pippin wrote: > Boah... I already find the Squeezebox state model overly complex even > with what iPeng supports now. If this was my design it would only have > "play" and "pause" like Sonos. No "stop", no "power". Just causes > complexity and confusion. > Yes, it's flexible and I'm sure you can attach dozens of actions based > on a complex rule set to all of these states but no normal user will be > able to distinguish them let alone understand what happens with all > these states in cases like synchronization (the "power" state is one > thing that makes sync-groups so unfeasible for Squeezeboxes - too many > states to decide on). > > All these things players can do based on these different states would be > better solved by applying common sense and logic within the player. For > example, you could power down an amp when a track is paused for more > than two minutes or so and you could revert to the start of the track > simply by pressing "back" if you need to; pre-filling buffer is also a > technical detail that should be solved by the player based on the > current state. > > /rant > > So, as you can see I'm going to be dogmatic here :) It adds confusion > and complexity and there is rarely ever a need for it and if you really > need it you can use "power". Powering off a device makes it transition > to "stop" state, not "pause". > If you just want to return to the start of the track you can press > "back".
it actually confuses me thats there is no stop I think play pause stop ffw rwd are quite normal stuff for anything since the cassette or VHS days I would find "eject" confusing ;) I dont think thats overcomplex . I agree somewhat on the power states but it also impacts server activity for sleep etc so it could be necessary and i do like the opurtinity for an "off" screensaver , when it works which it actually does not for the moment , (but i assume any fw bugs are a lost case these days) . The backligth on a Touch could come on when you least expect it .I do agree more for the old players where the power-state is remembered by the server and the player is clueless ? thats useless (does the local server share this state with mysb.com ?). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929
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