snarlydwarf Wrote:
Sure it does unless you like playing queue up some songs, run across
the house to listen.
Personally, I like being comfortable and relaxed when listening to
music. I don't like the concept of running across the house to see
what song is playing or to choose a different
I browse with the little screen on the squeezebox all the time.
Why do you think this can't be done?
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Michaelwagner Wrote:
I browse with the little screen on the squeezebox all the time.
Why do you think this can't be done?
What I consider browsing is looking at a variably-sortable 'datasheet'
of song, artist and title or jukebox selection showing a dozen or so
albums along with album
kewe65 Wrote:
I have not actually seen the display of the squeezebox, but i can tell
that there are only so many lines you can look at at one time.
So, you haven't used it, yet you feel fit to condemn the UI that you
haven't used
The SB UI is actually very well laid out, and trivial
snarlydwarf Wrote:
So, you haven't used it, yet you feel fit to condemn the UI that you
haven't used
The SB UI is actually very well laid out, and trivial to control from a
plain old remote.
Maybe this is too direct: if the SB and Slimserver don't answer your
needs, why on earth do
kewe65, you really have no idea about what you are talking about. You
can browse all the music on your server very nicely. It's better than
the ipod interface for browsing music, playlists etc. So it does not
have a colour screen for album covers, big deal, i dont want to anyway.
Most of us dont
dangerous_dom Wrote:
kewe65, you really have no idea about what you are talking about. You
can browse all the music on your server very nicely. It's better than
the ipod interface for browsing music, playlists etc. So it does not
have a colour screen for album covers, big deal, i dont want
kewe65 Wrote:
How *I* use the Bridge now and how I had planned to use the Squeezebox
is thus:
I take my laptop into the listening room, connect to the PC at the
other end of the house via Remote Desktop, fire up either Music! or
Music Library or stream a radio station from the PC - anything
dangerous_dom Wrote:
Although that said, you would only be able to have the same music in
all rooms and sound quality would be poor.
I already mentioned that first item was a gap.
But, how do you know the sound quality would be poor? The sound is
getting to the stereo over the same
JJZolx Wrote:
This rather seems to defeat the simplicity of the Music Bridge, which is
no doubt one of its stronger selling points. Why not just put the sound
driver on the laptop and use it to stream music to the device sitting in
the same room? Using remote desktop to another system
dangerous_dom Wrote:
kewe65, you really have no idea about what you are talking about. You
can browse all the music on your server very nicely. It's better than
the ipod interface for browsing music, playlists etc. So it does not
have a colour screen for album covers, big deal, i dont want
kewe65 Wrote:
I said upfront that based on *my* particular use. So what if you want
to use it one particular way or another. Actually, you are criticizing
a use supported by SB3 - through the browser and handhelds. So what if
you don't want to use a laptop or handheld - some SB3
kewe65 Wrote:
Whatever. You go into the camp of don't dare criticize what I shelled
out $300 for.
Lol, far from it. I'm no fanboy and spent a long time looking at
various solutions. Other than the Sono's, which is very expensive,
there is really nothing that comes close to the SB3. If there
snarlydwarf Wrote:
You can not control the Linksys from a web browser. You can't run VNC
on a PSP or Nokia770.
I have no interest in getting involved in this snippy battle, but I do
want to point out that VNC viewer *and* server are available for the
Nokia 770.
http://tinyurl.com/9nrph
ewww scary. :)
(Though I will forgive them for that... I still want a 770... but it's
a far cry from a 7-10lb laptop.)
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Kewe65 - you need to try one of these out before you close your mind to
the fact that it might be a great product.
Lordypieman
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stinkingpig Wrote:
Linksys has a new product out called an audio bridge
http://tinyurl.com/fv6pj
This device has software that allows you to use *ANY* media playing
software to stream over your existing wireless network to the stereo
of
choice. By definition, I should be able
fairyliquidizer Wrote:
The only thing I'm interested in here is how does JRiver Media Centre
handle the .m4p files? I looked on their website and couldn't find an
answer.
Fairy
JRiver Music Center (and others) use the QuickTime API to play M4P
files...
You must have Quicktime installed
kewe65 Wrote:
and - in response to mr. snarly - does not require another PC in the
room where you want to listen to it.
Sure it does unless you like playing queue up some songs, run across
the house to listen.
Personally, I like being comfortable and relaxed when listening to
music. I
joncourage Wrote:
1 device to 1 computer correlation would strike me as a deal-killer.
I agree.
snarlydwarf Wrote:
1) No display.
2) No remote.
This is really what I am looking for: a Squeezebox with no display nor
remote that is more affordable than the regular Squeezebox. The
Yeah, but most of them are gnomes :-)
Never call me a gnome again! :-)
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Michael, did you have anything to do with this?
No. Though I love my knife (bought it as a boy, over 20 years ago, from my
pocket money :-)) and my music collection, I never tried to bring them
together.
BTW: strange to see Swiss Army as a strong brand on the international
market. None
...
When I got my Squeezebox, he saw it, and was very impressed by it. I
suggested that it would ideal for his system, but the $300 price tag
floored him. He already had a 'solution' that cost him less than $20.
Had the LinkSys with a price tag of under $90 been available at the
time, no
mherger Wrote:
BTW: strange to see Swiss Army as a strong brand on the international
market. None of these products has ever seen our army. The knives we
get aren't red and don't feature neither mp3 player nor (even more
restrictive) corkscrew. :-)
Yeah, in the last few years, Victorinox
Different people have different needs, and therefore
different products are introduced to the market. These
products fail to meet the needs of all people.
Which was exactly my point. Dismissing a product outright because it
doesn't do this or that to satisfy your needs is fairly meaningless.
T Wrote:
No, but we can mobilise 600,000 men within 24 hours.
Yeah, but most of them are gnomes
:-)
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I have a Linksys wireless router and cable modem which have served me
very well. Basically, hardware products that sit on your desk and
don't change much beyond a few dull firmware updates. About two years
ago I purchased their WMA-11B wireless media adapter. It worked great,
did what it was
an iPod killer?
http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top_Story/20060226-001/page.asp
And on this site, the product code is SWIMP3!
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/search.do?productCode=SWIMP3
Michael, did you have anything to do with this?
http://www.swissbit.com/haupt.asp?nv=2323spr=2
snarlydwarf Wrote:
The first two are related. This device behaves exactly as a Long Cable
From Your Sound Card would behave:
1) No display.
2) No remote.
That's precisely why I bought the SB. I've used the music serving in
Tivo, Linkplayer2 and other approaches and it came down to
The Dlink doesn't have a TV display either... it just takes sound
output through virtual device driver, wraps it in IP and sends it to
the device...
As someone else pointed out, that will include all the bleeps and
bloops and clicks that Windows likes to make, too...
The device baffles me
snarlydwarf Wrote:
The device baffles me because I really do see no use for it at all.
This PC I'm typing on is just around the corner from where I listen to
music most of the time.. I could put an amp in here and run speaker
wire into there... and it would sound fine... but.. I'd have to
jonheal Wrote:
The American consumer needs to rediscover the notion that when you buy
something, you're not just buying a product at the lowest price, or
that's easiest to get, or whatever; you're buying a product from
*someone*.
Man I could not agree more. I preach and preach to my
BeerCan Wrote:
It was slim's commitment to opensource and community that led to my
ultimate purchase of a SB. I would rather spend a $100 more on a
company that actually gives a rats ass about its customers.
And don't forget the 10% donation to the EFF (http://www.eff.org/)
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kewe65 Wrote:
Linksys has a new product out called an audio bridge
http://tinyurl.com/fv6pj
This device has software that allows you to use *ANY* media playing
software to stream over your existing wireless network to the stereo of
choice. By definition, I should be able to use JRiver
Linksys music bridge will make its way to BestBuy, CC, CompUSA, etc...
where Linksys has a big marketing presence. That should help boost
their sales.
I had not prior knowledge of slimdevices and came across them when
researching the Roku box. Being able to buy Roku in BestBuy had some
appeal
It has serious limitations that make it useless for me (and many others
probably):
The first two are related. This device behaves exactly as a Long Cable
From Your Sound Card would behave:
1) No display.
2) No remote.
I have no PC in the living room, and none in my bedroom. I would have
to
The link to the data sheet wasn't working so I couldn't really find out
too much about it. Nowhere does what I was able to read talk about the
type and/or quality of the on board DAC or whether or not digital out
is available for use with an external DAC.
As of right this minute I'd have to
kewe65 Wrote:
Linksys has a new product out called an audio bridge
http://tinyurl.com/fv6pj
This device has software that allows you to use *ANY* media playing
software to stream over your existing wireless network to the stereo of
choice. By definition, I should be able to use JRiver
my god it's gorgeous! those colors! that display! i must have one!
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1 device to 1 computer correlation would strike me as a deal-killer.
Also, I'd be a bit skeptical about the audio quality out of a
networking-oriented company... but who knows?
Display and remote aren't huge things for me.
And while at first I didn't really get or appreciate slimserver, I
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