Softsqueeze Remote Control?

[Fiddlesticks]

Maybe a mad idea, but how about allowing those with IR onboard/dongle to use their physical remote to control softSqueeze?

One for the development wishlist?

[bpa]

Softsqueeze is in community maintenance - there is no organised development on it. Any bugs fixes or enhancements are supplied by individuals who feel motivated enough to do the work.

[erland]

Maybe a mad idea, but how about allowing those with IR onboard/dongle to use their physical remote to control softSqueeze?

One for the development wishlist?

What's the usage scenario ?
Why IR and not one of the existing Android/iOS remotes that already works ?
What kind of remote control operations are we talking about ? Is it just play/pause/skip/reverse or are we also talking about ability to browse and select which music to play ?

Are we talking about a Windows based HTPC solution or something similar where you control everything with IR and want to control also SoftSqueeze ?

I think I've seen something about squeezeslave supporting lirc, at least the linux build, but if you want something visible on the TV screen that's obviously not a solution as squeezeslave is a player without any user interface.

[ralphy]

I think I've seen something about squeezeslave supporting lirc, at least the linux build

Yes, lirc is supported with squeezeslave on linux

but if you want something visible on the TV screen that's obviously not a solution as squeezeslave is a player without any user interface.

Squeezeslave does have a console (text based, slimp3 style) user interface if -D is specified. The size of the display can be changed with -w.

It also supports usb lcd displays (-l/-C) on linux using LCDd.

[Fiddlesticks]

Just thinking out loud really. I have a squeezebox and a boom, downloaded the softsqueeze application to my windows pc the other day. As the PC has an infra-red dongle I thought it would be cool to control the virtual squeezebox with the same physical remote I use to control the real one.