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I know this is an old thread, but I have a suggestion related to this
topic, and as, I think, just about all the key guys have contributed to
this thread it seemed a good place to flag a suggestion.

I have just spent a few hours getting to grips with WinSCP, with the
sole goal of getting some consistency between my SQ Touch and my other
two SBSs
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=612018#post612018). If
you are pretty techie it's not that hard, but it is [I]certainly not[/]
a "user task"!!

It seems to me that a very large number of new Squeezebox owners will
have at least 2 SBSs, in some form, "fat" and/or "Tiny", some more than
2 - I currently have 3. It is not unreasonable for even regular,
non-techie, users to expect their Squeezeboxes to display
Artists/Albums/Compilations etc. etc. the same way across all devices
by default. At the moment, due to the pseudo-hardcoding of the TinySC
this is almost impossible, and even synchronising "fat" servers is a
pain.

I assume the reluctance to clutter the TinySC UI is as much about code
space as anything else.

Why not have a set of preferences which you set up on mysqueezebox.com.
Then, by default, each SBS/TinySC gets its (non hardware-specific) prefs
from there when connected to mySqueezebox.com, unless "Use preferences
on mySqueezebox.com" is un-ticked in the SBS control panel. Instantly
all SBSs would be sync'd.

Easy for me to say, but it should be a doddle to implement. All the
SBSs need to do is copy down the "server.prefs" file from
mySqueezebox.com and add any hardware-specific settings to the file. I
think it could make a real difference to the end-user out of the box
experience.

I can't imagine you have not thought of this yourselves, it's hardly
rocket science. But maybe you have not fully appreciated how poor it
looks when it is just about impossible for a mere mortal to get,
especially, music on a Touch to display consistently with those served
by a regular SBS!

I'm very interested in your thoughts.


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