badhack wrote: > I am a bit shocked. If it can decode FLAC streams likely it can handle > >100 playlist.....
This aspect of the Touch falls into the "no good deed goes unpunished" category. All prior "Slim Device" players prior to this required a local server in order to play local music. That's where the name "Slim Device" came from - it referred to a minimalist network player design that counted on access to a server that could do the heavy lifting. In the Touch, they had a shade more processing power and decided it'd be nice to let the player directly access flash drives and memory cards. That meant that instantly people were trying to use large external USB hard drives to play big collections. This often didn't work well. In fact, the original release of the Touch was delayed almost 6 months while they tried to tweak code to improve this function. (The advertising material originally referred to the ability to directly play USB drives and that got dropped.) In short, they tried to give a bit of extra functionality and ended up getting whacked for the effort. Ultimately, this is still a very good and very handy "slim" network player and an outstanding buy at $300. The current model Touch will never be a good stand-alone server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95280 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
