usch;531630 Wrote: > They don't. All internet radios I know of connect to some directory > server in order to look up the available stations and their URLs. The > only difference is that they access that server anonymously, without > the need to create an account, so you don't normally notice it. But if > that server goes down I'm sure they will run into problems, too. > > The big advantage of the Squeezebox system is that unlike other > internet radios you -can- still run it from a local server, even if > mysqueezebox.com happens to be unreachable.
The Roku SoundBridge doesn't require a centralized directory server in order to play streams. The target URL is stored on the device when you configure it via the built-in web server. The SoundBridge has a bunch of other problems, but at least for the simple case of playing a stream at a known URL it has a few less moving parts to go wrong than the Squeezebox. -- BigPotato ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BigPotato's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76875 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
