> > I'd be hoping for as much 'internet streaming' stuff to be shifted to > the control of the user's local server as is feasible. I realise that > could be tricky if the suppliers change encryption or whatever - but I > reason that for the services where the suppliers can provide a web-based > player that works in a platform-agnostic manner on a variety of > browsers, it should be possible to implement a solution that would work > on a local Squeezebox server.
I beliebe you are a biased here by the experience of how often MySB was unavailable in the past. However, MySB - when used without LMS - has a very specific set of issues that are mainly rooted in the fact that it's essentially taking the LMS communication model and moves it to the Internet. While that model works fine in your local network, it heavily relies on permanent availability and doesn't scale well. None of this is a problem on a local network but it makes the online server very sensitive. A service doesn't have to be built like that. Look at how many services these days completely rely on the availability of a back end system without you ever noticing it. How often has Google been down for you? Facebook? Amazon? It's really possible to write available and well performing online services but it helps a lot if they are designed to be an Internet service from the very beginning. On doing everything locally: it gives you a bit more control but it's not without issues. Try to use the amazon cloud service plugin or the soundcloud one. Or just look at how often the YouTube plugin is broken. All of these things would be much easier and faster to fix with an online service in the background ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98518 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
