Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-25 Thread radish
And just to clarify on the Ubuntu 9.10/SBS 7.4.1 issues, I'm pretty sure they're fixed but if not, be confident they will be. Plenty of people around here run Ubuntu and it's one of the best supported platforms. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-25 Thread Skillet Liquor
radish;489278 Wrote: And just to clarify on the Ubuntu 9.10/SBS 7.4.1 issues, I'm pretty sure they're fixed but if not, be confident they will be. Plenty of people around here run Ubuntu and it's one of the best supported platforms. Glad to hear that. I really like Ubuntu. I'm a little

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-24 Thread eq72521
I read somewhere on these forums it is possible, though not necessarily advisable, to enable the full web interface on the Tiny SB Server running on the touch. If one was willing to deal with whatever slowness and possible instability that may result from this, it could solve the OP's problem.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread aubuti
The SB Touch can be controlled by any capable device (eg, computer, PDA, etc.) on the network, just like any other SB since the original SliMP3. There could be an iPeng-like app for the Blackberry, but it would probably have to come from a 3rd party developer (just like iPeng). As a BB user I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread Skillet Liquor
Thanks for the replies. I'm a complete newb to SB devices. Can the Touch (or Duet) be accessed and controlled wirelessly by a computer using a browser interface? I ask because it looks like there is a problem getting SqueezeBoxServer to function properly on the current version of Ubuntu (9.10,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread Siduhe
Yes, there is a web interface element to Squeezeboxserver. You can access it on any networked browser using http://serveripaddresshere:9000. However, you either need to have the software running to make your hardware player work including for local music, or connect your player to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread usch
bpa;487934 Wrote: For clarity, there is no web interface on the SBS server within Touch. The web interface is only available if you run SBS on a PC or NAS. Right. But you can install SqueezePlay on your computer and use that to control any player. It's essentially a Controller that runs on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread aubuti
That information helps understand your questions. There is still one important question, which bpa asked: do you plan to run the server software (Squeezebox Server, aka SBS) on the SB Touch or on a computer, such as your notebook? If you plan to use the SBS on the SB Touch (aka TinySBS), then

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread Skillet Liquor
aubuti;487943 Wrote: That information helps understand your questions. There is still one important question, which bpa asked: do you plan to run the server software (Squeezebox Server, aka SBS) on the SB Touch or on a computer, such as your notebook? If you plan to use the SBS on the SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] control SB Touch wirelessly?

2009-11-21 Thread aubuti
SqueezePlay is currently beta software. Moreover, at present there are no binaries distributed for Linux, so you'll have to compile it yourself. See this thread, especially the link in post #14, for more info: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70556 -- aubuti