Chrisreunion wrote:

I chose to buy a second-hand Mac Mini and use it only as a music server with Linkplayer.

I'll keep Snow Leopard to be able to use the built-in CD/DVD playback features..and the Apple Remote!

These are good points.  I should point out that we watch quite a few DVDs using the Mac Mini as media center under FrontRow.  I have read FrontRow ceases to exist under OS X 10.7 Lion.

What I like about FrontRow and LinkPlayer together is that in order to watch a movie:

1.  Hit "N.RADIO" on Beo4, this turns on Mac Mini and TV-room speakers.  Insert CD on Mac Mini.

2.  Turn on projector.

3.  Select FrontRow on LinkPlayer, hit go, watch movie.

4.  There is no step 4.

Now, if I switch to Lion on the Mac Mini, will watching a DVD become a more cumbersome activity?

N.B.: our other Macs are already on Lion OS X 10.7

You can re-install FrontRow on Lion, instructions can be found online.

Yesterday I worked on integrating Spotify as an internal source. made some good progress, but I guess it requires a few more evening of work.

Last winter, I almost got it working and it was awsome (worked exactly like LinkMusic, with album art, etc...), but for some reason once the source was stopped, it couldn't be restarted.

Since then, Spotify has updated their SDK and they provide a new sample code that doesn't seem to have this issue.

Spotify in LinkPlayer would be really good as it is now available in many countries.

p.

I have a very innocent question: will Linkplayer 2 be free?

I'll be a free upgrade yes.

That's it! Spotify now works fine in LinkPlayer 2.

I have implemented the navigation by playlists. Need to add navigation by Artists and albums. (Looks like Genre is not available in Spotify's meta data).

p.

PhilLondon wrote:

That's it!

OK ... its a wrap 😂

With B&O doing a launch on 17th August, and Apple on 7th September you have GOT to beat them to their punches

And tonight I designed a new icon... Will look better in the Dock.

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PhilLondon wrote:

And tonight I designed a new icon... Will look better in the Dock.

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P.

Looks great !

Will there be a new version of the iPad/iPhone app as well ?

Hi Phil,

I like the new icon very much! I'm also looking forward to LinkPlayer V2 to get some stability back with it working on Lion. The Spotify and EyeTV features sound great too! 

Many thanks and please keep up the good work!

Best

Rob

PS as always happy to beta test if you need it.