PasTim;662528 Wrote: 
> Whilst very helpful, this is an illustration of the potential complexity
> of a solution that I would have thought most of us could do without.
> 
> Why would I want to stream my mere 14,500+ files (around 320GB) across
> my network when all I should need to do is plug a drive straight in? 
> Frankly it would never have even occurred to me to do so, let alone via
> my vintage laptop.  I'd also want an incremental system which avoided
> re-writing all those files for just a few changes.  My understanding is
> that Vortebox has such a feature, but it can cause problems with USB
> drives.

I'm really confused now. The only way your SB players will work is by
streaming across your network (either ethernet or wifi) to such player
from a computer/NAS running SbS. Such computer running SbS (which could
be Windows, MAC OS, linux, etc.) will have to access files.   So in my
case I have a headless computer (with all my files ON THAT COMPUTER)
connected to my router. SbS is running on that computer.  It then
streams my music to all my SB Players in the house.  Something has to
do that.

p.s. I note that I'm leaving out the option of running TinySbS within
the TOUCH and simply connecting a USB drive to the touch.  That sorta
works for some people, but is not generally a good option.


-- 
garym

System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.10) > SbS 7.6.2 > Transporter, Touch,
Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)
System 2: Win7(64) laptop > SbS 7.6.2 > Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom,
Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio and laptop)
Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver
Controlled at both locations with: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD &
SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.6 on Win7(64) laptop
Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag
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