[200] [Wish] Squeezebox Client compatibility for Popcorn Hour - Remote Control via Android

[BTHOEM]

Hi,

I have 4 Popcorn Hour machines (3xC200, 1xA200), a Windows Home Server + a Logitech Sqeezebox Touch. Plus a number of Android devices, including a Galaxy Tab Tablet.

I would very much like to use one of my C200's as a music player. The built in DAC is at least as good as the one in the SB Touch and the PCH can output 24 bit 192 KHz in digital passthrough to external DAC, something the SB Touch can not.

However - the user friendliness and the Squeezebox Server library module, pluss the graphical remote control via Android/ iOS, makes it hard to choose the PCH over a new Touch.

But... the Squeezebox server is a highly extendable system with plug ins and multiplatform support. And studying other brands, I see that e.g. Linn has made a plugin for SB Server that extends support to Linn, so the Linn units can stream audio from SB Server.

So I thought....there are some pretty competent programmers here in the PCH community.... Could some of you maybe join forces? Make a plugin to SB Server to enable SB streaming to PCH/ NMT?

If I have not misunderstood fully, existing remote control apps for Android and iOS like SqueezePlay, would then be able to control the streaming to anyone of my PCH-machines....

Anyone?

PS: I have tried different Upnp servers/ applications, but they do not work very well. For audio gapless playback is a minimum.

Bjørn Tore