NewBuyer;252850 Wrote: > Thanks, but I think that plugin only allows SlimServer to passively > receive an existing audio stream... > > Why can't SlimServer directly read and serve audio PCM from an optical > drive (like it does from a hard drive), and also why can't it serve it > to a soundcard (like it does to ethernet)? Even basic functionality in > this regard would be so useful - so I just wonder what is the barrier? > Naive curiousity speaking here...
It could very easily, but someone has to write a plugin that does the work of doing a live rip and play at the same time. There is no technical limitation. Personally I have thought that a integrating a ripping plugin that spawns any number of different pre-configured ripper applications in the background would help in making slimserver more consumer friendly. Mostly, I just don't think many people would use it in this way. I setup the machine my slimserver runs on to poll the CD ever min and if a CD is found in the drive do a rip/encode/tag/eject and then activate the slimserver new music scan. Within 15min or so a new CD is ready for playback. -- SuperQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41577 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
