bobkoure;511411 Wrote: > I'm having a hard time understanding why the server software should be > the same for both video and audio, and why there shouldn't just be > separate players. > The obvious reasons are: - It's often cheaper to get one device than getting two - For the manufacturer it might be cheaper to be able to share some hardware and software which are the same for both audio and video. Remember that a video device needs to do be able to do audio anyway so why not also allow audio without video.
However, the issue is that the Squeezebox isn't a video device, it's a audio device. In this situation the advantage of adding video isn't as obvious, it is a lot easier for a video device to add audio support. I can see one use case scenario where video would be interesting: - Music videos -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
