MrSinatra;299575 Wrote: > > i am saying that this is now a logitech product, and its being aimed at > the masses, and it will continue to be, and over time i expect it will > get cheaper and cheaper. > The current cost of SqueezeCenter is zero as far as I know, so it can't get much cheaper, but I suppose you are talking about the whole system including the SqueezeBox hardware.
MrSinatra;299575 Wrote: > you say that automatic detection logic is needed. i agree. where i > disagree is how that automatic detection is implemented. there is no > need for it to guess, or for guessing to be a function you can't turn > off. better methods exist. > > ... > > rather, that logic should be turned off by default, and instead > replaced with terms the user can set in SC7 that if the scanner finds > in the files, it then knows its a compilation. > I think the problem is that it will result in extra options and more configuration parameters which gets the whole system even more complicated to use than today. More options also results in a support nightmare for Logitech since it makes the handling of end users problem a lot more complex when there are a lot of variations. So even though correct default values could make it simple for end users it causes problem for the Logitech support team that needs to handle the users that actually use the advanced configuration of the automatic detection logic. I'm not against more options myself, which I think all the configuration options in my plugins shows, but I can understand why Logitech has tried to limit the number of configurable options available. However, it should be fairly simple if we limit the options to a single checkbox that enabled/disabled the current automatic logic. If disabled it would only detect albums with COMPILATION tags as compilations and the rest would be considered to be non compilation albums. If enabled it would use the current automatic logic that works for some people and doesn't work for other people. The default value after installation could be that this option is disabled, so the user explicit have to select to use the current automatic logic. A solution like this would be fairly simple to implement is doesn't result in a lot of extra complex configuration parameters that needs to be handled in the code and in the user interface. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47297 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
