SqueezeServer/SoftSqueeze on OpenELEC/XBMC?

[spiffothemouse]

I've googled around and I haven't found anything about getting SqueezeServer and SqueezeSoft to work with OpenELEC/XBMC. Does anyone know if it's possible to run SqueezeServer and SoftSqueeze at the same time on the same machine that OpenELEC or XBMC is running? I dig OpenELEC but the music playback interface (even with Commander for iPhone) leaves a lot to be desired. I'm using a Shuttle XS35GT with external HDD for media storage, no other PC running as server. I can dual-boot into Ubuntu 10.10 but that sort of kills the point of having a media appliance like OpenELEC.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks!

[therio]

Why softsqueeze? As I googled for it and found some screenies, this isn't much better than a simple audio player (sorry if I'm offending). What does it bring extra to XBMC? Convince me that I really need this software too.

Pics:
http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/skins.html

[spiffothemouse]

it's really so i can use iPeng on my iPhone. i believe that since iPeng is just a remote control, i need to be running squeezebox server and softsqueeze simultaneously. i agree that softsqueeze on its own is not that great, but with a nice remote app it would work well for my needs (htpc that i can play movies/tv when i want, listen to & control music with TV off).

since the squeeze software works on ubuntu 10.10 (my other boot) but require the java mp3 decoder to play music, is that a barrier to working on OpenELEC? would XBMC be a better fit, or is this all just best accomplished on a full desktop install of ubuntu?

[therio]

What you prefer. But with the xbmc app, I can play library files (like music) also with the TV off and still find the correct album.

[Bossanova808]

You'd only need the Squeezebox server on your box and iPeng acts as a payer in and of itself so you don't need squeezeplay. But I can't see adding a fairly heavyweight perl-based music server software to a lightweight XBMC dist. makes much sense personally (I have run Squeezeboxes for years but I run the servers software on my...server...!). Now, OpenElec server, should that ever achieve lift off, might well be a logical place for it...

[alasdairc]

I just got a build of OpenElec 0.99.5 and squeezeboxserver-7.6.1 running. I need it as a stop gap as I'm using my htpc as a server for a while. Squeezeboxserver is what I use for my music throughout the house.

It's x86 and seems to be working well. I'll host the blob is someone is interested. I was originally going to hand migrate the perl packages from openbricks, but gave up for now and grabbed a copy of perl which was built for the O2 joggler. It runs fine.

Next on the agenda would be integrate squeezeslave, and figure out a way of killing/starting xbmc with out rebooting the machine.

[skare]

Next on the agenda would be integrate squeezeslave, and figure out a way of killing/starting xbmc with out rebooting the machine.

I would love to have Squeezeslave running on my openELEC client, especially if the output could be sent to a secondary soundboard

Let me know if you need a tester

[alasdairc]

squeezeslave should be much easier, just download any recent version and run it with the appropriate command line arguments.

[terminalx]

Forked Daapd is a very interesting project. maybe not mature yet but still has a lot going for it..

http://blog.technologeek.org/category/ha...rked-daapd

[charliwest]

I just got a build of OpenElec 0.99.5 and squeezeboxserver-7.6.1 running. I need it as a stop gap as I'm using my htpc as a server for a while. Squeezeboxserver is what I use for my music throughout the house.

alasdairc, I'm looking at ditching my current install and setting up Openelec but really need squeezebox server, can you explain how you did this so I can have a go as well? It will be on a 64bit install.

Thanks