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slai edited this page Jan 29, 2011 · 15 revisions

Welcome to the sbController wiki!

sbController is a widget for your Chumby that displays the current track and playlist on your Squeezebox (or any other device attached to your SqueezeCenter, including the Chumby itself).

There are already some out there, e.g.

But they weren’t to my liking, so here’s my take on it.

Right now, the implemented actions are -

  • pause/unpause
  • next track
  • previous track

It caters for multiple registered devices too, but not password-protected SqueezeCenter servers (I think anyway; not tested). It is not an alternate BrowseBox implementation, but rather just a playlist/status viewer/controller.

See this project’s issues for some kind of roadmap.

It is based on the Chumby widget example provided here .

Installation

sbController can now be used straight from the Chumby network when used in conjunction with the Cross-Domain Policy plugin for Squeezebox Server.

Using the widget from the Chumby network

  1. Install the Squeezebox Server plugin by following these instructions. When configuring, add this domain: *.chumby.com
  2. Add this widget to a channel on your Chumby.
  3. Click the customize link for the widget, and fill out the details. Only the Squeezebox Server address is required.
  4. Reload the channel on your Chumby.
  5. Play something on your Squeezebox, switch to the widget on your Chumby, relax.

Alternate method: Using the widget from a USB drive

These instructions are not recommended anymore. Don’t use these instructions unless you have a specific need to run the widget locally via a USB drive.

USB Installation Instructions

Usage

It’s pretty straight forward. I’ll let you play around and work it out :)

Feedback

Feel free to add issues to this project or the forum thread on the Chumby forums.

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