netim3 Wrote: > Having installed Telcanto on a pocket-pc, I now use it almost > exclusively to browse/play my collection. The integration with > SlimServer is terrific, and it's fast & simple enough for my family. I > know a pocket-pc is another expense, but it definitely changed my > impression of the SB. > <SNIP> > Natan That's encouraging to hear, given that my Squeezebox system is currently entirely virtual (Slimserver 6.1.1 + SoftSqueeze) with the exception of a Dell Axim X30 which is the only piece of hardware I have bought so far with the view to dedicating it 100% to Telcanto; right now it's sitting gathering dust.
When you say you use it "almost exclusively" do you mean that you don't use any other interface to SlimServer, or do you mean that you don't use the PocketPC for anything else other than controlling SlimServer (or both)? It is the second scenario that I am most interested in. I intend to dedicate my Dell Axim as a SlimServer controller and I suspect that in this area I will find a few features missing in Telcanto. I should say that I have posted some questions to the Telcanto mail group and got prompt and constructive answers back from Malcolm but I thought I'd mention my minor concerns here because if other users are in the same situation then I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to also request them from Telcanto. The first thing I would like, and have requested, is the ability to map hard buttons to Telcanto functions, Malcolm said he would add this to the list of features to be considered for a future release. If I am using my Axim as a dedicated device then the hard buttons aren't needed for anything else so it would be really nice to be able to map them to things like browse by artist, album, play, pause, etc and to use the DPad for scrolling or other functions. Also, my Dell has some sort of volume wheel on the left hand edge of the device, I don't know if this is a standard feature of PocketPCs but if it is then it would also be really great to be able to map that to volume or scrolling. The second thing that I haven't requested yet because I don't know if it is already possible, or maybe there is third party software to do it, is automatic running of Telcanto on power-on. Again if I am using my Axim as a dedicated device I would really like to be able to set it up so that it automatically runs Telcanto on power-on. Has anyone got this configured somehow? I'm pretty curious as to how many other Telcant users have a PocketPC device dedicated to Telcanto and, if they do, whather they would also value the features I've mentioned above. - Julian -- JulianL _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
