Mnyb;651393 Wrote: > 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.
Very useful information. I am excited to get the SBT and use the SB3 as well, will use the PC as the server for both. Next is ripping my collection onto a new HD :) -- myvinyl333 http://www.iamnotjerry.com Supporting "live" Music ------------------------------------------------------------------------ myvinyl333's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22155 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89729 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
