Peter, The home server is probably the next big thing in computing for Joe public. As homes become more digital it makes sense to have a central controller and repository.
I started off with a NAS device with Slimserver bundled into it. It changed the way I listened to music and I suffer now loss in quality through playing it through a Squeezebox. I became so dependent on this setup I had to make it more flexible for me (my personal approach may not suit everyone). Now I have a central server for the house running on a Mini-ITX server running Windows 2003 Server. It also runs Slimserver. My data is on the NAS device which also acts as my print server. For me this is fantastic and is flexible to my needs. The operation of Ripping and tagging is a one-off, the CD arrives, it is ripped, tagged, packed away. The music is then available to everyone in the house through a PC or the SB3 in the lounge and just the remote. I can add plugins like Slimscrobbler, Biography, Album Review, xAP interface to stream news headlines and TV reminders. For me this is a wonderful setup and Slimserver is great. I know I like many in the forums are ahead of the crowd. I don't want Slimserver to be less flexible or dumbed down. Maybe someone could write a wizard for the less experienced user to use "standard" ripper, tagger and play options as Slimserver as the backend -- Paul_B Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(1.2.1)~(160GB Maxtor) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 (Alpha) to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
