Radish, In some ways, your post brings me back to the beginning of this thread. I just read the entire thread again. I think some poorly expressed statements I made may have left the wrong impression. I understand the general concept that SB needs SS to run, like Client for Microsoft Networks is needed to access resources on a Windows network. I never meant to say that I didnt want to use SS for its resources to transfer sound files from the computer to SB to the home audio system. I understand that SB relies on and MUST have SS to operate. But I also understand (I think) that SS has a catalog feature from which the user selects the sound files to be transferred. What I want to do is use a different catalog as an overlay to only that part of the SS software from which I can select the sound files and then rely on SSs expertise to move the sound files to SB. To continue the analogy, rather than use Windows Explorer to surf the necessary Client for Microsoft Networks, I would use a third-party utility which is more powerful and full-featured than Windows Explorer. But in using that analogy, I dont mean to offend SS and suggest that it is not powerful. I want to use the separate catalog software only because I like it and have many music tracks cataloged there with the same tracks (mostly jazz) being played by different groups of musicians. I can select the same song by different groups of musicians or the same musicians but over different time periods and listen to the differences. Its really not a huge desire, but if it can be done, Id like to do it. Certainly, I could maintain the catalog software I have for its information, etc., and then turn to SSs catalog to choose the songs. Maybe thats what I will have to do.
In short, I know that I NEED to use SS with SB and I WANT to use SS and all of its features (because it gets such great reviews), EXCEPT I want to use a different software from which to select the music. It seemed originally to me as though SS would not care whether I used its music browser or my own, but it sounds as though I have to use its catalog system. And then the complication of tags arose. I know we are at the beat the dead horse stage in this thread and if everyone is tired of it, I understand. I have learned and appreciate all the advice I have received. Ill eventually get something to work. John -- JSharp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JSharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13675 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39597
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