Mnyb wrote: > > Also if the project fork and if a community replacement for mysb.com > arises ,you still want the majority of work to be done by the local > server to save load , so as much as possible done locally . > > This pretty much assumes a local server ,but that's how has to be. > It depends, I agree that some logic currently handled by mysqueezebox.com should ideally be handled on the local network of each user, but I don't think it has to be in a separate server it can also be on the playback device itself.
Regarding local vs central server it's also important to note that if the software isn't maintained it doesn't matter if it's installed on a local computer or on a central computer in the cloud. It's easy to think that you will have full control if you have it on a local computer but in reality it will often work better if it's on a central cloud server as long as you can ensure the reliability. Normal people don't like to upgrade software on a computer constantly to keep a system working, they would rather prefer that it's handled by someone else. On top of this some services wouldn't be possible to integrate without mysqueezebox.com because the streaming providers sometimes doesn't allow you to include code that access their API's in an open source software because they only want the API to be visible to partners which have singed a NDA. I know a lot of people blame mysqueezebox.com for a lot of issues but in my opinion it's a lot better that Logitech have been able to silently push out a bug correction on mysqueezebox.com when some streaming service changes something than that I would have to upgrade the Squeezebox firmware or LMS software every time this happens. The reason we think a solution based on a central service is bad is because Logitech haven't been able to ensure its reliability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96208 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
