PluginIdeas

From SqueezeboxWiki

Thought we could maybe compile a list of Plugins wanted - and see if anyone is willing to share either a plugin - or an idea of how someone might go about writing one?

1. TransportationUpdatePlugin (I am looking for one which will give me rail and traffic reports for London UK)
2. DvbPlugin (For radio stations and other audio distributed via Satellite (DVB-S) and Digital Terrestrial (DVB-T))
3. ID3TagEditorPlugin (Provide the ability to correct mis-tagged MP3 files via the "Song Info" page)
4. RecordPlugin (Provide the ability to hit a "record" button while they are listening to an internet radio broadcast or schedule times to start/stop recording from internet streams.)
5. VlcPlayerPlugin (Remote control VLC for video playback)
6. BrowseByCategory (Browse by category settings)
7. CoverArtFinder (Provide the ability to find and install missing cover art from various sources on internet)
8. MultipleAccountLogins Provide integration with LDAP or create multiple login accounts
9. UploadPlaylist Upload a list of played songs to a server. Similar to Blogamp [1] (for Winamp) or AMIP[2] (Winamp/WMP)
10. 3rdPartyAudioStream (Stream audio from a 3rd party media player to the squeezecenter, which then routes the audio to a selected squeezebox player) | -> look at the Wave Input Plugin, which does what you want IMHO: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/WaveInput_plugin
11. JangoPlugin (Stream audio from the internet music service Jango at www.jango.com)
12. iTunesRemotePlugin (Use your iPhone/iPod Touch to control your squeezebox)
13. VolumeControlApplet (Disable software volume control of Squeezebox on Controller and use Squeezebox Controller to control your amplifier volume via IR)
14. DVDAudioPlugin When watching DVDs on computer, allow soundtrack to be heard via Squeezebox. This would save constantly rearranging leads and speakers.
15. MusicQuizPlugin Music quiz similar to the one on a Ipod
16. InvertDisplayPlugin I've had my Squeezebox v3 for a few years now, and I'm beginning to notice some "burn in" on the screen (when not in use, it is always displaying the SuperDateTime screensaver, on one of the dimmer brightness settings). To combat this, it would be nice if I could invert the display (black on green instead of green on black).
17. Volume Adjustment Target Replaygain and automatic volume adjustment is great, but the default target of RMS -12db can significantly drop the volume levels of standard audio - meaning that the outputs can sometimes be a bit low for the amplifier you are running - most importantly including BOOM. It would be nice to be able to choose to give something back to replaygain/auto adjust volume titles to put the result back into the region where you can saturate your amplifier/speakers to their max, or reduce the difference between titles with and without replaygain information. Like in Foobar: I boost my songs by 4db above the Replaygain recommendation if they have replaygain info, and drop titles down by 4 db if they have no replaygain info, which tends to even things out between songs with and without replaygain info. It also reduces the output differences between mutliple digital devices on an amplifier when using auto volume adjust and switching away from the squeeze device to say a DVD player etc - with a potential 12db difference in output this could be speaker saving!
18. Songbird Integration Itunes like library integration to the Songbird database. This will replace the folder rescan by SqueezeCentre. It will pick up all song metadata, as well as artwork.
19. WeatherAlertPlugin Interrupts the currently playlist to deliver severe weather warnings from NOAA. Should be configurable so that the user can set their location and choose exactly the types of watches/warnings to deliver. User should be able to resume the playlist after hearing the warning message.