Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-07-04 Thread dnm
erland;555089 Wrote: Just to make sure you or anyone else doesn't spend unnecessary time on this I suggest you take a look at the following beta thread in the 3rd party plugins section of the forum: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706 Well, I really want to send a big thank

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-07-04 Thread havoc1
Second the above. Triodes plugin is awesome and the best thing to happen to my squeezeboxes since i got them. -- havoc1 havoc1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33466 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-06-15 Thread erland
kraggen;553594 Wrote: if anyone is interested in getting this solution up and running, I would be happy to partisipate. I am a c# developer and I have found a library that communicates with spotify. The library can play, start, stop, skip, and so on. The solution I have been thinking

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-06-12 Thread Terje
It's really nice that something is happening with regards to Spotify on Squeezebox. Also, please check http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/can_you_stream_to_a_squeezebox where Morgan Christiansson - a new employee - at Spotify seems interested in getting this working. Morgan Christiansson,

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-06-08 Thread kraggen
Hi, if anyone is interested in getting this solution up and running, I would be happy to partisipate. I am a c# developer and I have found a library that communicates with spotify. The library can play, start, stop, skip, and so on. The solution I have been thinking of consists of four parts..

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-06-08 Thread erland
kraggen;553594 Wrote: My first thought was to learn lua scripting, and create the whole solution, but in short of time I need some help from somebody with lua scriping experience with part three... If anyone is interested in this please let me know.. If you make something that can

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-13 Thread mariowing
erland;545237 Wrote: I'm definitely willing to contribute to this, could we use HTTP or JSON ? Or did you have something else in mind when saying tcp/ip ? No, that was exactly what I had in mind. Forget about my tcp/ip talk :-) erland;545237 Wrote: It feels like the plugin part for

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-13 Thread erland
mariowing;547061 Wrote: The most promising project I've found is this: http://h3x.se/. It is available today as a java app and works. But the interesting thing is that the guy is developing a new version based on the OFFICIAL Spotify api and it is my understanding that his solution will be

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-12 Thread shlea
@ Erland: This is a bit off-topic, but I hope you can explain here or send me a privat message. You're saying that you're running DSBridge in a Windows virtualbox virtual machine. On what kind of platform are you running this virtual machine? Is it in a native Windows environment or on a Mac?

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-12 Thread erland
mariowing;543754 Wrote: I've done some aditional searching and found a wrapper for controlling Spotify, written i vb.net (the language I've been using to earn a living the last 10 years) and it calls some windows api's to get the window and send keypresses (just as you suggested). If I take

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-12 Thread shlea
@ mariowing / erland: It would be just great if you guys managed to work out something along the lines described. I guess there's a crowd out there waiting for something like this. Keep up the good work! Svein -- shlea

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-12 Thread erland
shlea;545394 Wrote: @ Erland: This is a bit off-topic, but I hope you can explain here or send me a privat message. You're saying that you're running DSBridge in a Windows virtualbox virtual machine. On what kind of platform are you running this virtual machine? Is it in a native

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-05 Thread mariowing
I've done some aditional searching and found a wrapper for controlling Spotify, written i vb.net (the language I've been using to earn a living the last 10 years) and it calls some windows api's to get the window and send keypresses (just as you suggested). If I take that code and put it in an

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-03 Thread mariowing
erland;542518 Wrote: You can use the DSBridge solution already now, search the forum for more info. Just because I am wondering if I could hack something together for my own use; how hard is it to create a plugin that sends next/prev/pause/play keypress'es on a Squeezebox device to a service

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-03 Thread erland
mariowing;543036 Wrote: Just because I am wondering if I could hack something together for my own use; how hard is it to create a plugin that sends next/prev/pause/play keypress'es on a Squeezebox device to a service running on the same pc as Spotify? This approach has been taken by

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-02 Thread erland
terjehaa;542287 Wrote: I bought a Touch and like it very much. And it will become a real killer when it can speak to Spotify! When can we expect first release? You can use the DSBridge solution already now, search the forum for more info. You won't get any release date indication here, no

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-05-01 Thread terjehaa
I bought a Touch and like it very much. And it will become a real killer when it can speak to Spotify! When can we expect first release? -- terjehaa terjehaa's Profile:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-27 Thread dnm
Some ideas: license agreement with spotify to use the same method as with pandora etc... or implement basic spotify in the controlling software and send the audio between devices using existing drm. Drop support in the firmware (give the user a choice though). testify is open source code that

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-27 Thread brucegrr
dnm;540888 Wrote: But it almost seems like you have decided it is impossible. I guess I have to tape something together myself... Please let us know how that works out. :) Five years ago I bought my first Squeezebox 3. The number of services added after my purchase (s) have been a

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread dnm
andyg;521416 Wrote: As has been said many times, libspotify is also x86-only which makes it even more useless to us. It would be awesome if you would implement it for the Squeezecenter Server. Yes, a firmware implementation would be best. However, an implementation for the Squeezecenter Server

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread andyg
It won't happen for the server, and it won't be possible on older players. I can't really say much more than this right now. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread dnm
andyg;540596 Wrote: It won't happen for the server, and it won't be possible on older players. I can't really say much more than this right now. Please define older players? Personally I am counting SqueezeBox Duet as relatively new, but what is your definition? -- dnm

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread andyg
Older = non-SqueezePlay-based players: Boom, Receiver, Classic, Transporter. Newer = Radio, Touch -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread dnm
andyg;540683 Wrote: Older = non-SqueezePlay-based players: Boom, Receiver, Classic, Transporter. Newer = Radio, Touch I bought the Logitech SqueezeBox Duet *this* year (2010). And you are not supporting it? Great. Just great. Excellent customer experience. I am sure with those parameters you

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread snarlydwarf
dnm;540687 Wrote: I bought the Logitech SqueezeBox Duet *this* year (2010). And you are not supporting it? Great. Just great. Excellent customer experience. I am sure with those parameters you are targeting the most of your user base. Seriously? You can do better. Who says they're not

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread dnm
snarlydwarf;540694 Wrote: Who says they're not supporting it? dnm;540687 Wrote: I bought the Logitech SqueezeBox Duet *this* year (2010). And you are not supporting it? It in this case refers to the Duet, so no they are not supporting it (with regards to Spotify). snarlydwarf;540694

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread aubuti
dnm;540718 Wrote: I am convinced you can make it fit. I am not saying it would be easy. What insider knowledge do you have that convinces you that it can be done? Especially when one of the lead developers (andyg) has already stated a few posts above that it won't be possible. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread snarlydwarf
dnm;540718 Wrote: I am assuming you are referring to the facilitate stream ripping clause? Could be solved through license by agreement and sending scrambled audio (in such a way that spotify agrees too). Nothing magical about it. Right, and put that into an open source server, so the

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-26 Thread Mnyb
The problem is well known if you cared to read this forums. And tried to understand how these products works. The old players is those based on the ip3k processor in this case the reciever part of the duet. The controller is new device which is squeezeplay based.

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-04-25 Thread andykemp
Now that libspotify (official API) is compatible with Windows/Macs and Linux hopefully we should see some progress towards an official integration (or 3rd party plugin) for Spotify! http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/overview/ Libspotify is available for Windows, OS/X (x86 / x86_64 /

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-28 Thread andyg
As has been said many times, libspotify is also x86-only which makes it even more useless to us. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-27 Thread orcocan
see also this link https://www.spotify.com/blog/archives/2009/04/07/spotify-opens-its-doors-to-developers/?keepThis=trueTB_iframe=trueheight=width=700 -- orcocan orcocan's Profile:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-27 Thread andynormancx
I think you are confusing two issues here. Libspotify is Linux only and so isn't really useable by Squeezebox Server given that it needs to run on Windows and OSX. The other libraries are very much unofficial and it is hard to see how Logitech could legally make use of them. -- andynormancx

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-25 Thread whitman
KMorgan, I had a look at the squealserver link you posted. That's interesting. Anyone know any more about this? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-11 Thread remoteless
With Spotify Remoteless, you can now control Spotify from your iPhone... Makes squeezebox + spotify 100% better! Available in AppStore -- remoteless remoteless's Profile:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-11 Thread KMorgan
So what do you reckon this is all about? http://squealserver.com/ K -- KMorgan - Sorry, can't spare enough hours today for that 5 min job on the computer.

[slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread Luke Redpath
I'm currently sitting here browsing and listening to Spotify (including all of my playlists) through it's beautiful Plex interface (http://plexapp.com). So my question is, if this is possible, has anybody here started work on a SqueezeCenter plugin or is there still some other barrier in place

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread aubuti
Try checking the existing threads on the topic by searching the forums for the term Spotify. Here is perhaps the most useful of them: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread andynormancx
It looks like they are using the http://despotify.se/ code, which Logitech aren't likely (meaning aren't) going to use. The official API from Spotify is still Linux only. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread andyg
Despotify is a hack around their DRM right? There is no way we could use that unless we wanted to get sued. Also, we need to implement it in our player firmware, which isn't x86, so we need a real API from Spotify. But don't worry, I'm sure the Spotify team will get something like this

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread Luke Redpath
andyg;493592 Wrote: Despotify is a hack around their DRM right? There is no way we could use that unless we wanted to get sued. Also, we need to implement it in our player firmware, which isn't x86, so we need a real API from Spotify. But don't worry, I'm sure the Spotify team will get

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread pippin
Luke Redpath;493594 Wrote: That's interesting; I always thought that the Squeezeboxes were fairly dumb clients, with most of the work being done on the server. I didn't realize that something would need implementing in the firmware, so I guess that's what rules out a third-party from having

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread aubuti
Luke Redpath;493594 Wrote: That's interesting; I always thought that the Squeezeboxes were fairly dumb clients, with most of the work being done on the server. I didn't realize that something would need implementing in the firmware, so I guess that's what rules out a third-party from having

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread andyg
Right, Spotify uses Vorbis wrapped in DRM. The DRM decryption must be kept secret and so lives in the firmware. The rest of the service is implemented within the server and on the backend in MySB.com. -- andyg andyg's

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2009-12-08 Thread Luke Redpath
Gotcha. Consider me enlightened ;) -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the iPhone SqueezeBox Remote'