listening music remotely with Banshee + ssh -X !
just a small post to explain how i save 100€ today !
instead of buying an airport express to listen my music through wifi, and because my backup server is 10cm far from my sound system, i just discover that ssh -X allow me to pilot Banshee (itunes-like software on linux) so i can listen to all music that is on my backup server through wifi
for those who want to do the same :
ssh -X user@server
sudo apt-get install banshee
and then just launch banshee :
banshee
and that’s all, you should have the banshee software running on your remote computer but displayed on your local one, just import your music from local directories (on the server) and start playing songs :) dont forget to plug a audio-wire from your server to your sound system.