Michael Osburn

From one nerd to the world

Archive for March, 2011

MPD with Pulse Audio on Ubuntu

I have been using MPD for a number of years and have always found it to be reliable. Upon installing it on an ubuntu netbook I discovered a very annoying issue, any other sound causes the default MPD configuration file tends to choke out if another application plays a sound. This does not happen right [...]

Personal Infrastructure Changes

After being out of the sysadmin specific position for over a year now, I decided to start building out my lab again and dusting off my skill set. This also comes at a time that I am in the process of designing a new media center solution for a family member. I remember playing around [...]