Remote "NowPlaying" Display

[NeilT]

You're right, it was c). The path was right, but I forgot the capitalisation of SqueezeJS in the URL.

Thanks.

Neil

[Danny8]

Thanks for posting this starfleetcommand !

I'm running Squeezebox Server 7.4.2 on a Windows XP computer.

I placed the nowplaying.html file in
C:\Program Files\squeezebox\server\HTML\EN\html\SqueezeJS

I access the "now playing" web page at
http://192.168.2.199:9000/html/SqueezeJS/nowplaying.html

Of course, replace the IP address with your own. Like others, I tweaked the CSS to scale things down a bit for my 1280 by 1024 display.

[pufnstuf]

Hi Everybody

I wanted to share with everyone my remote "NowPlaying" display. It is an html that you save on your SqueezeCenter or SqueezeBox server and point a remote PC web browser to.

Thank you starfleetcommand, this looks great. I can't wait to get home and try it out. I too am happy to control the music via iphone or remote control but I was looking for a display only solution. well done!

[fphredd]

Awesome! One question, but let me preface; not much into programming...

How do I install this on a ReadyNAS Pro?


EDIT: D'Oh...yeah, I figured it out...

[fphredd]

Neat. I've hacked it around a bit to make it look OK on a normal PC screen without scrolling and to set the correct timezone.

Any way of getting the Sample rate & bit depth back as variables?
Regards
Phil

What did you use to edit? Was it a WYSISYG editor that a dummy like me could use? Could you possibly share your PC version?

I would really like use this on a 4.3" screen HTPC running Squeezeslave.

Thanks for any help.

[Phil Leigh]

What did you use to edit? Was it a WYSISYG editor that a dummy like me could use? Could you possibly share your PC version?

I would really like use this on a 4.3" screen HTPC running Squeezeslave.

Thanks for any help.

I used Wordpad - not WYSISYG !
If you send me a PM with your email address I can send you my version...

[fphredd]

I used Wordpad - not WYSISYG !
If you send me a PM with your email address I can send you my version...

PM sent; thanks!

[JohnSwenson]

I tried this out last night and it works great on both windows and linux. The only problem I had was getting it to work with internet explorer! I use firefox so my IE was quite old and it didn't like this, it wouldn't display anything.

Now for the big question, has anybody tried this on a web enabled photo frame? There are several 800x600 frames that can access a web page, it seems like they would be an ideal now playing display.

Thanks,

John S.

[Phil Leigh]

I tried this out last night and it works great on both windows and linux. The only problem I had was getting it to work with internet explorer! I use firefox so my IE was quite old and it didn't like this, it wouldn't display anything.

Now for the big question, has anybody tried this on a web enabled photo frame? There are several 800x600 frames that can access a web page, it seems like they would be an ideal now playing display.

Thanks,

John S.

It does display differently in IE and Chrome...

[starfleetcommand]

I tried this out last night and it works great on both windows and linux. The only problem I had was getting it to work with internet explorer! I use firefox so my IE was quite old and it didn't like this, it wouldn't display anything.

I've only tested on IE 7 and above but believe IE 6 will work as well. When I was developing NowPlaying, I noticed that with IE I needed to bring up the web based GUI of squeezebox (or squeezecenter) in IE first and make sure the player for which I wanted the "NowPlaying" display to show selected. Then I made sure to allow IE to use scripting. After that, you should be able to open the "NowPlaying" html and it should then display everything correctly going forward without having to "reset" the browser as described above. I'm not sure if this is because of the multiple players I have in my house or if its an IE thing or a squeezejs thing.

Also, remember, the html is optimized for a 32" wide screen TV so some modifications may be necessary for it look good on your screen.

Thanks for trying it out. I'm glad to see so many people are enjoying it.