Re: Squeezebox 3

["g8kmh" <g8kmh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "rb_ziggy"
<richard.boreham@n...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies... They do raise a couple more queries:
>
> - I infer from your replies that it's unlikely that anyone is using
> slimserver 6.2 with xAP. Is this correct?
>
I have 6.2 and the xAP Framework connector with a Squeezebox 2 and
Softsqueeze - works fine. Also experimented with MediaMVP and
streaming to iTunes, yet to try the Rio. And, to be fair, I probably
haven't tried all of them together at one time.

These may all change when an xAP interface to Medianet becomes
available.

> - Are people tending to use slim devices with xAP or is this now a
> bit of a backwater in terms of music streaming and information
> display?  If so, what are people tending to use now?  (My reason
for
> asking is that I'm using xLobby with Pocket PCs for most of my
audio
> but in the lounge I need something different to link into the
normal
> hifi. The xAP to xLobby connector has proved to be the 'glue' that
> I'd been looking for in linking a number of components together and
> this was my reason for looking into the squeezebox.)
>
> - Depening on the answers to the above, if I downloaded slimserver
> 6.2 could I 'experiment' with xAP connectivity without a device
> attached (or do I really need the display/player to make any sense
> of things)?
>

Absolutely, just use the Softsqueeze client on a PC.
Lehane