donglobal;191678 Wrote: > Hi Pfarrell, > You are quite right you don't need it but it is a nice touch, I use > cover art of my entire iTunes collection. I thought tht the slim > devices display was monotone and displayed in a single color? is this > corect, if so how do you get it to display cover-art?
Nope, SlimServer has loads of "skins". The default skin is grey. Fioshobone (my favourite( can be black, gret or tan. There is also a Flash based skins, and skins for various handhelds and more. donglobal;191678 Wrote: > > I like the idea of the slim server being able to help organize my > collection and make playlists etc, I hope these millions of MP3s you have are tagged correctly. SlimServer does not tag files and if they are not tagged can only guess 9using filename and directory) at what the correct artist/album/tracknumber etc is. SlimServer will build Playlists, and you can save them for future use too. As for your decision between a Squeezebox 3 (there's a special SD deal on some at the moment) and a Transporter. If you have MP3 files, rather than lossless files then the SB3 should suit. You can use the analog outs (i.e. there is no point in adding a DAC if you use lossless files). A Transporter is considerably more expensive than a SB3, mostly dues to it's audiophile circuitry... which you won't need. The dual displays are very handy though... There are some who think that running SlimServer on a NAS is painful as they are not very high powered. You can get a cheap PC (Linux preferably if you know it, but Slimserver runs fine on Windows now), big disks (you should at least mirror your music for backup purposes) and hide it away. Wire it to your network. The SB can be wireless. Actually you might even get away with both being wireless if you are only streaming MP3s. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
