iPhone;459441 Wrote: > Nice post with some interesting ideas. I was right there with you > until...... > > <my quote> > > The Radio and Touch are "Smart" devices (the Controller with minimum > resources). All Squeezeboxes prior are "Dumb" devices and that is why > they need a Server whether it is SC locally or phone home to SN. For > what is to wonder why about the SB2? It is impossible for an SB2 to > function on its own to play local music because its a "dumb" device that > currently needs either a Server or a "Smart" device running TinySC to be > able to play local files. And even if something was created on SN to > play local files, I would think a local server would have to be on so > its back to SC and "Dumb" devices. > > I see the point, but to me, we are just now getting there with this new > generation of Smart devices.
i think either i wrote that poorly, or you misunderstood, probably both. ;) i wasn't saying the SB2 i have, as in the one i literally look at and use, doesn't need SC or SN. sure, of course it does; and it mades sense 5 years ago to host the server on a users computer, yada yada yada... what i meant was that today i look at my SB2, and i believe that what made that a sensible product/paradigm years ago no longer exists today. in other words, a SB2 today should work with my "proposed device" INSTEAD OF my computer. you could hook up a USB drive or esata or whatever to the small linux SC box, and power your SB2 or whatever with just the proposed SC device. thats what i meant when i said "i wonder why i need a computer on" meaning my own computer. times have changed, the paradigm should change too. its financially feasible now. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - w/sc 7.3.4b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
