Mnyb;548103 Wrote: > > It is probably possible to cram in some plugins by hand using ssh and > scp and some hand editing of files, it's undocumented and unsupported, > but can be done if one knows what to do (I don't but plugins is > installed in a predictable way it's probably possible to figure out).
If you search these forums, you'll see my writeup on how to install plugins on the embedded server in Touch which I think we've all noted *is not supported by Logitech*. Installing plugins on Touch is nearly identical to what you would have done to install them on a headless Linux server for versions 7.2 and earlier of the software (before Adrian wrote the very easy to use web interface for installing plugins). nepalchris, I would advise that you *not* install any plugins on Touch for the first couple of months (if ever). I expect that TrackStat in particular will be problematic both in terms of needing more resources than Touch can provide and flat out not working (TinySBS on Touch uses a different database backend than the normal "fat" SBS). If you try installing plugins on Touch now, you're at much higher risk for performance problems, random reboots, etc. If you really need plugins, you should start with a separate full SBS server on a regular PC/Mac machine. Touch doesn't have a whole lot of memory -- its internal server was originally intended only to allow Touch itself to play music plugged in to the USB port or SD slot (can somebody with a retail unit quote the language printed on the actual box?), but since Touch does have the resources to do that and share the music with other players (even at 128 MB of RAM), Logitech decided to use the Squeezebox Server name. >From what I've seen so far, that looks like a good decision -- there just aren't that many people asking questions like this, on the forums anyway. One option open to Logitech was to pull a "Windows Phone" switch on us. They could have broken completely from the "wide open", developer-friendly past and made efforts to lock down Touch so that it couldn't be patched, extended, or customized. Lots of companies seem to be going that route -- just yesterday I was reading about the lengths to which Archos has gone to lock down its Android-based Archos 5 movie/music player. It's crazy -- they have this portable unit that's technically capable of installing & running thousands of Android apps, but apparently they're trying to prevent that & hide the fact that it's running Android. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'DenonSerial' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/DenonSerial.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78869 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
