Hi... The switch to SqueezeCenter (7.0.x) from SlimServer (6.5.4) has caused some problems with the mvpmc's mclient application. Mostly with the album cover browser. The changes in the new version of this popular music server will make it easier to browse your music collection by the album covers. At the same time, it makes it difficult to preserve this feature in mclient while using older versions of the server. We will try to stableize mclient for 7.0.x (the new SqueezeCenter), 6.5.4 (last release under the name SlimServer) and 6.3.0 (What I think Debian is still distributing). However, I'll need some feedback with respect to how well newer versions of mclient work for you.
Below is the first go around with respect to makeing mclient and the new SqueezeCenter work together. There is, as of yet, no provisions to ensure compatibiltiy with SlimServer 6.5.4 or 6.3.0. Please try it if you already have moved to SqueezeCenter 7.0.x. If you want, you can try it with SlimServer, but certain features like album cover browsing may not work. Major Changes: 1) Albums are asked for in a 100 x 100 size format when browsing. The smaller size make loading the images much faster and more dependable. 2) The last 100 album covers are cached locally on the mvpmc box. This makes moving around your collection using the album browser less taxing on your network and may even speed up the album cover browser user interface. 3) Album covers can now be in either JPG, PNG or GIF format. The down side to this is that the default "no album cover" image covers up useful information on the album cover browser's menu. Here are the mvpmc dongles and patches containing the newer versions of mclient that I have been working on. They are based on what was in the mvpmc repositories on AM 20080518 http://www.mvpmc.org/~stuart/dongles http://www.mvpmc.org/~stuart/patches ...thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
