TheLastMan;691041 Wrote: > I feel your pain! Things are not so very different in my household. > However I have reduced the extent of a couple of the problems: > > UPDATING KIDS ITHING FROM SERVER: > Both my older children have access to a laptop which they use to update > their pods. I have set up iTunes on this so that it uses folders in the > same music library on my server as the Squeezebox (not a shared library, > just "adding" folders from my SB library). My library is split into two > identical halves, one with MP3s for pods and one with FLACs for > squeezebox. > > This library is synced between NAS and a PC giving some backup > protection for their iThings, and I have set up iTunes on the laptop so > that when they add music from the server it keeps a local copy on their > iTunes folder on the lappie. > > After a bit of cajoling they also let me buy downloads and rip CDs for > them as I can do that a lot cheaper than iTunes, and usually a lot > quicker too. My son is now getting interested in this process and has > offered to take over the job! He is an intelligent lad and understands > the advantages. > > WIFE FRIENDLY CONTROL: > My wife is happy to use the Controller, because it has "real" hardware > buttons with obvious functions not disimmilar to an iPod. She simply > does not get on with either iPeng on my iPod or Squeezecommander on her > HTC. I have also added an extra genre tag to "her" music so that it is > all located in the one menu location, she does not need to scroll > through long lists of my "what's this awful racket" music to get to her > own stuff. > > SYNC PLAYERS: > Not sure what your problem is here. I have set it up so that the > "choose player" and "sync" options are a the top of the home menu so > that she can find them easily. Even my technophobe wife quickly got > the hang of the sync option after 2 minutes of training (the limit of > her patience with these things!). However she finds swapping between > players with the Controller a bind, so I may have to buy a second one!
Its a shame Mrs TheLastMan won't pick up Squeezecommander or iPeng as they are really easy for controlling and syncing players! -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93207 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
