Has anyone used the Telcanto who could comment on its ease of use? I ask because I often hear how the remote is not that useful if you have 10K + songs. If the Telcanto is easy to use, has good wireless connectivity, then that could be solution to this issue.
But what I suggest and what I use is playlists. They are easy access via the remote and you can easily create them with the web interface. So you could have 30 - 60 or more playlists which is easy scroll through. The other comment about smart playlists is solved by the musicmagic plugin. It works great, is tunable and makes playlist creation exceedingly simple. Sometimes it produces odd results, but overall it is quite good and well worth the 20 some odd dollars it costs. On the Windows platform, I have a nice way to have it start up a service, so like the slimserver it is completely transparent to the user. Another comment about the Sony's of the world: I understand that they do have software expertise in things like the Playstation. But they are not terribly competent in most other areas of computing and software and I would not be terribly concerned that they are going to come out with a slick media server that competes on the software side (this may be a bit off, but try finding a software driver for a Vaio on their website......). As to the comment that a major drawback is that Ma and Pa need to maintain a computer for this purpose, I suppose that is fairly accurate, but may be not fatal. All SlimDevices would need to do is roll-out a small server machine that can go into a A/V rack, preloaded with SlimServer. Or maybe someone other vendor could do it. The technology is there. I have put these in for people, and the preferred 'architecture' is a dedicated machine in a basement or a closet that also doubles as a file/backup server. Nor does it have to be some killer machine. We recycle old PIIIs and add a hard drive. This setup works trouble free for months with no intervention by the user. Occasionally the machine needs to be rebooted, but that is about it. Ma and Pa can do that. Maybe SlimDevices should have suggested setups and tips. One of which would be: don't put SlimServer on a wireless machine, if at all possible....that is trouble! On 4/13/05, Steve Baumgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it being an app, i'd expect it to have better general UI responsiveness > > than the webUI on a PocketPC or PalmOS device. maybe someone who's used > > it can comment on it. > > It's interesting, but the "Live Search" feature now makes Slimserver > nearly as responsive (if not quite a smooth) as an app. I've been using > it more and more. If it were combined with a 3-pane display like iTunes > or Winamp (which ripped off the iTunes interface for its media library), > and if support for smart (dynamic, based on a DB query) playlists were > added, I don't think you could say that anything else was easier to use > at that point. > > You can see the beginnings of all this in the "Live Search" feature and > the "New Music" web page. I expect the UI will continue to evolve along > these lines, since there's no doubt that an application-like experience > is preferable to a web browsing experience when it comes to finding and > listening to music. > > SBB > > Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only > for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you > should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please > notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this > e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. > > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free > as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, > arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore > does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents > of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If > verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This > message is provided for informational purposes and should not be > construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or > related financial instruments. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
