flash internet pages

[pads]

Hi

Generally I use LMS and the squeezeplay plugin to enable me to listen to my favourite Solid Steel mixes.
The squeezeplay plug-ins doesnt work quite as well as it use to and nearly all the mixes are now available through a web page.

Is there any way I can get web pages like the following working properly on the joggler?

http://www.solidsteel.net/broadcasts/976

I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks
P

[Man in a van]

Have you tried an Ubuntu from BUZZ

[pads]

No I haven't.
I have pmpiii and the squeeze OS on a stick.
Thought I'd ask the question first.
But I will give that a go thanks, do you know if the browser in there supports flash (I'm guessing that that is what's required, or maybe its html5??)

Cheers

[Man in a van]

No I haven't.
I have pmpiii and the squeeze OS on a stick.
Thought I'd ask the question first.
But I will give that a go thanks, do you know if the browser in there supports flash (I'm guessing that that is what's required, or maybe its html5??)

Cheers

I would guess it would, Buzz can tell you, or someone else. I have never tried the Ubuntu.

Let us know how you get on.

atb

Ronnie

[pete]

I'm open to any suggestions.

1 - as stated above install Buzz's latest Ubuntu build on a USB stick. You cannot break anything to try.

2 - configure what it is you want to do with the Logitech player and post your methodology here.

3 - Document your set up such that it can be reproduced. I do not use it (web site for music) right now so you have to tell us what you have to configure to utilize it.

4 - tell us and I will test it here with Buzz's latest on my 16Gb SSD based Openpeak 2 Ubuntu / Squeezebox player.

5 - help us help you.

Personally I have not heard of the website Solid Steel. Here is the about pieces.

Launched by Ninja Tune founding duo Coldcut (Matt Black and Jonathan More) in 1988 on the then pirate radio station KISS FM, Solid Steel is now possibly the longest running mix shows in the world.

At a time when most DJs were playing one specialist genre of music, Coldcut's Solid Steel remit was more far-ranging, leading to the show's tagline: 'The Broadest Beats,' since 1988 Solid Steel has always embraced new musical styles as they evolve, whilst celebrating the past.

In 1993 Coldcut were joined by PC and Strictly Kev from DJ Food. In 1996 the show won a Sony Radio Award, and in 1997, Darren Knott, otherwise known as DK, joined the show as DJ and producer.

Solid Steel left Kiss FM in 1999 after playlist changes meant it would be consigned to a 2am–4am graveyard slot. The show was still recorded each week being available online and syndicated worldwide. In 1999, they were offered a slot on BBC's London Live radio station and were on the station until 2002.

In 2012, Solid Steel briefly joined Strongroom Alive internet radio to perform a weekly live show on Thursday nights (7-9pm) and in 2014 partnered with NTS Radio to premiere each weeks show on Thursday nights aswell as being voted ‘Best Online Radio Show’ in the Mixcloud International Radio Awards. The weekly show is now syndicated to over 30 radio stations across the world, available each week online at Solidsteel.net, Soundcloud and Mixcloud, plus a podcast highlights via iTunes (often the #1 video and/or audio music podcast on iTunes and over 3 millions downloads to date) and hour long Video Mixes on Vimeo. Solid Steel has also spawned a variety of successful club nights and mix cd’s.

Select Solid Steel contributors since 1988: Four Tet, Bonobo, De La Soul, Leon Vynehall, Pearson Sound, Skream, Hudson Mohawke, Machinedrum, Lone, Ben UFO, Jackmaster, Seven Davis Jr, Cooly G, Goldie, Norman Jay, A Guy Called Gerald, Juan Atkins, J Rocc, Pinch, FaltyDL, The Bug, DJ Shadow, Trevor Jackson, Maribo State, Coldcut, DJ Food, Cinematic Orchestra, London Elektricity, Autechre, DJ Marky, Amon Tobin, James Holden, Moxie, Mo Kolours, Kenny Dope, Diplo, Super Furry Animals, Caribou, Scratch Perverts, Throbbing Gristle, Toddla T, The Orb, Photek, Om Unit, Mumdance, Rob Da Bank, Visionist, Paul White, Tom Middleton, Richard Dorfmeister, Young Fathers, Greg Wilson, DJ Kentaro, Mr Scruff, Gilles Peterson, Luke Vibert, Laurent Garnier & many more.

Site by antipattern

In association with Ninja Tune

Personally here though went to thinking ColdPlay (I am old?)

Went to You Tube looking for some entertainment.

I am having an issue embedding a you tube video.

Using Buzz's build I was not able to play back the web site via SqueezePlayer.

I tried Chrome in kiosk mode and it works fine and looks good. Only thing is that you can only exit via ALT F4.

1 - Create a launcher and configure it for command line:

chromium-browser -kiosk http://www.solidsteel.net

2 - Exit Chromium using ALT F4. (cannot think of another way to do this with the touchscreen).

[pads]

That looks great Pete. Thanks for looking into it for me.
I will be giving it a go very soon.

Coldcut and Solid Steel have been going on longer than Coldplay.
Think of "Doctorin' the House" by Yazz and Coldcut (1988).

I'll let you know how I get on.

Cheers
P

[pete]

Coldcut and Solid Steel have been going on longer than Coldplay.
Think of "Doctorin' the House" by Yazz and Coldcut (1988).


Geez I was already old in the 1980's. In the 1970's here in Chicago I had a neighbour that worked for a venue company and would get me press passes to concerts which provide nice places to sit while enjoying live music.

That said in the 70's liked that sitting in jazz bars in various parts of the world while concurrently waiting for the chief to make my paella.

Ideally if you could get this to work within the Squeeze player application that would be ideal.

I tried here just with the radio link in squeeze player and it didn't do anything. From reading above it looked like it worked for you.

Yes here while I do stream audio and video from the internet to whatever device I still have kept my old LP's and prefer to listen to my music collections. I have replicated my music NAS collection to two automobiles.


I play a bit with automation and in the touch screen design I can insert a web page box which this would work with. I do mix VLC command line stuff and insert it in to touch screen boxes. Today will try (out of curiosity) to see how well it works with my touch screen designer / one touch screen.

[pads]

I never had this link working within squeeze player.
What I currently do is use the soundcloud plugin for squeeze player. This used to work fine, but these days it has issues with the search and also doesn't always play the correct track.
Which is why I was looking for a way to get http://www.solidsteel.net/broadcasts/976 links working within a browser.

Chicago in the 70's sounds like fun!
Was there much trouble?

Ta P

[pete]

Chicago in the 70's sounds like fun!
Was there much trouble?

Not that I could tell. Different times back then.

There were issues in the 60's.

Trying a test here now trying to embed a browser window in my touchscreen stuff.

Works fine with my touchscreen stuff. Also tested using SqueezeCloud and it works just fine.

Note that I am not really a good touchscreen designer. Picture you are just buttons on the Joggler touchscreen.

Tests here were on a Joggler running embedded XP - works the same in Linux with same application.

Squeezecloud works OK here.

Installed mixcloud and that works too.

[pete]

Testing Buzz's Kodi with Chrome Launcher to see how that works.

What a PITA to get it going. Works fine via Kodi Chrome Launcher.

You have to add Google Chrome rather than running regular Chrome and adjust the start up script.

Exiting is via the ALT F4 command.

Note here I can only do screen pics via a camera and will do that shortly.

So the steps are:

1 - use Buzz's latest Ubuntu
2 - Run Kodi and install the Chrome Launcher plugin
3 - edit the file /home/joggler/.kodi/addons/plugin.program.chrome.launcher/script.sh to say the following:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/google-chrome --window-size=800,480 --window-position=0,0 --chrome-frame "$@"
4 - while in same said directory run chmod 755 *.py *.sh
5 - here changed theme to retouched and made the site a favourite

Here are few snapshots of Kodi

MythTV does better at live TV streaming than Kodi these days.

[pads]

Hi Pete,

I have installed Buzz Xubuntu build.

The website works well in the chrominium browser. Simply saving the link as a shortcut on the desktop works well but is not quite as neat as kiosk mode (thanks for the tip).

Unfortunately I am having a problem making chrominium to play sound through my external soundcard (Behringer U-Control UCA-202).

I have edited the asound.conf file to:

Code: Select all

    pcm.!default {
      type hw
      card 1
    }
    ctl.!default {
      type hw
      card 1
    }

cat /proc/asound/cards device card number is 1.

Have rebooted but the joggler still plays sound through the internal speaker. Interestingly if I play something through squeezeplay the sound comes out the external speakers!
Its driven me nuts tonight and I'm none the wiser..

[pete]

Good news Pad!

Your audio drivers are already there.

Just configure the default audio using the system settings for your USB audio device.

Using KODI you can choose what music service you want to play back.

It is a bit slower in Kodi than using Chrome though.

[pads]

Yes its all working.

Messed around with audio settings, but ended up putting them back to analogue output. So was expecting sound to come out of the internal speakers but the external speakers kicked off!
I can only guess changing the settings caused the asound.conf to be re-loaded..??? Doesn't mater how, its working so i'm happy. Thanks for your help!

P

[pete]

Good news P.

Here have one Joggler (well more than one) configured as a local sound source (using external USB Audio).

I have noticed over the years that the audio via an external USB device is better than the analogue speaker audio.

IE: I have one Joggler on line which has an audio buzz to the speakers whether I have muted it or not. I only have swapped the transformer but it didn't change anything.