CardinalFang;211376 Wrote: > In any case, many of us already use iTunes for managing our libraries > and that doesn't mean using DRM or lossy formats. The only difference > I'm suggesting is that you could consider putting some of what is in > slimserver, i.e. reading data from network drives, into a Squeezebox. A > thicker client that doesn't need the server to stream data to it. It's > additional firmware that may need more memory and perhaps a hike in > processor speed, but since we already use up spare cycles doing > visualisers, why not use it to grab files directly from networked > drives and use the iTunes XML library descriptors like Slim does now? If I'm not mistaken, Apple provide their own streaming hardware in Airport Express, I'm pretty sure they would do everything they can to make it as hard as possible for a competitor (like Logitech) to make a tight integration with iTunes.
I would have no use of the iTunes integration myself, since the only 24/7 server that exists in my home use Linux as operating system. Although, it would be reasonable to try to make the current iTunes integration easier to use. Because as already mentioned in another thread, most SqueezeBox users probably already have iTunes on their computers. Making it reallyl easy to setup SlimServer to use the iTunes integration might be a good idea. But making the SqueezeBox be a fat device instead of a slim device, would be a radical change of the current architecture. Some problems with this: - It would require everyone to by a new SB (SB4?) to get the functionality - It would probably not be compatible with previous SB versions, so if you have multiple SB's in your home you would have to replace them all. - The number of plugin developers would decrease radically since it is a lot different to program an embedded device compared to server software. At least there is less people available that have the knowledge to program an embedded device. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35881 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
