Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
> I thought the information I found was useful In what respect? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
> i would also like to see SC have the option to report back things to > slim... (user option of course) ...and the community would cry out loud. Whenever software companies (or even open source projects) started collecting usage information, the comments were rather negative. I fully agree that this information would be great for us though. But as a user I wouldn't want any company to collect my data. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Sorry if this is getting a bit off topic. radish;368767 Wrote: > Forget about closing SC, it basically can't be done (legally or > technically). The open source model works well for this product and I > simply don't see any reason to change. > A closed source model would probably have to be based on completely new code which doesn't make much sense. There is no way legally to change the current SqueezeCenter code to a closed source model. The only reason to change the open source model would be if Logitech decided to completely change the technology to something other than Perl. However, with the current crew this doesn't make much sense as it would be a huge investment. The question isn't really if this is going to continue to be open source, the question is if we will see the same involvement from the development community in the future. The interest of helping a small company like SlimDevices for free is one thing, doing the same for a large corporation like Logitech is a completely different thing, especially if development of the core is handled pretty much behind closed doors. radish;368767 Wrote: > > What Logitech have done, which incidentally I think has been handled > really well, is to reinforce their in-house team with skilled devs who > _can_ be managed and scheduled to implement core things which are > determined to be essential. That leaves the external devs to tweak and > add the kind of scratch-an-itch enhancements that are so awesome on the > SB platform and so missing with the competition. > I completely agree, this is very smart and is probably the only way to get economics and keep up with the competition. You have to have a in-house team that is large enough to take decision and do development based on time schedules and economic factors. The trick here is still to keep up the interaction with the development community if you like people to continue long term community commitments. There will always be developers available that make a single plugin they need and then disappears, but to make sure community developers stays communication is extremely important as I see it. Unfortunately, my personal feeling is that this is something that we see less of today compared to before. Just look at how discussions are handled in the "Development" section of the forum, many are left unanswered or without involvement from the Logitech crew. I suspect discussions still are happening among the Logitech crew but they probably happen behind closed doors. With a lot of community development there is a huge risk that schedules will slide and features not interesting from an economic point of view will get focus. This is something that is IMHO something that can be seen in many open source project. radish;368767 Wrote: > > Really? Never heard of a company relying on Linux? Or Apache? Or MySQL? > Microsoft are pretty much the _only_ major software company who haven't > done anything significant in the OS space, and many others (e.g. > Redhat) are founded on the idea. > You can rely on an open source project that already contains the feature you want, but it's hard to rely on that it will be finished in time with a new feature you want. Of course, the open source philosophy also makes it possible for you to personally get involved to make sure it gets finished in time. For closed sourced commercial products you can often get a planned release date, for open source projects this often doesn't exist (with some exceptions). Fortunately this is something that has been improved lately with SqueezeCenter as we now have a roadmap which at least contains the planned contents for the next release and also a planned release date. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Radish, I've looked back over my comments, including the one you quote (the key word in which is "business"). Nothing there I want to change. I'm not sure you were following what I said, you seem to be talking about rather different things. And/or we don't agree, which is okay with me. Disagreement and civil discussion are interesting and lead to better understanding. Agreement is boring. Thanks, -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suggestion: Volumen control bigger dB span
Most elegant solution is to use analog attenuators before the amp. Then you can use most of the volume range in the SB and get lower noise floor to. A resonable level of attentuation is so that full volume on the SB is as loud as you reasonable want to go (just a tad under clipping the power amp ;) ) http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Connect_To_PowerAmp Personally i use Rothwell -10dB attenuators in my HT to level out differences between amps and use the full output of HT preamp (who also employs 24bit digital volume) -- Mnyb Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Display Question
I have mine set to "never", but my controller behaves a little strangely as well. When I remove it from the cradle and start playing some music then put it down, after about 30 seconds the backlight for the buttons goes off and the screen dims. After about another 30 seconds the screen turns off. If I move the controller the screen comes back on at full brightness, as well as the button backlights, and stays on. Seems to me at least the button lights should turn off to reduce battery consumption. If I leave the controller in the cradle when I start playing music then the screen just stays on from the beginning and never dims/goes dark. I have "now playing" set as screensaver and, as metioned, dimming set to "never". -- floydthecat floydthecat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20988 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56193 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
radish wrote: > Really? Never heard of a company relying on Linux? Or Apache? Or MySQL? > Microsoft are pretty much the _only_ major software company who haven't > done anything significant in the OS space Moving rapidly OT: Do you mean that M$ never did any OS development? That's a bit unfair, even if most of it was done 15+ years ago to re-implement VMS on x86. M$ was reportedly a big user of Linux and Apache in the olden days, i.e. when MSN.com was rolled out. The IIS boxes could not handle the load, so Linux (I think about RedHat 5) was silently installed. I'm sure that there was an immediate engineering effort to make whatever NT and IIS version at that time handle the load, as it was pretty embarassing. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Forget about closing SC, it basically can't be done (legally or technically). The open source model works well for this product and I simply don't see any reason to change. What Logitech have done, which incidentally I think has been handled really well, is to reinforce their in-house team with skilled devs who _can_ be managed and scheduled to implement core things which are determined to be essential. That leaves the external devs to tweak and add the kind of scratch-an-itch enhancements that are so awesome on the SB platform and so missing with the competition. That's being smart - using the community as a key differentiator whilst keeping mainline development on track with employees. > Relying on volunteer developers has not (to my knowledge) been shown to > be a common or successful model for running and growing a business. Really? Never heard of a company relying on Linux? Or Apache? Or MySQL? Microsoft are pretty much the _only_ major software company who haven't done anything significant in the OS space, and many others (e.g. Redhat) are founded on the idea. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody Issues
Thanks for the information, Andy, and Fred, I second your motion--that might eliminate a fair amount of unnecessary head-scratching! -- leeb leeb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56120 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other So far I use Google Chrome for Squeezecenter exclusively. Opera is my web browser of choice. If Opera doesn't work for a web page, I use Firefox 3 instead. -- pichonCalavera *rip* (eac) > *convert* (flac) > *tag* (musicbrainz/mp3tag) > *normalize* (replaygain/foobar2000) > *albumart* (www) > *transport* (winscp) > *store* (debian) > *rescan* (squeezecenter) > *play* (squeezebox) > *preamplify* (zpre2) > *amplify* (zampv3) > *listen* (axiomm2) > *scrooble* (last.fm) > *enjoy* (me :) pichonCalavera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13068 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other Oops. I should have -read- before voting Voted only for FF3 since I use and recommend that one, but please add 1 vote to IE6. I use IE6 mainly for compatibility checking but really -many- users out there still use IE6. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Well, -I- didn’t take it as offensive (neither his nor your post), maybe more like -critically looking at things-—and if not here, where else? Anyway, each coin has two sides. Why not see it positive? All possibilities can have their charme: A. The »old guys« leaving (if they wish so) and pocketing a bundle. Good for them, maybe they go and invent something even better. Or just relax on Hawaii or somewhere. Or maybe a new team is even more enthusiastic and brings the product forward a lot? B. The »old guys« wish to stay since it’s such a great product overall that they wish to keep on rockin’ and the working climate is great. Also great. C. A mish-mash of above. (This coin has 3 sides, hee hee.) Let’s just give ’em some input, and hope that the best will come out of it. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
maybe negative was the wrong word... how about pessimistic? i didn't mean to imply what he said was offensive in any way. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Just a quick one: I dont see Goodsounds initial comments as negative. »Earn-out-leaving« is common business practise, and I think he explained it very well for those who didnt know. Lets see what happens. We can only speculate what might happen. As I said 'elsewhere' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=368012#post368012), I see a lot of benefits and wish all involved parties (Logitech, SlimDevices, contributing developers and of course us users) the very best outcome. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
grifforama;368748 Wrote: > OK > I'm just opening up iPeng app, and it just crashes. > I have flushed the cache. > Please tell me what I need to do. > I assume it crahses after 20s or so, right? Or before NowPlaying shows up? No, in the latter case you could not flush the cache. Have you tried this: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=239 If that does not help (AFAIK, it has so far helped for almost everybody) then I'll have to ask you to wait for 1.0.4 or help me to determine what's going on - I had one report of illegal characters in the Album or Artist names crashing iPeng, yet SqueezeCenter normally doesn't send any illegal characters. If you want to help me on the latter, please contact me through coolio att penguinlovesmusic.com But please, try the workaround first, as I said, it worked for almost everybody. > > Not happy > I understand that. Believe me, neither am I! -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Display Question
You're right. I would expect Settings->Screen->Screen Dimming->Never to do what you want, but it doesn't. I suggest filing a bug. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56193 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
OK I'm just opening up iPeng app, and it just crashes. I have flushed the cache. Please tell me what I need to do. Not happy -- grifforama grifforama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller Display Question
When my controller is out of the cradle and in the Now Playing screen, I would like the screen to stay on all the time. I listen to classical music and frequently look at the screen to see the name of the movement currently playing. It is annoying to always have to pick up the controller to get the display back. I have tried many a combination of screen and display settings, but still can't prevent the screen from going dark after a period of time. Any suggestions? I have tried using the Now Playing screen as my screen saver, but of course there is a time limit to that. Thanks. Regards, Bob -- audio53 FLAC->SB3 w/SqueezeCenter v7.2.1->PS Audio DLIII DAC->Yamaha RX-595->Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble audio53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56193 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Holiday sale pics
Great pics. Thanks. Would it be possible to add captions to identify employees? Maybe we will recognize some names from the forum. Regards, Bob -- audio53 FLAC->SB3 w/SqueezeCenter v7.2.1->PS Audio DLIII DAC->Yamaha RX-595->Cambridge Soundworks Ensemble audio53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56116 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Aesculus;368645 Wrote: > > Does the album list use the folder.jpg or the embedded artwork inside > the songs? iPeng itself does NOT discriminate. iPeng, like the controller, pulls the Artwork from SqueezeCenter. I can imagine three reasons for differences: 1. The artwork is in a format (not necessarily file type) not supported by iPhone 2. There are transmission problems 3. It's some kind of bug in iPeng michel;368682 Wrote: > Did remove 'the la etc'. This caused a complete rescan. Now ipeng does > not crash anymore but artwork does not show up even after a few hours > (standby disabled). Before artwork in album view worked perfect on > iphone. Any ideas? Yes. Known issue. You will also find that your albums list is incomplete. Will be fixed in 1.0.4 It's a race condition (timing problem) so probably you just went lucky on your iPhone. Try to NOT flush your cache on that one before 1.0.4 arrives. dvbnick;368692 Wrote: > Is there a possibility/option for forcing iPeng to sort albums under > "All Albums" based on the "Albumsort" tag? > Example: > Artist tag = Aimee Mann > Albumsort = Mann, Aimee > I prefer Aimee to be listed after Madness, not ABBA... If that's how SqueezeCenter sorts it: yes but only with iPeng 1.1 and SqueezeCenter 7.3.1, so it's a bit out. There's a change in SC needed to support the "as is" use of the lists without sorting them on iPeng. Will also probably improve speed :-) -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
Snarly, Excellent comment! You may want to consider the Pandora Boom, though. The signatures were done with a different type of pen and ink, which seems to be more sympatico with the crystaline structure of the case and so provides more undertoe. Erland, I know your work is highly respected. You should probably expect the change you describe will happen, just a question of when. Relying on volunteer developers has not (to my knowledge) been shown to be a common or successful model for running and growing a business. My guess is that the development philosophy wasn't so much a desire to accumulate a circle of people to sing Kumbaya, as much as it was a means for the founders to get development work done for free. I wouldn't expect Logitech (or any other similar established company) to see it the same way. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other Test the browsers that users use least. Most bugs in the popular browsers are found by the beta testers and I suspect that the web interface gets a pretty good workout in normal use. It's always only after a new SC release that users with unusual setups (and many of them only very slightly unusual) start racking up the bug reports. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
erland;368715 Wrote: > There were a lot of people worrying directly after the purchase that > everything was going to be lost cough, well https://secure.slimdevices.com/products.php?product=Slim-Devices-Signature-Series-Squeezebox-Classic should satisfy them. Hurry and buy them all now, that silk screen does affect sound quality, even more so, than, well, a switch. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
MrSinatra;368640 Wrote: > > i'm surprised no one else is commening, but your view seems tilted > negative without cause... > > i don't think logitech would have bought it IF they weren't committed > to it. > > and i wouldn't be surprised if there are plans to have it support video > one day. logitech is a computer accessories company, and i can't see > them going back to an "in house" way, b/c i think they realized their > in house way paled in comparison to the slim way. > I don't think the question is if Logitech is committed. There's definitely a reason why Logitech bought SlimDevices and I'm pretty sure some of the main reasons are that they believe in the products and that they were interested in the open source development philosophy. However, the question here isn't really if Logitech is committed, the question is if the original SlimDevices employees and founders are interested in continuing on the Logitech road or if they like a completely new challenge. I haven't seen any indication yet regarding missing commitment to the product, but I have seen a difference in the interaction with the development community. The interaction with the development community has definitely changed since the Logitech purchase, from my point of view a lot more stuff happens behind closed doors today compared to before the Logitech purchase. Although, the reason for this might not actually be the Logitech purchase, it could also be that there are more employees today and that the roles among the lead developers are different today than before. It shall also be said that I'm not sure this is a bad thing for the company, it's just one of the things that are different today compared to before. I think Logitech bought both the products but most importantly I also think a main reason was that they were interested in the development philosophy used. This also makes me think that Logitech wants the original employees and founders to remain, because if the original employees and founders are lost there is a huge risk that the development philosophy and community also is lost in the process. So the real risk as I see it is if the original employees and founders doesn't feel like continuing working under Logitech. I'm pretty sure the intention was to make this work and probably still is, so I don't think we should be worrying yet. There were a lot of people worrying directly after the purchase that everything was going to be lost, but I think most arguments form these has so far been proven to be wrong. The fact that most new developers earlier was part of the community is also a good thing, from my point of view this is an indication that Logitech really wants the open source development philosophy to continue. I'm pretty sure we would see a lot of changes among the employees if Logitech suddenly would decide to end the open source development and start a closed source direction, fortunately there is no indication that they plan to do this so far. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
MrSinatra;368640 Wrote: > > i don't think logitech would have bought it IF they weren't committed > to it. > 100% correct. -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes plugin to drive SqueezeCenter / SqueezeBox?
i'm not sure why plugins to apps like itunes and winamp aren't developed? i mean, they make their money off of the hardware, not the software right? why pay so much to develop a standalone client? i'm not saying SC doesn't have a place, its probably the only solution for syncing and other things. but i think a LOT of people would like to use their software of choice to drive the slim hardware. so plugin or device driver or whatever, it would be nice if something was available. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53671 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Is there a possibility/option for forcing iPeng to sort albums under "All Albums" based on the "Albumsort" tag? Example: Artist tag = Aimee Mann Albumsort = Mann, Aimee I prefer Aimee to be listed after Madness, not ABBA... -- dvbnick dvbnick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
I thought the information I found was useful because it foreshadows a few things to expect over the next 12 months. That should be of interest to many people here, it may affect them significantly in this realm. But I suspect many just don't understand, don't care and/or they find other topics are of more immediate interest. My intent was to be neutral and realistic. I hope all this proves to be a great success for all concerned, especially the many dedicated people who work so hard to make it happen for the benefit of us customers. But, often that doesn't happen, I was pointing that out. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Holiday sale pics
Hummimg. -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. 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=56116 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;368517 Wrote: > I got that, however, there are other variations that can cause this. > "The Las" comes to mind (even though the Band writes itself "The > La's"). Any Artist, Album or Genre entirely made up of articles to be > ignored will cause iPeng 1.0.3 to crash. > There are also some combinations of illegal characters in the > transmitted data that were reported to cause trouble but I haven't been > able to reproduce this (it would have to be something that breaks the > JSON response and the only case I know about is the NULL field in the > first record in albums but that's fixed in 1.0.3). Did remove 'the la etc'. This caused a complete rescan. Now ipeng does not crash anymore but artwork does not show up even after a few hours (standby disabled). Before artwork in album view worked perfect on iphone. Any ideas? -- michel michel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4393 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] One of my favorites suddenly refuses to play
I fixed it. I deleted the cache and all is well again. >From memory it was: C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\SqueezeCenter\Cache I stopped service, renamed it to cache.old and restarted. I may dig into old cache to salvage favorites -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56163 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other MrSinatra;368664 Wrote: > i would love to see SN's stats. Excellent point. Given SD's open culture, it would be very cool if they would publish the aggregate results of the data collected when people opt in to statistics reporting. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I've Lost All My Favourites !!!!
See Settings/Status web page -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I've Lost All My Favourites !!!!
Fletch;367277 Wrote: > In your case, you might be able to retrieve your old favorites.opml from > your cache dir and move it to your playlist dir. Where is the cache directory? I'm on XP. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other erland, your visitors also are not typical users. i would love to see SN's stats. i would also like to see SC have the option to report back things to slim... (user option of course) what settings people use, what browser they use with SC, what OS, how many files, etc... i think slim could really be improved by automated stat gathering. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes plugin to drive SqueezeCenter / SqueezeBox?
Siduhe;368511 Wrote: > Or have a look at Moose which is a Windows native frontend for > Squeezecenter. A number of people who find the web interface too slow > use this as an alternative. > > http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ Yes, Moose would be better, but we're on Macs, except for the music server. Thanks for all of your help - this is a great board. -- EyeRonik1 EyeRonik1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53671 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
aubuti;368651 Wrote: > It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I > believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and > working quite well. While the main focus is on > shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has > a feature to send a command to restart SqueezeCenter. Give it a look in > the 3rd Party Plugins > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521). Excellent! That does the trick actually, and you can run it from SqueezePlay so that's quicker than connecting to the server (VNC) and messing around with the preference pane. Thanks!! -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other You left off IE8 -- EricBergan EricBergan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
It's not a URL, but you can do it from your SB remote (including SBC I believe): the ServerPowerControl plugin. It's currently in beta, and working quite well. While the main focus is on shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate of your server hardware, it also has a feature to send a command to restart SqueezeCenter. Give it a look in the 3rd Party Plugins (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521). -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.04) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;368633 Wrote: > Are they aac encoded? I'm having some trouble with those, too. > The artwork you see on NowPlaying is the artwork for the TRACK, not > that for the album, so it's a different issue. > But TYPICALLY it just means they didn't get loaded the first time for > some reason (e.g. due to a connection error) and may do so later, e.g. > when flushing the cache. No they are not aac. I tried flushing the cash, shutting down the machine. (I don't know how to just shut down iPeng). Still same. Does the album list use the folder.jpg or the embedded artwork inside the songs? -- Aesculus Chris Aesculus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
i'm surprised no one else is commening, but your view seems tilted negative without cause... i don't think logitech would have bought it IF they weren't committed to it. and i wouldn't be surprised if there are plans to have it support video one day. logitech is a computer accessories company, and i can't see them going back to an "in house" way, b/c i think they realized their in house way paled in comparison to the slim way. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
Thanks for the responses guys. The first sounds like it may help when 7.3.1 arrives, and the second at least suggests another possible solution - what about a simple Applescript? I can almost certainly write one to end the process, then presumably there's a way to launch one as well. I can only see 'perl' in the list of running processes. Is this the only process to end? And will it respect a request to end, and stop 'properly'? Any thoughts on how to restart it? As a last alternative there's probably a way to open the System Preferences panel and click the button, but I'd really rather avoid that. Previous attempts at this sort of thing have proven to be messy at best. -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
MillmoorRon;368636 Wrote: > Not necessarily wrong, just not what I expected! > > I thought it was supposed to display albums from the library > alphabetically then, when album titles are equal, by artist > alphabetically - irrespective of where they are physically located on > the drive. No, I think the albums view only sorts by album name. Saves a bit of time on import. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;368541 Wrote: > > MillmoorRon Wrote: > > Also, in the 'albums' view I have noticed an odd sorting issue. If I go > > to Greatest Hits (as I have a few of those) they are sorted > > alphabetically by artists but in groups based on the different folders > > within my file structure! (I have my real CDs in a different directory > > to my downloaded albums) > > > > Is this a known issue? > > > > Is there something wrong with that sort order? How should it look > like? Not necessarily wrong, just not what I expected! I thought it was supposed to display albums from the library alphabetically then, when album titles are equal, by artist alphabetically - irrespective of where they are physically located on the drive. -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Aesculus;368618 Wrote: > Pippin: I have two albums of 400 that don't show the artwork on the > albums list. But they do show up in the UI for the track that is > playing (background). Why can't iPeng see them in the list? I checked > and they are folder.jpg files and have been on the SC for years and work > everywhere else fine. Are they aac encoded? I'm having some trouble with those, too. The artwork you see on NowPlaying is the artwork for the TRACK, not that for the album, so it's a different issue. But TYPICALLY it just means they didn't get loaded the first time for some reason (e.g. due to a connection error) and may do so later, e.g. when flushing the cache. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
There is a service for Windows that can do this. That you can just poke it to restart the whole server. I imagine something similar exists for Unix. In fact you could probably write a cron script to do it. By just creating a file for example it will see it and restart a daemon or the machine. For example here is a cron tab that restarts appache. http://www.richardpalace.com/2008/05/14/cron-job-restart-apache But instead have it check for the existence of a reboot file (much more frequenctly, say every 10 seconds). Push the file onto the server remotely by what ever means, The cron tab script sees it, deletes the file, and restarts service (or reboots machine). -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
You can't do it though the SqueezeCenter software, but if you also have a standard web server installed there might be possible to do it through some cgi scripts. It's planned to make this easier in future version as the new Extension Downloader module in the upcoming SqueezeCenter 7.3 will require it after a new plugin has been installed. There is nothing regarding simple restarts in 7.3.0 though, so you will have to wait at least for 7.3.1. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2009- Important Year for Slim Devices Founders
MrSinatra;368484 Wrote: > i think the guys love what they do, why leave? People tend to leave after financial handcuffs/incentives expire. It's "been there, done that, what's next?" Either the earn-out is triggered and they're loaded and want to enjoy their loot, or they fail and don't want to hang around. Probably other reasons too, that's just what I've seen. From buyer's standpoint, it is hard to operate something and make changes when the former owner(s) are present. Keep them for a transition, and then take over. This contingent payment period is unusually long. Oftentimes it's shorter, it's about how long new owners and former owners can stand each other. I'll bet a line will be forming at the door about 12 months from now. MrSinatra;368484 Wrote: > but even if they did, i think the open source quality of it will keep it > going. logitech definitely needs a product to fill this space. i think > they killed all of their own dj music systems. I have no idea, NONE, about the financial performance of this business, and I haven't spoken to anyone who does, so I'm just talking in general. Product lines are kept if they provide future opportunities, adequate current returns and can operate with reasonable levels of management attention. Otherwise, the plug gets pulled. Look at other consumer electronic product companies with diverse product offerings - unpopular products don't stay around long. No company "needs" a poorly performing product. If the plug gets pulled - yeah, the products will still be around, and people would be free to continue their hobby. Heck, I saw a handful of DeLoreans out on the freeway a few weeks ago. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fixing iTunes downloaded cover art
It's absolutely brilliant that 7.3 pulls art from "downloaded artwork" folder, since embedding artwork in every track causes serious bloat. However, I notice that the artwork only appears to be associated with the first track of each album. Not exactly a bug, but it would be lovely if SC recognized that the downloaded art is for every track on the album, like iTunes does. Many thanks for your stellar work! -- earburn earburn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21792 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Pippin: I have two albums of 400 that don't show the artwork on the albums list. But they do show up in the UI for the track that is playing (background). Why can't iPeng see them in the list? I checked and they are folder.jpg files and have been on the SC for years and work everywhere else fine. -- Aesculus Chris Aesculus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
ch1525;368461 Wrote: > Eek!! Looks confusing! Maybe I better not sell my Duet Controller. > Thanks for the link, Pippin. I am going to do this in a few weeks. I will let you know how difficult it is. So far I downloaded the two programs required and that was no big deal. -- Aesculus Chris Aesculus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Restart from URL?
Not sure if this is the best forum for this query, but none of them seemed a perfect fit. Please relocate if appropriate. I'm just wondering if it's possible to issue a 'restart' command to SC via a URL. As I've moved to 7.3 and seem to be beta testing a number of plugins as well (informally) I'm quite often restarting SC. As my server runs headless it's a bit of a pain at times restarting it (this on Mac OS). Thanks, Tom -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other Estimated time on each Firefox 97% Chrome 3% IE - only when I'm checking a specific anomaly with FF or Chrome (like the '\"Now Playing\" HTML' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53975&highlight=playing+html+skin&page=8) screen that starfleetcommand put together). -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it. MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 8.04) feeding: Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Kitchen/Dining: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pairs Polk RC60i; Living room: SB3 > Technics SA-EX140 > Bose Acoustimass 3; Bedroom: Boom + SBC; Study: Duet > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; Kid's bedroom: SB2 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suggestion: Volumen control bigger dB span
Hi, Just to let you know if you start using very low volume levels on the analogue out of SB then it won't be very hifi. The volume is reduced by shifting bits in the digital domain. Whilst the SB3 has a 24 bit DAC - it should be OK til you get to 16 bits left, volumes lower than that will be throwing data away. The further reduction the more lost data. For HiFi there is no easy replacement for analogue volume fed by full range signal. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
andyg;368602 Wrote: > The XM plugin is an old-school plugin with manually defined player and > web interfaces. It doesn't support CLI, Controller, *iPeng*, etc. Err... almost. The iPeng PLUGIN supports it ;-) The app doesn't, yet. May come, but I don't promise anything. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
The XM plugin is an old-school plugin with manually defined player and web interfaces. It doesn't support CLI, Controller, iPeng, etc. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;368558 Wrote: > I think XM is one of those plugins that don't use the XMLBrowser > interface? > Do you know if it shows up on the controller? Honestly have no idea--anyone else know? -- FCLymond FCLymond's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4047 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other bklaas;368584 Wrote: > People that come to this forum != typical users, so fwiw you're going to > get a disproportionate tally for Chrome and Firefox. IE is still the > standard* of the masses, though perhaps slightly less so than 5 years > ago. > I just looked at the Google Analytics report from my plugin download page which has been enabled for 4 months and got following: Firefox 55,39 % Internet Explorer 30,42 % Safari 6,00 % Chrome 3,58 % Opera 3,23 % Windows 77,42 % Macintosh 11,18 % Linux 10,88 % iPhone 0,27 % However, I have the same feeling as you, there has to be more users that use IE than this. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
You want a TVIX, Popcorn or HDX... Or run XBMC on a machine of your choice... -- BiT SB FTW BiT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suggestion: Volumen control bigger dB span
See this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55863 Volume is set by Squeezecenter, and you can change the range by editing Slim/Player/Squeezebox2.pm (if you're running the .PL version as on Mac/Linux, rather than the Windows .EXE). The current range is ~50 dB, and it looks like you can go to about 80 dB and still have differences between each volume step -- below ~-80 dB you hit player firmware limitations with regard to precise gain control. The Boom source code is a good read if you really want to do this -- it uses a dual-slope volume curve to provide a broad range while retaining a large number of steps in the "normal" volume range. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other People that come to this forum != typical users, so fwiw you're going to get a disproportionate tally for Chrome and Firefox. IE is still the standard* of the masses, though perhaps slightly less so than 5 years ago. cheers, #!/ben * this is not an endorsement for that P.O.S. -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome - ISP Provided Browser - Other IE 7, Firefox and Chrome ... I keep hoping one will be much faster than the other two... :o) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods)- Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables Outdoors: Boombox+Creative Sub (If I remember to turn it on...) Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Which Web Browser do you use
Hello everyone, I'm conducting another informal poll. Which Web Browser do you use with SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork. If you use more then one, make sure you select all that are applicable. I missed, please respond to the thread with the one you use. The main purpose for this poll, is to make sure QA is testing as many of the available browsers as possible. I'll use your responses to prioritize the testing resources appropriately. Thanks for your time -- jrichardson James R. QA - breaking things so you don't have to jrichardson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I use the Controller and classic remote with SB3 interchangeably?
Rick, yes you can - but keep in mind there are some(*) tasks you'll require the classic remote. I sometimes use all three control channels (web, remote & SBC) almost simultaneously without problems. Most "single-click" actions (pause, play, next, prev, etc.) have _no_ timing problem and are propagated throughout the system immediately. A few other actions (seeking through a song, loading a new playlist) executed on the WebUI or the classic remote will take a few seconds until the controller is been updated with this information. (*). e.g. firmware upgrades of the SB3 require "press&hold brightness" (unless you configured it to do auto upgrades) and some functions and plugins (like the lazysearch you mentioned) are available through the Player-UI only and therefore need the classic remote for control. kind regards, Markus -- schiegl schiegl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6654 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56175 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I use the Controller and classic remote with SB3 interchangeably?
Yes you can. Both can control the same SB at the same time. (and you can use the Web interface, and iPeng, and, and...) -- pnharrison pnharrison's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56175 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
FCLymond;368546 Wrote: > Pippin, > > First, thanks for a great app--well worth the money, and really makes > using my SB a pleasure. > > Now that the XM Plugin is working again (post-Sirius integration), I'm > wondering if there's any way to get XM Radio to show up on the Radio > tab of iPeng. On the SB menu, it shows up under "Internet Radio". > > Is this possible to add to iPeng? I think XM is one of those plugins that don't use the XMLBrowser interface? Do you know if it shows up on the controller? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] One of my favorites suddenly refuses to play
Is there a cache some where I need to wipe out? I am running the released version. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56163 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Exception when trying to call readCoverArt()
SqueezeCenter SqueezeCenter Version: 7.2.1 - 23630 @ Mon Oct 20 19:52:55 PDT 2008 - Red Hat - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.1.67 Perl Version: 5.10.0 i386-linux-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.67 Platform Architecture: i686-linux I kept getting this error report in the scanner log and working out the cause took some effort. I use sound juicer on a linux box to rip files and they go into an Artist directory then an Album subdirectory followed by the title as a file name. I also use windows via samba to access these files and have had problems in the past where linux will recognize special character but not Windows eg ? character. So I always check the ripped files in Windows and modify names accordingly. The scanner error turned out to very obscure I had two directories one for Faure' and one for Michael Bubble' In both cases Linux AND Windows read these directories alright in Explorer However when the Artwork was being scanned it wouldn't accept the e' character and changing them to just e solved the problem surely this is a buf in SC? -- Vulcanbomber Vulcanbomber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3249 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Pippin, First, thanks for a great app--well worth the money, and really makes using my SB a pleasure. Now that the XM Plugin is working again (post-Sirius integration), I'm wondering if there's any way to get XM Radio to show up on the Radio tab of iPeng. On the SB menu, it shows up under "Internet Radio". Is this possible to add to iPeng? -- FCLymond FCLymond's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4047 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can I use the Controller and classic remote with SB3 interchangeably?
I have an SB3. If I upgrade to Squeezecenter and purchase a Controller can I freely use whichever remote does the task I want to do best? E.g., can I use Lazy Search with the classic and then immediately use the Controller for other functions like play, skip track, etc.? 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=56175 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
MillmoorRon;368539 Wrote: > I am still experiencing dropped connections to Squeezecenter after about > 15-20 minutes when the Prevent Sleep Mode is on. iPeng reports 'no > player connected' at the bottom and I have to restart to gain control > over my SB again. > I've heard about this. I have no idea how to prevent it but will investigate. It's nothing iPeng itself does and I have operated my iPod for longer, even without external power. > > Also, in the 'albums' view I have noticed an odd sorting issue. If I go > to Greatest Hits (as I have a few of those) they are sorted > alphabetically by artists but in groups based on the different folders > within my file structure! (I have my real CDs in a different directory > to my downloaded albums) > > Is this a known issue? Is there something wrong with that sort order? How should it look like? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
I am still experiencing dropped connections to Squeezecenter after about 15-20 minutes when the Prevent Sleep Mode is on. iPeng reports 'no player connected' at the bottom and I have to restart to gain control over my SB again. Also, in the 'albums' view I have noticed an odd sorting issue. If I go to Greatest Hits (as I have a few of those) they are sorted alphabetically by artists but in groups based on the different folders within my file structure! (I have my real CDs in a different directory to my downloaded albums) Is this a known issue? -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suggestion: Volumen control bigger dB span
Hi I have exactly the same experiense - hence problem with my SB3 Classic. I bought a second hand Mission Cyrus XPA to drive my speakers with the feed from the SB's anlogue output. This move was to keep it simple and get rid of my NAD surround receiver with a number of analoque "ports" I basically don't need. So, big was my surprise and regret to discover that playing low-volume music is not an option...?!??? :o( Regardless of the (appearently) many volume-steps on the SB it seems to start the first step at what I would asume is about 15% of fuld volume. >From there the volume control seems to be reasonable linear. That is not usefull - since it is impossible to play low back ground music! Anybody (Slim Devices people!!!) any suggestions for a solution or comments for that matter...that does not imply additional equipment like e.g. a pre-amp. That undermines the fact that the SB is equipped with volume control. Btw changing the nice name and logo of "Slim Devices" was IMHO a biiig mistake. I found a very nice second hand SB3 with the new remote and the old logo and name...me like! ;o) /Landhoff -- Landhoff Slim Devices SB3 - v.107 // TS-109 Pro 2.0.1-0324T // SSOTS 3.0.14 // SqueezeCenter 7.2-22440 Landhoff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17321 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Podcasts sometimes end half way through
Please give example URLs so others can test. What version of SC ? What sort of Player - Softsqueeze has some problems with Podcasts. Podcasts can be FFWD in 7.2 onwards but only if the Podcast broadcaster supports it. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56170 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Positive ReplayGain and Clipping
Just to informe that I voted for the bug -- didbox didbox's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Podcasts sometimes end half way through
Folks, I have my squeeze box for almost two years. I use it a lot for Podcasts using the standard Podcast plugin. My problem is that sometimes the podcast ends abruptly half way through. My questions are; 1) Is there a way I can find out (through logs etc) why this is happening? 2) **Most important** I can't fast forward through the podcast when I try to replay it. Is there a way to do this (other than downloading the podcast and playing it like an MP3)? Many thanks, Shane -- smceneaney smceneaney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15273 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56170 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
michel;368515 Wrote: > I'll try this when I get home. Nevertheless iPeng 1.03 crashed on iPod > touch AFTER removing 'The The' albums and rescanning. I got that, however, there are other variations that can cause this. "The Las" comes to mind (even though the Band writes itself "The La's"). Any Artist, Album or Genre entirely made up of articles to be ignored will cause iPeng 1.0.3 to crash. There are also some combinations of illegal characters in the transmitted data that were reported to cause trouble but I haven't been able to reproduce this (it would have to be something that breaks the JSON response and the only case I know about is the NULL field in the first record in albums but that's fixed in 1.0.3). -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
I'll try this when I get home. Nevertheless iPeng 1.03 crashed on iPod touch AFTER removing 'The The' albums and rescanning. -- michel michel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4393 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes plugin to drive SqueezeCenter / SqueezeBox?
Or have a look at Moose which is a Windows native frontend for Squeezecenter. A number of people who find the web interface too slow use this as an alternative. http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...-" (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53671 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] QNAP TS-109 and AlienBBC
Outside of the UK all BBC programming (Listen again and live) is available in RealAudio format. The higher quality MP3 format is only available in the UK - I believe it is because BBC license payers should get the better services. The BBC "live" programs (all about 64k) are all available in RealAudio format (including regional and local radio). The WMA streams R1-R4 are not available outside of the UK. For some streams there are UK and international versions - notably 5Live. In this case, the UK only stream is not available outside of the UK. Some content is not available outside of the UK - typically sports commentaries from football, cricket, olympics. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] When can Swedish customers expect any personalized webradio in our squeezebox
> My goal with this thread was to try to put some consumer pressure > on those who can affect a change. Please don't forget to talk to the service providers too. > Depending on what you mean by local services we have > http://www.spotify.com (started and developed in Sweden), that people > who has tried are raving about. LastFM is localized, ie available in > Swedish and has a lot of Swedish music. Last.fm even features Swiss German music :-) Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] QNAP TS-109 and AlienBBC
Does the BBC allow streaming outside the UK ? I use the iPlayer plugin, and the listen again service streams at 128 kbs CBR. The listen live service streams at 65 kbs CBR. The reason for the difference, according to the BBC, is that they have to limit the bandwidth on the live streams due to demand. If this is the case then they may restrict streaming to UK based servers. Of course I could be talking absolute rubbish - if so ignore my comments. Chris -- Stratmangler Stratmangler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] When can Swedish customers expect any personalized webradio in our squeezebox
mherger;368486 Wrote: > > Believe me, we would _love_ to provide such services. > > BTW: what local services do you have available in Sweden? > > Michael Michael, I understand that it is in the hands of corporate lawyers and such. My goal with this thread was to try to put some consumer pressure on those who can affect a change. Depending on what you mean by local services we have http://www.spotify.com (started and developed in Sweden), that people who has tried are raving about. LastFM is localized, ie available in Swedish and has a lot of Swedish music. /Lars -- lars_p_fink lars_p_fink's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] QNAP TS-109 and AlienBBC
Your main concern about AlienBBC is not memory but processor speed/power. The following are general points about ARM based NAS. AlienBBC requires mplayer to decode RealAudio. You need to make sure that there is a build of mplayer available for the QNAP you intend to use. If the processor speed of QNAP is limited you may have to play RealAudio streams as WAV and not be able to transcode them into Flac or MP3. If you are using wireless, this can be a concern as it will require good quality wireless connections. The processor power may also limit the number of SB that can be playing RealAudio at the same time and/or the number of synced players. You should check these points with users of the specific model of QNAP you intend to buy. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
