In an expended user base if squeezeboxes get real mainstream win would be dominant but not in the current user-base .
Some old tread presented stats from mysqueezebox.com 30%-40% win the rest linux(includes wierd NAS distros)+mac . I certainly don't use a nas (I'm not into pain). But my server has no gui So no x system nowhere to have a virtual windows desktop it's command line only and has no monitor or keyboard. Hence the web-UI it's made to run on anything as a background service and can be reached remotely. Having MM or foobar2000 to provide the music would have my yet agin be using my destop for music playback it's size noise and power consumption would make unattractive . Having a better PC frontend to make playlist and manage stuff would be an improvement thou. For that I could run one more virtual ( I have one to cater for my iPad ugh :-/ with urgh iTunes, but it has an excellent app that makes any mutiremote including logitechs harmony etc completely obsolete + iPeng of-course , otherwise I've would have gone android ). To make every one happy their should simply be alternatives and it is possible to make alternatives MonkeySqueeze is proof of that . To use the Touch as a "soundcard" it would be possible to invent some app that could be added on to it and a corresponding driver for a virtual soundcard on the PC. it is open source I quite surprised that it have not been hijacked for this purpose yet. But what makes the squeezebox PC sound driver independent is the fact that it is the player that "plays" the file not the server it only serves it . This is what making the effort to integrate it as a plugin to MM or foobar2000 or winamp or whatever a bit tricky . Normally a PC software "plays" the file and it goes via the OS soundsystem and drivers to a soundcard . But not in LMS the actual playback is done on the squeezebox player itself the "file/stream" is sent there and buffered and decoded and played . That you can see track progress on the web-UI is because the player reports that back to the server (such info is also used for syncing, server must know where everyone is to sync and keep the players aligned). -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91673 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
