autopilot wrote: > A service pack or update for your PC or NAS could break LMS though, > right? > > I believe this has happened before, so we should be careful about and > changes, updates and software we install on the machine running LMS. > Just because it runs now does not mean it will always run. When LMS > developmeny completely ceases things could get sticky. An automatic > windows update could break something - how likely is this? > It's fairly likely that it will happen during os upgrades, it's just a matter of time, but Logitech have unofficially said that they plan to maintain LMS and ensure it works with the OS upgrades at least in the near future. When Logitech permanently decide to shutdown LMS maintenance and mysqueezebox.com we need to find an alternative solution, either a community based LMS or something else, but let's worry about that when we get closer to it, it's unlikely to happen during the next 12 months IMHO, so if there isn't an alternative in beginning of 2014 I'll start to worry.
I think it's less likely that an windows update upgrade should break anything, but it could happen. autopilot wrote: > > In some respects would tinysc on the touch be a safer long term > solution? > For local music it is safer, if it would work, but for most people it just doesn't work good enough, too slow and unreliable to use in a production environment. Also, I believe one of its issue is compatibility with hard drives, so even if it would work you could end up in a situation where your hard drive crashes and you need to get a new one but there no longer is one on the market that is compatible with the Touch. Any Linux based computer can be as safe as a Touch with the advantage that you will get good performance and a reliable environment with it. If you can't install one yourself there is always VortexBox Appliance hardware which comes with LMS preinstalled or the VortexBox operating system which can be fairly easily installed on any normal computer which you can dedicate for LMS only. autopilot wrote: > > Michael - what are the chances if a final Touch/radio firmware update, > before mysb.com is eventually shut down, that will make future use > easier without it? For example, not expecting and asking for Mysb.com on > the initial setup etc? > I'm pretty sure nobody knows, not even people inside Logitech, they don't plan several years ahead for these kind of details. The initial setup which requires mysqueezebox.com registration after a factory reset can be fixed, don't worry about that part. I also know that it is possible for third parties to load custom firmware or third party applets on the Touch and Radio making them less dependent on mysqueezebox.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
