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Russound Continues Development on Dedicated SMS Media Server
Just because Russound is launching Media Center-based servers doesn't mean the company is abandoning its integrator-friendly SMS3 media server. V3 was announced at CEDIA.
While much of the Russound buzz lately has revolved around the company's new Smart Media Consoles -- servers based on Media Center PC -- Russound is sticking to its commitment to dedicated media servers.
Russound launched its integrator-friendly Smart Media Server (SMS3) in 2004 and today it is among the most popular dedicated servers among CE Pro readers.
When Russound introduced the Media Center-based products earlier this year, Jeff Kussard, vice president of strategic development for Russound said that the SMS3 would not go away. “We’re not so naïve to believe that convergence is going to happen overnight," he said. "A lot of people want to stick with the tried and true.”
Back then, Kussard said the experience of developing the MCE-based Media Console has provided many ideas that can be incorporated into the SMS3, and that Russound would take “a good hard look at the next iteration of what the SMS3 might look like.”
Well, the next iteration of the SMS3, Version 3.0, appeared at CEDIA.
Among the updates:
Read all the details in the SMS Press Release
Click logo for more on Russound.
Russound launched its integrator-friendly Smart Media Server (SMS3) in 2004 and today it is among the most popular dedicated servers among CE Pro readers.
When Russound introduced the Media Center-based products earlier this year, Jeff Kussard, vice president of strategic development for Russound said that the SMS3 would not go away. “We’re not so naïve to believe that convergence is going to happen overnight," he said. "A lot of people want to stick with the tried and true.”
Back then, Kussard said the experience of developing the MCE-based Media Console has provided many ideas that can be incorporated into the SMS3, and that Russound would take “a good hard look at the next iteration of what the SMS3 might look like.”
Well, the next iteration of the SMS3, Version 3.0, appeared at CEDIA.
Among the updates:
- Intelligent raising and lowering of song volume
- Seamless transitions and crossfades
- Faster transitions when skipping from one song to another
- System Messaging that alerts users to updates
- Diagnostic messaging
- Improved music selection capabilities
Read all the details in the SMS Press Release
Click logo for more on Russound.
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Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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