erland;687589 Wrote: > At least all the DLNA solutions I've tried has been less user friendly > and more buggy than the Squeezebox, but maybe I've just been unlucky > and tried the wrong ones.
I agree. At the moment DLNA works well enough for videos but the audio aspect is a far less satisfying experience. Maybe it's just me but some of the things I want with an audio delivery system are access to the tagging info, the ability to search for tracks easily, creation of playlists, organise the database the way I want etc ... The DLNA systems I've seen can't do this. You can say that LMS struggles in some of these areas but it is still light years ahead of DLNA in usability. To me there are two main types of audio listener. The ones who just listen to music, who don't care about database structure, who have smallish collections. Then there are the audio tragics who have large collections (or working towards) who want proper database management and access to a plethora audio information, oh and they love listening to music as well (I'm part of this group). The first are easily catered for with the present systems DLNA, Apple Airplay etc, the second lot are more difficult to please so the audio software has to becomes more complicated to deliver the required outcomes. It's easy to see which audio group is being catered for; the less R&D time the greater the profits. Again it still baffles me why Logitech purchased Slim Devices, its just too complicated for them, and it only took them five years to work that out. Hopefully as the technology (DLNA etc) improves the usability will improve but will it? And where does this leave Squeezebox? Again the future doesn't look good. -- Gingernut63 MonkeySqueeze - Squeezing music into your life! http://twitter.com/#!/MonkeySqueeze1 MonkeySqueeze Support: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59515 MonkeySqueeze Development: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=59907 1 x Squeezebox Boom - 2 x Duets - SqueezePlay - iPeng on an iPod Touch - Squeeze Player on an Android Phone - MediaMonkey - MonkeyTunes for Apple and Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gingernut63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48490 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93207 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
