New version of VortexBox available.


VortexBox 2.3 was released.

"It's been over a year since our last full release of VortexBox. There have been small incremental updates but not a big release. VortexBox 2.3 is finally ready! Thanks to the work of our community the release has a huge number of features and updates. Although the interface looks the same, most of the features are in the underlying technology.
- SqueezeBox Server 7.8.0 the latest release from Community Squeeze
- Fedora 20 with better hardware support for new DACs, motherboards, etc
- Squeezelite as a built-in player
- Full DSD support - play DSD direct to a DSD capable DAC or transcode to PCM in-line for non DSD DACs
- Backup and restore now does the LMS settings as well
- Network-based install so you can install from a USB key
- Latest PlexMedia Server to serve files to TVs and video devices
- SqueezeBox Server Google Music plug-in prebuilt for VortexBox
- SqueezeBox Server Shairport (Airplay) plug-in prebuilt for VortexBox
Thanks to the community for all your hard work on features, bug fixes, testing, etc!"

VortexBox is a Fedora-based Linux distribution that turns an unused computer into an easy-to-use music server or jukebox. Once VortexBox has been loaded it will automatically rip CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3-tag the files, and download the cover art. VortexBox will then serve the files to network media player. The file can also be streamed to a Windows or Mac OS X system.