What would help them sell more SqueezeBoxes would be to add support for
UPnP in the firmware.
It's too bad the SqueezeBoxes don't support UPnP, whereas most of the
other hardware players do, because it beats them on all the features,
apart from UPnP.
Mt-daap or Gmediaserver are great UPnP/AV servers, and are coded in C,
so they can easily be embedded in memory limited devices. It's a lot
more difficult to embed SlimServer, it has been done, but it's not
possible to integrate it on a wireless router for example with 4Mb of
flash. Gmediaserver takes less than 200kb, and libupnp 130kb...
--Raphael HUCK
GungHo wrote:
netim3;158436 Wrote:
Given that SlimDevices only make money when you buy their hardware (the
software is free), they have little economic incentive to make the
software UPnP compatible.
True that the slimserver is free but can only be used with SqeezeBox (I
think). And the more flexible the server is the more SqeezeBoxes they
will sell !
I'm sure that if you or someone else were to code up working UPnP server
support in slimserver, the patch would be happily accepted. The point is
that you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for Slim Devices to fund
development of UPnP support, because doing so doesn't sell them more
Squeezeboxes.
- Marc
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