Like some have said, if someone wants what the Sooloos provides, then they should buy it (if they can afford it). I don't have any place to put that giant control unit where I want to listen to music, but maybe you do!
I personally prefer the more generic, open, and flexible approach that SlimDevices takes. I can walk up to any computer in the house and control any player in the house (or walk around the house with the Duet controller). The fact that is takes 2 secs to get a list of albums instead of 1 sec doesn't strike me as a big deal, since I am listening to music mostly instead of searching and making playlists (and no operation ever takes more than 2-3 secs from either controller or web interface, and this is using an oldy P4 as the server). Furthermore, it works with any OS in the house, as for me, a system that doesn't work with Linux is totally useless (I am a CS prof and won't use Windows). What would be interesting would be a video of someone controlling the Sooloos via their web interface, called ControlPC. Think that will really be any faster than SC via a web interface?? I downloaded the manual for it and found the following: Control:PC requires a PC running Windows XP or Vista or an Apple MacIntosh computer with an Intel processor running the Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion. [So completely and utterly useless for me!] ... Run the setup program, then launch Control:PC. It will search for the Sooloos system and load after finding it. If Control:PC fails to load, the most likely reason is a network problem, since the program must communicate intensively with the Sooloos system in order to function. Try shutting down everything on the network and rebooting the router. Restart the Sooloos system and your computer, then launch Control:PC again. If the problem persists and your computer talks to the router via WiFi, try making an Ethernet connection instead, since wired connections are more reliable. If you have an old router, or one supplied by your internet service provider, replacing it with a new one may also help. Sure sounds foolproof, doesn't it? :) -- ncarver ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ncarver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15905 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51305 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
