Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
sg2;689716 Wrote: > > Could you please consider, for a future upgrade, to separate the > "volume -" touch area from the multiplayer control dropdown popup ? > Yes. requires a whole redesign, though. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Hi Pippin, Thank you so much for the continued work on iPeng, which for me and my relatives, is a stepstone in the way of usable, seamless digital audio streaming. Could you please consider, for a future upgrade, to separate the "volume -" touch area from the multiplayer control dropdown popup ? I have asked for this several times already; even though I don't consider my fingers to be any fat, I really really have a hard time hitting the "volume -" touch button without popping up the multiplayer control... This is true for all screenviews (main; currently playing). It is the only thing negative I can think of about iPeng; please make it perfect:) Regards, -- Stéphane -- sg2 sg2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
There are new updates for iPeng and iPeng for iPad on the App store.
Changes are mostly details for the iPad App but iPeng for iPhone is now
no longer compatible with iOS 3.
IPENG FOR IPAD
* No winter hat icon anymore.
* Some stability improvements
IPENG FOR IPHONE
The App is now again on par with iPeng for iPad which means it does
include the improvements that have been made in the iPad App versions
before:
* Improved startup behavior and server detection
* Improved memory usage, should especially improve things on old
devices
* Popup notification when adding tracks to current playlist or
favorites
* iPeng now shows the currently playing track on the lock screen and
allows lock screen control (double-click the home button) if either
local playback is on or the "keep connection" setting is enabled.
There is one change that applies to both versions:
If you enable the "keep connection" option in iPeng Settings, iPeng
will now stay active even in the background for one hour. This will
allow you to
* use the volume keys while you are using other Apps or when the device
is locked
* automatically pause a Squeezebox whenever a call comes in even when
iPeng is in the background ("Pause on Call") Option in the settings
* Use the lock screen information and control for your Squeezebox, not
only iPeng's player.
It does, however have a few side effects:
* It consumes battery (obviously)
* Every change to the volume you might do in other Apps feeds into your
Squeezebox
* You have to be careful with the "AirPlay" icon on the lock screen.
Remember that this does NOT work with the stream being sent to your
Squeezebox so iPeng has to play locally to make that work.
Have fun!
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Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
There are two new versions of iPeng for iPhone (1.4.5) and iPeng for iPad (1.2.5) on the App Store now. The iPhone version this time is really very likely to be the last one including iOS 3 support and just fixes some connection issues and issues with broken characters in tags. If you are still on iOS 3, please get it, I plan to leave it available until end of the year. IPENG FOR IPAD 1.2.4 HAS SOME MINOR NEW FEATURES, TOO: * iPeng now show a HUD popup whenever you add a track to the current playlist or add a favorite so you now finally have a confirmation for the success of such an action * iPeng allows you to use it's internal browser to directly edit all the player and server settings that are only available through the server's web interface. The options to do this are in the the server settings menu (blue ">" next to the server name in the MultiPlayer screen, where you can also set WOL) and among the player settings (for each player). THERE ARE ALSO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BEHAVIOR * iPeng's startup behavior is now improved. It should more reliably connect to the player you were connected to the last time you used it, even when that player has since switched to another server; it will also follow while you are using it. This is especially important when using the Touch's internal server with certain music services (MOG, Last.fm, Spotify) where the player automatically switches to MySqueezebox.com; iPeng now follows. It alos works better in dynamic IP environments now when your server's IP address changes. * iPeng now allows you to directly paste the current track details to the comment field when posting to facebook. Facebook still doesn't allow auto-generated comments so this is a workaround. * You can now also share MOG links and with MOG and Spotify you can now also share Albums instead of tracks; with Spotify also playlists. Oh and Christmas Coolio is back ;) Have fun! More on iPeng on http://penguinlovesmusic.com -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Pippen, as part of your redesign, please consider the option to allow the YEAR tag to be displayed next to the album name - in album lists as well as Now Playing screens. I really miss not having the year visible. I'd really like a way to view additional metadata details about selected (and currently playing) track. Lyrics, what track number this is as part of the original album, etc. For Random Mixes, it would be excellent to remove the requirement to tap twice. After selecting the random mix, just start that mix, not present another screen. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - External Wired IR Blasters' (http://twistedmelon.com/shop/?show=bug1)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
mherger;666821 Wrote: > > I used this feature with http://bandcamp.com and it works great. > > Awesome in fact! > > Just in case... http://www.herger.net/Bandcamp > > -- > > Michael Ooh, great. I will install that! -- browellm Modwright Transporter >> Kondo M7 >>Red Wine Signature 70.2 >> Avantgarde Uno Nano http://www.last.fm/user/browellm browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
> I used this feature with http://bandcamp.com and it works great. > Awesome in fact! Just in case... http://www.herger.net/Bandcamp -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
pippin;652601 Wrote: > TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE > Please try this out and if you encounter web sites that work very well, > please let me know so I can extend the bookmark list I ship with iPeng > in the future. > Hi Pippin I used this feature with http://bandcamp.com and it works great. Awesome in fact! -- browellm Modwright Transporter >> Kondo M7 >>Red Wine Signature 70.2 >> Avantgarde Uno Nano http://www.last.fm/user/browellm browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
pippin;666588 Wrote: > Yes, as soon as I don't support iOS 3 anymore I'll probably add gestures > for skip (left/right swipe), volume (up/down) and artwork scale (pinch). Sounds good. I do hope that the volume can be locked at 100% so that the gestures don't affect it,if desired. This iPeng installation is going to be installed in a car, being served by a private mobile network. More details when it's finished. :) -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - External Wired IR Blasters' (http://twistedmelon.com/shop/?show=bug1)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
pippin;10 Wrote: > With the redesign probably yes. Before that probably not (only minor > updates before the redesign anyway...) Cheers, look forward to the redesign... -- JayLaFunk JayLaFunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
With the redesign probably yes. Before that probably not (only minor updates before the redesign anyway...) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
pippin;666588 Wrote: > Yes, as soon as I don't support iOS 3 anymore I'll probably add gestures > for skip (left/right swipe), volume (up/down) and artwork scale (pinch). Will next update include total playing time for playlists like you see for albums, made a ticket request for this in the past... -- JayLaFunk JayLaFunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Yes, as soon as I don't support iOS 3 anymore I'll probably add gestures for skip (left/right swipe), volume (up/down) and artwork scale (pinch). -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Any plans to update the landscape orientation in iPeng any time soon? Currently the Now Playing view doesn't offer nearly the same level of functionality as in portrait mode. Apart from a better layout that never obscures the artwork, it would also be nice to be able to skip tracks in this view. Hope it's coming, as I have some plans that would really make best use of the iPhone on its side. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - External Wired IR Blasters' (http://twistedmelon.com/shop/?show=bug1)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Now also the iPad version including the "playback behind lock screen" fix is rolling out on the App Store. It also has one nice new feature for iOS 5: It shows NowPlaying information, including Cover Art on the lock screen. You can also get volume/play/pause/skip/AirPlay control when double-tapping the home button. I like that, it's nice. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
There is a new iPeng update (iPhone version only) on the App Store now which fixes two issues: iOS 5: FIXED: playback stops when the code lock screen engages iOS 3: FIXED: Main player controls don't move out of the way when edit mode is being selected in MultiPlayer control. If you haven't done already, please also note my message about the upcoming discontinuation of iOS 3 support: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90988 -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
With this release iPeng is now fully iOS 5 compatible. The only thing that did not work in the version before was the Twitter Client but then, it's better if everything works, isn't it :) Along with the OS update there are a few more improvements and fixes: * Volume Control is now hopefully the way it's supposed to be: The volume keys should now control your active player whenever you do not use iPeng as a player and only your iThingy when you do. * The volume overlay should only show up when there is really volume to change. * Entering or leaving the App should not have any effect on your SB's volume * As an add-on, iPeng should now handle other Apps that play music in the background more gracefully and only stop their Audio when you actually play something in iPeng. * Improved startup behavior (again) which should avoid some lockup conditions on slow servers and improved artwork caching. * The Playlist-Bug is fixed. * Some Playback issues causing crashes when playing certain FLAC files should be solved. No new features, but if you happen to have a Google Music Beta account, give it a try with iPeng's browser under iOS 5, it works quite nicely although it's of course no native support and you can only play single tracks. Have fun! -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Thanks Pippin.. Hehe exactly... I don't :D And that's why I love iPeng :) -- terjehaa terjehaa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17451 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Well, that content is being provided by the server, not by iPeng. For some reason the WiMP App doesn't seem to provide these commands. It's something Logitech would have to change. BUT: what on earth do you NEED these commands for in iPeng??? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Hi Pippin, I have a strange behaviour in my playlist when playing from online service Wimp (Norway). When I have entries in my playlist from local lib or from i.e. Spotify, and I push'n-hold I get the context-menu where you can Remove from playlist, Play next, Play, Save to Favorites etc etc. All fine.BUT on entries in my playlist from Wimp I do not get these choices. The context menu which is popping up when I push'n hold a Wimp entry contains from top Lookup, Share this, Title:, Artist:, Album:, duration:, etc etc, Can you please explain what has happened? PS: The same problem appears in Squeezeplay also when pressing "A" to get the context menu. -- terjehaa terjehaa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17451 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Well, both functions are usually adding tracks. The only thing is that "Add next" got changed to "Play next" in a recent iPeng update meaning that it makes the player start playback if it's currently paused or off but it sill never deletes a playlist. You can turn this off in Settings->iPeng Settings. That it started playback with the second track is indeed a bug (happens with empty playlists) and will be fixed in the next update. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
ah yes that mustve been it. It had the >| on the top. i toggled it to + and now it just adds the entire album without playing , and when i press play it starts playing the first song. however, it seems that on my ipeng (Dutch) both >| and + are described as "alles toevoegen" witch means "add all". >| should be "volgende afspelen" (play next). cheers -- Hajaz Hajaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Interesting. Could you please check whether you are in "add next" mode
("|>|" in the header bar). In the normal "Add" mode it wouldn't be
expected to start playing at all and actually I believe that's indeed
an error in iPeng. This should only be an issue if your playlist is
empty, right?
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Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Ok om sorry, i should have been more specific. I play All my music from my local library, latest vortexbox with SBS 7.2.1. But, iirc ive had tuis problemen since begier this verdook of SBS and Ipeng. When i have an empty playlist, and i choose and album, it lists All the songs in that album, and on top i have the add all option. So when i press that it adds All the tracks to my playlist, in the correct order, but it immediately starts playing THE second song. This happens on both my iPhone and iPod touch. -- Hajaz Hajaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
If you say "add", how do you "add" it (Add next or Add to end?) and what's already in the playlist? Local library or online service (Spotify,...)? Which server version is this? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
hey Pippin, ive got a small issue witch has been annoying for quite a while; when i add an entire album it always starts playing the second song, skipping the first song for some reason. its nothing that a simple push of a button cant fix but ive got no idea what it keeps happening. could you offer me any insight? thanks in advance -- Hajaz Hajaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Hello Pippin, Thanks for the updates. Could you please make it a priority for the next version, that hitting the "volume -" control does not bring up the multiplayer control popup almost all the time? This is uberly frustrating imho, and I don't think I gave fat fingers or anything... I have absolutely no other concern with iPeng, it's a fantastic app and it completely renews the squeezebox (duet in my case) experience. Regards, -- Stéphane -- sg2 sg2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Oh, and if you use iOS 5 Google Music Beta gets quite usable :) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
iPeng 1.4.1/1.2.1 is out. It fixes some bugs and adds some minor improvements. Plus it adds some smaller features: BUG FIXES: Reconnect Bug. iPeng should no longer stall for 60s under certain conditions while trying to reconnect to the server when coming back from the background. The Volume HUD should no longer appear when iPeng is entered or left unless you use playback. The volume should no longer automatically change when entering iPeng iPeng should no longer stay active in the background for up to 10min when there is no data loading to be completed. NEW FEATURES: In iPengs browser you can now paste the current tracks details into entry fields. This can be used to post links to the current track to e.g. Google+ or Internet Forums. You can Power Off All players by holding the main power control. You can play all Favorites as a playlist. If long text gets clipped in tables (e.g. for Biographies) you can tap the text to get an extra view for the complete content. Twitter timeline now also shows retweets. THE SMALLER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE Delete command for the clipboard when the automatic "play URL from clipboard menu" comes up but also ignores a URL in the clipboard after the menu has been shown once until you do a "hard restart". There are also some improvements to the SoundCloud support especially for links to SoundCloud Triode's Spotify Plugin is fully supported again. Slideshows should now be shown in some more cases (although not as slide shows but as a list) except for the new ones in LMS. Have fun! -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
A pdf reader is always present on iOS but you'd need a way to get the files to the iPod. iPeng can't "see" your files, after all it's on a different machine. If some plugin or the server would provide a URL to a pdf file, iPeng would open it. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
Would it be possible for iPeng to access image and pdf files in a music folder on the server? -- Daverz Daverz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iPeng Update: More Music: SoundCloud, Aupeo, hypem.com... anyone?
iPeng 1.4 and iPeng for iPad 1.2 just hit the App Store. They complete the sharing and web capabilities that were gradually introduced since iPeng 1.x.4. MORE MUSIC SERVICES ANYONE? CREATE WEB APPS IN IPENG One of the features a Squeezebox is really good at is integration with online music sources. It supports Spotify, Pandora, Napster and a wealth of other services and even where there is no support from Logitech directly there are 3rd party plugins for things like BBC iPlayer and YouTube . However, the Squeezebox doesnt cover everything and there are other services it does NOT support, yet, like SoundCloud, The Hype Machine, Aupeo! and probably dozens to hundreds of others. Now, if these services offer an HTML-5 enabled web page (that is: they can play on your iPhone/iPad without a dedicated App) chances are that iPeng can somewhat help you with these. Its not a perfect replacement (see the limitations below) but its usually good for playing single tracks and its a great way to play all these links others might send you via mail, facebook, Twitter or Google+. THE BROWSER Already since iPeng 1.3.4/1.1.4 there were additional features allowing you access to e.g. facebook and Wikipedia through a browser and giving you a sharing feature for the music you are listening to. Now, weve extended these features to integrate a full-blown browser under Extras in iPeng, allowing you to set and manage bookmarks and to add these bookmarks as Web Apps to your My Apps list in iPeng. iPeng also now comes with a set of predefined bookmarks you can try. HOW IT WORKS Essentially what this does is it takes the music that the web page tries to play on the browser and sends it to the Squeezebox instead. Just search for Play buttons on the web site and try them out. If it works, you will get a context menu for Play, Add, Add Next and Save to Favorites. LIMITATIONS: WHAT IT CAN NOT DO Even though this often gives you a right-away access to services you have to be aware that from a Squeezebox point of view this is a bit of a kludge. It will NOT replace a fully integrated Squeezebox App or Plugin because your Squeezebox will still not understand about the service it is playing. It just gets a link from iPeng it should play and that usually works but other features may be difficult. In a lot of cases, you will only get Track (Meta-) information after the playback of a track has actually started. In no cases will you be able to search the services library from a playing track and a lot of services have limits on how long a stream is valid so you might not be able to do more than just a simple play of a track (e.g. for SoundCloud) or a track might only be valid for a few hours. An additional limitation is something youll see with a lot of Custom Radio type services like 8Tracks or Aupeo! These services play a track and when playback has ended, their web page will automatically start a new one. Now this doesnt work in iPeng because the web page is loaded in the browser while the music is actually playing on the Squeezebox so that the web page will never know when to play something new. In this case you will have to manually select a new track again. And then there are of course those services that require you to use their own App on iOS, no chance for these. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE Please try this out and if you encounter web sites that work very well, please let me know so I can extend the bookmark list I ship with iPeng in the future. And if you encounter sites that do not work but that you would like to use, please let me know, too, maybe there is a workaround we could builtd into iPeng; we were successful with such an approach for SoundCloud for example. SOME EXAMPLES AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Here are a few examples of services and the limitations they have SoundCloud: SoundCloud have two types of links you can use, streams and downloads although the mobile site we linked in iPeng usually only supports streams (and most of the content also doesnt have a download link). Download links are permanent but stream links will only be valid for a few seconds. This means you can NOT bookmark them and usually you also can not queue them up in a play list, you have to play them immediately. Aupeo!; Aupeo! is an example of a service that has customized stations you can play. Here, only the first track will play after you hit the button and if you want to add another one you have to skip and play again. Aupeo! links are valid for a few hours, though, so you can queue up a number of these links to play a whole station (unless you run into a skip limit). 8tracks: 8tracks has a special WebApp it uses on iOS by default. This WebApp takes full control over your browser window and does not allow you to play stuff on your Squeezebox but instead ask you to immediately play a file which is just silence. However, if you hit the 8tacks logo at the top of that page you can
