Re: [slim] For the $2000 Transporter, are Slim Devices serious about the user interface?
As to the web browser interface, of course clarkc is right. As to the main SB interface, it is intuitive and handy, but of course clarkc is right that the Sonos is much more polished. (And of course he's right that the well, then buy a Sonos attitude is a typical response on this board.) Interesting to see this job posting: http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/1073 User Interface Designer at Logitech, Streaming Media Systems Location: Mtn View, CA URL: http://www.logitech.com Description Streaming Media Systems, formerly Slim Devices is seeking an outstanding User Interface Designer #8226; Develop a compelling overall vision for each product #8226; Design #8226; Work with technical leaders and product managers to determine requirements #8226; Design interaction flows and individual features #8226; Create working prototypes of key UI elements #8226; Expand on the basic requirements to add innovative UI elements that make for a breakthrough user experience #8226; Partner with software engineers to deliver a great finished product #8226; Directly design the final look and/or coordinate with a visual designer to do so #8226; Learn from customer feedback to improve future versions . . . . We don't know which product they're focusing on. Dave2 -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33046 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Robocopy help, please
Yes, somehow the timestamps changed. . . . Are they all one hour off? See, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS (For historical reasons, the versions of Windows that do not support NTFS all keep time internally as local zone time, and therefore so do all file systems other than NTFS that are supported by current versions of Windows. However, Windows NT and its descendants keep internal timestamps as GMT/UTC and make the appropriate conversions for display purposes. Therefore, NTFS timestamps are in GMT/UTC. This means that when files are copied or moved between NTFS and non-NTFS partitions, the OS needs to convert timestamps on the fly. But if some files are moved when summer or daylight saving local time is in effect, and other files are moved when winter or standard local time is in effect, there can be some ambiguities in the conversions. As a result, especially shortly after one of the days on which local zone time changes, users may observe that some files have timestamps that are incorrect by one hour.). -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29417 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.4
My wired and wireless Squeezeboxes are working. But from Squeezeslave I'm getting fluttery/motorboat sound. ... 0.4.1-win32squeezeslave.exe 127.0.0.1 Found 6 devices Primary Sound Driver : : 2 Playback through TotalRecorder (emulated) : : 2 SB Live! Wave Device : : 2 Primary Sound Capture Driver : : 2 Record through TotalRecorder (emulated) : : 2 SB Live! Wave Device : 11025.00 22050.00 44100.00 : 2 PortAudio on DirectSound - Latency = 5376 frames, 121 msec Any suggestions? Thanks. Dave2 -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20799 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization
Has there been any progress on a possibly related issue of gapless playback?: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19130highlight=gapless Softsqueeze 2.2 does not give me gapless flac playback . . . . (An earlier version worked fine. My SB2 is also fine.) Some other users have reported the same problem here and on Softsqueeze's own forum, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=362090. Thanks. -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization Delay? (and more!)
Richie Wrote: 2 SB2s work very well when synced together. I've never heard them get out of sync. The only downside is the very small gaps at the start of every track when the two players resync. Admittedly this is mainly noticeable on albums that have no gaps between the tracks, although some tracks with no gap at the start do suffer as well. At a guess, 90% of tracks are fine. Richard Richard -- So two synched hardware players can't do Flac gapless? Dave -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18745 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices is hiring!
Michaelwagner Wrote: Another time shifter ... that's 5 days in the future ... See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodical_cover_date Dave -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices is hiring!
Michaelwagner Wrote: I know about periodical dates but you didn't say it was a periodical date. You didn't say, for example, from the December issue, you wrote an exact date. It looked to me like a date on which the quote was said. I assumed you meant November and wrote December, or meant 2004 and wrote 2005 or something similar. Then people would be looking for the quote in the wrong place. If that was a periodical date, that clears it up. So there is no remaining confusion for forum readers: I wrote an exact date because that's the date that appears on the cover of the periodical being quoted. The citation was correct, though I agree it need not have been so terse. (Substantially the same thing, regarding creeping featurism, can now be found here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1884539,00.asp.) Michael - I did suspect that your original post meant to mock what you thought was my error. You didn't say, for example, that you thought there was a typo; you wrote a cryptic jibe. If that was meant to assist forum readers, that clears it up. Dave -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices is hiring!
I agree that the immediate emphasis should be on stability, UI, and consumer-level documentation. Thought for the day: The commercial failure of the Media Center PC and other initiatives is generally because of their increasing complexity. Any hardware or software product will, over time, incorporate new features rather than improve old features. . . . The temptation to add more and more features to a product 'creeping featurism' seems irresistible. Adding this and that is a lot easier than fixing complicated or obscure features. . . . John Dvorak, PC Magazine, Dec. 6, 2005, p. 97. -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Aaargh - no documentation! How do I...
MrC Wrote: . . . It can take a little time for open source documentation to catch up with the progress and changes in the software. . . . Your point is taken, however - the intial out of the box, setup experience could be easier. Thanks for your encouragement, though, in fairness, I think his point is a bit broader. Initial setup is not the only issue. User questions at any point still require a lengthy tour through not only the software help file but also the site's Product Info tab, Support tab, the wiki (a very slim wiki), the bug list, and the Forums. (A tremendous amount of information can be found only in the Forums; no way to tell whether it's authoritative.) I think there is agreement that that's not as it should be. Some of us would put a higher priority on this. Slim recently acknowledged that documentation is one of the top items warranting community support and participation. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=61490postcount=1. I sympathize with the volunteer developers: It's probably more fun to add new features than to document (or stabilize) existing features for existing customers. But the reminder that this is open source software is not much comfort to the ordinary customer, as we paid hundred of dollars for hardware that cant be used properly without a good understanding of how to use the software. Thanks very much for your generous help. Dave -- Dave2 Dave2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18057 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Active Speakers not powering down
To Sean Adams -- or whoever -- Just one customer's vote here, but Please do not, do not, do not modify this product in order to power-down active speakers at the cost of affecting the sound (or even just the audio measurements). Surely the sound quality must come first? Thanks. Dave -- Dave2 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remaining Time In Playlist
As a new user, I agree. It was one of the first things I was planning to suggest. Dave2 -- Dave2 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
