erland;696105 Wrote: > > I think the single most important thing to get rid of is the computer. > There are two reasons which have stopped my friends to use the > Squeezebox: > 1. The requirement to have a computer powered on (people don't have > stationary computer these days, they have tablets or laptops) > 2. The requirement to rip all their CD-collection. >
Squeezebox supports connecting to mysqueezebox.com and using subscription music services in regions where they are available. Squeezebox has no requirement to have a PC anymore, you have a PC because it has the files you want to play. The fact is for most is they still do have a local media library. It is local because: -Lack of subscription services in many regions -Internet connections to many mobile devices are not cost effective or stable to use for music services. -ongoing costs of subscription services versus own the music outright so dont need to continue paying a subscription to access it. And while they have a local media library the most common sense thing for multiple devices to access that same library would be to have a "server". I dont think making Squeezebox double as a NAS is at all smart. -It'll cost too much to buy -It'll be too big and ugly -many users already have a more powerful server to use To have instant searching and abstraction of a local media library the server software will need to scan the files and use a protocal that suits. iTunes, WMP and every media player worth 2 cents scans the music first. A server is 100% going to be required by all products for hosting the local files that users want and for software that allows for flexible access to those files. When users dont want local files the server can disappear, like is already possible with the Squeezebox product. This forum has been regurgitating 2 ideas constantly which I find are just totally wrong things some armchair expert forum user dreamed up one day. These 2 things need to be dropped already by this community because they are just utter nonsense 1)Logitech is going to close down the Squeezebox product or other similar ideas. This has run around in circles for a few years now, all while more Squeezeboxes get released and still maintain their strong price point. 2)Logitech need to make Squeezebox run without LMS. As stated this is just a crazy insane idea. Squeezebox, like your ps3 or Samsung/Sony/LG TV, play files from a server, that is how computers work. -- bits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bits's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94109 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
