RE: New Rio software ... was Slimp3 vs Audiotron...

["UKHA" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

All this talk got me looking at the rioreceiver bbs again and I spotted
this

http://rioreceiver.comms.net/php/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=general&Number=2890&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=


in a nutshell:

"The software is similar to RRR and RioPlay in that it does mp3,
shoutcast, ogg and flac. There are a few enhancements though: 

- because it uses the JReceiver xml-rpc interface it's able to do things
like list the albums for a given artist in the menus 

- if you have more than 1 Receiver (I have 4!), it can synchronise playback
so that you can have the same thing playing in more than 1 room without any
noticable lag. 

- you should be able to set up your own customised screen layouts by
editing the config file 

- it has a simple clock application which just shows the time for now, but
which I plan to turn into a fully featured radio alarm (version 0.?). 

- the code what runs on the Receivers is minimal and all the screen
handling is done by java code which runs on your host PC. This means that
all you java coders out there can hack it to your heart's delight.
"


Andy


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On 30/01/2003 at 21:41 Kevin Hawkins wrote:

>Added a few +'s and -'s - I use all three and each is quite different
in
>it's feature set - I have hit the limits on library size on all units
now
>apart from the SliMP3.
>
> 
>
>Kevin
>
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Harrison <Mark@xxxxxxx> [mailto:Mark@xxxxxxx] 
>Sent: 30 January 2003 20:32
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] SliMP3 vs. Rio vs. AudioTron vs. Exstreamer - a
less
>biased comparison :-)
>
> 
>
>The things marked :
>
>+ are good, 
>- bad, 
>= some uses/users may consider this positive, others negative
>? I don't know and would appreciate an update...
>
>
>SliMP3:
>+ Good display - although hard to incorporate in a hi-fi setup
>+ Display useable for things other than just MP3 stuff -particularly
useful
>as a xAP display device
>+ Ongoing development
>+ Web control
>- Requires external control
>- Requires external amp
>? Requires custom server software
>
>+ open source and written in Perl - can customise if you can code -
most
>easily modifiable unit
>
>+ supports large number of files 75000 +
>
>+ 48Khz and mp2 support - UK DAB radio
>
>-       remote control is fiddly to use -
hard for unfamiliar users
>
>-       no native support for WMA - 
WMA ogg vobis and wav support via
>transcoding only
>
>-       no pcm support
>
>
>
>Rio:
>+ Buttons on the front
>+ Built in amp
>+ Ongoing development from third parties (open-source)
>+ Web control (from third parties)
>- Display poorer than the poorest thing in poorland
>- Requires custom server software
>
>-  supports only a small library - someone mentioned around
10000
>
>+ supports WMA and mp3
>
>
>
>AudioTron:
>+ Superb looks (hi-fi aesthetic)
>+ Buttons on the front
>+ Digital out (limited bitrate support)
>
>- No mp2 or 48Khz support - can't stream UK DAB radio for example
>+ No custom server software required
>= 19" form factor
>? Web control
>
>-       contained and closed source
code  - library index internal to unit
>-
>30000 max typically
>
>+ plays WMA and mp3 
>
>
>- Price
>
>Exstreamer:
>+ Price
>+ Ongoing development
>+ Web control
>- No display
>- Requires external control
>- Requires external amp
>? Requires custom server software
>
>? supported formats ??
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark
>
>
>
>
>
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