Judging by the ever increasing number of streaming devices, audio, video and both, coming on the market seemingly every day, I would be tempted to say that the Squeezebox line of devices days are numbered but looks can be deceiving.
Many, if not most, of the newer streaming devices are UPnP (universal plug and play) and therefore need some type of music player/library software installed on a network computer in order to manage one's music library. I have a WD Live Plus device which I use for streaming video and in lieu of using music player/library software one can just navigate through folders and files to find an item to play but this requires that the folders be shared on one's network. Very few of these devices offer the ease of control and flexibility afforded by the Squeezebox devices running Squeezebox server. It is SBS and its vast array of plug-ins which truly separates the Squeezebox devices from most of the other streaming devices currently on the market. >From what I've gathered reading this forum and other publications as troublesome as SBS may sometimes be, these problems pale in comparison to those users encounter when using iTunes or Windows Media Player to control a UPnP streaming device. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86588 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
