in my free time I created a small VolumioX app, it’s multi-platform and is available for Linux, Windows and macOS users.
With this app you will see what is now playing on your Volumio, volume level, if Volumio is now playing something and if Volumio is On or Off you can control Play/Pause, Prev, Next, Mute, Volume down, Volume up
App for Linux is distributed by AppImage(64-bit)…so you don’t need install nothing, only make file executable and app is working (It’s for all Linux distributions which are newest than Ubuntu 14.04/-include/)
Debian, Arch, Fedora…
Download: AppImage
App for Windows is 64-bit installer
Download: Setup.zip
Guide: in application Settings set up your volumio ip address and click OK and enjoy it. IP address must be in format without http:// …for example: 192.168.1.10
if you find some bugs please post it here…
enjoy it
I have just been able to make this display properly on a Windows 10 box running at 4k resolution as follows:
In file explorer, browse to where VolumioX is installed (C:\Program Files (x86)\VolumioX for me) and select the volumio.exe file, and right click it and “Create shortcut”.
When prompted allow the system to make the shortcut on your desktop.
Right click on the shortcut created on your desktop and go into “Properties”
Navigate to the “Compatibility” tab and click the “Change high DPI settings” button.
Check the “Use this setting to fix scaling problems for this program instead of the one in settings” and set the pull down to “I signed in to Windows”.
The check the “Override high DPI scaling behaviour” box and set the second pull down to “System (Enhanced)”
new system tray icon menu -> when you click on tray icon right mouse button menu will be displayed
if you wan’t close app you can do it throught tray icon menu…
If you have a wish list of things to do, can I suggest you add an option in settings to turn off the scrolling effect on the song title - I find sometimes the scrolling keeps catching my eye and distracting me!
Super, it’s working on my new MacBook Air running 10.15.5.
The menu icon displays a drop down - show, hide and exit. All these functions work as expected.
It’d be nice if when you click on the menu icon the app just appears below it (like in your picture) then you can use the controls as you like. Then click it again to hide the app.
I’m not complaining please take this as constructive criticism - it’s your app, so do as you see best
I very much appreciate having a little app to control Volumio without having to fire up my browser.
Very nice app. For some reason I cannot get the latest update to work on Windows 10 (rel. 2004).
It installs but does not connect after I enter the IP adr.
Update:
It does work if I install it as an update to one of the previous releases
Hi,
I stumbled onto your “X” app last night and thought it was just about time someone came up with such a solution on desktop - sure enough you came up with such an item and from the sound of it, quite the good solution.
Unfortunately for me, the idea of starting to use volumio and software like yours at 60yrs of age is not the simpliest of task. So this to say that I did not buy my streamer at one of the big shops or small one for that matter, I decided on assembling the right solution for me, which I’m satisfied with the overall result. I’m using either ASUS TinkerboardS or Khadas vim3L both combined with the Khadas Tone board and running Debian buster.
This said I’m not a programmer and my knowledge of computer was limited to that of a overly proud typist. My playing inside a computer OS and the forced, manual handling of software is something I had not considered until maybe 12 to 18 months ago. Now, whenever I ger the chance I go in and try to find solutions to simple problems, remember the difference between a “sudoer” and an “su” , etc (not the fs but the latin acronym).
The reason behind this too long reply is that I have installed your application but in the process got the following error message back: " cannot execute binary file: Exec format error" . It looks very straight forward but to me it means nothing seeing I thought that binary was the machine language and that it should be fine?
Anyhow if you have an idea as to what I might have done wrong, let me know 'cause I would really enjoy using your app solution.
Thanks,
Robert
