I love my Squeezebox Radio and Touch, especially since I got iPeng for my iPad ! I want to throw in another vote to make the Touch compatible with the new software....
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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meat Assassin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
