Mike New;310586 Wrote: > Really? Then what is SqueezeCenter meant for? I've always viewed > Squeeze as a dedicated music system -- no video streaming, no TV > interface -- just a killer system for music enthusiasts like me. Now > I'm told I should use iTunes to manage my music, and third-party > plug-ins to shore up other SqueezeCenter deficiencies.
Its main function is to stream your music to your Squeezebox. It does that very, very well. In fact, its the best there is, IMO. OTOH, its obvious it wasn't designed to manage your music collection. Otherwise, you'd be able to tag your tracks, etc, etc. Its simply not its purpose. Now, you could argue that it -should- be its purpose. But if you snoop around in these forums you'll soon find out that there's a lot of disagreement on this issue. Personally, I don't mind using an external program to rip (EAC) and manage (Tag & Rename) my music collection. It makes no difference as far as I'm concerned. And for people who are not as tech-savvy as I am, the SqueezeCenter/iTunes combo works great, too. Its not like Logitech could come up with better products anytime soon. And, quite frankly, it would be horrible with the web UI. That said, there should be an intuitive, user-friendly way to rate your songs and create smart or dynamic playlists in SqueezeCenter. The last time I checked Erland's plugins, he did some great work, but he wasn't quite there yet. > C'mon. Squeeze is one of the most capable, most mature systems out > there. Surely someone has the vision to add the 10% that would sweep > us off our feet so we don't have to worry about how to > find/install/maintain plug-ins, or manage FLAC files in iTunes. > > SqueezeCenter is a great application, but it feels like it was designed > for techies (like myself) instead of music lovers (also like myself). I > gotta say, I'm growing weary of constantly looking for work-arounds and > auxillary programs, especially when "finishing" this software seems so > achievable. I agree, SqueezeCenter isn't user-friendly enough. I wouldn't recommend it to my family. But they made a lot of progress since 7.0 and there's more to come. There's a thread somewhere on how to make it more user-friendly. -- Nostromo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48731 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
