erland wrote: > Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library > individually ? I don't believe so. I'm curious why this is an issue for people. Do people have lots of explicit tracks they don't want their kids near? Or are they embarrassed to see certain artists in their list? I prefer to give my kids access to the whole library in the (possibly vain) hope they may actually listen to some of the "oldie" music and like it!
erland wrote: > 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 ? On a central server for the whole family. Having multiple libraries would make backing up a nightmare. erland wrote: > Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ? I can see the benefits of individual playlists, although this could be mediated by asking them to prefix their playlists with their names. erland wrote: > Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ? OK I see where you're coming from now. Yes, having individual favourites lists would be a nice feature, mainly to avoid crap appearing in my favourites lists. erland wrote: > Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for > each family member ? Currently I'm the only one who can rate tracks. As my kids get older I can see them having stronger views on my ratings, so yes it would be nice. erland wrote: > Does each family member have individual players which only one of the > family members mostly use ? Not at the moment, but it's something I would like to do in the future, such as giving the kids some Booms (or Community-Booms!). erland wrote: > 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 don't think so. Yes they may find it funny to remotely control the Boom in the parent's bedroom, but the novelty would soon wear off ;-) erland wrote: > 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 ? Shared at the moment, but I suspect they'll have smartphones in a few years. erland wrote: > If you have a remote control which you share between multiple family > members, is it a IR-remote, smartphone, tablet or computer ? A Controller, and a repurposed Joggler. erland wrote: > 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 ? I'm reluctant to give this a lot of thought, as I suspect my needs will change. Right now, a UI that the kids -want -to use would be nice - I find them heading for Windows Media Centre to play music all too often, because (in their opinion) the UI is "better" for local music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98199 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
