Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
bpa;440106 Wrote: I think it is a bug. For something else, I was testing on 7.3.3 and this bug happened to me and went away after a restart. I couldn't reproduce it a 2nd time although it seemed to be associated with changing volume just after starting a station. I think try SC 7.3.4 and then document what keystrokes are needed to produce the problem. I agree, and think it's a bug as well. Actions taken: SqueezeCenter: -Internet Radio -Local -Choose (any) station Result: Black screen Info: Version: 7.3.4 - 27488 @ Sun Jul 12 03:00:05 PDT 2009 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.10.0 - x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2 Total Players Recognized: 1 -- Arie Arie - SqueezeCenter-version: 7.3 on Ubuntu Jaunty - 9.0.4 server AMD64 Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
Do you get this problem if you choose a station from Staff picks ? If not then the problem is associated with RadioTime which supplies the info for Local. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Howard Passman;440025 Wrote: Would anyone else like to see the ability to vary the pitch of the music from your SB? Maybe up to a 1/4 tone so as to be able to play along or even use the SB to learn a song. You have music on your SB that's out of tune? -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli Khuli's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Khuli;440154 Wrote: You have music on your SB that's out of tune? Apparently. I don't make lasagna, but I have been playing guitar for 40+ years. Especially when listening to blues I like to grab my guitar and play along. MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run across some music that isn't tuned exactly to standard. This isn't that crazy of an idea unless you've never used a turntable or a tape deck with pitch variance. But then you'd have to be old enough to have used a turntable or tape deck :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Can I go home now? Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
bpa;440142 Wrote: Do you get this problem if you choose a station from Staff picks ? If not then the problem is associated with RadioTime which supplies the info for Local. It happens with any radio station, also with a station from Staff Picks. -- Arie Arie - SqueezeCenter-version: 7.3 on Ubuntu Jaunty - 9.0.4 server AMD64 Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Howard Passman;440155 Wrote: Apparently. I don't make lasagna, but I have been playing guitar for 40+ years. Especially when listening to blues I like to grab my guitar and play along. MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run across some music that isn't tuned exactly to standard. This isn't that crazy of an idea unless you've never used a turntable or a tape deck with pitch variance. But then you'd have to be old enough to have used a turntable or tape deck :-) Howard Makes sense - but isn't it a lot easier to re-tune your guitar? A bit of a pain if you have a bunch of tracks all with different pitches maybe. Having 6 guitars all tuned slightly differently might help - I'm sure Mrs P won't mind ;) -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli Khuli's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Khuli;440159 Wrote: Makes sense - but isn't it a lot easier to re-tune your guitar? A bit of a pain if you have a bunch of tracks all with different pitches maybe. Having 6 guitars all tuned slightly differently might help - I'm sure Mrs P won't mind ;) I still have my turntable (Rega Planar3) I wish I used it more, it sounds a lot better than a CD. :-) I've had the 6+ guitars and am down to my 5 favorites. Mr.s P is still hanging with me. She enjoys listening she sayds and the cotton just makes it better :-) This was no big thing, just a simple question. Although retuning back and forth isn't a big deal it doeas take a bit longer to accomplish than tweaking a knob. Of course with the SB's there's no knob to tweak so it may not be plausable. Back in the day when you sat down to learn a song from an album it was a nice feature to be able to adjust the turntable to your guitar, keyboard, whatever... And for those with keyboards back then, there were no tuning adjustments. Howard -- Howard Passman Can I go home now? Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Not at home, so I can't check this, but I'm fairly sure that my old SB1 has a pitch function that alters the playback speed of anything going through it. That would seem to do the trick - and they must be pretty cheap on Ebay by now! -- cblock cblock's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12826 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
cblock;440167 Wrote: Not at home, so I can't check this, but I'm fairly sure that my old SB1 has a pitch function that alters the playback speed of anything going through it. That would seem to do the trick - and they must be pretty cheap on Ebay by now! Wow, thanks. I wonder why they had that feature. I've never seen a SB1 having gotten in to it with the introduction of the DUET. I apprecuate you looking. Howard -- Howard Passman Can I go home now? Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
J-skid;439524 Wrote: Ah ha - Thank you. I will give it a go tonight when I get home and let you know how I get on! Thanks Thanks for all the tips on this. I spent several hours over the weekend messing around with the settings and changing over the streams to the More Radio variety. And guess what, I still get Timeout and Connection Reset by Remote Host after about 15-25 mins of streaming. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks -- J-skid J-skid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
Time to check the basics - reset after 20 mins sound like network problems. 1. Where are you located in the UK or outside the UK ? 2. What sort of broadband connection do you have (e.g cable, ADSL, Wireless, 3G) 3. Does BBC iPlayer work play OK on your PC ? 4. What results do you get from these tests http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
I think it was a hardware feature of the d/a converter chips used in that model, so they just made a control available. When they switched to a better platform for the newer models, the feature was no longer built in. Presumably for recent products to do it would require a server software based implementation. -- cblock cblock's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12826 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
bpa;440175 Wrote: Time to check the basics - reset after 20 mins sound like network problems. 1. Where are you located in the UK or outside the UK ? 2. What sort of broadband connection do you have (e.g cable, ADSL, Wireless, 3G) 3. Does BBC iPlayer play OK on your PC (i.e. no resets) ? 4. What results do you get from these tests http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics 5. Do the WMA streams play OK on your PC using a player that is NOT iPlayer. Thanks for the help. To answer your questions: 1. Am in London UK 2. I use 02 broadband ADSL (get about 6k down and 0.9k up) 3. iplayer works fine on the PC 4. I will run them at home tonight 5. I store all my music (from CD) as WMA lossless, which plays fine on all SQboxes with no stutters / re-buffering, even if I have all 5 of my players going at differnt songs at the same time. The thing is, this all worked fine until I upgraded to 7.3.3 of the SQCentre, which I needed to as I purchased a Duet / Controller. Thanks again. -- J-skid J-skid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
Arie;440158 Wrote: It happens with any radio station, also with a station from Staff Picks. Do you have a SqueezeNetwork account? You might try logging your player directly onto SN and see if you get proper station/artist/song info on your screen. It won't solve your blank screen problem using Internet Radio on SC but at least you will see how it could look once the bug is sorted. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!
I would love being able to listen to this lossless radio stream: http://radio.cesnet.cz:8000/cro-d-dur.flac It works well with foobar. Is there a way to make it work with my Squeezebox? Here you can find more information about this lossless broadcasting project http://www.cesnet.cz/doc/techzpravy/2008/using-flac-encoding/ Any help is appreciated! -- Quad CD = EAC = FLAC = SC 7.3.3 = SB Duet = DacMagic = Quad77 pre amp = Quad707 power amp = Quad 21L speakers Quad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't Control Internet Radio From One SB
I have 2 SB Classics, 2 Duets, and one Boom. The SB Boom is in my bedroom and is my clock radio in there. I usually have all of these synced with each other. I've run into some funky problems along this line and I can best illustrate it with what happened this evening. I've been falling asleep to the TV lately, and last night wanted to turn on music on my Boom and fall asleep to that. Lately I've been listening to a few different RadioIO stations on my SBs and the one I use the most is the one in my study, a Duet. Tonight I was listening to Roots of Rock on RadioIO on my Duet in my study. While the other 4 SBs were synced, they were all off. Then I shut off my Duet and went to bed. I turned on my Boom and tried to pick, from Favorites, the RadioIO Jazz Standards. The connection timed out. Since I had seen similar problems recently, where a connection times out with one SB but not others, I hauled my carcass out of bed, went to my study and used the remote to turn the Duet on to Jazz Standards and it went on -- then I could hear it from the Boom as well. I turned the Duet off with no problem to the Boom. This got my curiosity up, so I went back to the Boom and changed it to Vocal Jazz, again on RadioIO. Again, connection time out. So I turned the Duet to Vocal Jazz and both SBs started playing that station. All was well, I turned off the Duet and the Boom still played on. Now I used the remote from the Duet, changed it to the Boom, and tried to change the Boom to another station from the remote. Again, it timed out. So I used the remote and set the Duet to that station. And, again, both started playing the same music. I also experimented by taking the Boom off the sync with the other SBs. Still the same. I tried calling up the RadioIO streams from the Internet Radio menu instead of from Favorites. I tried another radio stream and it also timed out. In short, I cannot pick any radio stream from the Boom without getting a timed out error. I have to pick that stream for the Duet and keep them in sync. I've had this similar problem in the past few days with another SB. I tried to pick a RadioIO stream and it would not start until I went to the Duet in my study and started it there. (This was on another Duet.) So it looks like, for some reason, I can only pick and start streaming radio stations from one SB, the Duet in my study. I have found that I can pick a playlist or other music in my music library on the Boom. I just can't get any Internet Radio without a timeout. I'm using SqueezeCenter 7.3.3. I know there's an update, but I'm not a quick updater for software (it's running on Debian Linux). I also didn't see a bug in there pertaining to Internet radio that seemed to address this in the new version. At one point, once I started listening to streams instead of my own library, when I wanted to turn on an SB to what it was playing when I shut it off (or what the others it was synced to were already playing), I just hit the PLAY button on the Boom and the classics and hit the PAUSE button on the DUET remotes and it would turn that device on and play that stream. I don't do that, but I did start to notice a few funky things happening (that was a week ago, so I forgot what they were), so I changed to always turning each SB on and off instead of taking short cuts. Any ideas what is going on here? Thank yoU! -- HalNineThousand HalNineThousand's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65552 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
The thing is, this all worked fine until I upgraded to 7.3.3 of the SQCentre, which I needed to as I purchased a Duet / Controller. Coincidence can be distracting. Since about May-June BBC have been changing their network and some ISP have been massaging BBC traffic - so it may not help to speculate on the cause. When playing a WMA stream (assuming Native WMA is selcted in File types) on SB2/3, Boom or SBR - the data goes straight from BBC to player - so the version of SC will not affect resets or buffering as it is not involved - they are network effects from the hosts. I am not sure but possibly if the user has increased the Radio Station buffer so large that the BBC's TCP/IP timeout (usually about 3 mins) is kicking in to cause the reset because so much data is in the player buffer. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
bpa;440186 Wrote: Coincidence can be distracting. Since about May-June BBC have been changing their network and some ISP have been massaging BBC traffic - so it may not help to speculate on the cause. When playing a WMA stream (assuming Native WMA is selcted in File types) on SB2/3, Boom or SBR - the data goes straight from BBC to player - so the version of SC will not affect resets or buffering as it is not involved - they are network effects from the hosts. I am not sure but possibly if the user has increased the Radio Station buffer so large that the BBC's TCP/IP timeout (usually about 3 mins) is kicking in to cause the reset because so much data is in the player buffer. Thanks again for your help. I messed around with the buffer / timeout settings at the weekend. Rather oddly, it seems to be much worse in the mornings than later in the day, especially on Radio 4! -- J-skid J-skid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??
I listen to radio 1 everyday for 8+ hours using either the iplayer link 96kbps or the direct squeezenetwork link 48kbps and I never receive dropouts at all. both just seem to work. -- trouty00 trouty00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60962 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
cblock;440176 Wrote: I think it was a hardware feature of the d/a converter chips used in that model, so they just made a control available. When they switched to a better platform for the newer models, the feature was no longer built in. Presumably for recent products to do it would require a server software based implementation. I think it would be easier to do it in the server, could SOX be made to do this? It would also be possible to do it in the firmware, but then you run into processor speed issues and available memory. This was the main argument against adding DSP functions to the SB2+ products, even though SB1 could do some of them. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black, *1*x sb2 wired (silver), *1*x sb (black) *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RadioIO problems: Anyone else having them?
I've had problems lately with RadioIO stopping at times. Once I checked their site in my browser and couldn't even pull up the web pages. I've also had problems with RadioIO, but seemingly Internet radio in general: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65552 -- HalNineThousand HalNineThousand's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65518 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
toby10;440181 Wrote: Do you have a SqueezeNetwork account? You might try logging your player directly onto SN and see if you get proper station/artist/song info on your screen. It won't solve your blank screen problem using Internet Radio on SC but at least you will see how it could look once the bug is sorted. :) Thanks for your effort, and quick response:) The SqueezeNetwork gives the same result, no info on my display. -- Arie Arie - SqueezeCenter-version: 7.3 on Ubuntu Jaunty - 9.0.4 server AMD64 Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Questions about HTPC to run Boxee and squeezecenter
I am looking for a new project, Currently I am using the OH's laptop for squeezecenter and a modded Wii for playing SD movies from a mybook world NAS using homebrew. I want to get a nice low power silent device that I can have on all the time to host squeezecenter and then also have Boxee always running so its just a TV channel change away and then probably control it using the ipod touch app. I want to get away from using the OH's laptop as the fan is very loud and always seems to be starting up. I already have a of the shelf PVR so no real need for anything of this nature hence why i'm going the boxee route, I've only had a little play with it so far but they way it catalogues the movies and gives you extra info + trailer links is something i think is genius. I don't have a huge library at all, I have less than 3000 tracks all of which are MP3 at the moment and only 1 zone however I think I will have about 5 once I'm finished and they will always be synced so the machine needs to be capable of this. I may add another 4000 tracks in to the library but I have it separated at the moment as I just wouldn't listen to it a whole lot. I am not an audiophile at all so I am likely to be happy with 320kbps mp3's The box will also be used as a torrent box at night and will store all movies on so Id like at least 500gb on board but I accept for cost wise I may have to hook up some usb dicks. Raid would be a nice plus to ensure high availability and then will do backups off to USB drives / other NAS's I am thinking that I would be best to go for Ubuntu for reliability/getting the best from resources. I've not used it before but have done quite a bit of command line stuff on the mybookworld and am happy enough and I love a nice geeky challenge so ubuntu doesn't phase me. Options as I see them at the moment are, ASRock ION 330 A tranquil PC A decent Netbook. Fit-PC2 Acer Revo Asus Eee box I am thinking the first two are my better options seeing as I could get dual core and the ION chipset seems to get good reviews. I have to say the ASrock is probably favourite at the moment because of what's its offering for the money but am looking for some input from people with some experience. Stu -- trouty00 trouty00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
The fact that the problem happens with both SC and SN - points to either your local network config or a problem in the SB itself. Since you can get some text on the display sometime - it make more more suspicious of the SB itself. I think you should contact support in case you have an odd h/w problem. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Questions about HTPC to run Boxee and squeezecenter
.. to the FitPC is one of the Aleutia range of PCs (http://www.aleutia.com/products). I'm using a pre-upgrade version of the E2 (Via V4 Eden ULV 500MHz,512 MB RAM) with a 2.5 IDE disk for storage and U-Lite Ubuntu running from a CF card. I'm only running Squeezecenter on it, usually controlled using iPeng on my iPod Touch. Squeezecenter runs fine on it as far as playing music and syncing between three players is not a problem. If I need to rescan, or anything involving the web interface, things slow down a lot, so i'd say you will need more memory, and probably a bit more power in the CPU. The advantages are that it uses about 9W (with the drive), is passively cooled and small enough that it's easy to hide away. I looked at the original FitPC when I was buying, but it used a Geode processor which can cause problems with Linux (or could at the time), and anyway I got a good price on the E2. Before I'd used an ITX system using a fanless motherboard and an old laptop I'd made into a picture frame - both ended up running a bit hot and were too noisy with the cooling fans running. If I was buying now I'd choose between the Aleutia F5, the FitPC2 or a Tranquil Home server. I'd prefer something a bit bigger with a hard drive that's easy to swap (prefarably 3.5) - the hard drive in the E2 is a very tight fit and involved customising the cable. I've not used Boxee, but I'd be surprised if it used more resources than Squeezecenter so any of your choices should be fine. Neil -- NeilT NeilT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24306 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio
bpa;440206 Wrote: The fact that the problem happens with both SC and SN - points to either your local network config or a problem in the SB itself. Since you can get some text on the display sometime - it make more more suspicious of the SB itself. I think you should contact support in case you have an odd h/w problem. Thanks, I sort of came to the same conclusion. -- Arie Arie - SqueezeCenter-version: 7.3 on Ubuntu Jaunty - 9.0.4 server AMD64 Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Howard Passman;440155 Wrote: MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run across some music that isn't tuned exactly to standard. Howard Depending on the players you listen to, you may run into this more often than not. As you probably know, Stevie Ray Vaughn tuned his guitar to Eb rather than E to compensate for the heavy guage strings he played with. Though a pictch feature wouldn't help with players who use drop D tuning. Though it isn't too difficult to detune a single string. :-) I own 2 guitars. I'd love to own a 3rd, but I don't play enough any more to justify it. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,462 songs, 2,276 albums, 434 artists. 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=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
I play guitar too, and I understand Howard's point. But (no disrespect intended, Howard) I don't think such a feature would be worth putting development effort into. There are plenty of other things to keep the SB engineering team busy, and sidetracking them with developing stuff that would be, I believe, -extremely- niche features can only take time away from their primary track. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
I'll add my thumbs-up to this. I installed a pair of Duets (well, technically one Duet and an additional Receiver) a year ago, and followed them up with a Boom, and have been tremendously satisfied, happy and impressed with the way everything works ever since. In a large, multi-storey house the problem we'd had was getting music to different parts of the house when and where we wanted it. The SqueezeBox line solved the problem far better than I had hoped. At every party we've had people have noticed the music synchronized all through the place as they move around, and how it just plays continuously, without me having to change CDs or anything. When they comment on it, I take the opportunity to show off the Controller and explain how the system works (at least the basic idea), and everyone has been very (very!) impressed. The fact that I can also take song requests and slot them in to play next in the playlist floors them. (Of course, the fact that I have lots of great music to choose from has something to do with it. :) My wife and I have also gotten used to having music on all day long on weekends when we're working on projects around the house or yard. It makes everything more fun. And when I want to kick back and unwind after a long day, I can get comfortable pretty much anywhere (I also have the system set up to play through a set of wireless headphones, with the transmitter plugged in to a PC) and listen to whatever strikes my fancy, without ever having to get up to change the music. The SqueezeBoxes and SqueezeCenter have opened our music collection back up to us so dramatically it's hard to believe. Before, we had to be in the family room, where the stereo was, to listen to anything, and because it wasn't always convenient, we often didn't have music on at all. Selecting a specific album from the carousel CD player was a chore, and putting together good playlists was impossible. Now, music is available anywhere we want it, with anything we want to hear available in seconds. We use it outside when we're working on the yard, on the deck or patio when we're socializing with friends, and in the bedroom to go to sleep to, wake up to, and ... enhance the mood. My wife can have Danny Gatton on in the kitchen while she's cooking, and I can be listening to Prokofiev in the living room. We have dozens of playlists ready to go if we just want a mix for a specific mood or a party. Our daughter was home for a visit recently and while we were at work she picked up the Controller and (without having been given any training on it) figured out how to put on a random mix of all the blues in our collection, so she could sample artists she wasn't familiar with; whenever she heard something she didn't know but really liked, she made note of who it was, so she could explore that artist in more depth at her leisure. We've also been discovering new artists by using Pandora and LastFM, and I've bought more new CDs in the past year than I had in the previous five, simply because I've been discovering new stuff and now have a great way to listen to it. Absolutely, totally perfect and flawless? No. But the glitches and problems we've had over the course of the year have been extremely rare, and quite minor. And I never expect absolute perfection from anything. But The System as we refer to the whole SB configuration we have in the house, has been a huge hit for me, my wife, our grown kids when they visit, and everybody else who's seen and heard it. No other new gadgetry we've ever bought has brought us as much pleasure. I'll be expanding the system soon, with at least one more receiver (either SBR or Classic; I haven't decided yet) and at least one more Boom, when we finish remodeling the library and one of the guest rooms. I'll probably also add another SBR and some outdoor speakers to feed the deck and patio, instead of having to carry a Boom out there. I agree with the OP: since these forums are here largely to help people who are having problems, it's natural that most of the posts are from people with problems, misunderstandings or complaints. But a thread like this now and then, for people to post their success stories, help to balance things out a little, and maybe let new users or potential buyers see that the SB products really do work, and really are amazingly cool. They've literally changed our lives. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OT] on offer, �239 / �209 - brand new SqueezeBox DUET for sale
anyone interested? it's a really goog deal! have a nice day! ;) -- code.001 code.001's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31562 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65412 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Khuli wrote: Makes sense - but isn't it a lot easier to re-tune your guitar? For a Guitar, perhaps. Not feasible with a Trumpet, Piano, Sax, etc. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicians....
Of course, unless you do some funky DSP, changing the pitch will also change the tempo... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help Me Get Started!
deutscherhififan;440114 Wrote: - you can use it as a wireless bridge for a DVD player or other components that would like to have access to the web Just as an FYI, all of the (wireless capable) players can act as a bridge in this fashion. -- radish http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
I have two dedicated SC Networks at home (one wired without Internet access and one wireless) and sync players for specific purposes often. The Transporter and SB3 (Classic) are the main staples in these networks. The Duets and Booms play more of a specific roll. I just wish I had known and bought a SLIMP3 when they first came out! -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: 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 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB3, ToughBook iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
Dogberry2;440264 Wrote: My wife can have Danny Gatton on in the kitchen while she's cooking, What taste - I hope you have The Humbler... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
Phil Leigh;440296 Wrote: What taste - I hope you have The Humbler...Actually, all I have so far is the two-CD collection Hot Rod Guitar (though Gatton also plays on some other albums I have by other people). I didn't really know much about him until about a year ago, though in his case I can't credit the SqueezeBox for discovering him; I first heard his solo stuff on XM in my car. But since we got HRG, it's gotten a great deal of playing time in our house, and there are several of his albums on my list of CDs to get. Thanks for the tip about The Humbler. I'll make it a priority! -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
Dogberry2;440301 Wrote: Actually, all I have so far is the two-CD collection Hot Rod Guitar (though Gatton also plays on some other albums I have by other people). I didn't really know much about him until about a year ago, though in his case I can't credit the SqueezeBox for discovering him; I first heard his solo stuff on XM in my car. But since we got HRG, it's gotten a great deal of playing time in our house, and there are several of his albums on my list of CDs to get. Thanks for the tip about The Humbler. I'll make it a priority! Oh - you'll like it! It is the stuff of legend. This is the album that made household name guitar legends weep... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Humbler-Danny-Gatton-Robert-Gordon/dp/B01XR1 (sure you can find this stateside...) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
I had three other Gatton albums on my Amazon music wish list (which currently stands at 117 CDs) but had not yet come across that one. It now shares the #1 priority slot with a Joe Pass Roy Clark album (which I also just heard about a few days ago, from a friend who stumbled onto a clip of it on YouTube). My next order to Amazon is going to net me some great guitar work (which will probably mean a significant decrease in my own playing time, through sheer discouragement). Thanks again. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?
My music collection is stored as FLAC files. I understand that my SB3 and SB2 can play these streaming FLAC files. How do I set up the Squeezecenter server so that it streams in WAV format to the clients instead of FLAC? Is there a setting under AdvancedFile Types for this? Am I correct in assuming that WAV format is another name for 44.1 khz / 16 bit stereo linear PCM in this instance? Someone suggested I try having the FLAC transcoded to WAV on the Squeezecenter server PC and stream in WAV format, that the SB client would have less work to do and the result might be better sound (from lower jitter?) I am skeptical that it will sound different, but I am willing to try it to see if I can hear any difference. I have pretty good audio gear (Quad electrostatic speakers, clas-A amplifier, etc) and it is possibile that if there's a difference in sound I might be able to hear it. -- milosz milosz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65572 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB1 intermittant gaps
What I found out when I was trying to sync with an SB1 was that it is extremely susceptible to hiccups in the single threaded squeezecenter. Apparently the delays incurred by certain plugins are enough to put it into a lurch. It could be causing the server to slowdown because its constantly resyncing. -- sander sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65319 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?
Please ignore stupid myths such as this one. If you want, you can rationalize FLAC to yourself in exactly the same way: the ethernet/wifi will have half as much work to do. To get FLAC-WAV, disable native FLAC and FLAC-MP3. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65572 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?
That's pretty much a myth with the squeezebox. The squeezebox has to decode both FLAC and WAV anyway so it won't make a difference. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65572 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?
Go to Settings Advanced File Types and in the FLAC section, under Stream Format FLAC where it says 'Native', change it to 'Disabled'. Leave the other two settings as they are and FLAC files will be transcoded at the server and streamed as WAV/PCM. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65572 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
