[djdube525]

Just got an iPhone... yay!

Was wondering... is iPeng the only option for controlling SceezeCenter via the iPhone/Touch?

Thanks!

Dave

[Rashiki]

You can also use the web browser. There are a couple of built-in skins that work reasonably well on browsers like the one on the iPhone. Just add "/Touch" or "/Nokia770" to the end of your squeezecenter URL to try the new skin.

For example, I access my squeezecenter as http://10.0.0.3:9000 but to control it from my iPhone, I use
http://10.0.0.3:9000/Touch

 -Rob

[djdube525]

You can also use the web browser. There are a couple of built-in skins that work reasonably well on browsers like the one on the iPhone. Just add "/Touch" or "/Nokia770" to the end of your squeezecenter URL to try the new skin.

Hey Rob,

Couple quick questions... I haven't played with any of the skins at all...

So if I add a skin... let's say the touch... that would only come into play when accessing that specific URL - correct? When accessing squeezecenter minus the /Touch in the IP address via my computer, I would see my standard interface?

Also... do you see any performance degradation when adding skins?

Lastly, have you tried the iPeng plugin? I'm curious how that compares.

Thanks for the suggestion!


Dave

[JEaton]

Just got an iPhone... yay!

Was wondering... is iPeng the only option for controlling SceezeCenter via the iPhone/Touch?

There are two other iPhone/Touch apps for controlling a Squeezebox. iPeng is probably the best, though.

Using the web interface with a suitable skin is also a possibility, but I doubt that it will approach the responsiveness or ease of use of a native application.

Adding skins doesn't slow anything down.  In SqueezeCenter, you designate one default skin, and this is the skin that appears when you use the base URL for the web interface:

http://192.168.1.2:9000

But by appending the skin name to the URL, you can use any skin you like.  For example:

http://192.168.1.2:9000/fishbone