Manage the jukebox on the host

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Manage the jukebox on the host

Postby redl » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:09 am

Hi !

I've installed Subsonic on my mini-pc, running Ubuntu 12.04, in the living room. It's plugged to my hifi system, and I'm really happy with that :)

Most of the time, I set the music in the living room from my android phone, using the jukebox mode.
It seems the jukebox mode kind of "hijacks" the audio, since while music is playing, I can get no other sound (movies).
I have to stop the playback on the android phone to have the audio back on the mini-pc.

And the other way around too : it seems that when the sound card is being used by any application, the jukebox mode produces no sound.

All this, however, is no real problem since I rarely watch a movie while listing to music ( :) ).

The problem is that I'd love to be able to manage the jukebox from the host machine directly. It seems quite logical to be able to start/stop music or kick clients from the host machine.
Right now, it seems that if I had launched a long playlist from my work, and forgotten my phone there for the weekend, I'd have to listen to that playlist for the whole week-end without being able to do anything else.

Is there a way to do what I want ?

Thanks for the great work !

PS : Besides, that "audio hijacking" works in a very inconsistant way. Sometimes, stopping the music from the android app restores the other apps' sound, but sometimes not.
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Re: Manage the jukebox on the host

Postby BKKKPewsey » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:05 am

I am not sure if this would work with the android app/player but if you log into your server web page - select jukebox player and then hit the clear button that should stop all jukebox output.
I wont ask why you are trying to control your jukebox when you are at work though - you must have a very loud hi-fi system :?
(Just glad I am not one of your neighbours :shock: )
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