Seeking SBT Hard- & Software "Architecture" Description

[JohnSwenson]

Too many questions here to reply to each separately.

When using one of the software players on a computer on your network (hardwired or wifi) it connects to the server just like any other SB player. IF you are using the tinyLMS on the Touch it can actually serve music to a software player on a laptop, but just beware of the limitations. LMS on a real computer can handle many players at once.

In my house we actually use all three of the software players mentioned. My wife has an older SB3 in her sewing room so she likes to use SoftSqueeze on here laptop since the interface is the same as the SB3. I use the Touch in a couple lacations in the House so I use SqueezePlay on my laptop which gives the same display as the Touch. The computer is the office has both SoftSqueeze and SqueezePlay, my wife uses SoftSqueeze when she is in there and I use SqueezePlay whenI am in there. I also have SqueezeSlave running on al old fanless EPIA board running linux connected to a USB DAC in one of the rooms. (I generally use an Android app to control this system)

Aaack! my computer just went crazy, I need to send this before I shut it down, I'll respond more later.

John S.

[pgeorges]

And you should really avoid the tinyLMS option if at all possible.

Could you precise why tinyLMS should be avoided so much ? I use it with USB keys or SD cards of 32 GB and it seems CPU use of tinyLMS is low on the SBT.

[toby10]

For small libraries the Touch's USB/SD is fine. But there are numerous issues with using this vs the full LMS server on a computer.
- Touch must rescan entire contents on every device swap or Touch power up
- while scanning Touch can become sluggish (sometimes not even usable) until scan completes
- larger USB drives must be self powered
- far less configurable & customizable
- no transcoding
- no web UI
- no plugins
- USB/SD compatibility issues
- etc.......

Such limitations may or may not not affect your use of the Touch's server.

[garym]

Could you precise why tinyLMS should be avoided so much ? I use it with USB keys or SD cards of 32 GB and it seems CPU use of tinyLMS is low on the SBT.

Toby10 lays out the reasons very well. And as he notes, your use with just a few USB keys or SD cards with not too many files is probably the optimum situation for using the tinyLMS. And my brother has a USB drive plugged in with about 50,000 mp3 files and this works very well for him. But he never adds files, never edits tags, never unplugs the USB drive, uses no plugins, and controls the touch with the IR remote. That is, he is a very "basic" user. For him, TinyLMS is perfect.