slimmert;263914 Wrote:
Just bought an Apple TV. The device isn't that exciting out of the box.
But the (hacking) community behind the device IS! There are multiple
plugins available doing all kind of different stuff. See
http://plugins.awkwardtv.org/
There's more to come. Lots of developers
For that matter, any ipod can be connected to several models of yamaha
receivers using an optional dock and there are also several all in one
powered speaker units, including several by logitech itself, that are
made specifically for direct connection by an ipod.
The above is for people who want
slimmert;263914 Wrote:
Is it simple to develop a plugin which controls my Squeezebox? Sounds
like a Jive solution maybe?
Maybe. But I suspect something using the command line interface (CLI)
would be the easiest way to go. Check out the documentation at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/
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Just bought an Apple TV. The device isn't that exciting out of the box.
But the (hacking) community behind the device IS! There are multiple
plugins available doing all kind of different stuff. See
http://plugins.awkwardtv.org/
There's more to come. Lots of developers create different apps for
He said that owning films was pointless and renting them much better. He
said that didn't apply to music where people wanted to hear the same
thing many times.
By that does not mean a music subscription service would not work. To
date none of them have proved that popular, but that's probably
He said that owning films was pointless and renting them much better. He
said that didn't apply to music where people wanted to hear the same
thing many times.
That's not quite accurate; he didn't say pointless but did say that music was
listened to many times and movies were often watched
Dave Dewey;259593 Wrote:
Didn't Jobs say in the keynote that renting music was pointless?
Something like people want to OWN music, but only watch a movie once or
twice? Paraphrasing of course, but that was the gist.
He definitely is missing the boat as far as my own personal desires. I
You could always pick up a tiny monitor if all you wanted was audio and
it would have the advantage of a big interrface.
The movie rental deal with all the studios and for many countries not
just the USA is of course amazing and really shows Apple's power.
Clearly they can and will put together
willyhoops;259181 Wrote:
Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited.
Only if you have an HDMI capable DAC. Outside of home theater I'm not
aware of too many of those.
Then you could play any CD in the world and move anything you fancy onto
your ipod all for a flat monthy
willyhoops;259181 Wrote:
Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited.
From what I understand it's not much better than S/PDIF. Higher
bandwidth but no bi-directional mechanism for clock synch for jitter
reduction. HDMI is primarily for video, audio is an afterthought, a
matter
I'm sure it'll get addressed in an AppleTV firmware update, but for now
searching and browsing for songs on a SB3 is a lot more fun than on an
AppleTV.
My friend's got an AppleTV with a VAST music collection attached, and
it makes my eyeballs go disco-crazy scrolling through it all. Plus, as
Yes, but the potential is there with buffering. Apple TV is the be all
and end all of video on demand, but a few more things are needed before
they take audio. Still I think the future is clear and if they play
thier cards right they can take it. Quite an amazing thing and with the
shares at $162
Oh for sure. It's a great piece of kit notwithstanding my comments; and
I have to say when I move house it's going to replace the SB3 in our
living room; that way I just have my DVB-T PVR (and let's face it,
they're already an 'old-fashioned' way of watching TV!!) and an
AppleTV.
And I guess
Quoting willyhoops ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
You could always pick up a tiny monitor if all you wanted was audio and
it would have the advantage of a big interrface.
Ugh. There are always people that bring this up, and I guess some
like the idea. I've had music streaming from my server to my
Does anyone know if AppleTV will stream internet radio and thus accept
stream.mp3 from SlimServer/SqueezeCenter? I know a lot of audiophiles
talk about having no interest in having video pollute their audio
stuff, but I'm very interested in having the SlimServer ecosystem
available to my home
Wow yea I was just watching that AppleTV advert over at apple.com.
Amazing that for the less that the price of the new duet plus remote
you get the whole 160Gb apple tv system. It looks really really strong.
Pro audio people will want multiple audio only units with no dependence
on a tv set, but
willyhoops;259078 Wrote:
I am blown away - I think I have seen the future and I am bit gutted
that it's apple.
I was actually disappointed. The movie rental side is great, but you
still need to buy a TV even if you just want an audio player, so for
audio fans like me the total cost is way
CardinalFang;259162 Wrote:
EDIT: Just a thought, but if BO ever do enter the network player
market, Sonos would suffer greatly IMO.
I'm not entirely clear on their various offerings, but it looks like
BO is already into the network player market:
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/page.asp?id=12
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