Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
Hi everybody, Thank you all for your responses - very helpful. I've been experimenting with headless Squeezeslave (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave#Mac_OS_X_installation) and it's working off on. Squeezeplay would really be ideal but at the moment it's only working in 1 Mac profile and not the other (I've filed a bug about this but haven't heard back yet). Anyway, just wanted to say thanks. -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
Squeezeslave controlled by the Browser UI is one way to go. Squeezeslave involves some little work in the Terminal. If SqueezePlay plays successfully, and you just don't like the SqueezePlay user interface, you can play through that, and once it's playing, control it through the Browser UI. The Browser UI still steers people toward SoftSqueeze because SqueezePlay isn't official yet, but remember you can control any player connected to the SqueezeCenter from the Browser UI. Note that in Mac, SqueezePlay doesn't yet play through the Optical or USB digital out, only through the analog audio out. (Known bug) So if you need digital out for any reason, use Squeezeslave, otherwise you can use Squeezeplay. Conrol either from the Browser UI. -- bephillips More than 40,296 songs on 2,789 albums by 2,126 artists. Mostly flac, some mp3 and aac. Version: 7.3.3 - 24799 @ Thu Jan 29 03:01:48 PST 2009 Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33) - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: ppc Perl Version: 5.8.8 - darwin-thread-multi-2level MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard On a 1.2GHz G4 Mac iBook with 768MB RAM http://db.etree.org/bephillips http://www.last.fm/user/bephillips bephillips's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
sorry, was a bit confused by your original post that you actually wanted the audio to output from the PC. bephillips gave spot on advice. If you don't want digital out, my expectation is that running squeezeplay is going to be an easier solution for you. Then you can control the flow of music out the speakers through either the squeezeplay interface or with the browser interface. cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
tfish77;421467 Wrote: Thanks for replying, Ben. The issue there is that the web interface launches SoftSqueeze, which is a little too confusing for her - I don't mean to say that she's dumb, far from it, but it's more that unless you're already pretty familiar with how the hardware SB works (which she isn't - I am definitely the primary user), the software version is not very intuitive. I guess intuitive is a key word here. Thanks! You might want to look at Squeezeslave which can be set up on a Mac such that it starts automatically when you log in and runs as a headless - basically invisible - player. This means that you use the web interface and, once having selected squeezeslave as the player, there is no need to operate a separate player interface - you just select the tunes, playlists, albums, etc that you want to play, as if you were sending to a physical player, and off it goes. So it is like what you have seen with SoftSqueeze but without a visible (and actually unnecessary) 'player' emulation. There are pretty good installation instructions at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave#Mac_OS_X_installation. Of course this assumes that the SC web interface is acceptable as the way of driving the whole thing davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
How about using iPeng on an iPod Touch? That looks and feels like iTunes on the Touch, but operates Squeezecenter running on the Mac without reference to the (horrible, slow, clunky, ugh) web interface, or, indeed, any need to touch the Mac at all other than to turn it on. It's transformed my use of the SB (and I've been using it for a long time now!)..but then I happen to like the iTunes interface, too. Geraint. On 7 May 2009, at 20:50, tfish77 wrote: Thanks for replying, Ben. The issue there is that the web interface launches SoftSqueeze, which is a little too confusing for her - I don't mean to say that she's dumb, far from it, but it's more that unless you're already pretty familiar with how the hardware SB works (which she isn't - I am definitely the primary user), the software version is not very intuitive. I guess intuitive is a key word here. Thanks! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com -- -- tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php? userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
@davep: thanks for the idea! I didn't realize SqueezeSlave could run as a service (not sure if that's the right term for a Mac) on a Mac - but that sounds like a pretty good solution. The web interface isn't perfect, but I think it might do the trick. Thank you! @cunobelinus: thanks, but in this case she's actually using the Mac as the client, there's no iPod in the house! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
For what it's worth, I now think it's worth getting one just for this purpose. I hadn't intended to do so, but since posts here pointed me in the direction of iPeng, which I installed on hers, I find myself constantly borrowing my wife's just to use with the SB and it's getting a bit unfair! Then there's the SimplifyMedia app. Geraint. On 8 May 2009, at 14:01, tfish77 wrote: @davep: thanks for the idea! I didn't realize SqueezeSlave could run as a service (not sure if that's the right term for a Mac) on a Mac - but that sounds like a pretty good solution. The web interface isn't perfect, but I think it might do the trick. Thank you! @cunobelinus: thanks, but in this case she's actually using the Mac as the client, there's no iPod in the house! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com -- -- tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php? userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
My wife recently got a Macbook and I'm trying to help her access my SC music library. On her old Windows laptop, I had Moose set up with SqueezeSlave, which worked great. I've tried installing SqueezePlay on her Mac, but I don't think it's quite ready for prime-time. I'm looking for something that's as easy to use as Moose is for Windows - she's pretty computer-savvy, but has a very low tolerance for things that aren't as easy to use as iTunes in her words. My own hatred of iTunes aside, can anyone recommend a good solution? Thank you! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
Would the SC web interface be a reasonable solution? cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
Thanks for replying, Ben. The issue there is that the web interface launches SoftSqueeze, which is a little too confusing for her - I don't mean to say that she's dumb, far from it, but it's more that unless you're already pretty familiar with how the hardware SB works (which she isn't - I am definitely the primary user), the software version is not very intuitive. I guess intuitive is a key word here. Thanks! -- tfish77 Jordan Hirsch Technical Project Manager Content Management Expert http://jordan.teamhirsch.com tfish77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1809 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
