[slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
Is there a way to force a player to go into "off" status when not in use? I ask because I am bothered by how the alarms works when players are sync'd -- that is, all sync'd players sound the alarm together, unless they are off. Although I generally like music playback within my house to be sync'd, I don't need everyone getting up at 5am with me. And I don't want to have to remember each night to manually turn off each player. I've read discussions about very complicated solutions with sync groups (establishing new groups, breaking the alarm player out of the group temporarily, etc.) but it seems an easy solution would be to have players switch from "standby" status (paused or stopped) to "off" status when not in use. I define "not in use" as no music playback after some user-defined amount of time -- I wouldn't want my players turning off every time I pause a track. So say after an hour of no playback, the players turn off. Then only the player where the alarm was set will sound in the morning. To get music up and running throughout the house, all I would need to do is turn on the players. So back to my original question: is this currently possible, and I just haven't stumbled upon the setting? -- ajkidle 2x SBR, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
I use the PowerSaver plugin, found here: http://bitflip.net/slim/ After x minutes idle, it will turn your player off. Works on my boom(s) and sb3 very well. Tom -- TomS TomS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12525 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
Tom, you are using iPeng. Turning off all your players is a single click on your main power button :) That's what the group control is for in iPeng... -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
Thanks Tom, I'll go check it out. And here I thought I was going to have to learn how to write a plug-in... Pippin, I too use iPeng. (And it's awesome, as I'm sure you know.) The problem is that your solution requires me to actively do something to turn off all players at night. It's just not the way I use my players -- often a playlist ends, I go on to do something else and don't think about it again, nor should I have to. -- ajkidle 2x SBR, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
Hi Pippin, I am not using iPeng although I'm sure I would if I had an iTouch/iPhone. :) Tom -- TomS TomS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12525 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
TomS;509902 Wrote: > > I am not using iPeng although I'm sure I would if I had an > iTouch/iPhone. :) > I meant ajkidle, who has it in his signature. Of course it's true that it's a better solution to have the player turn off automatically than having to remember to do even a single action. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm and Sync Groups
There have been enhancement request regarding this behavior turned to "wontfix" in bugzilla . when the alarm goes off what ever playlist the player was using is flushed and replaced by the alarm, from that follows a group of small problems including this one . Basically i think . 1. after the alarm is "done" the player should return to its previous state/playlist this enhancement request ( i think it is a bug) was turned down. after the alarm the player has the now playing list created by the alarm ? 2. optionally if the player is the master for a sync group there should be an user option to choose if the alarm also should go out via the slaves. 3. A slaved players alarm should *never* permeate to the other players . example if a sync my boom to my SB3 in the living room and use my SB3 to play music, in the morning when the boom alarms the SB3 also alarms ? utterly bizzare. If I synced to other way around i would get the logic. Players synced to a player with a scheduled alarm gets alarms, I can live with that. -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBRto be stuffed in a box in the attic ) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to controll this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
