Hallo erland >Do you want a device driver because you think there would be less bugs in a system that consisted of a completely newly written device driver + an external application not written by Logitech ? >Or do you really want the device driver for the functionality ?
I would like to be able to use Slimbox as a (high quality) remote soundcard. The beauty of device driver concept (if the implementation is high quality) is that it would allow the use of any software. Basic integration would just stream the sound, while advanced integration would also support the display >The reason I'm asking is because newly written code often has more bugs in it than old code and this is especially true if code from different companies shall collaborate. I am not a developer, as a user this waht I would like to have. >I'm not arguing that a device driver is wrong, I'm just checking that you want it for the right reason. > >The problem with slimserver is that the environment it runs in can be completely different. >- Some people uses MP3 files some other people uses FLAC files. >- Some uses iTunes or MusicIP plugins for scanning files and some uses the native scanning mechanism builtin in slimserver. >- Different software is used for tagging music files. >- Some people knows what tags are other have no idea what a tag is >- Slimserver runs on different operating systems. >- People are having different type of networks, some wireless some wired. >- Some people are running slimserver on servers, some are running it on the desktop where new games and other applications are installed every week. >- Sound quality is number one priority for SlimDevices, while other products might focus more on usability than sound quality. >The problem with this senario is that it is impossible for SlimDevices to test all different configurations without the help of the end users. I know this might sound bad, but we are not talking about Microsoft here we are talking about a quite small company (at least until Logitech bought SlimDevices). I am not blaming SlimDevices, simply noticing the big gap between hardware and software quality. In my opinion the software is not mass market ready and I believe Logitech should address this issue. >I'm running my slimserver on a server and has only been running official releases on it. I have only FLAC music over a wireless network and it has been running for about a year now. I can honestly say that I haven't had a single problem during this time. I know you guys that are having problems might not feel any better because of this, but at least it shows that it can actually work really good. I am also running my slimserver on a linux server, however for my needs and my enviromental feeling, this is an overkill. Aragorn -- Aragorn ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aragorn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
