contrast11 wrote: > First time post here, so please direct me if this issue has already been > answered ad nauseam. Currently I have a Logitech Squeezebox Touch > running music (internet + local from a laptop) to my first floor. I have > an Apple Airport Extreme router. I love the system, but would really > like to have a large HDD connected to either the Squeezebox or router, > PLUS negate the need for having the laptop on at all times. My > understanding is that a computer needs to be on to manage such files. > > So I ask... is there a way to control music files through Squeezebox > without a computer? If not, what would be my best option? A mini > computer/server? Thanks.
"TinyLMS" running inside the TOUCH will do what you want (with USB HDD attached to TOUCH). But it is tempremental and doesn't have full capabilities (certain plugins, etc.). Some folks have good luck with this and some don't. But almost anything other than a low-powered NAS will run full LMS just fine. And this 24/7 computer could be a minicomputer connected to your router in a back cabinet, with no monitor or keyboard. That's what my VBA (see sig). A computer that runs 24/7 that is out of sight/hearing. And you can even use WOL to turn on/off computer server if you want (but this would only save me $30-$40 a year in costs, so I leave mine on 24/7). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95085 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
