AndrewFG wrote: > Following is in my opinion a more accurate redaction of what you said... > > > The whole point of using UPnP ... is if it allows me to mix players, > controllers and servers from different manufacturers, -and to mix > content from different content providers,- in the same system, if I'm > forced to use only components -or content- from the same manufacturer > -or content provider- I suspect I will be better of using their > proprietary protocols. > > Unfortunately it does not lead to a happy conclusion about > interopability. Either you go with Apple with (bindings on hardware and > content); Or with UPnP (no bindings on hardware, but limitations on > content); Or you go with something like the Squeezebox environment > (bindings on hardware, some freedom of content); Or ?? > Agreed.
Since I have the devices to consume music, this means that I'll continue to choose the solution which doesn't restrict me regarding which content/content providers I can use, currently I think this means using Squeezebox or Sonos proprietary solutions. Where Squeezebox have the advantage due to their open architecture which allows me, you and other third party developers to add the missing pieces ourselves if Logitech doesn't do their jobb properly. I'm not sure Squeezebox would have been the preferred choice if all streaming services would have to go through mysqueezebox.com, fortunately we have the possibility to add support for streaming services also by installing plugins in LMS/SBS. Hopefully we will get some kind of established standard in the future that allows us to also mix devices from different manufacturers, either UPnP or something else. However, unfortunately I'm a bit skeptical because with both Google, Amazon and Apple having their own music store they are all bound to try to get us to use their proprietary solutions to make us to use their music store instead of the ones provided by the competitors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
