As promised, I tried the combination of Squeeze CTRL & SB Player, and
this is exactly what I was looking for. Not only does this "duck" into
the background for notifications from other apps on the phone, it also
pauses the music on TMC messages from the car radio. To top it all off,
it even sends
Borrow an iPhone and install iPeng + player. Based on how it interacts
with the phone and other audio apps I think it may "just work".
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OK this is really not going to answer your immediate problem but an
alternative to taking your full music library out on the road could be
Google Music.
You get to upload the whole library for free and can access it from your
phone.
I actually used a chromecast audio in this way connected to
I totally understand your point of view :-) I'll try again using both
your apps, as they might very well solve the issue ...
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bakker_be wrote:
> I tried Squeezer as a control app, but it doesn't even want to connect
> to LMS that way, and Squeeze Ctrl sees LMS, but for some strange reason
> didn't see Squeezeplayer ...
That's strange since control apps to not connect to players directly.
They "see" the players that
wt0 wrote:
> Yes, it really should be handled by the player.
>
> As I see it, you have two options:
>
> 1) Run a player app on your phone and send the audio through bluetooth.
>
> 2) Get a cheap android device and turn it into a dedicated squeezebox
> player for your car. Since you'll need
bakker_be wrote:
> So, in your opinion, this should really be handled in the player app?
> Man, this is getting complicated :p
Yes, it really should be handled by the player.
As I see it, you have two options:
1) Run a player app on your phone and send the audio through bluetooth.
2) Get a
wt0 wrote:
> The problem is, that behavior requires the app to use Android's audio
> system, telling the system that it wants to have focus for audio
> playback, and listening to changes in audio focus. Since Squeeze Ctrl is
> not really an audio app, it doesn't need to do any of those things.
bakker_be wrote:
> They are indeed. Most music apps don't really mute/pause for these, but
> they do get priority, while the music continues playing more silently in
> the background ...
The problem is, that behavior requires the app to use Android's audio
system, telling the system that it
wt0 wrote:
> To do use Bluetooth controls, go to Settings > Controls and enable "Use
> Media Buttons".
>
> I assume that traffic warnings are notifications on the phone? Squeeze
> Ctrl can pause/mute for a phone call but not notifications.
They are indeed. Most music apps don't really
CypherMK wrote:
> I like that app a lot more than orange squeeze.
To do use Bluetooth controls, go to Settings > Controls and enable "Use
Media Buttons".
I assume that traffic warnings are notifications on the phone? Squeeze
Ctrl can pause/mute for a phone call but not notifications.
I like that app a lot more than orange squeeze.
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CypherMK wrote:
> So, to put it simple. You want your car radio to control LMS.
> I did try this some time ago and it should work if I remember correctly.
> I use squeeze CTRL and squeezeplayer. Both are setup to connect to my
> server through the internet using my 'real' ip address.
> I could
So, to put it simple. You want your car radio to control LMS.
I did try this some time ago and it should work if I remember correctly.
I use squeeze CTRL and squeezeplayer. Both are setup to connect to my
server through the internet using my 'real' ip address.
I could try this again next week,
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