JohnSwenson wrote: > You asked for it! Indeed, and you delivered big time! Very helpful infomation--thanks so much. I have a few questions (please pardon my lack of knowledge)...
JohnSwenson wrote: > MySqueezeBox.com is implemented by big server computers located in > various locations around the world implementing MANY MANY instances of s > special server. This server serves two primary purposes, it allows > players to receive music when you don't have a local LMS server (or > it's turned off) and it is the gateway to internet based "music > services" (Pandora, Rhapsody etc) Does MySqueezebox.com allow players to receive music from a local server's storage, as well as from Internet sources? Not that I foresee my wanting to do that... JohnSwenson wrote: > There are several software players, so you can listen to the music on > your laptop etc. For that, the laptop must have some server software like LMS running on it, or be able to access a "server in the cloud", right? Just testing my understanding here. BTW, could you list names of some of these software players, so I can look them up, out of curiosity? (Hmm: now that I think about it, iTunes and Windows Media Player--which also include server functions-- are in this category, right? Do any of the others have notable pluses or minuses over the player in the SBT? JohnSwenson wrote: > The parts in the hardware devices are not dedicated to each other, > although they usually work that way. For example you can use the > controller in the Touch to control the player in another SB and use your > phone to control the player in the Touch. You can have the Player in > the Touch connected to MySqueezeBox.com while the server in the Touch > is sending music to a software player on a laptop. Hmm...do you know if there exists an alarm-clock app for the SBT? If so, that could be a nifty use for a second SBT, as part of a small "zoned music" setup. JohnSwenson wrote: > It sounds like from your post you are NOT a person who would relish the > task of getting TinyLMS to do what you want. This is not to say it's > useless, some people manage to use it just fine, but others are > constantly fighting it. My impression here is that you would probably > be better off with a server on a separate computer. Yes, I'm not interested in fighting with TinyLMS--I'd rather spend a little money and have a more stable and robust setup--especially if doing so would confer certain other benefits (see questions below). JohnSwenson wrote: > You can use an already existing computer, but when that computer is > turned off, you can't get any music out of it. If a computer has WOL > (Wake On Lan) the server can be sleeping when not playing music and the > Touch can tell it to wake up when you want to listen to music. A couple of questions: -- Does the LMS software have to re-scan the library drive when the server wakes up (assuming no files on it have been changed, added or deleted)?; -- Would a dedicated server computer (I'm currently favoring a fit-PC, or perhaps a SheevaPlug) be less picky about what type of hard drive is plugged into it than the SBT is? If so, that clinches the value of going that route. I've tested several USB hard drives and thumb drives with my Touch; so far, some hard drives are recognized and work, but some don't (none of my thumb drives work); -- If I choose to use a dedicated server computer, are there advantages or disadvantages to using a USB hard drive versus an NAS hard drive with it?; -- Re adding newly purchased files and ripping new CDs to a library drive, is there any particular reason to have the ripping and tagging software running on the dedicated server computer, versus doing those jobs on another machine and copying the folders and files to the library drive (either over the network, or plugging the library drive into the other computer)? Doing it on the server would require connecting an optical drive, monitor and keyboard to it for ripping/tagging--its location might make that inconvenient. JohnSwenson wrote: > I hope you get the impression the SqueezeBox universe is rather flexible > I'll say! I had no idea. I'm glad to be entering this universe--it seemed like it could provide the highest sound quality for the lowest cost (having access to 24/192 files through Triode's EDO software was the factor that finally pulled me to buy an SBT), plus not having to shell out money for a complete system all at once is great, given my "artist-class" musician's cash flow. Thanks again for your very helpful information--much appreciated. Jerome ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeromeharris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96003 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
