aubuti wrote: > Exactly. As for "...the headache of running another system...", if one > wants to use a network music player like the Touch then one has to > "choose a headache": > > 1) running TinyLMS on the Touch, > 2) running LMS on the current system (ie, computer) enough to serve your > music needs, or > 3) running a different system (Vortexbox, Squeezeplug, NAS, small > computer, etc) to serve the music needs. > > Most users find (1) to be the biggest headache, but there are notable > exceptions, so it may be fine for P Nelson's needs. For me (3) is the > smallest headache, using similar hardware to the Vortexbox that I > assembled myself for less than US$300 (and that was many years ago, you > could do it cheaper now).
Choose the headache is right! 1) TinyLMS reliability headache, and when it does not work the wife complains, which expands the headache. I must be insane to try this. It is like a train wreck, you know you should not watch, but you cannot help it. I don't use plugins and I don't need to transcode media files, so tinyLMS when it works has been fine. 2) Wife complains about having to turn on the windows machine to listen to our music, and then have to switch (on the Touch or Radios) the servers from MySB to ours. 3) The linux stuff kinda scares me. The linux line codes seems like a foreign language. I am familiar with windows to fix many problems, and if it breaks beyond my ability I can take it to the local computer store to fix. What happens if the vortexbox, squeezeplug, etc stops working? After exhausting help from these forums I have no place to go. I tried the ssh logging into the Touch using descriptions from the forums and was unsuccessful. Documentation for the referenced shareware applications assumed a more advanced knowledge to use the software. What is obvious to the expert, it not very clear to the newbie. I like to listen to music, but I get little enjoyment of tinkering with the computer side. I don't mind some computer tinkering to get it to work, but then I want to be done with it. I think this is one of the reasons that contributed to Logitech droping the squeezebox line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98291 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
