Gibbo;238791 Wrote: > Do I really have no options? It's a little unclear what you're trying to accomplish. Using an iPod/portable player is infinitely simpler than using a Squeezebox. Just not as flexible.
Here are a couple of Squeezebox options: 1. Run SlimServer on a PC in the office. Store your music on a hard disk in (or attached to) the PC. Stream music to a Squeezebox. With just one shared PC in the office, that could be tough. The individual logons might not pose a problem if you can install the server as an Administrator on the PC and run SlimServer as a service when the machine boots up. A more likely problem would be that SlimServer would use up valuable resources on the PC and interfere with users' work, or (even more likely) that work would interfere with SlimServer and cause music interruptions. A personal laptop, if permitted on your office network, would be another option. So would building an inexpensive dedicated SlimServer. 2. Set up a Squeezebox and connect to your home SlimServer. Will require a fair amount of bandwidth, so you'll need reasonably fast connections at both home and work. This isn't an option in many offices, as network activity is often closely monitored and a constant stream of bandwidth being used will raise red flags and may even get you fired. May take some technical prowess in figuring out how to allow traffic into your home network and through any firewalls that may be in place. 3. Set up a Squeezebox and use SqueezeNetwork to listen to only Internet radio. Same bandwidth issues and cautions as above, but you won't need to worry about the home SlimServer end of things. And no easy way to play your own music. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39738 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
