pippin wrote: > If you say "remote device" do you mean the remote iPeng? That's not > really a surprise. although it's probably a bit difficult to explain... > Due to the various gain commands that need aggregating into a single > value the slider can get out of sync with the actual system volume when > remotely controlled, there's an additional mixer in there. The slider > shows the resulting volume which is what you want - as long as the > volume control works. > > I assume it only works in one direction, probably down? (or is it up? I > always get a knot in my brain when trying to comprehend this...) > > > > > > It's not Logitech, Logitech's App is called "Logitech Squeezebox > Controller". > And no, I'm not doing support for it. > I have worked together with the developer of SqueezeCommander in the > past but all but lost contact since a few years. > > He eventually had to choose between his primary job and his family and > putting more work into SqueezeCommander. The problem is (and I believe > it _still_ is a problem until this day) that on Android you don't make > enough money with Apps that you can afford to at least level down your > first job to justify all the work that is going into the App. > He had to make a decision. > > And if you know that SqueezeCommander - being the best selling Android > Squeezebox App and being cheaper than iPeng and Android having some > 70-80% market share as to the number of devices - never came beyond > around a third of the number of users iPeng has then you get an idea of > the dimension. > > All those people who claim to "love Android" because everything is free > there and the devices are so nice and cheap should be aware that this > comes at a price. The price being that in the (not even all so) long > run, they will be pretty much dependent on the business models of big > corporate vendors who have other business models than selling Apps > (usually advertising) and who can afford to give away Apps for free. > Like Google, Facebook,... But these people should not complain about > these corporation's behavior then, that have to somehow recoup their > investment. It's up to you what you choose...
I use iPeng Classic on the iPhone 5 to control iPeng Classic on the iPod 5 that's connected to the lightning jack in the Sony speaker. I also use Orange Squeeze on the PC to control the iPod. Adjusting the volume on iPhone or OrgSqz changes the speaker volume up & down, down as far as 0 or back up to the original volume level set by the Sony volume buttons. But then, after a few seconds (iPeng) or when the volume control disappears (OrgSqz) the volume goes back to the original volume. I was mentioning it in the context of you explaining that the Sony "must not support volume control through the standard interface", because it seemed like at some level the Sony is allowing iPeng to control the volume. I'm sure it's of no use to me, just thought you might find it intriguing, I'll either connect via the headphone socket as suggested or fall back on the more traditional Sneakerware method of volume adjustment. It's ironic, or galling, that Slimserver got a new lease of life courtesy off one of those big corporate vendors... and then got a bullet in the head. I like that Android at least has a way of running apps on Windows, I don't see Apple allowing that, but I also don't see me switching to it for now, though iOS 7 has me sorely tempted, I just can't love those colors etc. I always get the feeling using Android that I end up navigating in circles, then I get dizzy. I always thought it's most powerful feature was the Menu button, that the Developers could tie options etc to, and that it's weakest feature was the Menu button, so they're not pushed to design neat, minimalist, intuitive ways of doing things from a main screen. The menu button might get you nice big Volume Up/Down buttons though :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ianto39's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17079 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
