squeezecommander vs squeezebox app

[dood]

I've downloaded squeeze commander as an alternative to the Logitech android app, after reading how much better it is.

I've found that it is not very intuitive. For example I can't figure out how to change the player. In the settings it shows that it
sees 2 players. On the Logitech app you simply touch the name of the player and you get a list of players to select.

The Logitech app also has a split screen that allows you to see more.

I don't get how the paid app is better. Am I missing something?

[fallenguru]

On 11 August 2012 14:40, dood <dood.5h4uzz (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
> I've downloaded squeeze commander as an alternative to the Logitech
> android app, after reading how much better it is.
>
> I've found that it is not very intuitive. [...]
> I don't get how the paid app is better. Am I missing something?

The official app requires you to set up an account with Logitech,
Squeezecommander does not. What happens ins your LAN stays in your
LAN. That said, I don't like its interface either, so I'm still using
SqueezeControl. It vanished from the Market a while back, but I can
send you the .apk if you want.

[pippin]

Which device do you use?
You can swipe left on the NowPlaying screen to get the list of players. There you can indeed simply touch it to change players. Plus directly control all of them.

It's probably not optimized for a tablet, but there are devices where you definitely do not want a split screen.

[bwaldron]

I don't get how the paid app is better. Am I missing something?

Depends on what your needs are. For instance, compared to Squeeze Commander the official app lacks:
- The ability to copy music to your device for offline playback
- The ability to pause or mute audio when a call comes in on phone
- The ability to edit/reorder menus and reorder items within current playlist

I also found the official app to be slower in some operations (e.g., scrolling through long lists)

If the official app meets your needs, that's great. If not, you may find Orange Squeeze to be more intuitive than Squeeze Commander (plus, it is currently being more actively developed/supported).

[1ka]

This was a must for me, as it brought back the party mode functionality and stopped my guests accidentally deleting the current playlist.

The fact that it works on Android devices, means our guests can put it on their own phones and browse and add to the current playlist.

The interface can be a little confusing. It took me ages to work out how to change to party mode and it's sort-of obvious once you know how.

[properjob]

This was a must for me, as it brought back the party mode functionality and stopped my guests accidentally deleting the current playlist.

The fact that it works on Android devices, means our guests can put it on their own phones and browse and add to the current playlist.

The interface can be a little confusing. It took me ages to work out how to change to party mode and it's sort-of obvious once you know how.

I use party mode on iPeng and it's quite hard to work out... But surely that's a good thing as you don't want your guests to be able to find it!

Good tip on the guests being able to add to the playlist though, thanks

[pippin]

Hey, or you just give iPeng Party a try, no need to configure anything there (unless you want to use the autoconfig feature for it in iPeng)
It's free, too