>There was also the many user enhancement requests that the transition >between SBS and squeezenetwork be more invisible (e.g. when I turn off >my server I want the player to start using SN ). > But that hasn't happened (switching isn't invisible), and is VERY inconsistent.
i.e. if my SBS is down, it doesn't automatically switch. It thinks it's still connected, until I try to do something. e.g. I can enter "My Music" even when my SBS is switched off, but I can't Browse Artists. Then I get a lost connection screen, which gives me the opportunity to "Try Again", "Go Home" or "Choose Player", without the option to Switch Server. If I "Go Home", then I can't get into "My Music". I then get the options to "Try Again" or "Switch Library". Switch Library starts an endless spinny - no option to connect to MySB.com. i.e. Some things I try to do will come up with a different dialog of options, and doesn't allow auto or manual switch to MySB.com. I have to try to connect to Internet Radio, and something that I know is available in MySB.com (because it has some things that are served by my SBS plugins), for it to switch to MySB.com. When I have got on to MySB.com, if I try to access My Music and my SBS is still down, there is no option to Try Again or Switch Server to select an alternative. It just displays an information screen. If SBS comes back up, it doesn't auto-reconnect to it, or notify me that I can manually reconnect. If I try to access My Music in this instance, it offers to switch to my local SBS library. I don't think that's any more invisible than classic players. i.e. when a Boom loses connection to SBS, it immediately says it's lost connection, and offers a list of servers to attempt to connect to. SqueezePlay is no better than that, and often variable in how it asks, and often doesn't work. There are other problems: 1. If I get a firmware update notification whilst connected to SBS, and then SBS server is turned off, there is no way to get out to switch to MySB. i.e. Only an option to start the download, which fails and offers try again. 2. If I am connected to SBS and controlling another player, switching to MySB.com doesn't work (both the controlling player and the destination player need to switch to the same MySB.com). This could be because some players connect to a test MySB.com server though? All in all, the decision to enforce the user to create a MySB.com to allow a "more invisible" transition when there are connection problems with SBS is currently a failure. Maybe it will get better, but at the moment it sure feels a lot worse than classic players. _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
