seanadams Wrote: > samlw, > > Your situation is not typical at all - nearly everyone using AAC is on > Mac/Windows (or a linux machine capable of running faad), in which case > it simply works. I'm not sure why you keep pushing the SoundBridge > button - we are well aware that porting codecs is "possible", but I > think you underestimate the cost of implementing and licensing codecs > for an embedded system. As we've said, the benefits are relatively > miniscule in the case of AAC, given that it already works just fine on > any of our supported platforms. That's not to say it won't happen - > just that it's not a high priority. > > BTW if you ever need to use ANY lossless format (Flac, Apple, WMA) or > any non-mainstream/emerging format, you will be very glad you chose > Squeezebox. :) > > We do appreciate the feedback though, and client-side AAC is understood > as a desirable feature. > > Sean Sorry, I don't mean to "push the SoundBridge button." I think the Squeezebox is a great product, or I wouldn't have bought one. I only bring it up because AAC/iTunes integration is a differentiating feature of what I perceive to be Squeezebox's main competitor.
You say that my case is atypical. However, a simple google search will turn up many many users of LinkStation and other low-power NAS devices as music servers feeding Squeezboxes. Its a great thing to have a small quiet 17w server dedicated to streaming your music library, rather than operating a hulking power-hungry noisy desktop computer 24/7. The combination of LinkStation + Squeezebox is such an elegant one that I'm surprised Slim hasn't pursued an official partnership with Buffalo. But I digress. In my case, I am running mt-daapd on my LinkStation. This serves shared music to all iTunes clients on my network. If Squeezebox incorporated a daap client, it would be able to see and play all that music, as well as any music being shared by any other instances of iTunes music sharing on the network. This of course would not preclude using SlimServer to gain access to additional formats and features, for those who want it. But I think this would be a great feature for the Squeezebox. For one thing, the unit could be up and running and playing music out of the box without requiring installation of any software (for iTunes music sharing folks, at any rate). Anyway, just my 2 cents. Thanks for listening. And thanks for making a great product. I'm just offering some ideas that I think would make it even better. :) -- samlw ------------------------------------------------------------------------ samlw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
