robroe;371452 Wrote:
I'm not sure whether I have understood this correctly, but this would be
iPeng connecting to Squeezecenter, pulling down/streaming the actual
FLAC file and decoding it on the iPod, rather than doing transcoding on
the server?
If it is the first would Apple allow a
There is at least one iPhone app that decodes flac and ogg, see FStream
on the app store.
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Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ?
I SAID ALL OF THEM !
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andynormancx;370841 Wrote:
The new native iPeng shouldn't have this restriction, though of course
it will have to provide its own flac decoder so it can play back flac
files.
I'm not sure whether I have understood this correctly, but this would
be iPeng connecting to Squeezecenter, pulling
pippin;370718 Wrote:
iPeng 1.0.x and Squidgy are iPhone (and iPod touch) applications
available through the App Store. Both currently only work as a remote
control. As a remote control, both of course have no trouble with
flac.
The (older, free) iPeng 0.5.3 is a PLUGIN for SqueezeCenter,
morsejeff;370838 Wrote:
I understand that they are applications and only operate as the remote
control. What I don't understand is how iTunes comes into play, since
I don't currently have an iPod and have not used iTunes for a few
years. But as I thought about this more after I posted last
pippin;370850 Wrote:
I'm not 100% convinced that the audio quality of the iPod is good enough
to make a difference vs. transcoded streams, but we'll find out.
You may be right, but many of us have all (or mostly all) of our music
encoded in FLAC.
Thanks for clarifying. After about a week of
pippin;370850 Wrote:
I'm not 100% convinced that the audio quality of the iPod is good enough
to make a difference vs. transcoded streams, but we'll find out.
You may be right, but many of us have all (or mostly all) of our music
encoded in FLAC.
Thanks for clarifying. After about a week of
morsejeff;370887 Wrote:
You may be right, but many of us have all (or mostly all) of our music
encoded in FLAC.
I know, but SqueezeCenter is able to transcode that. So if it doesn't
make any difference, quality wise, you can get away with less
bandwidth, more buffering and hence longer
morsejeff;370838 Wrote:
I understand that they are applications and only operate as the remote
control. What I don't understand is how iTunes comes into play, since
I don't currently have an iPod and have not used iTunes for a few
years. But as I thought about this more after I posted last
I went and picked up a 16GB iPod Touch today and when I got it home I
realized that it was a 1st generation Touch. I should have realized it
when the price rang up for less than I expected.
Anyway, will the iPeng and/or Squidgy application work on the 1st
generation, or do I need the 2nd
morsejeff;371222 Wrote:
I went and picked up a 16GB iPod Touch today and when I got it home I
realized that it was a 1st generation Touch. I should have realized it
when the price rang up for less than I expected.
Anyway, will the iPeng and/or Squidgy application work on the 1st
Well, I'm already leaning towards the 2nd generation because it's a
hassle to turn the volume down while listening to music.
Anyway, I'd like to try your application before I decide whether to
return the Touch or not, but I don't want to have to purchase it twice.
Can I transfer iPeng from
morsejeff;371288 Wrote:
Well, I'm already leaning towards the 2nd generation because it's a
hassle to turn the volume down while listening to music.
Anyway, I'd like to try your application before I decide whether to
return the Touch or not, but I don't want to have to purchase it twice.
One more questionIf I use the iPod Touch and the iPeng or Squidgy
plugins are there any compatibility issues with my music files that are
encoded in FLAC format?
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morsejeff;370646 Wrote:
One more questionIf I use the iPod Touch and the iPeng or Squidgy
plugins are there any compatibility issues with my music files that are
encoded in FLAC format?
iPeng 1.0.x and Squidgy are iPhone (and iPod touch) applications
available through the App Store. Both
Another questionIf I purchase the Duet (w/out the controller) will I
be able to do the initial setup of the receiver using an iTouch and
iPeng or Squidgy? Or will I have to use the method listed in the
following link?
morsejeff;366726 Wrote:
Another questionIf I purchase the Duet (w/out the controller) will I
be able to do the initial setup of the receiver using an iTouch and
iPeng or Squidgy? Or will I have to use the method listed in the
following link?
morsejeff;366726 Wrote:
Another questionIf I purchase the Duet (w/out the controller) will I
be able to do the initial setup of the receiver using an iTouch and
iPeng or Squidgy? Or will I have to use the method listed in the
following link?
Question...I understand that you can use the iTouch/iPhone as a
controller for Squeezecenter, but can you use it as player. In other
words, can I use iPeng or Squidgy to stream music and listen through
the headphone jack of the iTouch/iPhone? The reason I'm asking is I
understand as of
Currently, the IPeng iphone app does NOT allow playing through the
iphone headphone jack. Not sure if this is planned. I can say that as a
controller, I've very much enjoyed using the IPeng app on my iphone.
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my 2 cents-
there's one thing that makes it a no-brainer for me: Does the
controller have other applications on it? Can you surf the web, check
e-mail, play videos etc.? the multi-use functioning of the itouch made
it an easy decision for me over the controller.
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garym;366345 Wrote:
Currently, the IPeng iphone app does NOT allow playing through the
iphone headphone jack. Not sure if this is planned. I can say that as a
controller, I've very much enjoyed using the IPeng app on my iphone.
Playback is definitely on the roadmap, but I cannot give a firm
pippin;366432 Wrote:
Playback is definitely on the roadmap, but I cannot give a firm date for
it.
Good to hear!
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exile;366408 Wrote:
my 2 cents-
there's one thing that makes it a no-brainer for me: Does the
controller have other applications on it? Can you surf the web, check
e-mail, play videos etc.? the multi-use functioning of the itouch made
it an easy decision for me over the controller.
Good
Thanks again for alle the comments. Yesterday I bought an iPod touch 8GB
and the iPeng native application. And I must say - this is exactly what
I have been looking for:
- the responsiveness is superb, very fast and it seems also very stable
(not yet loosing network connection or crashing)
-
OK, you use custom browse.
Yep. But as to the speed part, the Controller is in my experience far
more consistent in speed and smoothness of presenting menus etc. Both
Squidgy and iPeng seem to 'halt' processing of touches of the UI for
intervals as if blocked awaiting server interaction.
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amcluesent;364314 Wrote:
OK, you use custom browse.
Yep. But as to the speed part, the Controller is in my experience far
more consistent in speed and smoothness of presenting menus etc. Both
Squidgy and iPeng seem to 'halt' processing of touches of the UI for
intervals as if blocked
The Controller is superior to iPeng and Squidgy IMHO.
Usability, speed and customisation need for classical collections are
superior at the moment. Not to say that the apps can't/won't improve.
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amcluesent;363853 Wrote:
The Controller is superior to iPeng and Squidgy IMHO.
Usability, speed and customisation need for classical collections are
superior at the moment. Not to say that the apps can't/won't improve.
Can you elaborate?
Especially on usability and speed?
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pippin;363863 Wrote:
Can you elaborate?
Especially on usability and speed?
First NOTE: I do not have a controller so can not compare usability or
speed.
However I have iPeng and can not see how the controller could be any
faster, even if it was not sure that would really matter because iPeng
pippin;363576 Wrote:
Ah, sorry, misunderstood that.
I might have misunderstood that the OP was referring to the general use
of iTouch, rather than to the use of native applications on it. In which
case sorry for the confusion.
k
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amcluesent;363853 Wrote:
Usability, speed and customisation need for classical collections are
superior at the moment. Not to say that the apps can't/won't improve.
I think he might be thinking along the same lines as I am in what I
posted on the other thread about Classical collections.
These are always the most difficult types of things to handle.
Yep, on the Controller I have CustomBrowse menus for -
Artists, filtered to by genres to exclude my 'classical' genres
Albums, filtered as above
Composers, then albums listed by album name
Genres, then albums listed by album name
amcluesent;364120 Wrote:
These are always the most difficult types of things to handle.
Yep, on the Controller I have CustomBrowse menus for -
Artists, filtered to by genres to exclude my 'classical' genres
Albums, filtered as above
Composers, then albums listed by album name
Genres,
I have been debating the usage of my controller v. iPhone recently.
I have a Duet as the main system in the living room, I've recently
purchased a boom which I plan to use in the Bedroom mainly (the boom is
in the post)
I've downloaded the Squidgy app and plan to purchase the other two apps
to
I'm pretty sure that player on the squeezenetwork can be web controlled,
so iTouch should be able to do it.
K
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUP07DVq9E
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8
slimkid;363502 Wrote:
I'm pretty sure that player on the squeezenetwork can be web controlled,
so iTouch should be able to do it.
K
No, it can only be web controlled through SN.
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pippin;363506 Wrote:
No, it can only be web controlled through SN.
That's what I'm saying. One can control SN playback through iTouch. All
it takes is to log on to one's account on SN using Safari.
K
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slimkid;363558 Wrote:
That's what I'm saying. One can control SN playback through iTouch. All
it takes is to log on to one's account on SN using Safari.
K
Ah, sorry, misunderstood that.
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jazztime;362695 Wrote:
I'm planning to buy some remote solution for my one Transporter and two
Squeezeboxes setup. But I'm uncertain if I should buy the Controller or
a iPod touch (or Iphone) with some of the iPeng, iSqueeze/Squeemote,
Squidgy software.
I would definitely bet on an ipod
Thank you for all the good comments, suggestions and recomendations!
What is most imortant to me is:
- Stability and responsiveness. Some reports that the controller often
loose network. Is this an issue with iTouch? On the other hand some
reports, that native iTouch solutions some times
jazztime;362695 Wrote:
I'm planning to buy some remote solution for my one Transporter and two
Squeezeboxes setup. But I'm uncertain if I should buy the Controller or
a iPod touch (or Iphone) with some of the iPeng, iSqueeze/Squeemote,
Squidgy software. The Controller i 370$ and the iPod
mattybain;362699 Wrote:
$370 for 1 controller, are you sure? that sounds very expensive, I
didn't pay that much for my Duet here in the UK.
I have 2 controllers and 1 iPhone and have been on the beta test for
iSqueeze (Squeemote).
To be honest I have been frustrated with the
Only Squidgy is publicly available; I doubt the beta-testers for the
other apps will comment until released on the AppStore.
As of now, I find the Controller with CustomeBrowse a much more viable
proposition.
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I'm planning to buy some remote solution for my one Transporter and two
Squeezeboxes setup. But I'm uncertain if I should buy the Controller or
a iPod touch (or Iphone) with some of the iPeng, iSqueeze/Squeemote,
Squidgy software. The Controller i 370$ and the iPod touch (8gb) is
270$ (I'm in
Quoting jazztime ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I'm planning to buy some remote solution for my one Transporter and two
Squeezeboxes setup. But I'm uncertain if I should buy the Controller or
a iPod touch (or Iphone) with some of the iPeng, iSqueeze/Squeemote,
Squidgy software. The Controller i 370$
ddewey;362766 Wrote:
I spent a large chunk of time listening yesterday while working on some
computer issues, with both my iPhone and Controller next to me. Every
time, it was more convenient to pick up the Controller to make
a quick change to what was playing - fast forward, check the song
You are right, it depends on what you want to do.
The controller is better for quickly making simple changes (pause,
skip) while the iPhone apps are better for browsing and selecting
content and managing your playlist.
At least iPeng is much, much better as soon as you need to control more
than
pippin;362803 Wrote:
The controller is better for quickly making simple changes (pause, skip)
Why is that? Because of the dedicated buttons? Couldn't this be
addressed in the iApplication by having a quickly accessible screen
with a similar set of control buttons? And maybe an option to use
JJZolx;362818 Wrote:
Why is that? Because of the dedicated buttons? Couldn't this be
addressed in the iApplication by having a quickly accessible screen
with a similar set of control buttons? And maybe an option to use this
screen as a screensaver, so that when the iPhone/Touch is sitting
I'm finding the iPod Touchscreen perfect for browsing through albums
artists.
If you had a small music library then the scroll wheel on the SBC would
be OK but it is unusable with a large collection - we went back to the
standard remote with it's number/alpha keys just because of this.
Having
I took my iPod controller on holiday, watched a couple of films on the
plane, listened to my song collection on the rented house's music
centre, hooked onto a free WiFi connection at a local coffee bar and
then listened to some more songs on the flight back. Got home and sat
down, selected one of
Lesu;362876 Wrote:
I took my iPod controller on holiday, watched a couple of films on the
plane, listened to my song collection on the rented house's music
centre, hooked onto a free WiFi connection at a local coffee bar and
then listened to some more songs on the flight back. Got home and
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