FunkyELF wrote: > I read recently that squeezebox may be abandoned in favor of their new > UE platform. > > http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57519226-221/logitech-leaves-squeezebox-fans-wondering-whats-next/ > > This is the exact reason why I want to be self contained and not > dependent on a service that may disappear at any moment. > Its the reason why I haven't bought into DropBox or Google Drive... if I > want cloud storage I'll run OwnCloud on my own hardware.
Squeezeboxes require a server of some kind. That server can be a local one (LMS), or one "in the cloud" (mysqueezebox.com). Logitech discontinuing squeezebox just means that they'll almost certainly shut down mysqueezebox.com at some point, though no threat or date has been given for such a move at this point. But LMS will continue to work just fine; it's open-source software that you run on your local machine. Indeed, this is how many of us operate our squeezeboxes and how I have always run my squeezeboxes for the last 10 years; I do not use mysqueezebox.com at all. You can read the many threads discussing the implications of mysqueezebox.com going away but it mainly comes down to 3 things: 1) You'll have to run a local instance of LMS on your network 2) Certain internet service integrations will no longer work (Rhapsody, MOG, a version of Spotify, etc.) 3) The current integration with TuneIn for internet radio discovery won't work And it's important to note that any "genuine" Squeezebox device will not be any less functional (for Squeezebox purposes) than your raspberry pi device. All the limitations stated above will apply equally to your raspberry-pi-as-squeezebox device. You're just putting in a lot more effort to get your raspberry pi to emulate a Squeezebox. Of course, if you're talking about the flexibility of the raspberry pi to move away from the squeezebox ecosystem entirely in the future (running completely different audio playback and management software) then of course that's flexibility a genuine Squeezebox device won't have. As for me, I see no reason to do that anytime soon; LMS is incredibly powerful and flexible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97550 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
