mherger wrote: > > If existing SB Radios get the same software update as the UERadio, > does > > that mean they can no longer sync with Touch, Classic, Boom etc. > > They won't get it automatically. It will be optional. > > > Is the software update manatory for existing Radios? > > No. > > > Will the UERadio and software updated SB Radios be able to play local > > music files? > > Yes, but the "UE Music Library" (UEML - get used to it :-)) comes with > > some limitations compared to LMS: in the new world the Radio is _always_ > > connected to the new backend service provided by us. There's no control > > functionality in UEML. UEML only allows the player to browse your music > > collection, but once you select a track it will hand off the url to the > > backend, which takes care of the player control. What does this mean? > > - no more switching back and forth of the player between servers > - no support for saving playlists from the player > - no more Random Play, MusicIP... (iTunes is still supported though) > - many more limitations, I guess > > OTOH this simplifies playing music from different servers: if you run > multiple UEML instances in your network, you would see all of them when > > entering the My Music menu. Just browse one of them, add tracks. Go back > > to the other server, add more tracks etc. Mixed playlists without > "switching" servers. > > -- > > Michael
So these new units won't have Random Play (which I use frequently) and rely on a backend server to play a local music library. If that backend server goes down which is likely or ultimately is shut down at some future time then even access to local files would be lost!! You are not really selling the idea to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
