As already told here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29897 my biggest concern with Transporter is the lack of a stand alone mode. As music lover and audio enthusiastic I'm interested to find a solution to get free of all my CDs and enter in the music streaming age. The fact SlimDevices products act like pure server clients, and need a running SlimServer to be able to navigate and play streamed music, is very frustrating. It prevent them to be a CD player direct replacement, especially from an usability point of view.
Therefore I'm proposing to implement a minimal stand-alone mode on board. I'm targeting especially on Transporter as it offer enough inner space for that, his higher price point also allows more freedom. My proposal is following: - Build a reduced SlimServer version which focus on the essential and permit to navigate and play music located on an external HDD. To be efficient this SlimLite should be shrink to the maximum and like a SafeMode guarantee this device be able to play music at any time. - To host this SlimLite a NAS Main board (custom or commercial) should be added in the Transporter. Power supply can be external, it just need a separate NAS input plug, in order to not disturb Transporter's well designed supply. - Data connecting should be made through Ethernet connector as like this NAS would be external. HDD storage connector should be added, it can be Ethernet (Networkdrive) or USB2 ...or both if there is no limitation. I know this proposal could sound strange for the one who find current SlimDevices products easy to install and had no concern on their usage. On the other hand I really think this solution would be a serious improvement for users who simply want to listen streamed music... -- your momo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ your momo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8095 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30080 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
