| Author |
|
tbeckman
Senior Member
Joined: December 30 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 149
|
| Posted: February 03 2009 at 13:12 | IP Logged
|
|
|
Ok. I am ready to start tackling the audio side of PH. But just general look through the guides, chm file and searching on forum... I can't find out how to set this up. I see where you can enter playlist... but I don't see how to set things up so that I can import songs or how to use a player. Just not understanding how it all fits together.
I would eventually like to connect to my whole house audio system which is in place, but nothing is connected but the speakers... however, it was wired with speaker wire to a box in the wall which would eventually be a controller of some type and then CAT5 from there to the main controller by the computer. Can anyone help me with wrapping my thoughts around this? Thanks.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
jbbtex
Senior Member
Joined: February 15 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 181
|
| Posted: February 03 2009 at 13:46 | IP Logged
|
|
|
The way I understand PH is that the playlist is used if you interface to a CD changer, at least I think I remember reading that somewhere.
I use WinAmp with PH and control it via the ph_winampctrl and ph_winampinfo functions.
Search the forum for winamp and you should find a lot of info.
__________________
Brady
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - Gen. George S. Patton
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
traviskleckner
Senior Member
Joined: February 26 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 118
|
| Posted: March 03 2009 at 10:46 | IP Logged
|
|
|
Given that this post is a month old, you've probably
solved your problem already. That said, controlling
winamp works well (plus then you can use TTS to play
notifications).
The problem I had is that my PH machine is also a server
running Exchange and SQL server, and on occasion it
those 2 apps would run high CPU utilization and make
winamp sound all funny.
I ended up getting a Squeezebox Duet and 2 extra
players. I've got keypads in the 3 rooms that can
control the music playing (stop/play/fwd/rew), plus the
remote is great for everything else. PH controls the
SqueezeCenter with socket commands and works very well.
All 3 players are down in the basement in an equipment
rack with the amps and server, all wired. The only
thing that's wireless is the remote.
Happy to provide more details if you are interested.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
tbeckman
Senior Member
Joined: December 30 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 149
|
| Posted: March 04 2009 at 13:04 | IP Logged
|
|
|
Thanks for the additional info... I haven't had a chance to doing anything yet so your post is still timely. I noticed you said you purchased a squeezebox duet and 2 players... I noticed that there seems to be two parts to this ... the black box itself that connects to the computer and your speakers and ther remote... what did you mean by "two extra players". Did you purchase three of the squeezebox "black boxes". And was that so you could have differnt music sources in different rooms? Also, how did you know the squeezebox would respond to socket commands (not something I know much about)? Thanks for you help.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
traviskleckner
Senior Member
Joined: February 26 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 118
|
| Posted: March 04 2009 at 13:25 | IP Logged
|
|
|
Yes, I got the Duet (which is the combo of the remote
and the player) and then 2 additional players (aka, the
black box that connects to the network and your amp.
Note, the Squeezebox player doesn't have an amp, so you
still need to have an amp between the box and the
speakers).
As for the why, you go it. I've got one that it
connected to the speakers on the main floor, which is
generally where the remote lives. That's about the only
place that I often change the play lists. There is also
a zone in my daughters room, and a zone in the master
suite. Both of those have a limited number of playlists
(2 for her, 3 for master suite) that can be toggled via
a KPL button in the room. Playlists are maintained in
SqueezeCenter (that's the server software that feeds the
remotes).
I did research on both this until and the Sonos system
before i bought them. Aside from the cost (Sonos is WAY
more expensive) the biggest draw for me was that the
SqueezeBox software is open source and has a HUGE user
community. It was from their forums and online help
that I tweaked out the socket commands. Once you get
your head around the concept it's not very hard.
(Example socket command: ph_sendsocketdata1("127.0.0.1",9090,3,"00:04:20:16:4c:77
button jump_fwd\x0A"))
-Travis
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Active Topics 
Memberlist 
Search 
Help
Register 
Login
PowerHome Messageboard : PowerHome General
Topic: Using PH for playing Audio
