MrSinatra;635545 Wrote: > you've gotten a lot of responses from pros. but it sounds to me like > you want something that "just works" thats easy, robust, etc... > > i would suggest then that this product is not for you. > > a lot of people on here might disagree and say they never have issues, > blah blah blah. well, just read posts here. this is a complicated > product that one could find many nice things to say about it, but > robust and reliable don't head the list. or come in the middle.
I have to chime in here and say that isn't totally true. I knew absolutely nothing about Squeeze anything when I got my Touch a little over a year ago. I have had pretty much 0 problems thus far. And the only problems I have had has been with the SuperDateandTime Plugin and how it will get knocked out when the Weather site it uses changes formats. Otherwise I've been running with very few hiccups. I know extremely little about networking, other than pluggin things into the router or entering the wi-fi info. I have no idea what exactly SSH is or why I would need to do it, since I've never had to figure it out. Not to mention I have no clue about anything linix, or anything with a command line, or anything about programming of any flavor. I'm self taught on the computer, and when I need to learn something I do all the research I can and try to figure it out. If I can't I get help. But yeah for most things I admit I am completely computer illiterate, but I've had only minor issues with Squeezebox Server and the Touch. Now, part of that may come down to the fact that I am very anal and particular with my music tagging. I've always used iTunes and use the tags that are of importance to me, but it is consistant. Even when I get something that I didn't rip, via Amazon, HDTracks or whatever, I set the tags to match what I want. Also I had my entire library already ripped to Apple Lossless before I got the Touch and installed Squeezebox Server (granted that was partly due to the Touch's release date being pushed back a bit). When I got the Touch finally, I just had a gut instinct that it might not work quite the way I had optimally hoped for, which was as a stand alone all in one unit. So when I started having problems with a large library of ALAC, some 96/24 files included, using TinySC, I wasn't too surprised. I figured with the way the Touch looked that it probably wasn't as robust as the PR sheet described it, and that it probably was designed to work with a much smaller or mostly MP3 library. So within a few hours of getting the Touch, and messing with TinySC. I had Squeezebox Server installed on my desktop and playing music. My install initally had one wireless jump, and I had 0 issues with networking. Later on I got a laptop for a dedicated server and it's wired, just because it can be, and it's one less signal in our suddenly crowded wireless atmosphere (I can see a lot of neighbors signals, which messes with the wife's laptop at times) After a little enjoyment I started exploring this board, learning shortcuts, pitfalls, quirks, and all that kind of stuff. So I slowly got a little better grasp on what this whole system is and can do. I really find this site helpful, and lots of answers are here if one has the patience to search. So no you don't have to be a tweaky inclined person to install and use this stuff. Maybe I'm a fluke, but I doubt it. -- rayman1701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rayman1701's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88215 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
