Like many customers, I came to the conclusion that TinySBS is not acceptable in its current state. However I really cannot understand why 2 small improvements which could make it acceptable where never performed, and how beta testers could have used Touch standalone without ever figuring out.
First of all there is this bug "Enable turn off autoscanning on tinysc" http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16564 If you think this is good idea (and probably very easy to fix), the only way to hope getting (may be ...) some attention from Logitech is to vote for bugs. There are currently 9 votes, and it is obviously not enough for Logitech to think about fixing it. The second idea is the one which was discussed in this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90063&page=4 The idea is to ask that TinySBS (and why not SBS ?) behave like almost any other software and provide a "browse folders only" mode without any kind of scan (may be 99% of customer's problems) and database creation or query. How many Squeezebox customers think it could be good idea and deserve another bug ? When I plug a USB stick on the Touch, I would usually be satisfied with folders browsing, and don't care about any scan or database feature. I copy below some statements I made in the other thread. ------ from http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=654984&postcount=34 "The most stupid thing in this story is the following : - I have a computer with internal SSD and Windows 7 x64 - I boot it faster than a Touch - Almost every information used for basic and daily search are present in the file names of my flac files - The search field of Windows 7 file explorer (with SSD, indexing disabled to save SSD life) allow me to find almost instantly whatever I want without using tags ... This means that for me a simple software with an "Open file" button to select music files and send them to the Touch, would be better, faster and more user friendly than SBS database browsing (no scan needed, you are in paradise !) ... When you have a computer available, the number one basic method to choose a file on it, is to browse your folders ... Allow SBS or TinySBS to disable any scan whatsoever, and provide simple folder browsing, you get something simple 99% of people will use without any hassle ... When a friend brings you a file, why should it be more complicated than bringing a CD ? (I forgot that, a friend can bring a CD, you rip it, and use the files, it still happens sometimes) Now tell him than with TinySBS, you will have to rescan (how many hours ?) your disk if you disconnect it to connect and play your friend's usb stick. Tell him you have to copy his file in the specific music folder for SBS, and wait for the scan (why do you need to scan, you just copied it and already forgot where it is ????, why don't you simply click on it to play it ???? ) ... Any sensible person will ask you if you are not insane ... TinySBS should simply not run a database, it should browse folders, that's all and that's enough ... SBS should have an option to disable database and provide simple folder browsing through windows file explorer. Which other music softwares than SBS are missing those obvious and basic features, everybody understand and use without problems ???" ------ from http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=655141&postcount=46 "Apparently no developer ever thought that providing "browse folder only" could be a useful workaround for all those who are stuck with scanning problems (either in SBS or in TinySBS) In my opinion, their biggest mistake was to be so confident in their hype features (scan, autorescan, database browsing, etc ...) that they totally wiped out any basic feature which could be satisfying workaround for a lot of customers completely stuck, because those "hype features" are not reliable enough. Every other software I have used still support those basic features, and so, nobody can be totally stuck with no workaround available." -- nicolas75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90147 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
