2 adults, 3 kids (9, 6, 3). 1 Squeezebox server, 4 Squeezeboxes, 1
docked iPeng client (iPod Touch), plus the occasional Android phone
client (Squeeze Player). Using IR remotes, the iPod, and several
Android devices as remotes.
Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library
individually ?
Yes, I have.
So far I've split out (via the Custom Libraries plug-in) audiobooks,
podcasts, but not individual music libraries, leading my spouse to
browse by file name (rather than library/tags) to locate her music.
If so, where are the music files stored ? On a central computer/NAS, on
a computer/NAS per family member or on the portable device of each
family member ?
Central computer. (I guess in the future (as my kids grow older) we'll
have several computers and portable devices that we need to integrate
into the streaming solution, either online or via occasional sync
operations.)
If you have individual libraries, do you also have a need for shared
libraries which is common for multiple family members ?
Yes.
Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ?
Yes; in particular, the current playback position of the current
playlist.
This is in fact my major gripe with the setup right now: I regularly
listen to long podcasts, and I often lose my resume position when
another family member listens to something else in between.
Ideally, the current track's resume position (and perhaps the current
playlist as well) should be bookmarked for later use whenever an active
(resumable) playlist is replaced with a new one.
Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ?
Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for
each family member ?
No, and no.
Does each family member have individual players which only one of the
family members mostly use ?
No, all players are shared (mostly -- the iPod Touch and the phones are
personal device).
If so, should all players be controllable by everyone or do you want
access to certain players to be restricted ? In that case why ?
I'd welcome the ability to restrict which player / smartphone app
instance can control which other player.
Does each family member have their individual remote control/smartphone
to control the players or do you also have remote controls which you
share between different family members ?
If you have a remote control which you share between multiple family
members, is it a IR-remote, smartphone, tablet or computer ?
Some individual (phones, iPod), some shared (IR remotes, Android
tablet). I also occasionally use the server's web interface to control
the clients.
How would your dream system work to work as good as possible for usage
of local music on Squeezeboxes and portable devices in your family ?
Ideally, the portables should sync their entire music library to a local
server (or a cloud service such as Google Music or Amazon, for people
who don't have privacy concerns), and the clients should stream it from
there. Streaming directly from the portables seems too fragile to me.
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