bits;696138 Wrote:
> Powerful at integrating/consolidating numerous media types from both
> local and internet sources into a single common interface.
>
> Powerful at allowing full control over the way the products works so it
> can be tailored to how a user wants. Eg advance configuration options,
> Plugins that allow for much much more, near complete control over the
> entire UI.
>
> Powerful media library management when compared to other "hardware"
> based players, eg TV, AV Receiver, Disc player, etc. Fast access to
> different views, eg by artist, album, year, genre. Fast access to
> searching for specific files that match certain criteria. Strong
> playlist management for playlist creation, queue management.
>
> Powerful integration of other desired features eg visualizations,
> weather forecasts, home automation via already mentioned powerful full
> control of app :)
>
>
> It can do 1 million different things for 1 million different people and
> that flexibility causes complexity, that is the nature of the beast. You
> can only dumb it down so far before you start removing the features
> listed above and at that point you lose everything that made Squeezebox
> stand out from the pack to begin with.
>
> The reason Squeezebox has been such a popular product for so many years
> is because it is powerful. If you didn't want powerful you would just
> use your existing TV's media interface that you already owned(or your
> PS3, Xbox 360, Bluray player etc).
>
I just wish you had mentioned the words "music", "audio" or "listen" at
least once... ;-)
Because that's my point, functionality related to music
discovery/listening has not been in focus during the last years, at
least not enough.
--
erland
Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info))
(Developer of 'many plugins/applets (both free and commercial)'
(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User:Erland).
If you like to encourage future presence on this forum and/or third
party plugin/applet development, 'consider purchasing some plugins'
(http://license.isaksson.info))
Interested in music discovery ? See 'Social Music Discovery (SMD)'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=656713) project.
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