JohnSwenson;548133 Wrote: > I think you need an overview of plugins on the Touch in general. > Just to add some clarification to avoid things that could be interpreted incorrectly by people that doesn't understand that you with "Touch" meant a Touch using an external server.
JohnSwenson;548133 Wrote: > > The new players have added a new class of program called an applet > which runs directly on the player. They are written in a different > language than a server plugin and have extensive support for user > interface elements (buttons, images, text fields, menus, sliders etc). > > The upshot of this is that many of the existing plugins will not work > with the Touch. Some will have to be re-written as applets and some > will need to be re-written as a combination of applet and plugin, the > accessing of the library is kept as a plugin and the user interface > part done as an applet. > It's important to separate a Touch using its built-in server and a Touch using a server on a separate computer. On a Touch using the built-in server, basically no plugins can be used, only applets. People that want support for things like ratings and smart playlists should go and vote on these enhancement requests: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=380 On a Touch using an external server on a computer many plugins can be used, those that are problematic are the screen saver plugins, but for many of those there is or will soon be an alternative through a applet or applet+plugin combination. JohnSwenson;548133 Wrote: > > Plugins whose sole user interface was through the WebUI will probably > still work. If the plugin displayed stuff on the player screen or used > a menu on the player screen its probably not going to work with the > Touch. > On a Touch using the built-in server, no plugins will work especially not those only implementing a web interface as there isn't a web interface on the built-in server. On a Touch using an external server on a computer, all the plugins with only a web interface or which supports Controller or Radio will typically work. There are still some older plugins which only support Squeezebox Classic/Boom/Transporter which won't work. Actually they will work, but you can only interact with them through the web interface. However, as mentioned above, for most of them there is an alternative through and applet or applet+plugin combination already available or soon to be available. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78869 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
