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DE: Bitte verwende Einstellungen/Plugins im Squeezebox Server und füge die folgende Adresse den zusätzlichen Repositories hinzu. Das Plugin lässt sich dann einfach per Mausklick aus dem Web Interface installieren.

EN: Please use Squeezebox Server's Settings/Plugins to add the following additional repository. You'll then be able to install plugins right from the Squeezebox Server web interface.

http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/repo.xml

Biography

Artist's biography on your SqeezeboxEver wanted to have more information about the artist currently playing on your Squeezebox? Get his biography, pictures, links to related artists and more on the SqueezeCenter's web interface and right on your device's display!


Downloads:

Biography-2.9.0.zip (SqueezeCenter 7.0+)

Biography, discography and more with a click from your SqueezeCenter's web interface  

Requirements

This plugin requires the following perl modules:HTML::FormatText, HTML::Parse. Please see "CPAN Modules" for details if you're running Windows without ActivePerl installed.

Installation

Uncompress the zip file to your server's plugin folder, unzip it and restart your server. You'll see a "Biography" link in the plugin section of your SqueezeCenter's web interface.

Information provided by
allmusic

Changelog

2.9.0 (2009/12/15):

  • add support for Squeezebox Server 7.5 search menu
  • add 7.5/noweb compatibility

2.8.3 (2009/10/10):

  • fix Squeezebox Server 7.4 compatibility

2.8.2 (07/27/2009):

  • add support for SC 7.4's ArtistInfo menu
  • improve AllMusic.com compatibility

2.6.0 (08/01/2008):

    2.7.0 (03/20/2009):

    • You can now browse sub-items like eg. Followers, Group Members etc. from menus (Controller, SqueezePlay, iPeng)

    2.6.0 (08/01/2008):

    • Add support for SC 7.1 new trackinfo menu
    • SqueezeCenter 7.1+ compatibility

    2.1.2 (04/18/2007):

    • NO new features
    • code-cleanup to fix potential issues with display code
    • fix parsing new allmusic.com's page structure

    2.0.2 (09/15/2006):

    • first release for SlimServer 6.5 and newer only
    • add screensaver mode: have the biography scrolling while listening to the music
    • add CLI support: " biography get"
    • remove requirement for additional Perl modules: if they don't exist, the plugin will run with limited functionality

    1.69 - 05/24/06

    • fix an issue with looping when returning from the screensaver
    • add pure.html template (with almost no formatting) for use by third party applications/plugins
    • recover from ip blocking and error messages (timeout) by allmusic
    • add spanish translation (thanks Nestor!)
    • fix parsing new allmusic.com's page structure

    1.5

    • use anynchronous access allmusic which does not interrupt music playing
    • add "purge cache" to settings
    • optimize linewrapping for different font sizes

    1.1

    • improved ignore list behaviour for artists like "Trio" or "The The"
    • added first level cache (memory) to reduce disk acces

    1.0

    • fixed name guessing with online streams

    0.91

    • Néstor added spanish translation! Thanks a lot!

    0.9

    • added support for SlimServer v6.0
    • Dan added non-blocking web access - should prevent stream interruption
    • added user configurable ignore list: define strings which should be ignored when looking up artists
    • fixed caching duration

    0.2:

    • added support for proxy server (thanks to Jaimes Craig for pointing this out)
    • added _blank target to non relative external links
    • added configuration options for slideshow mode, web interface refresh, cache purge
    • added regular cache purge
    • fixed crash when there's no player available
    • added some more informational texts (nothing found, gathering information etc.)
    • more bugfixes...

    0.1:

    • initial release

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