I'm an enterprising person, and have three SBs. So this starts to be interesting.
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 10:50 -0700, JJZolx wrote: > jimdibb Wrote: > > No ripping CDs? Where does the music come from? The CD ripping part > > would be one of the best aspects of this type of box. Simple "rip any > > cd inserted and when done, open the drawer for another, repeat" I'm not convinced on this. There are serious options and arguments over ripping, (mp3, flac, wma, cuesheets, etc.) see the slim-ripping list. And there is a non-trivial problem of what do do when CDDB/Freedb is wrong, missing, etc. You have to have this kind of box on a home network, So you _could_ do the ripping on some other box and move the files to a samba share. Then gain, that is what I do with my current setup. > $200+? A large hard drive alone will cost you $100+. I'm just saying > create the rough equivalent of an NAS with the balls to run SlimServer > with a large library. Just googled ReadyNas, found a review on Tomsnetworking. http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-217-ProdID-H2H5.php The review unit was over a grand, There would have to be multiple configurations which would cause inventory problems, or a Dell-style custom build business. Neither are cheap at niche volumes. > I don't really understand the fascination with running SlimServer on an > NAS appliance, and a quiet one at that, but there certainly seems to be > large calling for such a thing. I'm guessing people either want to > place the server in their music listening environment, in which quiet > is a must, or else they keep the thing in their home office or bedroom > and don't want the noise of a traditional PC. There is noise, and then there is noise. When I had my most recent white box built, I told the local store to use $10 fans instead of $3 fans, and the unit is much, much better than the box before where I didn't bother to spec quietness. But that is not the same as quiet enough to go in the main music room with serious speakers, amps, etc. Seems to me that if you want it quiet enough for being in occupied space, you are going to want Tivo or MythTV, etc. functionality while you are at it. Only adds another $100 or so for a real video card. But it requires much more care in the noise side, powersupply, CPU fan, case fans, disk drives, etc. Given that Dell is advertising modern, new machines for under $300 with a legal copy of XP, I'm not seeing a crying need here. Perhaps I should just offer custom configurations on a one-off basis. I think advertising might be the biggest problem. -- other than 24x7 customer support for linux :-) > -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
