Hi, In article <[email protected]>, erland<[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library > individually ?
Make do without it at the moment, but that would be nice. > If so, where are the music files stored ? On a central computer/NAS, on > a computer/NAS per family member or on the portable device of each > family member ? Central NAS, all served by Slimserver. Snapshots of the entire library on my wife's phone, entire library on 'my' MP3 player (which tends to get taken with us on family trips). > If you have individual libraries, do you also have a need for shared > libraries which is common for multiple family members ? That would also be nice, yes. > Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ? Would be nice, but don't use playlists much. > Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ? Would be nice, yes. > Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for > each family member ? Don't use this sort of thing at the moment. > Does each family member have individual players which only one of the > family members mostly use ? > If so, should all players be controllable by everyone or do you want > access to certain players to be restricted ? In that case why ? I'm assuming you're talking about networked players here rather than portable ones. We have two Squeezeboxes in the house, one connected to the system in the living room, and another Boom in the bedroom that acts as my alarm clock and a Radio for listening to overnight. I also listen at work via SqueezePlay, and on my phone via SqueezePlayer. No need to restrict things as yet. When my 4 year old is a bit older might consider a player in her bedroom. In that case, I might want to restrict some of the music to prevent her playing it (Rage Against the Machine for example!) > Does each family member have their individual remote control/smartphone > to control the players or do you also have remote controls which you > share between different family members ? My wife and I both have Smartphones. I use mine to control the system sometimes, but a lot is done using the IR remote to control the device (SB2) directly. We own a Controller, but it dies as soon as you take it out of the cradle so it's not much use! > How would your dream system work to work as good as possible for usage > of local music on Squeezeboxes and portable devices in your family ? 1 shared library available to all. 3 individual libraries that can be browsed seperately by each family member if required (to give them access to all the music, but allow them to browse their own easier if required). Ability to restrict certain tracks / albums from playback on certain players (no Rage Against the Machine in my daughter's room for example). Would be nice to be able to automatically transcode the library from FLAC (the majority of my library is whole-CD FLAC files) to Ogg (or another lossy format) for syncing with the portable players. I do this with some Python currently so it's not a deal-breaker. Andy _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
