On 12/9/06, Marc Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ezkcdude wrote: > > I wasn't suggesting the entire architecture be scrapped. I think this > feature (reading from external USB or flash) should be added. I > wouldn't want to take anything away. If you think that feature can be added without scrapping the architecture, then you need to learn more about the architecture. It really is a fundamentally different type of device than the current Squeezebox.
I wouldn't use the feature, but I really don't think that it would be a *massive* stretch to add a SB boot-time mode to play tracks off of locally mounted media. I can see that it might be very limited, compared to SlimServer. And rightly so. It would probably support MP3 w/ID3 tags and FLAC/OGG with vorbis tags. These formats are all native to the device. These changes could all be made without any help from SlimServer at all. What would be nicer, and certainly more work, would be to hook it up so that a locally run SlimServer could be used (or SqueezeNetwork!) while at the same time having browse (or catalog merging?) of the locally mounted media. These types of efforts would dovetail nicely with what I assume are ongoing efforts to make SqueezeNetwork more seamless. Where is the ability to play local files from your local SlimServer without disconnecting from SN and SN-only services like Pandora? Having local media (particularly large USB or fireware drives, not just flash devices) coupled with an advanced SN could actually be flexible enough for a LARGE number of people. SN handles streaming and advanced features like clock display/alarm/Favorites. The device hooks up to a local USB HD and offers *simple* browsing (probably folder-based, only) of local media. There's nothing to scrap, it's just more options for us all. Ben
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