[ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

[tpchristian]

No, I am using Squeeze Commander. As you requested I tried controlling from the web also, would not do anything. If I press the hard keys for volume, it will increase, but will usually decrease the volume shortly after.

I tried the regular music player and it was doing the same thing. I would turn it up and it would automatically turn down shortly thereafter. Now I thought that maybe it wasn't just squeezeplayer. Just to be sure I force closed squeezeplayer and tried the regular music player again. Now the problem is gone. I started squeezeplayer one more time and the problem is back.

This volume problem is really the show-stopper, but the not supporting landscape is a minor annoyance.

[bluegaspode]

No, I am using Squeeze Commander. As you requested I tried controlling from the web also, would not do anything. If I press the hard keys for volume, it will increase, but will usually decrease the volume shortly after.

I tried the regular music player and it was doing the same thing. I would turn it up and it would automatically turn down shortly thereafter. Now I thought that maybe it wasn't just squeezeplayer. Just to be sure I force closed squeezeplayer and tried the regular music player again. Now the problem is gone. I started squeezeplayer one more time and the problem is back.

This volume problem is really the show-stopper, but the not supporting landscape is a minor annoyance.

Ok - one more test: upen the web-interface, then change the volume with SqueezePlayer to its max volume (playing a song not needed).
Is the volume bar in the web-interface going to its max value as well?

If not, please check that SqueezePlayer is configured correctly:
- enter the settings menu (menu button) and check if the port to the server is correct
- also check if you need to enter username and password when your server is setup with password protection

If SqueezePlayer cannot send the new volume correctly to the server, than some time later the server tells SqueezePlayer it's current volume so any change on the device gets reset.

If this is still not your issue, please write a mail to support(at)squeezeplayer.com. I'd provide you with a custom version with some extra logging about what volume events arrive in SqueezePlayer.

[tpchristian]

It is very strange. I turned volume up all the way via hard keys and the web interface changed, but showed only about 80%. If I press down (once) on the web volume, the volume will change to about 20%. Thereafter further presses up/down from the web will not change the volume. It seems as though it is trying to do something because I get the volume overlay window display on my tablet, but the volume bar doesn't change.

I looked at settings and the radio button had the name of my server and manual options. My named server was selected so the port setting was not selected. I changed to manual and entered the address. I am not password protected at this time. No difference. Port is fine. Note that all other controls seem to work fine from remote and streams to the player fine.

I will send you an email.

[2token2]

Thank you, this app roxx... im using this with my samsung sgs and tab, works great over both wifi and 3g. my only issue is that spotify refuses to work, ive tried both the official plugin and the other one (im running the server on a win7). both spotify plugins work great with my squeezebox radio and squeezeplay on windows 7. as soon as i connect my android devices playback just dies. is spotify supported by this app? has any one ells got it working? what can i do to trouble shoot this?

[bluegaspode]

The official Logitech App won't work with SqueezePlayer.
Here the encrypted Spotify streams are sent directly to a Squeezebox, SqueezePlayer cannot handle those encrypted streams.

The plugin from triode should work though. It sends FLAC to the player which SqueezePlayer is able to decode.
Are you sure you used the correct Spotify menu (i.e. deinstalled the Logitech App).

On a 7.5 server the Spotify menu from triode can be found under 'Radios' (if I'm not mistaken).
With a 7.6 server it should be under 'My Apps' as well.

[2token2]

yeahh.. i tried both plugins through menu choise, when i goto radio / spotify and choose to play something, it buffers for 3 seconds and then nothing happens... if i start to stream though my squeezebox radio, and then connect my andoid, after the tune started, it hangs for all connected devies immediatly after the andoid connects... really frustrating.

[bluegaspode]

Guess you are using the latest version of the plugin.
Anything in the server logs?

Anyway else able to try Spotify via SqueezePlayer?
Unfortunately I cannot test and debug it here in Germany, as it's not available here.

[SlimboJimbo]

First:Excellent job, finally squeeze-playback on android, thank you!

I have only stumbled on one problem/bug. I connect over hsdpa/3g using connectbot, ssh-tunneling the ports 9000 and 3483. It works like a charm, but it will not play the next song in the playlist. It just stops at the end of the first song. However if I jump to next song in Squeeze Commander it will play just fine again until the end of that song.
In the Settings of the player in SqueezeServer, "Play other songs in album or directory" is selected.
When I play over wlan it works as expected, playing the next song in the playlist.

Is this a known problem?

/SJ

Hi SJ
yes - this is a known problem of either ConnectBot or Android. Only people using honeycomb claim that connectbot works without flaws in a Squeezebox environment.
Unfortunately noone wanted to help me on the connectbot groups: http://groups.google.com/group/conne...d1fc6c8964ae63

Anyway, please read my instructions here: http://www.squeezeplayer.com/2011/05...ation-channel/

I couldn't live without a working secure connection myself, so I wrote my own little App to create a working SSH tunnel (downloadable on the above page). Requires a rooted phone unfortunately, as the App installs the official OpenSSH client and thus isn't affected by Android bugs anymore.

I have found a workaround for this!
In Squeeze Commander I selected to sync my phone with my Squeezebox, with the Squeezebox as master.
Now it plays the next song as it should.

/SJ

[2token2]

Guess you are using the latest version of the plugin.
Anything in the server logs?

Anyway else able to try Spotify via SqueezePlayer?
Unfortunately I cannot test and debug it here in Germany, as it's not available here.

nope doesent show up in the server log....
edit: or maby this....
[11-07-31 23:07:11.3924] Slim::Networking::IO::Select::__ANON__ (147) Error: Select task failed calling Slim::Networking::Async::HTTP::_http_read_body: illegal file descriptor or filehandle (either no attached file descriptor or illegal value): at /<C:\PROGRA~2\SQUEEZ~1\server\SQUEEZ~3.EXE>Slim/Networking/IO/Select.pm line 150.
; fh=Slim::Networking::Async::Socket::HTTP=GLOB(0xb5 351f4)

[bluegaspode]

This error message doesn't tell my anything.

I moved this over to the Spotify thread - maybe there anyone is able to help:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...postcount=2861