kdf Wrote: > Quoting jma2 <jma2.1rqofo (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>: > > >And I would be surprised if the RSS feeds are such an > > interesting feature. We are talking about a radio connected to the > > stereo, so I wander if people will be watching the display that > closely > > to follow the RSS feeds. I see it rather as a fancy feature. > > you'd be surprised. some users seem VERY focussed on RSS news and > demanding > various features that have nothing to do with audio and everything to > do with > instant and configurable access to rss. > > > - On the cons side I see the serious disadvantage of being dependent > on > > the SqueezeNetwork server. If the service is stopped someday or the > > server is down then forget about PC-less operation. > > > yes, but then that's what PC's and CD players do quite well right now > :) > in this hypothetical future, there is every likelyhood that everything > we know > about computing right now has been completely overturned (might be that > the > only way to get music will be from iTunes for all we know now) > > > > I doubt if support for full standalone operation in the firmware > > (having a list of URLs stored localy and providing routines for > > selecting a URL from the localy stored list) would require so much > > resources in terms of memory space or complexity. > > yes, it would. hence why such implementations are so much less > flexible and > more expensive. Even the display that you see on the screen would have > to be > implemented locally. > > > > > I would definitely appreciate having support for full standalone > > operation, maybe in addition to the SqueezeNetwork operation. As > such > > people could enjoy the benifits of current and future services > offered > > by the SqueezeNetwork and at the same time have the possibility of > > Radio Streaming without a PC in case the SqueezeNetwork is > > unavailable. > > I'd suggest looking into sattelite radio devices, then. > > -kdf
A few comments: 1) I do believe that some people are highly interested in RSS newsfeeds. However the SB2 is advertised as a rather high-end listening device (component part of HiFi set including a good quality DAC), so audio and listening should be the primary concern. 2) I am still not convinced that firmware support would be that demanding. I assume there is a display driver already in the SB2 now, so getting display information from the SqueezeNetwork, the SlimServer or from a local URL list shouldn't be that much difference. I could imaging for example configuring such a URL list via the SlimServer which stores the list in such a format on the SB2 that allows for "compatible" display interfacing. 3) The stations I'm interested on are not distributed over the sattelite, so your suggestion is unfortunately not an option :( 4) Would be interesting to see how many people would like to have independent (read: independent from the SqueezeNetwork server) PC-less radio streaming. Kind regards. Jan -- jma2 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/squeezenetwork
