erland wrote: > For those of you who are living together with a spouse or kids, I'd like > to understand a bit better how you would like to use local music > libraries in the future. Ignore what's supported in LMS and Squeezebox > today and instead think about how you would like it to work in the > future. > > Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library > individually ? > > 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 ? > > If you have individual libraries, do you also have a need for shared > libraries which is common for multiple family members ? > > Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ? > > Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ? > > Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for > each family member ? > > 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 ? > > 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 ? > > If you have a remote control which you share between multiple family > members, is it a IR-remote, smartphone, tablet or computer ? > > 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 ?
Our household is myself, my wife, 2 boys (4 and 6) and 1 girl (9). It would be nice if each user could browse their library separately. That would make it easier for my kids to browse their music within the larger library. What would be cool is if each user could comprise their library themselves from the entire library, much in the way Rhapsody works. Though it would be good to do this at any level, not just an album/track level. For instance, a user should be able to from the top level say "add entire library to my library", or add an entire genre to their library, or everything by an artist to their library. Same thing for remove. Our music files are all stored on a central server. They are in flac and mp3 format. Flac is for squeezebox server and mp3 is for itunes. There are ipods and andriod devices in the house. As my daughter gets older, I can see how a need will come up for having a separate music library accessable by my squeezeboxes. If we had multiple libraries, I would definitely want a common shared library as well. My kids to enjoy some of my music. My wife and I would have a lot of overlap in our libraries. For squeezeboxes in common areas (kitchen, family room), I would want seamless access to all libraries. All libraries would have to appear as one large library. If playlists, favorites, and track stats could be tracked on a per user basis, that would be awesome! The boundary should not be the individual's library. This means content can be part of multiple libraries. Yes, there are players used mostly by certain family memebers - these are the booms in each bedroom. I would not want to restrict control though. It's happened where one of my kids would come downstairs saying they want to listen to "xyz" while they are going to sleep. As they walk back up to their room, I'll pull out my andriod device and cue up their request for them as well as set the sleep timer on it. There are multiple smart devices in the house for control (my daughter's ipod, my ipod and my andriod devices). The controller and remote controls are regularly used too. The main shared controller is the duet controller. it is in the kitchen, so it is centrally located. My wife doesn't have a smart phone or smart device, so she uses the controller. I'm the only one that really uses an iPod or andriod device. My daughter will use her ipod in her room as a controller. We can live with the squeezebox the way it is now, but being able to create library subsets on a per-user basis would be helpful...especially as the kids get older. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98199 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
