Consider making a software only trial of the SqueezeBox system. By which, I mean download the latest released version of SqueezeCenter from http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/support/download-squeezecenter.html, on the same machine you use to run iTunes, and point it at your iTunes library so that it can do a scan and discover you music collection. Browse around in the web interface, and check how much of it was successfully discovered and categorized.
Then you could try streaming to a software player on another machine (pref. a WiFi enabled laptop), using SqueezePlay or SoftSqueeze. You can get SqueezePlay (beta) from here http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.3 You may have a few issues to resolve before everything is working to your satisfaction and comfort, but once you are in that state you can be highly confident that your first hardware player is going to be set up and running in a matter of minutes. Of course this kind of testing only gives you an impression of the software ecosystem, and does not represent the experience of having an actual hardware player (which also comes with support from Logitech staff). Pippin is being somewhat modest: I will say that his iPhone / Touch app is an excellent way to get control of your entire Squeezebox client/server system from the palm of your hand, and is available on the App store for a modest fee. -- dsdreamer ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65350 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
