maggior;539039 Wrote: > This was brought up in another thread recently and for the life of me I > can't find it. It's probably good to break a discussion of this into a > separate thread anyway. > You might be thinking of my post here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=537827
maggior;539039 Wrote: > > So, what if it was taken a bit further. What if VortexBox offered a > version had an HDMI connection? And had GNOME or KDE desktop > installed? With WINE? And a wireless keyboard/mouse (Logitech makes > them I think ;-)? They could also partner with Illustrate, the > creators of dbPowerAmp, to include that in the bundle. All > preconfigured to run right out of the box! > I'm not sure people want another computer, they want a box that rip and play music. If you want detailed control of the tagging, use a standard computer, pretty much everyone have a computer in the house so this shouldn't be a major problem. The issue that VortexBox solves is that you can just insert your CD in a box and after a while it appears on your Squeezebox in the living room. As long as you use common music and doesn't care if the tagging of genre is slightly incorrect it does a really good job IMHO. In the latest version it integrates Subsonic so you can even edit the tags from your laptop using a web browser. The problem with HDMI connection is that people are going to want more, when you start to give them access to it on the TV they are going to want it to play video and record/playback TV. It's quickly going to grow into a media center solution and then it have to compete with Microsoft MCE, MediaPortal, MythTV and similar solutions which does TV and video a lot better than VortexBox ever will, mainly because it's going to be restricted by the hardware. maggior;539039 Wrote: > > And while we are at it, throw in a version of squeezeplay with an HD > skin that looked nice on a big screen TV? > I'm not sure people want their TV powered on to be able to listen to music, at least I don't. If they like the TV on they can get a media center solution like Microsoft MCE or similar instead. maggior;539039 Wrote: > > What do you guys think? > As I said in the other thread, I think it would be a great partnership. However, I don't really want it to grow as you describe. It should be that little box that's silent, small and focus on what it is suppose to do. I'm just hoping Logitech won't spend time implementing their own server box, there are so many other things which they ought to focus on which no one else can solve for them. The server box can really be made by someone else, VortexBox is proof of that. I don't have a VortexBox appliance hardware myself, but I'm running the software on a laptop and really love it. It's perfect to just insert a CD and it will be ripped automatically. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77758 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
