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delange
Mar 28, 2013Tutor
LMS on latest ReadyNAS products?
Just found out about the new ReadyNAS product line. First question that came to mind is: is Logitech Media Server (LMS) still supported on this platform? I currently am very happy with my NVX but I ...
fastfwd
Apr 14, 2014Virtuoso
I think you might have an incomplete understanding of what LMS actually does.
A digital music system has to do three basic things:
1. Manage music files.
2. Present a user interface.
3. Play music.
LMS handles all of #1 and #2, and much of #3. The Squeezebox players don't really do much on their own; if you remove LMS, you won't be left with anything useful.
An analogy:
LMS is like a radio station that plays songs requested by telephone, and the Squeezebox or Wandboard player is like an FM radio in your house. When you say that you can add a touchscreen to your Wandboard and forget LMS altogether, that is almost like suggesting that you could add a telephone to your radio and forget about the radio station altogether.
You need LMS, or something very much like it.
Also, I wasn't suggesting that an Android tablet could replace your Squeezebox player; in my system, the tablet is simply a portable controller for the players -- like a Squeezebox Touch screen that I can carry around. Music still comes out of the Squeezeboxes.
A digital music system has to do three basic things:
1. Manage music files.
2. Present a user interface.
3. Play music.
LMS handles all of #1 and #2, and much of #3. The Squeezebox players don't really do much on their own; if you remove LMS, you won't be left with anything useful.
An analogy:
LMS is like a radio station that plays songs requested by telephone, and the Squeezebox or Wandboard player is like an FM radio in your house. When you say that you can add a touchscreen to your Wandboard and forget LMS altogether, that is almost like suggesting that you could add a telephone to your radio and forget about the radio station altogether.
You need LMS, or something very much like it.
Also, I wasn't suggesting that an Android tablet could replace your Squeezebox player; in my system, the tablet is simply a portable controller for the players -- like a Squeezebox Touch screen that I can carry around. Music still comes out of the Squeezeboxes.
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