From: Timothy S. <spaulding@ICanBrew.com> - 2005-08-05 20:44:41
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good point on the xPL native support. I knew this, but forgot it as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg Liming" <gr...@li...> To: <mis...@li...> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [mh] SlimServer and MH integration > Timothy Spaulding wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Has anyone out there who uses both SlimServer and MH done anything to >> integrate them together? >> >> Things I'd like to do, but not sure how I am going to accomplish them yet >> are: >> >> 1. have voice commands automatically created for each artist and album >> name. >> 2. use MH to control SS via the CLI interface (I'm currently using xAP >> for this, but I would think a direct approach might be cleaner). > > ...not to take away from the xAP connector approach, but, you do realize > that xPL is native (to SS) and doesn't require a separate win32 > connector--just a xPL hub running on the same system as SS. AFAIK, xPL > (and likely xAP as well) maps all CLI commands into the pertinent schemas. > I'm currently (and slowly) working on a "convenience" class for > controlling xPL-enabled audio devices (specifically, xPLRioNet stuff; but, > also SS as I have one as well). Because, it abstracts operations at a > higher (and, hopefully more intuitive) level, xPL schema details aren't > exposed to the user. I hope to be done in a couple of weeks if it's of > interest. > > BTW: on a possibly very unrelated note, I intend to look at trapping on > the raw IR codes output via xPL from the slimserver as a means to force > presence for the applicable presence object. For me this is useful as > those of us watching TV sometimes don't move a lot, but seem to operate > one of the various remotes a great deal. The raw IR code retransmitter > from the squeezebox seems to respond to every remote that I have. > > Gregg > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > ________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list, go to: > http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=1365 > > |