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Re: SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player



Ken,

Put it on repeat :o)

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Watt <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 08 June 2002 10:37
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player


> My problem with that is that I have a *lot* of music that would
> crossover the different locations and shares.
>
> One of my big gripes with the DDAR is that it cannot handle a playlist
> any longer than about three hours or so and this is what I use when
> folks are round for a meal or whatever. The idea being, fire on a huge
> playlist and leave it alone. Now, as Phil can certainly testify, I do
> like my grub and I tend to spend a lot of time both cooking and then
> eating so I generally need about a five hour playlist or so to satisfy
> what I (personally) want to do and the way I live. Neither the DDAR or
> the AT seem to be able to do that, which is a pain as the DDAR is ideal
> physically, in the dining room which is next to the kitchen, so I just
> blare it when I'm cooking, saves installing a system in the kitchen just
> yet! :D
>
> Again, it comes down to your personal needs and the capabilities of the
> individual product and how it suits and, fits, with your lifestyle
> rather than which has the most or better features.
>
> K.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Butler [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 08 June 2002 10:20
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player
> >
> > > But should I have to create a bedroom library, a living room library
> > and
> > > a soaking-my-ass-in-the-bath library? There would be a *LOT* of
> > > duplication between those libraries and hence a lot of wasted
> space...
> >
> > Not necessarily Phil.
> > You can have the audiotron either search all shares it finds on the
> > network, or about a dozen (too lazy to check) manually entered share
> > paths, so you would have \\PHIL\BEDROOMGETITONMUSIC,
> > \\PHIL\MUSICFORGUESTS and \\PHIL\SOAKMYASSMUSIC and \\PHIL\SHAREDMUSIC
> > for example, so the bedroom tron accesses the 1st last shares, the
> > lounge tron accesses the 2nd and last ones etc.  So no need to
> duplicate
> > music, just position it in the right share.
> >
> > At the moment, if there is a table of contents in the root of a share,
> > the tron will take that as the list of music available to it.  On the
> > wish list is a facility to specify the file for the tron to pick up,
> so
> > all trons could access the same shares, but each would have it's own
> > file list, and each would have it's own playlists - this latter
> feature
> > being an important one because even if you can access your > 30,000
> > collection in one hit, you don't want to have to trawl through SWMBO's
> > bedroom playlists to find that one you listen to in the bath with a
> beer
> > on a Friday night......
> >
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
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