toby10 wrote: > Common sense and logic. ;) > > Basing a new niche hardware device on someone else's failure (Logitech) > in such a niche market is probably not a good idea. Other big names > have tried the hardware side to music streaming already and failed > miserably (Microsoft, Linksys, etc..). This becomes a compounded > problem when that hardware mfr does not control the software > distribution, development and fixes. The Squeezebox vision started out as a niche idea aimed at a small dedicated user base. My personal view is that it should have stayed that way. A small comany like Slim Devices could survive on that model, but it is wholly inappropriate for a big corporation like Logitech. Therefore as you rightly say, it makes no sense for a big player to try and replace the Logitech hardware.
BUT... with everything open source, there is no reason why a hobbyist community cannot come together to build new players from commodity parts. I have just bought a Raspberry Pi and am experimenting with it. If even I can get it running Squeezeslave (through its admittedly not-very-HiFi analogue output) in a couple of hours (which was frankly quite easy), then I am hopeful that it can be coaxed into sending digital audio to a USB DAC. If Squeezeslave itself can then be tweaked to support hi-res, report its MAC address as the actual MAC address of the Pi, and any timing issues with multiplayer sync resolved, we have an effective replacement for the hardware players. Ralphy would be a key player in making this work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96606 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
