Show information on currently played song

Question

I plan on showing the currently played song on my desktop (preferably using GeekTool). It would be even better if it is possible to switch the radio channel. Any hints on how to start this project (I don't mind programming a bit)? I currently use the default server.

Answer 1

You can open the Squeezebox Server control page in a web browser with the URL: http://<server_address>:9000/. There you can select a Squeezebox client in the drop-down menue, then control it or watch what is currently played.

Perhaps there is some API for this; anyway I hope this can point you in the right direction. :-)