netnewt;396282 Wrote: > Way back in Squeezecentre v7.2 and before, it was possible to > synchronise Softsqueeze with hardware players such as Squeezebox 3. > This functionality is important to me, and was significant in my > choosing a Squeezecentre based system over Sonos and others. I have > four Squeezebox 3's and a Boom. <deletia> > > I have raised frequent tickets about this. All of a sudden, Logitech > announced that synchronisation "could not be guaranteed" with software > players such as Softsqueeze and the new Squeezeplay (we'll come to that > in a minute). Well, that statement is a bit ripe! Slimdevices never > uttered such words and this was a piece of functionality that was prime > in my decision to buy the Logitech system. To be suddenly told this I > feel is a very poor show from Logitech. > <snip> > Your goal is laudable, but please, let's not re-write history. Maybe sync'ing with SoftSqueeze worked for *you* in SC 7.2 and earlier, but this was by no means universal. It all came down to specifics of the latencies in the pc running the software player, and that's still the case. Just search the forums, and you'll see that many people had sync problems with software players before the sync code was rewritten for 7.3.
Likewise, Slim Devices never guaranteed sync'ing of software players. Again, search the forums and you'll see. So you can't lay this as a policy change by Logitech. Finally, the complete rewrite of the sync code for 7.3 was a tremendous improvement for the sync'ing of hardware players. Besides providing more reliable sync of hardware players, it also paved the way for gapless sync'd playing, sync'd crossfade, etc. Making the hardware players work as well as possible is understandably the first priority of Logitech/Slim Devices, because that's how they make money. So any improvement in sync'ing of software players cannot be at the cost of reliable sync'ing of hardware players. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.10) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
