This one has been discussed before, ad nauseam. I understand the desirability of the feature, but it is not consistent with the current Squeezebox architecture. The SB is dependent upon SlimServer to function (hence it is "Slim"), so to accomplish this you would either 1) need to have SlimServer running on another box, or 2) need to have SlimServer running on the SB.
For 1), you may as well just attach the external drive to the network through the SlimServer box (or some other network-available device) and use "Browse Music Folders" to play it. Also, I suspect that most people who want to attach the external drive to the SB want to play it without another computer running SlimServer. For 2), the SB currently has neither the processor nor the operating system to run SlimServer. Many folks have specifically purchased the SB rather than a competing product because it keeps the computer fans, noisy hard drives, etc. out of the listening room. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32922 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
