SuperQ: Thanks for the clarification, I'm not an embedded programmer, or even a regular programmer, but it seemed simple enough to me. I'm running 6.5.1 and in general (90+% of the time) the response from the Squeezebox is almost instantaneous, even artist searches in lazysearch, but on the rare occasion that the volume doesn't work, I get very frustrated as I don't want to have to use the component remote as well.
Also I think at the level of investment ($200+ outside of special sales :) ) the satisfaction level of the Squeezebox is lacking when you're occasionally faced with this dilemma. People may tell me otherwise, but I think regardless of the server power, in a wifi network you're always going to get latency. While I can understand the idea of feeding everything through the server makes sense, in real world usage the response from the remote trumps any control from the server in terms of volume. I sometimes use Moose as an ersatz remote, but I would gladly sacrifice any volume control from the server. If I want it silent from a server interface I can always pause or stop it. My feeling is everyone understands and experiences server lag on a daily basis, but people get very frustrated when the completely lose control of the UI. My hope was that this was something that was being worked on, but it sounds like it's part of the design. The goal of 7.0 so things should only get better going forward and I can alway opt for another machine to host my SlimServer, but I think making as much of the UI run local on the Squeezebox will result in the most noticeable performance improvements for many people. I'm happy with the Slimserver/ReadyNas combo, but I'm nerdy enough to forgive their shortcomings, and appreciate the great forums like this. People ask me for recommendations all the time on this type of stuff, I'd like to be able to recommend these devices, or similar, without reservation. But it sounds like running Slim on anything besides a full PC at this point would be too frustrating for the less technical. And with most configurations costing more than $1000 in extra hardware and effort just to run MP3 through their stereo people will just pass. I work in IT so I have to apologize for poor design decisions at multiple levels everyday, I don't need that at home as well. :) -- sander ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33695 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
