pfarrell wrote: > > Can someone give me a quick overview of: > 1) what is happening with SlimServer, the server software? > The latest version of LMS (previously known as SlimServer) software which is officially supported by Logitech is 7.7.3, they might release a 7.7.4 but it will probably only happens if 7.7.3 stops working on latest OS versions or some online service used by significant amount of users breaks.
The recently released 7.8.0 version of LMS is a community supported release which Logitech doesn't officially support other than letting one of their employees help with the development now and then. Nobody knows what will happen with LMS in the future, my personal guess is that it will likely continue to work on Linux for local music many years to come. OSX/Windows might break as soon as Logitech abandon Squeezebox completely and Apple/Microsoft release a new OS version, hard to say exactly when this becomes an issue. Online service support except for TuneIn(internet radio) is likely going to break eventually since it depends on Logitech's mysqueezebox.com servers, but the ickStream Music Platform intends to replace the current online service support with something new. The following wiki page describes a bit about the different community efforts currently in progress: http://wiki.slimdevices.org/index.php/Community_Projects On top of this there are a number of individual third party developers still active who produce new third party plugins and remote control apps. pfarrell wrote: > > 2) what people are using for new players? > In my mind you basically have the following choices: - Get a used Squeezebox on ebay. The Touch and Radio have mostly open source firmware so they are more likely to work on longer terms than Classic, Boom, Transporter and Duet. - Get a used UE Smart Radio on ebay and convert it to Squeezebox Radio firmware. You don't want to use the default UE Smart Radio firmware because its unusable for local music without Logitech's online servers and it's not compatible with your existing Squeezeboxes, it even requires a separate server software. - Get a Vortexbox Appliance (which includes a player module) - Build your own DIY solution, there are number of ways to do this, most is currently based on using the SqueezeLite software player together with hardware like RaspberryPi, Wandboard, SheevaPlug or an old computer or smart phone. Just note that the built-in DAC's in most of these DIY hardware isn't that good, so if you want decent audio quality you need to combine them with an external DAC. The Community Squeeze project is based on a Wandboard, so if you want to upgrade to their high-end DAC module as soon as it's available it might be a good idea to base a DIY setup on Wandboard. Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info)) (Developer of 'many plugins/applets (both free and commercial)' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User:Erland). If you like to encourage future presence on this forum and/or third party plugin/applet development, 'consider purchasing some plugins' (http://license.isaksson.info)) You may also want to try my Android apps 'Squeeze Display' (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.isaksson.squeezedisplay) and 'RSS Photo Show' (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.isaksson.rssphotoshow) *Interested in the future of music streaming ? 'ickStream - A world of music at your fingertips' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98467-Pre-Announcement-ickStream&p=743516)*. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101259 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
