aubuti wrote: > First, just because the wifi in your listening room is iffy doesn't mean > you have to go with the Touch's built-in server (I'll call it TinyLMS) > and a directly-attached USB drive. The TinyLMS+USB drive approach works > for some and fails for others, but overall it has to be the most > unreliable aspect of the whole SB system.
That's been a notable concern for me; I've tried several USB drives plugged directly into my Touch (hard drives and thumb drives)--some work, some don't. When I buy a hard drive for my music library, I want to know that it will work (connected to my network; it would be nice if it also worked directly connected to the Touch, but I'm moving away from seeing that as a must-have). aubuti wrote: > Is there a way to run ethernet (cat5e or cat6) cable to your listening > room? If not, what about homeplug adapters, which carry wired network > traffic over your home's electrical wiring? Or adding a wifi access > point in or near the listening room? In the end, improving the > connectivity of your listening room to avoid dropouts is likely to be > more satisfying than using TinyLMS plus an external drive. That makes sense to me. I wish that I could easily run Ethernet cable into my listening room, but that would involve messing up parts of a recent kitchen renovation (had I only thought further ahead...sigh. Part of that renovation work worsened the WiFi connectivity in our living room area)--that's not feasible right now. I'll look into the Homeplug option; meanwhile, we moved an Airport Express box that we're using as a signal extender for that area; connectivity seems better (I must test it a bit more for audio use). aubuti wrote: > there is a paid subscription service on mysqueezebox.com called > MP3Tunes that allows you to upload your tracks (MP3 versions only) to an > online storage site, and then play them back from there. I probably won't bother with that-- for home listening, I don't want to convert anything to MP3 format and lose audio quality. aubuti wrote: > But usually mysqueezebox.com (or mysb.com for lazy typists like me) is > used for streaming from the internet: internet radio and services such > as Pandora, Slacker, Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG, Last.fm, and others. You > can also access all of those online services when your SB is connected > to LMS on your home network -- you only ever _need_ to connect > explicitly to mysb.com if you want to turn your local server off. Wow; that's useful to know--more incentive for properly understanding and implementing a stable instance of LMS on my system. aubuti wrote: > Btw, it probably also helps to know that slimserver, SqueezeCenter (SC), > Squeezebox Server (SBS), and Logitech Media Server (LMS) are all > different names for the same thing, namely the server software that runs > on a pc, NAS, or Touch (in a stripped-down version on the Touch). > Apparently when they get bored at Logitech they rename things fairly > indiscriminately. Hah! Thanks *very* much for that info--I had no idea! aubuti wrote: > As for the pluses and minuses of Vortexbox Appliance, squeezeplug, or > FitPC, my advice is that there is no hurry. Perhaps, but if using such a device would mean that I don't have to research and pick a specific brand and model of hard drive to know that the drive will work, I could go ahead and buy a drive and start ripping CDs; that would be a real plus (along with the benefits of running the full version of LMS on it). Is that the case--that a "host computer" like those mentioned would be drive-agnostic--less picky than the Touch? Also, if the FitPC-connected library drive is powered down or goes into sleep mode, does LMS have to re-scan it when the drive is re-powered or awakened (assuming no files have been added, deleted or edited)? That too would be a plus for me. aubuti wrote: > Presumably you have a computer at present. Can you run LMS on that? If > so, I would get started with that while you sort out more critical > issues such as the wifi in your listening room and ripping your CDs. > It's always easy to upgrade/change your LMS server hardware later. I have installed LMS on one of my laptops, as a test; my Touch found it, scanned its drive, and plays its music files with no problem. I'll soon try connecting a USB hard drive to it--one that my Touch couldn't recognize--and see if the Touch finds it and can access it. aubuti wrote: > Hope this helps at least a little. It sure does--much thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeromeharris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96003 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
