west_sounds;524380 Wrote: > ive been playing with the squeeze centre all night and i have really > come to the conclusion now that it is terrible. I gave it a few days > just to make sure i wasnt being unfair but the SB software is > absolutely dismal. the hardware is first class probably the best out > there but it is horribly let down with its software. even playing with > the moose interface is awful. its just slow and clunky to use. they have > a great product here which could be so much better its a shame. > > there is no way i could live with that software I have just uninstalled > the lot, squeezecentre, squeezeplay and moose. as good as the hardware > is because of the software it is not for me, I will wait for an > alternative. The way technology is moving on I shouldnt have to wait > too long. > > Hopefully some of the software writers will get something sorted for it > soon. > > I know its may be personal preference and I even considered getting rid > of Albumplayer if the software was OK but there really is no contest.
Out of curiousity I downloaded the demo version of AlbumPlayer - here are my initial impressions (which are obviously skewed by the fact I am not familiar with the software!) 1) took 45 minutes+ to scan in my 32k Track database + about 15 more minutes to finish off gathering the artwork from my cover.jpg files - so about half the speed of 7.5Embedded on the same machine. CPU was pretty 50% pegged during this time (single core machine). 2) No handling of multi-disc sets 3) search/filter function works on songs or artist or album titles - but not across all 3 at once. However, it does use progresive keystroke matching (like MusicIP). Partially because of the progressive matching, the searching is extremely quick - a few milliseconds after your last keystroke, compared to about a second on SBS 4) No integration with MIP that I could yet find (?) 5) the browse lists are horrible - well, the lists are OK but the scrolling gives me a headache as it jerks around - it's hard to explain in words what it does but I don't like it. 6) The app has a slightly "Windows Media Player ish" feel to it 7) the inbuilt tag editing is... dangerous 8) The artist browse supports "artist artwork", which is nice, although I don't want to be reminded what a lot of 60's rock bands actually looked like :-) All in all, it looks like a nice app if you like the Windows highly graphical approach. It is quick (but does anyone really need that speed? - I like to relax when listening to music...) Of course,the lack of MIP, multi-room sync, dependency on a Windows PC etc make it a rather different sort of application. Just thought I'd offer an alternate view... Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76038
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