So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four
years now, no problem at all...
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Zombie wrote:
So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four
years now, no problem at all...
My main complaint with the Controller is the lack of a text based
search. While scrolling is okay for limited collections, for large
collections nothing is faster than a good
sportflyer wrote:
New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and
control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small
from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so
the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks
My
Zombie wrote:
So what's wrong with the Controller, then? Have used mine for some four
years now, no problem at all...
It's a relatively expensive single-purpose device. Compare this with an
iPod touch which can do LOTS of things, including serve as a superior
Squeezebox remote. Other
azinck3 wrote:
It's a relatively expensive single-purpose device. Compare this with an
iPod touch which can do LOTS of things, including serve as a superior
Squeezebox remote. Other negatives:
1) It's quite slow/sluggish
2) Abysmal battery life. You have to replace the battery on these
garym wrote:
My wife likes and uses the Controller. But she's a very limited user.
She picks it up from the cradle on the kitchen counter and turns the
system ON and chooses either an internet radio station (stored as a
favorite) or clicks on one of many Random Play Dynamic playlists for
krzys wrote:
My way:
nowpalying plugin for LMS , from these forums dispalyed on a 17 inches
monitor installed on the hi fi rack. Nice full screen display and I
control the Touch with the original remote. Screen on the touch is
disabled/off.
It looks like this : 13922
Chris
I have a
sportflyer wrote:
I have a spare monitor, how do you get it to display Touch screen ? TKs
Connect monitor to a computer running one of the SB software players
and/or running LMS server.
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sportflyer wrote:
I have a spare monitor, how do you get it to display Touch screen ? TKs
If you want to use the nowpalying plugin as I do, you have to connect
the monitor to a computer and set the plugin . I use the second video
connection on my video card and a 15 feet vga cable. See this
krzys wrote:
If you want to use the nowpalying plugin as I do, you have to connect
the monitor to a computer and set the plugin . I use the second video
connection on my video card and a 15 feet vga cable. See this tread:
I will be buying a Tablet soon. So I will wait till then . Tks
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Get a Duet Controller
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Zombie wrote:
Get a Duet Controller
I would not advise doing this. Personally, I find the Duet Controller
the very worst piece of squeezebox-related hardware ever produced. But
putting my biases aside, if you're going to buy a dedicated controller
you're far better off with a used iPod Touch
sportflyer wrote:
Yes, both Squeezeplay and LMS web interface works on my old Toshiba
Laptop. Tks
I would like to try the Moose but the setup procedure seems a bit
complicated for a non network person like me .
If you are happy with Squeezeplay and the LMS web interface than don't
bother
ralphpnj wrote:
If you are happy with Squeezeplay and the LMS web interface than don't
bother with Moose. I use (and love) Moose because I have a very large
music library and once Moose is properly set up and running it is much,
much, much faster than using SBS/LMS to find any given piece of
Yes, both Squeezeplay and LMS web interface works on my old Toshiba
Laptop. Tks
I would like to try the Moose but the setup procedure seems a bit
complicated for a non network person like me .
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and in case you haven't found it, squeezeplay is here:
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/
And as an extra, in addition to using squeezeplay to control your touch,
SqueezePlay also turns the computer running it into a Player as well.
(You just have to choose player and choose the
If you do choose to use a laptop/notebook/etc to control your Touch you
can access the LMS Web Control on your main PC from the laptop by
pointing your laptop browser at: http://999.999.999.999:9000/ where
999.999.999.999 is the IP address of your main PC that runs LMS.
Substitute your own IP
garym wrote:
and in case you haven't found it, squeezeplay is here:
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/
And as an extra, in addition to using squeezeplay to control your touch,
SqueezePlay also turns the computer running it into a Player as well.
(You just have to choose player
JohnB wrote:
If you do choose to use a laptop/notebook/etc to control your Touch you
can access the LMS Web Control on your main PC from the laptop by
pointing your laptop browser at: http://999.999.999.999:9000/ where
999.999.999.999 is the IP address of your main PC that runs LMS.
Thanks, you are absolutely right of course.
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garym wrote:
can't recall if he's using LMS on a PC or tinyLMS inside the TOUCH, or
even simply connecting the TOUCH directly to mysqueezebox.com with no
local LMS. The above instructions only work if you are using LMS
running on your local PC and NOT for tinyLMS on the touch or direct
sportflyer wrote:
I am running LMS on the PC that stores my Music files . So pointing the
laptop to http:\\ xxx.xxx.x.xxx:9000 will do the job?
Tks
Yes
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New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and
control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small
from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so
the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks
sportflyer wrote:
New User Question: Is there a simple ( low cost) way to view and
control the SBT from my listening position. The SBT Screen is too small
from my listening position. I dont have any Apple related devices so
the ipeng route is out. Any other devices I can use? Thanks
You can use virtually any device with a web browser.
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garym wrote:
Android tablet? What's your price range? Cheap used iPhone or iTouch?
iPods ? but don't go for to old as the app may not be suported , for
unknown reasons devs are not allowed to keep legacy versions of same
/similar app in the store , my guess is that it is about planned
azinck3 wrote:
You can use virtually any device with a web browser.
Such as a laptop or netbook computer. If using a computer you can also
use of several very good Squeezebox front end programs, such as Moose
(http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) or Muso
(http://klarita.net/muso.html), to
I recently bought a LG e400 andoid phone for 29 Euros. That is a perfect
value for money remote.
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I have an old laptop running Win XP . Will that do?
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sportflyer wrote:
I have an old laptop running Win XP . Will that do?
Yep. Just install squeezeplay on the laptop. Then choose player in
squeezeplay menu and select the touch. I use this approach much of the
time. Squeezeplay is at beta downloads. Im on my phone, so someone can
post a link.
Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of
the music stream to the SBT ?
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Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of
the music stream to the SBT ?
Absolutely NOT! The data is streamed for the computer running Squeezebox
server (SBS) or LMS to the Touch. All Squeezeplay, Moose or any Web
interface does is tell the
ralphpnj wrote:
Absolutely NOT! The data is streamed for the computer running Squeezebox
server (SBS) or LMS to the Touch. All Squeezeplay, Moose or any Web
interface does is tell the computer running SBS/LMS what music (data) to
stream, when to play, when to stop, when to pause, etc. Again,
sportflyer wrote:
Does Squeezeplay , Moose or any Web interface degrade the quality of
the music stream to the SBT ? I only want to use it as a larger
controller screen than the SBT which is sitting 10 ft from my listening
position.
Your only problem is the fan noise from the laptop :)
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