------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47945 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: How do you primarily use your Squeezebox Controller? - I usually place it back in the cradle after I've selected my music - It tends to follow me around the house ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>From new user. I've got a Squeezebox controlled by Slimserver 6.5.4. Presumably the "controller" you refer to is the remote control I got with my Squeezebox? How do I use my controller? I've never used it - probably never will. The main reason I use the Squeezecentre is as a method of getting high quality audio wirelessly from the external hard drive where all my MP3s are stored to my amplifier. Most of my listening is to classical music for which I find classification systems based on the MP3 ID tags unhelpful. I don't directly view the Squeezeserver via a browser on my computer because I prefer to customise the classification and search of my MP3s my way. My "controller" is my general purpose laptop computer running MS Excel. I have a database of all my MP3s classified according to my own system on spreadsheets. I've written code in VBA which allows me to search and select the appropriate piece of music, and then VBA sends http commands to instruct Slimserver to play the appropriate music and control the player. I don't want wall-to-wall musak - I just want to listen to a piece of music every now and again. Most of the pieces I play last over 1/2 hr so I'm quite happy to return to my laptop when I want to hear a different piece of music. I'm very happy with the result. It may be a different approach from most people, but a decently designed product like the Squeezecenter should, and does, allow this sort of flexibility. -- malone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ malone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15007 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47945 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
