[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-19 Thread ModelCitizen
Hi Michael, Somewhere in this thread I'm sure you requested that anyone let you know if they experienced any bugs.. I can't find it now, but hope my memory serves me well. I have recently had a problem with Slimserver stopping. Dan Sully is currently trying to diagnose it. I am becoming a little

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-19 Thread Michael Herger
Somewhere in this thread I'm sure you requested that anyone let you know if they experienced any bugs.. I can't find it now, but hope my memory serves me well. It's always good to have people know about problems with their plugins, even if they don't ask for it. I have recently had a

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-19 Thread ModelCitizen
Michael Herger;137418 Wrote: Somewhere in this thread I'm sure you requested that anyone let you know if they experienced any bugs.. I can't find it now, but hope my memory serves me well. It's always good to have people know about problems with their plugins, even if they don't ask for it.

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-10 Thread Michael Herger
you are a star! Boah, eyh! I'll have to print this out on to paper :-) One small thing. I installed them but did not do the Perl modules. On the Squeezebox screen I was promted with somehting along the lines of You probably need to install some perl modules for this to work correctly. See

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-09 Thread ModelCitizen
Michael, you are a star! Your plugins are phenominal. The scrolling screen saver functionality has made these two plugins my definite favourites. I'm exceptionally grateful you have added it. Lovely. Thanks. One small thing. I installed them but did not do the Perl modules. On the Squeezebox

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-08 Thread SlimPvC
Michael Herger;134474 Wrote: I don't quite see how this should work: display bio first, than review (or other way around)? Or display review once, than go to other screensaver? That's what I had in mind, indeed. I've never seen the option to use TWO screensaver plugins loaded, so I

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Herger
other way around)? Or display review once, than go to other screensaver? That's what I had in mind, indeed. I've never seen the option to use TWO screensaver plugins loaded, so I guess it's difficult to do this. I'm sure there's some way, but I have no idea, really. Another thing came up:

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread mherger
SlimPvC;131090 Wrote: It's been quite a while since we discussed the possibilities of using the biography and/or the album review plugin as a screensaver. In fact, I still think this could be one of the best enhancements of the Squeezebox interface I can imagine. Ok, here you go. This is a

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread mherger
While the former posting was for the AlbumReview, here's the Biography version. The installation follows the same procedure. Any comment is welcome. +---+ |Filename: Plugin.pm|

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread SlimPvC
thanks michael, for your additions. Until now I have avoided 6.5 because in the past it did not work very well for me, but I guess I'll be installing it now. Then after installing your plugin(s) I will report to you. Thanks again for doing such great work...!!! -- SlimPvC

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread Michael Herger
Until now I have avoided 6.5 because in the past it did not work very well for me, but I guess I'll be installing it now. Then after installing your plugin(s) I will report to you. 6.5 has come a long way. Just be sure you update all your plugins :-). I'm currently working on getting mine all

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread SlimPvC
here you go: I just installed 6.5 (indeed works great now) and your plugins + followed instructions. This is great, just what I wanted asked for!! Starting about 10 secs after the track starts I can read the biography or review text on my display. (Note: I only have played with it short, so I

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread atlslim
Michael, Just started Biography as my 'now playing' screensaver in softsqueeze w/ transporter skin. Working fine so far - w/ bio in screen1 and now playing info in screen2. Did notice some screen flicker as the bio details scroll but this may be a function of ssqueeze?? Also, would you consider

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread Michael Herger
Just started Biography as my 'now playing' screensaver in softsqueeze w/ transporter skin. Working fine so far - w/ bio in screen1 and now playing info in screen2. Did notice some screen flicker as the bio details scroll but this may be a function of ssqueeze?? I think this is a SoftSqueeze

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-09-07 Thread Michael Herger
Since this plugin will only be used when playing, it's hard for me to choose between the biography or the album review. So I'd like to be able to choose between these options as a screensaver when playing: - biography + album review - album review + screensaver I don't quite see how this should

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2006-08-25 Thread SlimPvC
It's been quite a while since we discussed the possibilities of using the biography and/or the album review plugin as a screensaver. In fact, I still think this could be one of the best enhancements of the Squeezebox interface I can imagine. When randomly playing my tracks, I find myself

[slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2005-05-13 Thread SlimPvC
mherger Wrote: I'm glad you like it. If you're already running slimserver 6.1 you might like the AlbumReview, too. Looking forward to that. But in fact, I recently reverted from 6.1 to 6.03 only because I could't get the biography plugin to work (I only got the message no info could be

Re: [slim] Re: Biography as screensaver?

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Herger
Looking forward to that. But in fact, I recently reverted from 6.1 to 6.03 only because I could't get the biography plugin to work (I only got the message no info could be found). Did you try the latest release of the plugin? It's available from my site. I meant it is not 'integrated' in the