gharris999 Wrote: > Re the ReadyNas: I've been able to install plug-ins by configuring the > RadyNas with just a single disk, installing "their" slimserver on it, > then yanking the disk and hooking it up to another linux system and > mounting the 1st ext3 device. Slimserver is installed at > /usr/share/slimserver...something. I copied plugins to the plugins > directory and set the permissions and ownership on the plugin files. > They seem to work just fine. Wow. That's one way of doing it, I guess. That's an awful expensive single disk attached storage device. I'm sure I don't have to tell you that.
> When I say "crippled"...if you look at the convert.conf file that they > install, it has almost all the file type other than MP3 * * and flac * > * are commented out. And the "File Types" page in Server Settings is > just plain missing! So, you can't transcode ogg, wma, etc. to mp3. > They also don't install any sort of flac executable, so you can't even > stream whole-album flacs to the SqueezeBox2. I knew the transcoding to flac wasn't included, although they're looking into it. I would think they'd run into the same licensing issues with distributing flac that Slim Devices faces. I wasn't aware that those other file types were disabled. Let's face it, though, the ReadyNAS seems to be a bit underpowerd for SlimServer - asking it to transcode on the fly is surely going to eat its lunch. > I have yet to dig into the slimserver daemon start file to see if I can > up the priority for slimserver. As it stads, yes, a rescan of my > library on the ReadyNAS brings slimserver to it's knees. The > squeezeboxs lose connection during the rescan. I've had some problems running backups on the ReadyNAS using their backup software. I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to use the device _only_ for that which it was originally designed - RAID5 network attached storage, and disable all their applications. > Idealy, I'd love to be able to run MySQL as the database back-end on the > ReadyNAS for slimserver. With a gig of ram, I wouldn't think that would > be asking too much. But Infrant seems to go to great lengths to deny > owners of their product the abiltiy to do a root login via SSH, even > though the platform seems to be Debian running on some sort of spark > cpu. > > All in all, the ReadyNAS as a platform for slimserver is a BIG > disappointment. My purchase of one, intending it for this single use, > was, in retrospect, completely inappropriate. I don't think the OS on the box will ever be opened up. Infrant may have bit off more than they should have by installing SlimServer on the ReadyNAS, although it might be adequate for some Squeezebox users. -- JJZolx Jim _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
