> So the radio is dependent on an external server "helping" the radio to > function properly. Not to mention dependent on a connection to the > Internet in your home. You miss the point. Its not about having a server at all. If you want a reliable (7.4.1) alarm its about if you are able to run a 100% working 24x7 server (and network). And I guess 90% of all people bying a Squeezebox-Radio are not able to create such an environment.
Take MySB.com - it hasn't been reliable at all lately (in europe) - yes in the meantime they finally managed to upgrade their server, but this was only two weeks ago. And anyone not into computers won't be able to run its own 100% 24x7 local server (even if you say 'just leave your computer on' - I'm sure my wife one day would have turned it off - not knowing that the alarm then wouldn't work). Finally there were network reliability problems. For instance even if you have a local server your internet stream you use as alarm sound could be failing. And there where MySB.com connection problems - so even when MySB.com was up the radio disconnected within 24 hours (creating a failing alarm) Actually for all this situations the Radio was supposed to have at least a working fallback - unfortunately this didn't work at all. So in the end Logitech until this week was selling a device that is supposed to work as a replacement (not a company) for your $5 clock, but leaving us with a broken/unreliable alarm for 5 months. And thats what jmpage is complaining about. eap;520001 Wrote: > (so why is it assumed that there are bugfixes regarding alarms in this > version): > Because I tracked most of the alarm related bugs (and also helped to solve some of them). MySB-connection reliability causing failing alarms (solved in 7.4.2) http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15444 Master alarm reliability bug (solved in 7.4.2) -> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14870 Alarm through speakers when headphones are plugged (solved, but only in 7.5) http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14742 Alarm and Timezones problems (not solved, but workaround possible) http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14888 Alarm starts with loud volume instead of fading in (solved, but only in 7.5):http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15239 Alarm UI doesn't vanish (solved in 7.4.2) http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14702 Alarm menu problems (solved in 7.4.2) http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14874 -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Secondary 7.4 Server on Debianized Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
