mruddo wrote: > Just wanted to add my thanks for this plugin. > > I've just re-organised my Squeezebox setup, and because of space issues, > I switched an SB3 in my living room, with a receiver I had in another > room... Trouble is, that left me without any visible display (aside from > the remote obviously). So, using this plugin, and syncing my Chromecast > with the main player, I now get a nice display of album cover art and > track details on my TV which is great. > > With this setup, I'm still listening to the audio output from my > stereo/squeezebox, and just using the plugin's display so show what it > is playing. > > The only issue I found is that I have to make sure the plugin's > configured to play FLAC so as not to impact crossfade, but that's fine, > however I'm wondering if it would be possible to effectively configure > the plugin to just not output/decode audio as in my case it's > superfluous? Just a thought - it would effectively then be a meta-data > only display, and have a lot less work to do. > > Another nice to have - It would be nice if the display were configurable > too - i.e. so I could add/change the displayed metadata. (e.g. to add > detail like year/genre etc. as preferred.) > > Whilst I appreciate this is deviating somewhat from the plugin's > intended use, this setup is by far the best solution I've found for a > nice graphical display of what's playing on my TV. > > Next step, visualisers perhaps!? :-)
You can achieve the same (perhaps better) with a Pi3, piCorePlayer, and Jivelite via HDMI (and a remote of some kind if you wish). It includes Visualisers and will properly sync. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104614 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
