I started with the original Squeezebox with version 2 (I think) of the SlimServer software.
I've pointed Slim Devices products at my friends and family who are greateful I did. It's very unhelpful to file a bug on general, unreproducible behavior. Yes, I could contact support and in the past they have been very helpful. This isn't a total knock against Slim Devices. But I can see from searching around the forum the problems I am having are not unique and started with the mysql backend. It just doesn't seem work with my music collection. It isn't just database problems I am tired of. The iTunes integration via periodic rescanning of the xml file doesn't work very well and really doesn't work in the context that I would like to use it. Even incremental scans takes a while and usually just ends up corrupting the database regardless of backend. Something that acts like an iTunes shared music client, similar to how support for Windows Media sharing or Rhapsody work, would be great. Unfortunately, it's a closed protocol (although it's been reverse engineered). For example, if I want to just listen to a podcast that I updated, oh boy. I manage my podcasts with iTunes and I subscribe to a lot of them. Browsing them with the SlimServer interface is impossible. I know about the podcast genre. It's not the same easy list iTunes has. Then the database keeps getting out of sync, showing episodes that no longer exist or mislabeling them and I end up having to do a clear and rescan everything (and a very long time) for them to show up properly. My music collection seems to be presented new and differently every day until it finally corrupts and brings down the server. These are just small examples of my frustrations. To say nothing of coming home from work and wanting to just play a certain album while balancing my upset 4 month old on my hip and seeing the database has once again lost its mind. So, I could work with support and try to end up with a situation where this is fixed, or I could sell my SB2 and purchase another product that's a better fit for my needs. I have tried out the Airport Express and it is something that just works better for me. Call me old, grumpy or no fun, but I'm past the point of wanting to tweak with my appliances or even work with tech support to make them work. It's just not for me anymore. -- Paul Forgey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Forgey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29229 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
