Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
Nickolay V wrote: I can not find any information on site and forums about computer hardware requirements for great number simultaneously playing squeezeboxes (8/10/20 or 32). I mean multizone audio multiroom mode. Can anybody make all information table for users : winwows PC / Linux PC / NAS Well, I can venture a start: Don't even think about a NAS or Windows ;) I never tried more than 4 at a time myself... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Issue: No Digital Outputs working
Awesome! I find this usually solves audio problems. It should be noted that having to do this is very rare, at least for me - I've had to do it once, maybe twice, in 3 years. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bye-Bye White
I'm only speaking of the boxed package. We still have white remotes. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to play any playlists through Squeezebox/Slimserver 6.5.4
bpa;246225 Wrote: You can try SC 7.0 beta now - it is very stable and close to release. Alternatively attach an example file to a post. If you have been editing the playlist on Windows but Slimserver runs under Linux then it is likely you have added characters into the file which may cause problems with Slimserver even though the files look good. Hey BPA... My whole environment is running under Windows, so that wouldn't be a problem. Slimserver is running on Windows 2003... My clients are XP and Vista... they both can edit GUI-based playlists just fine. It's the actual M3U's that are created by Windows Media Player, or Winamp, or virtually any other tool, that Slimserver is having problems reading. -- vnvjeep vnvjeep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13231 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to play any playlists through Squeezebox/Slimserver 6.5.4
Could still be an issue - if you look at the conf files used by Slimserver on Widows, they use Linux format newlines. The easy way to check this is to attach some examples a working and non working files and they can be examined at byte level. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to play any playlists through Squeezebox/Slimserver 6.5.4
bpa;246334 Wrote: Could still be an issue - if you look at the conf files used by Slimserver on Widows, they use Linux format newlines. The easy way to check this is to attach some examples a working and non working files and they can be examined at byte level. I welcome you to look at them! :) There's a huge difference in the formatting between what the slimserver GUI creates, vs. any other M3U list. I've attached 2 M3U files, renamed to TXT. I told support about this, but they didn't seem to be able to spend much time analyzing them. I'm pretty sure that this is what the whole problem is stemming from. Thanks, Mike +---+ |Filename: WinAmp_List.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3779| +---+ -- vnvjeep vnvjeep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13231 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help restore my love of the Squeezebox
If you don't tell your other half that they're now listening to 320kbps MP3s, the only way they'll notice the difference is by the guilty look on your face. Not that dishonesty gets you far in a relationship, but creative omission might help here. -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bye-Bye White
What about remotes? -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Dear Friends our discussion not full correct. If compare wishful hypothetical VIDEO media player with Slimdevices audio systems, that means IT WILL BE pure UPnP-DLNA system : With MediaSERVER- With MediaRENDERER(= PLAYER) - And with intermediate CONTROL POINT (!!! With WEB interface, but NOT ONLY with player OSD GUI ) I also wish such player for to have great potential video multiroom system. -- Nickolay V Nickolay V's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver only sorts Albums?
Thanks everyone for your tips. I feel so embarressed that I did not try the solution on my own first. I ended up clearing my slimserver music file and rescanned the folder. The artists sorted out this time with no problems. Thanks again. -- Urmaboyblue Urmaboyblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7451 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40681 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bitrate Display
MusicInfoScreen will show Kbps (FLAC file in the example) +---+ |Filename: IMG_0129.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3775| +---+ -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Another reason to love the SB3!!!!
What I have also started doing (Sorry Slim Team) is buy SB1's from ebay for the besdroom etc. Much cheapness ;-) -- mikeruss mikeruss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9023 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40620 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Anyone tried the Eva 8000 of Netgear? From what I read it has good interfaces and plays videos and stuff just using smb/cifs indexing the library itself. That looks like a good solution if you already have a server box sitting somewhere remote. -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bitrate Display
MusicInfoScreen uses Kbps +---+ |Filename: 23112007121.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3774| +---+ -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
bpa;246204 Wrote: I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really means simultaneous or synchronised. If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an issue. A modern 500G disk can do 60 Megabytes/Second. If you ignore seek requirements (Linux IO scheduler should take care of most of that) 60 MB/sec is 491520 kbps, that would give you 348 1411 kbps wav streams. Disk bandwidth is a non-issue for slimserver. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Bye-Bye White
As some of you may have noticed, we no longer have any white Squeezeboxes for sale. It was discontinued quite a while ago, but we just recently ran out of parts to make them. Farewell white! We will miss you... *sniff* Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SmartMusic with Squeezebox
I run a musical accompaniment program called SmartMusic (www.smartmusic.com). SmartMusic uses my computer's sound card to output a play-along accompaniment. Is there any way to redirect the output of this or similar programs (e.g. Band In A Box) to the Squeezebox? Right now I listen to my CD based play-alongs on the Squeezebox but then I have to use the headphone jack to connect to SmartMusic. Would prefer to have it all stream through the Squeezebox. Thanks Jeff -- raceski raceski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14220 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help restore my love of the Squeezebox
I have the SB connected to the router, I've turned off wireless on the router and now the SB won't connect at all, I was hoping it would auto detect and connect via the cable. Have I got to reset the SB? P.S. I got 100% on all the network tests up to 5000kbps. Thanks to everyone for the help -- Xorro *av:* lg 32lx2r lcd #9632; denon avr2808 #9632; kef 2005.2 *source:* sky hd #9632; wii #9632; squeezebox 3 #9632; samsung dvd-1080p7 #9632; sony turntable all av equipment is black - i are co-ordinated! *other: *sky bb max (16mb) #9632; logitech harmony 525 #9632; infamous oppli stand! #9632; tv link black/black sb3 | ss 6.5.4 | vista home premium http://xorro.xpmg.co.uk Xorro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Word is that it's very underpowered for playing video. I found it OK to play normal SD Video off a server using NFS. It is important to ensure video is in best format to play on MVP. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin and song scanning
that feature is only currently available in the new default skin in SqueezeCenter 7.0. I've never been satisfied with the progress bar in Nokia770 as it doesn't serve this function (and is easily broken in other contexts). Feel free to open a bug at http://bugs.slimdevices.com against it. cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help restore my love of the Squeezebox
Xorro;246279 Wrote: Thumbs up to Big Tony, I've unticked the following so FLAC will convert to WAV. File Format Stream Format Decoder FLAC FLAC(built-in) Seems to have done the trick! :D So streaming larger files across the wireless network stopped the stuttering? Am I missing something here? I would have thought that streaming flac to the SB and having the SB de-compress it to WAV was more efficient than streaming WAV...I guess not -- peejay Music is what feelings sound like - Unknown peejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7046 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
What I've been looking for is a hardware mythfrontend box. Some of the media streamers support some kind of UPNP protocol that may work for doing mythfrontend stuff. How the the Hauppauge MediaMVP with custom s/w - it has a MythTV and Slimserver client - not HD however. http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/?token=aad815d41dac0e093e1e8231f42e8a49responseToken=174cde7e6d25dafbfe0ff07a7d7678b0 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
Nickolay V wrote: I can not find any information on site and forums about computer hardware requirements for great number simultaneously playing squeezeboxes (8/10/20 or 32). I mean multizone audio multiroom mode. Can anybody make all information table for users : winwows PC / Linux PC / NAS If you use wireless connections, I suspect the first limitation you'll run into is bandwidth, which you'll reach sooner or later depending on the bitrate of your streaming format. For example, with mp3 at an average of 192kbps, and assuming a 4Mbps maximum network throughput (that's a generous maximum for wifi) you're limited to 21 devices at best, and it's unlikely you'll reach that number on a single access point. Will flac at an average of 700kbps on the same network, you'll only manage 5 devices, and probably less than that. Of course, you'll have much more bandwidth on a wired 100Base-T network. I've not tried it, but I suspect that a fast, modern CPU, with plenty of RAM, and running some flavour of linux will not have much trouble servicing many clients, but I have no figures to back that up. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
Sonos with their proprietary hardware and Wireless protocol may have to define a 32 Zone limit as it may run out of power / bandwidth beyond that limit. My guess is that Slimserver limits initially depends on how much money you want spend on hardware and the complexity of the network as bandwidth may become an issue. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
check out the d-link hd media lounge offerings. it is very slick with video streaming, active tv integration, plus does a pretty damn good job with music streaming. I have a few friends that have switched from sonos or SB3 to this solution and are very happy with it. in particular, they love single box solution, tv-driven control for all media, and ability to control their entire library through the latest version of windows media server. i've been tempted to go this way myself, but have spent a lot of money on slimdevices technology, including several SB's plus a transporter. I love the high end audio and technical focus, and am hoping that the logitech acquisition helps us catch up with family friendly usability. -- patrija patrija's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB on bedside - wifi radiation ?
jaysung;246291 Wrote: - using ethernet and then shutting down wifi by firmware (implement it Logitech!) Already done, the wireless module does shut down when wireless networking is used. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bitrate Display
Same here, I'm still interested to know if there's a way to change the bitrate display from 128000 to 128. Thanks. -- Arie Arie - SlimServer 6.5.2 on Ubuntu Feisty 7.0.4 server AMD64 Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin and song scanning
yes. the question of when is more difficult to answer :) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
I prefer Slimserver(v7) + squeezebox3 system rather than such multiZone system SONOS. But Sonos directly announced in their specs. support not less than 32 simultaneous Zone. But neither Logitech nor SlimDevices do not provide such information about their product. Quantity simultaneous Streams(=Zones) and PC configuration: Processor Speed/RAM size/Disk I/O speed and type of disc system (Single disc/RAID, or?) Thanks All ! Really I try myself only 3 Zones (Windows 2000 Server OS + Slimserver v7.)and all worked good. -- Nickolay V Nickolay V's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14212 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
PaulR;246189 Wrote: If you're into DIY and like tinkering with PCs, MythTV might be worth a look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV I've not yet tried it myself but the thing that appeals is that it's continuously being developed. Or you could try Media Portal (http://www.team-mediaportal.com/) It would also be a PC based DIY solution, and you could build a small form factor silent PC for it. -- ob_kook SB2 -- Axiom passive pre -- Portal Paladin monoblocks -- Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII ob_kook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Puzzled At Work
Just wanted to say thanks for the Hamachi recommendation. It's been working great for the past few weeks. I had to switch to Winamp (from Softsqueeze) but that wasn't a big deal. I've got my tunes back! :) -- Mike Meyer SB3 / SB2 / Pioneer VSX-1015TX / Orb Audio Mod 1's Mike Meyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40066 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter Control - Crestron or Web?
I have a full crestron system, including TPS-4L wall mount touchpanels, a TPMC-10x in the kitchen, and sometime in the future a TPMC-4x remote for the home theater. Can anyone have experience on benefits of using crestron control versus a web browser? I can do either. Thanks. -- patrija patrija's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=380 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please Help! Squeezebox won't connect!
The living room player still works perfectly. The homeplug attached to the kitchen player is also operating perfectly. In Slimserver the living roomplayer shows up but not the kitchen player. Have you swapped them to make sure it's the player and not the connection? Did you change anything in your installation (additional network devices, new software, updated SlimServer etc.)? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
PaulR;246189 Wrote: If you're into DIY and like tinkering with PCs, MythTV might be worth a look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV I've not yet tried it myself but the thing that appeals is that it's continuously being developed. What I've been looking for is a hardware mythfrontend box. Some of the media streamers support some kind of UPNP protocol that may work for doing mythfrontend stuff. Right now my TV is close enough that a 3m HDMI cable works. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
If you're talking about 32 flac streams then disk starts to become an issue as well. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
MillmoorRon;246198 Wrote: Can you select a folder and have it play randomly from its contents? Not something I've used... but following a quick test - you can select all the files in a folder, add them to a playlist and then shuffle the playlist before playback. A bit clunky but it seems to work. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Please Help! Squeezebox won't connect!
Dear All, I hope someone on the forum can help me with a recent connection problem with one of my squeezeboxes. I have tried searching but could not not find a solution that worked. I have two SB3's, one in the living room and one in the kitchen. Both are connected via homeplugs to my PC (Windows XP SP2). Until last Saturday (11/25/2007) I had no problems with this set-up. Then the kitchen player cut out several times before I went to bed. The next day it would not connect to Slimserver (display reads connecting to server, then nothing) and this is still the case. The living room player still works perfectly. The homeplug attached to the kitchen player is also operating perfectly. In Slimserver the living roomplayer shows up but not the kitchen player. I cannot understand why the living room player is connecting fine but not the kitchen player? Then again I am not very technical. Any advice would be most gratefully received. Many thanks in advance, JT-I -- JT-I JT-I's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14216 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
This site is pretty good at reviewing current hardware and also technical info. http://www.mpcclub.com/ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Move playlist to another player
Have a look at the GrabPlaylist plugin. http://www.koldware.com/SlimStuff/ -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Move playlist to another player
slimpy;246195 Wrote: Have a look at the GrabPlaylist plugin. Thanks slimpy - that almost exactly what I'm after. Works really well. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
My Sister has an MSI AXIS 700 Lite, 1GB RAM and 4 Squeezeboxes running - never a problem. Server is not stressed at all. Maybe it would be else for something other than mp3 playback. maybe for 10 or more i would switch to a more powerfull machine. christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
barcar;246190 Wrote: The advantage of the Freecom solution - like SqueezeBox - is that you don't need a PC where you want to play back the media. Yeah, thats what I'm aiming for. A simple, small, quiet device that starts up quickly and streams my video rather than a full featured PVR device. That said, MythTV looks heaps interesting to have a tinker with :) -- Musketeer Musketeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
PaulR;246189 Wrote: If you're into DIY and like tinkering with PCs, MythTV might be worth a look. The advantage of the Freecom solution - like SqueezeBox - is that you don't need a PC where you want to play back the media. But if you went that route there is also the Mac Mini with EyeTV (http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/products.en.html). -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Unfortunately the Apple TV is really crippled in terms of what type of video files it plays. In fact, it wouldn't play most of mine unless I converted them one-by-one. The Freecom looks promising though! What is the user interface like? -- Musketeer Musketeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Musketeer;246181 Wrote: What do the rest of you use? After a lot of research (and getting fed up waiting for a SlingCatcher - http://us.slingmedia.com/object/io_1168286861787.html) I went for the Freecom Mediaplayer-350 WLAN Drive-In kit (http://www.freecom.com/ecproduct_detail.asp?ID=3406CatID=8060sCatID=1147633ssCatID=1147633). It connects to your TV via HMDI or composite and streams lots of video formats wirelessly, from an internal hard disk or USB media. The Freecom device appears to be a rebranded Mediagate MG-350HD (http://www.mediagateusa.com/html/mg350.html) or maybe they are both rebranded versions of something else. In any case they are the same hardware but Mediagate is US only. I haven't found much it can't play back yet - it takes DivX/XVid, HD Transport Streams, DVD images, etc. Of course, like the Squeezebox, there is no support for DRM'd files but, like the Squeezebox, that's not a problem. Regarding the Freecom drive in kit - this is the playback hardware without an internal drive (cheaper). My intention was to stream remotely from my PC (like my SqueezeBoxen) which works fine but I ended up buying a PATA hard drive to mount inside it. It now works as a NAS and my video can easily be transferred via FTP or SAMBA file sharing. With hindsight I should have bought one of the models with a drive pre-installed - that would have been cheaper. Hope that helps. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
apple tv? http://www.apple.com/appletv/ -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
After a couple of months with it I can say I am extremely satisfied with my Squeezebox 3. Probably more so than with any other piece of electronics I have bought for a long time. It does what it does really well. What is the best video equivalent to the squeezebox? I mean one that is not in beta version 0.9, one that is second or third gen and stable. I want one that streams most common video files (like divx) from network storage and does it really well. It doesn't need to have a million other features, like music streaming and web streaming etc. I don't suppose you slim guys are working on a video squeezebox by any chance?? What do the rest of you use? PS: I hope it's not too inappropriate posting this here, I just figured that the kind of people that buy a Squeezebox and are in here reading the forums are likely to be good people to ask about video streaming! -- Musketeer Musketeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stuttering m4a playback under Vista with Squeezebox
I think this may as a result of a change in SS/SC (possibly from 6.5.3 or 4) to minimise use of socketwrapper. AlienBBC works because it is playing a stream and has its own code to handles the types. Socketwrapper handles the #FILE# and #FILE# is needed because standard mplayer cannot output WAV to stdout. I think SC will not use socketwrapper when playing files of known types. So to avoid changing any Slimserver code - what is needed is a AAC/m4a decoder which uses stdin/stdout. Answer: faad. (see http://www.rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php ) Unfortunately I don't the additional command line options to make faad work but there are some Linux entries in the Wiki such as below - but I have not tested these to see if there changes needed for Windows. Code: # Transcoding for AAC files. mov flc * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [flac] -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 --endian little --sign signed --channels 2 --bps 16 --sample-rate 44100 - mov mp3 * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ -x -r - - mov wav * * [faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40001 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB on bedside - wifi radiation ?
Just to become serious again. I see two possibilities: - using ethernet and then shutting down wifi by firmware (implement it Logitech!) - or removing the wifi-mini-pci module from the unit (which apparently people have done -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
bpa wrote: What I've been looking for is a hardware mythfrontend box. Some of the media streamers support some kind of UPNP protocol that may work for doing mythfrontend stuff. How the the Hauppauge MediaMVP with custom s/w - it has a MythTV and Slimserver client - not HD however. http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/?token=aad815d41dac0e093e1e8231f42e8a49responseToken=174cde7e6d25dafbfe0ff07a7d7678b0 Word is that it's very underpowered for playing video. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
Of course Sonos is still dependent on third party hardware for actually sourcing the data - I'd like to see them do 32 flac streams from a 486-based server with PIO disks :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
No one really touched on this but in terms of CPU power SlimServer scales pretty well. Unless you'll be transcoding, you won't need anything special. However transcoding 32 streams simultaneously will require some serious CPU power! -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to play any playlists through Squeezebox/Slimserver 6.5.4
You can try SC 7.0 beta now - it is very stable and close to release. Alternatively attach an example file to a post. If you have been editing the playlist on Windows but Slimserver runs under Linux then it is likely you have added characters into the file which may cause problems with Slimserver even though the files look good. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unable to play any playlists through Squeezebox/Slimserver 6.5.4
Hopefully, the next release will deal with it. Very odd bug, though. Annoying, too! -- hirsp1 hirsp1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really means simultaneous or synchronised. If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an issue. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Move playlist to another player
Is there a way to send a playlist from one player to another? For example, I'm in room A listening to queued stuff and decide to move to room B. I want to move my existing play list from player A to player B. I don't want to sync players because I want to stop playback in room A. I'm thinking of a send playlist to another player feature which transfers the playlist, stops playback on the source and starts playback on the destination. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Musketeer wrote: After a couple of months with it I can say I am extremely satisfied with my Squeezebox 3. Probably more so than with any other piece of electronics I have bought for a long time. It does what it does really well. What is the best video equivalent to the squeezebox? I mean one that is not in beta version 0.9, one that is second or third gen and stable. I want one that streams most common video files (like divx) from network storage and does it really well. It doesn't need to have a million other features, like music streaming and web streaming etc. I don't suppose you slim guys are working on a video squeezebox by any chance?? Well, I wrote a videobox program for Windows once... ;) http://videobox.sourceforge.net/ What do the rest of you use? I'm already running a home (linux) server anyway (for slimserver etc.) so I prefer to use that for my video solution as well. The big disadvantage of using a server is that it's big and noisy (if it's a good one). This can be solved by confining it to it's own space, I have a small utility room that's well suited for that. The audio/video signal from the server is broadcast thru the house over the TV cable system (with an AV modulator). That gets the picture and audio to the TV sets. For software I use MythTV as well as mplayer and vlc. To control the MythTV/mplayer/vlc software I use my own slimserver lirc plugin. That way any squeezebox remotes keypresses are sent to the MythTV/mplayer application (whenever the SqueezeBox itself is in standby). Since I have a SqueezeBox near every TV, that completes the puzzle. It may not be a turn-key solution (MythTV is a bit of a hassle to set up) but it works very well for me in practice and I don't have all kinds of unsightly and noisy boxes around the house. In fact, I don't even have a DVD-player. ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
If you're into DIY and like tinkering with PCs, MythTV might be worth a look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV I've not yet tried it myself but the thing that appeals is that it's continuously being developed. -- PaulR PaulR's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1220 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Musketeer;246187 Wrote: The Freecom looks promising though! What is the user interface like? UI is pretty usable - it's not up there with Tivo or the like - you select your media location (hd, usb, lan, wlan) and media type (all, video, music, photos) then you browse the targets which can contain folders and long file names. Once you've selected your media, the playback controls are just like any PVR/VCR. In my opinion the only thing it's missing is the ability to mark files as played or to move them into some sort of archive. It also supports internet audio (from ShoutCast if I recall) but with Squeezeboxen in the house I can't see why you would use that feature. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
barcar;246188 Wrote: UI is pretty usable - it's not up there with Tivo or the like - you select your media location (hd, usb, lan, wlan) and media type (all, video, music, photos) then you browse the targets which can contain folders and long file names. Once you've selected your media, the playback controls are just like any PVR/VCR. Can you select a folder and have it play randomly from its contents? -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multizones playing and PC power requirement?
bpa wrote: I thought about disk I/O but it is not clear if the OP means really means simultaneous or synchronised. If it is 32 synchronised streams then disk I/O should not be an issue, if they are 32 simultaneous different streams then disk I/O is an issue. Using multiple wireless networks on different channels could be necessary too. Or use wired gigabit ethernet. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 770 Skin and song scanning
I was wondering if anyone knows how to add song scanning (ie moving to a different part of the current song playing) via the nokia 770 skin. Or any browser interface, for that matter. I have seen it done via the song scanner plugin with the remote, but I don't use the remote for any of my transporter/squeezebox's. We control all of them via Nokia N800's or computers. -- broth420 broth420's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1676 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please Help! Squeezebox won't connect!
JT-I;246205 Wrote: The homeplug attached to the kitchen player is also operating perfectly. How do you know this for sure? Homeplugs could be affected by a new appliance/device, new noise on the power delivery system, etc. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Issue: No Digital Outputs working
Yeah! Resetting the Xilinx worked like a charm! Thanks a huge double-lot!! :) -- duloque duloque's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
bpa wrote: Word is that it's very underpowered for playing video. I found it OK to play normal SD Video off a server using NFS. It is important to ensure video is in best format to play on MVP. That's a bit fatal for me. I don't want to have to convert before I play. Other than that a thin client for MythTV sounds good. It's built as a client-server setup, but I have the feeling hardly anyone uses it that way. There wasn't even a working Windows client last I looked. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin and song scanning
Hello Ben, I think this was asked in the original Nokia770 thread but did not see your reply -- the new default skin displays artwork for pandora, slacker and lastfm in the now playing area. Do you see this feature coming to the Nokia770 skin? Thanks -- atlslim atlslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3054 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SmartMusic with Squeezebox
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=205598 but you need a pro soundcard that's capable of digital loopback. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help restore my love of the Squeezebox
BigTony;245057 Wrote: Convert a FLAC file to WAV and stream native WAV (in server settings set it so that it doesn't convert WAV to anything) - this will check the ability of your wireless network to drive the load. Thumbs up to Big Tony, I've unticked the following so FLAC will convert to WAV. File Format Stream Format Decoder FLACFLAC(built-in) Seems to have done the trick! :D -- Xorro *av:* lg 32lx2r lcd #9632; denon avr2808 #9632; kef 2005.2 *source:* sky hd #9632; wii #9632; squeezebox 3 #9632; samsung dvd-1080p7 #9632; sony turntable all av equipment is black - i are co-ordinated! *other: *sky bb max (16mb) #9632; logitech harmony 525 #9632; infamous oppli stand! #9632; tv link black/black sb3 | ss 6.5.4 | vista home premium http://xorro.xpmg.co.uk Xorro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bitrate Display
Where are you seeing this? I don't think this was changed in 6.5.4 from 6.5.2, and when I click on a file in my 6.5.4 it gives: Bitrate: 128kbps CBR (for example). The new SC7 behaves the same. Could you provide a screenshot? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Good news: I just read that next week's dashboard update for the xbox 360 will give improved video codec support. Allegedly this includes divx/xvid support. Its no video squeezebox, but if you already have a 360 - I do - it becomes a quick and costless option. I wish it wasn't so noisy though! Bad news: I use the Readynas NV+ to store my media. I don't have the latest firmware installed, but it is needed to use UPnP with the 360. Unfortunately there are reports of problems using the Readynas with the Squeezebox after the upgrade. Damn it, I don't want to mess up the sweet Squeezebox + Readynas combo I have working here, but I would like to be able to stream my divx files to my xbox! -- Musketeer Musketeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
As it happens, I'm in the market for such a device (video equivalent to SB) at the moment. I'm planning to build a new media server which, as well as storing my music library and running slimserver, will contain my DVD collection and a bunch of other video material. This is of course only feasible now that 750GB+ discs are a reasonable price. The impetus for doing this was that - having cleared my living room of CDs some time ago - I'm getting annoyed by having a pile of DVDs build up instead! Candidate devices include: Netgear EVA8000 Linksys KISS 1600 (also includes DVD player) DViCO TViX M5100SH/M4100SH Popcornhour Network Media Tank Of course none of these are exactly equivalent to the SB, this is very much an immature market. I wouldn't be at all surprised if I end up dumping the first device I buy for something better in a year or so's time - but the main investment is going to be in the server, and in my time setting up the content, so I'm not too bothered about that. It should also be pointed out that all of these devices also play music, so are in a sense competitors to the SB: audio quality is obviously not a priority, so I guess many current users will be happy to keep both, but I am sure that the mass market will only want one such device in their living room. There's yet another direction for Logitech to be looking at.. (lets say, start with a Netgear EVA8000, add a small display, add Slimserver support, put a half-decent DAC in - $500 anyone?) avforums (UK bias) covers this sort of thing, amongst many others. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
