TinySC
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TinySC is an embedded version of Squeezebox Server, for Squeezebox Touch.
TinySC provides the basic functionality of Squeezebox Server for access to a music library contained on an SD card or USB drive connected directly to the Squeezebox Touch.
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Feature Overview
- Plug and play addition of a USB disk or SD card to your Squeezebox
- TinySC will automatically scan and create a local library for the attached device
- TinySC will take advantage of the new auto-rescan capabilities to automatically detect changes and additions to the music library
- Control and settings management of TinySC is available from the Fab4 screen interface
Version 2
- Other Squeezeboxes can connect to TinySC over the network to access the local library
- Fab4 will provide network access, via Samba, to allow the user to update their library over the network
Limitations
Version 1
- TinySC does not have a general-purpose web interface, use a full SqueezeCenter installation on a desktop PC or other computer
- TinySC does not support some older players (SLIMP3 and Squeezebox1), and is not required to support Squeezebox 3, Boom, or Duet
- TinySC does not support transcoding
- TinySC has limited utility while scanning your music library
- Browse Music Folder
- Play tracks on Fab4
- TinySC will not support network shares of music libraries
- The library disk must be writable and with sufficient storage space, for TinySC to keep the library cache on the disk.
- FAT32/FAT format volumes
Version 2
- Future releases may support read-only and additional partition types (HFS+, NTFS, EXT2/3, etc.) and the library cache stored in the built-in flash memory. Possibly includes iPod storage.
User Interface
Below is a wireframe flowchart of the user experience for plugging in or browsing into a local library.
Settings
The following settings should be available, on device, for managing TinySC:
Version 1
- Advanced
- USB & SD Storage
- Devices
- USB Disk:......VOLUMENAME/none
- Size:.........xxx MB
- Free:.........yyy MB
- SD Card:.......VOLUMENAME/none
- Size:.........xxx MB
- Free:.........yyy MB
- Network Sharing
- Sharing........On/Off
- Account........Squeezebox (default to Squeezebox, allow user to enter a new one)
- Change Account Name
- Password.......none (default to none, allow the user to enter one)
- Change password
- Devices
- USB & SD Storage
The locale, language and SqueezeNetwork account information, both initially and upon subsequent changes, need to be passed from SP to SC.
Version 2
- Advanced
- Local Music Storage.....On/Off/Starting/Scanning
- Music Settings
- Composer, Band and Orchestra in Artists
- Compilations
- Filter genres at the album & track level.
- Search Within Words
- Articles To Ignore When Sorting
- Separator for Multiple Items in Tags
- New Music Limit
- Group Discs
- Reshuffle on Repeat
- Save Shuffled Playlist
- Player Settings
- Long date format
- Short date format
- Time format
- player X (per player, generally only ones that cannot be set using the Player-UI)
- Play other songs in album or directory
- Scroll mode (only for ip3k players)
- Photos
- ...
