garym wrote: > I assume you know that Squeezeboxes and LMS can do this too (that is, > play a mixture of songs in a playlist that come from local sources or > services like Spotify). I do this all the time with Spotify tracks and > my own library.
Yes, I do. I am not framing the problem very well. I want something that works as well as Squeezebox in some respects (management of large local library and ability to source from other services), but solves the problems I have now: hardware availability, app support, amount of maintenance required by me, and overall system stability. Also bear in mind - I have been using this for over a decade. I have a Squeezebox 2, 3 and a radio. The 2 doesn't work with mysqueezebox.com, so the 3 is pretty much the head unit for my system. It's a bit flaky so I fear for the future. I had been using the Triode plugin for Spotify on the server. Apparently I can buy a Squeezebox Touch for $800 on amazon :rolleyes: so I'm probably not going to invest that kind of cash in a system that has no official hardware support or development. I love squeezebox when it works, but I guess I am tired of hacking at it all the time. I was willing to put in the effort 10 years ago because there was nothing else (and I had more time)... but I feel like everything I want to do should just work now, given the state of technology 10 years later. My wife wants to be able to just play stuff from her playlist on Spotify and Pandora with her iPhone app. I want to be able to play stuff from my large music collection. I want to be able to buy new hardware. I want to do it all from an app that is professional and maintained and just works. That's not the case today. I don't actually even care about the syncing any more -- I moved a year ago (just now getting around to setting up my perfect audio system in the new house!) and there's in-wall wiring with home runs so I'm not planning to have separately controlled devices in each room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jamietrew's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96241 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
