sydsfloyd67;511568 Wrote: > > Wouldn't one want to retain various settings made via SqueezeServer > Plugins through either on/off cycle or restarting, and then use them > when connecting to new 'Music Sources'? For example this might allow > custom displays and some other changes to the interface beging made > through SqueezeServer Plugins to be retained while moving to > mysqueezebox.com. Can the Squeezebox v3 (SB3) store anything other than > firmware locally in RAM? (If so, can/do Squeezeserver Plugins ever write > to this? Seems they do not.) >
They do not. There isn't enough RAM, CPU or flash in the SB2/3/Classic/Receiver/Boom type players to do that. They're "slim" devices, meaning almost all their functionality is at the server. The Radio, Touch and SBController can run 'Applets', small programs written in Lua. > > (In my view, the potential hardware independence from the PC (and > 'radio' model) is the uniqueness of the whole Squeeze platform. If one > puts in dependence on a laptop and Squeezeserver (and local MP3s), then > there are better PC-interface-centered approaches, for example an > Airport Express with a Macbook and iPhone-remote.) > Are there? The airport express does not have anything close to the sound quality of a SB. The SB Touch has a USB port you can plug a USB hard drive into, so there is no dependence on another PC, and it can serve music to SB2/3/Boom/Radio/Receiver/Touch... I don't know why you would want a laptop for your music server: your laptop has to then be on (and not sleeping!) to listen to music. A desktop or 'micro' type server (see Vortex Box or Sheeva Plug) works much better. I have yet to see a PC-centric system that does anything at all like the SB does. I have several players around the house, one at work, all connected to the same library, sometimes playing in sync, sometimes not. >From any, I can use either builtin controls (like the Boom, Radio or Touch have) or an IR remote or a PC, or a SB Controller to choose music, adjust volume, etc. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74627 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
