Re: [slim] A better remote?

[Michael Herger]

I'd like it if the Slim remote could power cycle my receiver and adjust  
the volume.


That's why I'm pretty happy with the NAD SR-5: it can control my SB2, too.

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[slim] Re: SlimServer is picking up too many artist names

[JohnnyLightOn]

Will do, Dan, unless the latest beta fixes the problem, in which case I
will post back to this thread.


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[slim] Re: SlimServer is picking up too many artist names

[Dan Sully]

* JohnnyLightOn shaped the electrons to say...


But it still picks up artist names from other tags.  Example:

Artist Tag: Chess Story
Album Tag: Chess Story 1950-1951
Track Tag: 22
Song Tag: Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen

In my artist list, I should only see Chess Story (I don't want the
artists listed individually).  But I see Chuck Berry listed separately,
and when I click on it, it says it's on the Chess Story album.

Thanks for any help!


Johnny - could you please open a bug on this, and attach the file in question?

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/

Thanks.

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[slim] Re: Osx + Wma

[Dan Sully]

* WSLam shaped the electrons to say...


However, if I copy the file to the local mac hdd, it can.

Any idea? Why can the files only be opened when it's in the internal
HDD, and not the external?


The things that come to mind are permission issues - is the drive mounted as
the user that is running SlimServer?

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[slim] Re: Any update on Chinese display support on SB2?

[Dan Sully]

* WSLam shaped the electrons to say...


I can go through the music via the web UI now, but it will so much
cooler if I can see it through the SB2 itself.


WSLam - There are plans to add Unicode support to the player display. I can't
promise a timetable, as there is a decent amount of work to be done.

Currently the player fonts are implemented via a static bitmap file that is
included with SlimServer. These cover the ISO-8859-1 character set.

I have some initial thoughts on changing this to use the FreeType libraries
and render a Unicode font to the display. This would cover all the CJK
glyphs, hopefully. 


Please let me know if you have any more questions - or would like to write some 
code. :)

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[slim] Excited Newbie Questions

[jazzfan]

I just got my Squeezebox2 today.  Business and family needs will keep me
from getting to connect it and enjoy it until Saturday night.  I'm
excitied to hear how it can peform on my Magnepans!  

I am a major FM jazz fan.  This is what drove me to seek out what the
Squeezebox2 does.  I downloaded a freeware internet radio and was blown
away by all the stations available.

Am I correct that I can push select radio station IP addresses  down to
the Squeezebox2, turn off my PC, ultimatly building my own internet
based FM tuner dial?

Can't wait for Saturday night, quiet house, kids in bed, and music from
around the world...

Thanks


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RE: [slim] SlimServer on NAS, coming soon!

[Arthur Cheng]

Can I ask what does NAS do? Seems very complicated for a network
harddisk??

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Subject: [slim] SlimServer on NAS, coming soon!


I just learned that another NAS will natively support SlimServer soon!

Infrant Tech (www.infrant.com)'s ReadyNAS600 (perform much better then
the Buffalo one) will support SlimServer around mid July!

http://www.infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=992#992


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[slim] SlimServer is picking up too many artist names

[JohnnyLightOn]

It's driving me crazy!  :)  I have looked for every control and turned
off everything I could find that would allow SlimServer to interpret
artist names.  I have wiped the cache and rescanned.

But it still picks up artist names from other tags.  Example:

Artist Tag: Chess Story
Album Tag: Chess Story 1950-1951
Track Tag: 22
Song Tag: Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen

In my artist list, I should only see Chess Story (I don't want the
artists listed individually).  But I see Chuck Berry listed separately,
and when I click on it, it says it's on the Chess Story album.

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Re: [slim] Re: pod casting

[Marshall Clow]

At 9:01 PM +0100 6/30/05, Steven Moore wrote:
I am using the 6.1b1 with 10.4.1 version, but I don't think that 
would be the problem. No dev tools either.

Are the tracks in your other playlists showing up?


All the other tracks and playlists are fine.


Did you do a rescan after you downloaded the podcast?


I didn't.
A rescan found the 'cast (thanks!), but that just begs a different question:

	If I downloaded the podcast last night, my server is set to 
check for changes

in the iTunes library every 60 seconds, why didn't it show up this morning?

Nice integration, though. ;-)
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[slim] Re: A better remote?

[zuvembi]

A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863

Question: Would you be interested in a better remote?

- No, I'm happy with the current design
- Yes, it should be included with the SB
- Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional
  extra.


Aaron Zinck Wrote: 
> "zuvembi"  wrote in message[color=blue]
> 
> 
> You can do this:  while holding down the "add" button zaps a song,
> pressing
> it only momentarily while in the "Now Playing" list will simply delete
> it
> from the current playlist.

Excellent.  Well, I changed my mind.  No need for a new remote.

;)

The sad thing is I actually did the unthinkable and went to the trouble
to read the manual.


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[slim] New Price for SB1 refurbished

[Patrick Cosson]

All,

Today, we lowered the price on refurbished SB1 from $229 to $179.
Refurbished players carry a one year limited warranty and benefit from the
30 money-back guarantee.  Units are fully tested and assembled in new cases
prior to leaving our state of art factory.

You can order a refurbished unit at:
* https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi

Happy 4th of July,

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Re: [slim] Re: A better remote?

[Aaron Zinck]

"zuvembi"  wrote in message
>
> 
> A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
> results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863
> 
> Question: Would you be interested in a better remote?
>
> - No, I'm happy with the current design
> - Yes, it should be included with the SB
> - Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional
>   extra.
> 
>
> I'd kill to add a single button, the minus key.
>
> I've lost count of the number of times I wanted to remove a single song
> from the list of playing songs.  No I don't want to add it to the zapped
> playlist, I just don't want to listen to it *right now*.
>


You can do this:  while holding down the "add" button zaps a song, pressing
it only momentarily while in the "Now Playing" list will simply delete it
from the current playlist.



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[slim] Re: A better remote?

[zuvembi]

A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863

Question: Would you be interested in a better remote?

- No, I'm happy with the current design
- Yes, it should be included with the SB
- Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional
  extra.


I'd kill to add a single button, the minus key.

I've lost count of the number of times I wanted to remove a single song
from the list of playing songs.  No I don't want to add it to the zapped
playlist, I just don't want to listen to it *right now*.


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[slim] Streaming from PC Soundcard to SB2

[chopdog]

Given that Slim Devices haven't solved some of the key little "niggles"
I have, I wanted to get a SB1 and a SB2 to play whatever is coming out
of Media Centre on my server. I have been able to stream from Slim
Server to Winamp. Question is, can I do this sort of in reverse. Can I
real time sample in non-compressed wav and transmit to a SB2 ? I know I
could do it by setting up a shoutcast server, but its a lot of hastle,
and limited to 320kbps

Thoughts ? Thanks !


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[slim] SlimServer on NAS, coming soon!

[WSLam]

I just learned that another NAS will natively support SlimServer soon!

Infrant Tech (www.infrant.com)'s ReadyNAS600 (perform much better then
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http://www.infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=992#992


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[slim] Re: Slimserver ogg2flac

[Barnabas]

Server is an IBM Netfinity 5000 dual (SMP) with two 500 mhz p-III MMX
enabled cpu's.

Os is Freebsd 5.4 stable

You can see the endian settings in the above message


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Re: [slim] Re: pod casting

[Steven Moore]

I am using the 6.1b1 with 10.4.1 version, but I don't think that  
would be the problem. No dev tools either.

Are the tracks in your other playlists showing up?
Did you do a rescan after you downloaded the podcast?

Steven Moore
On 30 Jun 2005, at 20:02, Marshall Clow wrote:


Steven Moore wrote:


Just a note:
If you use the new itunes 4.9 any podcasts that you download are
available via Browse playlists > itunes Podcasts. Nice.



I've got 4.9 (slimserver 6.02) and while I see the playlist named  
"Podcasts",

it is empty. :-(

The box is a mac mini running Mac OS X 10.4.1 (nothing fancy, but  
no developer tools).


I know I've got at least one podcast,  but the playlist is empty.
I think I've got to be missing something simple here.
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Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver ogg2flac

[Vidur Apparao]

Nikolaj,

Which endian switch did you need to change? What OS/CPU are you running?

Thanks,
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Re: [slim] A better remote?

[Todd Fields]

--- Damon Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'd like it if the Slim remote could power cycle my receiver
> and adjust 
> the volume.

Most remotes that come with the majority of audio devices won't
do this.  That's why there is demand for after market universal
remotes.

The feature I would like to see the most would be a scroll wheel
of some kind.  The menu and selection structure that the
Squeezebox uses really lends itself to this kind of control.

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[slim] Re: Slimserver ogg2flac

[Barnabas]

Easy sollution once found. 

I shifted the endian switch to small and all was green.

That leads me to another question:

What is the most efficient for the Squeeze2?:

1)
ogg flc * *
[sox] -t ogg $FILE$ -t raw -r 44100 -c 2 -w -s $-x$ - | [flac]
-cs --compression-level-0 --totally-silent --endian little --channel 2
--bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 --sign signed -

2)
ogg flc * *
[sox] -t ogg $FILE$ -t wav -r 44100 -c 2 -w -s $-x$ - | [flac]
-cs --compression-level-0 --totally-silent  --channel 2 --bps 24
--sample-rate 44100
-

The number two will yield a 24 bit output as far as I can tell, but
does that really improve sound?

rgds

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Re: [slim] SqeezeNetwork with Web Interface

[kdf]

Quoting JJZolx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> Philip Meyer Wrote:
> > >Also, you can't connect to the SB network via the web interface.
>
> Will all SqueezeNetwork capability eventually be added to the web UI?

the point of squeezenetwork is to not require a local server. However, there is
a web interface for squeezenetwork specifically, which will probably have
expanded features over time:

http://www.squeezenetwork.com/

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[slim] SqeezeNetwork with Web Interface

[JJZolx]

Philip Meyer Wrote: 
> >Also, you can't connect to the SB network via the web interface.

Will all SqueezeNetwork capability eventually be added to the web UI?

I'm not sure if you'd have

SB2 <-> SlimServer <-> SqueezeNetwork

or if the chain would still be

SB2 <-> SqueezeNetwork

But any SB content/functionality that is available through the use of
SqueezeNetwork should also be doable through the SlimServer web UI. 
Whether it's SlimServer telling the SB to connect to SqueezeNetwork and
play such-and-such a station, or adding something to favorites or
whatever, it should be available without using the remote.

At least one reason for this would be for folks who've completely
replaced the remote with a PDA.  They should be able to have access to
SqueezeNetwork content by using the PDA.


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[slim] Re: pod casting

[Marshall Clow]

Steven Moore wrote:

Just a note:
If you use the new itunes 4.9 any podcasts that you download are
available via Browse playlists > itunes Podcasts. Nice.


I've got 4.9 (slimserver 6.02) and while I see the playlist named "Podcasts",
it is empty. :-(

The box is a mac mini running Mac OS X 10.4.1 (nothing fancy, but no 
developer tools).


I know I've got at least one podcast,  but the playlist is empty.
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Re: [slim] A better remote?

[Philip Meyer]

>Despite loving my SB2, and enjoying the way it has changed how I listen
>to music (for the better of cause), I simply can't stop wondering how
>great it would be if Slimdevices offered a "luxury" remote.
>
Buy yourself a cheap PDA with WiFi.  You don't have to point the device at the 
SB, or even have to look at the SB display, and you'll have more features at 
your disposal.  It's the most useful way of creating and controlling a playlist.

I think almost all SB facilities are controllable through the PDA via the 
handheld skin (there used to be problems selecting radio stations, but there's 
web UI browse components now).  There are a few things that you can't do, like 
interract with plugins such as Random.  Also, you can't connect to the SB 
network via the web interface.

Phil

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[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

[awm]

dbls, thanks for the tip.  Will make things much easier for me.

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[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

[awm]

Hi, Adrian -- just a quick note to let you know that I took a breather
from the Slimserver stuff and will answer your questions this evening,
hopefully.  Thanks for your continued help.  I really do appreciate
it.

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[slim] MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

[Duane Byram]

Just wondering if anyone else has tried to listen to one of the MLB.com
gameday audio broadcasts through their SqueezeBox. I suspect some sort of a
plugin would be needed (ala Live365) to handle the needed login/password,
and possibly convert from the WindowsMedia or ReadAudio format.

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[slim] MAC Address Changes After Fall

[Mike Hanson]

My Squeezebox was knocked off the table, but was caught before hitting
the floor by the tension of the power cable.  At first I was quite
concerned, because the unit would not power up.  When I fiddled with
the connector, it would flash, so I had some hope of an easy fix.  I
opened up the case, and immediately noticed that the power jack had
come loose from its SMD pads on the one side.  I pulled out my
soldering iron, and fixed it up, adding a bit more solder for future
strength.

Now it powered up fine, but had forgotten its network settings.  I
reset everything as before, and was somewhat surprised that the prior
playlist was forgotten.  I checked the Slimserver, and discovered that
the SB had a different MAC address.  It used to be 04:20:05:A0:D3 (as
written on the bottom of the device and remembered by Slimserver), but
now it was 04:20:FF:FF:01!

Could it be that an EEPROM some such component was cleared by the
frequent power flashes that would have occurred with the bad
connection?  Or is this a symptom of a bigger problem?  Am I safe to
continue using it as-is?

-=> Mike Hanson <=-


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Re: [slim] Slimserver as a reliable headless appliance under Linux??

[Free Lunch]

Thanks for the response, Michael.

I grabbed a copy of slimCD and will check it out.  I think the concept
is great. I do Not enjoy putting together the OS portion of these
servers.


  FL



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> > I would like to run All file systems read only to avoid this in the
> > future.  But I'm not sure how I can do that with slimserver.
> >
> > Slimserver updates the .slimserver.pref  EVERY time the song changes.
> 
> I'm currently doing some tests with damnsmalllinux.org (DSL - which is
> based on Knoppix). I'm currently running it from a CF card in read-only
> mode. all writable stuff can be redirected to ramdisk (by default). I then
> mount the disk containing the music read-only.
> 
> This setup should work fine, but needs some good planning as settings
> obviously can't be changed in the running machine.
> 
> > For slimserver, I'm thinking of re-mkfs'ing the home directory at boot
> > time, mounting it and then
> > copying the slim db, config files, etc.  One issue is loss of
> > playlists, etc.  I suppose I could implement a cron job to update the
> > master read-only copies once per day.
> 
> Was planning to do the same: back up settings, db & co. once in a while to
> a free space on my CF card.
> 
> > Anyone have any ideas or done any work on this?
> 
> Have a look at DSL and my "SlimCD": http://www.herger.net/slim/. There was
> some discussion about it in the plugins forum.
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[slim] Slimserver ogg2flac

[Barnabas]

Hi all,

I am new to slimserver / squeezebox and media, but pretty seasoned in
Unix/*Bsd/linux.

I connected my squeezebox yesterday and the following was very easy to
get up and running:

- Flac
- MP3
- APE

The following is giving me grief:

- Ogg/vobis
- Wma

The whole thing is described here with audio files to illustrate the
result / intermediate raw etc. (WARNING me playing poorly on an untuned
12 string recorded with a mike on a headset :-)

http://www.barnabas.dk/slim/slim.html

The example illustrates the problems with ogg 2 flac, but I am getting
the same whitenoise whizz with wma.

The rest is working 100%

Any ideas?

rgds

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Re: [slim] Re: A better remote?

[Aaron Zinck]

> But to be hinest, I don't think this would offer any new functions on
> the remote to make it easier to use, just allow me to control all my
> devices (in a more limited way) with one remote.


You actually could (quite easily) add functionality--take a look at the .map
and .ir files...by modifying them you can make a remote do plenty of things
that the original remote didn't come configured to do.  And then with
plugins you could accomplish even more...



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Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

[Vidur Apparao]

dip wrote:


...

I think that's not true. When I browse artists I should get an "All
artists" line first followed by the artists seperately listed. I can
than either play or add specific artists to the now playing playlist or
all artists by using the first line. The same is true for albums, genre
and so on.
 

All Albums emcompasses all the tracks associated with All Artists. So 
hitting play or add on All Albums accomplishes the goal of getting the 
songs of all artists. It's also a shortcut down to the next level of the 
hierarchy, not filtered by a specific artist. I'm not disputing your 
notion of what's intuitive to you, I'm just saying that's the way it's 
been for quite a while.



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[slim] Re: A better remote?

[jania]

A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863

Question: Would you be interested in a better remote?

- No, I'm happy with the current design
- Yes, it should be included with the SB
- Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional
  extra.


The enhancement to the remote i would find most useful is a qwerty
keypad to make entering text easier. Obviuosly this would make the
remote rather bulky. Just an idea.


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[slim] last couple of nightlies fail

[Mr Nõu]

run on w2k server. I run the windows exe on a library consisting of some 
250 Gb of mostly flac. Nightlies since (I think) June 26 or 27 have 
failed for me with the following in the event log:


Event Type: Error
Event Source:   Application
Event Category: None
Event ID:   0
Date:   2005-06-30
Time:   16:37:48
User:   N/A
Computer:   ALLRAM
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Application ) cannot be 
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry 
information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote 
computer. The following information is part of the event: Perl 
interpreter failed.


On the 28th the event log error was as follows:

Event Type: Error
Event Source:   Application
Event Category: None
Event ID:   0
Date:   2005-06-28
Time:   23:05:34
User:   N/A
Computer:   ALLRAM
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( Application ) cannot be 
found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry 
information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote 
computer. The following information is part of the event: Not an ARRAY 
reference at /PerlApp/Slim/Buttons/Input/List.pm line 260.

.

thanks, glad to provide more info
peter
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Re: [slim] A better remote?

[Damon Riley]

I'd like it if the Slim remote could power cycle my receiver and adjust 
the volume.


My $0.02.

-- Damon

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Re: [slim] A better remote?

[Pat Farrell]

On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 01:22 -0700, Justme wrote:
> The things I miss on the current remote, are 

For me, a cool remote has to have a display screen so
I can see the current song, playlists, etc.

I know I can do it with a PDA with WiFi, but
they are a bit pricey

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[slim] Re: pod casting

[Steven Moore]

Just a note:
If you use the new itunes 4.9 any podcasts that you download are
available via Browse playlists > itunes Podcasts. Nice.


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[slim] Re: A better remote?

[Justme]

A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14863

Question: Would you be interested in a better remote?

- No, I'm happy with the current design
- Yes, it should be included with the SB
- Yes, but I'm willing to buy a "designer" remote as an optional
  extra.


Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) Wrote: 
> Justin,
> 
> the Slim Devices remote is basic so go and buy yourself soemthing like
> a
> Philips Pronto.  I use one in my lounge and it means only 1 remote
> instead
> of 5, has a back light and allows very sophisticated marcos.
> 

It's an interesting idea, but do these universal remotes allow you to
do anything really more than the current one. I have looked at even the
really expensive ones, and they always seem to miss out on a few
functions rather than adding new.

I was already looking at the Logitech Harmony 880
[imghttp://www.remotecentral.com/wn000263.jpg

But to be hinest, I don't think this would offer any new functions on
the remote to make it easier to use, just allow me to control all my
devices (in a more limited way) with one remote.

Anyway, interesting that so far everyone seems happy with the current
remote.


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RE: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

[Craig, James (IT)]

>> I think that's not true. When I browse artists I should get an "All
>> artists" line first followed by the artists seperately listed. I can
>> than either play or add specific artists to the now playing playlist
or
>> all artists by using the first line. The same is true for albums,
genre
>> and so on.

> adding all artists, or all albums at this level has the exact same
effect.

> the group that argues over the naming and behaviour of this meets on
wednesdays
> nights...

Hey I raised a bug on this what feels like a long time ago... 
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915


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Re: [slim] A better remote?

[kdf]

Quoting Justme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> Despite loving my SB2, and enjoying the way it has changed how I listen
> to music (for the better of cause), I simply can't stop wondering how
> great it would be if Slimdevices offered a "luxury" remote.
>
> Thinking about it, if slimdevices thought they couldn't include it as
> the standard remote as it may push the price of the unit too high,
> maybe they could offer it as an optional extra?
>
> If Slimdevices offered a better far more functional remote, would
> anyone here buy it?

nope.  plenty of devices get far too close to being fully functional via the web
interfact.  it would be a complete waste of limited resources.

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RE: [slim] A better remote?

[Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int)]

Title: RE: [slim] A better remote?





Justin,


the Slim Devices remote is basic so go and buy yourself soemthing like a Philips Pronto.  I use one in my lounge and it means only 1 remote instead of 5, has a back light and allows very sophisticated marcos.

Personaly I would rather Slim Devices concentrate on bugs & enhancements - my pet wish is for them to make a video version.  Remotes are very subjective and personal so whatever they did would mean someone was no happy.

Gavin


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From: Justme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 30 June 2005 09:23
To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com
Subject: [slim] A better remote?




Despite loving my SB2, and enjoying the way it has changed how I listen
to music (for the better of cause), I simply can't stop wondering how
great it would be if Slimdevices offered a "luxury" remote.


Thinking about it, if slimdevices thought they couldn't include it as
the standard remote as it may push the price of the unit too high,
maybe they could offer it as an optional extra?


If Slimdevices offered a better far more functional remote, would
anyone here buy it?


The things I miss on the current remote, are 


*backlighting (who listens to their music in a fully bright lit room at
night?) - maybe even something as smart as having a tilt sensor so as
soon as you pick up the remote, the keys stay backlit.


* A jog control, afterall, we spend so much time scrolling through
playlists, browsing etc, spinning a jog control would be so much
faster


* Seperate keys for saving playlists (in fact for working with
playlists as well), an actual stop button, clear current playlist etc


Let's be honest. The whiole point of the SB was to "ignore" your
computer, and enjoy all your music from the comfort of your armchair,
and this means the remote is the single most used device of the SB.


Surely some of the major remote manufactorers can redesign one of their
standard highend remotes just for the squeezebox, and sell them in
partnership with slimdevices. It seems to me, the sort of people who
buy a SB, take their music and their hardware seriously enough that
this would be a viable option.


If you were to design a better remote, what options would you include?



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[slim] A better remote?

[Justme]

Despite loving my SB2, and enjoying the way it has changed how I listen
to music (for the better of cause), I simply can't stop wondering how
great it would be if Slimdevices offered a "luxury" remote.

Thinking about it, if slimdevices thought they couldn't include it as
the standard remote as it may push the price of the unit too high,
maybe they could offer it as an optional extra?

If Slimdevices offered a better far more functional remote, would
anyone here buy it?

The things I miss on the current remote, are 

*backlighting (who listens to their music in a fully bright lit room at
night?) - maybe even something as smart as having a tilt sensor so as
soon as you pick up the remote, the keys stay backlit.

* A jog control, afterall, we spend so much time scrolling through
playlists, browsing etc, spinning a jog control would be so much
faster

* Seperate keys for saving playlists (in fact for working with
playlists as well), an actual stop button, clear current playlist etc

Let's be honest. The whiole point of the SB was to "ignore" your
computer, and enjoy all your music from the comfort of your armchair,
and this means the remote is the single most used device of the SB.

Surely some of the major remote manufactorers can redesign one of their
standard highend remotes just for the squeezebox, and sell them in
partnership with slimdevices. It seems to me, the sort of people who
buy a SB, take their music and their hardware seriously enough that
this would be a viable option.

If you were to design a better remote, what options would you include?


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Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

[kdf]

Quoting dip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> vidurapparao Wrote:
> > The "All Albums" item is as designed. You will generally see a 'All xxx"
> >
> > at every level of the hierarchy, where xxx represents the next level
> > down - albums when you're viewing artists, songs when you're viewing
> > albums. An "All Artists" link while browsing artists would just get you
> >
> > to the same page, no?
> >
> > --Vidur
>
> I think that's not true. When I browse artists I should get an "All
> artists" line first followed by the artists seperately listed. I can
> than either play or add specific artists to the now playing playlist or
> all artists by using the first line. The same is true for albums, genre
> and so on.

adding all artists, or all albums at this level has the exact same effect.

the group that argues over the naming and behaviour of this meets on wednesdays
nights...

-kdf
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[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

[dip]

vidurapparao Wrote: 
> The "All Albums" item is as designed. You will generally see a 'All xxx"
> 
> at every level of the hierarchy, where xxx represents the next level 
> down - albums when you're viewing artists, songs when you're viewing 
> albums. An "All Artists" link while browsing artists would just get you
> 
> to the same page, no?
> 
> --Vidur

I think that's not true. When I browse artists I should get an "All
artists" line first followed by the artists seperately listed. I can
than either play or add specific artists to the now playing playlist or
all artists by using the first line. The same is true for albums, genre
and so on.


-- 
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