'Ur[s Wrote: > uS;191687']The ReadyNAS is supposed to be quiet, but I do not think it > is quiet enough for living room. It does not need to be in the living > room anyway, so wardrobe in spare bedroom is where I have mine. > > > > > As described, people have different experiences of using the NAS to > both store the music files AND run slimserver. Me, I just use it to > store files. I bought it to run slimserver, but was not happy with how > long it took to scan a large database (there's a good chance you'll feel > the same with large amount of files). > > Check out > http://www.infrant.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=22 > This is the forum regarding the ReadyNAS in which streaming services, > like slimserver, are discussed. If you do not scan too often and are > happy to browse your music using the remote (never seeing cover art or > more than one artist displayed at a time), its probably good enough > (and fits the no (other) computer turned on requirement). If you > expect to browse your music with web interface or similar (thereby > seeing your album art once in a while), using Nokia 770 or laptop etc., > you might want the NAS to have more pep in its step. > > > > > You do not need NAS and computer on, but I happen to work it this way. > Also, the SB3 can connect through SqueezeNetwork to online services and > radio without any NAS or computer on. > > For you, recommend that you have the slimserver and music both on the > same machine. That machine can be a NAS (meaning one that is capable > of running slimserver) or a server you build yourself or a plain old PC > of some variety or other. > > You can use the laptop to view the web interface or run Dr Lovegrove's > Moose to control the slimsever, when you like, otheriwse the remote is > just fine. Heck, you can even be in a room different to the SB3 and > use softsqueeze to access the slimsever from your laptop and listen > from the laptop (through powered speakers for a little more grunt). > etc.
'Ur[s]uS;191687']some nice options offered my appreciated for the advice. but we still coming back to using a computer. Man I love seeing cover art and from what you say, veiwing all my stuff via the web interface I'll need some decent horsepower in a nas in ordeer to not drive me mad with frustration. I'm going to start exploring all of these optionsover the next few weeks before taking the plunge and let you know how I get on, maybe you will be able to thorw some more light on some of the solutions I come up with. -- donglobal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ donglobal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10951 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
