pippin wrote: > First: why do you want to use it in iPeng at all? Wouldn't QuickSwitch > (swiping right on the target player) be much faster? > http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2015/03/11/ipeng-8-1-adds-quick-switch-and-more/
I didn't know there's a more awesome way to do it. Please excuse my ignorance. Thank you! pippin wrote: > Second: the reason it's not on the main menu is because it's a > player-specific command and player-specific commands don't always work > correctly on the main menu if you have groups of synchronized players. > iPeng's main menu always acts on the master of a sync group, not the > player you have selected. I'm not 100% sure what SwitchPlayer does if > you switch from a player in a sync group but if it only stops that > player the wrong one would stop in some cases. > > There are several reasons for this behavior: > 1. Only the master of a sync group is guaranteed to have the current > state. For example, if a player in a sync group with power state "off" > is selected it could lag behind in the NowPlaying state. > 2. It completely did away with a common problem a lot of Controller (and > earlier iPeng) users had who were not aware that they had selected a > different player in a sync group from the one that was playing. If they > now e.g. start a new album on that other player there was a common > problem that they would for example wake someone up in a bedroom at > night because the power state of that player changed - accidentally. > This never happens in iPeng (unless you disable group control) because > iPeng in such a setup would always send the command to the master which > is always "on" if at least one player is "on" (other wise the master > changes). > 3. It also solves a problem where different services and accounts are > configured with different players meaning content shown for one player > might not be playable in a group (where the master determines what is > playable). Yes, that makes sense. Again, thank you for taking your time and explaining it to me. Your're doing an awesome job! LMS 7.9.1@1.02 (digimaster) / QNAP 469L QTS 4.3.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dolodobendan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67663 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
