Please, please, please replace the Touch, get a good USB dac and enjoy MediaMonkey. You should be happier.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:35 AM, nicolas75 < [email protected]> wrote: > > Gingernut63;670431 Wrote: > > @nicolas75, aubuti > > > > > > > > This is not totally correct. If you have LMS on your PC then you don't > > have to have a LMS music database, hence no scanning. An empty folder > > is all that is required for the music folder address. MediaMonkey can > > manage your music database and it tells Squeezebox what to play. LMS is > > still required and anyway it has useful plugins that MediaMonkey > > doesn't. LMS on a Linux NAS (e.g. ReadyNAS DUO) does require a managed > > music database due to file format issues between the windows OS and > > Linux. > > > > Try MediaMonkey(basic)/MonkeySqueeze for yourself and see the > > advantages of playing your music collection on Squeezebox using these > > freeware programs. The official release is here: > > http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/monkeysqueeze/ > > > > Also try the MonkeySqueeze Development site for the latest beta which > > has playlist sync: > > http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=59907 > > Thanks. > > The problem is that from MediaMonkey forums and your messages, there > are annoying delays (I use mainly flac files ...) with this plugin. > I must say I don't feel like being a beta tester like with LMS. > If I have to install LMS, start it with an empty database, and so on, I > guess it will be much easier to run directly MediaMonkey with a > smartphone application, and replace the Touch by a good USB dac ... > With a small silent and nice Nettop like Asrock ones, it may be the > perfect solution. > I am more inclined to check how easily MediaMonkey can be controlled > with a smartphone, than mixing Squeezeboxes, LMS and MediaMonkey. > > At this point It seems to me that good solution are > - LMS get decent files selection and library management, and I can > stick it. > - LMS doesn't and I have to completely get rid of LMS > > If I have to get rid LMS > - Squeezeboxes can be used without LMS at all (I can accept TinySBS if > it is improved, there are simple bugzilla bugs to fix for that) and I > keep the Touch without LMS > - If not possible, I replace the Touch by a good USB dac and forget > about Squeezeboxes. > > > The mere point here is that Logitech is a hardware company, not a > software company. > They make money with squeezeboxes, not with LMS (which is free). > A smart manager should understand that a squeezebox Touch should be > seen as a network soundcard from any PC music software, or as a > standalone device running an optimized TinySBS. > > If people want to mess with LMS and its weird scanning, it is there, > they can use it, but it should be only another not mandatory option. > > > -- > nicolas75 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91532 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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