I know exactly where you are Graham, as I had the same issue. My work around was to use mp3tunes locker. Essentually, I have most of my music stored at mp3tunes and rarely use the PC now to play my music. So I am permanently connected to MySqueezeBox.com.
I hated having to switch between MSB.com and SBS all the time as well, and the Server Power Control plugin never really worked for me. The advantages of using mp3tunes locker: * No local PC needed, so power savings and convienence. * You can either put all your music up, or selected (favourite) music creating two library's * Everything on MSB.com * You have your music available anywhere, squeeze radio at home, any internet connection or via an iPhone app. (or if you take your SB radio on holiday with you, and have an internet connection, it will also work) * You can use this service also as a remote backup of your music. The disadvantages: * An annual fee. I paid 7 for the first year (through coupon) and 21 I think for this second year. Not too bad I guess. * Not quite as much control over display and options as SBS, but good enough for general use. * A bit more work uploading music, but once it's up that's it. For the last point. mp3tunes has an auto uploader, which is supposed to watch a folder and add any new music added to that folder or it's subfolders. I never got this to work for me, as it seemed to miss the odd song, so I just use a manual uploader (one album at a time) and even then I have to check it to make sure every song went up. I don't see anyone else complaining about this on their forums, so maybe it is just my system. I have three Squeezebox devices working this way, the radio, Boom and a SB2. At the end of the day, I would prefer my squeezeboxes to automatically switch between SBS and MSB.com as you suggest, basically a native Server Power controller, or somehow they allow a preference between one or the other as suggested elsewhere in this thread. But I've been mentioning it for years and so I don't think they feel there is a big enough market for it. Personally I do as I imagine most people won't come to this forum and would just want their setup to work as simply and easily as possible, where as a good deal of people on these forums are tech heads who don't mind tinkering with their kit and have a PC of some sort on 24/7. -- Justme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76094
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