Anyone used Squidgy?

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Cacophonix

Anyone used Squidgy?
« on: 12 Dec 2008, 09:18 pm »
Just read that iphone has an app for squeezebox...Apparently its been out for a while

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55073

Anyone here used it?

cloudbaseracer

Re: Anyone used Squidgy?
« Reply #1 on: 15 Dec 2008, 02:13 am »
This may be a silly question but...

Does this have to use Itunes?  I have everything in FLAC and have no real interest in Apple Lossless.  It may be fine, so I am not trying to incite a debate.  I did visit the site and reviewed some of the screenshots and thought it looked really cool. 

Nice find!

Thanks,

James

JEaton

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Re: Anyone used Squidgy?
« Reply #2 on: 17 Dec 2008, 01:49 am »
Does this have to use Itunes?

No.  It's an application independant of iTunes.  It communicates with the SqueezeCenter server, pulling data and artwork and sending commands back to control players connected to the server.

There's also another, similar, iPod Touch/iPhone application called iPeng that works in the same manner.  And a third one in the works.

Papajin

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Re: Anyone used Squidgy?
« Reply #3 on: 17 Dec 2008, 09:45 am »
The real question is how these pieces of software rate as a remote vs. the squeezebox controller.

pippin

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Re: Anyone used Squidgy?
« Reply #4 on: 29 Dec 2008, 11:47 pm »
The real question is how these pieces of software rate as a remote vs. the squeezebox controller.

Well, to a certain degree that's depends on your preferences.
Let me speak for iPeng:
You can get more information on
www.penguinlovesmusic.com
and
help.penguinlovesmusic.de

As a comparison to the controller:
Today, the controller has more functionality and you have quick access to hardware buttons for volume and play/pause/skip and it acts as a player
The iPhone/iPod has a bigger display and a touch screen, which makes it more flexible, so browsing large lists is faster and some things look nicer, e.g. the Internet Radios/Music Services.
iPeng is especially strong if you want to use multiple players because it has a "MultiPlayer" contol that gives you access to all of them in one place.





yooper

Re: Anyone used Squidgy?
« Reply #5 on: 29 Dec 2008, 11:51 pm »
I have an iTouch and have used Squidgy, but have also used iPeng.  I prefer iPeng and love it!

Mark