I don't think you will be able to sync without the sync logic that is currently present. For remote streams, for example, the synchronization enforces proxying and you probably don't want to do that several times. Also, with Sync technically only one player (on the LMS side) is playing and the others just get synced to it so you can't start playing something else on a single player without affecting the others.
I kind of like the idea of automatically syncing players playing the same radio station (I don't think it would work for anything else) but if you say "identified by URL" the problems already start because two players playing the same stations might get two different URLs, be it due to load balancing or different codec support. I also think you are going down a usability rabbit hole. How do you distinguish (in your scenario) between hard- and smart synced players, are you sure a user will always know which state a player is in. In my experience that's generally the biggest issue with syncing: unexpected things happening because users have set something up they were not aware of. If you want easier sync setup use something like sync options (there were also some more plugins for that) but don't make it even more complicated than it already is. The reason Sonos' sync works better for users is that it's simpler: two players are either synced - the they play together - or they are not - then they play alone. There is no additional "power" mode, no hierarchical grouping no nothing. It's very simple so users understand it and they understand what state their players are in. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 9, the Universal App for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106568 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
