andifor wrote: > Talking about tweaking and Europeans cloud paranoia. > > What about ickStreams modularity? I only want local mp3 streaming but > not Spotify or other "cloud service". Is the system modular enough so I > don't have to install all the cloud components phoning home? > We haven't decided on the details regarding this yet, but the plan is that you should at least be able to listen to your local music files without internet access. We might require users to register and do some account management initially in the cloud, but we haven't decided on all the details regarding this yet, we will be able to tell you more about it when we are getting closer to a public release. The protocols used for remote control and playback doesn't rely on the cloud, the reason to handle registration and some account management in the cloud is more related to being able to create a better user experience.
Based on the way local and online music will be integrated in ickStream we believe people who today purely use local music might get more interested to use online services, more details how this works will be described at a later stage when we have finished the functionality a bit more so it's easier to show the potential. Time will tell if there are third party developers interested to provide more extensive functionality for people who refuse to use the cloud completely, we have a lot of documented development API's which can be used by third parties to enhance the system for people who don't want to use the functionality we provide through the cloud. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
