Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2010-01-24 Thread Justme
jtpowell;448042 Wrote: I've got an app for that pending approval right now. You can see the screenshots of it though here techadvantagenow.com/v1/products/SqueezeMobile.aspx I've been dogfooding it the last few weeks and it works well Wifi or 3G. I can control the player from the iPhone

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2010-01-24 Thread Justme
andrei_c;485160 Wrote: I am in the same boat as most posters in this thread, looking for a way to stream my 1TB collection wirelessly to the iPhone. I tried iPeng dance and Squeeze Mobile but unfortunately neither worked for me. Good attempts though. So I consider writing and publishing

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2010-01-23 Thread nathan_h
jtpowell;448747 Wrote: Simplify Media does have an iPhone client. I've already got a Squeeze Center though. The problem with Simplify is that is down rezes flac to below 200 kbps, otherwise it's not a bad solution -- though of course it's outside the Slim eco-system. (This downrezzing isn't

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-11-16 Thread jeremy
I'd pay $9.99 in a heartbeat for a reliable solution Jeremy -- jeremy jeremy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66511

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-11-13 Thread andrei_c
I am in the same boat as most posters in this thread, looking for a way to stream my 1TB collection wirelessly to the iPhone. I tried iPeng dance and Squeeze Mobile but unfortunately neither worked for me. Good attempts though. So I consider writing and publishing my own iPhone app which will

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-11-13 Thread sheppy124
Though not really a squeezebox solution, but I would like to see decent app for video as well as music, ooh if ipeng could stream my videos as well -- sheppy124 sheppy124's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-09-13 Thread Munge
I tried the tip from alex_london, and it’s a brilliant solution! Some comments: - sometimes Safari doesn’t start the playback, then I just click Done and try again - you need to have lame installed on the server - you might need to adjust player (i.e. for the iPod) Audio settings in SqueezeCenter

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-09-13 Thread jtpowell
Munge;457747 Wrote: I tried the tip from alex_london, and it’s a brilliant solution! Some comments: - sometimes Safari doesn’t start the playback, then I just click Done and try again - you need to have lame installed on the server - you might need to adjust player (i.e. for the iPod)

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-09-03 Thread jtpowell
pichonCalavera;452723 Wrote: I bought it, but it always crashes when trying to play the first song. And for the record I can play the stream.mp3 stream just fine from Winamp. Hoping an update fixes things. Sorry I haven't been checking this thread just the product announcement one. If you

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-29 Thread pichonCalavera
I bought it, but it always crashes when trying to play the first song. And for the record I can play the stream.mp3 stream just fine from Winamp. Hoping an update fixes things. -- pichonCalavera *rip* (eac) *convert* (flac) *tag* (musicbrainz/mp3tag) *normalize* (replaygain/foobar2000)

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-28 Thread mkt
I just bought the Squeeze Mobile app and it seems to work for me mostly as it should. No problems with flac or anything. Several crashes. Switching tracks often crashes it. One oddity/annoyance is that when I restart the app I have to select the SqueezeMobile player each time. Seems like it

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-25 Thread Andy8421
Just bought the app myself. Not got it going yet. Think the problem is stream format. Exposing my ignorance here, how can I set SC so that I send FLAC to all my squeeze boxes, but stream MP3 to the Squeeze Mobile? Thanks in advance. -- Andy8421

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-25 Thread andynormancx
Andy8421;451722 Wrote: Exposing my ignorance here, how can I set SC so that I send FLAC to all my squeeze boxes, but stream MP3 to the Squeeze Mobile? You shouldn't need to do anything, that should be what it does out-of-the-box. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes,

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-25 Thread DoomWolf
I got the app going again today, but it always seems to crash somewhere into the second track played. -- DoomWolf DoomWolf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8839 View this thread:

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-24 Thread DoomWolf
I've bought the app for my 2nd gen iPod Touch (OS 3.0). Initially it was great, streamed off SC no problem. Then it crashed and I haven't been able to get it going without doing nothing or crashing since. When it worked it was great and exactly what I'm hoping to see from iPeng soon. My

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread peber
pippin;450099 Wrote: Yes. You can set a password, though. Or use a VPN. Since I've tried to make VPN work with no luck and when using Google to find an instruction I get several ways of doing it although none seems to work... hmmm... So... anybody know how to set up VPN to reach my music

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread pippin
peber;450685 Wrote: Since I've tried to make VPN work with no luck and when using Google to find an instruction I get several ways of doing it although none seems to work... hmmm... So... anybody know how to set up VPN to reach my music either from a windows pc or from the iphone? My

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread andynormancx
pippin;450686 Wrote: Don't know about your router's capabilities, but for iPhone you need IPSec, which is unfortunately the most complex of VPN options. His router doesn't support VPN, so he'll need to use the Windows box as the end point. The iPhone doesn't only support IPSec, it also

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread pippin
andynormancx;450687 Wrote: it also supports PPTP and L2TP. Which are almost as insecure as using the SC password... But you are right, being based on a Microsoft hack they might be simpler to set up using Windows. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread peber
pippin;450710 Wrote: Which are almost as insecure as using the SC password... But you are right, being based on a Microsoft hack they might be simpler to set up using Windows. How insecure is the SC password? I do know the risks involved with opening ports to the outside but has SC itself

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread pippin
peber;450741 Wrote: How insecure is the SC password? I do know the risks involved with opening ports to the outside but has SC itself been hacked? Are there any known issues regardig SC such as buffer overflow problems or such? Nobody knows, which in itself is an insecurity. Logitech does

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread peber
pippin;450762 Wrote: Nobody knows, which in itself is an insecurity. Logitech does explicitly advice not to do this since it's not tested against security risks. OK, thanks! Then I will not do it, I promise! ;-) /Per -- peber

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-22 Thread jtpowell
For VPN I've got a DLINK DIR-330 it does IPSEC and PPTP and both work great WIFI/3G. I picked it up dirt cheap $50 off Ebay. The VPN server is built in no extra parts needed. VPN is definitely for advanced users. As for the security of SC that's not entirely unknown for starters it's open

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-20 Thread hunta
jtpowell;448042 Wrote: I've got an app for that pending approval right now. You can see the screenshots of it though here techadvantagenow.com/v1/products/SqueezeMobile.aspx I've been dogfooding it the last few weeks and it works well Wifi or 3G. I can control the player from the iPhone

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-20 Thread Sike
Would not opening port 9000 on the router allow the whole world to connect to your server? -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread:

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-20 Thread pippin
Sike;450090 Wrote: Would not opening port 9000 on the router allow the whole world to connect to your server? Yes. You can set a password, though. Or use a VPN. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-20 Thread jtpowell
hunta;450064 Wrote: Looks like this is up in the App Store, but I'm afraid I'm reticent at forking out £2.99 to see whether it works or not (especially when the only review to date is 1/5, not that I set much store by that). How about a limited-time reduced price / beta phase or something

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-20 Thread hunta
If it works as it should I agree! PM on its way. -- hunta hunta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66511

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-16 Thread sander
The holy grail for me in this realm would be the ability to download music from Squeezecenter entirely bypassing the need for it*nes. If the streaming functionality exists this should be doable. I'm unclear if the ipod can recognize/update the database on its own without syncing. -- sander

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-16 Thread jtpowell
It's technically possible but not quiet sure I'd want to go down that road. One it duplicates functionality which Apple doesn't seem to be too keen on. Second whoever develops that then has to manage a totally seperate sandboxed audio library on the device itself. Keeping the local and remote in

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread larsfloe
Trying out alex_london excellent idea, i was disappointed that it didn't work for me. I get the player as a new player whith I can choose in Ipeng, but nothing happens - no response to any buttons. now and then clicking sound from the Ipod?? Any ideas? -- larsfloe

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread larsfloe
Looks good - it doesn't say if you would be able to use your app as a receiver only leaving the control to another device i.e. the Ipeng or another remote? I would personally prefer the player bit to be as invisible and thin as possible. Btw. I couldtt find the app in the app-store - any release

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread larsfloe
jtpowell;448042 Wrote: I've got an app for that pending approval right now. You can see the screenshots of it though here techadvantagenow.com/v1/products/SqueezeMobile.aspx I've been dogfooding it the last few weeks and it works well Wifi or 3G. I can control the player from the iPhone

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread ismarketing
I use Simplify Media to stream my itunes library remotely. It works wonderfully and it's free. I'm fairly sure they make an iphone client. It's not Squeezecenter, but it is a great way to get your music anywhere if you use itunes. -- ismarketing

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread jtpowell
ismarketing;448672 Wrote: I use Simplify Media to stream my itunes library remotely. It works wonderfully and it's free. I'm fairly sure they make an iphone client. It's not Squeezecenter, but it is a great way to get your music anywhere if you use itunes. Simplify Media does have an

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-15 Thread jtpowell
larsfloe;448611 Wrote: Looks good - it doesn't say if you would be able to use your app as a receiver only leaving the control to another device i.e. the Ipeng or another remote? I would personally prefer the player bit to be as invisible and thin as possible. Btw. I couldtt find the app in

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-12 Thread DigitalMitch
tried the above instructions for Iphone 3.0.1, whilst playing FLAC files synchronously to 3 other players. Safari opened Quicktime and this was visible as a player from both iPeng on the same phone and my Controller. Both indicated the player was off and I couldn't control it into life. The

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-12 Thread DigitalMitch
Warning! I had a problem after this experiment. If the 'Mozilla from ...' player is left sync'd to other players (even when I'm sure I'd closed the quicktime player) then playing FLAC files results in the message problem: unable to play file type on the SB3 (but not on the controller) and no

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-12 Thread jtpowell
philippe_44;447175 Wrote: Hi - Is there any plan to have application to transform an iPod / iPhone transformed into a receiver ? I've read that porting Squeezeplay would be rather difficult, but what I had more in mind what a simple solution like SqueezeSlave. My use case is that I'd love to

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-11 Thread alex_london
Assuming you have iPeng, you can do this right now - first, use safari to browse to http://squeezeCenter IP:9000/stream.mp3. This will bring up a media player in safari. Now hit the home button, and from the springboard launch iPeng. You should see the player listed as Mozilla from iPhone

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-11 Thread pippin
alex_london;447547 Wrote: Assuming you have iPeng, you can do this right now - first, use safari to browse to http://squeezeCenter IP:9000/stream.mp3. This will bring up a media player in safari. iPhone 3.0? Wow. This did not work in 2.2, then iPhone was not able to play streams, only

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-11 Thread andynormancx
pippin;447567 Wrote: iPhone 3.0? Wow. This did not work in 2.2, then iPhone was not able to play streams, only files. It didn't work when I tried it on my iPhone with 3.0.1 -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !

[slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-09 Thread philippe_44
Hi - Is there any plan to have application to transform an iPod / iPhone transformed into a receiver ? I've read that porting Squeezeplay would be rather difficult, but what I had more in mind what a simple solution like SqueezeSlave. My use case is that I'd love to use some of my iPod portable

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-09 Thread kernel
There is an iphone/touch app called audioin (and a server program) which can stream all audio played on a pc/mac to the iphone. -- kernel kernel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14943 View this

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-09 Thread andynormancx
The developer of the iPeng app is hoping to add player functionality at some point. It makes much more sense to build it into iPeng than to have a separate receiver/player app. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !