Jim Larson Wrote: > I've finally got my SB2 working (& sounding) great now. What I'd like > to do next is to sync the music playing on the SB2 with iTunes (or > MusicMatch) running on the same PC as slimserver. Then turn on the > G-force visualization, run a cable to my big-screen Sony TV, turn down > the lights, pour up a big glass of Cabernet, and ... instant > disco/nightclub with synchronized lighting! > > Obstacles: > 1. I've read here that it is only possible to sync the hardware SB's > or SoftSqueeze. I don't see any sync option yet with just iTunes > playing the slimserver stream. > > 2. Even if I could sync my SB2 with a software player supporting > PC-based visualizations, there is still the short buffer delay (5-10 > seconds?) > > Anyone here tried something like this yet? Watching the screensaver > visualizations on the squeezebox display is still pretty cool, but > watching an in-sync g-force visualization on a big screen TV would be > amazing. > > Jim
A very cool idea. As you say, it doesn't seem possible to synchronise the SB or SoftSqueeze with a slimserver stream to make use of an iTunes visualiser. To achieve something similar, I synchronised my SB2 with SoftSqueeze, then using Nicecast, I broadcast the SoftSqueeze audio from a URL. I was then able to point iTunes at the URL and use the iTunes visualisers. I then connected my PowerBook to the TV. There is a delay of a second or so between the audio from iTunes and audio on the SB2 but the visualisers are so abstract that I didn't think this really matters. (I obviously muted the audio from the PowerBook and TV when listening to the SB2) I think there is a PC application similar to Nicecast which allows you to broadcast audio from a URL but I can't remember what it is called. One problem with this method is that because I am using Nicecast to broadcast the audio, you don't get the track information. I think a better solution would be some sort of integration between SoftSqueeze and a visualiser like G-Force. I see that G-Force already supports integration with a number of players such as iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, J River, Foobar and others - I'll post a note on the 3rd party plug-ins forum to see if anyone knows if work would be required on G-Force, SoftSqueeze or both. -- mikerob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikerob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18360 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
