meltsheep;172247 Wrote: > I play music from my PC to my hifi via a DAC. I've got a very good hifi > (Pathos amp etc) that's in the same room as my desktop. I've got a > laptop that I would use if I wanted to move my desktop to another room. > I rate iTunes very highly as software, its only serious flaw being a > lack of a plugin API (ergo, you can;t play native flac in iTunes). > > Maybe my real issue is that I'd be happy to keep all my music in iTunes > except that right now its flac. The Slim server iTunes itegration works > pretty well. Hmm. I will think about a migration from flac to aiff and > use iTunes ot manage music and slim to serve it.
If you like iTunes, look at the J. River Media Center player. http://www.jrmediacenter.com/ It has an iTunes like UI with much more flexibility. (I have 5 browser panes in my classical music view scheme and different view schemes for other kinds of music. MC was the only really satisfactory player (Windows based) that I found. MC has a built-in secure ripper that works as well as EAC and great tag editing facilities. If I see something wrong with a tag while I'm browsing for music, I fix it then. And MC works fine with Flac. Some people on this forum use MC to edit tags and then play music with Slimserver/Squeezebox. The MC program costs $ 40 but it is worth it to me. Your decision mnight be different. You aren't the first person to ask for a way to route output from Itunes or other player programs to the Squeezebox. I think you saw from this thread that Slimserver/Squeezebox has lots of fans who like it the way it is and are not sympathetic to suggestions that the system is lacking. It is a different architecture that might fit you or it might not. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
