Mnyb;540374 Wrote: > > What I wonder here is. Is there any guideline or consensus for when a > setting. > > 1. Should be local ? > > 2. Integrated with the squeezeboxserver ? > > 3. Integrated with squeezeboxserver and mysqueezebox.com ? > > 1 & 2 is possible for 3rd party devs to accomplish 3 needs logitechs > cooperation. > As far as I know there isn't any guideline available, at least have haven't seen any. I suspect it's decided based on if the server needs to know about the setting or if it needs to be possible to remote control from a Controller, if it doesn't it's handled locally. Things that needs to be remotely controlled by a Squeezebox Controller have to be known by the server or accessed through the server. If a typical user likes to sit in the couch when changing something, it needs to be accessible through the Controller. That's one reason why for example volume is possible to control/view via the server.
Some typical guidelines when things should be implemented/accessible through eh server: - When the typical user is going to control it from the couch - When it's something that's changed several times a week Third party add-ons are probably going to focus on local applet implementation/patches because patching the server isn't fun at all, especially on Windows where it's a compiled exe. Some things can be implemented as third party plugins on the server side but many of these things will require modifications to the core code of the server to make it a good solution. Also most settings accessible through the server are also expected to work on MySB unless it's something that's only relevant to local music. I suspect "balance" would have been accessed via the server if Logitech implemented it, because they probably want it to be accessible by a Squeezebox Controller. We are probably going to see a local implementation if it's done by third parties, at least initially. For the "balance" setting, I personally don't think a local implementation is a big problem, most users that like to setup balance is probably going to set it up once and then never touch it again. In most cases, the reason to adjust balance is because of non optimal room layout or speaker placement. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/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=77771 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
