Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
peter;432363 Wrote: > I don't know what's wrong with the UI, really... Most of the time my HDX > > just works. I do have the odd crash occasionally, but mostly things are > > stable. It plays almost everything. My whole home theatre setup > consists > of an SB3 on top of a HDX. > > Regards, > Peter I have an HDX on order and I intend to pretty much run the same setup as you once it arrives. Satellite set-top box, SB3 and HDX (plus a BluRay player). Do you have an internal HDD or do you stream from a home server (which I presume runs SqueezeCenter as well)? Also, what software do you run on that server for your HDX, or do you just have a network share? I have been playing around with YAMJ which is looking pretty good. -- SumnerBoy SumnerBoy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8924 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake On LAN from SB3
I raised the issue about the apparent non-functioning of WoL in the ReadyNAS PRO (well, of course, it does work!) and I received this link about the operation of the Squeezebox products. This may prove useful: https://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/ -- Cape11 Cape11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable
RT David Thanks for that. I'm away on business just now but fingers that all will be OK when I get home. Keith -- KMorgan KMorgan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64415 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable
I think RT David doesn't realise that you are in the UK. AlienBBC fetches URLs direct from web site so they are "dynamic" and up to date. This might affect the 2nd RTSP URL I suggested but not your general problem. The opening of WMA stream to non-UK users should not alter the fact that you are in the UK and WMA streams do not work - not even from your PC. I forgot to ask earlier - have you ever got BBC radio playing through your SB ? or is this a new installation ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64415 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
Small point - the "Accessories" link actually points to the "Transporter" page -- Apteryx Apteryx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable
bpa Up until I got back home on Fri after a few days away all was working perfectly. I could get BBC Radio2 through Local, or iPlayer. I had absolutely no issues with live streams or listen-again. Now I get nothing from the main BBC stations either through SC or SN. The odd thing is that using Internet Radio> Local I can get other streams to play. Some of these are WMA, some are RTSP (is that right?). What I really don't understand is why I can't get radio streams from the BBC via the iPlayer web site either. It gets stuck on "Connecting to Media". There is obviously something up external to my setup at home. Don't know if this is ISP or BBC. What really surprises me is that I seem to be alone. I was expecting some comfort from others with the same problem. Ah well GTG, I'll check in again tomorrow. Keith -- KMorgan KMorgan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64415 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Podcast plays but no sound
I realize that I originally posted this in the wrong forum. I tried to move it, but could not, sorry for the repost, but it belongs here. --- No sound and sometimes cycles back to 0. I am using 7.3.3. But I also had the problem on 7.3.2. I have 7.3.3 on one computer and 7.3.2 on another. Both have no sound. All other internet music sources work. And sometimes the default podcasts work. ODEO does. Some Podcasts Alleys work, but some do not. But any podcasts I add do not play any sound. For example this : http://www.npr.org/podcasts.opml and http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/podcasts.opml and http://podcasts.engadget.com/rss.xml gives me all the menus, titles, etc of all the podcasts it offers. It then loads it and starts to play. And even counts down the time. But there is no sound. They worked a couple of months back on 7.3.2 when I used it then. (I know they worked, just not sure what squeezeserver version I was on). I also tried to use mediafly. I had to modify them a little: http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/includes/hourlynews.xml and http://podcasts.engadget.com/rss.xml NPR was already there. BUT again I have no sound. Thanks for any assistance. -- allanweinman allanweinman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64530 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable
I haven't checked recently but a month ago local radio was RealAudio as some UK users found they needed to install AlienBBC to play their local radio. On the PC - have you installed RealPlayer ? If not then it won't play RealAudio streams. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64415 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable
Hi, I have been having similar issues with connecting to BBC sites. However, I noticed also that RSS feeds were not working either. Updating to the latest nightly (7.3.3 - 27084) build fixed the issue for me. Maybe the same will help you? -- kelvinelk kelvinelk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64415 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server
Why is the Windows Home Server Installer no longer available for 7.3? -- mvordeme 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/mvordeme) | scaleo home server 2105 | squeezecenter 7.3.2 | server power control 7.3 | squeezebox boom & duet | rotel rsp-1066 | rotel rmb-100 | phonar p-5 mvordeme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59433 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
SumnerBoy wrote: peter;432363 Wrote: I don't know what's wrong with the UI, really... Most of the time my HDX just works. I do have the odd crash occasionally, but mostly things are stable. It plays almost everything. My whole home theatre setup consists of an SB3 on top of a HDX. Regards, Peter I have an HDX on order and I intend to pretty much run the same setup as you once it arrives. Satellite set-top box, SB3 and HDX (plus a BluRay player). Do you have an internal HDD or do you stream from a home server (which I presume runs SqueezeCenter as well)? Also, what software do you run on that server for your HDX, or do you just have a network share? I have a wired network link to a linux server in the basement. That runs squeezecenter and Samba. The HDX just uses a network share. No internal HDD so no HD sounds in the living room. I have been playing around with YAMJ which is looking pretty good. The standard UI is good enough for me. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
Are you saying you are unable to stream HD audio (and video) across your LAN to the HDX? -- SumnerBoy SumnerBoy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8924 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
SumnerBoy wrote: > Are you saying you are unable to stream HD audio (and video) across your > LAN to the HDX? > - I don't play audio on the HDX (the music UI *is* extremely bad) - I play movies off the samba share over the lan - I stream movies from YouTube over the lan Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server
> Why is the Windows Home Server Installer no longer available for 7.3? It didn't add any other benefit than the simplified installation, at the cost for QA to test one more release. We're concentrating on 7.4 now, where you'll find an add-in for the WHS-console. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake On LAN from SB3
Hi, Does the SliMp3 send WOL commands or is it to primative to do this? Thanks Richard -- rgreening Richard --- Squeezecenter version: 7.3.2-noCPAN SlimNas Version: 1.3.0 FreeNAS Version: 0.69.1 Omnius (revision 4554) Platform: i386-full on Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz (1993MHz) Players: SliMP3 (firmware 2.3) SoftSqueeze. rgreening's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23653 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No play
That sounds like it narrows it down to the wireless. But it does seem to contradict your statement that -"I've reset the SB3 to factory settings and went through inputting all the numbers needed to connect to my PC. No problem doing that but as I said when I hit play nothing happens."-. If the wifi is bad then you would have a hard time connecting it to your network. Before sending it off, there are two things you might want to consider taking a look at. First, when the SB3 is not connected by cable, does it show up as connecting to your network? You can check your router's admin pages, or look in SC's Settings > Information tab to see active players. Or you could get information from the SB3 (under Settings > Information). If it is the SB3's wifi that is bad then it shouldn't show up in any of these places. Second, the wifi cards in SB3s have been known to come loose sometimes. Re-seating the card is supposedly easy (at least for those who aren't afraid to open the SB3 *and* have the requisite Torx screwdriver). If you don't want to be without your SB3, or if it is out of warranty and you don't want to pay for the repair, you can consider trying to re-seat the wifi card yourself. But do the first step first to confirm that it really is the wifi. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool
Hi! I'm absolute beginner in all this stuff together with very poor english. So my Q are: 1. what should I do if my wireless network is without WEP and WPA - MAC adress filtering only? 2. where I can find wireless_region_id=? I'm from Europe and having D-Link DI-524 wifi router. -- jackamo jackamo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31044 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA controller solution
... ready for you. There are a couple of changes as requested by recent posts. See here: http://www.sciatec.de/SlimControl/changes_095.shtml To all those who haven't tried version 0.94 yet. It has a rather long list of changes and new features: http://www.sciatec.de/SlimControl/changes_094.shtml I will probably open a new thread on SlimControl 0.95. This one is getting way too long. The link will be posted here. Enjoy, Sebastian -- Locuth Use your PDA as SqueezeBox remote -- http://www.sciatec.de/SlimControl Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62486 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
Just to throw in an alternative option: we have Tivo Series 3/HD units on the main TVs in the house and with the addition of the pyTivo server running on the media server (also running SC) they do an excellent job of playing back video. The server works in a similar way to SC, transcoding the video to a format the Tivo likes, and the content is buffered on the local hard drive. Seeing as we already had the Tivos (and wouldn't want to live without them!) it was a nice free addon. It's worth noting that most games consoles these days also do video streaming (e.g. 360 & PS3 both will do so out of the box). I like the idea of the streamers like the NMT, but in reality I find there's usually at least one box already hooked up which will do streaming as an additional feature, so it's hard to justify the additional cost. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool
jackamo wrote: > Hi! > > I'm absolute beginner in all this stuff together with very poor > english. > > So my Q are: > 1. what should I do if my wireless network is without WEP and WPA - MAC > adress filtering only? Don't enable WEP or WPA: set wireless_wep_on=0 wireless_wpa_on=0 > 2. where I can find wireless_region_id=? I'm from Europe and having > D-Link DI-524 wifi router. The regions are: wireless_region_id: 4 - US, 6 - CA, 7 - AU, 13 - FR, 14 - EU, 16 - JP, 21 - TW, 23 - CH You can find all this information by running the udap_shell.pl script and typing "fields". R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
The new Popcorn C-200 is worth a look. Not sure if it available yet, but looks awesome. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. -"don't call me Shirley."- autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Hello everybody SlimControl is a software remote control for Squeezeboxes. It runs on PDAs and smartphones under WM 2003, 5.0, 6.0 and 6.1. After several months of steady improvement, version 0.95 is available for download. Thanks so much to all of you contributing. I am opening this thread as a successor to http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62486 which has grown too long indeed. Please post any bugs, suggestions, or critics here. The attached screenshots were taken from version 0.94 but they pretty much give you an idea of the user interface. A manual is available, however it has not yet been updated to reflect version 0.95. Of the vast list of features offered by SqueezeCenter, I am currently supporting the following: - Browse by genre, album, artist - Browse radio plugins, playlists, favorites - Display and edit the current playlist - Control multiple players (no synchronization yet) - Album covers Requirements: - Arm (v4) or PXA processor - 32 MB or higher - Windows Mobile 2003 - 6.1 - Network connectivity - Screen resolutions 240x320 (native) 480x640 (scaled up, poorer quality) other A/R (screen not filled) SlimControl was developed on a Pocket Loox 600 (WM 2003) from the last millenium. It is not a skin. It is an WM application. +---+ |Filename: V2.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7616| +---+ -- Locuth Use your PDA as SqueezeBox remote -- http://www.sciatec.de/SlimControl Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Father's Day promotion
I think the Father's Day promotion is a cool idea. As a Dad, I especially like the promo code for $50 of savings: DADSROCK. Nice touch. Too bad I'm maxed out already on squeezeboxes :-). Even the kids (including my 3 month old son) have them in their rooms. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 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=64540 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
I've read a couple times people on the forum recommend against hooking up a SB3 or SBR directly to an amplifier. What is the reasoning behind this? It seems counter intuitive to me. I ask because I am getting ready to buy an amp to hook up to my SBR - and I'm having trouble identifying a reason to complicate the system with a seemingly unnecessary preamp. -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
The first reason that comes to my mind would be that you could destroy your speakers and amp if the player acidentally became set to max volume. A software bug could cause this as well. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 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=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
86atc250r wrote: > I've read a couple times people on the forum recommend against hooking > up a SB3 or SBR directly to an amplifier. > > What is the reasoning behind this? It seems counter intuitive to me. The real answer is more subtle. Its fine to connect a SB3/SBR/Transporter directly to the amp or powered speakers as long as you know its safe. It is not OK to rely upon the SlimDevices volume control to protect your amp and speakers, there could be bugs that cause it to feed wide open signal to your amp. This could fry your speakers or amp or other bad things. Its easy to test, do the connection, and start with the volume low. If you can crank up the volume to where its just a tad louder than you ever want to listen, be happy. If the signal gets too loud before you get the volume wide open, then you need some attenuators to make it safe. Search the audiophile section for lots of discussion, parts, vendors, etc. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Father's Day promotion
maggior;432470 Wrote: > > Too bad I'm maxed out already on squeezeboxes :-). Even the kids > (including my 3 month old son) have them in their rooms. My 4 month old son is jealous. Eric -- kolding SqueezeBox 2 -> Rotel RSX-1056 -> Totem Acoustic Dreamcatchers SqueezeBox 3 -> Rotel RX-1052 -> Vandersteen 1B's SqueezeBox 1 -> AudioEngine A2's SqueezeBox Boom x 2 SliMP3 -> Retired kolding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64540 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
Hi I'm new to this forum. I would like to buy a Squeezebox, but I'm not sure about the setup to use. I want to stream audio from a NAS unit to my amplifier in the living room and control it (select the music to play etc) by my iPhone. So I do not want to use the remote control from logitech. Can I just buy a Squeezebox Receiver and NAS storage, connect them, and control this with for instance using the iPeng application on the iPhone? I really would like that!! If doing that, can I switch the Squeezebox on and off with the iPhone too? -- melomania melomania's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31046 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
Also... Your only control over volume is through the SB3, Receiver, Transporter - and it's a digital volume control. The more you reduce volume, the more digital data is lost - sound quality will be is lost at the same time. Some people can hear the difference, others can't. As 'pfarrell' says "Search the audiophile section for lots of discussion, parts, vendors, etc.". Sean Adams, one of the Slimdevices founders, talks about it on the forums. Bob -- bobertuk 1 x Duet - SC 7.3.3 - SSOTS v3.17 Lavry DA-10 DAC QNAP TS-509 3.1.0 b529T Starfish Pre-amp : Based on NAIM Heavily modified NAIM NAP 250 Power-amp Behringer DEQ2496 Linn Isobarik DMS bobertuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30376 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
Thanks guys, I'll check out the audiophile section. A pre-amp would be undesirable, but if I could install a simple attenuator that would prevent destruction in the seemingly unlikely event of a full signal blast, that works for me. Digital volume -- I thought this was only an issue with the digital outs & running to an external DAC, not the analogs. FWIW, I'm not looking for the most pristine audio available in this application, just reasonable quality running to feed to my reasonable quality gear in a rec room. -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
melomania;432494 Wrote: > Hi > > I'm new to this forum. > I would like to buy a Squeezebox, but I'm not sure about the setup to > use. Welcome. You will enjoy the squeezebox. melomania;432494 Wrote: > I want to stream audio from a NAS unit to my amplifier in the living > room and control it (select the music to play etc) by my iPhone. > So I do not want to use the remote control from logitech. > > Can I just buy a Squeezebox Receiver and NAS storage, connect them, and > control this with for instance using the iPeng application on the > iPhone? > I really would like that!! Yes you can do it. However, most would recommend purchasing a squeezebox classic, since you get a screen, a remote (handy for setup for one thing, or if you misplace your iPhone for another!), and their wifi and general performance has been favourable. Particularly for starting out. I have not used NAS for Squeezebox Server, but I do understand it entirely depends on your NAS. What are you using? Many have opted for low-power 'proper' PCs for this application, leaving NAS for, well, 'S' - storage. melomania;432494 Wrote: > If doing that, can I switch the Squeezebox on and off with the iPhone > too? Yes you can sleep/wake and turn off/on using iPeng. Wake on Lan again depends on the configuration of your NAS and *most* require a wired server adn compatible router for that role. I have found iPeng handles WOL beautifully with my server, which is wired to the wireless router, which then serve my SBs. Best of luck. Post the specifics of your NAS and the NAS pros will take over from here. -- Dingostrategy Lounge: SB3 + Genelec 6010A | Kitchen: SB3 + $80 bookshelf stereo. Top shelf gear. | Bedroom/Terrace - Boom | Headless Asus EEE Box & Linux Mint | iPod touch/iPeng "Dear Mother, kindly forward underwear, DAC and those Jensen's I bought offa ebay" 'dingostrat...@last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/DingoStrategy/) Dingostrategy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
That all said, and bearing in mind what I'm after (noise for our rec room) --- this amp seems like it would fit the bill well to be directly connected to a SBx: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?Image=82-180-022-01.jpg%2c82-180-022-02.jpg&S7ImageFlag=0&WaterMark=1&Item=N82E16882180022&Depa=0&Description=AudioSource%20AMP-100%202-Channel%20Amplifier Any thoughts/experience? -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
peterw;432351 Wrote: > It's difficult to prove which is better when two products do very > similar things Very very true peterw;432351 Wrote: > So it makes sense not to spend time talking about -90 dB noise vs -100 > dB noise. Right, especially because perhaps 90% or more of the population (including me) has no idea what this means. It's certainly appropriate to have specs available, because they are very important to some, but not on the leading pages. peterw;432351 Wrote: > With a Squeezebox Controller, Classic, Boom, or Transporter, I can > display weather conditions & forecasts, sports scores, commuter train > information, and more. I may be wrong, but I don't think any non-technical person would ever be sold to buy a music product because it gives you weather conditions. While perhaps of interest and a novelty for owners to play with, I can't see this as a selling feature that pushes someone over the edge. peterw;432351 Wrote: > Logitech shouldn't spend much effort marketing what's theoretically > possible with the Squeezebox open architecture I agree, because again, most potential buyers don't know or care what this means. It's a distraction that makes the product sound too technical, definitely not the right direction to go. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Best Router for 3rd party Software
Hey guy's, This might not be the best forum, but I figured I would get some good insight from the more network savvy members. I am looking for suggestions on what would be the best home network router to purchase, and who develops the best 3rd party software for the above router? My neighbor and I have a GE network link buried between our houses, I want to place a router between the networks. With OEM S/W most "home" routers only have 2 routed interfaces, and the WAN routed interface will usually only support one ARP entry. Good 3rd party software will allow you to support multiple routed interfaces, eliminating the above WAN interface shortcomings, or alternatively allow for multiple L3 interfaces on the LAN switch portion of the unit. I also require a sustained throughput of 50mbps for HD video and support for static routes. We currently have my neighbor's Ubuntu box with 2 NIC's acting as as router, between the two networks, but this is causing me havoc because he is running his SC on the above box, which is causing my controller to flip out. Apparently his SC is a newer version, which prompts my controller to try and upgrade. Alternatively, does anyone know how to limit SC to communicate out a single NIC on Ubuntu? Any feedback would be appreciated. -- sfraser 2 Chan. System SB3->Benchmark DAC-1-> Bryston(BP-25,3B)->PMC TB2 Home Theater System SB2-> Bryston(SP1,4B,4B,2B,2B)-> PSB Stratus Goldi Basement System SB2-> Parasound Preamp (carver M1.0t) ->Klipsch La Scala's Bedroom System SB2-> Sony BoomBox Rear Deck/Patio Duet-> Yamaha Reciever-> PSB Mini's, sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
I've had the HDX-1000 for a few months and I agree with the consensus that the interface is nothing special, but it does what it says, plays pretty much anything you throw at it. It is wonderful for playing back hi-def video projects and home movies and I also have my DVD collection ripped to XviD files for simple and easy playback. 220 movies takes up only 315 GB. I also love how nice my photos look on an HDTV through the HDX. The memory card slot is a great feature, too. It reads my 16GB SD cards with no problems. And I really like the physical design of the HDX. For less than $300 it's an impressive-looking little box. With no hard drive installed, it runs cool and quiet. But I also like the idea I can throw a 1TB drive in there, and take all my media with me. I have messed around a little with running some of the other http interfaces for the HDX on my linux server. As these mature I'll probably get more serious about adopting one. The HDX is nifty hardware for the money, but the firmware and 3rd-party software are still catching up. In that way it's a lot like the Squeezebox. You get cool hardware with a constant stream of new feature and enhancements. Well worth the money for what you get, I fear this type of device will be a thorn in the side of music-only streamers like the SB. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
86atc250r;432509 Wrote: > That all said, and bearing in mind what I'm after (noise for our rec > room) --- this amp seems like it would fit the bill well to be directly > connected to a SBx: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882180022&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Receivers-_-AudioSource-_-82180022 > > Any thoughts/experience? I've had that amp driving my kitchen/dining area system for about 18 months and it works great. The auto-sensing input is a very nice bonus. It's powering 2 pairs of Polk RC60i in-ceiling speakers comfortably. I have my SBR connected directly to it, although after reading some of the same posts you have I've thought about getting attenuators. I checked the stated input and output specs and the SBR's stated max output does exceed the amp's stated max input by a little bit. But then I've also read not to bother with the calculations and just test by ear (pretty much like Pat's test) and it seems okay to me. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server
LeifPederson;427979 Wrote: > > Then I think that for those that are running the LightsOut WHS > plug-in, we would have what we need to put the server to sleep when it's > not being accessed by Transporter. > Leif I've written a little Plugin which keeps the Server running if Squeezebox Server is playing. Its based on the Prevent Standby Plugin. You can find it here: Announce: LightsOut 0.1 - a Plugin for Squeezecenter on Windows Home Server Hope it works for you... Alex -- psixilambda Scaleo Home Server - Boom - Duet - Squeezebox Server 7.4 - LightsOut Plugin 0.1 psixilambda's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59433 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
Thanks for the info. I would tend to think that as long as the "volume" control on the amp is set to where it's not clipping when the SBx is at max, all would be well in the case of a catastrophic volume event. -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
I am using this amp as well. I have an SB3 connected directly, and it works very well. I like it because it provides a very minimal configuration, and in my application I have a second set of speakers on an outdoor patio and I can use either or both sets of speakers. The auto-sensing works well for me too - I just control my SB3 either with the IR remote or my Controller, and it does everything I want. I don't think it can provide enough power to damage my speakers even if everything is "max-ed out", and usually the volume control on the amp isn't at max anyway. There are times when I think I might want more power, but even with replay gain active, I've never really needed any more volume. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server
> I've written a little Plugin which keeps the Server running if > Squeezebox Server is playing. Its based on the Prevent Standby Plugin. Do you know why the latter wasn't working for you? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake On LAN from SB3
I can't answer that. I don't use any mp3 files, sorry. The font of knowledge that solved my PRO SC clean-up add-on and gave the link I referenced above was usbethjim (same monica here and on Netgear - hadn't realised). Perhaps he, or someone else, knows this sytem? -- Cape11 Cape11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
I'm using the Popcorn A110 NMT with GBPVR. GBPVR runs on my WHS, as does Squeezecenter, and records TV onto the central server, also stores DVD iso's, Blu ray rips, etc. The Popcorn hour behaves exactly like a PC based client for GBPVR and plays everything I've thrown at it except a couple of really badly formatted Xvid files, which were fine once I remuxed them. For me the combination of GBPVR and NMT provides the same sort of flexible client/server behaviour for video that I enjoy with my squeezeboxen (1xboom, 1xSBC, 3xSB2, 2xSB1 at last count). My second NMT is on order now. Complexity of setup is about the same as getting a decent Squeeze install up and running with a few plugins, etc., (i.e. some prior knowledge required). The current generation of NMT units will not fully decode DTS audio, but some (Popcorn, HDX and eGreat currently) have licensed capability to downmix. Chris -- lostboy lostboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=125 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR directly to amp - why not?
That's what I want for this setup as well - a minimal configuration that can easily be used by anyone in the house or possibly even visitors. The AB switch may also be a nice feature in our config too because I could send power to speakers in another nearby room. I have two pair of these: http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/rsx-5-overview/ I'm thinking that amp will do a decent job of feeding them - and if not, we're not out much. -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Router for 3rd party Software
pFsense http://www.pfsense.com/ is a great Linux based firewall/router. Get an old PC and put three network interface cards in it. pFsense is a self installing iso image you can install it on a hard disk or a flash drive for a "less moving parts" system. Connect your internet to one port and you and your neighbor can each take another port each. That way you have complete network isolation. pFsense will act as your firewall, DHCP server, caching DNS server, etc and it has a great web interface to configure it all. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover artÂ… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
The Aerosmith thing is hokey. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Router for 3rd party Software
+1 for pfSense. pf is built on top of m0n0wall, so if you don't need the advanced features pf offers, you can get by on a more slim installation of m0n0wall. I've been using both for a few years now, my m0n0wall box is rock solid - I have had to boot one of my pf boxes once or twice (over the last two or three years), but that may be the hardware it's on and not necessarily pf itself. As mentioned above you can run either on very light hardware - two of mine run on CF drives as well (the other is a VM). You can also scour eBay for Intel dual nic cards out of old servers on the cheap (unless you need GbE). -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
Pale Blue Ego;432569 Wrote: > The Aerosmith thing is hokey. Because it's Aerosmith, or just the contest? -- simbo *bedroom:* squeezebox boom; *study:* squeezebox 3; *lounge:* squeezeslave; *conservatory/garden:* squeezebox receiver; *anywhere:* squeezebox controller 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/buggle52) simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake On LAN from SB3
rgreening;432423 Wrote: > Hi, Does the SliMp3 send WOL commands or is it to primative to do this? SLIMP3 do not support WoL http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/HardwareComparison -- jo-wie SB Classic, SC 7.3.3 auf GigaByte STA/C mit VIA C7 1GHz, 1GB RAM, 250 GB 2,5" HD, Ubuntu Desktop 8.04, CD -> FLAC = dbpoweramp last.fm/user/jo-wie jo-wie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17952 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems with player pausing.
I have had a V3 Squeezebox for 2.5 years and a Boom for 0.5 year. Both are hooked up wireless and my network is using WPA and I originally had a US Robotics router and now a Linksys WRT54 running dd-wrt firmware. I have always had problems with the music playing fine and then just stopping...sometimes in the middle of the song, sometimes at the end. I can navigate around the menus just fine. The only way to get it to play again is to advance to the next song or go back to the beginning of the song (<< or >> buttons) If I fast forward or rewind a small amount it will start playing again as well. But if I just hit the pause/play button it won't start playing. Also, the display doesn't say "paused" or anything like that. It is frozen. The time bar will just stop where it is. The signal strength is near 60% and on the squeezebox it was in the same room as the router and had >90% signal strength and I still had the problem. I even ran an unsecured network for a while and it still did it. Usually it isn't that bad but today the Boom did it 3 times on 3 songs in a row. It has done this from Slimserver 6.3 up to more recent SqueezeCenter builds. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? Thanks. -- lemmy999 lemmy999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake On LAN from SB3
Cape11;432384 Wrote: > I raised the issue about the apparent non-functioning of WoL in the > ReadyNAS PRO (well, of course, it does work!) and I received this link > about the operation of the Squeezebox products. This may prove useful: > > https://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/WOL#How_do_I_activate_the_WoL_feature_on_Squeezebox.3F > > (As you can see from this, the Duet does not handle WoL). You're not reading correctly the wiki table: the Duet will not use IR to wake-up. But it will send wol packets when you press buttons on the Controller, or the "fan" button on the Receiver. I have a Duet, I assure you I remember the day this started working :) (And, I agree with you: for me 2 quick presses to "right" or "power" are very easy when I want to wake the server. And *sometimes* I like to start the SB3 -or Boom-, left it fail to connect and then press 'left' to configure locally connection to SN, all without waking the server.) -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
Thanks to all who've responded! I think I will get an HDX1000 as it seems to do what I need - I think I can put up with a rubbish interface (been using Windows for years, after all). I agree with Pale Blue Ego that audio-only streamers are going to face a tough time as video-plus-everything-else kit get more sorted. But my shiny new Transporter's on its way to me now, so my audio colours are truly nailed to the Squeezebox mast (apart from vinyl of course...). Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Study: SBR Kitchen: Boom iPeng on an iPhone Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Very cool and I can tell its more stable than .92 right off the bat. Took me a couple of minutes to figure out how the new "list" style icons work but I eventually did. Would love to be able to "drill into" the song listing of an album from the cover flow. Great work! THANKS!!! -- newy newy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server
Because LightsOut Add-In simply shuts down the server if no clients (windows computers with WHS connector installed) are active. I modified the Prevent Standby plugin to signal LightsOut that somebody is still doing something on the server by disabeling it with a registry key it checks before performing shutdown/standby/hibernate. I even believe the Prevent Standby Plugin is not needed on WHS because it doesn't automatically shut down after two minutes since its based on SBS2003 and not XP. Alex -- psixilambda Scaleo Home Server - Boom - Duet - Squeezebox Server 7.4 - LightsOut Plugin 0.1 psixilambda's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59433 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
Just a word of clarification regarding use of the Receiver on its own without buying the Controller. Officially you are not able to set up the Receiver without use of the Controller. There is a work around, documented somewhere on this forum, which has had several reports of success but it remains an unofficial means of setting up and as such the purchaser should do their homework first and be comfortable with this as an approach. Otherwise, as already mentioned, go for the SB Classic. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Invisible software player for PC - a simple HOWTO using squeezeslave and hstart
Hello, I've tried getting a Squeeze software player run without being visible - here is my guide: Requirements: SqueezeCenter running on a server with static IP address A PC A sound card (perhaps not necessary, but it definately improves the functionality) A little bit of free RAM (Squeezeslave is a tiny program - no worries) Download: Hidden Start from http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/hstart.html Squeezeslave from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169&package_id=176494 Unpack all files into the same directory. Create a shortcut to hstart.exe. Edit properties of the shortcut. Add the following to whatever is in "destination" - including quotes: /NO CONSOLE "squeezeslave.exe " Mine looks like this: "C:\Program Files\Diverse\squeezeslave\hstart.exe" /NOCONSOLE "squeezeslave.exe 192.168.2.150" Test it - check your task manager to see if squeezeplay.exe is running (or use Squeeze Center). If it works, it might be a good idea to drag it to the start folder in the start menu to make it run automagically at startup. I have no idea what formats the squeezeslave supports, but at least it plays FLAC and MP3 fine, that's good enough for me, it's all I've got. Bonus is there are no hiccups or strange behaviour as (I have) in Softsqueeze and Squeezeplay :) It can be controlled through web interface or duet controller or whatever you use. If you, for some reason, need to restart it, you'll have to kill the process from the task manager... There might be smarter ways to do this, but in that case I don't know them. -- mowa mowa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30142 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64562 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
Yep. As Davep said: You will NOT be able to set up your receiver with iPeng, for that you need a controller or this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57861 -- 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=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
I'd recommend a Classic rather than a receiver for the reason of having a screen, having an IR remote as a fallback, better wireless performance, and it's offically supported set up. I'd also recommend an Atom x86 based NAS (such as a QNAP TS-239) for 2 reasons. 1) It has the performance to handle SC whereas others don't 2) x86 based NAS gives you the option of running MusicIP which is a fantastic addition to Squeezecenter If you find the QNAP TS-239 to expensive for your taste, I'd recommend a Vortexbox or build your own Atom based server. Good luck :) -- shake-the-disease SB1, QNAP TS-239 w/ SSOTS 3.15, SS 7.3.2, MusicIP 1.8 (formally running SS 6.3.1 on a QNAP TS-101) shake-the-disease's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=698 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No play
Well the darn thing is working now. While it was at Rob's I deleted the squeeze center program. I installed the newest version and lo and Behold IT WORKS!!! Does seem very strange to me that it was okay one day and the next it wouldn't work. Se La Vie!!! God!!! I sure miss the days of plug it in and play. This PC audio is way,way over my head. When the good lord past out brains I was almost the last one in line! Cheers Charlie -- Charles Calkins Charles Calkins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6228 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can BOTH computer and SB be connected wirelessly?
iPhone;430128 Wrote: > Quick answer is Yes. > > Personally, I would not do it if I didn't have to. The idea being, why > have two wireless hops if you don't have to, one less place for an > issue. If you are running FLAC native and multiple players, it could > cause problems depending on how good your WiFi Network is, meaning you > better have low network usage, high player signal strengths, and minimal > or no interference. > > Just my point of view and opinion. I agree with Iphone. That said the real thing is to just try it and see if you like the results. A lot depends on your wireless connection and the distances involved. What might work for me, might not for you. Wireless is weird like that. Good luck in whatever you decide to do. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64200 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
peterw;431944 Wrote: > > > Where is the download plug-in section? > > I'd guess that's what "Partners" -> "Add-Ons" is supposed to link to, > but as MeSue notes, those links trigger 404 errors. And I guessed wrong. The new design is up, the Partner links work, and Add-Ons does not highlight plugins, but rather the traditional business partner stuff. The Downloads directory link on the Developer resources page still 404s, though the "software" link to the wiki's plugins page works. The bottom nav "Download SqueezeCenter" link works, but that page says nothing about 3rd-party plugins. And there appears to be a UTF-8/character-encoding glitch in the text; check the "Open protocol..." bullet point. The "Downloads" section of the "Developer Resources" page is a real ghetto for 3rd party plugins; the vast majority of the people who use my plugins don't seem to be developers, so why in the world would they look at a Developer Resources page? Are you trying to downplay plugins because you're pushing the Duet and the wiki page says that most current plugins "are not (yet) compatible with Squeezebox Controller"? goodsounds -- I don't know what your situation is, but in my house, the fact that the Squeezeboxes all display weather information has made it much easier to get my wife's acceptance of putting a player in every room. It's easy for me to imagine that plugins like SuperDateTime, Lyrics, and Biography could help sell more Squeezeboxes. "Honey, it's not just a music player, it can also do..." Etc. At times I've ribbed Slim Devices for following Apple too closely, but have you not seen the latest round of iPhone ads? They're ENTIRELY based on the premise that the iPhone is a platform that can do all kinds of cool, fun things that make your life better. Logitech could make a very similar case for Squeezebox -- and its closest competitors can't. For once, Slim Devices is running the opposite direction of Apple. They've buried information about the cool capabilities, and seem to rely mostly on sexy models drinking alcohol to sell their gear. Sad, really. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay 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=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Experiences with HDX1000 NMT unit?
You can scarcely go wrong for the price, and the interface will certainly improve. As I recall, the web interface back in the early Squeezebox days was pretty basic, too - but that didn't stop me from enjoying the music. The HDX is quite useful out of the box and also fun to tinker with. The HDX also works great with raw HD transport streams from a PC capture card. I can record a TV show or sporting event on my PC, than watch it on the HDX with zero loss of quality - every pixel the same as the original transmission. Awesome. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64490 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
peterw;432684 Wrote: > > The "Downloads" section of the "Developer Resources" page is a real > ghetto for 3rd party plugins; the vast majority of the people who use my > plugins don't seem to be developers, so why in the world would they look > at a Developer Resources page? Are you trying to downplay plugins > because you're pushing the Duet and the wiki page says that most current > plugins "are not (yet) compatible with Squeezebox Controller"? > The wiki doesn't really have a good page to link to, the plugin list on the wiki is very outdated and Logitech no longer wants people to install plugins manually, they like them to be installed through Extension Downloader. I would personally prefer an automatically generated page based on the plugin repository information linked from this wiki page: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter_Repositories It's pretty clear to me that Logitech seems to have chosen to not promote third party plugins. They might just have missed it but it feels strange to miss the third party plugins concept, so I suspect it was an intentional decision to make them harder to find. Hopefully the reason is that they intends to make them more visible through Extension Downloader. Even though there are some third party plugins that isn't music related I think most are related to music and enhances the system as a music player. It does feel a bit strange to completely ignore to describe this advantage compared to other competing music players/systems. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (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=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
Some of the page headers on various pages like the forum and the online store contains the new logo but still contains the old menu. I suppose the plan is to change these to the new menu structure and layout ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (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=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
simbo;432574 Wrote: > Because it's Aerosmith, or just the contest? Both. It's so prominent it invites confusion about what exactly is being marketed there. Then you also have the prominent "Deezer" and "Slacker" logos - more confusion. As for Aerosmith, they were a so-so band back in the 70s but MTV & Wayne's World have allowed them to stay around for a few decades too many. Or maybe I'm still mad at them for playing until 3 AM at 115dB at Woodstock94 when half a million people were trying to sleep, me being one of them. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
peterw, Maybe it's just different perspectives at work here. The favorite display in our house, on just 2 SB classics, is the time. A weather report in every room would hardly seem to be necessary, but I guess not to you. I think your criticism of the new site's photos is a bit harsh. I don't find it offensive, and I don't think you should either. The women are dressed modestly, and only one photo has identifiable beverages owing to the wine glasses. And so what about that, many people drink wine or something else in social gatherings. And I think we can agree to disagree on the add-ons. To me these are just not high value add factors as parts of the whole system. I'm sure I don't use most of the available features, yet find I can accomplish what I want. I know people share your view as do others share mine. If the company is de-emphasizing their prominence on the site as you and Erland suggest, perhaps their market research or market objectives suggest that greater numbers share my view than yours? Who knows. In any event, I think they've been overemphasized in a the past, maybe it's time to try something else. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Hi Locuth, Very nice app, well done for getting it this far! I've found a use for an old HTC Prophet - shame the battery is a bit dodgy ;) Anyway, is there a known issue/feature with the way the app handles updates to the existing now playing list? While I was using it yesterday, I noticed that everytime a track was played the reported number of tracks in the playlist reduced by 1 (see below). I haven't done much investigation but I will. The actual number of tracks according to web ui and wand (SB3) remained constant but SlimControl reported less. If I removed all the tracks from the playlist using SlimControl, then closed the playlist and re-opened it, it reported the old (previously played) tracks. It's like it was reporting a 'window' of tracks, not the total list? Hope that makes sense ;) I'll have a more scientific play today and let you know. I know I did stuff like . start with an empty now playing list . add an album and start playing . add a track or two from another album as next to play . add a playlist (as either next up or at end) I basically played with the playlist add/insert/append features. thanks N -- nik8 nik8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Invisible software player for PC - a simple HOWTO using squeezeslave and hstart
Here are two other ways (Windows).
Copy this to Notepad and save as squeezeslave.vbs
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "squeezeslave.cmd" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing
Copy this to Notepad and save as squeezeslave.cmd
squeezeslave.exe -esqueezeplay -retry -m01:01:01:01:01:01 server_ip
Put all files in the same directory.
Make a shortcut to squeezeslave.vbs. Done.
Or install Moose, in Preferences point to squeezeslave and start Moose
with /squeezeslave.
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bernt
'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/)
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