WPA encryption was simple. I enabled Network Music in Yahoo! Music Jukebox (I have been a subscriber for about a year and a half; it's way cheaper than Rhapsody and has more than 2 million songs), and I instantly had access to all my playlists and songs in my library, including both downloaded and streaming songs.

Okay, I spoke too soon. As someone else mentioned, this thing doesn't seem to play subscription music at all, although it will let you browse your collection. When you try to play Yahoo! Music Unlimited music, it says, "server disconnected" and fails to play.

I can still play ripped WMAs through Yahoo! Music Jukebox, but that severely limits the usefulness of this adapter.

I got one from buy.com yesterday and, after many frustrating attempts, was finally able to set it for wireless using the WEP key of my 802.11b router.

First, I keyed in the WEP key using the provided remote, but that didn't work. Then I connected SMCWAA-G to my router using ethernet cable, restarted it, and was able to listen to default Internet Radio on the menu. Also, Windows Media Player 11 on my laptop recognized the device and prompted me to share my library, which I did. Next I installed only the SMCWAA-G PC utility from the CD, but it couldn't discover the device. Finally, I connected SMCWAA-G directly to my laptop using ethernet cable, and for some reason not clear to me, the PC utility succeeded in discovering SMCWAA-G. I used the Configure tab to key in WEP, and saved it. I disconnected the ethernet cable and restarted SMCWAA-G and it was now set for wireless streaming!

I also downloaded Cidero to stream Shoutcast radio stations to SMCWAA-G. I added some of my own favorite stations to it using the sample XML files that came with it. You need to enter the right URL in the res tag of that file. I got those URLs from Winamp player: when a shoutcast radio station is playing in Winamp, File Info in the Playlist Editor displays the full URL at the top. I also used the mime type (audio/mpeg) displayed on that screen in the res tag attribute of that xml file. Start Cidero's RadioServiceProxy, and you can listen to all your radio stations on SMCWAA-G!

I am looking to buy this from buy.com and was wondering if this would work with Macs (OS X). I guess a few people have configured it to work with Linux, does that mean it would work with OS X? I would appreciate any help. Thanks!

Asam, as long as you can load a suitable UPnP music server app onto your networked Mac, it should work fine. I'll be trying out TwonkyVision's UPnP server later this week and can let you know if you don't find out before then.

Has anyone looked inside of one of these? Guessing it's an ARM 7 or 9 and should be hackable. Connecting directly with Shoutcase would really make these useful.

This review and subsequent 'forum' have been extremely useful - thanks to all who participated... Having said that, I'm not super-technical and I have a question. The unit is seeing my router and I have been able to stream internet radio, so i believe that I am good to go with regards to connecting hardware. However, I cannot get it to recognize my media server wirelessly. I can connect to Yahoo Music with an ethernet cable without any problem... But I am trying to use a laptop as my source computer. Someone mentioned in a previous post that they did not believe that you could run the SMC unit wirelessly, IN ADDITION to running your media server wirelessly (such as with a laptop). Can anyone verify if this is or is not the case? Thanks!

Mark C: Are you running an appropriate UPnP music server application (such as the one included with the SMC unit) on the machine with your music collection? If not, the SMC will have no idea that it's supposed to talk to you laptop.

i have had two of them sent to me now has anyone else had issues with the device locking up within 2 minutes?

i have done the reset on the device.

i have tried on three different networks.

i have tried alos three different routers, they lock up within 2 minutes..

Thanks, Craig. Yes, I believe so. I had a problem getting the MusicMatch that was included with the SMC to run; however, I did use Yahoo Music, Windows Media Player 11, and Nero Home Media to try to serve up my music collection. They worked when I connected directly via ethernet cable, but when I try to go wirelessly, the SMC doesn't see my UPnP. No luck so far, and I wasn't sure if it was because I was trying to serve my collection wirelessly via my laptop... ?

Mark C: Do you have UPnP enabled in your router's settings? Do you have the ports mapped appropriately in your router's Port Forwarding settings? If those things aren't set up correctly, your router will block communication between your laptop and your SMC (and it may treat wireless connections differently than wired connections due to the increased insecurity of wireless). While the UPnP setting on your router may make the ports issue moot, I've found it's a good idea to set up static port forwarding when it can be done easily.

Anybody know how to get this to work with Winamp? i thought there was a plugin, but can't seem to find one.

I got one of these from ebay and got it to connect to my wireless network fine. Unfortunately I cant get it to see my Rhapsody UPnP server; and Rhapsody doesnt seem to see the SMC as a device? I was thinking maybe it was a router issue but when I installed TwonkyVision on the same PC the SMC saw it immediately therefore assume it is some kind of Rhapsody problem. I have Rhapsody To Go subscription. Any ideas from any of you who were able to see Rhapsody with the SMC?

Tom

Hello all Thanks to everyone for all the information you are sharing. I recently purchased mine and the first one I received was defective. I called SMC at midnight and spoke to a tech. They were extremely helpful. I can offer this to reset the unit (if need be) press and hold the reset for 45 seconds. Then unplug and replug the unit in. (Factory Reset) Since then I have received my new unit and had it up and running with music match in less then 10minutes.(again many thanks for the insight) I recommend taking any capitol letters out of your wep key. The smc tech stated the unit likes to see the wireless network on Ch1 but mine is on Ch6 and runs just fine. I have not explored any other possibilities other than playing my MP3 library from my media server (that was the intention) but I am sure I will do so soon.
Thanks
John

Mine came with Musicmatch, but now Musicmatch has gone to Yahoo! Music Jukebox. I saw both come up on the screen a few times, but after I uninstalled Musicmatch, I no longer see Yahoo Music Jukebox. Anyone else have this problem?

I found the answer to my problem above. I reinstalled the SMC utility, then I read about how you have to have the yahoo jukebox running! This is very different from Musicmatch. Musicmatch's server ran in the background without the jukebox running.

I'm having a problem with the user-defined radio stations with the SMCWAA-G. All of the pre-stored radio stations on radio678 work OK, but my personalized stations (i.e., Fox News, Bloomberg Radio, etc.) do not. The Connect display pops up for a brief second and then nothing happens. Anybody have any suggestions here? I really would like my SMCWAA-G be able to run these URL audio streams. Thanks!

OK, I'll answer my own post. The device can't stream WMA, although you can play WMA music stored on a file. What a bummer. As someone mentioned earlier, I bought this to play ALL streaming radio stations. Would be nice if there was a firmware update or hack that would allow this, as I like the appearance and general functionality of the device. If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions on this issue, please chime in.

Craig/rmclaren - Did you ever figure out your problems with the buffer dropping to zero and the device disconnecting and reconnecting? I was having similar problems with certain upnp servers; but the latest TVersity and Twonkyvision servers seemed to work well. However, now I can't get Twonkyvision to work on my NAS linux box (QNAP TS-101); which leads me to believe there are other network issues at play. I get the buffer/disconnect problem in wired and wireless mode on my NAS.

Please forgive my very basic level question. I have assembled a computer that I will be using as a dedicated server to play music, and will be adding a touchscreen to it that I plan to wall mount. I want to add this to my router in a wired configuration and then use the PC to "push" music to my SMC, which will connect to my home stereo. Is this what the UPnP is all about ? I plan on using windows media player 11 until I find some nicer software that will be more touchscreen oriented.

I know that the SMC will look for playlists that are done in the right format (musicmatch) but I want to be able to select the music on the fly (using the touchscreen) and hear it on the stereo. What do I need to do to allow this. I have a linksys router, btw. I'd rather not use the SMC remote to pick songs.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Hi folks,

This is in reply to Gary's August post about the EZ Stream not playing streaming WMA stations. If you have a regular computer (OSX, Linux, maybe Windows) on the 'net you can use a WMA-to-mp3 transcoder designed for the Linksys WML11b with the EZ Stream. I've put up a
little page describing how.

Enjoy!

I have found a program called on2share that I can run that allows me to stream music to the EZ Stream. The problem is that I still need the EZ Stream remote to control the volume, as media player 11 has no effect on the volume.

I have doing a lot of reading on WMP11 and the UPnP server thing, and it looks like the windows media connect (now bundled with wmp11) should do what I am searching for, but I have had no luck. Anyone out there got it working ? I would like to use a program with a nice front end, as I am planning on controlling it via a touch panel 15" LCD I bought.

I bought one of these months ago, and just ended up giving it to my father for Christmas. I helped him set it up. It connected without a problem to a WEP 11g and instantly started playing music. I'll be sure to come back and post again if anything starts acting up, but as of right now, it's an amazing piece of hardware, and I almost wish I would have kept it for myself. I got it from Buy.com when they were 35 bucks.

Hi,

I just got one of these and hooked it up yesterday. I had about 1,000 MP3's in a Windows Media Player 11 Library, and turned on media sharing. I got the SMC up on my wireless network easily & quickly. I was able to browse my library and pick songs - worked like a charm.

Then I loaded the rest of my 19,000 MP3's into the library. Now the EZ-Stream can't browse the library anymore - it acts like it is timing out.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
James

Hi,
Does anyone know if EZ-Stream will support mp3 tags in Hebrew? Presently it shows me "??????" for my songs.

You can't imagine how usefull this information was when I decided to purchase this item. And I am so glad I did!

I haven't been able to adjust the screen brightness or contrast. Is that at all possible?

I am also trying to program my favorite radio stationns without paying but so far no luck. Given Ive had this only a few days I'll keep reading and trying.

Thank you !!!