snarlydwarf;562690 Wrote:
Reading files via NFS/SMB and even UPNP type protocols does not give you
the indexing that a proper server would. Ie, there is no NFS or SMB API
for please show me all the tracks with genre 'Foo'. Likewise there is
no API for tracking playcounts, ratings, etc.
snarlydwarf, thanks for the HTTP stuff. I'm showing it to some other
people who can hopefully expand on it and help me understand further.
I'm becoming comfortable with the SB configuration model, and I'm now
contemplating running SB Server in conjunction with SqueezeSlave.
In a single player
snarlydwarf;562944 Wrote:
HTTP is a better protocol for can I have this file? than either SMB or
NFS which are MUCH more complicated and contain code that is entirely
irrelevant to simply sending a file.
OK, that's the kind of information I want to know about. Can you
elaborate, please? I'm
audio1;563029 Wrote:
OK, that's the kind of information I want to know about. Can you
elaborate, please? I'm happy to learn.
Pushing 'next' on my radio generates the following:
POST /cometd HTTP/1.1..User-Agent: SqueezePlay-baby/7.6.0-r8934
(armv5tejl)..Content-Length: 142..Host:
audio1;563029 Wrote:
erland, thanks for your hardware suggestions. I take it all on board,
but to clarify my aim; I consciously want to build and configure my own
system, and I'm under no illusion this will save me time or money. It's
a matter of satisfaction. I have already partially
snarlydwarf;562690 Wrote:
Reading files via NFS/SMB and even UPNP type protocols does not give you
the indexing that a proper server would. Ie, there is no NFS or SMB API
for please show me all the tracks with genre 'Foo'. Likewise there is
no API for tracking playcounts, ratings, etc.
Thanks for your comments snarlydwarf and funkstar,
As I look towards updating my music playback system in the near future,
I want to thoroughly understand the fundamental configuration options.
It appears to me that central to the choice of
hardware/software/configuration is whether you want a
audio1;562943 Wrote:
Thanks for your comments snarlydwarf and funkstar,
As I look towards updating my music playback system in the near future,
I want to thoroughly understand the fundamental configuration options.
It appears to me that central to the choice of
audio1;562943 Wrote:
Yes, I take your point that it's somewhat overcomplicated to have a
single player access its music store over a network.
The reason I mention network connectivity within a single-player
environment is that I envisage using a lightweight computer for
playback duty in
Hello. A technical question, please: can someone comment on the
technical/practical differences between the streaming network audio
model, as used by Squeezebox and many other commercial devices,
compared to a conventional music playback application (such as
XMMS/Rhythmbox/Amarok/Aqualung) which
audio1;562564 Wrote:
Hello. A technical question, please: can someone comment on the
technical/practical differences between the streaming network audio
model, as used by Squeezebox and many other commercial devices,
compared to a conventional music playback application (such as
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