I am a very happy owner of a SB Touch, especially its sound quality, appearance and general usability. But I've never tested the TinySC part of its functionality; having an existing server running on a Buffalo Linkstation made that moot for me.
I understand that prospective purchasers would like to know in advance what are the limitations of the built-in server. I also understand the bafflement of some that the music-scanning and database usage part of the functionality could cause so many problems. Comparison to an iPod has clearly generated more heat than light. But I get the point that having a low powered embedded system handle a hard drive full of music has been demonstrated on a massive scale by the iPOD. But an iPOD needs a serious computer running iTunes to perform the scanning part of work flow. A closer comparison would be the WD TV multimedia boxes that scan an attached USB disk full of multimedia files and make them available for browsing as a unified media library. If it were up to me, I'd define some hard limits within which the built-in TinySC is intended to function and have the UI inform the user when those limits were about to be exceeded. For example in the file discovery phase of the scan, I'd check if the limit was likely to be exceeded and warn the user if it was. What would irk me, if I were using TinySC, would be for the database/server functionality to use up so many CPU/memory resources that it effectively prevents the player from working. Admittedly any such limitation (e.g., a track count) would be a matter of judgement, but if chosen conservatively, it should be possible to guarantee the user a smooth experience. -- dsdreamer ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79212 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
