erland wrote: 
> Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library
> individually ?
No
> If you have individual libraries, do you also have a need for shared
> libraries which is common for multiple family members ?
n/a
> Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ?
No, I'm the only one in the family who uses playlists
> Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ?
No, our LMS "Favorites" are all internet radio stations, and we don't
use any kind of favorites for local music
> Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for
> each family member ?
no, we don't use ratings or playback statistics at all now, and that
wouldn't change if we could do it separately 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 ?
Haven't seen a need yet to limit the control of any players
> 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 ?
We share our SBCs, and I also use my iPod and iPad. My wife doesn't want
any SB remote control on her iPhone.
> If you have a remote control which you share between multiple family
> members, is it a IR-remote, smartphone, tablet or computer ?
Shared controller is mostly SBCs, but sometimes IR-remotes
> 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 ?
Compared to the current LMS: 
- better searching from remote devices (esp complex searches)
- more flexible intelligent mixes, esp from remote. For example,
something like MusicIP's ability to vary strictness/variety wrt to seed
track, but without digging way into the guts of the server settings. Or
for that matter, being able to select a set of tracks for the seed, as
is possible with the MusicIP GUI, but not the SB implementation 
- outside your control, but better battery life on the iPod Touch. Mine
is 3rd generation, so maybe that's already been improved. Or not. But
lots of the time at night I end up listening to the lossy versions on my
iPod rather than turning on the wifi and listening to my lossless
version via LMS and iPeng.


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