Jumping in on some questions you asked me, and more that you asked John S:
jeromeharris wrote: > Does MySqueezebox.com allow players to receive music from a local > server's storage, as well as from Internet sources? Not that I foresee > my wanting to do that... No, mysb.com doesn't see your local storage at all. jeromeharris wrote: > For that, the laptop must have some server software like LMS running on > it, or be able to access a "server in the cloud", right? Just testing my > understanding here. BTW, could you list names of some of these software > players, so I can look them up, out of curiosity? (Hmm: now that I think > about it, iTunes and Windows Media Player--which also include server > functions-- are in this category, right? Do any of the others have > notable pluses or minuses over the player in the SBT? iTunes and WMP don't playback music from LMS, or at least not very conveniently. The Squeezebox software players are SqueezePlay, SoftSqueeze, and squeezeslave. Squeezeplay has the same interface as the SBT, and can be used to control the SBT (or any SB) and/or turn your pc into a SB. It is perpetual-beta software freely available from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/. SoftSqueeze is Java-based software that has the look of "virtual" older SB devices (SB Classic, Transporter, Boom), but the functionality is more or less the same as SqueezePlay when it comes to playing streams on your pc. squeezeslave is a "headless" software player, ie, it has no GUI, but can be controlled by the LMS web ui or other remote devices like iPeng, Squeezepad, etc. jeromeharris wrote: > Hmm...do you know if there exists an alarm-clock app for the SBT? If so, > that could be a nifty use for a second SBT, as part of a small "zoned > music" setup. The SBT has a built-in alarm function. Very customizable in terms of multiple alarms, streams to play, days of week, etc. jeromeharris wrote: > > -- Does the LMS software have to re-scan the library drive when the > server wakes up (assuming no files on it have been changed, added or > deleted)?; > > -- Would a dedicated server computer (I'm currently favoring a fit-PC, > or perhaps a SheevaPlug) be less picky about what type of hard drive is > plugged into it than the SBT is? If so, that clinches the value of going > that route. I've tested several USB hard drives and thumb drives with my > Touch; so far, some hard drives are recognized and work, but some don't > (none of my thumb drives work); > > -- If I choose to use a dedicated server computer, are there advantages > or disadvantages to using a USB hard drive versus an NAS hard drive with > it?; > > -- Re adding newly purchased files and ripping new CDs to a library > drive, is there any particular reason to have the ripping and tagging > software running on the dedicated server computer, versus doing those > jobs on another machine and copying the folders and files to the library > drive (either over the network, or plugging the library drive into the > other computer)? Doing it on the server would require connecting an > optical drive, monitor and keyboard to it for ripping/tagging--its > location might make that inconvenient. -- no -- yes (ie, a pc is less picky than the Touch) -- Only minor. For example, having the library on a NAS but LMS on your pc means that scanning will be slower because it's being done over the network. A USB-drive or internal drive on your pc would be quicker for scanning, but there is no practical difference when it comes to playback. -- nope, no advantages to ripping and tagging on a server computer. I've never had an optical drive on my server computers/NASs -- I just copy over the network. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96003 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
