SqueezePlay running on Maemo

[e_esprit]

Thanks to this thread and this post : http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=44
I now have squeezeplay (almost) running on my N800, wich is really great to control my SB touch 8)

Does anybody have a clean skin for WVGA display (800x480) ?
I'm having such a pain customising the WQVGA one, and the fullscreen one that is in squeezeplay_desktop is quite broken :/

[Philro]

Hi there,

the environment isn't to complicated.
I've installed Ubuntu 9.10 in VmWare and got all Updates. After that i installed the Maemo SDK descripted at maemo.org. And last but not least follow the ubuntu 7.10 Build instructions at the squeezebox WIKI inside the Maemo Scratchbox.

I wish i could distribute my VmWare but the Nokia binarys are not Open Source.

If i found a free hour this weekend i will write a HowTo

Phil

[signor_rossi]

Hi there,

ok i got it. I've got a .deb file which installs fine on my N900.
Whats about licence? I could send the deb file to some testers because there are several things that need to be changed. But i wouldn't hurt the licence...

Phil

Was the environment for building it hard to set up? I would like to build it for my N770...

[Philro]

Hi there,

ok i got it. I've got a .deb file which installs fine on my N900.
Whats about licence? I could send the deb file to some testers because there are several things that need to be changed. But i wouldn't hurt the licence...

Phil

[Philro]

Hi there,

i'm tryin to Build Squeezeplay for my N900 but i get this error:

make[1]: Entering directory `/scratchbox/packages/squeezeplay-7.6/squeezeplay'
 cd . && /bin/sh /scratchbox/packages/squeezeplay-7.6/squeezeplay/config/missing --run automake-1.9 --foreign 
Makefile.am: required file `config/compile' not found
make[1]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratchbox/packages/squeezeplay-7.6/squeezeplay'
make: *** [squeezeplay] Error 2

I build this in Maemo Scratchbox 1 on a Ubuntu 9.10 Host. Any Ideas whats missing?

Greets
Phil


EDIT:

Ok i got it compiled. I will test this now on my N900. If somebody explain me how i had to change the Makefile.linux so i can build the install target i could make a deb Package.

And one more person who'd really like to test SqueezePlay on Maemo. Isn't there any way to upload binaries? There's even a garage on Maemo to upload files to: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/squeezeplay .

It would be so great to use SqueezePlay on an N800...

[mark-e-mark]

+1 for the N800 tablet just sitting here begging to be a controller. I'm certainly willing to test some builds if given installation instructions.

[Alphageek]

+1

My N770 gets dusty and I would love to use it as nice remote control... (the Squeezecenter Web GUI with the N770 skin was just way to slow on it)

-bc

[aubuti]

yes, pleasssse! :-)

+1

[signor_rossi]

As the license is now BSD, can anyone please post binaries?

Yes, pleasssse! :-)

[fizze]

As the license is now BSD, can anyone please post binaries?

[aubuti]

Grazie signorRossi. As you say, it's not running native, but it's worth a try when I get 'round to it.

[signor_rossi]

This isn't really running Squeezeplay on Maemo natively, but using Squeezeplay through VNC to make the N770 a 'light Controller' could also be useful to someone.
These are the steps I took so far:
1) Install tightvncserver on my (Ubuntu) box:
'sudo apt-get install tightvncserver'
2) Start it up once to get needed configuration files created: 'vncserver'
3) Set a password for VNC to get minimal security: 'vncpasswd'
4) Install openbox, which is needed to get a nice fullscreen decor-less SP
window: 'sudo apt-get install openbox'
5) Make vncserver run openbox at startup by adjusting '~/.vnc/xstartup'.
This is mine:

#!/bin/sh
unset SESSION_MANAGER
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
x-terminal-emulator -geometry
    80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
openbox-session &

6) If not already present create a file '~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh' to start Squeezeplay (don't forget to make it executable). Mine looks like this:

/home/squeeze/squeezeplay/build/linux/bin/squeezeplay.sh &

If I had installed Squeezeplay to /opt/ like jhong it would look like this:

/opt/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh &

7) Make Sqeezeplay appear fullscreen and without window decorations. Create a file '~/.config/openbox/rc.xml' with these contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc">
  <applications>
    <application name="jive">
      <decor>no</decor>
      <fullscreen>yes</fullscreen>
    </application>
  </applications>
</openbox_config>

8) Make vncserver start at startup with the right resolution for the N770. Adjust '/etc/rc.local' like this (substitute YOUR_LOGIN with your username):

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
sudo -b -H -u YOUR_LOGIN /usr/bin/vncserver :11 -geometry 800x480
exit 0

Hopefully I didn't miss any of the steps I took.
The biggest part is still missing, namely adjusting the Squeezeplay skin (WQVA Little Font) to the screen size and resolution of the N770. So far I only made it's window be 800x480 in resolution.

signorRossi.

[Richie]

I'd also like to get Squeezeplay running on my 770. Are there any instructions anywhere?

Thanks

Richard

[aubuti]

I've got the svn source of SqueezePlay running on my N800 and N810 (Maemo 4 - Diablo).

This is great news, especially as I recently acquired a N800 and a N770 through the generosity of another forum member. Could you possibly post a more detailed how-to? I'm comfortable with a Linux command line and doing simple things like running `make', following (very) clear instructions on lines to comment out, etc. Most of my experience is on debian and Ubuntu, so I hope it's not too big a leap to Maemo, but still I'm not familiar with the Maemo environment at all yet.

Some help on connecting the dots (such as exactly how to tweak the skins) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.