Balthazar_B;172963 Wrote: > A very interesting idea. It would likely take only a little bit of > flash memory on the controller device (probably a better term than > "remote") to cache the SS DB, and would cut down considerably on the > over-the-air transactions that would tend to make the control sluggish. > The synching could be done on-demand or trickled as DB changes were > being made on the backend. > > But the key element of a successful control device is not so much its > processing power per se, but control interfaces that are optimized for > media (in this regard, while the iPod is not perfect, it excels in its > elegance and simplicity well beyond most of its competition).
a cheaper and better way to do the remote, is to make it an independent device, that uses wireless networking. in other words, it has its own tcp/ip addy, and can be used anywhere in the house via the same wireless network that powers all your other wireless gear. put a 1gig micro card in it and u could have a nice display that shows artwork or whatever else... let it communicate with the server and DB, don't put the DB in the device. the remote could even have a headphone jack. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.1 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
