[mythtv-users] OT: Stream Music around the house

[Nick Rout]

Peter Bowyer wrote:
> On 17/07/07, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Could you tell me what the difference is between Squeezebox 1,
>> Squeezebox 2 and Squeezebox 3? Can they all do the same thing with them
>> being open source software?
>>     
>
> Drifting waaay off topic now.... working backwards: SB3 is the new
> physical design, comes in wired and wired+wireless. SB2 is the same
> guts but older case.
> SB2/3 play more encoding formats natively (FLAC I think), although the
> Slimserver does transcode if needed for older clients.
>
> SB1 came in wired+wireless only, and had the older display, although
> there was a display upgrade option. Firmware is upgradeable - new
> releases of Slimserver often come with new releases of firmware - the
> upgrade is a single button press.
>
> Slimp3 is older still - wired (10Mbit) only, much more restrictive
> firmware. Will happily play MP3s across wired networks with analogue
> outputs.
>
>   
>> Can they all connect to pandora etc or is that a new addition of
>> Squeezebox 3?
>>     
>
> I *think* that both SB2 and SB3 will do that... if that's a
> dealbreaker then better get it confirmed.
>
>   
>> Also, I just saw Roku SoundBridge on the net. Is that the same kind of
>> thing?
>>     
>
> Yes - although I can't remember the details. The Slimserver code is
> open source, and Roku have used it.
>
>   
There is info on the hardware devices here:

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?HardwareComparison