erland wrote: > Sorry, I think my mind went a bit ahead of the thread :-) > In my mind: > Squeezebox replancement = A music streaming device that provides similar > features as the Squeezebox (preferably but not necessarily compatible > with existing Squeezeboxes)
New players like this are being released by consumer electronics and audio companies almost weekly, typically relying on DLNA network servers for local content. But with few of features that the _software_ of the Squeezebox system affords. Things like synched playback, plugins and broad audio format compatibility. I'm not sure I see the point in producing another one. Surely by now there's a player available for everyone if those limitations are of no importance. If you want many of the same features as Squeezebox, you're going to have to make the system reliant upon some kind of local server. Do you want to write something like Squeezebox Server over again from scratch? SBS isn't perfect, but it represents many man-years of work. (And then I'd have to ask: How would this system complement my existing Squeezebox infrastructure and investment? If it's completely independent of it, then I fail to see much appeal.) My understanding is that as far as copyright issues are concerned, the only thing prevented would be the re-distribution of Squeezebox firmware. Which seems like a minor concern when you consider that the firmware for older Squeezeboxes is no longer being updated and new firmware for SqueezePlay devices is downloaded on the fly. As far as codecs are concerned: is Logitech actually licensing any of the distributed software? They don't even distribute LAME with the server for MP3 encoding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
