I am a keen squeezebox user. In the main room, I have a transporter hidden away in a cupboard and a nice large HD tv on the wall. I would like to set up a music display/control, where my wife and I can control music selection via the std remote (well a mapped version of the std remote using a harmony 900 with RF) with the display on the HD tv.
My idea is to load Jivelite on a Raspberry PI. I plan to put the Raspberry Pi in the cupboard with FLIRC usb dongle (harmony will 'get to' this via the IR blasters in the cupboard). The Raspberry Pi would drive the TV via HDMI. Due to this being in the living room for myself, wife and family, it is vital this is simple (if you get my drift ;)) so my questions are: 1. can the Raspberry Pi run Jivelite from boot up. I plan to leave the Pi on but in the event of a restart want to ensure it will load by default. 2. can Jivelite control a different player, not running on the Pi (the transporter) by default (I have 5 other players on the network)? 3. do I need FLIRC to control via Harmony or is there a simpler way via the Harmony (mimicing the std Logitech squeezebox remote or something else?) I don't want to use a smart phone or tablet to control as my wife is used to and likes std remote functions. 4. will Jivelite respond to remote use like a touch, moving up and down lists etc? 5. Can I get the display to default to Now Playing once the track/album is selected (I think this will be via screen saver) but I have seen some comments on here that lead to think there may be a problem here. 6 Is what I am trying to do possible or am I chasing shadows! Thanks in advance for comment/help and pointers as to steps of setup on a Pi would be very welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ davidismynaim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56854 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98156 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
