GeoffJH wrote: > could someone please explain, simply, what changing to a squeezebox from > the radio actually does?...what is a squeezebox anyway?
Squeezebox is the generic name used to refer to the various players which Logitech used to make, eg. a radio, a touchscreen player, etc. The original radio (which looks exactly like the UE smart radio) has software which allows it to connect to the original mysqueezebox.com system. This software also allows the radio to connect to a local version of the media server (Known as LMS) so you can play music files, etc. You can also add some additional features through a system of plugins (eg. BBC iPlayer,). Crucially, if the remote system, such as mysqueezebox.com, goes down then the Squeezebox (eg. radio) will still work if it's connected to the local server. The UE radio was largely a rebranding of the logitech system - part of which was to 'simplify' the setup and use of the radio. Logitech dumped all the other players and placed all their effort on the smart radio. The big minus for the UE radio is that it is totally dependent on the remote logitech service - as was seen this last weekend when the remote server went down. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Smart Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker (mothballed) Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Logitech Mini Boombox speaker - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101982 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
