[slim] Last.fm, worth becoming a paid member?
Hey Guys I am thinking about becoming a paid member of last.fm however is it worth it? -- TurnipFarmer http://www.last.fm/user/TurnipFarmer TurnipFarmer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60723 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
auronthas;401490 Wrote: Hi pippin, further to my earlier question on 'keylock'. Instead of 'keylock', how about a popup window (Play or cancel) will be appeared, when select a song whether intentionally or accidentally. Here's something I'm currently experimenting with for 1.1: I plan to add the TrackInfo screen (which has a lot of links, too) as a 4th mode. This would then not play anything but enter that menu. Would that do it? Or is that too complicated? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, 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/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm, worth becoming a paid member?
As far as I can tell the only thing you get is the loved tracks availability to listen back to. But let me put it another way: These guys are great IMHO, worth spending a few pennies on ! Mark -- marklings marklings's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60723 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm, worth becoming a paid member?
I was just contemplating the same but for 2,50/month Id somehow like to get not only my »loved tracks« but playlists and »my stations« too. So I wait. What I like is that - they use MusicIP to get similar tracks (which I also like at home) - their tags function well - you can skip to the next track using SB and SBC remotes -- 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=60723 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;401516 Wrote: Here's something I'm currently experimenting with for 1.1: I plan to add the TrackInfo screen (which has a lot of links, too) as a 4th mode. This would then not play anything but enter that menu. Would that do it? Or is that too complicated? Something simple will do, as long as users won't accidentally touch song while scrolling the playlist. I am not too sure which is more complicated. Thanks for consideration. -- auronthas Auronthas Tajima Power Conditioner #61614; Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 #61614; VDL The Source (CA) / AQ Copperhead (SB3) #61614; Krell KAV-400xi #61614; Chord Carnival Silver Plus / VDL Goldwater (current) #61614; Sonus Faber Concertino Domus #61614; Supra 2.5 LoRad power cord (CA Krell) iMac 2.4 Ghz, 4GB DDR RAM, Mac OS X 10.5.6 - SC Version: 7.3.2 - 24695 @ Tue Jan 20 2009 - Firmware : 123 ' A u r o n t h a s ' s B l o g ' (http://auronthas.blogspot.com) ::My Recent Tracks Played:: ' [image: http://imagegen.last.fm/itunesrecent/recenttracks/auronthas.gif] ' (http://www.last.fm/user/auronthas/?chartstyle=itunesrecent) auronthas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Howard, if it were for me, I'd spend some extra dough and get a DSLR. But for my wife, ps is what she needs. I think the camera I bought will be a big improvement over what we've got now, if the specs I read were correct. Thanks for the tips, though. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Pippin, I guess I screwed up. I downloaded iPeng without even thinking about the fact that I am running SS6.3 due to a change in subsequent releases that prevents my home audio system from beginning to play when it powers up (big WAF). Is there any way to use the program with SS versions? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Kyle;401531 Wrote: Howard, if it were for me, I'd spend some extra dough and get a DSLR. But for my wife, ps is what she needs. I think the camera I bought will be a big improvement over what we've got now, if the specs I read were correct. Thanks for the tips, though. Cool. I hope she enjoys it. Lots of big improvements over the past 2 years. 2-3 years ago we were using the same tricks I mentioned even with DSLR's for some stuff. Not so much for the exposure, but for focusing. I've been shooting 35 years off and on and I still don't know how the sport shooters in the manual focus days did it. Lots of film, lots of film. Have a great weekend. Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
I used to shoot sports back in my old newspaper days (late '70's when I was writing sports) with a Nikkormat. With practice, you got pretty good at follow focusing, but it was mostly anticipation with a lot of luck involved. Doing your own darkroom work helped, too. Cheers. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Kyle;401541 Wrote: I used to shoot sports back in my old newspaper days (late '70's when I was writing sports) with a Nikkormat. With practice, you got pretty good at follow focusing, but it was mostly anticipation with a lot of luck involved. Doing your own darkroom work helped, too. Cheers. Sorry, didn't realize you were a shooter. A lot has changed hasn't it. One thing for sure, the equipment somehow got heavier didn't it? and more expensive. I enjoy digital, but I do miss the darkroom at times. You're gonna think I'm crazy, but I kept a bottle of stop bath just for old times sake. The smell is one of those time machines like the smell of gasoline for those who grew up working in gas stations before unleaded fuel :-) I pour a little bit on my monitor every now and then...NOT :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Yeah, I enjoyed the darkroom work, but it's been years. I can still smell those chemicals, though. I bought a film Nikon and some nice lenses 6-7 years ago when digital was still young, but I just didn't use it enough and ended up selling it all on ebay when I got into digital. I'm still using a basic ps camera, but I do some retouching with The Gimp (open-license program similar to Photoshop), and it's fun. It's amazing how images can be manipulated digitally. I remove power lines, open half-closed eyes, remove zits, darken and blur background distractions -- all kinds of things. Purists would probably scoff, but if they knew what went on in darkrooms, it's really not much different. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
I have a Linksys WRT54GL router. Can I assign a static IP address to my Squeezeserver without having static IP's for everything on the network? Is it difficult? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Kyle;401546 Wrote: Yeah, I enjoyed the darkroom work, but it's been years. I can still smell those chemicals, though. I bought a film Nikon and some nice lenses 6-7 years ago when digital was still young, but I just didn't use it enough and ended up selling it all on ebay when I got into digital. I'm still using a basic ps camera, but I do some retouching with The Gimp (open-license program similar to Photoshop), and it's fun. It's amazing how images can be manipulated digitally. I remove power lines, open half-closed eyes, remove zits, darken and blur background distractions -- all kinds of things. Purists would probably scoff, but if they knew what went on in darkrooms, it's really not much different. There are certainly two trains of thought on manipulation of photos. Some feel they are historical recordings and shouldn't be changed and others are considering the image and it's short comings. I'm sure most would agree Ansel Adams was a noteable photographer and yet he probably never printed an image without doing his dance. I can see both sides and I maintain they are both correct in their own context. Nothing wrong with correcting a models blemishes. It's not a historical accounting of anything. On the other hand adding or subtracting from an image that is a historical accounting is wrong unless it is clear the image has been changed for artistic purposes. In 2000 I started to carry a little Olympus PS digital camera telling myself I would use it as a tool with my film cameras to preview composition and the such. It wasn't long before I was addicted and started the move to digital. These guys at Nikon, Canon, etc. know what they're doing :-) Well, except they may have overextended themselves to Ritz :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge
Try adding a -static like this, delete bin/squeezeslave and run make
again.
Code:
${CC} -o bin/squeezeslave $^ -static -L/opt/local/lib -lmad -lFLAC
-lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/CoreAudio
/System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/AudioToolbox -lpthread
If the MacPorts that you needed to install included the static versions
of the libraries you should be golden. If not, perhaps you can check
the ports to see there's also static versions available.
A static library filename looks like libmad.a whereas a shared version
would be called libmad.so
Type;
file bin/squeezeslave
and post the output if OSX has the file command.
Thanks,
Ralphy
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Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Suddenly my posts now have to be moderated. Assuming this post is not moderated - the last post had text and a link to another forum post -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Ill have to watch it it happens on some, not all of my posts. Maybe it really has to do something with attachments or *odd wording* used. Hm. Sorry, Michael, I tried to behave a little in Bugzilla but I didnt realize someone would have problems reading posts with odd characters like guillemets or typographical hyphens, ellipsis, apostrophe, etc. here in the forums? The bad thing is I sometimes don't realize ... been using typographical characters since so many years (and actually use a special keyboard driver for that), so my fingers just automatically reach for the correct symbols... Its quite hard for me to deliberately ignore everything I'm trained to use as correct and switch back to the old ASCII symbols... Sorry again. -- 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=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Hee hee, one nice off-topic thread this has become! I started playing with an -Olympus Camedia C-2500L- in 2000 (one of the first halfway usable DSLRs), because I couldn't afford the -AP NC-2000- my company sold at that time ... Now I'm dreaming of a good Nikon DSLR body ... ;-) -- 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=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Loudness/Compression
I have read posts complaining about dynamic compression and the fact radio stations are getting forever louder. I notice when listening to classical radio stations some are very much louder at the same volume setting. Classic FM and Venice Radio come over much louder than Bartok and the East European OGG transmissions. Is this the loudness effect? For, when listening on a portable or car radio in bad conditions the dynamic range has to be limited, so the radio engineers can transmit at a hight general amplitude. Have I got it right? The less loud stations sound better, but they also have the higher bitrates. -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7510 MK6/4 - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s http://www.hifi-wiki.de/index.php/MB_Quart_980_S Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Intel Atom: Suitable for transcoding?
Thanks for the feedback! Good to know, though I#8217;ll be waiting for the MSI D-130 (Dual Atom, will be available mid-year/autumn). -- 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=60703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Loudness/Compression
It's hard to say... maybe the other stations are just quieter. The problem is not really loudness in itself but compression (the fact that everything is evenly loud, instead of some parts being quieter than others). So maybe those stations are just playing a little louder, which is fine. But maybe they're also using compression in order to get everything loud, and it's not fine anymore ;-) -- BlueScreenJunky BlueScreenJunky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
Kyle;401547 Wrote: I have a Linksys WRT54GL router. Can I assign a static IP address to my Squeezeserver without having static IP's for everything on the network? Is it difficult? I have the same router, but use Tomato instead of the stock firmware. Setting static DHCP is easy with that firmware. All you have to do is assign an IP address outside of the normal DHCP range to the MAC address (hardware address) of the network card on your server. I don't remember if it is equally easy or more difficult with the stock firmware. Another, potentially better, approach is to set a true static IP in the network settings of your server itself. How you do that depends on the OS. And yes, it's no problem at all having some devices with fixed IPs and some using DHCP. Just make sure that you set the static IPs to addresses that are outside the range of addresses that your router doles out via DHCP. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Intel Atom: Suitable for transcoding?
I've read somewhere that the dual core Atoms was not really useful compared to the single core ones, because single core Atoms already have HyperThreading (which allows them to run two threads at the same time on one core), and are more limited by their FSB than by the power of the processor itself. I'll link to the article if I can find it. -- BlueScreenJunky BlueScreenJunky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
It looks like it happens all the time if I put a link to another forum thread in my posts. This needs to be sorted. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Moonbase;401574 Wrote: Hee hee, one nice off-topic thread this has become! I started playing with an -Olympus Camedia C-2500L- in 2000 (one of the first halfway usable DSLRs), because I couldn't afford the -AP NC-2000- my company sold at that time ... Now I'm dreaming of a good Nikon DSLR body ... ;-) Heck, no ones looking yet so I guess we can carry on till we get called on it. I had my sights set on a Kodak DCS14 when they were announced, but couldn't wait it out. It was a huge jump from the (speaking of huge) NC-2000. Since then I've been on the Nikon bandwagon, although I have no idea why. I don't have one, but the D90 is getting some really good press. I half way don't want to know how good it might be. I might regret what I've spent :-) Maybe we could start a Other Interests forum :-) Probably not P.S. I'll trade ya jobs -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
gharris999;401395 Wrote: What's your sense of how well MusicIP works with classical music? Unfortunately I only have -very- few classical titles. I would expect good results but you might want to ask someone that really uses MIP with classical music. Or give -last.fm- a try they use MusicIPs -MusicDNS- service (plus a little more) behind the scenes, so you might get a feasible approximation. gharris999;401395 Wrote: I'm guessing that with 1T worth of flacs with more than 125 days of play time, the finger printing processing time would be a pretty serious investment. Indeed. About 20k files took around 7 days here (heavily loaded Windows machine) Its faster when they know about the titles already, but if you have music thats new to their database, calculation really eats up processor time. gharris999;401395 Wrote: Is there any way to finger print a given flac at rip time? Or does the entire collection need to be printed in one go? Well shortly after. The Windows -MusicIP Mixer GUI- will react to directory changes for folders you can set, and thus automatically start fingerprinting in the background. You have the option to set thread priority for that, plus the option to automatically save the analysis data in the tags (which Id -highly recommend-). You can also use the command-line -genpuid- tool in Linux to fingerprint all or part of your collection. (Can also save to tags.) gharris999;401395 Wrote: I guess what I'm asking is this: is there a musicip tag that can calculated and then stored in the file which musicip could subsequently read for its db? Exactly that :-) -- 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=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge
No joy so far, but happy to keep looking at this with your help. Output of 'file squeezeslave': /opt/local/bin/squeezeslave: Mach-O executable i386 /opt/local/lib contains libFLAC.a, libmad.a, libogg.a, libvorbis.a and libvorbisfile.a. I did a make clean and recompiled but it is failing with this error: --snip-- gcc -o bin/squeezeslave src/squeezeslave/squeezeslave.o lib/portmixer/px_mac_core/px_mac_core.o lib/libslimproto.a lib/libportaudio.a -static -L/opt/local/lib -lmad -lFLAC -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/CoreAudio /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/AudioToolbox -lpthread ld_classic: can't locate file for: -lcrt0.o collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [bin/squeezeslave] Error 1 I'll keep investigating, but any ideas? Edit: it seems like this could be relevant: http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1118.html -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the iPhone SqueezeBox Remote' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk/squeemote) Luke Redpath's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=859 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
I just made a post and got the moderated. I included a link to another thread in the forum, so it looks like that is the culprit. The post I made regards crosstalk between a couple of threads (USB drive discussion turns to digital camera talk mid thread). Perhaps there is something screwy going on with the forum software in general? -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.2.1 (7.3 had dropouts for me) and SqueezeSlave. MusicIP has been turned off temporarily while I move to a lossless version of my library. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge
OK, using -static-intel seemed to do the trick; will this be suitable? Source: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/library-not-found-crt0/ Edit, doesn't seem to work. I gave it to a friend to run on his system and it failed: dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libmad.0.dylib Referenced from: /Users/james/Downloads/./squeezeslave Reason: image not found Trace/BPT trap -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the iPhone SqueezeBox Remote' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk/squeemote) Luke Redpath's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=859 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Looking at the posts which are being flagged, the vast majority have links (often multiple links). I'm assuming the sensitivity is turned up a little high, but at least there'll be less wow n95 spam :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
maggior;401601 Wrote: I included a link to another thread in the forum, so it looks like that is the culprit. Looks to my like a more random problem. My moderated post had no link; I use no sig. The post was long, I composed it for a good while; it had a CODE struct and a zip attachment. Nobody else seen the buttons suddenly changing names ? -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
maggior;401597 Wrote: So I'm reading along about USB drives and abrupbly the discussion goes to digital cameras! It seems like posts from this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60696 somehow are being associated with this thread. More screwiness of the forum software? Things like that usually happen when something goes wrong with the mail gateway, all the posts are back where they belong now. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?
Howard Passman;401586 Wrote: Maybe we could start a Other Interests forum :-) Probably not Most forums have one. I've posted a lot of OT questions here, primarily involving technology, because there are so many members here who are a lot more savvy than I. I hope the mods don't get too picky about it. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
I got also the Moderator message with a post including a link. -- jo-wie SB Classic, SC 7.3.2 auf GigaByte STA/C mit VIA C7 1GHz, 1GB RAM, 250 GB 2,5 HD, Ubuntu Desktop 8.04 jo-wie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17952 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
aubuti;401580 Wrote: Another, potentially better, approach is to set a true static IP in the network settings of your server itself. How you do that depends on the OS. And yes, it's no problem at all having some devices with fixed IPs and some using DHCP. Just make sure that you set the static IPs to addresses that are outside the range of addresses that your router doles out via DHCP. My server is on Windows XP. Can you tell me what steps to take? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
Kyle;401624 Wrote: My server is on Windows XP. Can you tell me what steps to take? This is what I have on WinXP Pro: 1. Start Control Panel Network Connections 2. Select the appropriate connection (wired/wireless) and right click for Properties 3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) 4. Select Properties 5. Under General tab, choose Use the following IP address, then specify *IP address:* the IP address you want to use. The first three parts should be the same as the address of your router (typically either 192.168.0 or 192.168.1). The last part must not already be in use, and should be outside the range of DHCP addresses that your router assigns. *Subnet mask:* use 255.255.255.0 *Default gateway:* the IP address of your router, typically 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!
mherger;397771 Wrote: I really think development should have been continued with SoftSqueeze whilst there is no viable alternative We're rather concentrating on the new software than trying to fix legacy code. SqueezePlay will be much better as a player than SoftSqueeze has ever been. -- Michael I remain passionately for Softsqueeze. I assume you have no plans to make Squeezeplay VISIBLY EMULATE the range of hardware players? Do you? You seem to be missing the point that this is what many users like. I agree with Mick Seymour. No-one has yet been able to tell me the point of Squeezeplay over the standard Squeezecentre GUI? Please tell me what it's for and what advantage it has over the standard GUI and its selection of skins? -- netnewt netnewt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANN] Squeemote 1.2, now with device sync!
Just a quick note, I've updated the FAQs on the site with some instructions regarding the new device management screen. http://lukeredpath.co.uk/squeemote/faq.html If you've bought Squeemote and like it, I'd really appreciate any reviews you can leave on the iTunes store and if you've previously reviewed it and you feel it has changed for the better in recent releases, don't forget to update your reviews. Thanks. -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the iPhone SqueezeBox Remote' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk/squeemote) Luke Redpath's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=859 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!
Bottom line, it is not possible to get perfect sync with a software player for every possible OS/soundcard combo right out of the box. The latency in the OS, sound card driver, etc is just out of our control. There are several knobs you can tweak in the sync preferences to try to get perfect sync. If sync is very important to you, you can always pick up additional hardware players which do work out of the box. :) What may be useful is for someone to create a wiki page listing known-good OS/soundcard combinations that are able to sync, and to post your sync preference values. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!
netnewt;401633 Wrote: No-one has yet been able to tell me the point of Squeezeplay over the standard Squeezecentre GUI? If it's not going to emulate the hardware players, please tell me what it's for and what advantage it has over the standard GUI and its selection of skins? It's so simple you must have overlooked it: Squeezeplay plays music on your computer. The SC gui has absolutely zero playback function. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
radish;401611 Wrote: Looking at the posts which are being flagged, the vast majority have links (often multiple links). I'm assuming the sensitivity is turned up a little high, but at least there'll be less wow n95 spam :) Speaking of sensitivity, is their an adjustment in the software for user level? Look at every post in this thread so far, everybody posting up to and including this reply is a Senior Member. I would think that most Senior Members would be at a point that they didn't need to be moderated when including a URL link in their posts. But that's just my thoughts. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!
netnewt;401633 Wrote: I remain passionately for Softsqueeze. I assume you have no plans to make Squeezeplay VISIBLY EMULATE the range of hardware players? IMO, Softsqueeze is a great presales tool for the SB3. It looks and works like the real thing. SP works like an SBC, but that's not obvious. -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Best Sites to Download Music in FLAC
Im just getting started, so I dont know the answers to what Im sure are pretty obvious questions. I want to add to my music library, which is currently all from ripped CDs, by downloading sound/albums in FLAC. What are some good sites to go to? -- timequest timequest's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25640 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60749 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Sites to Download Music in FLAC
HDTracks.com has a good selection of 16/44.1 tracks and also a library of 24/96 tracks in FLAC for purchase -- RichardL RichardL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60749 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No nonsense NAS server
Could someone please recommend a NAS server that can run squeezecenter without any problems, and which works out of the box? It seems many servers have a long list of instructions for how to get it to work with squeezecenter. It needs to be silent to0, so a fanless server is prefered. -- jadeking jadeking's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25670 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60752 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] General Dissatisfaction
I apologize for this rant in advance, but I am really frustrated. I've had a Squeezebox 3 since early 2006, and had wanted one for a long time previous to that. Conceptually, I think it is about the best idea ever, but in practice, I am thoroughly unhappy with it -- indeed, my wife refers to it as the bane of my existence. I am wondering if perhaps anyone can suggest ways to make me happier with it. At the root of the problem is SqueezeCenter. I have it running on a reasonably fast (2.8GHz, 3GB) XP computer connected via ethernet cables. But, no matter what I do, it is too slow. The process of finding music is slow (I have about 11,000 tracks to dig through, and adding a song generally requires numerous clicks, and lots of waiting), the process of adding/removing things from a playlist is cumbersome and slow, it doesn't seem to keep any statistics on what is played or when, the process of scanning my library was horrible -- most albums have wrong album art, the same album will show up multiple times, each with only some of the tracks in it (this is after ripping with EAC), if I have 2 versions of a track (MP3 and FLAC) no distinction is made until one drills down meaning that it takes as long to find a track as the previous one took to play, and playback drops out or freezes periodically. Moreover, it is buggy software -- I listened to an album the other day. Then, last night I listened to something else. Today, the playlist from days ago was back in the queue. When I move tracks around in the list, they don't always move to were they were put. Often what is playing and what squeezecenter says is playing are different, etc. The Squeezebox has been back and needed a new CPU at one point, so the device itself seems to work fine. And, the computer has been rebuilt and been clean installed. Moreover, I tried other computers with no better results. Basically, what I am saying is that the Squeezebox, for me, should do three things. It should play music, it should make organizing music simple, and it should present a clean interface. It utterly fails at the second two, and periodically fails at the first. Conversely, programs like Winamp, Foobar, iTunes, and even WMP present user interfaces that are remarkably better. Yes, I understand that Squeezecenter presents a web interface so it can be used from remote systems, but does that need to preclude a reasonable non-web interface from running locally, or via remote desktop? And yes, I understand that it is opensource, so I can implement these things myself, but that it not an excuse. Logitech is a big company and can supply reasonable software for their hardware. I am a programmer, and I designed and build my whole stereo (DAC, preamp, power amp, and speakers), and I don't have that kind of time. So, what I think this thing needs is either its own non-web based interface (I've tried Moose -- neat software, but too slow both because .Net is miserable and because it is still just interfacing with the same horrible backend), or a plugin for Winamp, Foobar, or whatever to make it behave like a remote soundcard. I have seen a few scattered posts of others asking for this, but to date nothing that works has jumped out at me. As I say, I really wanted this to work, and I am really sad that it is just not the device for me. Conceptually, everything about is fantastic, but every time I try to use it it makes me angry. -- drs drs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3536 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqueeze for Windows Mobile or iPhone (for my Car)
I tried Satellite radio and found the sound quality sirius-ly lacking (pun intended). I have a new Samsung Omnia from verizon and the coverage is terrific where I am. Carriers are quickly becoming internet gateways anyway, so is anyone developing a light, mobile player that will work with squeezenetwork? I thought of softsqueeze development because the app already works with squeezenetwork, and because WinMo development may also lead to a lighter PC version, a needed improvement in my opinion. -- mark-e-mark mark-e-mark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
I can't help but feel that there is some outside variable that is causing your problems. My setup is very similar to yours, if not slightly worse: 13,000 tracks; XP 2.8ghz 4GB which also serves as a Media Center which may be serving video or recording TV on up to three tuners while serving SqueezeCenter to up to 7 Squeezebox devices (depending on season); wi-fi setup mainly (which should be considerably worse than wired networking). I have never run into it, but antivirus is a common cause of problems apparently. Have you reviewed those threads to determine if this may be affecting you? Network problems also account for a large proportion of frustrations, and i have been victim to this in the past, although due to wi-fi issues. Elaborating on your network environment may help others troubleshoot your problems. As far as the web interface is concerned, this could be a debate that lasts until the end of time. As I myself never control my music from the computer which hosts SC, the web interface seems like the natural choice and I have no complaints with it; use of a local application via remote desktop would not make sense for me. I find adding, choosing, and changing tracks to be a virtually instantaneous event, although I primarily browse tracks by folder and not tags, and so do not need to rescan with each addition. Album art is a tricky affair that requires a lot of work to get right, but this is the nature of the mp3 downloading/ripping world if you do not use the itunes store primarily. Anyhow these are some thoughts that might lead to a solution. Or might not. Again, networking and system environment variables seem to represent the vast majority of problems that I have encountered personally or read about here. These units would not be nearly so popular if your experience is representative of the average user. -- ds2021 All your bass are belong to us. ds2021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] EveryThing you need To Run your voip/pc2phone/callBack/callShop/Calling card Business
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Re: [slim] Softsqueeze for Windows Mobile or iPhone (for my Car)
SoftSqueeze is no longer in development, so this is not going to happen. I believe it is open source, so anyone can take it up if they want to... SqueezePlay is the new software player. It's much lighter than SS (written in lua as opposed to Java) so it may actually be easier to have it run on lower-power mobile devices. Whether this will happen, I don't know. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta), SBC (early beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta) Sold: SB3, Duet Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
Thanks. Perfect instructions! -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
drs;401730 Wrote: I apologize for this rant in advance, but I am really frustrated. I've had a Squeezebox 3 since early 2006, and had wanted one for a long time previous to that. Conceptually, I think it is about the best idea ever, but in practice, I am thoroughly unhappy with it -- indeed, my wife refers to it as the bane of my existence. I am wondering if perhaps anyone can suggest ways to make me happier with it. At the root of the problem is SqueezeCenter. I have it running on a reasonably fast (2.8GHz, 3GB) XP computer connected via ethernet cables. But, no matter what I do, it is too slow. The process of finding music is slow (I have about 11,000 tracks to dig through, and adding a song generally requires numerous clicks, and lots of waiting), the process of adding/removing things from a playlist is cumbersome and slow, it doesn't seem to keep any statistics on what is played or when, the process of scanning my library was horrible -- most albums have wrong album art, the same album will show up multiple times, each with only some of the tracks in it (this is after ripping with EAC), if I have 2 versions of a track (MP3 and FLAC) no distinction is made until one drills down meaning that it takes as long to find a track as the previous one took to play, and playback drops out or freezes periodically. Moreover, it is buggy software -- I listened to an album the other day. Then, last night I listened to something else. Today, the playlist from days ago was back in the queue. When I move tracks around in the list, they don't always move to were they were put. Often what is playing and what squeezecenter says is playing are different, etc. The Squeezebox has been back and needed a new CPU at one point, so the device itself seems to work fine. And, the computer has been rebuilt and been clean installed. Moreover, I tried other computers with no better results. Basically, what I am saying is that the Squeezebox, for me, should do three things. It should play music, it should make organizing music simple, and it should present a clean interface. It utterly fails at the second two, and periodically fails at the first. Conversely, programs like Winamp, Foobar, iTunes, and even WMP present user interfaces that are remarkably better. Yes, I understand that Squeezecenter presents a web interface so it can be used from remote systems, but does that need to preclude a reasonable non-web interface from running locally, or via remote desktop? And yes, I understand that it is opensource, so I can implement these things myself, but that it not an excuse. Logitech is a big company and can supply reasonable software for their hardware. I am a programmer, and I designed and build my whole stereo (DAC, preamp, power amp, and speakers), and I don't have that kind of time. So, what I think this thing needs is either its own non-web based interface (I've tried Moose -- neat software, but too slow both because .Net is miserable and because it is still just interfacing with the same horrible backend), or a plugin for Winamp, Foobar, or whatever to make it behave like a remote soundcard. I have seen a few scattered posts of others asking for this, but to date nothing that works has jumped out at me. As I say, I really wanted this to work, and I am really sad that it is just not the device for me. Conceptually, everything about is fantastic, but every time I try to use it it makes me angry. What Internet Browser are you using? What Tagging software do you use? What version of SC are you currently running? How do you think of your music? What I mean is do you treat all music as Albums/CDs, or artists, or genre. Are you using any of the plugins to help with your music selection? Many users really like using the Custom Browse plugin. Have you thought about building or using a dedicated PC as an SC Server? I keep my MP3s separate from my FLAC library except where I don't have the MP3 in FLAC format also. So those few MP3s I have in the FLAC directory are for use with SC only. I don't let iTunes see that library and SC does not see the directory that my MP3s are in that I use with iTunes (only reason I even have iTunes is because of my iPhone). And I dislike iTunes because it was made so even my parents and my sister can use it. It is my opinion that one should never ask iTunes to repair/fix/find album art or tags. If iTunes would ask if this IS the correct album art one wants to use, then maybe, but just like Windows, it does what it wants and hoses ones whole library. Now for my rant as you are not alone. Is SC perfect? I dont think its perfect, but it sure does a bunch of different and important things. I have some overly large Playlists and have to agree that the one area that SC is really lacking for me is how Playlists are built, maintained, and edited. I really wish there was a drag and drop that spanned the page breaks or a way to move a
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
drs wrote: I apologize for this rant in advance, but I am really frustrated. I am wondering if Your computer should be more than enough. But my first suggestion is get a cheap, dedicated old PC. Something like this: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/sys/1048718354.html Just $60, of course, you may not be near it, but there are usually equivalent boxes everywhere. Its slow, but has space for five or six drives. These days, that would be 5 TB or so. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqueeze for Windows Mobile or iPhone (for my Car)
Mark Lanctot;401739 Wrote: SqueezePlay is the new software player. It's much lighter than SS... I'll definitely try out the new player. Thanks for letting me know! -- mark-e-mark mark-e-mark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Kyle;401533 Wrote: Pippin, I guess I screwed up. I downloaded iPeng without even thinking about the fact that I am running SS6.3 due to a change in subsequent releases that prevents my home audio system from beginning to play when it powers up (big WAF). Is there any way to use the program with SS versions? Sorry, but the interface used by iPeng (and most other remote control apps, including all for iPhone) is not present in 6.3. What is your issue with the power up and 7.x? Have you tried to find a solution here on the forum? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, 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/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
ds2021;401737 Wrote: I can't help but feel that there is some outside variable that is causing your problems. It seems like this must be right, but I have tried it on other computers, too, with no better results. The one in question, in addition to the speed listed, has gigabit ethernet, sata raid, etc. Indeed, everything in it has been upgraded/replaced at some point except the mobo. Maybe that's the issue -- everything else seems to run OK, however. Also, it runs as a file server, but otherwise really is dedicated to squeezecenter. Well, it is connected to the TV and my wife watches 30 Rock with it occasionally, but never at the same time. ds2021;401737 Wrote: I have never run into it, but antivirus is a common cause of problems apparently. Don't run it on that computer. ds2021;401737 Wrote: Elaborating on your network environment may help others troubleshoot your problems. Basically a netgear router with everything connected to it. Laptop is wireless, everything else wired. I tried to use the SB as a wireless bridge, but it was too slow for connecting the laptop to the fileserver. I also used a hardware switch to see if the NG ports were just slow. ds2021;401737 Wrote: As far as the web interface is concerned, this could be a debate that lasts until the end of time. As I myself never control my music from the computer which hosts SC, the web interface seems like the natural choice and I have no complaints with it; use of a local application via remote desktop would not make sense for me. I think it is the Winamp search and library that I like so much. It is one of those things that just works for me. And, I use this remotely with the files on the fileserver and don't suffer any slowdowns. This is why I'd like to tie it to the SB using SC as an output option and get rid of the web server and MySQL. My sense is that there must be a way to run SC-lite that does just this, and there must be API hooks to allow it to be a simply output driver. But, the fact that nobody seems to have done it suggests to me otherwise. It is funny, but the structire of the SB and SC feels liht eht e structure of X-windows. And, X windows is frankly the *nix Achilles heal. ds2021;401737 Wrote: These units would not be nearly so popular if your experience is representative of the average user. This seems right, which is why I am so frustrated. What Internet Browser are you using? What Tagging software do you use? What version of SC are you currently running? How do you think of your music? SeaMonkey, but I've also tried IE and Mozilla with no better results. Tagging? whatever EAC does. SC -- most up to date. Music is organized artist/album/track, but really, this shouldn't matter. Search should sort through it. It is my opinion that one should never ask iTunes to repair/fix/find album art or tags. If iTunes would ask if this IS the correct album art one wants to use, then maybe, but just like Windows, it does what it wants and hoses ones whole library. I am no lover of apple or the do it for me nature of it. I have win32 at home, Ubuntu at the office, and FreeBSD on my webserver. As I say, I design and build my own 'audio gear' (http://www.ecp.cc/diy-audio.html), so I am pretty hands on. However, I do like it when things work :) I am actually thinking that an Airport Express may be the right solution for me as it seems it can be set to work as a simple external soundcard with spdif out, which is all I really want. I'd like it if the SB could do this and show some stuff in the display, but this does not seem to be in the cards. ds2021;401737 Wrote: These units would not be nearly so popular if your experience is representative of the average user. On the one hand, this seems right, which is why I am so frustrated. However, it might not be the right question. One could use an Airport Express with softsqueeze and AirFoil to basically have a SB for less money. The question is, does anyone do this? That is, if nobody does, it suggests to me that people might prefer the SB hardware, but the AE software. Anyway, I am not trying to talk anyone else out of the SB. And I would love to find something to make my experience better. I'll look into the Custom Browse plugin, and anything else like that I can find. But search and stats would be really nice. -- drs drs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3536 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
drs;401785 Wrote: Tagging? whatever EAC does. SC -- most up to date. Music is organized artist/album/track, but really, this shouldn't matter. Search should sort through it. EAC uses Freedb which is basically random users on the 'net typed this in, with no real peer review, consistency or even spelling correction So, your initial dataset from the tags is... random. And you think a search function would be useful? Really, the first order should be to check your tags for consistency: is Elvis filed under 'Elvis'? Or 'Elvis Presley'? Or did someone have a misguided sense of reality and try to force an artist sort by setting the artist to 'Presley, Elvis'? The Search function works off... tags (unless you have no tags at all on your music, which is even harder to fix). If the data in the tags is crap, searching will be craptastic. Musicbrainz is a pain in the butt most days and there are religious wars about the 'right' way to tag things...but..at least it is consistent (mostly, I still don't understand their disparity between Santana and Carlos Santana). But with the random data of Freedb... no wonder you have problems. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
I have found moose an excellent companion at times - and of course I couldn't live without lazysearch and playlist manager plugins. It would be interesting if they could also add a desktop optimized jive - but it still depends on squeezecenter's database and backend. I don't do it but using iTunes to manage your playlists should work as well - but it is less direct. My bet would be moose ( http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/ ) and lazysearch to try something simple. I have multiple squeezeboxes and I love it when they work well and synced and... - but I feel your pain - the customization and configuration options are both a blessing and a curse... (The 7.3.3 nightlies have been extremely well working for me) Best of luck! -- chrol chrol's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15155 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
Maybe the Squeezebox is just not the right solution for you :-/ I still think it's a great product (it has some flaws, but on the whole it works just fine for me and is by far the best in its price range and even above), but if you're constantly adding new tracks, need to browse your music really fast, and have no use for multiple squeezebox in your house... Well you might be better of with a quiet PC with a good soundcard (Xonar Essence STX maybe ? or a juli@ ?) running Foobar2000. It will cost more, take more space, maybe not look as good, but it might suite your needs better. -- BlueScreenJunky BlueScreenJunky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
It really seems like you have all your bases covered here, and it's really too bad it's not working for you. If you're up for one last push, see http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Diagnosing_Performance_Issues But yeah, it definitely should not work this poorly for you. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta), SBC (early beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta) Sold: SB3, Duet Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
EXCEPT: Now my desktop can't get on the internet. I still can through my laptop. Do I have to change a router setting to allow the desktop to access the internet? -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng, Squidgy or Squeezemote?
I have an iPhone 3G and purchased the squeezemote application. I like it very much, but I am experiencing random wifi dropout where the wifi icon disappears from the iPhone and obviously then I loose connection to the server. Hence I am unable to use this as a remote control due to the unreliability of the wifi connection. I was wondering if any of the other iPhone remote application users are experiencing similar problems? My dropouts come randomly, and can be while I am in fact using the application. It can come 5 minutes after I start the application, but will appear within 30 minutes for sure. I have tried with two different wifi access points and two different kind of remote control applications (squeezemote is one of them). Could this be a hardware problem on my iPhone 3G? -- nanckekr nanckekr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Sites to Download Music in FLAC
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, timequest wrote: I’m just getting started, so I don’t know the answers to what I’m sure are pretty obvious questions. I want to add to my music library, which is currently all from ripped CDs, by downloading sound/albums in FLAC. What are some good sites to go to? Here are all of the sites where I have personally bought FLAC music: www.boomkat.com (site is in England, and there are sometimes issues buying tracks from the US, but mainly I have had good experiences) www.bleep.com (FLAC selection is not huge and there isn't a good way to search for just FLAC versions, but I've bought a handful of albums there) www.zunior.com (site is Canadian, but I've never had trouble purchasing anything) www.musicishere.com (bit of an erratic selection, but some good finds) www.necodo.com (weird purchasing deal where you buy credits and then trade them in for tracks, but this has translated to good overall pricing for me) www.junodownload.com (if you purchase songs as wav you'll get the option to download in FLAC instead) www.digital-tunes.net (I have had some issues with glitchy downloads and wouldn't recommend using this site) Hope this helps. -Steve ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng, Squidgy or Squeezemote?
nanckekr;401810 Wrote: Could this be a hardware problem on my iPhone 3G? Typically, it's the AP. iPhone is quite sensitive about power saving routers, my old LinkSys gave me lots of trouble, I'm not seeing his whith my newer AVM one anymore. If it's the WiFi-Icon it's highly unlikely the app has anything to do with it. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] web concert audio AND video?
Joe Henry has a full length live concert on his website. Is there a way to view the video on my PC and play the audio through a duet at the same time? -- Fahzz Taylor Made R580XD Driver, Orlimar Trimetal(original)#3 5 7 fairway woods,Cleveland Halo #3 hybrid,Cleveland TA4 Irons,Cleveland Tour Action 56 and 60 Wedges, Taylor Made Rossa Modena 8 putter, Handicap 42... Fahzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12585 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60768 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] web concert audio AND video?
This is a flash video so it's very hard to do anything with it. I would just connect spdif from your computer directly to your stereo. That would work better then using your SB. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60768 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting static IP address for Squeezeserver
Did you set your DNS servers as well? You need to set them to the ones you were getting from DHCP or to a good high speed free DNS service like OpenDNS OpenDNS DNS servers 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 I use openDNS because it is quite a bit faster then the DNS server provided by me internet provider. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No nonsense NAS server
Get a small fanless Atom box and run VortexBox. You should be able to get at 1TB system for less than $400. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60752 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] web concert audio AND video?
Thanks-That's what i thought, but i Thought i'd throw it out to the group. -- Fahzz Taylor Made R580XD Driver, Orlimar Trimetal(original)#3 5 7 fairway woods,Cleveland Halo #3 hybrid,Cleveland TA4 Irons,Cleveland Tour Action 56 and 60 Wedges, Taylor Made Rossa Modena 8 putter, Handicap 42... Fahzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12585 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60768 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
I just got moderated - for the first time ever. I put a URL to a wiki page in the message, so I guess that's what did it. But this needs fixing, as many people reply quickly to requests for help by simply giving a URL, so the member who's stuck can get on with their solution. This new 'feature' doesn't help this sort of rapid support. -- Diana Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
iPhone;401682 Wrote: ...everybody posting up to and including this reply is a Senior Member. I guess that's because senior members are the most likely people to respond to requests for help by giving a URL to the required info. -- Diana Diana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7463 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Diana;401844 Wrote: I just got moderated - for the first time ever. I put a URL to a wiki page in the message, so I guess that's what did it. I got moderated too, but I had an url to an enhancement request. -- 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, Title Switcher 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=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
