Somebody asked me by private mail: -*What would one use this setup for?*- What motivated me was the search for a nicer than Logitech/others GUIs and so add joy to the listening experience: We can now control iTunes (running as player on the Mac Mini) with the (IMO) well designed GUI of Apple's "Remote" (iOS) app on iPhones/iPods/iPads. "Remote" provides a very similar interface to iTunes, which many people is familiar with. The music flow is then:
ITUNES LIBRARY > ITUNES > SOUNDFLOWER > LMS > SQUEEZEBOX(ES)/SQUEEZE(SOFT)PLAYERS > ETC. Using Apple's eye-candy GUI, the beautifully sounding LMS+Squeezeboxes can be stamped as "wife compliant" devices :) They deserve (IMO) a -wife acceptance factor- (WAF) 9 out of 10 :) I put this WaveInput channel in "Favorites" of the Squeezebox players for rapid access. After using it for a month or so, the only "drawbacks" I see are: - The 7-8 seconds from pressing "Play" to listening due to latency. "Pause"/"Stop" have instantaneous effect tough. - The not so nice icon in the controller(s)/Touch screens instead of the album art. I guess this last could be fixed by some extra coding in lua. - Together with the 'SmartMix' (http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php@nr=1352&kategorie=slim-plugins) plugin by Michael 'mherger' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?50-mherger), this approach covers all our needs for now. Hope this helps! :) p.s: I must confess I still find myself using the Logitech remote app/iPeng and SqueezePad too. I guess I am spoiled by having so many options... :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LazySqueeze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62030 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87023 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
