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Beaglebone Media Center

By : David Lewin
Book Image

Beaglebone Media Center

By: David Lewin

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
BeagleBone Media Center
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Ideas to Improve Your Server
Index

The choice that is not yours


I'm sure you'll prefer to select the applications you'll like to have at home instead of choosing among the fee subscriptions that providers impose on you.

Let's use an example: if you subscribe to Netflix or Spotify, you pay for the music or video titles you choose among their catalogs. It is obvious that these on-demand content providers offer an impressive choice, but this implies the following two major drawbacks.

You'll still be restricted by their proposals

As royalties to the majors are required, any media content supplier is forced to constantly pay the titles it offers. This is the reason why:

  • You might not be able to find a song

  • You might find a studio recorded version although you wanted the live version

  • Your music/movies selections might be removed from your playlist because the legal rights have changed

You hardly manage your own content

Although the ability to add personal files has been added recently, there are a few limitations, as follows:

  • You cannot perform a search in these topics or restrict a search to your collection

  • It also lacks a ranking by genre or composer, for enthusiasts of classical and film music

  • Artists' profiles still do not distinguish between studio albums, concerts, and compilations