TheLastMan wrote: > > I was aware that I could install a software player on a mini-PC, and > that one comes bundled with Vortexbox anyway. I am not looking for the > eptiome of small and cheap. I am quite happy to install Vortexbox on > something like a Zotac atom based mini-PC if necessary, provided it will > sync securely with other players. > I've used Squeezelite on a Zotac Zbox AD04 with its analogue output, worked great as far as I could see. It was while squeezelite was still a beta version and I tried but didn't succeed to get it to work with the HDMI output, but was more of a OS problem than a squeezelite problem since I didn't even get the HDMI audio to work with other software. Will have to try again with the latest version when I get the time.
TheLastMan wrote: > > I suppose I am more worried about Triode deciding to retire from > supporting his plugins. However the Squeezelite project gives me hope > that he has not given up yet. > As all third party developers I'm sure he loves to get positive feedback and ideas for potential improvements. If you want to ensure he stays, keep giving him positive feedback, help with beta testing, troubleshooting your own and other users setup and give him ideas for potential improvements. A few years back some people were worried about using third party plugins because they were afraid they wouldn't be supported in the future, instead they wanted Logitech to add the functionality to the core because then the long term maintenance would be secured, they thought... TheLastMan wrote: > > What does this guy do for a living? Where does he find the time to do > this stuff? > It's all about priorities, reality shows on TV and sleeping 12 hours per day is generally overrated ;-) TheLastMan wrote: > > He should start asking for donations. > I think he might be surprised at how many use his plugins and are > prepared to show their gratitude financially in order to secure > continued plug-in support, particularly those of us in the UK. > Everything isn't about money, some people like to do development just because it's creative and fun and it's also nice to make people happy and get the positive feedback. Donations and commercial plugins introduce an extra level of administration and effort which is needed to keep tax authorities happy, it also have a tendency to make your hobby feel like work and obligations which isn't always positive. So if you don't need the extra money or doesn't want the extra administration, donations and commercial solutions might not be the best solution to motivate yourself. I haven't regretted my decision to make some of my plugins commercial, but I can definitely understand why some developers doesn't want to take that route because even if it's positive from a financial perspective it also introduce some new non technical challenges and negative aspects as described above. Donations generally doesn't work on longer terms, at least it didn't for me, too few users is prepared to voluntarily donate money to make it worth the effort and if you get a lot of donations the tax authorities is going to get interested and then you get the extra administration without the high revenue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
