Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
Aesculus;603706 Wrote: So now you are touching the second benefit, the first being the ability to tie the functions of the player with the funtions of the AVR. The secondary benefit is to use a common UI to control all aspects of playing music (music selection, player control and sound reproduction). For that I feel the best solution is a combination of using an iOS device (iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad) and the iPeng application along with this plugin. With this solution you only see one interface (iPeng) and everything in the solution responds to the user from that single interface. You can get more info about iPeng from the Apple App Store or this url: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/ See how the plugin uses iPeng here: http://code.google.com/p/denonavpcontrol/wiki/HowToUse No remote solution can accomplish what this solution does. I am not aware of any equivelant solution from any vendor (ie SONOS) that is as complete. Note you might want to consider adding another player to your system that is hooked up to your AVR. The SB Receiver was the best choice if you were going to use an iOS device but they seem to be in limited supply. The SB Touch is probably the best device with todays availability although you may really never use the UI. We still like to use the Touch because with this solution you can glace at the Touch display to see song/status and don't have to pick up the iOS device and probably enter pw to get access to the screen etc. The SB Touch also has the highest bandwidth of the current SB Players for higher bitrate content you may aquire. Thanks again Chris. Yeah, I have considered adding a dedicated box to my home theater. I just have a hard time justifying the cost because I can accomplish most of what I want to do with software running on my media server in conjunction with my various clients in the house (directv receiver, ps3 and denon). I may end up just moving my squeeze radio to where the denon is after all. If nothing else this plugin would come in handy when we're streaming music to the pool and want to change the station via the iphone. Thanks again! -- muchgooder muchgooder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
Aesculus;603522 Wrote: No. Just networked. But the AVR will not respond to a power on unless you turn off power saver mode. Your audio is streamed to the AVR via a SPDIF (cable or fiber) connection. The SBS does not support DNLA or some networked streaming. I added this statement to the plugin pages since it was not obvious. This plugin assumes that your Squeezebox player is connected to the AVP/AVR via a SPDIF connection to one of the Denon audio ports and that you have confirmed that audio can be heard from the player through the Denon to your speakers. Ah, thanks much - that is what I was missing. I have my squeeze in the kitchen and the denon is 30 feet away in a large room so we had hoped to be able to stream from one to the other. This seems like a fantastic plugin. Since I have a harmony universal remote, is there any advantage to using this plugin in lieu of setting up a new activity that would control both the squeeze and the denon? -- muchgooder muchgooder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
Please forgive me for asking a few noob questions but I'm a bit lost with this plugin. I have an AVR-4306 that is networked with a static IP and the latest firmware updates. I've installed the plugin and configured it via the area in the web config (I made sure to enable web audio as per a previous post). What exactly should I see now? People have alluded to seeing a new player on the squeezebox? Is this plugin supposed to stream what I hear on the Squeezebox to my Denon? I know that it is partially working as it will in fact turn off my Denon but it won't turn it on. Also, if it is supposed to stream what input do I need it to be on? I did a search on the pdf manual and saw no mention of quick select. thank you very much in advance! -- muchgooder muchgooder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
Aesculus;603503 Wrote: I think you are confusing two plugins. Are you using DenonAVPControl or the DenonSerial plugin from Peter? There is no PDF with DenonAVPControl and everything is found on this wiki http://code.google.com/p/denonavpcontrol/w/list Thank you for your response. Yes, I've been to that site before and didn't find the answers that I'm looking for. What exactly does that plugin do? Does it just turn the Denon on and off and adjust the volume? That's the part that I'm missing. I referenced the pdf because a previous post said to look at the Denon manual to find answers on the quick select feature of some Denons. -- muchgooder muchgooder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Denon AVP Control Plugin
Aesculus;603513 Wrote: OK. Basically the plugin manages the AVR when you do various functions on the SB player. For example if you turn on the player it will turn on the AVR and if you adjust the volume on the player it really adjusts the AVR instead. Here is the tricks you may not have grasped. 1. On your AVR you need to go to the network settings and turn off power saver mode. That was what the prior poster mentioned in the PDF reading. If this is turned on you cannot turn on the AVR by the plugin. 2. Set your player to 100% volume if you want to bypass the analog to digital conversion. The AVR will do it all. Thanks again Chris. The one thing that I mentioned in my original post is how this is supposed to tie together. Does this assume that the Squeeze is physically connected to the AVR and not just networked? I'm still missing how the audio is streamed to my AVR. Also, what player am I supposed to set to 100%? Once again, sorry for the basic questions. -- muchgooder muchgooder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40100 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
