SugarCube Features
SugarCube has been in development since June 2008, so rather than trawl through years of roadmap and development changes see below for a handy comparision of the standard Squeezebox MusicIP Plugin vs SugarCube.Squeezebox MusicIP Plugin v1.0 |
Spicefly SugarCube v5.10 |
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Requires MusicIP Setup in Headless | Recommended | Recommended |
Specify MusicIP to be on a different server ie. NOT localhost | ![]() |
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Dynamic Path Conversion Enable MusicIP and LMS to be on different systems, dynamically converting the library path between both LMS and MusicIP. |
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Per Player Settings | ![]() | ![]() |
Static Sized Playlist | ![]() | NO WAY! |
Restrict Mix to Genre of Seed | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix Style | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix Variety | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix Style from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix Variety from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix by Filter, Genre, Artist from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mixing Filter from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Change Mix by Song or Album from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Mix by Filter | ![]() | ![]() |
Mix by Song or Album | ![]() | ![]() |
Mix by Genre | ![]() | ![]() |
Mix by Artist | ![]() | ![]() |
Mix by Recipe | ![]() | ![]() |
Google Traffic | ![]() | ![]() |
Coming Up Next | ![]() | ![]() |
Replace Coming Up Next Track from the Player UI | ![]() | ![]() |
Specify Number of Tracks to keep in the Playlist View | ![]() | ![]() |
Dynamic Queuing Only queue a track if playing the last track in the current playlist. If there is no next track, SugarCube will pick one. If you are already playing a playlist, SugarCube will keep quiet |
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Auto Toggle Play Other Songs In Album | ![]() | ![]() |
TrackStat Integration for Track Sorting (Optional) | ![]() | ![]() |
TrackStat Integration to Block by Playcount, Ratings and Recently Played tracks (Optional) | ![]() | ![]() |
Start from Alarm - Filter Mixing | ![]() | ![]() |
Start from Alarm - Genre Mixing | ![]() | ![]() |
Auto Start a Mix from Player UI Cant decide what to listen to, let SugarCube start the party! |
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Don't Block but allow Various Artists | ![]() | ![]() |
Block a Selected Artist | ![]() | ![]() |
Block a specified Genre | ![]() | ![]() |
Block Artist Repeating for x Tracks | ![]() | ![]() |
Block an Album for x Tracks | ![]() | ![]() |
Block Track repeating for x Tracks | ![]() | ![]() |
Override Shuffle - Turn Off if left On | ![]() | ![]() |
Auto Step down Volume on each Track change to aid a restful nights sleep | ![]() | ![]() |
Auto Player Sleep switch the player off at a certain time | ![]() | ![]() |
Spicefly Live View
See the decisions made on track selection in real-time and see the impact of changing the parameters. |
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Spicefly Live View
See Album Art in the Live View |
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Spicefly Live View Queue up an Album from the Live View |
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Spicefly History View
See the History of tracks that have been added into the playlist. |
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Play Album Mode Like the current track? Cue the entire album in a couple of button presses. Helpful with the Touch and when you dont have the controller to hand. |
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Send To Player Move the current playing track to another player to continue the mix. |
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Automatic Christmas Genre Blocking Mode Enables Genre XMas and Christmas to only play during December. |
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Determine number of tracks to request back from MusicIP. | ![]() | ![]() |
Support for multiple genres in MusicIP tracks. | ![]() | ![]() |
Functionality to support low CPU powered devices such as NAS drives. | ![]() | ![]() |
Availability | Free with Logitech Media Server | Free 45 day Evaluation Then £10 a year or £20 lifetime |
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