Re: [slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
JJZolx wrote: Or maybe the Squeezebox is just so handicapped compared to competitive UPnP players which have either superior displays or TV video interfaces that it makes it not worth the effort? BTW, I didn't mean that to sound like a dig at the Squeezebox, but wonder if it's the limited display that would make using a UPnP server very difficult. FWIW, I moved to the SB from the Netgear MP101 (there are a _lot_ of us). It's a UPNP device and has only a slight interface advantage over the Slim: 3? lines of text (maybe 4, it's been so long I can't remember). Fewer characters across, though, iirc. I think your question is a good one but clearly there are UPNP devices with similarly limited built-in interfaces. Hope this helps. -- Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got Smarter. Your Practice Just Got Healthier. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
kdf Wrote: The Software Roadmap is publicly available here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SoftwareRoadmap It is a living document, subject to refining along the way. There are ongoing discussions in the developer forum. OK, then the question becomes: Why is UPnP _NOT_ in the plans for the Squeezebox? -- JJZolx Jim ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
JJZolx wrote: kdf Wrote: The Software Roadmap is publicly available here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SoftwareRoadmap It is a living document, subject to refining along the way. There are ongoing discussions in the developer forum. OK, then the question becomes: Why is UPnP _NOT_ in the plans for the Squeezebox? because you haven't put it there. It's a wiki. Click the edit button, or better yet submit a design spec, or better yet submit a patch. Alternatively, you could put your ER into bugzilla. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org : It's a Scientific Venture! I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, so across the Western ocean I must wander. -- All for Me Grog, traditional ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
stinkingpig Wrote: because you haven't put it there. It's a wiki. Click the edit button Why would I want to edit the software roadmap? Why would anyone want you or I editing it? better yet submit a design spec, or better yet submit a patch. Why is it that simple question posted to these forums end up being a pissing match about 1/2 the time? Alternatively, you could put your ER into bugzilla. There's been one there for a while with no discussion or comment from any Slim developers. Status is 'New', which is the equivalent of something between 'forget about it for the foreseeable future' and 'you've got to be fg kidding'. I'm just asking why that is? JJZolx Wrote: Or maybe the Squeezebox is just so handicapped compared to competitive UPnP players which have either superior displays or TV video interfaces that it makes it not worth the effort? BTW, I didn't mean that to sound like a dig at the Squeezebox, but wonder if it's the limited display that would make using a UPnP server very difficult. I've never used a UPnP player, but I'd imagine that something like a DVD player could implement a fairly nice user interface when connected to a TV. Without a video out, maybe the Squeezebox just can't be expected to show enough information for useful navigation. -- JJZolx Jim ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 20:09 -0700, JJZolx wrote: I'm just asking why that is? The beauty of the SlimServer is that it is open source. People volunteer and make patches. The downside is that it is open source, and only volunteers make patches. SlimDevices has no where near enough software engineers to do all the cool things that people want. They do some stuff. Volunteers do most of it. Folks like KDF and others. It is mostly volunteers who provide a lot of the customer support. its a community. Slim does hardware stuff and critical changes for new hardware. And if your hardware is broken, they will fix it or send you new ones. The reality is, if you want it really because it is really important to you, do a design, write it up, define how it works, etc. Or get hundreds of people to agree that it is a priority and Sean, Patrick or Dean will move it up their priority list. Slim Devices ain't Microsoft. I like it that way. YMMV -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Is UPnP on the software roadmap?
On Sep 3, 2005, at 7:21 PM, Jack Coates wrote: because you haven't put it there. It's a wiki. Click the edit button, or better yet submit a design spec, or better yet submit a patch. Alternatively, you could put your ER into bugzilla. Actually, please don't edit the roadmap unless we've got some consensus here or in the bug database about direction. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
