Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread sportflyer
I will be buying a Tablet soon. So I will wait till then . Tks sportflyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57767 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97005 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread garym
krzys wrote: > If you want to use the nowpalying plugin as I do, you have to connect > the monitor to a computer and set the plugin . I use the second video > connection on my video card and a 15 feet vga cable. See this tread: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?74270-Remote-quot-NowP

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread krzys
sportflyer wrote: > I have a spare monitor, how do you get it to display Touch screen ? TKs If you want to use the nowpalying plugin as I do, you have to connect the monitor to a computer and set the plugin . I use the second video connection on my video card and a 15 feet vga cable. See this tr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread toby10
sportflyer wrote: > I have a spare monitor, how do you get it to display Touch screen ? TKs Connect monitor to a computer running one of the SB software players and/or running LMS server. toby10's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread sportflyer
krzys wrote: > My way: > nowpalying plugin for LMS , from these forums dispalyed on a 17 inches > monitor installed on the hi fi rack. Nice full screen display and I > control the Touch with the original remote. Screen on the touch is > disabled/off. > > It looks like this : 13922 > > Chris

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread azinck3
garym wrote: > My wife likes and uses the Controller. But she's a very limited user. > She picks it up from the cradle on the kitchen counter and turns the > system ON and chooses either an internet radio station (stored as a > favorite) or clicks on one of many Random Play Dynamic playlists for

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread garym
azinck3 wrote: > It's a relatively expensive single-purpose device. Compare this with an > iPod touch which can do LOTS of things, including serve as a superior > Squeezebox remote. Other negatives: > > 1) It's quite slow/sluggish > 2) Abysmal battery life. You have to replace the battery on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread azinck3
Zombie wrote: > So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four > years now, no problem at all... It's a relatively expensive single-purpose device. Compare this with an iPod touch which can do LOTS of things, including serve as a superior Squeezebox remote. Other negat

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread krzys
sportflyer wrote: > New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and > control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small > from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so > the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread ralphpnj
Zombie wrote: > So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four > years now, no problem at all... My main complaint with the Controller is the lack of a text based search. While scrolling is okay for limited collections, for large collections nothing is faster than a good

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-07 Thread Zombie
So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four years now, no problem at all... Zombie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-06 Thread azinck3
Zombie wrote: > Get a Duet Controller I would not advise doing this. Personally, I find the Duet Controller the very worst piece of squeezebox-related hardware ever produced. But putting my biases aside, if you're going to buy a dedicated controller you're far better off with a used iPod Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-06 Thread Zombie
Get a Duet Controller Zombie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97005 ___ Touch mai

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-05 Thread sportflyer
ralphpnj wrote: > If you are happy with Squeezeplay and the LMS web interface than don't > bother with Moose. I use (and love) Moose because I have a very large > music library and once Moose is properly set up and running it is much, > much, much faster than using SBS/LMS to find any given piece

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-05 Thread ralphpnj
sportflyer wrote: > Yes, both Squeezeplay and LMS web interface works on my old Toshiba > Laptop. Tks > > I would like to try the Moose but the setup procedure seems a bit > complicated for a non network person like me . If you are happy with Squeezeplay and the LMS web interface than don't bot

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-04 Thread sportflyer
Yes, both Squeezeplay and LMS web interface works on my old Toshiba Laptop. Tks I would like to try the Moose but the setup procedure seems a bit complicated for a non network person like me . sportflyer's Profile: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread garym
sportflyer wrote: > I am running LMS on the PC that stores my Music files . So pointing the > laptop to http:\\ xxx.xxx.x.xxx:9000 will do the job? > > Tks Yes garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread sportflyer
garym wrote: > can't recall if he's using LMS on a PC or "tinyLMS" inside the TOUCH, or > even simply connecting the TOUCH directly to mysqueezebox.com with no > local LMS. The above instructions only work if you are using LMS > running on your local PC and NOT for "tinyLMS" on the touch or dire

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread JohnB
Thanks, you are absolutely right of course. JohnB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97005

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread garym
JohnB wrote: > If you do choose to use a laptop/notebook/etc to control your Touch you > can access the LMS Web Control on your main PC from the laptop by > pointing your laptop browser at: http://999.999.999.999:9000/ where > "999.999.999.999" is the IP address of your main PC that runs LMS. >

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread sportflyer
garym wrote: > and in case you haven't found it, squeezeplay is here: > > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/ > > And as an extra, in addition to using squeezeplay to control your touch, > SqueezePlay also turns the computer running it into a Player as well. > (You just have to "choose pl

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread JohnB
If you do choose to use a laptop/notebook/etc to control your Touch you can access the LMS Web Control on your main PC from the laptop by pointing your laptop browser at: http://999.999.999.999:9000/ where "999.999.999.999" is the IP address of your main PC that runs LMS. Substitute your own IP a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-02 Thread garym
and in case you haven't found it, squeezeplay is here: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/ And as an extra, in addition to using squeezeplay to control your touch, SqueezePlay also turns the computer running it into a Player as well. (You just have to "choose player" and choose the Squeeze

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread Mnyb
sportflyer wrote: > Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of > the music stream to the SBT ? I only want to use it as a larger > controller screen than the SBT which is sitting 10 ft from my listening > position. Your only problem is the fan noise from the laptop :

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread sportflyer
ralphpnj wrote: > Absolutely NOT! The data is streamed for the computer running Squeezebox > server (SBS) or LMS to the Touch. All Squeezeplay, Moose or any Web > interface does is tell the computer running SBS/LMS what music (data) to > stream, when to play, when to stop, when to pause, etc. Aga

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread ralphpnj
sportflyer wrote: > Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of > the music stream to the SBT ? Absolutely NOT! The data is streamed for the computer running Squeezebox server (SBS) or LMS to the Touch. All Squeezeplay, Moose or any Web interface does is tell the compu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread sportflyer
Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of the music stream to the SBT ? sportflyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57767 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread ralphpnj
sportflyer wrote: > I have an old laptop running Win XP . Will that do? That would work find for Moose or you can use Squeezeplay as Gary suggested or you can simply use the Squeezebox server web interface. ralphpnj's Pr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread garym
sportflyer wrote: > I have an old laptop running Win XP . Will that do? Yep. Just install squeezeplay on the laptop. Then "choose player" in squeezeplay menu and select the touch. I use this approach much of the time. Squeezeplay is at beta downloads. Im on my phone, so someone can post a link.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread sportflyer
I have an old laptop running Win XP . Will that do? sportflyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57767 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97005 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread marlo
I recently bought a LG e400 andoid phone for 29 Euros. That is a perfect value for money remote. marlo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37542 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread ralphpnj
azinck3 wrote: > You can use virtually any device with a web browser. Such as a laptop or netbook computer. If using a computer you can also use of several very good Squeezebox "front end" programs, such as Moose (http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) or Muso (http://klarita.net/muso.html), t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread Mnyb
garym wrote: > Android tablet? What's your price range? Cheap used iPhone or iTouch? iPods ? but don't go for to old as the app may not be suported , for unknown reasons devs are not allowed to keep legacy versions of same /similar app in the store , my guess is that it is about planned obsolesc

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread azinck3
You can use virtually any device with a web browser. azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97005 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread garym
sportflyer wrote: > New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and > control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small > from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so > the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks

[SlimDevices: Touch] Simple way to control and view SBT screen from my listening position.

2012-11-01 Thread sportflyer
New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks --