Hi there,
I've finally tried to implement LMS in my car. Apart from a technical issue related to the "automatic start-stop" function of my car, it works quite well. I do have some usability issues however and don't know if they need to be addressed on the player level or on the controller level.
I use OrangeSqueeze as controller on my Android phone and either squeezelite running on the BananaPi which also runs the LMS, with a USB disk as music source, or Squeezeplayer on my phone, connected through bluetooth. Both alternatives have generally the same issues, being:
Other music apps I use on my phone work quite well in this regard, but of course they're not LMS, and even with a 64GB SD card in my phone, there's always music I miss from my ±3TB library at home. Ideally I think the bluetooth commands should be used by the controller (OrangeSqueeze) to send to the LMS, which in turn sends them to the player, as that's the logic of the whole LMS system when using an infrared remote control as well. It seems there's no Android controller apps under active development anymore. Does anybody know of another solution to my quandary?
I'm not here to debate the merits of bluetooth streaming over the direct connection using the AUX IN; Let's just say that the added usability + safety of controlling everything over bluetooth to me is more important and perceptible in the noisy environment of a European middle class diesel car than any fidelity gains ...
I've finally tried to implement LMS in my car. Apart from a technical issue related to the "automatic start-stop" function of my car, it works quite well. I do have some usability issues however and don't know if they need to be addressed on the player level or on the controller level.
I use OrangeSqueeze as controller on my Android phone and either squeezelite running on the BananaPi which also runs the LMS, with a USB disk as music source, or Squeezeplayer on my phone, connected through bluetooth. Both alternatives have generally the same issues, being:
- Unable to be controlled from the built-in controls of my car (mainly skip & pause are needed)
- Not paused/muted for traffic warnings
Other music apps I use on my phone work quite well in this regard, but of course they're not LMS, and even with a 64GB SD card in my phone, there's always music I miss from my ±3TB library at home. Ideally I think the bluetooth commands should be used by the controller (OrangeSqueeze) to send to the LMS, which in turn sends them to the player, as that's the logic of the whole LMS system when using an infrared remote control as well. It seems there's no Android controller apps under active development anymore. Does anybody know of another solution to my quandary?
I'm not here to debate the merits of bluetooth streaming over the direct connection using the AUX IN; Let's just say that the added usability + safety of controlling everything over bluetooth to me is more important and perceptible in the noisy environment of a European middle class diesel car than any fidelity gains ...