Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
Here is a copy of a comment I posted in bug 13092: Bug 9517 meant that, prior to 7.3 (SB fw 117, TR fw 67, SBR fw 52, SBB fw 37), FLAC playback was almost incapable of generating the necessary underrun events to provoke rebuffering. There may have been gappy playback but no rebuffering would have occurred. It is possible that there is some other f/w bug that means that underrun events are now being generated unnecessarily, in turn provoking rebuffering when it is not needed. I was responsible for the new-streaming work in SC 7.3. Although a lot of code changed, I cannot think of anything that would impede the streaming of local FLAC tracks. I have been over the code several times. It is clear that some people are seeing issues that were not there before. Despite significant investigations, we are no closer to understanding why. If you are in a position to provide useful diagnostic information (for local FLAC tracks only) then please do so in https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13092 -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool
robinbowes;449118 Wrote: In that case, it may be that your SBR is faulty. You might like to try calling Logitech support, although you may find that they only offer offical support if you have the Controller as well. R. I'm afraid I have to care myself. Two last ideas: 1.I'll try to configure it by simple ethernet switch ( not by linksys wrt54G v.6 router with ddwrt software as previously ) 2. Maybe direct connection through CAT5 crossed cable will be solution -- karibe karibe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32268 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] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
This issue is not related to FLAC streaming only. I stream WAV and I also experienced the issue with 7.3.3. For now I went back to 7.2.1. and that works fine. I guess it is fair to say that the issue is more likely to occur when streaming larger audio formats (lossless). I noticed that the streaming generates a relatively constant data flow on the network. Near the end of a song, the dataflow becomes more important. On a 10Mb network, the load went up to 30% which is significant. This was measured with only one SB3 streaming audio. On a 100Mb this will drop down of course. But nevertheless, streaming generates an important amount of data packets on the network. It is therefore very much possible that some people may run into issues if they already have a busy network. In a cabled environment this is very easy to solve by upgrading to a gigabit backbone. Gigabit networks can even use jumbo frames if required and that will benefit the network traffic even further. But wireless is a different story. Since an Access Point is a bridge, it will bridge all cabled traffic to the wireless (and vice versa) putting a lot of load on the wireless network if the cabled network is busy. It might be wise to try and find ways to decrease the traffic generated by the streaming protocol. One way of doing that is to use a larger buffer in the players. A larger buffer would give the player more stream ahead room and this would decrease the possibility of running out of buffer. But I dont know if that is possible in the current line of players (hardware wise). In any case, there is a difference between the streaming of SC 7.3.3. and SC 7.2.1. By knowing this, it should be fairly easy to compare the traffic generated between those two versions and find a solution to the issue. In order to debug an issue like this, youll need to use a network sniffer. Microsoft provides one for free here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062fdisplaylang=en -- Pascal Hibon Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
I'm sure the powers that be must have good reasons for switching from MySQL to SQLite, but a few years ago (back around 2005/6) SlimServer went the other way: switched from SQLite to MySQL. I reckon there must have been very good reasons to make that switch at the time. What were those reasons, and why are they no longer pertinent? -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?
rcstevensonaz;449023 Wrote: p.s. so far, the best I have come up with is 6 Duets and 6 Audiosource AMP-100 amplifiers. For the outdoor speaker, add one of those 'timer switches' that you twist to set the amount of time and then it automatically ticks back to off. But, I hope there is something a bit more elegant. If you have 6 SB3s you could use the IRBlaster plugin and the earphone out to control the amps. I only have 2 and I have then setup to turn on/off the amp as I turn them on/off. This works whether you turn on/off the SB3 with remote, phone, PC or whatever. I'm assuming the amps have IR remotes. You could also then control the volume of the amp with the SB3. I would suggest that you need less controllers as unless you are 6 people you could switch between players with one controller. Also with SB3 you get a simple IR remote as well. IRBlaster is not available on the Duet receivers as they don't have the earphone out (I think). I'm sure you would find the plugin to switch out the outside SB3 after some amount of time, or just use the sleep timer. -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *- lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66737 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
No one has a need for this feature? -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter - Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC - dartZeel NHB-18NS - darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Transporter, Inside Out' (http://photos.lam.ws/gallery/1930618) | 'Photos of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/Hi-Fi) WSLam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=830 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
Hi Frank, I'm getting an error when trying to connect to the database from a Vista pc (and I have installed the MySQL 3.51 driver). I get error 3716: Safety settings on this computer prohibit accessing a data source on another domain. My music library is on a WHS machine, and I've mapped the Music share on the Vista pc. I can't see how to allow ACC through the Vista pc's firewall (if that is the issue, of course). I have Moose running on the same machine, and that has no problems connecting. Any ideas?? Many thanks, Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
If the IP of the PC at work doesn't change you could block based on IP. Maybe only allow access from local IPs and your work IP. Then you could remove the password? -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *- lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
You mean on the router level? It seems like an easy to do feature. Many routers have this now... -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter - Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC - dartZeel NHB-18NS - darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Transporter, Inside Out' (http://photos.lam.ws/gallery/1930618) | 'Photos of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/Hi-Fi) WSLam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=830 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
rtitmuss wrote: We will be moving to SQLite in a future release of SqueezeCenter, probably 8.0. This change is being made to improve performance, especially on NASes and similar devices. It was decided that the SQLite changes will not be complete for the 7.4 release, which is why we reverted back to MySQL at the moment. Weren't older versions of SlimServer using SQLite? Doesn't this mean we'll be reverting back to SQLite? What were the reasons to move from SQLite to MySQL the first time? Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
WSLam;426571 Wrote: Just wondering if this is possible. When I access my SqueezeCenter within my LAN, I obviously do not want to be bothered with entering a username and password everytime. But I do stream music to remote location at times (i.e. office) and by opening up the port to access my music library, I thought it would be a good idea to have password protection enabled. Is it possible to have a WAN-access only password enabled? Hi WSLam I have about 5 external Squeezeboxes connecting over the internet. The router has specific rules to only allow traffic coming from certain IPs. Over here in Switzerland if you use Cablecom (Cable Internet) your IP only changes if you unplug your router (Or a digger severs the main connection somewhere...) I put the feature request in the bug tracking system a lng time ago. But there is probably not that many people asking for it. It will probably be a feature that people will want when streaming to mobile devices. All the best Sike -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Suddenly Loses Connection
I used to have the same problem... Went away when I wired the PC SqueezeCenter was on to the network. Don't know why but it did and I have not had the display go blank since. That's one of the reasons you read posts and the guy says test it wired and see if you have the same problem. (HINT) I think this has been a tripping point from the beginning simply because in my experience you should be prepared to wire everything, and hope that wireless will work and not the other way around. -- tedfroop Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement. -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41232 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
cliveb;449385 Wrote: I'm sure the powers that be must have good reasons for switching from MySQL to SQLite, but a few years ago (back around 2005/6) SlimServer went the other way: switched from SQLite to MySQL. I reckon there must have been very good reasons to make that switch at the time. What were those reasons, and why are they no longer pertinent? At the time, I believe it was that performance of SQLite was just not all that hot. And, yes, there was a lot of omg this broke everything and Erland had a mess in his plugins to deal with things the database layer didn't provide an abstract method for him, etc etc. So, yes, this is a bit deja vu'ish in reverse... But, then, supposedly SQLite has made great improvements.. it's certainly at least competitive for me (not seeing -huge- improvements, but it's a bit faster than MySQL, other people may have different results). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool
I've been stuggling with getting a new SBR working using the UDAP exe all day. Tried wired and wireless Light turns blue SBR has an IP from DHCP (seen in SBR config and DHCP server) SBR does not respond to ping though also tried static ip and dhcp reservation with same results Eventually I saw rwwebb's post and tried pasting his wireless config with just my personalisations and bingo it connects to the wireless network and sc! exactly what I wanted. The only thing I can see being different from what I had been doing is forcibly /applying all the commands/options even when they are already set/default to the correct setting. thoughts? GarryG -- ggoodwin ggoodwin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14519 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] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
The 'why' for most of our decisions can be found in the Developer and Beta forums. I suggest that if anyone is curious to why we've made certain architectural decisions, you check there first. -- Matt Wise Matt Wise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
I didn't understand the rant, until I read downthread and found out it's about a beta release. I still don't understand the point of ranting about a beta release, since one would normally expect problems (else why become a beta tester?), but the Beta forum does seem like a more appropriate place to talk about beta software. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
Goodsounds;449256 Wrote: One company employee says that the focus is to be more friendly to average joes. I agree with this, it's the market potential the company needs to serve better. It's also the biggest growth opportunity. Another says the changes are to make the software perform better on NASes and other smaller formats. Most average joes I know (and I'm one too) don't have or use NASes. When they do, it's for storage, not for running apps. Has someone really convinced themselves that this deserves a development focus? Honestly, you ought to go over and cruise the Sonos forums sometimes. One of the things they beat into the ground constantly is that the Sonos can work with just a NAS, doesn't need a server (like a NAS doesn't have a processor). So, apparently hitting that point where you can have a NAS with no supported computer is useful. These comments contradict one another - which is it? Or maybe the smaller format focus is for unreleased self-contained products and so won't be commented on at this time? I fail to see how they contradict each other. SQLLite integrates into SqueezeCenter, which gives you an all-in-one package. No external MySQL to have to worry about. That simplifies it for Joe Sixpack. At the same time, it also reduces the memory footprint, and hopefully the CPU needs, which makes in more amenable to a low-powered machine, such as a NAS. Seems like a win all-around to me. Eric -- kolding See my plugins at http://www.koldware.com/SlimStuff The Synchronizer, GrabPlaylist, ResetVolume, and RemovePlayedSongs -- 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=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
morris_minor;449410 Wrote: Hi Frank, I'm getting an error when trying to connect to the database from a Vista pc (and I have installed the MySQL 3.51 driver). I get error 3716: Safety settings on this computer prohibit accessing a data source on another domain. My music library is on a WHS machine, and I've mapped the Music share on the Vista pc. I can't see how to allow ACC through the Vista pc's firewall (if that is the issue, of course). I have Moose running on the same machine, and that has no problems connecting. You can try the suggestions as mentioned on the ACC web page (http://acc.vanholt.nl) -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for SqueezeCenter '_' (http://www.badkamerpech.nl) SlimServer. 2xSB3, 1xDuet, Ubuntu NAS + SC, Denon PMA-1500AE + DacMagic + Monitor Audio Silver RS8 = :-) SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?
Multi-room is easy, it's just if you want to control every room from every every controller. Perhaps something from Lutron or Crestron? Very expensive though. -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66737 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need someone to test a Radio Station for Me
Working again, thanks -- jonkeo jonkeo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32262 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.8 released
VortexBox 0.8 has been released. It includes many of the most requested features from this user forum. We now get cover art from both Google images and Amazon so VortexBox should be able to find a good image for almost any CD. Realtime ripping status from the Web GUI was another highly requested feature. The ability to change timezone was also requested by many users who move their VortexBox between time zones regularly. Features in VortexBox 0.8 * real time AJAX CD ripper status * time zone configuration from web GUI * more accurate cover art * Logitech SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 pre installed and configured +---+ |Filename: ripper.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7980| +---+ -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art 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=66778 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
peterw;449366 Wrote: 7.3 has been very good to me. 7.4, not so much, but then I usually avoid running the betas anywhere other than my development system until public release seems imminent. I, too, wish there was more guidance about where things are headed. I think communicating plans and documenting APIs has always been an area that could stand improvement, but look at the competition -- closed development, and zero support for 3rd-party enhancements. I'm confident we're still pretty lucky to have the Slim Devices folks running this enterprise. For me the lack of communication and lack of documentation is the biggest problem as a third party developer. However, as you say, if you compare with other companies performing closed source development, Logitech (formerly Slim Devices) is far far ahead of the competition IMHO. The idea of helping Microsoft or Apple with development on my spare time has never crossed my mind. Changing API's isn't a major problem for developers that are active in the community, the problem is for all previously written plugins that stop working because they aren't maintained anymore and the original developer isn't around anymore. I'm still worried regarding the lack of communication, there were a lot more communication with third party developers a few years back compared to today. I haven't lost the hope yet, but I fear that the development community might disappear unless something changes. Back in 2006 you pretty much knew someone would answer if you posted in the Developers section of the forum, now I'm often pretty sure no one is going to answer if I post something else than simple questions there. However, I also understand the reasons. It takes time and effort to communicate with the third party developers and if you need to prioritize between fixing a bug to reach a release date or help a third party developer the prioritization is pretty easy. Most employees tends to prioritize the person paying your salary instead of someone that wants you to do something for free. I think the problem with the lack of communication is that most third party developers is involved because it's fun and they feel they are part of something. If there isn't any communication, it doesn't feel like you are part of something and the result is that it isn't as fun as it used to be. snarlydwarf;449447 Wrote: And, yes, there was a lot of omg this broke everything and Erland had a mess in his plugins to deal with things the database layer didn't provide an abstract method for him, etc etc. Well, you can't blame Logitech for this. They provide the database abstraction layer because it contained all functionality they needed for the server implementation. You can't really expect them to make an abstraction layer to cover every possible usage. It also contains all functionality that I would need in my plugins if I had implemented them the correct way. However, I selected the quick and dirty path to get something out that worked and solved the problem, instead of making the proper solution to invent and implement my own query language for smart playlists. The reason I selected the quick path was that I do this on my spare time and it would take too much time to do the proper solution. Generally speaking, changes in the perl code has always caused a lot more problems in my plugins than changes in the database engine. This was the situation during the last SQLite-MySQL switch back in 2006 and the current MySQL-SQLite-MySQL switch. snarlydwarf;449447 Wrote: But, then, supposedly SQLite has made great improvements.. it's certainly at least competitive for me (not seeing -huge- improvements, but it's a bit faster than MySQL, other people may have different results). As a database engine it's a lot better than it was back in 2006 (when I think the MySQL switch was). I remember it had problem running more complex SQL statements back in 2006 but now the same statements works perfectly in the current SQLite version. The only thing I had to change to make the SQL statements in my plugins to work in SQLite in 7.4 was some MySQL specific functions and some joined UPDATE statements. -- 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=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Compliment to Logitech support
Normaly most people in forums write about their problems. So something from the other side... I got a brand new transporter a few weeks ago. Very nice, very good sound but now and then some problems with noise form the transnav knob. It often degausses and makes some ticking and clicking. So I wrote to support to ask if there is a workaround or firmware update or something else to get things better. We mailed some times in both direction and the support decided to replace the unit. This was the timeline: One week until I could send my transporter to Logitech and at the end of the next week I got a new unit. So here I am, very happy with a grave quiet and very good sounding new transporter. Big compliments to Logitech for this fast and uncomplicated help from a satisfied customer! Regards Aurumer -- Aurumer Aurumer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66780 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RedEye universal remote control?
Although I have a Controller, I have been interested in the iPhone apps for controlling the SB devices. However, I have also been toying with the idea of a universal remote for all my other IR-controlled gear. I've recently come across the RedEye universal controller at http://thinkflood.com/products/redeye/what-is-redeye/ which is based on an iPod Touch or iPhone. Seems that this could be a single platform for IR and wireless control. Looks interesting! Anyone had any experience with this product? GRC -- GRC -Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it ...- And if it matters ... Elderly Sony Vaio + WD Passport + iTunes + Apple Lossless SB Classic + SB Boom + SB Controller + CA DacMagic Naim CDX/XPS + NAC52/Supercap + NAP135s + Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MkIIs Linn LP12 some other stuff GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66781 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
WSLam;449412 Wrote: You mean on the router level? It seems like an easy to do feature. Many routers have this now... On SqueezeCentre (the web thingy) go to settings, advanced, security. Here you can then set your SqueezeCentre to block incoming connections (by changing do not block to block) and then allow specific IP addresses. You would need to allow your local IP range (i.e. IPs in your home network) and the IP of your office computer. Click on the [i] next to the Allowed IP Addresses input box for info how to enter ranges and multiple IPs. You could then remove the password. This will only be useful if your work/office IP does not change. -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *- lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dead SB3
Thanks, I'm sending it in... -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *- lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66620 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?
I use simplify media to stream. Works with an iPod, PC, etc and has it's own security. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art 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=63766 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?
peterw;449340 Wrote: You say it's multi-source, but it sounds like a Squeezebox-only setup, right? If so, then your Audiosource plan sounds fine. So far, that approach is easiest solution I have available right now. It means that I only have a single source per room (which may be OK since Squeezebox can access all my stored music as well as Internet Radio and Sirius). Due to the open floor plan that we have in our house, several rooms logically need to have the same music source, so I can probably control all 6 rooms with just 3 Squeezebox controllers. peterw;449340 Wrote: Most of us would recommend that you put each Receiver and amp in the same room as the speakers -- long digital ethernet runs, short speaker cables. I have dedicated systems in two rooms we use for home theater / critical listening. Those rooms each have a SB3 Classic. For the rest of the house, the goal is to get the equipment out of the rooms and into a central wire closet. From that room, I am running 12 guage, four conductor speaker wire to the other rooms. Run lengths are 15' to 25' with one room at 45'. (Wire is kept away from electrical as much as possible; with 90 degrees crossing) peterw;449340 Wrote: If you want the ability to play multiple sources, then you could look at a multizone receiver (Aesculus has a plugin for more expensive ethernet-equipped Denon amps; I have an alpha-quality one for cheaper RS232-equipped Denon amps; both allow Controllers to set the amp volume, turn the amp off, etc.), or having a receiver/preamp feed an audio input on your SqueezeCenter host so you could stream miscellaneous audio sources as 320k MP3. Thanks, I'll look up Aescules -- that is a new vendor I had not heard of. peterw;449340 Wrote: AllQuiet won't help you if all you have are Duets/Receivers, as it currently is only usable with IR-equipped players (Classic, Boom, Transporter). If all your players are synced, then the Pause button is good enough. :-) Otherwise I could write a Controller/SqueezePlay interface for AllQuiet and you'd have to do something like Home scroll to All Quiet press center button. Would that be worthwhile for you? Another option that I could work up pretty easily would be letting you customize what happens when you press the button on the front of a Receiver, so pressing the button on any Squeezebox Receiver would silence all the Squeezeboxes. Interesting ideas for customizing the Squeezebox controls. If I wind up with a system of multiple Squeezebox controlers, I will cycle back with you to explore these ideas. Thanks for the input. -- Craig -- rcstevensonaz rcstevensonaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7419 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66737 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?
Have been using musicip headless for about a year and it has mysteriously stopped working. I have no idea if I did something or not. Where should I start to find a solution? So far I have checked services and it shows musicipstarted. Have also made sure that musicip is checked in settings. Beyond that I have no idea what to check. Thanks for any help. Steve -- Bert57 Bert57's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19024 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?
How is it that it is not working? Are you no longer seeing the option to create an IP mix in the squeezebox UI? Are you trying to generate mixes but they are coming up empty? Has anything changed in your environment such as you firewall? Is the port used by MusicIP suddenly being blocked? You mention service, so I assume you are talking about Windows. Are you sure that MusicIP and SqueezeCenter are starting up in the correct order? Sorry for all of the questions, but we'll need more info to try to help you out. I'm using MusicIP on Linux, so I can only help to a certain extent. -- 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: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
erland;449502 Wrote: Well, you can't blame Logitech for this. They provide the database abstraction layer because it contained all functionality they needed for the server implementation. You can't really expect them to make an abstraction layer to cover every possible usage. Oh, no I don't blame them at all.. your plugins are almost by nature going to push the edge of any sort of schema/backend. If only SQL were a real standard, it would be trivial to use MySQL/SQLite/Postgres/Oracle/DB2/whatever. Yeah, just use this DB connector and you're done! But, alas, it's not. It also contains all functionality that I would need in my plugins if I had implemented them the correct way. However, I selected the quick and dirty path to get something out that worked and solved the problem, instead of making the proper solution to invent and implement my own query language for smart playlists. The reason I selected the quick path was that I do this on my spare time and it would take too much time to do the proper solution. Didn't mean it as a criticism of your appreciated work, just the yeah db backends change, and just like the bug 6.5 change, lots of things broke dejavu'ishness of it all. I survived back then (and was happy to switch to MySQL), and even if MySQL support is dropped, I'd still survive (but would have to fiddle with some PHP code I have to list albums.. oh, well). As a database engine it's a lot better than it was back in 2006 (when I think the MySQL switch was). I remember it had problem running more complex SQL statements back in 2006 but now the same statements works perfectly in the current SQLite version. The only thing I had to change to make the SQL statements in my plugins to work in SQLite in 7.4 was some MySQL specific functions and some joined UPDATE statements. And the joys of different ways to do 'RANDOM' order by clauses. SQLite performance on low end hardware is apparently a TON faster than MySQL on the same hardware. On more expensive hardware, I think the difference is less, but if it stops the neverending why do I get 'cant write to *.MYI' errors from dumb Antivirus software, that's a huge bonus as well. The backend db for anything (whether it is SC/SBServer/SS/whatever) is almost always a religious issue. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
snarlydwarf wrote: The backend db for anything (whether it is SC/SBServer/SS/whatever) is almost always a religious issue. For sure. And the vendors of the DBMS love to sucker you into using their special extra cool feature. Writing code to transparently swap between two packages is not all that hard, but once you start into the religion of independent backend packages, it becomes actually hard. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Why not use Wav as output format? -- Ryssen QNAP TS-119Pro,Firmware v3.1.0(0627T),IBM HDS7210KLA330 Ryssen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12754 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Ryssen;449545 Wrote: Why not use Wav as output format? And how would I do that? -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen. Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RedEye universal remote control?
Although the itouch may offer feature IR control as well as other stuff, full touchscreen remotes are horrible to use. -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66781 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Spotted at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-74-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002LARRDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1250551324sr=8-1 - sorry if it's old news but didn't remember stumbling upon it earlier in the thread. -- tipsen tipsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Well,I don´t know..I thought you knew.. So you need an encoder to make it work? Would Flac work? -- Ryssen QNAP TS-119Pro,Firmware v3.1.0(0627T),IBM HDS7210KLA330 Ryssen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12754 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart
Looks promising. But until I know how to ensure a way back, in case I run into problems, I'm not going to try this. Maybe, over time, we'll get some official support for this. Meanwhile, I'll use a Dell Mini 9 as my SqueezeCenter server. The carbon foot print it fairly low. -- sjschaff sjschaff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60617 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?
How is it that it is not working? Are you no longer seeing the option to create an IP mix in the squeezebox UI? Are you trying to generate mixes but they are coming up empty? Have always been able to select one track and musicip took over from there. Now it just plays that one track. Has anything changed in your environment such as you firewall? Is the port used by MusicIP suddenly being blocked? Will check when I get home. Nothing has changed as far as a firewall. You mention service, so I assume you are talking about Windows. Are you sure that MusicIP and SqueezeCenter are starting up in the correct order? Will check when I get home. Appreciate the help and will get back to you. Steve -- Bert57 Bert57's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19024 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
OK - RTFM, eh? :O) I'm a little closer, having followed your suggestions. I now have an error connecting to Slimserver Db: mySQL driver not installed or is not set to use default credentials. This IS installed on the machine running ACC (Vista PC); does it need to be installed on the server (WHS)? And how do you check for the default credentials? Also the error says if you're accessing mySQL on a remote server make sure remote access is allowed by the server. I can't find a way to check on this . . ?? Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
The Amazon one has already been pulled. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Paul Webster;449558 Wrote: The Amazon one has already been pulled - it was listed at 299 USD. It was there 30 minutes ago and had been there for days. Apparently someone at Logitech is watching this thread very closely and spending their time rounding up cats. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
morris_minor;449557 Wrote: OK - RTFM, eh? :O) I'm a little closer, having followed your suggestions. I now have an error connecting to Slimserver Db: mySQL driver not installed or is not set to use default credentials. This IS installed on the machine running ACC (Vista PC); does it need to be installed on the server (WHS)? And how do you check for the default credentials? Also the error says if you're accessing mySQL on a remote server make sure remote access is allowed by the server. I can't find a way to check on this . . ?? Bob Did you make the right settings in the ACC Remote Server Options screen? Since you're using Moose, I would guess that you have already modified the my.tt file on the WHS server to allow Moose to remotely access the database. If not, then the problem is that by default the MySQL database that is installed with SC does not allow access from a remote machine. Read the pre-requirement message at the top of the ACC remote server options screen. It should provide enough information (or else the Help screen). You need to modif the my.tt textfile using notepad and comment out a line in the file by placing a '#' character in front of the bind address line in the file. Then restart MySQL (or your server) and your set... Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for SqueezeCenter '_' (http://www.badkamerpech.nl) SlimServer. 2xSB3, 1xDuet, Ubuntu NAS + SC, Denon PMA-1500AE + DacMagic + Monitor Audio Silver RS8 = :-) SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
The SBT just wants to be free...release it already!!! :-) Yeah, they closed down that amazon link very quickly! I saw it for $299 too. -- 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: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Interesting that it should appear, briefly, on Amazon on the same date the NZ store said it would be available. I guess it's ready to go but Logitech have to keep putting back the release date waiting for the software to be ready. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
SteveEast;449567 Wrote: Interesting that it should appear, briefly, on Amazon on the same date the NZ store said it would be available. I guess it's ready to go but Logitech have to keep putting back the release date waiting for the software to be ready. Steve. You're probably right. And if that is the case, do you think Dean's team is under a bit of pressure? ;-). They will probably be ready for a nice break once this thing gets out the door. -- 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: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Looking at Bugzilla, there are still 177 open bugs targeted for 7.4. But when you only include those with a severity of blocker, critical or major the count comes down to 20 - of which 3 are critical and 17 major. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
tipsen;449549 Wrote: Spotted at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-74-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002LARRDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1250551324sr=8-1 - sorry if it's old news but didn't remember stumbling upon it earlier in the thread. Interesting: Date first available at Amazon.com: September 3, 2009 Seems that Amazon is predicting the future... I don't know if I can go another 2 weeks coming here every morning and living with the dissapointment :) -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
However, I also understand the reasons. It takes time and effort to communicate with the third party developers and if you need to prioritize between fixing a bug to reach a release date or help a third party developer the prioritization is pretty easy. Excellent point. One good approach to improve your chance to get an answer is to keep postings short and clear. Also in some of the forums it's almost impossible to keep up with the discussions. Good ideas go lost in the noise of useless postings. Sometimes it might be worth to restart a new thread if in posting #938 of a thread there really is some important, new information. I keep to skip threads based on their subjects after I've found the first couple of postings unimportant or not interesting for me. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
OK! Almost there . . . The connection looks OK. I now get error opening text file: path\AlbumCatalog-18-08-2009.html.CAT Err.number 62. Input past end of file. At the moment I'm just running ACC from a desktop folder. ?? Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
Looks like problem solved! I had the mapped drive set in the Filter Starting Folder, not in the Remote server options page. Doh! I now have a nice display of my library! Thanks for your help, Frank, and thanks for a really useful piece of software! This Squeeze-experience just keeps getting better :O) Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver Kitchen: Boom Son's Bedroom: Classic iPeng on an iPhone, 2 x Controllers Server: TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3i SC 7.2.1 - 23630 - - - - http://www.last.fm/user/morris_minor_1 morris_minor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech remote Volume Solution
Hi Just to let you know, if someone is interesting, I reported this for Logitech, and now they fixed it within 1 day! :D So now the volume button is correct on Harmony 555 for SqueezeBox v3. It can be hold down to change the volume. -- batka batka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12908 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC) regarding the Touch. Further searching the FCC site I found a short term confidentiality request which states the official product launch is to be 30 Septermber 2009. For those of you who want to see for yourself, here's two hints: OET 7/15/2009 -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 + Solaris 10 x86: Because everything else would've been easy! '4mula1 on Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/4mula1) 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?
rcstevensonaz;449513 Wrote: Thanks, I'll look up Aescules -- that is a new vendor I had not heard of. Aesculus (Chris) is another forum user. You can learn more about his Denon AVP Control plugin here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 My DenonSerial plugin is in testing phase and is available for SqueezeCenter 7.3 with my test repository, http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/slim7/repodata-test.xml . I've used it for weeks at home, and it offers much the same feature set as Aesculus' plugin (turn amp on/off with Squeezebox, multizone support), with the caveat that you need to have a serial cable between the SqueezeCenter server and amp or a telnet serial server like the $80 Sena LS100 (though I have not fully tested the serial server capabilities, as I don't have one myself). When I'm closer to officially releasing mine, I'll put together a web page describing it; meanwhile, let me know if you have any questions. All the features are listed on the per-player settings pages. The main feature I have yet to add is a user interface (for Classic/Boom/Transporter IR remotes and the Controller) to allow you to select the input source for each zone (mine associates a given player with a certain zone on a certain amp; while the Denon will let you feed multiple zones with a single source, my target has been 1:1 zone-player mappings, as I think that makes the most sense in *most* Squeezebox setups. I intend to have the input selection feature allow you to assign custom names to each input, using longer strings than Denon allows for the onscreen display (my 09 receiver won't allow the full word Squeezebox, for instance). -- 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=66737 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Labarum;448106 Wrote: As I read what little we know the touch will natively stream 24/96. Provided you have the latest version of Squeezecentre installed, Squeezebox Classic, Duet and Boom will play 24/96 files by downsampled to 24/48. It would be difficultto hear the difference, even on a very good audio system. I think the answer is a big maybe. You would have to have the right system and very good ears and then maybe. -- 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=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Nonreality;449666 Wrote: I think the answer is a big maybe. You would have to have the right system and very good ears and then maybe. I've downloaded some albums from HDTracks, in both redbook and 24/96 formats. After volume matching them, the 24/96 tracks (even when downsampled to 24/48) are audibly and musically superior. No doubt in -my- mind! Granted, I do have a -very- revealing setup. If the Touch digital end proves as capable as the Squeezebox 2/3, I'll be a very happy camper. If, however, they have skimped on components/design to go after the mid-fi consumer market, I, for one, will be -extremely- disappointed, and would likely jump ship for a higher-end manufacturer. -- sleepysurf main system: sb2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac-1 modwright swl 9.0se belles 350a reference ml summits. audience au24e and blue jeans cables. secondary systems: sb3 in master br (russound r235ls amp driving in-ceiling speaker) and game room (powered swan s200a speakers), with boom in home office. member of 'the tampa bay listening society' (http://www.thetbls.com/) sleepysurf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
4mula1;449652 Wrote: I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC) regarding the Touch. Further searching the FCC site I found a short term confidentiality request which states the official product launch is to be 30 Septermber 2009. For those of you who want to see for yourself, here's two hints: OET 7/15/2009 That's interesting to know...thanks! The date actually makes sense and would position it well for the holiday shopping season. It would be new enough to still have some of the shine on it, but not so new that nobody knows what the heck it is. Hopefully there will be a good supply of them and there won't be any false starts out of the gate. -- 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: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
4mula1;449652 Wrote: I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC) regarding the Touch. Further searching the FCC site I found a short term confidentiality request which states the official product launch is to be 30 Septermber 2009. For those of you who want to see for yourself, here's two hints: OET 7/15/2009 I have no experience with the FCC, and didn't waste any time with your cryptic comment, but normally if an agency requires that a confidentiality agreement be time-limited, usually it's one of two things. Either there is a maximum period they'll allow OR the applicant puts down what they figure would be worst case requirement. If that's the case here, then the date you cite would not be meaningful for this game of speculation. This company, any company, wants to start selling any new product absolutely as soon as possible. One day sooner is better than one day later. So don't underestimate their urgency. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
morris_minor;449616 Wrote: Looks like problem solved! I had the mapped drive set in the Filter Starting Folder, not in the Remote server options page. Doh! I now have a nice display of my library! Thanks for your help, Frank, and thanks for a really useful piece of software! This Squeeze-experience just keeps getting better :O) Bob Glad it is working. Any glitches in the output can for 99% be related to tagging inconsistencies as ACC is as forgiving like SC is. -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for SqueezeCenter '_' (http://www.badkamerpech.nl) SlimServer. 2xSB3, 1xDuet, Ubuntu NAS + SC, Denon PMA-1500AE + DacMagic + Monitor Audio Silver RS8 = :-) SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re-ordering SqueezeCenter Menus?
If it is easy to change player menus, shouldn't it be easy to change the SqueezeCenter menus? Personally, I think the menus on the left side of SqueezeCenter are getting a little bloated. -- cherryplinth cherryplinth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5567 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44285 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
mherger;449599 Wrote: One good approach to improve your chance to get an answer is to keep postings short and clear I know, I suspect long posts sometimes tends to be ignored because no one has the time to read through all the text. It feels wrong to post many small threads instead of describing the whole problem in one thread, but I suppose it might be worth a try. mherger;449599 Wrote: Also in some of the forums it's almost impossible to keep up with the discussions. Good ideas go lost in the noise of useless postings. Strangely enough, it often feels like the section that I personally get least responses in is the Developers section which definitely doesn't contain a lot of useless postings IMHO. Of course, I really don't expect someone from Logitech answer a thread in the General section of the forum but I do expect them to answer stuff posted in the Developers section. Sometimes it really better to post a stupid answer like We currently have no one that has the time to answer this, please get back in a few weeks instead of just leaving the thread unanswered. This way the poster at least know that there is a reason why no one answers his/her questions instead of getting the feeling that no one is even reading his/hers thread. The Ubuntu community forum have handled this pretty good by making it easier to find unanswered threads and assigning some forum members with the responsibility to make sure everyone posting a new thread gets some kind of answer or indication where to search further for the information. (No I'm not a volunteer) It also has to be said that IMHO Logitech employees are often very good at giving feedback on things in the beta related forum sections. One thing that I've sometimes missed is a way to communicate with Logitech regarding non development stuff. For development stuff it's pretty clear that the Developers section should be used but for non developer stuff I currenlty have to use the General section where the posting easily could be lost among all the other thread. Some samples of this are questions/comments regarding the Logitech web site or the forum software/structure. mherger;449599 Wrote: I keep to skip threads based on their subjects after I've found the first couple of postings unimportant or not interesting for me. You are not alone, I do the same kind of skipping. -- 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=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re-ordering SqueezeCenter Menus?
cherryplinth;449689 Wrote: If it is easy to change player menus, shouldn't it be easy to change the SqueezeCenter menus? Personally, I think the menus on the left side of SqueezeCenter are getting a little bloated. Yes, making it possible to hide the stuff you don't use would be a good idea. You could register an enhancement request at http://bugs.slimdevices.com to add it to the list of potential things to implement in a future release. -- 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=44285 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
my 2c/ If I'm going to volunteer some time to beta testing, the beta has to be somewhat functional as I only have one server/image no special test system to play around with. This has been the norm for the last 2 years, the dev's have been slowly introducing new things bugs get found and sorted, nice work flow an everyman can participate as Guinea-pig/crash test dummy without to much hassle . Migration and preservation of settings/database MUST work. It also must work when downgrading. Why ? If it's getting to much you must have a clean retreat route to run and hide a while when the beta is to unstable ;-) For now I upgraded myself to a tight spot where I'm sure either a up or down grade would blow my settings and require a clean install, the icing is the controller upgrade witch forces me to do something about it. No more Déjà vu bugs, it's sometimes looks like a zombie movie here, old bugs are resurrected from the dead quite often. Volunteer's tire quickly if their bug is found and fixed and then reappears 6 months later. This leads to the conclusion that there is very little rudimentary testing at all before releasing a software ? How is it possible to miss that password protection is not working or that the power off function is gone, or that dhcp is malfunctioning or that dns resolving is broken or non A-Z characters is causing trouble again, easy nobody bothered to try ;) My absolute favorite in this genre ( why test it should work.. ) was the release of the duet: Password protected squeezecenter did not work. Hidden SSID did not work. Setting up on a network with no DHCP did not work. No easy way to configure fixed ip's (turning on said dhcp made this impossible ), when actually fixed ip's is the only stable way to run your Squeezeboxes ? No more can't find.. or blue lights when both server ip and dns is hardcoded into the device eh. No roaming ? basically large parts of normal network functionality was missing in a release , this was all clear to me after using the product for 30 minutes o pro would have seen this in 5 ? I'm unsure of it's now. Point, if an average joe with no programing skills can poke holes in software in 5 minutes, it can not have been tested properly. /2c Anyway keep up the good work, but a more structured less chaotic way of working would benefit us all i think. I will still be testing betas for the fun of it. And now i think the 7.3.4 is very good so they eventually got there almost a year after the release of the duet, so for fuzz free squeezeserver I would use 7.3.4 . Or if possible one the pre sqlite 7.4 beta's which where better, but they to would probably force you to upgrade the controller. I think that the development peaked in the pre sqlite 7.4, that was golden -- Mnyb No it can NOT be controlled with iTunes Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
