jshailes

I'd like to get a low power pc (arm or atom) running linux and control the music that it plays through an android app, effectively becoming androids version of Logitech's Squeezebox. I'd prefer not to install X Windows on the box. Has anyone heard of such an app?

Stupifier

Well there are dozens of android apps to control various media players (Winamp, iTunes, VLC, etc) that are on your PC remotely (3G or WiFi). Some of them offer incredibly robust control. Most require a little server side application that runs in the background on the PC. Unfortunately, the application is usually only for Windows. I'd imagine there has to be some for Linux as well though.

jshailes

Hi Stupifier, thanks for your input. I've been searching the market for a while and have found that most of the remotes seem to be more of a navigational control too - they have up, down, left, right arrows, select buttons etc which all depend upon having a gui frontend. I'd really like a grooveshark-like interface for the audio on my own machine

Stupifier

Ya, I hear ya. I'll tell ya what I do...but it is for windows.

I use Winamp on the PC and I use aWARemote. I found it to be one of the best interfaces out there and offers the best controls. Pretty cheap too.

aWARemote Pro for Winamp® - Android app on AppBrain

I know you don't wanna hear this...but when it comes to finding apps like this, your choices become pretty limited by Linux. gMote was the only app I found that allows remote control and Linux support. I think you saw that one too....it is not ideal for your purposes.

Sorry.

Bane

If you have a Squeezebox I highly recommend the app Squeeze Commander. I use it with a Squeezebox Boom and it works great.

Stupifier

What he said

jshailes

ok thanks, at a quick glance that sounds exactly what I'm looking for. I'll have a more detailed look at it later. Could you clarify whether a simple squeezebox receiver (Logitech SQUEEZEBOX RECEIVER | Wireless Network Music Receiver | Richer Sounds) would be enough to use the Squeeze Commander app? How does the receiver/app know where the audio shares are?