When the Community Squeeze project recently ended due to the legal problems we got some questions from users regarding the scope of ickStream. Due to this we want to share a bit more information about the current status in the ickStream project.
First of all, we are very sorry to see that the Community Squeeze project now officially has ended and we would like to thank Triode and JohnSwenson for trying to find alternative ways to release the software and hardware they have been working on during the Community Squeeze project. Hopefully the current situation will just be a small bump on the road and we are soon going to get the community based hardware player we all want. From what we have seen so far there shouldn't be any problem to use ickStream on a community based hardware player using the Wandboard. In the ickStream team we have been working on integrating more online services with the ickStream Music Platform. As you might have seen from our blog/newsletter we have also started to prioritise Squeezebox support to secure a way for existing Squeezebox users to access online streaming services. The beta testers invited to our private beta program are currently in the process of testing the Squeezebox integration and the ability to use ickStream from any type Squeezebox player with all the traditional Squeezebox remote control apps. On the hardware side we are still focusing on working with hardware partners to provide hardware supporting ickStream natively. If this doesn't work out, we will probably eventually design our own hardware, but since we are still a small team and collaboration with partners looks promising we want to prioritze our efforts and prefer to let partners handle the hardware. It's also important to remember that one of the goals with ickStream Music Platform is to provide an environment where you in the same system can mix hardware from many different hardware vendors. Finally, we are also looking at possibilities to have an open beta program where early adopters in the Squeezebox community can try some of the ickStream provided online streaming services, but we can't promise anything regarding this right now, we just wanted to let you know that we are investigating it. For more information about ickStream see our blog: http://blog.ickstream.com Or subscribe to our newsletter through our web page: http://www.ickstream.com 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)) *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=98467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
