bits;696413 Wrote: > I see some merit in erlands USB playback idea, but also then consider > how many really have music carried around on USB. Perhaps for parties > users would preplan bringing the once off music on a USB device. It > would be nice to support considering the price paid for the Squeezebox. > > It would be much much more common that the music is on a smart phone or > portable media player. The Boom has a line in which with a 3.5mm to > 3.5mm would suit plugging into other devices headphone jack. It would > be nice for a Touch2 to include a line in but you wont get integration > with the device which makes the result not so awesome. > > Both of these scenarios wont be some magic feature that opens the doors > for 5x the current userbase. They are niche features which would be nice > to have for the 1 time you want it so that people can say "wow these > Squeezebox's can do everything" > > PS the Touch already doesn't require the server for the clock so the > always on server requirement is much looser than it once was.
A line in on a touch doesn't make much sense, it would the require a analog to digital converter to use the digital out. -- Jeff Flowerday ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94109 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
