Playlists without Server

ZipSqueeze · ‎04-24-2011

What I want to do is feed a playlist to my SQR without using Server (I am not using Server).

What I can do, successfully, is create a playlist using/from the web-based Remote Control. I would prefer to either:

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1. Manually create and then host a .pls elsewhere (my webhost), then feed it through the web-based Remote Control (home/Internet Radio "Tune in a URL").

I can effect #1, partly, but the SQR recognizes and plays only the first File in the .pls - this is the .pls:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=4
File1=http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-24.mp3
Title1=skepticast2011-03-24
Length1=-1
File2=http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-16.mp3
Title2=skepticast2011-03-16
Length2=-1
File3=http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-09.mp3
Title3=skepticast2011-03-09
Length3=-1
File4=http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-02.mp3
Title4=skepticast2011-03-02
Length4=-1
Version=2

I've also tried a .m3u format playlist with the same result - only the first entry will play.

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2. Manually create then copy (using WinSCP) a .pls to the SQR and start it from the SQR.

I have no idea if method #2 is possible, and if so where to copy the .pls.

Help?

CatLogitech · ‎10-05-2010

You should probably post this question on our Third Party Forums as this may get more answers there and is a bit more of a custom use for the Radio.

Here is the link: http://forums.slimdevices.com

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ZipSqueeze · ‎04-24-2011

Thank you for your response.

I had posted the same question:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87235

prior to posting here, and didn't get a response.

I'll finger this out eventually.

CatLogitech · ‎10-05-2010

There are third party apps as well as our own app for iphones and such, but I have not heard of hosting your own playlist somewhere.

I suspect if you were able to host your own internet radio station in a format we support and then you plug that URL into your favorites that could work as a "remote" playlist hosting.

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ZipSqueeze · ‎04-24-2011

Ok... I figured out how to do this using the Podcast Player app and some OPML playlists hosted non-locally. The result is that Squeezebox Server isn't needed (nor is a computer once the Menu/Playlist OPML files are installed); arbitrary playlists can be accessed by Squeezebox Radio (I've only tested on/with SQR), and the playlists can be accessed "publically" if one chooses to make them.. public..

The method is a bit convoluted and my instructions aren't the best (sorry). Formatting (here) is awful.

Required:
1. Squeezebox Radio.2. Pocast Player app (from app gallery on mysqueezebox.com) installed on SQR.3. A non-local web host4. Pocast Player Menu & Playlists saved to/served from the non-local web host5. Internet connection..
Example files below, instructions thereafter

A. Podcast Player Menu OPML:

======== Contents of http://MYSERVER.com/scimain.opml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>SciMenu</title> </head> <body> <outline text="Engines-List" URL="http://MYSERVER.com/engines.opml" type="playlist" /> <outline text="Skeptic-List" URL="http://MYSERVER.com/skeptic.opml" type="playlist" /> </body></opml>
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B. Playlist:
======== Contents of http://MYSERVER.com/engines.opml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Engines-OPML</title> </head> <body> <outline URL="http://app2.kuhf.org/audio_library/engines/eng1000_64k.mp3" text="1000" type="audio" /> <outline URL="http://app2.kuhf.org/audio_library/engines/eng1001_64k.mp3" text="1001" type="audio" /> <outline URL="http://app2.kuhf.org/audio_library/engines/eng1002_64k.mp3" text="1002" type="audio" /> <outline URL="http://app2.kuhf.org/audio_library/engines/eng1003_64k.mp3" text="1003" type="audio" /> </body></opml>
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C. Playlist:
======== contents of http:/MYSERVER.com/skeptic.opml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Skeptic-OPML</title> </head> <body> <outline URL="http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-24.mp3" text="0324" type="audio" /> <outline URL="http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticsguide/skepticast2011-03-16.mp3" text="0316" type="audio" /> </body></opml>
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Instructions (note that MYSERVER.COM is a bogus domain used as an example, only):
B. & C. are sample Playlists that are hosted on the non-local website (the mp3s are not on the Playlist host) . They are pointed to by A.

A. The Menu OPML file defines the menu item(s) that will appear in the Podcast Player (PP) tree on the SQR. In this example the item that will appear in the root of the PP app is "SciMenu", the submenu items will be "Engines-List" and "Skeptic-List".
The Menu OPML and Playlist OPML files must be placed on your webhost before the next step. Note I'm locating everything in the root of the web host as a TEST - they can be located anywhere servable on the webhost as long as the URLs in the Menu OPML file relect the locations.

The URL to A., here "http://MYSERVER.COM/scimain.opml", must be added as a "Podcast feed" from the "My Apps" "Podcast Player" page on mysqueezebox.com (yes, you must be logged in and the Podcast Player app must have already been installed). Depending on your browser, it may appear that when you Add the new Podcast feed it fails - it doesn't, it may not appear until you leave and re-enter the web page.
You can test that it was added by using the html Remote Control (startable from "Remote Control" on mysqueezebox.com), the example "SciMenu" should appear under "Home/Podcasts". But you don't want to start the Playlists using the RC, in fact it doesn't work properly from the RC.

Test:
From the SQR Home menu select "My Apps" (rotate/press large center button to select), then "Podcast Player". "SciMenu" should appear on the PodCasts menu, select it. You will see the submenu/screen for "SciMenu", with two items "Engines-List" and "Skeptic-List" - do NOT select either item. Highlight "Engines-List" then press the "+" on the SQR, select the "Play" option and the engines.opml playlist will (if all works as advertised) .. play from beginning to end.

That's all.. The files pointed to by the Playlist(s) could be co-located on the web host if desired - in the exmples above I'm pointing to files located off the web host, separate from the Playlist files.

Note: Creating a Favorite on the SQR using the Podcast link (e.g., "Engines-List") won't work - oh, you can access the individual items but you can't use it as a Playlist - this must be done from the Podcast Player on the SQR.
The Squeeze device OPML format: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/OPML_support

CatLogitech · ‎10-05-2010

You can insert code by pressing the button that looks like a clipboard with a "C" on it if that is easier.

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jasell · ‎05-15-2011

Hi,

You can try using DropBox. In there you have a feature called "Public", files you put there are public available and is not dependent of your computer being on. Once you put files in the Public folder of DropBox you can right click and copy the Public Link.This public link has then to be stored in your PodCast section in SB. If you link OPML files like structure then you need to use this public link to connect the different playlist.

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