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Announcing MinimServer 2
26-12-2019, 18:16 (This post was last modified: 26-12-2019 18:21 by DavidHB.)
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(24-12-2019 15:29)simoncn Wrote:  Another option is to provide a license for 5 devices instead of 6 (it is common for applications to have a license option for 5 devices) and enable an experimental installation on a sixth device by activating a 30-day free trial for that device. This would probably be a better way to handle the situation you have described.

Thank you, Simon. This would fully meet my needs, and is, as you say, a familiar and reasonable limitation.

I don't know how representative my use case is. I'd hope that others would see the advantages of having and element of redundancy in their music storage subsystem, and also of keeping separate installations as consistent and predictable as possible (which is very easy with MinimServer - one of its many benefits).

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30-12-2019, 19:39 (This post was last modified: 30-12-2019 19:40 by bbrip.)
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Been a happy MinimServer user for many years and will certainly upgrade to Version 2 once this is available for Synology boxes.
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01-01-2020, 10:47
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(30-12-2019 19:39)bbrip Wrote:  Been a happy MinimServer user for many years and will certainly upgrade to Version 2 once this is available for Synology boxes.

Same for me :-)
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04-01-2020, 13:24 (This post was last modified: 04-01-2020 13:25 by airflow.)
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My feedback to the changes coming with MinimServer 2:

* Paying for the development and value that MinimServer brings is absolutely reasonable and I think few people will have a problem with that. Actually I see it positive, as it could further improve quality of the software and commitment of the author.
* Clarification regarding the number of devices which are covered by the license: This refers to the number of servers, where MinimServer is installed, not UPnP-clients, right? In my setup, the number of clients is about 5, and is subject to change. MinimServer itself is installed only once (FreeNAS), and this is not going to change.
* I see no point in having to buy some equipment from a HiFi-manufacturer to be able to run MinimServer. I don't need that now and I don't want to change that. So I will be waiting for a version which can run on Linux/FreeBSD.
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04-01-2020, 13:47
Post: #35
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Thanks for this positive feedback. There is no limit to the number of clients (UPnP control points, UPnP renderers, computers running MinimWatch and devices accessing the configuration web page). It is only the number of server devices running MinimServer that is limited.

There is no intention to make any users purchase new equipment to run the new version of MinimServer. It will be available for all platforms that currently support MinimServer. One slight caveat is that it might be necessary at some point to drop support for some very old devices as MinimServer moves forward.
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04-01-2020, 14:47
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(04-01-2020 13:47)simoncn Wrote:  There is no intention to make any users purchase new equipment to run the new version of MinimServer. It will be available for all platforms that currently support MinimServer. One slight caveat is that it might be necessary at some point to drop support for some very old devices as MinimServer moves forward.

That's great to hear. May I ask, why the new version of MinimServer has been made available for the third party equipment first and at the moment exclusively? In the future, when more (and also open) platforms will be supported, and a new version of MinimServer will be released, will these future updates also be released with delay in between supported systems or then all at the same time?
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04-01-2020, 21:15
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I understand why this choice of initial platform might seem surprising. There are various factors that have led to this order of rollout on the various platforms that are supported by MinimServer.

A lot of work has been (and still is) needed to create the new version of MinimServer and make it work correctly on all currently supported platforms. Releasing it simultaneously for all platforms would be a huge undertaking and I think it is preferable to release it for each platform when it is ready so that users on that platform can access it sooner.

Regarding the choice of initial platform, I have tested the new functionality as much as possible but some unexpected issues are likely to arise when this is exposed to real users. For example, the the new licensing scheme is designed to be simple to use but involves a lot of complexity "under the covers". Starting with a platform that has few variations and a relatively small number of users gives me the opportunity to address any such issues in a controlled and orderly way.

There was also a specific window of opportunity to make MinimServer 2 part of the new Melco Intelligent Music Library product. In my view, it was important to take this opportunity.

After MinimServer 2 has been released for all platforms, it is my intention to make future updates available for all platforms at the same time, as I have done for previous MinimServer releases.
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06-01-2020, 13:22 (This post was last modified: 06-01-2020 13:22 by DavidHB.)
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(04-01-2020 21:15)simoncn Wrote:  A lot of work has been (and still is) needed to create the new version of MinimServer and make it work correctly on all currently supported platforms. Releasing it simultaneously for all platforms would be a huge undertaking and I think it is preferable to release it for each platform when it is ready so that users on that platform can access it sooner ...
Starting with a platform that has few variations and a relatively small number of users gives me the opportunity to address any such issues in a controlled and orderly way.

All of this makes very good sense to me. After all, MinimServer 1 was only released progressively for different platforms.

On a different point, the progressive release raises the possibility that users will have instances of both MinimServer 1 and MinimServer 2 on the same network. Will MinimWatch 2 work with both versions?

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06-01-2020, 15:08
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MinimWatch 2 works with both versions of MinimServer. MinimWatch 0.8 works only with MinimServer 0.8.
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06-01-2020, 18:50
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(06-01-2020 15:08)simoncn Wrote:  MinimWatch 2 works with both versions of MinimServer. MinimWatch 0.8 works only with MinimServer 0.8.

Thank you. Knowing your views about compatibility, I would have expected nothing else, but it's good to have the confirmation. I look forward to the future releases.

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