Not that it matters or changes reality, but, I agree with joegorin on this. A product that includes a local music server instance and includes ports to connect media locally should be able to play local music without an internet connection, and apparently does but only for 5 days or so. If an internet connection was a hard requirement, it should either refuse to play altogether if it can't phone home or at least display a clear message immediately so the user knows what the deal is (instead of waiting 5 days and crapping out). It's a little unfair to point at the box and say "It says Network Music Player!"
It was Logitech's product so they can and did do want they wanted but I don't think joegorin is off base with what he expected the touch to be able to do as a disconnected player with a local server instance. Does anyone have a good link that details what happens if mysqueezebox.com can't be reached, by squeezebox type if that makes a difference? I've been meaning to look into this as I was thinking about setting up a pi based LMS in our travel trailer and using it with a radio if I can ever find a decent one on ebay. Trailer park wifi is usually pretty bad so I think spotty or no connection would probably be the norm. I'm also wondering if the loopback connector idea could still work, depending on what the "phone home" consists of. Does it just have to reach the mysqueezebox.com domain? Does it need a successful login? With a loopback plug and an entry in the /etc/hosts file for mysqueezebox.com pointing at the 127.0.0.1 loopback address, the domain would be appear to be reachable but obviously a login would fail, though maybe that could be spoofed too with a local script of some kind, maybe a plugin to the local LMS? @joegorin, sorry the loopback made it worse. I'd been meaning to try a loopback in my "smart" tv to see if it would turn off it's continuous wifi scanning since I don't use it, and finally did after recommending it to you. It seems to have done the trick in my case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sodface's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110255 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
