There are actually three different types of entities: plugins applets aps Plugins loaded into the SBS server. For the older players the server controls everything including what gets displayed on the screen.
Applets are run directly on the new players (Touch, radio and controller). These devices have processors that interact with the user and display stuff on their own screen. Aps are run on a server (frequently mysqueezebox.com)to talk with various online music services. Since the Touch is a new style player it can run applets and also talk to a server running plugins. Not all plugins that worked with older players will work with the Touch. Particularly ones that draw on the screen won't work. Some plugins work fine with a Touch. If you want to use a particular plugin your best bet is to go over to the third party forum and ask if that particular plugin will work with a Touch. Some plugins have been rewritten as applets, and some need both a plugin AND and applet, the plugin to interact with the server and the applet to draw on the screen and interact with the user. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83179 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
