Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread RSJ
I switched to Raspberry Pi using Max2play and Hifiberry amps and have never looked back. They integrated into my existing Squeezeboxes flawlessly and I can sync everything, play anything on my NAS and stream Spotify to all of them. I'll be slowly phasing out the older Squeezeboxes because I can

Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread castalla
TheLastMan wrote: > With Sonos you can play music files from any networked device. I have a > friend who has his music on a USB hard drive plugged into his router. It > is also quite impressive that if you have the app installed on your > phone it will play music from that as well. > > In

Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread castalla
Man in a van wrote: > Yet another option on the horizon, more box of cigars than fag packet > though :) > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/knowhowtec/sonopi-touch-a-raspberry-pi-based-multiroom-audio?ref=category_popular > > > atb > > Ronnie Appealing design? Not in my eyes I'm

Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread Man in a van
garym wrote: > > In today's world of micro computers the size of a pack of cigarettes > that can run things like LMS, the need to have a "PC running" has > become less and less of an issue. Yet another option on the horizon, more box of cigars than fag packet though :)

Re: [slim] Walk with me

2016-09-26 Thread scala
Hi I don't know if this is the right place for requesting more features... Music Walk With Me is great, but I often find myself going to another room and only then to realize that I left the music playing behind me. It would be great to have a function like "grab music from another player and

Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread TheLastMan
garym wrote: > Sonos server is essentially built into each unit. The files have to be > served from somewhere locally, but that can be a NAS or some sort of > drive attached to a router, etc. I assume this is the main reason that > Sonos is not willing to update their software in any

Re: [slim] Questions on alternatives to SB

2016-09-26 Thread garym
bits wrote: > Where is your local music coming from if not from a server? > That server might be your pc or a nas but it needs to be available > somewhere. > > Streaming services may remove the need for local files. Many uses have > abandoned their local files. > But if you do desire local