The problem is well known if you cared to read this forums. And tried to understand how these products works.
The "old" players is those based on the ip3k processor in this case the reciever part of the duet. The "controller" is "new" device which is squeezeplay based. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison When the duet was conceived ca 2007 / 2008 released march 2008 they developed. The controller and and the first version of squeezeplay but only for controlling purposes. But the player part the reciever is essentially the same as an SB2 sans display this was released 2005 so the receiver part is "old" tried and trusted technology, thats why it's so cheap no expensive display and reuse of already developed technology. This also the case for Boom who has an SB2 "brain" + dsp +speakers + real-time clock. Now it is like this the "ip3k" based players has a very tiny cpu and memory. In fact it's completely full. So *anything* that requires something to be added to the player can't be done anymore I mean *anything at all* . This is the case for aac native decoding (another popular request). Some streaming services uses DRM of some kind you can listen but not record the stuff. These "secret" parts are embedded in the player and some of it are kept at mysqueezebox.com like your accounts. Some of the streaming services available -now- have this embedded in the player and even the old players, but now it is full, it got features added to it for many years. So the ip3k players have reached the end of the road. The solution was to develop squeezeplay further to all full blown player and make hardware that runs some kind of "linux" to host it. This will probably be the base for new products for while (until it to becomes obsolete). So there is a transitional period right now with the platform for the players . Also the licensing for squeezeboxserver software makes it impossible to put the "secret" stuff there. The new players ? it's more complicated with SqueezeOS and SqueezePlay they are partly "open source" but I'm sure there is a corner somewhere you can't touch where they can keep "secret" stuff for service providers. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe'Primare and Dynadio speakers (including a pair of Contour 4 ) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72390 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
