erland wrote: > It's not a problem to have third party streaming services depending on a > central cloud server, if the software isn't maintained it doesn't matter > if it's installed on your local device/computer or in a central cloud > server, if it isn't maintained it will stop working either way. A local > Tunein plugin which isn't working wouldn't be any better than a non > working Tunein module on a central server. > > The general issue with many streaming services is that you aren't > allowed to publish any details of their API, in many cases you have to > sign a NDA to get access to the API, Tunein is one example of this. So > if it's installed locally it would likely have to be a closed source > module which is still maintained by Logitech and if that stops working > due to a Tunein API change and Logitech doesn't want to fix it we > wouldn't be in any better situation.
Yes it will , if the central server goes down it's dead for everyone if it runs locally on everyone's server a failure only affects one machine , the slow death of lack maintainnance is another issue . In an ideal world a local plugin would be open source'sh and not depend on single company to live on . Tune in may have been a bad example if they as you say don't allow access to thier API without NDA and other draconian measures. But is thier any constants in internet radio it's still a very immature bussiness , for example they are allowed to change URL constantly if a teristial station changed it's frequency haphazardly they would be forced to shut down :) An there seems be no standards and services comes and goes weekly , there is always some new semi legal " free " streaming service starting up etc it's a zoo . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97012 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
