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.
Maybe it is easier to use a smartphone or tablet (w iPeng or any other remote software) as a remote for your Transporter? In this case you don't need the TV running. There are plenty of remotes for Apple and Android devices that work great as a remote (and even player). M-DAC -> Cambridge Audio Azur 840E -> Focal MP1200 -> Focal Electra 1028 Be 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard Dual behind the bedroom ceiling 1 x Wandboard Dual for 'msqueeze' (http://www.msqueeze.co.nf/index.html) project 1 x Wandboard Quad (will eventually become my LMS server) ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.8.0. iPeng 7 on iPhone. SqueezePad & iPeng 7 on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98156 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
