[mythtv-users] [Announce] New version of MythSqueezeBox plugin Available

George Galt george.galt at gmail.com
Sat Oct 11 02:07:06 UTC 2008


On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:54 PM, stuart <stuart at xnet.com> wrote:
>
>
> Bill Williamson wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com
>> <mailto:george.galt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com
>>     <mailto:bill at bbqninja.com>> wrote:
>>      > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:19 AM, George Galt
>>     <george.galt at gmail.com <mailto:george.galt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>      >>
>>      >> All:
>>      >>
>>      >> We've released an updated version of MythSqueezeBox, the plugin that
>>      >> allows you to emulate a SqueezeBox on MythTV.  I
>
>>      > Does this inlude syncing support?
>
>>     Bill:
>>
>>     There have been mixed results on syncing.  It should work, but it
>>     seems to work better with Squeezebox 3s, and not so well with the old
>>     Slimp3 players.
>>
>>     George
>
>> What about between 2 mythsqueezes? I have nosqueezeboxes but want
>> something that will sync :)
>
> The original slimdevices paradigm was to control most everything from
> the server.  This includes the music buffer - or at least that part of
> the buffer which is in memory.  If the hardware adds any significant
> buffering (or, more importantly, a different amount of buffering), then
> sync'ing between two dissimilar clients will be problematic.
>
> That said, I'm not going to go as far as to say two different
> mythsqueeze boxes will sync to each other.  But, I will say, if they
> have identical audio hardware, it is possible.
>
> Good luck and post your findings!
>
>
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Bill:

I haven't tried it, but I have another program for some touchscreens
around the house that uses the same audio code as the MythSqueezeBox
and those sync together nicely.

George


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