any way to get SB track info etc from LMS onto the TV?

**Gazjam** · 2012-02-05, 13:53

Listening room with hifi, SB Touch and soon to be HTPC.

On my PC, I'll be using XBMC (like Windows media centre) to browse my TV shows and Movies.
I can browse music through that too, with all track info etc displayed on my plasma, but it would be played via the PC soundcard and not my Squeezebox, so I dont want that.
My SB touch is hooked up to a Dac and i want that to be my music source.

Is there any way to configure my HTPC to display track info etc on the plasma tv?
I COULD install Squeezebox Media Server on my HTPC and run it from that, but the PC interface is not that great to be honest, unless theres a good UI "skin" suitable for a big TV?

Any ways to "skin" LMS servers web UI? Colours, size etc?
For example any way to change the green colour to black?

Programs like Moose http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ is an option?
Is the interface quite customisable like, say, Foobar 2000, Winamp and the like?

I wonder what other options there are?

Thanks!

**pski** · 2012-02-05, 15:36

Originally Posted by Gazjam

Listening room with hifi, SB Touch and soon to be HTPC.

On my PC, I'll be using XBMC (like Windows media centre) to browse my TV shows and Movies.
I can browse music through that too, with all track info etc displayed on my plasma, but it would be played via the PC soundcard and not my Squeezebox, so I dont want that.
My SB touch is hooked up to a Dac and i want that to be my music source.

Is there any way to configure my HTPC to display track info etc on the plasma tv?
I COULD install Squeezebox Media Server on my HTPC and run it from that, but the PC interface is not that great to be honest, unless theres a good UI "skin" suitable for a big TV?

Any ways to "skin" LMS servers web UI? Colours, size etc?
For example any way to change the green colour to black?

Programs like Moose http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ is an option?
Is the interface quite customisable like, say, Foobar 2000, Winamp and the like?

I wonder what other options there are?

Thanks!

LMS webUI does tend to be tiny on a big screen but you can always ctrl-+

Or you could <wait a minute> What green?

P

**Mnyb** · 2012-02-05, 19:30

It's Teal

and yes find the image files in the deafault skins folders, process them trough any graphics software to change color and replace them .

It works, but has to be done every server upgrade as they get overwritten.

**MeSue** · 2012-02-05, 20:38

SqueezePlay on the HTPC set to screen saver?
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay

**Gazjam** · 2012-02-06, 02:55

Originally Posted by Mnyb

It's Teal

and yes find the image files in the deafault skins folders, process them trough any graphics software to change color and replace them .

It works, but has to be done every server upgrade as they get overwritten.

This approach might be just the thing, thanks.
Worth having a play around with anyway

I had a look and found this folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Squeezebox\server\HTML\Default\html\images\b ackground.png
which looked like the the teal gradient I wanted to change?

So edited the image in Photoshop, saved it out and restarted LMS.
No Change...?

Changed the Default Skin to Classic, rebooted LMS.
Changed Classic back to Default (hoping it would pick up the new background.png)....

again, no change.

Hmnn, is the Default skin background image something else?

thanks.

**slate** · 2012-02-06, 04:15

If you just want to show artwork and information, then someone in here made an addon for that... I've got a shortcut somewhere are home.

**bpa** · 2012-02-06, 04:23

Originally Posted by Gazjam

Changed the Default Skin to Classic, rebooted LMS.
Changed Classic back to Default (hoping it would pick up the new background.png)....

I think it is the browser that has cached the old image not LMS - so clear the browser cache.

**Gazjam** · 2012-02-06, 04:57

Originally Posted by bpa

I think it is the browser that has cached the old image not LMS - so clear the browser cache.

Yay!
that worked a treat, thanks.

Need to convert other images in the same folder for the corners to black too, but not a problem.

Will look better on my gloss black plasma than teal

Silly, I know, but its the little things...

**Pascal Hibon** · 2012-02-06, 08:20

Originally Posted by slate

If you just want to show artwork and information, then someone in here made an addon for that... I've got a shortcut somewhere are home.

Here it is: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...ht=photo+frame

**slate** · 2012-02-06, 09:42

Originally Posted by Pascal Hibon

Here it is: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...ht=photo+frame

Yes that is the one I was thinking about.

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