(now) HD1000: Improvements/Feature requests

A couple of these would be good improvements for the HD1000 too, and
since you're working on a new releasse of the software...

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Peter Gutbrod wrote:

> The very first added feature I'd like to see for Soundbridge, is the ability
> to broadcast a Wake on LAN signal. This could be done as a separate menu
> item in the root menu (where you choose the library to connect to) and
> additionally, just to broadcast the signal, if there is no library currently
> available. As Soundbridge already monitors the network for new libraries, it
> should display them as soon as they become available with the awaking
> machines.

Please add this functionality to the HD1000 as well.

Also, I've had a recurring problem with the HD1000 failing to notice that
a machine holding a share has been turned on.  The only way I've been able
to get the HD1000 to see the new share is by unplugging it and plugging it
back in to reboot.  (This doesn't always happen, but it's happened a few
times.)


> When adding songs to the song queue, I would find it much less disturbing
> and more informative, if Soundbridge would just add a small icon before the
> song, instead of temporarily displaying a different screen (songs has been
> added to the queue). That would help as well to remember, which song I
> already have added to the song queue, while browsing through my current
> list. The add button could then be enhanced to become an add/delete button,
> e.g. when I press that button on a song with an "already in song queue"
> icon, that song will be deleted from the song queue. Well that way you can't
> add a song multiple times to the queue but whoever needs this? I usually end
> with having a song added multiple times by accident. If you really love this
> song so much that you want to hear it over and over again, you can use the
> repeat feature or create a playlist in iTunes.

The next version is already slated to include a queue, right?


> Shoutcast support similar like in Slim server. Apples radio stations
> selection is somewhat limited especially for non US customers. Yes, you can
> create playlists with radio stations in iTunes, but as you can't create
> nested playlists, this can only be recommended for your few favorites, not
> as a structured library. A Shoutcast structured library is be much easier to
> choose from.

Internet radio would be great too!

  -- Joe