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The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

The WD TV Live does not have a "real" open API, but it is built on top of DLNA (at least for rendering).So from what I have heard you should be able to use the DMR controls. With the WD Live TV you will still need a uPNP/DLNA server running, so I dunno if this puts you back at square one or whether this is helpful at all. "Cheap" is really a subjective term. The other option you have is to ebay/Craigslist old laptops, throw up a flavor of linux you like, and configure it for Logitech Media Server (used to be SqueezeServer).



--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" <cfm@> wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

This is what I'm going to do (or something like it) when I find some extra time one of these weekends.



The Raspberry Pi is pretty sweet for the low low price of $35

JRW

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" <cfm@> wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

That looks pretty cool... I'm not feeling like tinkering for this, otherwise I'd probably have a go at it!

- Chip


--- In Crestron@..., "jrw_96" <jrw_96@> wrote:

This is what I'm going to do (or something like it) when I find some extra time one of these weekends.



The Raspberry Pi is pretty sweet for the low low price of $35

JRW

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" <cfm@> wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

I also bought a pi with integration into my Crestron at home for Pandora in mind.

What I accomplished was basic/beta. I enabled telnet on my Pi and then created a TCP/IP Client Connection in Simpl to telnet into the unit with Serial IO to negotiate the telnet connection and login I then ensured that the login automatically started pianobar. It worked and started the pianobar and outputted it to my AAE and you could user serial sends from simpl debugger to change stations and what not. I too had the audio pop and also got garbled sound 25% of the time through the analog output so I turned my pi into an Xbian box instead.

I also used my Pi with an arduino and ser2tcp as a network IR server for my harmony to control my Crestron AAE until I got a pvid, rmc and mird going.

They are pretty fun to play with. I still have the SD card with my pianobar setup and just commented out the symbol in my program. I can put together a quick package of what I got done so far if you would like.

Thanks
John

From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...] On Behalf Of jgreenink16
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:07 AM
To: Crestron@...
Subject: [Crestron] Re: Controllable Pandora Options



I'm working on this at the moment. There are lots of hurdles to overcome yet. First, most of the instructables end up with a problem at a step. It took me almost a week of forum posting to get mine running with help. Now that it's running, the problems are:

1. The analog output pops at the beginning and end of each song. So you get two loud pops at each change. You can use a usb audio output, but I haven't tried that yet. The HDMI output does have audio on it without the pops, but now you have to extract it, or use an hdmi input on a receiver.

2. I haven't started to try to send the data to a processor yet, but I'm expecting problems because I don't know linux that well. I'm hoping that a few more forum threads will get some linux guys to help me output this. Then, I need to get the presses in.

It's a great device, and I'm expecting a solid little thing that will eventually be the Pandora solution. Right now though, I don't know if anyone else is working on it.

I'm open to collaborating.

--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>, "Chip" wrote:

That looks pretty cool... I'm not feeling like tinkering for this, otherwise I'd probably have a go at it!

- Chip


--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>, "jrw_96" wrote:

This is what I'm going to do (or something like it) when I find some extra time one of these weekends.



The Raspberry Pi is pretty sweet for the low low price of $35

JRW

--- In Crestron@...<mailto:Crestron%40yahoogroups.com>, "Chip" wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

**


Absolutely. I would love to see what you have.

The popping sound is a problem for everyone, so "they" are working on it
and maybe in a future image release, or at least for the 3rd gen Pi.

I just saw another forum thread by a guy who was running a php headless
pandora station via a browser, which might also be ported. I may take a
stab at that this weekend, unless your work gets me past that.

let me know.


--- In Crestron@..., John Beasley wrote:

I also bought a pi with integration into my Crestron at home for Pandora

in mind.

What I accomplished was basic/beta. I enabled telnet on my Pi and then

created a TCP/IP Client Connection in Simpl to telnet into the unit with
Serial IO to negotiate the telnet connection and login I then ensured that
the login automatically started pianobar. It worked and started the
pianobar and outputted it to my AAE and you could user serial sends from
simpl debugger to change stations and what not. I too had the audio pop and
also got garbled sound 25% of the time through the analog output so I
turned my pi into an Xbian box instead.

I also used my Pi with an arduino and ser2tcp as a network IR server for

my harmony to control my Crestron AAE until I got a pvid, rmc and mird
going.

They are pretty fun to play with. I still have the SD card with my

pianobar setup and just commented out the symbol in my program. I can put
together a quick package of what I got done so far if you would like.

Thanks
John

From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...] On

Behalf Of jgreenink16

Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:07 AM
To: Crestron@...
Subject: [Crestron] Re: Controllable Pandora Options



I'm working on this at the moment. There are lots of hurdles to overcome

yet. First, most of the instructables end up with a problem at a step. It
took me almost a week of forum posting to get mine running with help. Now
that it's running, the problems are:

1. The analog output pops at the beginning and end of each song. So you

get two loud pops at each change. You can use a usb audio output, but I
haven't tried that yet. The HDMI output does have audio on it without the
pops, but now you have to extract it, or use an hdmi input on a receiver.

2. I haven't started to try to send the data to a processor yet, but I'm

expecting problems because I don't know linux that well. I'm hoping that a
few more forum threads will get some linux guys to help me output this.
Then, I need to get the presses in.

It's a great device, and I'm expecting a solid little thing that will

eventually be the Pandora solution. Right now though, I don't know if
anyone else is working on it.

I'm open to collaborating.

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" wrote:

That looks pretty cool... I'm not feeling like tinkering for this,

otherwise I'd probably have a go at it!

- Chip


--- In Crestron@..., "jrw_96" wrote:

This is what I'm going to do (or something like it) when I find some

extra time one of these weekends.

The Raspberry Pi is pretty sweet for the low low price of $35

JRW

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up,

rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have
any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora
that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage
of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a

quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout
their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked
further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how

much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

**


Absolutely. I would love to see what you have.

The popping sound is a problem for everyone, so "they" are working on
it and maybe in a future image release, or at least for the 3rd gen Pi.

I just saw another forum thread by a guy who was running a php
headless pandora station via a browser, which might also be ported. I
may take a stab at that this weekend, unless your work gets me past that.

let me know.


--- In Crestron@..., John Beasley wrote:

I also bought a pi with integration into my Crestron at home for
Pandora

in mind.

What I accomplished was basic/beta. I enabled telnet on my Pi and
then

created a TCP/IP Client Connection in Simpl to telnet into the unit
with Serial IO to negotiate the telnet connection and login I then
ensured that the login automatically started pianobar. It worked and
started the pianobar and outputted it to my AAE and you could user
serial sends from simpl debugger to change stations and what not. I
too had the audio pop and also got garbled sound 25% of the time
through the analog output so I turned my pi into an Xbian box instead.

I also used my Pi with an arduino and ser2tcp as a network IR server
for

my harmony to control my Crestron AAE until I got a pvid, rmc and mird
going.

They are pretty fun to play with. I still have the SD card with my

pianobar setup and just commented out the symbol in my program. I can
put together a quick package of what I got done so far if you would like.

Thanks
John

From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...] On

Behalf Of jgreenink16

Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 10:07 AM
To: Crestron@...
Subject: [Crestron] Re: Controllable Pandora Options



I'm working on this at the moment. There are lots of hurdles to
overcome

yet. First, most of the instructables end up with a problem at a step.
It took me almost a week of forum posting to get mine running with
help. Now that it's running, the problems are:

1. The analog output pops at the beginning and end of each song. So
you

get two loud pops at each change. You can use a usb audio output, but
I haven't tried that yet. The HDMI output does have audio on it
without the pops, but now you have to extract it, or use an hdmi input on a receiver.

2. I haven't started to try to send the data to a processor yet, but
I'm

expecting problems because I don't know linux that well. I'm hoping
that a few more forum threads will get some linux guys to help me output this.
Then, I need to get the presses in.

It's a great device, and I'm expecting a solid little thing that
will

eventually be the Pandora solution. Right now though, I don't know if
anyone else is working on it.

I'm open to collaborating.

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" wrote:

That looks pretty cool... I'm not feeling like tinkering for this,

otherwise I'd probably have a go at it!

- Chip


--- In Crestron@..., "jrw_96" wrote:

This is what I'm going to do (or something like it) when I find
some

extra time one of these weekends.

made-with/

The Raspberry Pi is pretty sweet for the low low price of $35

JRW

--- In Crestron@..., "Chip" wrote:

The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up,

rendering my SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't
have any desire to replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options
for Pandora that are A) cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can
take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell
from a

quick skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them
tout their i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone
looked further into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for
how

much the card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip

Fusion Research makes a line of ovation pieces that mimics a squeezebox. It
even uses the squeezebox API. I'm integrating one now. Under a $1000. They
have several models. This one I have is a 3 analog output one OMS1 is the
model # I believe. Also has a rack mount option available. www.fusionrd.com

Nick



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On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:29 AM, Chip <cfm@...> wrote:




The PC I had been running SqueezeServer on has gone belly-up, rendering my
SB streamer a useless hunk of plastic and metal. I don't have any desire to
replace the PC, so I'm looking for other options for Pandora that are A)
cheap, B) standalone, and C) have an API I can take advantage of.

The WD TV Play/Live look like contenders, but I can't tell from a quick
skim over the WD site if there's an API available. I see them tout their
i-Device remote, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Has anyone looked further
into these or any of the similar media playback boxes?

Sure as hell would love an ATC-AUDIONET option, but not for how much the
card and a freaking CEN-TRACK cost... :(

Thanks,
- Chip




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