davidismynaim wrote: > 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.
1. Yes - how you do this will depend on the Linux distro running on your PI. ( I assume you will connect PI to a screen via standard methods. ) 2. Yes - As a test, I've use it control three different squuezelite players all running on PC/laptops on the same network. 3. I've not used a FLIRC yet. But in thoery, at least, you shul;d be abel to progrm your Harmony control. As the PI has no in-built IR I donlt believe there is a simpler way via a Harmony control. 4. Yes - I expect it to, but have not tested it. From http://www.communitysqueeze.org/jivelite_about.jsp: If you are controlling Jivelite with a QUERTY keyboard, you may find it useful to know some of the keystrokes shown below. Go RIGHT, RETURN Back LEFT, ESC, BACKSPACE Scroll up UP Scroll down DOWN Home h, HOME Up i Down k Left j Right l Play x, p Play (hold) P Play next W Pause c space Add a, (Keypad +) Add (hold) A Rew z, < Rew (hold) Z Fwd b, > Fwd (hold) B Volume up +, = Volume down - Screenshot S Disconnect Player D Search / You just program your FLIRC /remote to mimic the keyboard actions. 6. ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Krisbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98156 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
