Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Please try again (just a short message). I will watch my junk folder in > case it goes in there. > > Best wishes, > > Marc. Ok. I have sent another mail a couples of moments ago. Frank DeLuxeGolfeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65507 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
DeLuxeGolfeer wrote: > Marc, > I already did that, but never got a reply? > > Frank Please try again (just a short message). I will watch my junk folder in case it goes in there. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Yes. Or alternatively you can send an email to support [at] > foxhillgate.com . ;-) > > Best wishes, > > Marc. Marc, I already did that, but never got a reply? Frank DeLuxeGolfeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65507 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
DeLuxeGolfeer wrote: > Hi Marc, > You mean to send a message through Soundicity about Tab to the Tecnical > support/feedback? Yes. Or alternatively you can send an email to support [at] foxhillgate.com . ;-) Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Please send me a PM through the app and I can assist you. This seems to > be a Windows 10 bug where license information on the device is out of > step. If you can't send a message through the app because the trial > period of the app has ended, just reinstall it. > > Best wishes, > > Marc. Hi Marc, You mean to send a message through Soundicity about Tab to the Tecnical support/feedback? DeLuxeGolfeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65507 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
DeLuxeGolfeer wrote: > Hi, > I have exactly the same problem, how can it be solved? > Regards > Frank Hi Frank, Please send me a PM through the app and I can assist you. This seems to be a Windows 10 bug where license information on the device is out of step. If you can't send a message through the app because the trial period of the app has ended, just reinstall it. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
bobflood wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the app from the Win App Store as a trial. I later went > back to the store and paid for it as I liked it and it works well for > me. The license is still showing as "Trial" in the settings section. How > do I get it to recognize that I paid and activate the license? > > Thanks, > > Bob Hi, I have exactly the same problem, how can it be solved? Regards Frank DeLuxeGolfeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65507 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Thanks for your help via PM. All is well and working very well. Great App! Bob bobflood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63914 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I downloaded the app from the Win App Store as a trial. I later went back to the store and paid for it as I liked it and it works well for me. The license is still showing as "Trial" in the settings section. How do I get it to recognize that I paid and activate the license? Thanks, Bob bobflood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63914 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
pippin wrote: > Ah, OK, so streaming on WinPhone is the limitation. Still quite severe, > should affect much more than just Squeezebox players. Let me guess: MS > trying to protect Skype, too? Well streaming is not the root of the problem. The problem is that when an app goes into the background it's current state is saved and then all processing for that app stops (with the exception of the aforementioned location apps). A music app only seems to work in the background because it just hands off the duty of playing music to the system. After which the app doesn't need to be running because it's the system's internal player that's actually playing music. -- Squeezebox apps for webOS, Android and Windows Phone, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
bonze wrote: > Ah, I sort of understand - so the real limitation is the network > connection or communication. > Streaming of a radio station seems OK, but I suppose once the connection > is made there is no work for the app to do. Yes an app doesn't need to be running to play a stream since it's not really playing it. The app basically just hands off the duty of playing music to the system. A Squeezebox player requires a constant network connection with the server to receive control signals and send back status information. -- Squeezebox apps for webOS, Android and Windows Phone, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
wt0 wrote: > Music playing doesn't really count as an app working in the background > because it's not really the music app that's playing the music. The > system provides a background music player that an app can pass a file > name or a url to. The background music player only provides basic > playback controls and I think the app can also provide a callback object > for when the song ends. The callback though has to be something called > a background agent and has severe limitations on what it can do and how > long it can run. > > Basically there's no way to for an app to maintain a network connection > while in the background. > > There is one exception to the background running rule and that is > location apps, but turning on the location system just to play music is > going to drain the battery very quickly. Ah, I sort of understand - so the real limitation is the network connection or communication. Streaming of a radio station seems OK, but I suppose once the connection is made there is no work for the app to do. LMS Version: 7.9 TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - WHS 2011 2x Touch, 3x SB3 bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
wt0 wrote: > Due to reasons mentioned in the above post, an integerated solution > wouldn't work either since the controller will probably go into the > background at some point. Ah, OK, so streaming on WinPhone is the limitation. Still quite severe, should affect much more than just Squeezebox players. Let me guess: MS trying to protect Skype, too? --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
pippin wrote: > OK, then the limitation is probably to have a _standalone_ player App > since that would have to permanently run in the background so that you > can control it from another App in the foreground. > An integrated functionality in a controller App like in iPeng would > work? Due to reasons mentioned in the above post, an integerated solution wouldn't work either since the controller will probably go into the background at some point. -- Squeezebox apps for webOS, Android and Windows Phone, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
bonze wrote: > Doesn't appear to be a limitation, audio will play in the background > including the lock screen. > There are even player controls available with the phone still locked. > > I quite often listen to music through headphones with my phone locked in > my pocket. > > It is also possible to browse the internet etc. with music playing in > the background. Music playing doesn't really count as an app working in the background because it's not really the music app that's playing the music. The system provides a background music player that an app can pass a file name or a url to. The background music player only provides basic playback controls and I think the app can also provide a callback object for when the song ends. The callback though has to be something called a background agent and has severe limitations on what it can do and how long it can run. There is one exception to the background running rule and that is location apps. -- Squeezebox apps for webOS, Android and Windows Phone, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
OK, then the limitation is probably to have a _standalone_ player App since that would have to permanently run in the background so that you can control it from another App in the foreground. An integrated functionality in a controller App like in iPeng would work? --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
pippin wrote: > Does this even apply to the lock screen? This is quite a limitation. iOS > a is also pretty strict WRT background running but it always allowed it > for audio, all the Spotify, Soundcloud, Rhapsody etc. App's would > otherwise be impossible. > If MS is strict here I can understand why nobody buys Windows phone > devices. I mean, one wants to use them for playing music at least > sometimes... Doesn't appear to be a limitation, audio will play in the background including the lock screen. There are even player controls available with the phone still locked. I quite often listen to music through headphones with my phone locked in my pocket. It is also possible to browse the internet etc. with music playing in the background. LMS Version: 7.9 TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - WHS 2011 2x Touch, 3x SB3 bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Does this even apply to the lock screen? This is quite a limitation. iOS a is also pretty strict WRT background running but it always allowed it for audio, all the Spotify, Soundcloud, Rhapsody etc. App's would otherwise be impossible. If MS is strict here I can understand why nobody buys Windows phone devices. I mean, one wants to use them for playing music at least sometimes... --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for iOS 7 and iOS 8* pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
foxx wrote: > Yes, this would indeed be the cream topping on this app. Plus it should > play FLAC files, which are usually not supported on the phone. > > Pleeese . A full fledged Squeezebox Player app on Windows Phone is impossible, or at least somewhat useless, because apps cannot run in the background on Windows Phone. -- Squeezebox apps for webOS, Android and Windows Phone, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
marcoc1712 wrote: > Hi, here just to inform you that in Logitech Media Server vesion 7.9 we > now have Additional Browse Menu (is a standard plugin form logitech) > that allows you to define menu items based on artist roles, i.e > "Composers". Any menu item could then be enabled or disabled for each > and every player. > > More, you have the capability to define 'libraries' (called also sub > libraries or virtual libraries), each library being a partial view of > your music collection. > > Easiest way to define a library is using Advanced searches and save them > 'as library' using the new option. This way you could define i.e. > 'Classical' library based on genres. > > Library could be difined in more sofisticated ways by plugins, an > example is provided with the server (sub-library demo plugin) and you > could just modify and save it as a user plugin. > > No matter how Library are defined, you could then select one of them by > the "library view' menu item, and from this moment on, all the server > user interface will work as if your collection was limited to the > selected library contents, until you revert the library selection. > > Final step, using Additional Browse as explained before to define the > composer browse, you could limit the browse to a specific Library, that > way you coud have, i.e. 'Classical by composer', 'Classical by > conductor', 'Pop by Artist' and 'Jazz by Artist' menu items, each > working on a subset of Artists defined both by the library (genre) and > role played. > > Note that everithing here described is 'standard' by logitech in 7.9, > no additonal fees or licences required, is based onto the > infrastructures plugin developers required and are going to use from now > on. > > Custom browse, togheter with the others great Earland's plugins, are > still needed to define browses based on 'custom' attributes, but not > required anymore when using 'standard LMS attributes. > > Thanks to Michael for this. > > I suggest you, as developer, to have a look to these great new > functionalities and provide them full support in your great app. > > Marco. Thank you. I will definitely look into this feature. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Hi, > > These are instructions of how to create a single Composers menu entry in > My Music using the CustomBrowse Plugin. Such a menu item will be cached > by the latest version of Soundicity and allows for a quick access to > composers. > > 1.Open the server web front end and install the CustomBrowse and > LicenseManager Plugin from the Plugin tab on the settings page of your > server. > 2.From the Advanced tab choose LicenseManger and make sure you have a > valid license for CustomBrowse. There is a 30-day test license > available. > 3.From the Advanced tab choose Custom Browse. > 4.Set a valid Browse Configuration Directory. > 5.Set Menu Position to Extra. This will hide the Custom Browse menu in > the Extra menu and wont show up in My Music. > 6.Choose Manage Menus from the Settings Section drop down. > 7.Choose Create New Menu and then Composers => Next => Save. > 8.Choose Enabled menus. > 9.Uncheck all. > 10. Check Composers in both columns. > 11. Click Apply and restart your server. > > Let me know whether this works for you. > > All the best, > > Marc. Hi, here just to inform you that in Logitech Media Server vesion 7.9 we now have Additional Browse Menu (is a standard plugin form logitech) that allows you to define menu items based on Artist Roles (composer is one). Any menu item could then be enabled or disabled for each and every player. Then you have the capability to define 'libraries' (called also sub libraries or virtual libraries), each library being a partial view of your music collection. Easiest way to define a library is using Advanced searches and save them as ... libraries using the standard option. This way you could define i.e. 'classical' library based on genres. Library could be difined in more sofisticated ways by plugins, an example is provided with the server (sub-library demo plugin) and you could just modify and save it as a user plugin. No matter how Library are defined, you could then select one of them by the "library view' menu item, and from this moment on, all the user interface will work as if your collection was limited to te selected library contents, until you revert the library selection. In a more sophisticated way, using Additional Browse as explained before to define the composer browse, you could limit the browse to a specific Library, that way you coud have, i.e. 'Classical by composer', 'Classical by conductor', 'Pop by Artist' and 'Jazz by Artist' browses each working on a subset of Artists defined both by the library (genre) and role played. More, everithing here is 'standard' by logitech in 7.9, no additonal fees or licences required. and is the infrastructures plugin developers are going to use from now one. Custom browse, togheter with the others great Earland's plugins, are still needed to define browses based on 'custom' attributes, but not reuired anymore when using 'standard LMS attributes. Thanks to Michael for this. Please have a look to this functionalities and provide them support in your great app. Marco. SB+, Klimo Merlino + Kent Gold, Monitor Audio Studio 20 Gold SE+, Klimo reference and DIS Interconnect. marcoc1712's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34842 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, is it possible for you to change the alphabet screen to the layout from the system? Please see attached images. It's easier to read when having all letters and the one with no entry is grayed out. Thanks Thomas +---+ |Filename: wp_ss_20140906_0002.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16324| +---+ th80's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BlackTornado wrote: > Hello... > > I'm only here to post a feature request, since I don't have a SB server > running now and I can't really try the app... > > Please, implement also playback (like iPeng / Squeezeplay for > iPhone/Android). > > > Looks like there are no apps allowing to do that... > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99880-iPeng-Squeezeplayer-alternative-for-Windows-Phone-8 Yes, this would indeed be the cream topping on this app. Plus it should play FLAC files, which are usually not supported on the phone. Pleeese . foxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, has anyone successfully installed and used this app on Nokia 1520 (i.e. 1920x1080 screen)? The app only lists 720p. Thanks. 3x Squeezebox Touch 2x Squeezebox Radios (Firmware: 7.7.1-r9557) 1x Squeezebox Classic Server: Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.2 - r33849. Mobile: 3x Ipeng on Iphone + 2x Ipeng on Ipad Laptops: 2x Squeezeplay Osamede's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, I love using Soundicity on my Windows Phone to control my Duet. There is one scenario though which doesn't seem to work for me: when I add new albums and rescan my Library, the "New music" list (Nouveautés) doesn't seem to update. Yesterday I added 2 albums and rescanned the Library. Though the New Music was correct on the Duet Controler, it was still not updated on Soundicity and I couldn't manage to get this list correct. Any idea? Thanks Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi again, Just found these which might be helpful: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/wpapps/Live-Streaming-App-on-59052596 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/system.windows.controls.mediaelement(v=vs.105).aspx and the section on buffer management here looks useful too: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh180779(v=vs.95).aspx Hope this helps! Al bat400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BlackTornado wrote: > Hello... > > > > I'm only here to post a feature request, since I don't have a SB server > running now and I can't really try the app... > > > > Please, implement also playback (like iPeng / Squeezeplay for > iPhone/Android). > > > > > > Looks like there are no apps allowing to do that... > > > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99880-iPeng-Squeezeplayer-alternative-for-Windows-Phone-8 I have successfully used Stream IT (not Stream IT Pro) on my Lumia to connect to the SlimServer mp3 stream using http://servername:9000/stream.mp3, and it plays in the background allowing me to switch back to Soundicity to control it (the stream appears as a new player in Soundicity). The only problem is that the streaming buffer is too large (nearly two minutes) which means that skipping a track in Soundicity doesn't take effect until all the music in the Stream IT buffer has played. I don't know if there is an mp3 stream SDK for WP8 but if there is then this would be a simple way to incorporate playback (from local servers at least) in Soundicity. The skip/buffer issue could be solved by either reducing the buffer size (if the SDK allows this) or by having Soundicity restart the streaming on any skip action. Thanks for a brilliant app. I had no hesitation in purchasing! Al bat400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21153 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BlackTornado wrote: > Hello... > > I'm only here to post a feature request, since I don't have a SB server > running now and I can't really try the app... > > Please, implement also playback (like iPeng / Squeezeplay for > iPhone/Android). > > > Looks like there are no apps allowing to do that... > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99880-iPeng-Squeezeplayer-alternative-for-Windows-Phone-8 Hi, Thanks for your suggestion. I have a vague feelings this is a difficult one, but I will have a look. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hello... I'm only here to post a feature request, since I don't have a SB server running now and I can't really try the app... Please, implement also playback (like iPeng / Squeezeplay for iPhone/Android). Looks like there are no apps allowing to do that... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99880-iPeng-Squeezeplayer-alternative-for-Windows-Phone-8 BlackTornado's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38063 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Just had another look at my code and realised that I have taken out > updating of the main tile in favour of updating player specific tiles: > If you select Settings from the Home Menu of your player and then Pin > Player to Start, then you will get a player specific tile in your start > menu. I update this tile every time you start Soundicity, but no more > often than 2mins and also from a periodic background task. I ran, > however, into issues to do with the availability of a wireless > connection when the phone is locked and not connected to a power outlet. > You might find that the player tiles will not get updated regurlarly > without a power connection. > > The actual Update Live Tile setting refers to the player specific tiles. > As indicated above, this used to be different in the past. > > Let me know if that answers your question. > > Best wishes, > > Marc. Hi Marc, thanks for clarification. It answers my question :-) Cheers, Thomas th80's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
th80 wrote: > Hi Marc, > > Thanks for your answer. The main application tile's background does not > appear on my start screen. I pinned the tile to the start screen by > long-tapping on the application in the app list. It only shows the > Soundicity-"S" and won't flip while remote controlling the Squeezebox. > > Best, > Thomas Hi Thomas, Just had another look at my code and realised that I have taken out updating of the main tile in favour of updating player specific tiles: If you select Settings from the Home Menu of your player and then Pin Player to Start, then you will get a player specific tile in your start menu. I update this tile every time you start Soundicity, but no more often than 2mins and also from a periodic background task. I ran, however, into issues to do with the availability of a wireless connection when the phone is locked and not connected to a power outlet. You might find that the player tiles will not get updated regurlarly without a power connection. The actual Update Live Tile setting refers to the player specific tiles. As indicated above, this used to be different in the past. Let me know if that answers your question. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Thanks for your feedback! > > The Live Tile Support is a legacy settings that I put in before there > were individual player tiles. It controls whether the main application > tile's background should be updated or not. The player tiles will always > update, which means that any change to the live tile settings will have > no effect on them. I will probably make that a bit clearer in the > settings or rethink it. > > I totally agree about the playlist. Reordering tracks is one thing that > could be easier. I will have a look at that one, too. > > Again, thanks, > > Marc. Hi Marc, Thanks for your answer. The main application tile's background does not appear on my start screen. I pinned the tile to the start screen by long-tapping on the application in the app list. It only shows the Soundicity-"S" and won't flip while remote controlling the Squeezebox. Best, Thomas th80's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
th80 wrote: > Hi Marc, > > first: thanks for this great app. I just bought a WP 8 phone after using > the WP 7 Lumia 800 for 1,5 years. In the past i was not happy with the > existing remote apps. Now i stumbled upon your app and i am really happy > with it. > > I have two comments (questions/feature request). > > 1) What is the setting "Live Tile Support" for? When the setting is > enabled there is no live tile function on the app tile. When i pin the > player tile, it shows the album cover of current played track even if > this setting is disabled. So what does the setting change? > > 2) Re-ordering the songs in the playlist is a little slow. If i want to > change the order of some tracks i can't drag the desired track to a > desired position but have to long-tap a song and can choose to move it > one position or to bottom or end. I would like to move a song for > several positions at once (like dragging a song). > > But anyway, this app rocks! > > Thanks again, > Thomas Hi Thomas, Thanks for your feedback! The Live Tile Support is a legacy settings that I put in before there were individual player tiles. It controls whether the main application tile's background should be updated or not. The player tiles will always update, which means that any change to the live tile settings will have no effect on them. I will probably make that a bit clearer in the settings or rethink it. I totally agree about the playlist. Reordering tracks is one thing that could be easier. I will have a look at that one, too. Again, thanks, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, first: thanks for this great app. I just bought a WP 8 phone after using the WP 7 Lumia 800 for 1,5 years. In the past i was not happy with the existing remote apps. Now i stumbled upon your app and i am really happy with it. I have two comments (questions/feature request). 1) What is the setting "Live Tile Support" for? When the setting is enabled there is no live tile function on the app tile. When i pin the player tile, it shows the album cover of current played track even if this setting is disabled. So what does the setting change? 2) Re-ordering the songs in the playlist is a little slow. If i want to change the order of some tracks i can't drag the desired track to a desired position but have to long-tap a song and can choose to move it one position or to bottom or end. I would like to move a song for several positions at once (like dragging a song). But anyway, this app rocks! Thanks again, Thomas th80's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, Happy to announce version 1.14 of Soundicity, your Squeezebox controller app for Windows Phone. The new features are: 1. Optional Prompt on Exit: You can enable to be prompted when exiting Soundicity in the menu settings. 2. Setting Alarm Time: Setting the alarm time has been replaced with a Windows Phone time picker control. 3. Bugfix: Global search did not always return correct search results. As always, let me know if you have any suggestions. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
philly4 wrote: > Marc. I tested a little farther and I think I found the issue. It does > have to do with Soundicity sending the wrong string. I searched for > "Dave" and went on to search Artists. It worked as it should. I then > backed out and searched again. This time I searched for "Before". I > went on to select Albums. No results. I then searched for "Before" > again and selected Artists and it showed me the results of the search > for "Dave". It seems like the string isn't being updated all the time > for some reason which is why I had the issue earlier as well. Hope that > helps. Thanks for testing. Yes, that's what I found out over the weekend. Only the first search will go through. This is fixed now and I am currently testing the new release before I send it off for certification to Microsoft. This release will also contain the time picker for setting the alarm. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > As far as the search is concerned, all that runs on the server and I > merely display and respond to what the server sends back. If it does not > send back any artists, then the server thinks there aren't any artist - > unless, of course, Soundicity sends the correct search string in the > first place. When I tried it this morning, it seemed to work fine and I > was able to search for artists. Could you let me know which player and > which server you are using? Then I can test it again. I will also test > again whether Soundicity gets confused with the search term. > > Best wishes, > > Marc, Marc. I tested a little farther and I think I found the issue. It does have to do with Soundicity sending the wrong string. I searched for "Dave" and went on to search Artists. It worked as it should. I then backed out and searched again. This time I searched for "Before". I went on to select Albums. No results. I then searched for "Before" again and selected Artists and it showed me the results of the search for "Dave". It seems like the string isn't being updated all the time for some reason which is why I had the issue earlier as well. Hope that helps. philly4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21901 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
philly4 wrote: > One more thing to follow up with the alarm. I tried to set the alarm > time yesterday and I typed 0440 instead of 04:40 like I should have. I > hit enter and it messed up the alarm on my Boom. No matter what I did > with trying to set and reset the alarm, I could not get the alarm icon > to show up on the Boom screen and the alarm function wouldn't work. > Restarting the server didn't fix it. I had to delete all the server > settings in the advanced tab to fix it. > > I'll know to never do that again, but I think there's a bug with the > server with how it handles an invalid string being passed to to. So, > the app at least probably needs a way to verify a valid string is being > passed to the server. Absolutely. I guess neither Soundicity nor the server were helpful in checking the input passed to them. I am currently investigating a time picker. Hopefully that will solve the problem. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
One more thing to follow up with the alarm. I tried to set the alarm time yesterday and I typed 0440 instead of 04:40 like I should have. I hit enter and it messed up the alarm on my Boom. No matter what I did with trying to set and reset the alarm, I could not get the alarm icon to show up on the Boom screen and the alarm function wouldn't work. Restarting the server didn't fix it. I had to delete all the server settings in the advanced tab to fix it. I'll know to never do that again, but I think there's a bug with the server with how it handles an invalid string being passed to to. So, the app at least probably needs a way to verify a valid string is being passed to the server. philly4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21901 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
philly4 wrote: > Thanks Marc for the updates. I think those make the app really nice. > Certainly the best one are the windows phone market. It's awesome to > have a developer who is so responsive. > > A few more requests/suggestions now that I have played around with it a > little more. > 1. It would be nice to use the windows phone time interface to set the > alarm clock rather than manually type a time in. Just like setting an > alarm on the actual phone. > 2. I don't know if I don't understand the search on the app or if it has > bugs, but it doesn't work like I would think it would. It seems to only > work for song titles for me for songs in my music library, but to use it > I have to specify after I type my search that I want to look in my music > library and specifically for songs. If I search for an artist, nothing > is returned. > 3. You've probably already worked on this, so I'm not sure how much more > can be done. It's probably better with a faster phone...but if you > could speed up time it takes to open the app to be able to start using > it, that will always improve the user experience. It currently takes > about 4-5 seconds on my Nokia Lumia 710 running windows 7.8. > > Thanks again for the great work so far. Thanks for that. I will have a look at the alarm and the performance issues. As far as the search is concerned, all that runs on the server and I merely display and respond to what the server sends back. If it does not send back any artists, then the server thinks there aren't any artist - unless, of course, Soundicity sends the correct search string in the first place. When I tried it this morning, it seemed to work fine and I was able to search for artists. Could you let me know which player and which server you are using? Then I can test it again. I will also test again whether Soundicity gets confused with the search term. Best wishes, Marc, Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BroozerX wrote: > Great update once again :D Custom menu is really nice (since i dont have > internet in my car, Radio option was a bit useless :P). > > 1 thing i would like to see, is a 'confirm exit' popup or a seperate > exit button (add in settings?) so i cant accidently exit the app. When i > added few extra songs, i just tap 'back back back', most of the times > just 1 too many and im back on my homescreen of my phone :( Thanks a lot. Yes, I have just finished implementing an exit prompt and I will submit Soundicity to Miscrosoft for certification later. All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Hi, > > I just released version 1.13 of Soundicity - your Squeezebox controller > for Windows Phone 7/8. You will find it in the Windows Phone Store ready > to download. > > The new feature is: > > 1. Create your own home menu: Go the menu settings to show/hide existing > home menu items or to promote lower level menu items to the home menu > and choose only those menu items that you really want! > > Anything you like to improve? Please, leave a suggestion in this forum. > Just like with other releases, most of the above features/fixes were > suggested/reported by users. > > Best wishes, > > Marc. Thanks Marc for the updates. I think those make the app really nice. Certainly the best one are the windows phone market. It's awesome to have a developer who is so responsive. A few more requests/suggestions now that I have played around with it a little more. 1. It would be nice to use the windows phone time interface to set the alarm clock rather than manually type a time in. Just like setting an alarm on the actual phone. 2. I don't know if I don't understand the search on the app or if it has bugs, but it doesn't work like I would think it would. It seems to only work for song titles for me for songs in my music library, but to use it I have to specify after I type my search that I want to look in my music library and specifically for songs. If I search for an artist, nothing is returned. 3. You've probably already worked on this, so I'm not sure how much more can be done. It's probably better with a faster phone...but if you could speed up time it takes to open the app to be able to start using it, that will always improve the user experience. It currently takes about 4-5 seconds on my Nokia Lumia 710 running windows 7.8. Thanks again for the great work so far. philly4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21901 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Great update once again :D Custom menu is really nice (since i dont have internet in my car, Radio option was a bit useless :P). 1 thing i would like to see, is a 'confirm exit' popup or a seperate exit button (add in settings?) so i cant accidently exit the app. When i added few extra songs, i just tap 'back back back', most of the times just 1 too many and im back on my homescreen of my phone :( BroozerX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I just released version 1.13 of Soundicity - your Squeezebox controller for Windows Phone 7/8. You will find it in the Windows Phone Store ready to download. The new feature is: 1. Create your own home menu: Go the menu settings to show/hide existing home menu items or to promote lower level menu items to the home menu and choose only those menu items that you really want! Anything you like to improve? Please, leave a suggestion in this forum. Just like with other releases, most of the above features/fixes were suggested/reported by users. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > > > I am personally not a huge fan of those Logitech icons and I quite like > Soundicity without it.This is more in line with Microsoft's Metro Design > language which postulates a rather simple design without any chrome, but > this is of course personal taste. iOS is quite different in that > respect. The second reason is that I cannot retrieve all icons from the > server and would need to provide them with the app. This could > potentially lead to copyright issues since I don't own these icons. > Marc, thanks for the response. I wasn't thinking of using the icons from the server. I was thinking of using icons kinda like the ones at the bottom for favorites etc. Ones in line with the metro feel. I don't think the server ones fit very well. Kinda like the apps have icons next to them in the apps page. At any rate, that was the least important part of the ideas I had. I'm excited to see you implement some of the other changes. Really nice app overall. philly4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21901 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Philly4, Thanks a lot. Excellent feedback and really helpful! philly4 wrote: > > 1. It would be nice if you could type in the host name instead of the > raw IP address in hostname setup. I'm not sure how difficult this is or > if it's impossible. > I am pretty much only passing the IP address on to the underlying .NET network classes and I am not sure how a local hostname would be resolved, but I will have a look and see what I can find out. philly4 wrote: > > 2. It would be nice if the app was able to retrieve lyrics without > additional 3rd party plugins required on the server. I know other apps > do this pretty well. > What Soundicity does at the moment is, first, takes any lyrics contained in your music file and then tries to contact the plug-ins. I will give other sources another try, but these sources come and go since they are mostly not legal. If you have a good suggestion for one, let me know. philly4 wrote: > > 3. The home menu is a little cluttered to me. It just has too much small > text. Since the app opens to the home menu, it should have the most used > options as the most prominent. It would be nice if it had icons and/or > it could either be customized better somehow (like remove radio as I > never use it). > Good idea to be able to remove entries from the home menu. I will have a look at a remove option as well as an option to promote submenu items to the main menu (like Alarms or Playlists). philly4 wrote: > > a.Remove the app gallery from the home menu. It can be put in the my > apps submenu like it is in the web interface. This isn't something > that most people use on a daily basis. It doesn't need to take up space > on the home screen. > That is a really good suggestion which I should have done from the beginning. If Soundicity had a home menu customization, then that could be supressed there (see above). philly4 wrote: > > b.Remove favorites. Theres already an icon for favorites at the > bottom on the screen. There isnt text for albums or artists, so > why have it for favorites. > Absolutely right. Again see item above. philly4 wrote: > > c.Add icons to all the text. > I am personally not a huge fan of those Logitech icons and I quite like Soundicity without it.This is more in line with Microsoft's Metro Design language which postulates a rather simple design without any chrome, but this is of course personal taste. iOS is quite different in that respect. The second reason is that I cannot retrieve all icons from the server and would need to provide them with the app. This could potentially lead to copyright issues since I don't own these icons. philly4 wrote: > > d.Possibly add a home menu customize section in the settings to display > or hide any of the home menu entries. > Yes, I will have a look at that and see what kind of customization settings would makes sense. Anyway, thanks again. Highly appreciated. Have a nice weekend, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
I have a few comments for the app. Overall, I'd say a really good start: 1. It would be nice if you could type in the host name instead of the raw IP address in hostname setup. I'm not sure how difficult this is or if it's impossible. 2. It would be nice if the app was able to retrieve lyrics without additional 3rd party plugins required on the server. I know other apps do this pretty well. 3. The home menu is a little cluttered to me. It just has too much small text. Since the app opens to the home menu, it should have the most used options as the most prominent. It would be nice if it had icons and/or it could either be customized better somehow (like remove radio as I never use it). Things I would recomend: a. Remove the app gallery from the home menu. It can be put in the my apps submenu like it is in the web interface. This isn't something that most people use on a daily basis. It doesn't need to take up space on the home screen. b. Remove favorites. Theres already an icon for favorites at the bottom on the screen. There isnt text for albums or artists, so why have it for favorites. c. Add icons to all the text. d. Possibly add a home menu customize section in the settings to display or hide any of the home menu entries. philly4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21901 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
I just got the update yesterday, the checkbox thing is really a great addition. I've tried using it without connection to the internet (just pull the cable of my modem), it seems to 'hang' once in a while on newly added music to my library. I gues that has to do with the lack of internetconnection? By now its by far the best squeezeremote i've seen around, you got any idea if you gonna release it on Windows 8 (tablet or PC) also? If so, minor suggestion for that already, to support media-control buttons (majority of music-players in Windows 8 do not support it). BroozerX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BroozerX wrote: > I just got the update yesterday, the checkbox thing is really a great > addition. > > I've tried using it without connection to the internet (just pull the > cable of my modem), it seems to 'hang' once in a while on newly added > music to my library. I gues that has to do with the lack of > internetconnection? > > By now its by far the best squeezeremote i've seen around, you got any > idea if you gonna release it on Windows 8 (tablet or PC) also? > If so, minor suggestion for that already, to support media-control > buttons (majority of music-players in Windows 8 do not support it). Thank you. Yes, the checkbox selection is my favourite new feature. I will have a look at the 'hang' issue. I reckon there is a very long timeout, because nothing is coming back. I have started on a Win 8 app version but this will take some more time. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Gilles2 wrote: > Hi Mark, > Just wanted to say a big thank you for you keeping improving Soundicity. > This is now my primary way to use my Squeezebox, especially thanks to > its very fast start up. > Thanks again... and keep on the great work. Thank you. Very kind. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Mark, Just wanted to say a big thank you for you keeping improving Soundicity. This is now my primary way to use my Squeezebox, especially thanks to its very fast start up. Thanks again... and keep on the great work. Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I just released version 1.11 of Soundicity your Squeezebox controller for Windows Phone 7/8. You will find it in the Windows Phone Store ready to download. The new features are: 1. Multiple album/song selection: So far it was difficult to add two or more albums/songs/etc to the playlist. You had to hold an album and then choose the add option. In this release, just tap the gap before an album and checkboxes appear just like in WP's mail app. Then select the albums you want to listen to and either play those, play them next or add them to the playlist. Quick and easy to build up a playlist. To cancel selection mode, tap a song or hit the back button. 2. Editing playlist: If you want to edit a playlist, please also tap the gap before a song. 3. Artist bio: LastFm's artist bio's were a bit short and I switched to Wikipedia to retrieve infos. Now, I know this is not yet perfect, since sometimes it finds just a general extract instead of the band info, but I hope to refine that over time. 4. Artist images in the background: I also show artist images that are used on Wikipedia in the background and cycle through them. If you want to just see the images, tap the three dots at the top and then on the button with the eye for a kisk mode. Hit the back button to go back. Artist images can be turned off in the menu settings. 5. One user reported heat problems with his Lumia 920 when using Soundicity which will be no doubt be caused by polling the server over wifi. I added an option to set the polling frequency which anyone with the same problem can use to decrease the amount of wifi activity. 6. Turn of Now Playing slider: If you find yourself dragging the slider on the Now Playing view instead of switching to a different view, you can now turn off manual dragging of the slider in the menu settings. 7. Smoother visual transitions: Overall I added smoother transitions when switching covers for example. 8. And of cause several bugfixes. Anything you like to improve? Please, leave a suggestion in this forum. Just like with other releases, most of the above features/fixes were suggested/reported by users. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, Sorry for the delay. steve-d wrote: > Definitely like the app and only have 2 suggestions. > (1) As I had mentioned via email, I would like to see a quicker method > to add multiple or individual songs to a playlist (possibly similar to > your playlist editing feature using checked boxes). I usually add many > songs quickly and find that holding a finger over a song for a few > seconds is too slow. This is a very important feature to me. Yes, I have been looking into this and I think it should be doable. Will probably give it a go next week. steve-d wrote: > Definitely like the app and only have 2 suggestions. > (2) I find that when scrolling through tabs, I often fast-forward or > reverse the actual playing of a song when swiping the "Now Playing" tab. > Is there any way to lock this feature? If not I will avoid the center > of the screen when swiping. This is a very minor issue. Yes, an accidental fast-forward/reverse can be locked easily. I will add a new settings entry for this. Thanks for your suggestions and best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Definitely like the app and only have 2 suggestions. (1) As I had mentioned via email, I would like to see a quicker method to add multiple or individual songs to a playlist (possibly similar to your playlist editing feature using checked boxes). I usually add many songs quickly and find that holding a finger over a song for a few seconds is too slow. This is a very important feature to me. (2) I find that when scrolling through tabs, I often fast-forward or reverse the actual playing of a song when swiping the "Now Playing" tab. Is there any way to lock this feature? If not I will avoid the center of the screen when swiping. This is a very minor issue. steve-d's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59912 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Wow, thanks for the fast reply :D Silly me, on the server IP i only entered the IP, not the port. Added :9000 to it, works like a charm. I bought it straight away, by far the best i've used so far. Cant wait for the Windows 8 version :D BroozerX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
BroozerX wrote: > Hiya Marc, > > I just found this software, only the news about it maybe comming to the > Windows 8 Store is already awsome. > > I have various remotes tested and all work fine (squeezecontrol and > remote), I'm running a Squeezeplay player, however Soundicity connected > through mysb.com only display 'waiting for players', while the local > connection (wifi network) only says 'waiting for server'. > > Does Soundicity not support software SB players yet? :( Hi, Thanks for testing Soundicity. Those messages indicate that something is not configured correctly. If Soundicity says 'waiting for players', then it did connect fine to either mysb.com or your local server, but the server did not return any players. If Soundicity says "Waiting for server' then the server did not respond. Could you check your IP address and port for your local server in Soundicity's settings and make sure that Squeezeplay is connected to the right server? Could you also check you mysb.com credentials in the settings? To answer you question :-): Soundicity does support SB players. I am currently controlling a SqueezeLite player with Soundicity. Let me know if that helps. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hiya Marc, I just found this software, only the news about it maybe comming to the Windows 8 Store is already awsome. I have various remotes tested and all work fine (squeezecontrol and remote), I'm running a Squeezeplay player, however Soundicity connected through mysb.com only display 'waiting for players', while the local connection (wifi network) only says 'waiting for server'. Does Soundicity not support software SB players yet? :( BroozerX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, These are instructions of how to create a single Composers menu entry in My Music using the CustomBrowse Plugin. Such a menu item will be cached by the latest version of Soundicity and allows for a quick access to composers. 1. Open the server web front end and install the CustomBrowse and LicenseManager Plugin from the Plugin tab on the settings page of your server. 2. From the Advanced tab choose LicenseManger and make sure you have a valid license for CustomBrowse. There is a 30-day test license available. 3. From the Advanced tab choose Custom Browse. 4. Set a valid Browse Configuration Directory. 5. Set Menu Position to Extra. This will hide the Custom Browse menu in the Extra menu and wont show up in My Music. 6. Choose Manage Menus from the Settings Section drop down. 7. Choose Create New Menu and then Composers => Next => Save. 8. Choose Enabled menus. 9. Uncheck all. 10. Check Composers in both columns. 11. Click Apply and restart your server. Let me know whether this works for you. All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I am happy to announce the release of version 1.10 of Soundicity. You will find it in the Windows Phone Store ready to download. The new features are: * Individual Player Tiles: Soundicity no longer updates the main application tile. Instead, go to the player settings and pin each player individually to your phone's start menu. * Song Info: Tap the now playing album cover for song info. This will display the available tags the Squeezebox server extracted from your music files. * Composer Menu Item Support: If you have configured a top-level composers menu item using the CustomBrowse plugin, Soundicity will cache the composers locally and give you quick access. See my next post for a description of how to setup this composer menu entry. * Wake-On-Lan: Machines won't wake up in all circumstances. Magic packets will now be sent via the broadcast address of your subnet several times. I hope that fixes the issue. Please let me know. * Local Cache of albums etc.: The local cache will now automatically be cleared whenever a rescan on the server can be detected. * Bugfixes * Trial version limited to 30 days. Anything you like to improve? Please, leave a suggestion in this forum. In fact, most of the above features/fixes were suggested/reported by users. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc Bartsch wrote: > Thanks for using Soundicity! You can tap on the letters that are at the > beginning of each letter section. This will open a jumplist from which > you can quickly jump to Z. > > I hope that helps. > > All the best, > > Marc. Neat! I wasn't aware of this functionality. It absolutely does the trick. Thanks. foxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Gilles2 wrote: > Marc, > Tried to re-download, and still problem with the progress bar. > I tried a few things and believe it is related to file type. I have > mainly WMA lossless files and don't see the progress bar. I tried to > play one of the few mp3 I have, and in that case, the progress bar > appears. I hope it helps solve the issue. > > Best, > Gilles Hi, just created a lossless wma and found the bug. This will be fixed in the next release. All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
foxx wrote: > Hi Marc, > > one thing I would really appreciate is a letter bar on the right hand > side of the menues which would enable quick navigation. Browsing the > artist by having to swipe through the complete list in order to come to > "ZAZ" at the very bottom of the menue can be a little tiersome. > > Otherwise a great app, which I really like a lot!!! Thanks for using Soundicity! You can tap on the letters that are at the beginning of each letter section. This will open a jumplist from which you can quickly jump to Z. I hope that helps. All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Gilles2 wrote: > Marc, > Tried to re-download, and still problem with the progress bar. > I tried a few things and believe it is related to file type. I have > mainly WMA lossless files and don't see the progress bar. I tried to > play one of the few mp3 I have, and in that case, the progress bar > appears. I hope it helps solve the issue. > > Best, > Gilles Hi, Yes, I was wondering the same. I will produce a few wma lossless files and see what the server returns. Bet wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, one thing I would really appreciate is a letter bar on the right hand side of the menues which would enable quick navigation. Browsing the artist by having to swipe through the complete list in order to come to "ZAZ" at the very bottom of the menue can be a little tiersome. Otherwise a great app, which I really like a lot!!! foxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Marc, Tried to re-download, and still problem with the progress bar. I tried a few things and believe it is related to file type. I have mainly WMA lossless files and don't see the progress bar. I tried to play one of the few mp3 I have, and in that case, the progress bar appears. I hope it helps solve the issue. Best, Gilles Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, Thanks again for quick answer as usual. I will try to kill and re-install the app over the weekend to see if it solves the progress bar issue. For information, I have only tested with local music files, no radio, so it should work (my files are WMA lossless format for the vast majority) Regarding the track detail, I was thinking of something similar to what I am getting when I press and hold the central button on my Duet Controller, which displays most of the existing information available about the track, including track name, album, albm artist, track artist, composer, genre(s), file format, bitrate, etc. If I recall properly, the list is pretty long and can be scrolled down to display most of the available tags attached to the file. Thanks again, Gilles Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Gilles, Thanks again. Just to give you more detail: The progress bar will only be shown for music files for which I can determine a length. Radio programmes, e.g., won't show this progress bar, since they simply stream without any length indication. Try a reinstall and I will do a bit more testing whether I can find any oddities on my end. I am thinking about the track detail view that you mentioned and that you would expect to come up when tapping the cover. What kind of track information are you interested in? Something like the web frot end shows if you click on a title, such as File Format, Bitrate etc. ? Thanks and best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, I checked on the Server I use, and it says : Logitech Media Server Version : 7.7.2 - r33893 @ Wed Mar 14 05:47:42 PDT 2012. The Server is running on my Windows Home Server. I still don't see the time progress. I may try to kill the app and re-download in case there was any change made that I don't get. Thanks again for your work; Gilles Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Gilles2 wrote: > Hi Mark, > Would be great if you find a way to add the "Composer" piece native. > I've looked at the custom browse appdin in the past but looked complex > to implement for a small change I needed. > > A couple of other observations / asks since I've been testing > Soundicity: > > - when playing a song, there is no indication on the "Now Playing" > screen of the progress. A time progress bar, below the picture, would be > great (ideally with time remaining to the end). This is usulally > helpful. Could also be added below the track being played in the > playlist screen > - using Soundicity, I found myself trying to know more about the track > being played by long pressing on the track image... but no luck. This > would also be a great add, which would allow to seen additional info > about the track being played (lots of data is stored in the tags and > never made visible) > > Thanks for considering this. Hi Gilles, Thanks for your reply and your testing! I am almost sure that it will be rather difficult to incorporate a Composers menu item without any server changes or a plug-in. In my current test version, I have pretty much an additional Composer menu entry in My Music which gets cached and behaves just like the Artists menu. This is based on CustomBrowse and I have written a manual that explains how to set it up. It is not that difficult, but will give you exactly what you are after. As far as the time progress is concerned, that was implemented from day 1. :-) I wonder whether it is due to an older server version. Let me know which server version you use and I will see what is going on. Certainly the server I use (7.7.2) seems to work fine. Holding the cover is an good idea. I will see how I can integrate this. I am currently testing the next release (1.10) which will hopefully be out shortly and that will come with caching support for composers. It might be worth trying this anyway. You can get a test license for CustomBrowse and with that short manual, you should be up and running quickly. Keep the suggestions coming. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Mark, Would be great if you find a way to add the "Composer" piece native. I've looked at the custom browse appdin in the past but looked complex to implement for a small change I needed. A couple of other observations / asks since I've been testing Soundicity: - when playing a song, there is no indication on the "Now Playing" screen of the progress. A time progress bar, below the picture, would be great (ideally with time remaining to the end). This is usulally helpful. Could also be added below the track being played in the playlist screen - using Soundicity, I found myself trying to know more about the track being played by long pressing on the track image... but no luck. This would also be a great add, which would allow to seen additional info about the track being played (lots of data is stored in the tags and never made visible) Thanks for considering this. Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
foxx wrote: > Hi Marc, > > yes, indeed. Yesterday I discovered that CustomBrowse is also availabe > in Soundicity. I already had it installed. So this is solved. Thanks. That's good. I will look into caching composer in Soundicity anyway. It takes quite a while to build up that list in my setup. A cache should speed that up considerably. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, yes, indeed. Yesterday I discovered that CustomBrowse is also availabe in Soundicity. I already had it installed. So this is solved. Thanks. foxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I had a another look at the composer request and I was wondering whether you know about the Custom Browse plugin. This plugin let's you define some custom menus, one of which is a Composer menu. So, when I had a try today I was actually able to browser just Composer. However, there are a few things to note: 1. CustomBrowse is a commercial plugin with a multi-tier price structure: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?90410-Announce-License-Manager-plugins-applets-going-commercial 2. Soundicity does not yet cache any custom menus so that it does take some time build up the composer menu. This needs to change of course. Have a look at that plugin. Could that work for you? Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Another vote for the volume bar and composer menue item from my side! Otherwise it's great to see this Windows app out on the market. I really want to get away from apple. foxx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, Gilles2 wrote: > Hi Marc, > I gave a try to your app this weekend as promised. I must admit I am > pleased by the first results. Compared with some other available app for > WP8, I would say that the main 2 benefits are the following: > - very fast to build database and smooth navigation > - all album arts and data is accurate and coherent with the SqueezeBox > interface (seems natural, but not the case with some other app, where > album art doesn't appear in the app while they are present on the Duet > Controller for instance). > Thanks so much for testing Soundicity. This is much appreciated. Gilles2 wrote: > > - the 1 2 3 4 5 6 on the top menu seem a bit strange. Are they related > to different players ? In that case, I am sure we can find a better way > as one would need to remember numbers matches to devices. Besides, how > many users have 6 devices ? Then takes a lot of space... The 6 buttons actually refer to the preset buttons you find on the Squeezebox Radio for example, but now that you mention it, this could be made more obvious and also player specific. Gilles2 wrote: > > - would love to see a scale bar together with the volume buttons (looks > like there is room for it): easy way to see immediately where volume is > vs. 100% I will think about this one. One of my goals was to keep the UI as clutter-free as possible, but I will see how a volume indicator can be integrated. Gilles2 wrote: > > Regarding the composer question, I am aware of the possibility to miw > composers and artists, but this doesn't meet the requirements: this > makes very long artist lists, while the may browsing input into > Classical music is Composers, so ideally these should be 2 different > entry points (basically Artists make sense for Pop while Composers make > more sense for Classical). I will do a bit more research to find out what else is possible there. Thanks again for testing and let me know any other suggestions that you might have. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi Marc, I gave a try to your app this weekend as promised. I must admit I am pleased by the first results. Compared with some other available app for WP8, I would say that the main 2 benefits are the following: - very fast to build database and smooth navigation - all album arts and data is accurate and coherent with the SqueezeBox interface (seems natural, but not the case with some other app, where album art doesn't appear in the app while they are present on the Duet Controller for instance). A few suggestions from my personal use: - the 1 2 3 4 5 6 on the top menu seem a bit strange. Are they related to different players ? In that case, I am sure we can find a better way as one would need to remember numbers matches to devices. Besides, how many users have 6 devices ? Then takes a lot of space... - would love to see a scale bar together with the volume buttons (looks like there is room for it): easy way to see immediately where volume is vs. 100% Regarding the composer question, I am aware of the possibility to miw composers and artists, but this doesn't meet the requirements: this makes very long artist lists, while the may browsing input into Classical music is Composers, so ideally these should be 2 different entry points (basically Artists make sense for Pop while Composers make more sense for Classical). Thanks again... will keep testing for a while and eventually purchase the app if I feel it keeps improving :-) Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Gilles2 wrote: > Thanks Marc for showing interest to my request. To come back to this > "Composer" ask, I know I have all my files tagged with Composer. At this > stage, I was just thinking of same behavior as the standard "Artist" > menu. > > I'll try your app this weekend :-) I just had a look at the composer request and there is one thing you could try. If you open the Squeezebox Server webseite (http://yourSBIP:9000) and go to Settings => My Music. Tick the Composer check box at the top and then Apply at the bottom. This will include composer information in Artists. Upside is you get composer names - downside is you seem to be getting artists mixed with composers. If you then switch to Soundicity you have to clear the menu cache so that the artist cache can be rebuilt the next time you open artists. So, in Soundicity open the application bar menu at the bottom and select Settings. Then open the Caching menu item and tap on Clear Cache. Tap the back button twice to get back. The next time you browse to Artists, they will also contain Composers. Let me know if that works for you. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Thanks Marc for showing interest to my request. To come back to this "Composer" ask, I know I have all my files tagged with Composer. At this stage, I was just thinking of same behavior as the standard "Artist" menu. I'll try your app this weekend :-) Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, Thanks for showing an interest in Soundicity. Yes, I would like to extend it to Win 8 at some point. The point about the composer is quite interesting, but I have to investigate whether I can get that information from the server and build a custom sorted list. Not quite sure right now... But, thanks anyway and I hope you like Soundicity. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. A lot of the last few features I implemented were indeed suggestions by users. :-) Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Seems an interesting app and will give it a try on my phone in the coming days. I am using SqueezeRemote for the time being. Do you have plans to extend it to Windows8 ? Would love to have it running on my Surface. One feature which would make me switch would be the possibility to have a view of albums by Composer in addition to the traditional "Artist" view. Listening primarily to Classical Music, Composer is a critical element and not easily available within traditional SqueezeBox devices menus. Gilles2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, I am happy to announce version 1.6 of Soundicity - your Squeezebox controller app for Windows Phone - with several new features. Here is a video link to show Soundicity's main features: http://youtu.be/e60IN7hqnCE What's new: * Easily switch your player between mysqueezebox.com and your local server: Hold the current player name at the top of the screen until a context menu appears from the top. Select any of the two connection options. * Pin your apps to Soundicity's home menu and set their menu position in the settings: Go to your installed apps in Soundicity and hold any of them until a further menu appears. Select the option to pin the app to the home menu. By default all apps will be added to the bottom of the home menu. You can change this position in the settings. Open the menu from the application bar at the bottom and select settings => menu. Enter any position number you like. * Menu shortcuts for albums, artists and favorites. * Wake-On-LAN support [beta]: Go to the settings to configure your MAC address and port number and to turn on wake-on-LAN. Whenever Soundicity starts up, it will try to wake up your machine. Get in touch and let me know what you think: soundicity...@gmail.com All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi hander, Thanks so much for the time you took to review Soundicity. This is really appreciated and gives me some valuable input for my next features to implement. Switching players is certainly something I will be looking into as well as app shortcuts on the home menu. Let me know if you (or anyone else) has any other features they would like to see to make Soundicity more the way they like to use it. All the best, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Thanks for this. Here's my review I tried to post on the app store but not sure it's registered it for some reason. Any response? "I really wish devs didn't restrict the trial app to one player (or one server as is the case with Squeezebox Control). It really hampers assessment of these apps. Squeezebox owners aren't cheapskates! They'll pay if the product works. Anyway, this is graphically the most attractive of the three 'proper' Squeezebox apps I've found (Squeezeremote, Squeezebox Control being the others). I only found this one through the devs note on the SB forums though). However, it lacks one incredibly important feature to me - the ability to switch your SB players to different servers (I require mysb.com connection to use Spotify) but the LMS (running on my ReadyNas) for locally stored music. Plus it would be great to be able to add shortcuts to apps to the home page (eg. by long pressing them). Squeezebox Commander (Android) was so perfect in both these respects. Having paid for the other two apps above and found them lacking the same feature, I'm afraid I can't pay for this one. The search continues..." hander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49778 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, here is also a link to the store that shows a few screenshots: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/soundicity/fa54c31f-04e7-48bf-b276-f710bad4e2f6 Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
[SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Soundicity - SB Controller App for Windows Phone 7.5/8
Hi, Soundicity is a Squeezebox controller app for Windows Phone 7.5/8 that has just been certified on the Windows Phone App Store. The main features are: * Support for local server as well as mysb.com. * Menu browsing with context menus. * Support for albums, artists, genres, apps, alarms etc. * Song lyrics using the song info/song lyrics plugin for local server. * Artist bio from lastfm. * Now Playing and playlist support. * Turn off all players in your network with one command. * Move playlists between players. Please, give it a try and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions: soundicityapp [at] gmail.com. Best wishes, Marc. Marc Bartsch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97558 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
