Michaelwagner;219334 Wrote: > But you've just explained (very well in fact) why it isn't. > > As soon as you build the server into hardware, you're stuck with the > limits of the hardware at the time your unit was built. Worse, with the > Audiotron (and probably with most units) you're stuck with the hardware > at the time your unit was architected and designed. Which is several > years from start of project to working unit. Several years in hardware > terms these days is an enormous length of time.
I don't agree that I explained why it isn't. Consider the Squeezebox 2 and 3. There isn't much functional difference between them. The capability of the h/w had matured enough to be more than adequate for the job. I think that the h/w has matured enough to allow for a Audiotron-like architecture to be adequately implemented now. The kind of architecture I have in mind would support playback of MP3, MP4a (AAC), WMA, Flac and Wav formats at a minimum with decoding on the client. Music files would be stored on CIFS/Samba file servers or PCs with folders hsared to the LAN. The client would not store music files themselves. Some of the discussion on this thread has been about an all-in-one device - a fat client+server. That is a different kettle of fish. > As soon as you build the server into hardware, you're stuck > with the limits of the hardware at the time your unit was > built. Gee, that seems to be a problem with Slimserver right now. Problems fitting SS onto an off-the-shelf (cheap) file server seem to be a very common topic for forum messages. Actually, the discipline of making a polished, well debugged, well documented product that will work reliably and provide satisfaction for a number of years would be a good thing. SLimp devices still work and work as advertised don't they? Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
