myvinyl333;651379 Wrote: > Thank you very much for the help. So (as I learn) Does the SBT become a > server when it streams music from an external HD on a PC using > Squeezebox software? Currently I have the Squeezebox SW installed on an > XP PC that points to a HD w/ music that I access on the SB3...
Yes Touch is able to be a server to other squeezeboxes to if it is on the same network. This happens when the HD is conected to the Touch itself, if you want the hd at the pc the pc has to be server. You may also mount the usb drive as a network share on your pc ,when it's conected to the Touch to move files to it. The thougth was that this way you could have squeezeboxserver without any pc running a beatifull idea, but the limited memory and cpu on Touch makes it less likely to work and the lack of some features really makes it unusable for some of us. So I use the Touch like any other player on my server, it's well worth it's price as a player only, even if the USB feature may be the thing that sold it to some folks :-/ It can stil be used in some limited fashion i a friend brings an usb stick with music, but i would just copy it to my main server.. Well the silver lining is that it may be underpowered for server use but sligthly over powered for player use this makes menus snappy and fast and it has headroom for more features and third party apps in the future. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89729 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
