Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
I confirm the radio buttons are fixed in newest release. What doesn't work: if menu option has 'grandparent' specified, it should go to levels back and refresh the menu, but it doesn't. In my case this option is a radio button :) -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Wow, that's a fast response. I just installed and it's a big improvement. Things I complained about before work now great. It's going to by my app of choice now. What I really like: - pause, next, prev from every screen! - multiline display for items with long strings (when browsing) - these little dots which tell me how deep in the tree structure I am when browsing the library (unfortunately small and not clickable) - I like that it's switching between two modes: now playing and browse. It's more intuitive than iPeng's approach in which you go from one to another. - plugins work - it remembers where I was while browsing music Issues quickly found are (most are minor): - my plugin works, but the icon for it is wrong (shows some two lights pointing to the stage) - in my plugin I can show a context menu for an item with add, play, insert etc. If I select Add it works correctly - adds to the playlist and closes the popup menu (goes to parent). If I choose Play however, it goes to another menu with just one item called Play. It seems to be SqueezeCommander addition. (But the action works at the end) - on players menu: in iPeng you can click on the song title (white text on dark blue bg) to activate the player. Actually I found this is the best way to do this, otherwise you never know if you hit something that makes some action, like volume control or player on/off. This doesn't work here. - am I the only one which dislikes the way you select the player in iPeng (and here?). This screen is maybe great for advanced control of all players at once or synchro, but for normal operation... Logitech app is way better here because selecting the player is easy and you always see your player name with big font. - if you are in the library, you have a button to go back ala iPeng. Not sure if it's really needed, since Android devices have hardware go back.. - loading any music library list in iPeng seems to be faster. I think it is because the UI makes it feel faster (animated icon) plus iPeng starts loading stuff before the menu starts sliding, not sure how it's here. (But I also restarted my server recently, it might be things are slower now, because not cached...) - everything is made the way high contrast + bold fonts, not sure if it's good for longer use :) - dots shown, when you can slide the screens, are small and not clickable. They are iPhone style, not Android style. Clicking them would actually come handy while browsing music. - sliding the screen to go one level higher in the tree, when browsing music, works, but is not really robust (AFAIR same applies to iPeng). - some polish strings are cutted from the first special polish character to the end. Not sure if it's translation issue or program. Some other work fine. (ó works ok, #322;, #347;, #263; etc. don't). - on this panel with play, prev, next it feels like sth is missing. Maybe becayse of getting used to iPeng, maybe because assymetry. How about adding some useful action there. About selecting the player. I think the player name should be shown always, with big letters, even if it takes space. Additionally I think, it should be always shown at the top of the screen, not the bottom, because this is where you always start and where you find most information. I cannot count how many times I started music on the wrong player with iPeng, because I didn't look at the bottom of the screen. Then, when you select the player, it should be just player names and nothing more, otherwise it's cluttered and confusing. Multi player control as it is now is great, but as an addition to the above. It might be my opinion only, but just try Logitech app and see how easy and great it is. Ok enough :) I also want to add that this is a great app as it is now and worth the money :) -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
bluegaspode;628825 Wrote: Hi azaz: the icon: is actually based on Android Guidelines for notification icons (http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_status_bar.html#icon1) I'm a bit reluctant to change that yet, as I don't know if any device has a dark grey background in the notification area. I can live with that :) the Logitech App: if you don't stop the Logitech App (i.e. leave it via the home button), it returns to the last menu where you left, even when started via SqueezePlayer. This works fine an all devices I tried. If you haven't been in the Logi-App for a long time, then maybe Android decided to remove the App from the background, so it will be restarted. Nothing I can do there - and that this App has a forced unnecessary splashscreen I cannot change :(. In my experience using SqueezeCommander is much more convenient, as it starts much faster. This is not much of an issue for me anymore, as SqueezeCommander just got a great update and is going to be my app of choice. But in case you want reports about it, this is how it works here. (I evaluated more). If Logitech app is initially started with SqueezePlayer it works as expected. Everytime I switch to it from SqueezePlayer, it is instant. If Logitech app is started separately by running the app from Android UI, then SqueezePlayer will not switch to it, but rather start another one. Moreover, every next time I try it, is starts another one (show the splash screen again). And now I'm in logitech app and try to quit it. It asks for confirmation, than quits and guess what, I have logitech app on screen again. I have to quit it as many times as I did start it before :) So I guess many instances are started, although built-in task manager shows always only one. I also tested the same with SqueezeCommander and here it seems to behave correctly in all cases. Cheers -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
mherger;628796 Wrote: I checked again and definitely nothing happens and nothing is logged here on my system. Also verified everything works fine usign SqueezePlay, iPeng and Radio. As I mentioned the code I've tested with already has a few fixes related to the context menus. It's not the same code you're running. You don't have an Android device to test with, do you? As I wrote, I test on Samsung Galaxy S. If your fixes are in the client code (the Controller App), then I maybe just wait until next version is out. -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Another problem: a context menu of my plugin shows a list of options to select, which are radio buttons. They are shown fine, but clicking on them doesn't do anything, while it should select an option and go to grandparent menu. Also, a context menu doesn't look any different than a normal menu, but this might be intended. -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
) (iPeng sais Usu#324; z listy odtwarzania) Odtwórz nast should probably say Odtwórz nast#281;pny (Play next) Poka - no idea what it means, maybe Poka#380; ok#322;adk#281; (Show cover/artwork) Wi - no idea, but it gives more informations (Wi#281;cej or Wi#281;cej informacji?) Then if you go to this Wi: Szybko - Szybko#347;#263; transmisji danych (bitrate) Cz - Cz#281;stotliwo#347;#263; próbkowania (Sampling Frequency) D - D#322;ugo#347;#263; pliku (file size) Wy - Wy#347;wietl znaczniki (show tags) Any ideas? In the previous version, there was also a Clear Playlist icon, but that is pretty useless and hence I've moved it to the Playlist Edit mode. :-) Actually it would be great to always see repeat and shuffle buttons, but this is one item too much. -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
I looked for some space and this is what I came with. The UI is not right, because top part should look different, and be more visualy separated from the song title, but I found some space :) This is now playing screen with assumption, that play-rev-ff-panel is always visible on this screen. Other screens are less problematic, because they don't need fixed squared space for artwork. Personally I would make play-ref-ff-panel slide out of the bottom of the screen on other screens. So if the panel is hidden, there would be some small indication at the bottom telling you can slide something out. The height of this thing which I added at the top is exactly the height of what I cutted out at the bottom. Update: just found the dots are missing... +---+ |Filename: ui_redesigned.zip| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11798| +---+ -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
I've just bought this app day or two ago, as I've just bought my first Android phone. Using it is easy as I'm used to iPeng and it's very similar to it. Of course I would prefer some easy selection of the active player, but same applies to iPeng :) However the application is for me useless, because: 1. No plugins. I have my own plugin to browse music and it doesn't even appear in menus. 2. Even if plugins would work, every time I go to the music library, i land on the root menu and have to select everything again from the beginning. Just wondering, if I'm missing something or these simply aren't supported? Hard to believe problem no 2 is just made this way. Checked all the settings etc. Using Logitech app for now, but it starts too long.. (but I love that you can easily select the player!) Also, it very often shows loading at the playlist with no reason.. -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
Works mostly fine here - Samsung Galaxy S (i9000). But scrolling is not smooth at all, that's obviously first thing to improve. It feels way under performanced. (Hopefully you have some better solution than just waiting until devices get faster). The UI very similar to the Touch works great. One thing doesn't work. I have a plugin which is in Music Library and browses music, and seems to work. However holding finger on an item to show context menu doesn't - it just doesn't react. It does work on Radio, Touch, SqueezePlay, iPeng. Unfortunately the plugin is my unreleased work, so you cannot reproduce it, but is it any different on Controller App how it handles context menus, or any hacks made there? -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
Works here on Samsung Galaxy S. Issues: - the playback icon doesn't blend into background - you can see the square behind. - didn't find the server, had to enter IP manually. - it has an icon to go to Logitech Controller. This works, but it's like the Controller is always starting new - it shows free your music and takes time to start, even if it was already running. When starting by simply running the app, and if it was running before, it takes you instantly to the now playing screen without waiting. Playback seems to be stable and it is a great app! -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
mherger;628722 Wrote: Well, you could provide me with your code :-). I actually already have a bunch of fixes related to context menus in the latest code. I'd like to get 1.1.2 out asap. So this would be a good time to see why your plugin fails. Can do. But the plugin has its own database, which is stored in SB MySQL database in another set of tables. Database is needed to run it. Is it OK if I ZIP the whole database folder (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Squeezebox\Cache on my system) and send it? It's big but I can use some web service for transferring big files. I'm more afraid if the files will directly work on other OS (dunno what you're using). Also, what email addr? -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
mherger;628733 Wrote: Can do. But the plugin has its own database, which is stored in SB MySQL database in another set of tables. Database is needed to run it. Is it OK if I ZIP the whole database folder (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Squeezebox\Cache on my system) and send it? The code would be more important than the DB. Could you please enable debugging for network.jsonrpc and network.comet, trigger the action that wouldn't work, then post that log snippet from server.log? This is the command-line I used: squeezesvr --debug network.jsonrpc=DEBUG,network.comet=DEBUG hopefully it's correct. Attached is the snippet with logs when the menu with items is requested. This is right after starting my plugin. Then I try to get context menu for any of the items by holding finger on it. After a second the item background (green) blinks and nothing happens. And nothing is generated in the log files for this event. It seems the client doesn't send anything to the server, like it doesn't recognize the 'more' action at all. +---+ |Filename: for_mherger.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11792| +---+ -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
mherger;628757 Wrote:
Just gave it a try, rendering your data as my menu. It showed up, and
upon
touch'n'hold it would open a context menu. Here's the request that was
sent to the server:
{id:1,method:slim.request,params:[00:04:20:1e:01:9e,[klara,contextmenu,0,99,canPlay:,isContextMenu:1,parentContext:,context:Composer=25,menu:menu_klara,useContextMenu:1]]}
I'd assume that's what you'd expect to happen? Your parentContext and
context parameters look odd though.
Thanks for trying it out. Yes, this is what should happen. The
parameters are OK.
I checked again and definitely nothing happens and nothing is logged
here on my system. Also verified everything works fine usign
SqueezePlay, iPeng and Radio.
However, using iPend or SqueezePlay, nothing goes to the logs. I can
see my plugin logging stuff while it's building the menus, but nothing
is reported from JSON or SBS.
Why is that?
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Re: [slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
azaz44;545647 Wrote: I'll try it with ipod 32GB, hopefully it's working fine for me. I did what I wrote. I hopefully got the right iPod, still wondering because of all this mess with different generations it is somewhat hard to figure out. And the iPeng.. is absolutely great. I only browse by folders and it works like a charm. Folders load fast, scrolling is great. I love the way everything is printed with smaller or bigger letters. I absolutely love the fact, that you can go to now playing, and then back to browse and it's still in the folder where you were before (not like in SB or Boom). Would love it even more if it would stay this way when the app is restarted. Great help for classical music fans. I have a feeling I have now access to far more of my music, which before I was unable to find or navigate to without going to a PC first (I use boom and SB3). It has some issues, like the artwork displayed randomly, or it crashes if I go to favourites, but I don't need these things (well, artwork would be not bad). It also doesn't show play all or add all if a folder has subfolders, which I don't understand (SC web interface does show them), but maybe that changes in future. Great app! PS. Anyone knows how to get rid of this iPod Unlock screen, when you switch it off and the on again? -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
pippin;547418 Wrote: If you bought a new one with 32GB it's a 3G. Then it's OK. I've seen a lot of 5th gen, but it must be some mistake. What does randomly mean? Does it show wrong artwork or none at all for some tracks? Is what is shown different from what the Web Interface shows? Which server version do you use? With 7.4 and 7.5 there's an issue that artwork in folders that become scanned not by rescanning the library but by browsing to the folder are being cached wrongly by the server which means they don't show in iPeng. You can fix this only by doing a clear and rescan on the server, there's nothing iPeng can do about this. So far it either shows correct artwork or none at all. Typically if you start playing, it shows. Then with next tracks or restart (same folder still playing) it doesn't. If you want I can make some checks, so far I only use it for one day. But I use older SC - 7.3.3, there were so many complaints about 7.4 that it was first time I didn't just update... I also have to say I disabled any scanning on the SC server long time ago, as I don't use TAGS at all. Still it was showing artwork even for album I just placed at the server yesterday (for the first track). Now THAT one is more of a concern to me, that should not be. I only know about three reproducible crash scenarios so far and this one should not be one of them. Could you send me a list of your favorites as shown by the web interface to coolio att penguinlovesmusic dott com? Looking there I found some strange entry which I cannot play, maybe that's a reason. I'll send the email. That's because it only does this for items it can handle as a playlist. You can still play the whole folder if you do a hold gesture on the folder itself (from the containing folder). This is what I do now. Honestly this is something I would like to have changed. There is no way. Ouch. I guess configuring it in a way that it automatically turns on when you pick it up (ala the controller) is a dream as well. Still I have to say I love bot the iPod and iPeng. -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
Hi there Which ipod touch for controlling the players? I don't need games and others, so I thought about 8 GB version. But 32 and 64 have better performance and I wonder if it makes any difference when using iPeng? I like if everything works immediately without delays. Cheers -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
I'll try it with ipod 32GB, hopefully it's working fine for me. Thanks for the answers and Cheers -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
Too bad for me, I think I'll not be able to avoid the games if I buy 32GB version :) Another quick one - I use Browes - music folder 100% of the time. Is iPeng supporting it well? -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod + iPeng, which iPod?
Hmm, I got confused. My library is a lot of files, organized in folders, which are nested. It happens sometimes there is a folder with tracks and other folders inside. This is because it's classical music and any tagging doesn't really work. Will this work then for me? What I want is browsing the collection and be able to play or add on any item - folder or file. Just like in SC. I don't need cover art that much (although would be nice), and don't need any album behaviour. I have SC configured in a way it plays a single track only, if I play/add on a track. I'm just one step from buying an ipod, I really hope the answer is yes :) Cheers -- azaz44 azaz44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78531 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
