I had a single SB3 and a QNAP running Slimserver 6.4. I also have an Axim PDA and wrote a (mostly unfinished) AJAX-based web skin for it.
I've always been interested in whole house audio but for me its more about being able to listen to one thing in any room I choose or in every room at the same time (e.g. for parties) than listening to two different things in two different rooms. That's why I haven't bought any more SB3s. I don't think the current implementation of synchronisation on SB3s is remotely up to scratch (primarily because it introduces gaps between tracks). To solve this problem I have purchased an analog video sender which I will use to send coax digital audio to a second room. This approach means a WiFi remote is essential. My Axim does basically work in this capacity but its a bit sluggish (at least with the QNAP), is only 802.11b and has battery life issues. The new controller looks like it might be an improvement but I have some concerns: a) It requires SqueezeCentre 7.0. I'm not sure if its possible to get this on the QNAP at all or how slow it would be. b) I don't think it caches much/anything on the Controller so it might even be slower than the PDA. My other idea is to write an application for the PDA rather than using a web interface. The idea would be to maintain a complete copy of the track information and artwork locally (I can easily have 4GB of compactflash to store it on). I'm wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to keep this local copy up-to-date efficiently. -- shawkie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ shawkie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
