avkooi;149847 Wrote: > For a few weeks I have an idea for a Slimserver plugin, but I don't know > for sure if it is possible and how to program it myself. > > The idea is as follows: > > A lot of people (including myself ;-) have their Squeezebox standing > close to their television set. My first idea was: wouldn't it be nice > to show the play time or remaining time on your Squeezebox display when > you are watching a movie on your television (connected to your computer > of course). The fantastic Squeezebox display is doing nothing at the > same time, besides showing the actual time or some RSS feeds. > > But then I had another idea: wouldn't it be priceless if you could > control your favourite media player (in my case the Videolan Client, > VLC) on your computer with your Slimdevices hardware? And use the > Squeezebox display to act as your VCR-like display? > > I think the hardware part is fine as it is already, if you have a setup > like this: > 1. PC connected to your television by S-Video, composite, component or > any other kind of cable. > 2. Squeezebox with infrared receiver connected to your PC by ethernet > cable. > > So that leaves the software part to be developed by some smart girls or > guys. > > I think the videoplayer of choice for this project is VLC, because: > 1. VLC is open source (just like Slimserver); > 2. VLC is available for all operating systems that can run Slimserver; > 3. VLC has various kinds of interfaces, like a command line interface, > and a very sophisticated web interface; > 4. and last but not least, VLC has very good codecs! > > So, in my ideal world, I can sit on the couch with the Squeezebox > remote in my hand, choose the VLC plugin, scroll through my movies list > (displayed on the Squeezebox of course), and pick one to watch. Then my > PC, running GNU/Linux, Windows or MacOS displays the movie on my > television! > > Now I have 2 questions for you: > Is it possible to program a plugin for Slimserver with the > functionality like I described? > And of course: can you program it? > > Thank you for your time and I am really anxious to hear your ideas and > views to get this realized!
I've never used it, and am not sure of how well it's been maintained lately, but there's already a plugin that does this: http://videobox.sourceforge.net/ -- azinck3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29064 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
