Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
You could always pick up a tiny monitor if all you wanted was audio and it would have the advantage of a big interrface. The movie rental deal with all the studios and for many countries not just the USA is of course amazing and really shows Apple's power. Clearly they can and will put together a subscription service for audio as well. Then you could play anything in the world and move anything you listen to a lot onto your ipod all for a monthy fee. Thats the dream. The problem anyone will have in competing with apple is getting the same content offerings (eg I can't get Rhapsody in the UK), the economies of scale in equipment costs ($325 for 160Gb Apple TV vs $400 for simple duet + remote), and the extreme difficulty of writing software sexy enough to compete with Apple (slimserver vs itunes). I think Sonos has had it too - but if there is a lesson in the popularity of that it's that slimdevices have been too focused on the people on this site who like to hack and play with degrees in geeek. But even Sonos has no buit in hard drive and you can not seriously recommend the qnap to the man on the street. I guess Apple pretty much have it in the bag even though their focus is so far on TV not music. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Want to be able to run the SBR with the SB3 remote?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42229 Question: Do you want to be able to control the new SBR with your SBx-remote? - Of course I want to! - Nah, why should I? I brief trial, setting the brightness to zero and trying to control SB3 using standard remote, suggests this isn't such a good idea ;) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42229 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?
Robin Bowes;259137 Wrote: Or maybe sooner... Yeah, haven't you finished reading that Perl for Beginners book yet? MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s SB3 NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP NAIM NAP 180 Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
I think after the apple tv presentation last night (discussed here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ) we can say Microsoft is going to have to lot better than logitech and slimdevices. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Problems should be fixed now and will be tested by Schatzy prior to posting them again (learned my lesson) :) Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SlimServer SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?
JJZolx;259096 Wrote: He doesn't want a controller. Many existing users prefer to control their Squeezeboxes with laptops, PCs, PDAs, Nokia Nseries, iPhones, iPod Touches, etc. If you're going to place the SB in a closet, the $150 SBR makes more sense than a $300 SB3. The current setup limitation, though, would keep them from buying any SBRs. I assume it will be addressed once the product has been released. I completely understand what he wants, I just don't think he REALLY wants it. The SB Controller is by far the best way to control a whole house of Squeezeboxes. Especially if you don't want them to have a display. I say this having used most of the other options. Get a Duet when it becomes available , try it for a few weeks. Trust me you won't return it. 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=42249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is this OK? Or do you need to get rid of the config files, too, with aptitude purge slimserver, and start completely from scratch? (Commands prefaced with 'sudo' for Ubuntu users.) TIA ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
(first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a Squeezebox? I would like to see the same alfabetical album order when browsing in Artists - Some Artist . Currently the albums are sorted by name ignoring the release year. (I want the album sort order to be by year, not name). All individual files (mp3 format) in a folder are tagged with the correct year, album, artist etc. I prefer not to browse the raw music folder as entries easily become too long to be usable for the display. Also: Is it possible to hide or remove the All Songs entry? I am using SB3 and SqueezeCenter Beta (from last week, January 10th I think) on UNIX. -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sound card w Toslink for playing DTS FLAC files
Honva, Thanks for your further input. But I've already tried setting the volumes to 100%, with no success. What I'd really like to know is how PowerDVD manages to bypass whatever's altering the bit-stream, and produce perfect DTS surround, when none of my audio players can do this! Thanks also to Jotham - the Transit High-Resolution Mobile Audio Interface might be the go if I can't find a suitable internal card (at the right price) that does the trick, or (better) work out how to use my present card the way PowerDVD does. Regards, Daniel -- DanielTheGreat DanielTheGreat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13031 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39754 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Gallery
Nokia N800. All works well EXCEPT the Album artwork is not showing up in the Album Gallery view. The artwork for each track is working as expected. I have rescanned several times but to no avail. I am assuming What version are you using? Make sure you're using the lates available (6.5.5 or SC7). -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes
Will it be possible to run the Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes ? And will the remote be quick enough and display cower art. All my music is stored on my NAS today but the NAS isn't powerfull enough to run SqueezeCenter 7.0 (Synology DS-101j) and I don't wan't to have a PC running. -- Kim.T Kim.T's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15059 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver just quits - help needed!
It happened to me twice now and i am getting a very irritated now. I have a modem, connected to a Linksys WRT54G router. From that point it goes wireless to a laptop. Router is with cable connected to a Ds107+ NAS. Than i have a Squeezebox 3 wirelles connected to the NAS to listen to music on the NAS. now, without any reason the SB3 quits and can no longer connect to the NAS. Nor my laptop, that one can't connect to the maps on the NAS. I think it has something to do with the Ip's, but i am not very familiar with that, so please help.. Some settings on the Linksys WRT54G router, in Basic Setup: Internet setup: DHCP (to get internetconnection (which still works (both my laptop and SB3 (for SqueezeNetworks) Router ip: 192.168.1.1 Subnet 255.255.255.000 DHCP server disable Static DNS1: 192.168.1.136 (laptop) Static DNS2: 192.168.1.137 (slimserver NAS) static DNS3: 192.168.1.138 (SB3) I connect my SB3 with the wireless network and put in the static ip (..138). Now what do i have to check? And where? -- popmarter popmarter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14996 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42311 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
You can add a tag to your mediafiles called ALBUMSORT. I've done that on all mp3s and flac files, and filled them with 'artist-year-album title' for non-compilation albums. The albums are then sorted by this new tag, while the display still shows the contents of the albumtitle tag. I don't know any Unix tools to do this in bulk, though I'm sure they exist. Another option is the custom browse plug-in, see http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Custom_Browse_plugin. -- teejay teejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9349 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes
Not sure you get cover-art when playing from mp3tunes via SB/Duet (although you do with other Music Services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Slacker). -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?
ModelCitizen wrote: Robin Bowes;259137 Wrote: Or maybe sooner... Yeah, haven't you finished reading that Perl for Beginners book yet? Ha! I'm on page 5... ;) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes
Running the Duet with SqueezeNetwork and MP3Tunes will work just fine. No idea bout cover art and MP3Tunes though, I've not used it. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Espen wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a Squeezebox? I would like to see the same alfabetical album order when browsing in Artists - Some Artist . Currently the albums are sorted by name ignoring the release year. (I want the album sort order to be by year, not name). All individual files (mp3 format) in a folder are tagged with the correct year, album, artist etc. I prefer not to browse the raw music folder as entries easily become too long to be usable for the display. Look for the Albumview options button just above (?) Help in the bottom left of the page. (I assume you're using the default skin) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
tamanaco, You should find the configuration file in the acc-v1-RC2 folder that is crated on unzipping the downloaded file. If you are not seeing it is may be hidden by windows. 1. open the folder with ACC in it. 2. click on tools (in the tool bar at the top) 3. click on folder options 4. click on the view tab 5. under the hidden file and folders click on show hidden fies and folders 6. also uncheck hide extensions for known file type and 7. click OK. at this point you should see a file called ACC.cfg If you still do not see it then open note pad and type in the following SF| G2E| CF| Save the file as ACC.cfg in the folder with the acc program. if it saves it with a .txt at the end the rename the file ACC.cfg and try ACC again. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Thanks. I just noticed the custom browse plug-in myself as well. I use UNIX for the servers, but windows is available aswell so I am sure I will find an efficient tool. -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Secret Squirrel, quoteAlso, I wonder why ACC accesses the internet./quote IE will always try to access the internet every time it is opened, whether you want it to or not. That is just the way the browser works normally. You could manually set it to not access the internet but then when you wanted to use it for the internet you would have to manually tell it to connect every time -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Secret Squirrel;259099 Wrote: Also, I wonder why ACC accesses the internet. Overall, I happy with what I have. Thanks again, SS Secret Squirrel IE is normal set to try and connect to the internet normally. This can be changed (work off line mode)but then every time you go to use it to connect to the internet you would have to manually tell it to connect (on line mode). In fact all browsers work this way. So when ACC opens IE to display, IE thinks it should try and connect to the internet to get ready for your request of a web page. But ACC is telling it what to display so it displays the ACC generated page and is then reday for yout to type in a web address or choose from favorites etc. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
SilverRS8;259165 Wrote: Hi all, Sorry for the problems caused. Frank Frank, everyone using beta software should be aware that issues like this will occur from time to time. No need to apologize. I'm amazed at how quickly you fix and add functionality to this thing. I appreciated all the effort you're putting on ACC. Thanks again. -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
schatzy;259274 Wrote: Did you get it to work? Schazy I removed it. I'm waiting for Frank to upload the next release. Thanks... -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
I have decided that my current QNAP TS101 is nowhere near powerful enough for SC7 (I reckon it needs at least 256MB RAM). I looked at upgrading it but I can't find anything that ticks all the boxes. Most cheap NAS boxes are too limited in CPU and RAM. Mini-ITX based systems are too big and power hungry (IMHO). That only really leaves Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX. My main problem here is price and finding one with Gigabit ethernet. Then there is the cost and limited functionality of the Squeezebox Controller. So I think I'm going to seriously look at writing a native remote control application (much like Moose) for the Axim PDA. This should give me much more control over the user interface than a web-based solution and it will use a local copy of the database so it should be very fast. -- shawkie shawkie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Support Form Issues and Empty Playlists
Are you running SlimServer as a Windows service or as a user program? As a user program, set to be accessible by all users... Do you know if SlimServer can see the external drive? Well, I can browse to all the music via File Folder or Genre, or Artist, etc. All the music will play, but the Playlists are empty. Are you sure you edited the paths so that they're correct from the perspective of the SlimServer machine? What I mean is that if you were to edit them from a PC on your network, the files might appear to be on drive M drive for that PC, but might be drive E on the server. Or if you edit them on another PC, you might use UNC paths, but need to use local drive paths for the server. My old drive mapping from 'My Computer' was J:\ and the old playlists had, for example: J:\music\ext\Jazz\Exodus Quartet\Way Out There\09. Orbit.flac New mapping is from 'My Computer' is F:\ edited Playlist example: F:\music\ext\Jazz\Exodus Quartet\Way Out There\09. Orbit.flac Is there a way to tell from slimserver what it is using for mapping? Please educate me how to check that! /pRC -- pRC pRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11016 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42301 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
tamanaco;259267 Wrote: Thanks Schatzy... I run my systems so that I can see all the hidden files as an administrator. Frank said that the file is created when the script is executed. It is not in the zip file. I usually remove every trace of the previous version of any beta software from my computer before I install the next version. This way I avoid any issues related to compatability from files in one version that might've changed in the next. Did you get it to work? Schazy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
schatzy;259254 Wrote: tamanaco, You should find the configuration file in the acc-v1-RC2 folder that is crated on unzipping the downloaded file. If you are not seeing it is may be hidden by windows. 1. open the folder with ACC in it. 2. click on tools (in the tool bar at the top) 3. click on folder options 4. click on the view tab 5. under the hidden file and folders click on show hidden fies and folders 6. also uncheck hide extensions for known file type and 7. click OK. at this point you should see a file called ACC.cfg If you still do not see it then open note pad and type in the following SF| G2E| CF| Save the file as ACC.cfg in the folder with the acc program. if it saves it with a .txt at the end the rename the file ACC.cfg and try ACC again. Schatzy Thanks Schatzy... I run my systems so that I can see all the hidden files as an administrator. Frank said that the file is created when the script is executed. It is not in the zip file. I usually remove every traces of the previous version of any beta software from my computer before I install the next version. This way I avoid any issues related to compatability from files in one version that might've changed in the next. -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Secret Squirrel;258993 Wrote: Frank, You're amazing! I don't know how you're getting all of these things straightened out and added so quickly and maintain a normal life. I don't have any software consultants that work that fast (okay, one). I can't wait to get home tonight and try the new release! Have you entertain the idea of getting this into the trunk of SlimCenter? Personally, I think it's something everyone could use. Thanks again, SS Frank, I just get a request from Zone Alarm to allow internet access. Maybe it's just IE making the request because I don't allow it as I normally use FireFox. It just works for me. Thanks again! SS -- Secret Squirrel Secret Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is this OK? Or do you need to get rid of the config files, too, with aptitude purge slimserver, and start completely from scratch? (Commands prefaced with 'sudo' for Ubuntu users.) So there's no transition package? - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] MySQL purchased by Sun
If you haven't already heard, Sun Microsystems is plunking down about 1 billion USD for MySQL. Not that it should have much effect on us in the short term, but you never know about the future. -- 4mula1 SlimServer 6.5.4 + Solaris 10 x86: Because Linux would've been too easy! 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
Anyone else that is looking for a universal remote that can control SB? I had my eyes for Harmony 1000 for a long time, and if a version came out that supported SB and had the same features as the new controller (browsing, album art etc) it would be a direct buy for me. The only other one that is close I think is Pronto, but its a little too pricey. For now Im trying out my PDA as a remote for SB, but it doesnt solve my problem with all my other remotes. Rumours of a Harmony with Wi-fi? -- Poff Poff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15061 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
willyhoops;259181 Wrote: Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited. Only if you have an HDMI capable DAC. Outside of home theater I'm not aware of too many of those. Then you could play any CD in the world and move anything you fancy onto your ipod all for a flat monthy fee. I'll believe that when I see it. 50% (rough guess) of the music I buy isn't even on iTunes for sale yet, never mind rental. Recently we've seen more pushing against Apple from the major labels, and Amazon are making very good ground. Interesting times. $325 for 160Gb Apple TV vs $400 for simple duet + remote The duet is far from simple - particularly compared to the AppleTV. The level of functionality and convenience (for audio, obviously) is far higher IMHO. I think it's that slimdevices have been too focused on the people on this site who like to hack and play with degrees in geeek. When you have a community-built product it tends to become a community-focussed product. I find that refreshing and it's obviously a key part of what makes the product line so successful. And yes, IMHO you can be considered successful without selling 100m units. The key to software development is to reign in the geeks and focus pragmatically on the real user. Actually the key is to first identify your users, then identify what they want, and then get the best geeks you can to build it for them. As a user, AppleTV doesn't do what I want, neither does Sonos. Maybe that puts me in a minority, fine, so be it. I'm happy to have the option to get the product which does do what I want - diversity is a good thing :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
Just about any Harmony remote will work with an SB3. -- Rick B. Rick B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Announce: Spicefly Syncer - Automatic MusicIP and Slimserver Synchronisation
Dear All This is the first public release of Spicefly Syncer written to deal with the time consuming issue of synchronising MusicIP and Slimserver libraries when adding new music. Just put your new music files into your file store and let SpiceFly Syncer do all the hardwork! Spicefly Syncer monitors the MusicIP GUI interface and watches its status. Then once this has validated the new files, it will then fire up the MusicIP Headless mode (if applicable) and then finally fire up the Slimserver Library Refresh. It was written against Versions 1.8 of MusicIP and Slimserver 6.5 running on Windows XP, it might already work on version 7 but I have no idea. It needs to run on the machine that is running MusicIP to retrieve information on MusicIPs status. It can NOT run on a different machine, this is because MusicIP is sometimes liberal with reporting its current status so its not possible to remotely query this and get a reliable response, so it crawls over MusicIP to determine what is going on. It also starts up MusicIP and communicates with it to close when its finished, so these need to happen locally. (For the moment anyway) It makes NO changes to your environment, it only writes a log file to the current directory. It requests MusicIP to refresh its library and then Slimserver to refresh its library but the hardwork is done by the respective application. It can be setup to terminate itself once the final refresh has been started. Therefore it can be used standalone, ie. add your new files and start Spicefly Syncer. or schedule it to run daily/weekly etc. whatever works for you. Further public releases and development may occur depending on interest. I've used it internally in my setup for a while, so decided to tidy it up and release it and I hope you find it useful! Thats all for now! Constructive feedback always welcome. Download it from http://www.spicefly.com/ -- cparker www.spicefly.com - Visit for an enhanced Interface for MusicIP and tips and tricks for integrating with Slimserver! cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42318 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
Rick B.;259302 Wrote: Just about any Harmony remote will work with an SB3. Yes of coarse, Im just looking for something with a display like the Harmony 1000 where you can easier browse your files, see the album art etc. If that could be done in a Universal Remote Ill be very happy. Im sitting a bit away from the Stereo when Im listening to music, and I like to browse around in my music library when Im listening, and then the SB display is a little to small. The new Controller seems very interesting for my needs, but if I could get a Universal Remote for all my other stuff at the same time -- Poff Poff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15061 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
shawkie;259280 Wrote: I have decided that my current QNAP TS101 is nowhere near powerful enough for SC7 (I reckon it needs at least 256MB RAM). I looked at upgrading it but I can't find anything that ticks all the boxes. Most cheap NAS boxes are too limited in CPU and RAM. Mini-ITX based systems are too big and power hungry (IMHO). That only really leaves Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX. My main problem here is price and finding one with Gigabit ethernet. Then there is the cost and limited functionality of the Squeezebox Controller. So I think I'm going to seriously look at writing a native remote control application (much like Moose) for the Axim PDA. This should give me much more control over the user interface than a web-based solution and it will use a local copy of the database so it should be very fast. I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes Album Art in SqueezeCenter
Not wanting to sound like an I'm a Mac/I'm a PC advert, but if you are using a PC I think you can use the iTunes Update plugin(http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer/index.html). This makes slimserver use the iTunes artwork without having to embed it in the files. (You have to set the appropriate option in the Server Settings-Plugins section). I have only tried it in Slimserver 6.5 but I think there is a SqueezeCenter 7 version. -- robroe robroe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Changing firmware manually on Debian
How do you force a SqueezeBox 3 to use a different firmware version on a Debian system? I've installed the SqueezeServer v7.0 software from the slimdevices unstable repository but the box reboots itself constantly, always within a couple of seconds of playing any file or internet radio, and there are other posts here saying that either the older or the new experimental firmare might fix this. -- peche peche's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14306 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42319 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
willyhoops;259181 Wrote: Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited. From what I understand it's not much better than S/PDIF. Higher bandwidth but no bi-directional mechanism for clock synch for jitter reduction. HDMI is primarily for video, audio is an afterthought, a matter of convenience. Until recently (HDMI 1.3) HDMI didn't even support the new HD audio codecs, while the video standards have been supported since day one. This is an old article (2005) but nothing has changed in the standard with respect to jitter reduction: http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesarticles2005/articles20051201-02.html HiddenWires Wrote: Using current implementations, HDMI audio appears to have a relatively poor jitter performance meaning that, although mainstream consumers will find the resulting sound quality rather good, it is unlikely to satisfy audiophiles. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis;259199 Wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is this OK? Or do you need to get rid of the config files, too, with aptitude purge slimserver, and start completely from scratch? (Commands prefaced with 'sudo' for Ubuntu users.) TIA My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
I personally think it will go two ways. My belief (and it's only that!) is that we'll get basic IR functionality from the controller pretty quickly, probably an offshoot from the exisiting IR Blaster SC plugin. I also believe that at some point (could be quite a while) Logitech will produce something in the Harmony line which includes SqueezeOS (which is what runs the controller). It'll be expensive for sure, but as an avid fan of both Slim Harmony I'd be all over it :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Just posted (http://www.vanholt.nl/acc/acc.htm) the RC2a version with the following changes: FIXEDProblem with script running slow message of RC2 and screen updates FIXEDWhen selected startingfolder or compilation folder containing a ' character the script stopped ADDEDStore all settings. Also Radiobuttons. It has already been tested by Schatzy so this one should resolve the previous problems. SecretSquirrel, can you test and confirm the correct working of ACC with Firefox? Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SlimServer SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Frank, This is an excellent program however I can't get it working... The new RC2a version starts ok but the script running slow message comes up after a few minutes. Looking at the log file, which is about 4M has hundreds (possibly thousands) of entries like STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; I stop the script after a while without an output being generated. Any ideas? I am running Squeezecenter and have changed the UID as previously explained. Many thanks -- MuckleEck MuckleEck MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Many thanks for this, Frank. I love it! I'm not happy, however, with the quality of my album covers. Most of them are thumbnails that I copied from Amazon.com. They are generally 115 x 115 pixels. They look quite fuzzy on screen and in print. Would I get better quality covers if I went with the larger covers from Amazon? Most of them are 240 x 240 pixels. If I did would I then get fewer albums per page from your script or do you scale them back down? Thanks. -- Rick B. Rick B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
radish wrote: I personally think it will go two ways. My belief (and it's only that!) is that we'll get basic IR functionality from the controller pretty quickly, probably an offshoot from the exisiting IR Blaster SC plugin. I also believe that at some point (could be quite a while) Logitech will produce something in the Harmony line which includes SqueezeOS (which is what runs the controller). It'll be expensive for sure, but as an avid fan of both Slim Harmony I'd be all over it :) It might be a while -- slim and harmony are completely different departments in Logitech. One thing I that I think might be interesting is to see a slimserver plugin that integrates the Harmony backend database with IRBlaster -- that way, anything you've already got programmed into your harmony can also be executed by your slimserver. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Doesn't connect to slimserver or loses contact
According to Slimdevices some of those bugs have been fixed in the latest firmware which is available installing Slimserver 7 (see here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5116) -- Aguida Aguida's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9285 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
MuckleEck;259327 Wrote: Frank, This is an excellent program however I can't get it working... The new RC2a version starts ok but the script running slow message comes up after a few minutes. Looking at the log file, which is about 4M has hundreds (possibly thousands) of entries like STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various Artists;;; I stop the script after a while without an output being generated. Any ideas? I am running Squeezecenter and have changed the UID as previously explained. Many thanks Can you provide additional info; What paths were used as StartingFolder and Compilation folder? Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SlimServer SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Rick, try album art downloader http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51896 Which trys various sites to get the images, I find that images between 300 and 500 pixels square look best. For covers that are impossible to find I resorted to scanning them in myself! -- MuckleEck MuckleEck MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Soft Squeeze Won't Connect Remotely to SlimServer
Ed C;257417 Wrote: Thanks. A Shields-Up probe tells me that 3483 is open. I only have it set-up as a TCP port; perhaps I need to open it for UDP also? Yes, you'll need that. Also you need to port-forward both 9000 and 3483 to your SlimServer PC. Finally, check Server Settings - Security - Block Incoming Connections and Allowed IP Addresses to make sure you're not blocking the remote PC. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42082 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
MuckleEck;259333 Wrote: Frank, Config file is SF| G2E| CF|Y:\Music\V\Various Artists DT|True DG|False ACS|True APPS|True SB|1 Last message before all teh various artists messages were:- STATUS :WHERE INSTR(UCASE(tracks.url), 'FILE:///Y:/Music/V/Various%20Artists') STATUS :group by tracks.id,lcase(convert(albums.title using utf8)) STATUS :order by lcase(convert(albums.titlesort using utf8)),tracks.disc,tracks.tracknum; STATUS : fnCreateSQLQuery(2):LEAVE:15:19:55 STATUS : fnPerformQuery(2):ENTER:15:19:55 STATUS : fnPerformQuery():Recordset opened:15:19:55 STATUS : 15:19:55 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:19:55 ;Various Artists;;; STATUS : 15:19:55 ;Various Artists;;; Many thanks for the ultra prompt response Alasdair What type of files are they? MP3, FLAC, WMA etc. Also do you have any idea of how many files and folders are in your various artist folders? Also what is the file structure under your Various Artists folder? Schatzy, -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
structure is as follows:- y:\music\v\various artists\album\track# artist - track name.xxx xxx is either FLAC or mp3 There are 120 albums in varius artists some with upto 200 tracks total of 3500 tracks Alasdair -- MuckleEck MuckleEck MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
MuckleEck;259343 Wrote: structure is as follows:- y:\music\v\various artists\album\track# artist - track name.xxx xxx is either FLAC or mp3 There are 120 albums in varius artists some with upto 200 tracks total of 3500 tracks Alasdair MuckleEck, Please try and select just one of the album folders in your that has less than 50 tracks (if you have one) I.E. y:\music\v\various artists\album And try to run ACC again, then run it on a folder that has more than 150 tracks and report back if either of those work. I have tested this here on my system and do not find a problem, but i do not have any folder that has more than 56 tracks. Thanks Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
SilverRS8;259321 Wrote: Just posted (http://www.vanholt.nl/acc/acc.htm) the RC2a version with the following changes: FIXEDProblem with script running slow message of RC2 and screen updates FIXEDWhen selected startingfolder or compilation folder containing a ' character the script stopped ADDEDStore all settings. Also Radiobuttons. It has already been tested by Schatzy so this one should resolve the previous problems. SecretSquirrel, can you test and confirm the correct working of ACC with Firefox? Frank Frank, I'll be happy to do that this evening, but won't get to it until about 8 EST. Sorry! Thanks, as always, for all of your work on this! SS -- Secret Squirrel Secret Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Secret Squirrel;259348 Wrote: Frank, I'll be happy to do that this evening, but won't get to it until about 8 EST. Sorry! Thanks, as always, for all of your work on this! SS Secret Squirrel I found i had to change the file association for .htm and .html to force it to use FireFox. This worked for me, but let me know how it goes after you have tried it. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
crooner;259176 Wrote: Exactly Microsoft killed HDCD. And what a shame since its a terrific format. I think the market was more responsible for killing HDCD along with 'mostly dead' SACD and DVD-Audio. People want their compressed audio online from iTunes, Amazon, wherever. They don't know/care about the sound quality difference. Online music will kill off the CD and now Apple TV (and the like) will kill off the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray. It's the way of things. The convenience/quality trade-off is just too tempting for most folks. Just my opinion, Todd -- ToddSTS ToddSTS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
I'm sure it'll get addressed in an AppleTV firmware update, but for now searching and browsing for songs on a SB3 is a lot more fun than on an AppleTV. My friend's got an AppleTV with a VAST music collection attached, and it makes my eyeballs go disco-crazy scrolling through it all. Plus, as and when they add a search function to AppleTV for anything other than YouTube, you'll still be entering it on the screen via the Apple remote; whereas for me i just type it into my SB3 remote - ah, the joys of LazySearch! -- moley6knipe moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
Yes, but the potential is there with buffering. Apple TV is the be all and end all of video on demand, but a few more things are needed before they take audio. Still I think the future is clear and if they play thier cards right they can take it. Quite an amazing thing and with the shares at $162 right now its a buy. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
Oh for sure. It's a great piece of kit notwithstanding my comments; and I have to say when I move house it's going to replace the SB3 in our living room; that way I just have my DVB-T PVR (and let's face it, they're already an 'old-fashioned' way of watching TV!!) and an AppleTV. And I guess like most things Apple they'll find a way to do effective searches using a remote with only 6 buttons that my poor little brain ould never come up with ;-) -- moley6knipe moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] GUTTED: The end of Pandora in the UK!
amcluesent;257515 Wrote: through squeezenetwork it has never stopped working At least part of the SB3 connection to Pandora makes calls to a API services on the Squeezenetwork. Maybe this is sufficient 'proxy' for Pandora to be happy the user is in the USA?I suggest this kind of discussion happens through private messages. Better safe than sorry. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41900 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
bobharp wrote: My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage Presumably you added the bits at the end about having to do more than just the basic apt-get from the repository in the form of having to install libexpat1-dev separately, having to configure perl manually, etc? Is it reasonable to suppose that this is a temporary fix, and will not be necessary for installing the final release? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Boxed in
I seem to have a problem or rather a lack of some basic comprehension as to how my Squeezebox et.al. should be configured/set up. I have muddled through and figured out how to get everything to work (Squeezebox plays my music library on my stereo and I can switch it to Squeeze Network and listen to radio streaming like the BBC World Service feed, as I am doing now and I can access the music library on my PC via Softsqueeze) . . . but only if I am careful. A problem arises though if the last thing that I had listened to/used on the Squeezebox was SlimServer. In this scenario, I turn off the Squeezebox - and at some point also turn 'off' my PC (sleep or hibernate or whatever). Later in the day, I turn Squeezebox on to listen to the radio via Squeeze Network without turning on my PC. Squeezebox attempts to connect but in that the last thing I had been using was the aforementioned SlimServer, Squeezebox attempts to connect to it but cannot and it proceeds into set-up and eventually resets (in Dutch I might add) itself. I know how to prevent this from happening, just by making sure the last thing that I tuned in on Squeezebox was Squeeze Network or to always have my PC turned on, but this can't possibly be the correct set up, can it? I suspect the problem is related to the fact that 2 players are recognized. One (127.0.0.1 . . .) when Squeezebox is off and another (192.268.2.2) when Squeezebox is on. Is it just a matter of asking SlimServer to forget about the 127... player (presumably my PC?) ? I am leery of asking it to do so without asking here first. Your help is very much appreciated. Server Settings: SlimServer version 6.5.4, Server IP address 192.168.2.2 Player Settings for 127.0.0.1 (IP address 127.0.0.1:50146) -no other information given Player Settings for 192.168.2.3 (IP address 192.168.2.3:46619) MAC address 00:04:20:07:df:97 Player Firmware Version 81 -- HeavyB HeavyB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Here's my system: 2 wired-only SB3 connected via ethernet 1 wireless SB3 connected via ethernet NO wireless network in the house (it is all wired ethernet) -- krikor krikor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] change port used for slimproto
I have 2 servers running in my house that run 6.5.4 Slimserver (SuSe Linux). I've been using softsqueeze to stream music at work from one of the servers. I'd like to be able to stream from either. To do this, I need to change the ports that are used for each server. This way I can set up my router so requests for machine A go to machine A, and the same for Machine B. I've already taken care of the HTPP port and that works. However, I don't see a way to change the slimproto port. A search in these forums showed that there is a command line option to slimserver.pl. I opened up the file and don't see an option. In the slimproto source file, I see where the port value is hardcoded. To change the port used for slimproto, do I have to change the slimproto source file? If I do this, will there be any other impact? Is slimproto used for anything other than softsqueeze? For now I'm using Winamp to open up stream.mp3, but I would rather be able to use softsqueeze. Thanks! Rich -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis;259374 Wrote: bobharp wrote: My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage Presumably you added the bits at the end about having to do more than just the basic apt-get from the repository in the form of having to install libexpat1-dev separately, having to configure perl manually, etc? Is it reasonable to suppose that this is a temporary fix, and will not be necessary for installing the final release? I did not want to wipe that information out of the wiki page. I do not have the resources to test various debian distros. I am on Ubuntu 6.06. I just added: -or for the development release (currently SlimServer 7.0a1)- apt-get remove --purge slimserver apt-get update apt-get install squeezecenter I doubt that a purge is necessary. I did not have to configure perl or install libexpat1-dev. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Soft Squeeze Won't Connect Remotely to SlimServer
Thanks Mark! Both port 9000 and 3483 are forwarded. I learned some more last night. This may have something to do with my work PC which is on a really large company's network behind their firewall. I had an old Win95 notebook at home that I connected by dial-up to the internet. I confirmed that it was at a different IP than my router's WAN IP. Then I used a port query program to check the ports on my router. Since I had access control turned-on, the port query showed them all as closed. Then I added the Win95 machine's IP address to the router's allowed list and port query showed 3483 and 9000 as listening. I brought-up Slimserver on the remote machine with no problem. I couldn't test SoftSqueeze because it requires Java 1.4 but Win95 won't run Java 1.4. That said, the IP address of my work machine is also in my router's allowed list. This morning, a port query of my home router from work shows port 9000 as listening but shows port 3483 as not listening. I need to get a modern machine, outside my company's firewall, and see if SoftSqueeze works. -- Ed C Ed C's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14966 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42082 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
krikor;259377 Wrote: Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Here's my system: 2 wired-only SB3 connected via ethernet 1 wireless SB3 connected via ethernet NO wireless network in the house (it is all wired ethernet)Do you mean connecting to the wireless SB3 and then talking to the SC via ethernet? -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 16286 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 QNAP TS-101 (2.1.1 build 0827T) - SlimServer 6.5.4 3 x wireless SB3 bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boxed in
When you turn on the squeezebox, press and hold the left arrow (navigation) button. This will bring up a menu where you can go into the network settings. Actually, you probably don't have to turn the squeezebox on to do this. Scroll through and you will see an option to connect to squeezenetwork. Select this and press play. You should then connect to squeezenetwork. Certainly not intuitive, but it will work. You don't have to worry about telling the server to forget any players. Have fun! Rich -- maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
krikor wrote: Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Yes, this will work. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Robin Bowes;259257 Wrote: Look for the Albumview options button just above (?) Help in the bottom left of the page. (I assume you're using the default skin) R. I use the standard skin (Logitech green so to say). I see no such button on the general front page. I am using SqueezeCenter-versjon: 7.0 - 16093 (from the status page). Is there a url I can type in manually to reach that page? -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boxed in
I appreciate the reply but I don't have any problems connecting to Squeeze Network, that is as long as it was connected the last time I turned Squeezebox off. The problem (if it is one?) arises when I am listening to my music library via SlimServer and I turn off the Squeezebox and also shut down or put my PC to sleep. If I then try to access Squeeze Network via the Squeezebox (without my PC running) it automatically goes into a reset whereby I lose my presets, favoties, language, date-time format etc.). I can get around the problem by eitehr a.) just making sure to tune Squeezebox into Squeeze Network before turning Squeezebox off OR b.) making sure my PC is running before turning Squeezebox on But, since Squeeze Network is supposed to be an always-on service, it seems to me as though something is amiss somewhere and that it is something basic with how I am connected. -- HeavyB HeavyB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Espen wrote: Robin Bowes;259257 Wrote: Look for the Albumview options button just above (?) Help in the bottom left of the page. (I assume you're using the default skin) R. I use the standard skin (Logitech green so to say). I see no such button on the general front page. I am using SqueezeCenter-versjon: 7.0 - 16093 (from the status page). Is there a url I can type in manually to reach that page? You need to first browse to a list of albums, e.g. Albums, or Artists-Albums. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boxed in
HeavyB;259375 Wrote: Later in the day, I turn Squeezebox on to listen to the radio via Squeeze Network without turning on my PC. Squeezebox attempts to connect but in that the last thing I had been using was the aforementioned SlimServer, Squeezebox attempts to connect to it but cannot and it proceeds into set-up and eventually resets (in Dutch I might add) itself. I know how to prevent this from happening, just by making sure the last thing that I tuned in on Squeezebox was Squeeze Network or to always have my PC turned on, but this can't possibly be the correct set up, can it? Unfortunately by turning off the PC you have nothing for the Squeezebox to connect to so it must go back to trying to find something to connect to and that results in the network configuration coming up. This is standard operation. As maggior stated Scroll through and you will see an option to connect to squeezenetwork. Your other 2 options are 1. set it to Squeezenetwork each time before you press the off button 2. turn your computer on first, let it start up and then start your Squeezebox. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Robin Bowes;259408 Wrote: You need to first browse to a list of albums, e.g. Albums, or Artists-Albums. R. Ok, thanks. That helps in the web interface, but what I really look for is the same behavior when navigating on the SB itself. Seems that the dropdown menu only controls the beavior in the web interface. -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
mkozlows;259127 Wrote: Ah! That's the thing I was missing. So can you put a playlist with a mix of your Rhapsody music and your local-stored music? We had never tried that, but I just did. It worked! Good job Andy! :) 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=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't get SB3 to connect to server anymore (OS X)
It's working again. It turned out that I by mistake had enabled Virtual Interfaces which messed things up badly. I posted my problem on arstechnica.com and got some very skilled help from OS X expects. So big thanks to a guy who goes by the handle costique. -- Husted Husted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Espen;259221 Wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a Squeezebox? I would like to see the same alfabetical album order when browsing in Artists - Some Artist . Currently the albums are sorted by name ignoring the release year. (I want the album sort order to be by year, not name). All individual files (mp3 format) in a folder are tagged with the correct year, album, artist etc. I prefer not to browse the raw music folder as entries easily become too long to be usable for the display. In the web interface, if you browse Albums or Artists and have the sorting set to 'Artist, Year, Album' you'll get what you want. In the remote interface (using the remote control and the Squeezebox's display), no, you can't have albums sorted by year. There's been a request for this that's now four years old, but it's never been implemented. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 Also: Is it possible to hide or remove the All Songs entry? Not unless you customize one of the web skins yourself. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
ToddSTS;259352 Wrote: I think the market was more responsible for killing HDCD along with 'mostly dead' SACD and DVD-Audio. People want their compressed audio online from iTunes, Amazon, wherever. They don't know/care about the sound quality difference. Online music will kill off the CD and now Apple TV (and the like) will kill off the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray. It's the way of things. The convenience/quality trade-off is just too tempting for most folks. Just my opinion, Todd I think that makes a lot more sense than a corporation acquiring a format, only to kill it later on without having a competing alternative. Microsoft is not that big evil company out there to wreck everything we want to do or enjoy... that is simply not good business. -- matthijskoopmans LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/matthijskoopmans/ matthijskoopmans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqeezeBox to connect without a router or access point - not working
Hello Just got my SqueezeBox today together with a D-link DWA-140 wireless USB adapter. I got no other wireless devices connected to my computer besides that. Im trying to set up my wireless connection due to the guide: 5996 Configuring a SqeezeBox or Transporter to connect without a router or access point. http://slimdevices.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/slimdevices.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5996p_created=1168549067p_sid=IgA4qWVip_accessibility=0p_redirect=p_lva=p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTAsMTAmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1pcA**p_li=p_topview=1 Everything seems to be working as described in the guide until I reach the part where I should set the IP address of the SB manually, there seems to be no such option. Instead Sb jumps directly to where it tries to connect to the wireless network. Of course without any luck. What should i do to solve this? -- stax stax's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15065 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
mflint wrote: I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matthew, What HDD do you have in your Kurobox? I've been trying to use a Seagate ST3500630A (500GB) but it just runs too damn hot. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boxed in
maggior schatzy, Thanks much for the replys, I feel much better now! I love the Squeezbox . . . -- HeavyB HeavyB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
bobharp wrote: I just added: -or for the development release (currently SlimServer 7.0a1)- apt-get remove --purge slimserver apt-get update apt-get install squeezecenter I doubt that a purge is necessary. I did not have to configure perl or install libexpat1-dev. That's good! And really simple. Thanks for the confirmation. [If the process is now that simple, I do hope there's some way of tidying up the wiki so that it's less confusing. I guess many of us have had the experience of being led astray by HowTos and wikis that haven't been cleaned up for years, and have layers of obsolete, misleading and conflicting instructions. They get to be like a fridge in a student house - everyone puts stuff in, but no one feels they can chuck rotting stuff out, 'cos it's not theirs! Are there wiki management rules about this? (Couldn't find any advice on this in the wiki! ;-) )] ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?
Espen;259221 Wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a Squeezebox? I would like to see the same alfabetical album order when browsing in Artists - Some Artist . Currently the albums are sorted by name ignoring the release year. (I want the album sort order to be by year, not name). All individual files (mp3 format) in a folder are tagged with the correct year, album, artist etc. I prefer not to browse the raw music folder as entries easily become too long to be usable for the display. Also: Is it possible to hide or remove the All Songs entry? I am using SB3 and SqueezeCenter Beta (from last week, January 10th I think) on UNIX. Really didn;t see that anyone addressed your original Q. I prefer the same myself, and while ripping (or I can perform it post ripping in tagging) I preface every album with () It allows for everything to be chronological. -- mapatton Mark Sony XBR5 / Pioneer Elite VSX-94THX / Panasonic DMP-BD30 / Toshiba HD-35A / Pioneer Elite DV-48AV / SqueezeBox 3 / SA 8300HD / all with a Pronto TSU7000 mapatton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9146 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q
No one can assist with this? I find that odd. mapatton;258973 Wrote: Bump Any assistance? -- mapatton Mark Sony XBR5 / Pioneer Elite VSX-94THX / Panasonic DMP-BD30 / Toshiba HD-35A / Pioneer Elite DV-48AV / SqueezeBox 3 / SA 8300HD / all with a Pronto TSU7000 mapatton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9146 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42170 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q
How much work is the CPU doing (on the server) to transcode 2 streams at once? Perhaps your running out of oomph there, rather than bandwidth? If this is the case, you might try changing the lame encoding quality to a lower level, which has less cpu cost. -- Super-Gonzo Super-Gonzo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=190 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42170 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] help me design audio in my house
Greg, I am a pro audio installer based on Vancouver island and I have a few suggestions, but first a basic question: Are you planning to hire a pro for the wiring job? If so, they should be able to provide you sound advice. Your best bet is someone who deals in both the installation and the equipment. You should find that a good shop will take some time to visit your house at no charge in order to earn your business. a few comments: An amp with tuner (we like to listen to local radio) will be discretely placed nearby - note that most local radio is also streamed on the internet and therefore available on your SB am I correct to assume that the speakers will sound better if they are mounted on the side of the bulkhead in similar orientation to an in wall speaker so that the speaker are pointing out horizontally, rather than vertically downward? I hope I am making myself clear. If I understand you correctly I think you are going with exterior speakers that mount to the wall rather than in-wall, and I think this is a great choice. If you are thinking about flush mount then I'll comment that both orientations can sound quite good, but given a choice I recommend in-wall installation rather than in ceiling. In any case it is extremely important that the speaker has an air cavity to operate in, so you need to stay away from exterior walls where the insulation will dampen the sound. I am thinking of a budget of $200-300 for these speakers. Perhps about the same for the amp/tuner Any suggestions? I am in Canada. Winnipeg to be exact. I generally steer customers towards Paradigm (a fine Canadian brand) and so far they are quite delighted with the results. Your budget is reasonable, go visit a local dealer. In the future, as our budget allows, we would like to place some speakers in the living room, driven by the amp/tuner in the kitchen. Although we won't get then now, I would like suggestions about placement for pre-wiring. There is no simple answer looking at your diagram. Where do you sit in the living room? Do you want full sound at the dining room table? Do you want independent and local control of the volume in this room? Is there attic or crawlspace access to run wires over or under this room? The decision on where to place speakers (and how many) will depend on the answers to these questions. Last, we don't have a fancy TV or surround sound audio, but I would like to pre-wire the family room for this. Comments on speaker placement are welcome. I don't think I will purchase/install any in wall or in ceiling speakers, but merely place wires for future speakers. Make a decision on where the display will be located and where the equipment that feeds it will be. If the equipment is located near the display then you only need to wire for the back speakers. Good luck, and don't be afraid to ask a pro to come visit! Brian -- friendlyfire friendlyfire's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15066 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it webrits;259015 Wrote: Great skin Ben Just got myself an N800 and installed the skin. 1 question - Is it possible to browse my Artwork based on artists? I seem to be only able to do this via Album names. I'm sure I could do this prior to upgrading to Squeezecenter 7.0 Is this feature not possible with 7.0? Many Thanks. - My N800 is running OS2008 - Yes. From home, select Albums (I know, slighly non-intuitive since you want Artists) If you aren't seeing album artwork, on the left side of the menu bar at the top you will see a little icon. This toggles between list view and artwork view. There is a select menu on the right hand side for sorting. Change this to Artist, Album, which sorts as advertised. This sort param is sticky, so for example when you exit this mode and go to 1x1 Artwork, the sort preference is maintained. 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=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q
mapatton;259452 Wrote: No one can assist with this? I find that odd. Sometimes it takes a little while (sometimes as much as a day or more) to get someone on the forum that knows the answer to your question. I would presume it is a bandwidth issue (using a 5Mbps cable connection) on the upstream, but,, Most cable internet connections have a slower speed of upload than they do of download. Like my cable connection at my house has a download speed of up to 15MB sec (usually runs about 12MB) while the upload speed is only 768KB (usually runs around 680KB). You can check this at http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ Click on one of the cities nearest you and when it has finished it will give you two numbers one is the download speed the second is the upload speed. If your upload speed is less than 800KB you may have a problem, especially trying to run two streams. Also doe you wife find that it is a certain time of day that this happens like shortly after school lets out? I know in my neighborhood when school lets out and all the children arrive home the upload and download speeds go down dramatically. This is caused by the amount of traffic on the system. The more traffic the slower everyone gets. Also what is the streaming bit rate? I have tried to stream 360kbs tracks and it does not work well even on the 768 upload because of the overhead data that is required. So check your speeds and answer a couple other questions and i will try to help you try to get this sorted out. Speed Upload? Speed Download? Time of day it is the worst? bit rate of your tracks? Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42170 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes Album Art in SqueezeCenter
Great thanks. Sorry - i do run on a PC so will try the iTunes updater. Is there though any PC version software that embeds the album art into the files like the apple software to avoid the plugin? thanks -- wyrob1 wyrob1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox Duet and Remote - to buy or not to buy?
I am interested in the new Squeezebox Duet with the new remote but am undecided due to the high cost and not having seen the remote in action. If anyone who has used the new remote could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Apologies for the long post but I will try and explain my setup and situation in detail as this will no doubt help people to give me better advice. Thanks in advance. I currently have 3 Squeezeboxes as follows: Squeezebox V1 in my Living Room (occasional use as it competes with the TV in there) Squeezebox V2 in my kitchen (used pretty much every day when in there) Squeezebox V3 in my Dining Room (main one, attached to my Hi-Fi System). I work from home in my Dining Room so use my Squeezebox in there a lot, but as I am working from my laptop I control it from Slimserver on there most of the time. (My main PC is in a different room). When not working or when using one of the other two (less used) Squeezeboxes I use the remote. This works ok, but I have a very large music collection, so I tend to Browse using the remote, but generally enter the first letter of an artist or album on the remote to get there quicker. I presume that you cannot do this on the new remote. However, I have been waiting for this remote to be released with some anticipation, as I much prefer to use the Slimserver interface than the remote, mainly because the location of my Squeezeboxes makes pointing the remote and reading the screen very incovenient. Also, I know I am thinking ahead a little here, but I have a new baby daughter, and I intended to purchase another Squeezebox to put in her nursery/room. (She does settle down to music so it is never too early). For that one I am not bothered about a screen and would control it myself anyway. But a Squeezebox Duet plus remote is still more expensive than a single Squeezebox. So I guess my question is - just how user friendly is the new remote? Is it easy to find what you are looking for quickly if you have a large music collection and does it offer a big advantage over using the existing remote with the Squeezebox display? I am tempted to buy but it is a lot of money and do not want to make an poor decision. Hope this makes at least some sense. Any feedback is welcome. -- PLynas PLynas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11960 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Yet another twilight zone moment...
One thing with the SB3 and SS combo is that things will work great for months, and then one does something harmless like... Change the fade-in-fade-out option for both players. Then all things go to hell. None of the players would play music. They'd have access to SS and would see the playlists and folders, but would simply not play music. The songs never went past 0:00. It got to the point where I told SS to forget both players and I rejoined them, and yet after playing one song SS would no longer see the players, they'd disappear even though they were still playing music (albeit would not react to the remote anymore). Now I am just reinstalling SS and hope this works... Phew... now it works. But it's these episodes that sometime make my heart skip a beat or two. Players that disappear (hadn't happen in a long time). Player that decides to play with volume at 100% in the middle of the night (one ocurrence). Playlists that get modified autonomously (a few times). One could see this from a glass half full (not bad for 2 years of ownership) or half empty (too much for a consumer product). Now I have to wait for it to re-scan my music and playlists, and set up my former preferences. -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis;259451 Wrote: That's good! And really simple. Thanks for the confirmation. [If the process is now that simple, I do hope there's some way of tidying up the wiki so that it's less confusing. I guess many of us have had the experience of being led astray by HowTos and wikis that haven't been cleaned up for years, and have layers of obsolete, misleading and conflicting instructions. They get to be like a fridge in a student house - everyone puts stuff in, but no one feels they can chuck rotting stuff out, 'cos it's not theirs! Are there wiki management rules about this? (Couldn't find any advice on this in the wiki! ;-) )] If someone makes a bad change to the Wiki, can it not be rolled back to the previous change? I amways thought this was one of the features of Wikis, they have a bhuilt in versiion management system. Or does that depend on the Wiki backend software? -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] help me design audio in my house
Brian: thanks for the reply. Hiring a pro. I will check into this. The house is currently gutted right down to the studs. We are currently framing the walls and we (i.e. our contractor) will be adding plumbing, electrical and structured wiring before any drywall goes up. I was thinking we could do the speaker wiring ourselves (don't run parallel to electric wires, especially 240V, use proper gauge, respect building codes), but I will take your advice and consult with a local pro. Kitchen speakers. Given our open concept plan, there are few walls to handle the mechanicals like plumbing. As a result, there will be a bulkhead in the shape of a rectangular solid that will run the length of the kitchen ceiling along an exterior wall directly above the counter. I'm not entirely sure of the bulkhead's dimensions but it will run the length of the room (~16 ft) and be 1-1.5 ft by 1-1.5 ft. The ceiling is 9.5 ft, and the bulkhead is fitted just below it, so it will be 8-8.5 ft above the floor. My impression that preferences for speaker placement from an audio standpoint is: 1) external, with speakers pointed in general direction of audience 2) in wall, with speakers mounted at listener's ear height 3) in ceiling I would like to have the speaker's mounted on brackets, but I think my wife will find them unsightly. She wants a very clean appearance. Further, there will be cabinets all along that wall so I won't be able to place in-wall speakers at ear height. If I do put flush-mounted speakers in the bulkhead (which will provide some cavity space), will they be better pointed downwards (in-ceiling speakers) or horizontally (in-wall speakers)? local stations: I have not explored SB's streaming possibilities. Thanks for mentioning this--I will search for local streams. We listen mostly to Winnipeg CBC Radio One so it will likely be fine w/o a tuner. I will check out Paradigm, too. Greg -- grego.speiser grego.speiser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11844 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre
If I have one album, but the songs are tagged with different genres, slimserver seems to create two or more different albums, one per genre. Is there any way I can have it ignore genre in album accumulation ? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver/Squeezebox Performance Issues
Hi, I am experiencing performance issues with my Squeezebox. It runs OK most of the time, but then occasionally (every few days) gets itself into a state where the music keeps dropping out, the screen goes blank, tracks restart randomly. I'd like to determine whether this is due to wireless network issues or server issues. As suggested here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues ...I set up the Performance Monitoring to log when server response time 0.5. I waited until I had problems then looked in the log and, sure enough, there were a load of entries saying the response time had breached the threshold. The question is: what does this mean? Is my server too slow? Or could it be the network? I've attached the log. I'm running Slimserver 6.5.4 on an old IBM Thinkpad T21 which is wired to my Netgear ADSL modem router. The squeezebox3 in question connects wirelessly via a Belkin wireless repeater (because the Netgear can't cover the whole house). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -- Samson Samson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15058 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42342 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 can't find my music files
Just installed SqueezeCenter 7.0, which also successfully uninstalled SlimServer 6.5.4. Everything looks okay, but for some reason it can't find my music files on my NAS file server. I put in the directory name, simply mapped as Z:\. This directory is easily accessible via Explorer. If I go to Basic Settings and click the Browse option for Music Folder, it displays a blank window. No option to select a directory unless I type it in manually. I also activated the scanner, and the application now seems stuck in perpetual scan mode - not finding anything and reporting 0 for total tracks, artists, etc. Another note - the opening screen on 7.0, on the right side always tells me it can't find my player. After a few seconds, however, it refreshes and finds it. Strangely, if I hit the F5 key, it goes back to the same screen which says that it can't find my player. Wasn't connection already established despite the screen refresh?? -- andrew28 andrew28's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12132 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42343 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre
Oh hang on, it may be breaking it because the files are split across directories - I've seen some other threads on this. Is there any resolution to this yet ? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another twilight zone moment...
pablolie, It would help all of us to know what versions you are using and also what firmware the SB3 has. Also what operating system and some basic configuration info on the computer running SS. Also have you though of upgrading to SC7 rather than SS6.? I personally have had no problem with SS or SC but many others have and we can help you out with a little more info. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
funkstar wrote: If someone makes a bad change to the Wiki, can it not be rolled back to the previous change? I amways thought this was one of the features of Wikis, they have a bhuilt in versiion management system. Or does that depend on the Wiki backend software? The problem is not so much bad changes as once-correct material that has become obsolete. For all sorts of reasons (many of them genuine) they stay in the pages, undeleted, and lie in wait for the innocent and unwary. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 can't find my music files
Have you checked that SC7 has permission to access the Z:\ drive? That is probably one of the first things you should check. -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42343 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
