> A couple questions about this -- is the simplecenter software a server > like slimserver, or is it a client that you can fire up only when you > want to update the contents of the car's hd? I keep a pretty tight > reign on my mp3 collection, so I don't mind much if the synch with the > car HD is a bit of an involved process. But given that my slimserver is > on a linux box, which exports my mp3 collection to my windows boxes over > samba, I'd need to be able to run the simplecenter either a> on my linux > box (which is console only, no x installed) or b> on a windows client > with read-only access to the mp3 library.
Simplecenter supports both the DMP1 (omnifi's mobile device) and the DMS1 (omnifi's home-audio squeezebox-like device). It provides server functionality for the DMS1 (which has no built-in hard drive), but when used with the DMP1 it's simply something that tracks your mp3 collection and allows you to sync the hard drive. Since I use the wireless sync capability of the DMP1 I leave it running at all times, but if you're only going to manually sync your setup you could certainly only fire it up only whenever you want to sync. The sync with the HD really isn't an involved process at all--it's quite simple really--the only thing "involved" about it is getting Simplecenter to accurately reflect what's in your music collection. It's terrible about picking up changes to your collection--it picks up new stuff just fine, but if you change tags or delete things, forget it. And despite being written in Java, I don't think it'll run on your linux box--seems like I remember the requirements specifying windows. > How was the install? Did you do it yourself, or did you have it done? I did the install myself and it was a piece of cake. I had an empty single-din space under my head unit that I used. I had to build a little mounting bracket to hold it since the screws weren't really in the right place to screw into my my console. It's nice that the power, audio, and control cables are all integrated into the single cable run back to the hard-drive unit. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
