Hi
for those of you looking for Spotify support (and who like me are on a
mac). Due to forum rule (d) i can't post the link on first
post, so stay tuned.
Beta Plug in initially developed for windows also works on Linux and
Mac apparently...
Have installed it, not yet tested
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Spotify's boss said back in January: We're in the final stages of
preparing with the US. We're doing the rounds, we're speaking to
artists, we want to make sure that people understand us. So it can't
be long. I think you'll like it, despite what Napster or others offer.
It's slick and effective.
whitman;555290 Wrote:
Toby, I think that if/when you in the US do get to see and use Spotify,
you might well want it. Including the many Mac owners who love music.
I'm not sure if any of the current offerings there are comparable.
Quite possibly. But then do they create the service in the
Toby, I think that if/when you in the US do get to see and use Spotify,
you might well want it. Including the many Mac owners who love music.
I'm not sure if any of the current offerings there are comparable.
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whitman
Appreciate the reply, Toby.
I'm not so sure the limiting factor is my Mac. It seems to me it's the
inability of Logitech and Spotify to get together and create a proper
user interface for SB users. Spotify appears to be the main culprit
here, but that's hard to determine from a distance.
I'm
whitman;554071 Wrote:
Appreciate the reply, Toby.
I'm also not sure what evidence you have for your claim that potential
Mac+SB+Spotify users are a very, very small percentage of users.
Macs are owned by about 13 percent of all computer owners, so far as I
can tell. That means that a
Yes, the lack of a proper Spotify App lies squarely in the hands
Logitech and/or Spotify. If/when that ever happens.
An official Spotify App would almost certainly reside on MySB.com
making what type of computer you have (PC, Mac, NAS) irrelevant.
Even no computer at all would work with a
So, that sounds to me like a deafening reply of 'there have been no
developments'.
Pity. It means my Squeezeboxes are lagging behind in one of the most
important developments in online music. I'm not used to that.
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whitman;553877 Wrote:
So, that sounds to me like a deafening reply of 'there have been no
developments'.
Pity. It means my Squeezeboxes are lagging behind in one of the most
important developments in online music. I'm not used to that.
The real limiting factor here is your Mac. As you
I last asked the question about getting Spotify to run on an SB via Mac
OS-X in this thread about nine months ago. Nothing doing then, or at
least not easily and simply. I was just wondering if there had been any
developments that anyone's aware of. As Brian Wilson put it so well:
Wouldn't it be
You've all gone very quiet.
Does nobody here use a Mac and have any thoughts about not being able
to get Spotify on their SB or other Squeezey thing?
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I'm not feeling brave enough to hook up VLC and Soundflower. A cop-out,
I know.
For now, I'll just hook up my Spotify-running laptop to the stereo and
do it that way.
But I miss being able to use my SB3s for all things audio. I hope I'm
not at the top of a slippery slope.
Having said all
VLC is a Swiss army knife application - a huge number of options and can
do lots of wonderful stream transformation but it is often not easy to
get it do what is wanted. I have spent many hours with it and still only
use a small number of options.
That said - I believe the VLC advice offered in
I'm wondering if this is getting a bit complicated. It looks from the
VLC bit alone that it's going to make my head hurt; I've tried to mess
with VLC before and it ain't a lot of laughs. Plus I still don't quite
see how Soundflower fits into the picture.
I think it's like this: Spotify and
Hmm, that looks daunting. How does Soundflower fit into this scheme?
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Interesting, and thanks bpa. I've not come across Soundflower before.
Haven't had a chance to try it yet; has anyone else had a go? I have a
feeling VLC may be the limiting factor here for OS-X, but again I
haven't had a chance to try it yet. But I'd be interested in any other
Mac users' views on
See this link for VLC basic of streaming audio on OSX - not sure if it
is still valid.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jlpoutre/BoT/Mac-OSX/transcode_with_vlc.html
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Thanks bpa, I hadn't seen that. But I've never used Parallels and don't
really intend to. I'd be much happier with something running natively on
Mac OSX.
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The DSbridge solution is purely a Windows solution for application which
use audio. The DSbridge could not be ported to OSX.
The OSX audio subsystems is unique to OSX and probably explains the
paucity of application which can be used to redirect audio.
I don't have an OSX system but then
Thanks Danco; I'll give it a try. But is someone working on a way, like
DSBridge, to make it work directly and free? Surely it can be done?
Someone?
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In the DSbridge thread one user has reported getting DSbridge to work
using Parallels.
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You could get Nicecast and let the Squeezebox pick up the Nicecast
broadcast.
Nicecast costs, but is free to try out.
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How does that work, exactly? I'm not familiar with Nicecast. I also
ought to mention that I'm a member of the why-pay generation. Not
necessarily a consenting member, but a member nonetheless.
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I agree with you aboutwhy-pay, but I don't currently know of a free
solution.
Nicecast is perhaps intended as a broadcast solution (so something that
can be reached on other computers).
But basically it takes sound from any chosen program and converts it to
a broadcast stream.
Simpler for you
I wonder if there's an answer to this?
DSBridge is doing it for other platforms.
Statistically, Mac owners love music and gadgets more than most.
Is there a way to bring Spotify to our Squeezebox via our favourite
computer?
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