Re: [slim] Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 Question: Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ? - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless support for third party development is prioritized - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless the third party plugins I rely on is supported - I use third party plugins but I would still consider buying more Squeezebox products without them - I don't use third party plugins so they aren't important to my Squeezebox purchases Integration with my Home automation has always been critical to me and was the main reason for buying the SBs. I have always liked the open-source approach and it is one of the key USPs for SB, IMHO. Originally I did the integration using the CLI but now I use the xAP plugin. I also value the ability to access the code for some limited customizations, eg IR from the controller. Without these sorts of abilities, SB will start to lose my interest. That would be very sad after 6 years of constant use. I hope we can see some official comment from Logitech and appropriate action. -- rectorydp 1xSB, 1xSB2, 1xSB3, 2xDuet, 1xBoom, 1xRadio iPeng (on Touch), SB Server 7.4.2 on WHS rectorydp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Possible Enhancement - (slight) support for multiple file format music libraries
A few people have been concerned about a related issue. Have a look at bug 775 and see if you want to add recommendations and/or support to a change. BR David -- rectorydp rectorydp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19011 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Whole House Audio with Squeezebox
3. I use Homeseer in my home automation setup (not for the squeezebox yet, but I do have HomeSeer sending/receiving IR). One thought I had was to use web tablets or PDA's in each room to browse to HomeSeer (web server in my house) and serve up a custom page that allows me to select a room and a music source(Squeezebox1, Squeezebox2,etc.). I could then use the selected Squeezebox's web interface to play music. Probably not as monkeyproof as a keypad setup. This is exactly what I do. I have a number of web tablets and an in-wall touchscreen pc that control my squeezeboxes and other streamers (7 in total). Everything is interfaced with Homeseer. It is all done through a combination of scripts/asp and I placed slimserver playlist stuff inside a frame. It is customised to what I want but you are welcome to have the scripts. The whole thing is built into my house control screens based on HACT (if you have seen that on the HS forums). You could also do something using xAP (http://www.xapautomation.org) or xPL. There is a xAP plugin for Homeseer. David -- rectorydp rectorydp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18814 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ignoring FLAC files
Sorry to dig out an old message but I have almost exactly the same problems as Ian. I have tracked back through the discussion that lead to this question and looked at the comments on bug 775. Ideally I want a single listing of each track and I want the best quality to be used for each particular player. In fact comment #16 on the bug summarises the situation exactly as I see it. If flac is commented out in types.conf is it possible to play the flac files or do they become inaccessible? Ian have you worked out an effective way to deal with this situation in lieu of a resolution to bug 775. Thanks David -- rectorydp ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ignoring FLAC files
JayNYC my problem (and I believe it is the same for Ian) is that I have both mp3 and flac files. I want slimserver to pick the best file format for the player,eg flac for squuezebox2 and mp3 for other mp3 players eg slimp3. I don't really want to do transcoding as I can have up to 7 streams running at the same time. I would like to see only one entry for each track in listings but I want flac or mp3 to be selected depending on the player. BR David -- rectorydp ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
