Re: [slim] Ideas for improving the sync-experience
Please also have a look at the current incarnation of the SyncOptions plugin. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75381 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ideas for improving the sync-experience
>From a user point of view I think we need some kind of "zone" concept, I suppose this might be the same as what you call sync groups. - It should be possible to configure a player so it's part of several zones but obviously it can only play music in one zone at the time - In the user interface you should be able to select a zone (or a single player) - When you select a zone and starts to play, it should move all players in the zone to the correct server and start playing them synchronized Some samples of zones: - Bottom floor - Whole house - Livingroom and kitchen In this concept, the kitchen Boom might be part of all three zones. 1. The user select "Whole house" and start to play something, the kitchen Boom is connected to the sync group and starts to play. 2. The user select "Bottom floor" and start to play something, the kitchen Boom is disconnected from the "Whole house" sync group and connected to the "Bottom floor" sync group and starts to play the new music. The remaining players in "Whole house" keeps playing the old music. I think it's also worth to look at iPeng as I think it provides the best synchronization configuration available for the Squeezebox products at the moment. The issue that's going to trouble the developers are the fact that players might be connected to different servers. When you select a zone some of its players might be connected to MySB.com, some to the Touch and some to your full SBS server somewhere else in the house. -- 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=75381 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ideas for improving the sync-experience
The squeezebox system always gets bashed for it's poor user interface when it comes to managing synchronisation. Can we as a community come up with some good ideas that can the developers can use to improve on this? Could we as a community come up with constructive ideas how the developers can improve it? Not so much on the touch. They can get plenty of inspiration from iPeng, Sonos, Slimcontrol etc. But for the spinning-wheel/knob devices, Radio and controller. Maybe also leave out the VFD based devices as their limited visualization makes it hard to do the massive improvement that is needed. I don't own one, so I may be wrong. But my own focus will be on squeezeplay devices with a wheel/knob. I will start out with a couple of ideas: 1. Let users define sync-groups that the system remembers. I.e. which players are in the group and which playlist should take over. 2. Easier stopping of multi-sync. If I e.g. sync 3 devices I need to switch between players to get the players to play individually. The party has finished, I just want to kill all sync "with one click". -- Muele BR Mogens 1 Radio, 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Served by an old 800 mhz IBM T21 Thinkpad. Muele's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75381 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
bobkoure;518031 Wrote: > FWIW, I tried 7.4.0, 7.4.1, had troubles with both (musicip and scanning > in 4.0, missing artwork in both), and dropped back to the latest 7.3. > More trouble than going from 6.x to 7.x - for -me-. It may go just fine > for you. > About the only thing I'm doing that might be a bit out of the ordinary > is run Win2K server OS (seems to be a bit lighter on resources than 2k3, > not using linux as musicip on it was a major PITA). Hardware's a bit > lightweight, too (Via C7 / 2G memory). I think the best version of 7.3 you can get is 7.3.4 http://downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeCenter_v7.3.4/, while the best version of 7.4 is almost invariably the latest nightly of 7.4.2 http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.4 People naturally want the fully QA's version, but IMO that is a poor trade off against actually having some more bugs squashed. It's nice to have choices, though. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
FWIW, I tried 7.4.0, 7.4.1, had troubles with both (musicip and scanning in 4.0, missing artwork in both), and dropped back to the latest 7.3. More trouble than going from 6.x to 7.x - for -me-. It may go just fine for you. About the only thing I'm doing that might be a bit out of the ordinary is run Win2K server OS (seems to be a bit lighter on resources than 2k3, not using linux as musicip on it was a major PITA). Hardware's a bit lightweight, too (Via C7 / 2G memory). -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Music Services through US Proxy
Sike;517852 Wrote: > Just gave it a spin with a proxy I found on Google and it works like a > charm. > > I took a bash at trying to find a decent unlimited proxy, but could not > find anything decent. I need unlimited because I listen to local radio > stations too, so I have quite a bit of traffic. > > Any ideas anyone? You could look at a VPN service - some have both US and UK based servers so you have access to services that are geo blocked in both countries. You can get an unlimited OpenVPN service for about 60US$. This might be overkill though if you would only use it for your SBS. -- johnas johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
pski;518008 Wrote: > At any rate, sync in itself wouldn't prompt me to pay double for Sonos. > p Me netiher. I'm just saying I sympathise with the POV. Especially after trying this on Sonos and getting used to iPeng. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
bhaagensen;517986 Wrote: > Its cumbersome, for a number of reasons: > > - Syncing >2 is fiddly, as others have pointed out. > - There is no clear clues as to what the semantics is. Is sync, 'to' or > 'from', or... The only way to know is to learn by doing and memorize it. > This perhaps applies in particular to those of us who have been around > long enough to know that the semantics has actually changed at least > once. > - When a sync group is set up, you still have to remember which one is > the 'to', when you want to change tracks etc. > - Volume is either absolutely synced, or not at all. iPeng allows for > arbitrary level sync while maintaining easy access to individual > volumes. > - If players are connected to different sources, be it > SqueezeboxServers, or Squeezenetwork, even more footwork is required. > > Agreed, this is not impossible, but it is unnecessarily complicated. It doesn't matter which player is selected in a sync group: changing the current track list is shared across all the players. (Maybe this didn't always work this way.) I usually don't fiddle with the volume(s.) Normally (as for phone calls,) the pause button works well. If you change the music source from one SBS to another SBS, all the synced players are moved to the new source. I like this. Since my house is usually a "single-user-system" I keep all the players synced. Even so, their systems are powerful to the point where listening to several different songs at once would be really annoying.. At any rate, sync in itself wouldn't prompt me to pay double for Sonos. p -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Aslak3;517971 Wrote: > I don't agree with this this? Sync is straightforward both from the SBS > interface and from the SB itself. At least with 2 players as I've never > had the opportunity to sync >2 SB. Its cumbersome, for a number of reasons: - Syncing >2 is fiddly, as others have pointed out. - There is no clear clues as to what the semantics is. Is sync, 'to' or 'from', or... The only way to know is to learn by doing and memorize it. - When a sync group is set up, you still have to remember which one is the 'to', when you want to change tracks etc. - Volume is either absolutely synced, or not at all. iPeng allows for arbitrary level sync while maintaining easy access to individual volumes. - If players are connected to different sources, be it SqueezeboxServers, or Squeezenetwork, even more footwork is required. Agreed, this is not impossible, but it is unnecessarily complicated. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Their should be a Sync All option within the basic Sync setting. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Aslak3;517971 Wrote: > I don't agree with this this? Sync is straightforward both from the SBS > interface and from the SB itself. At least with 2 players as I've never > had the opportunity to sync >2 SB. It's a little clunky: you have to sync the first two and then switch to the third and sync it to the other two.. I use it all the time with a receiver/boom/SB3 playing apple lossless. I've only had an issue when one of the players goes goofy (every 3 months or so.) At that point, power cycle of the player fixes the issue immediately. P -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
bhaagensen;517952 Wrote: > Or iPeng which is very good at this - but of course requires > iPhone/Touch. But you're right. Before I got this I almost never used > synch - too cumbersome (and I don't really need it that bad) I don't agree with this this? Sync is straightforward both from the SBS interface and from the SB itself. At least with 2 players as I've never had the opportunity to sync >2 SB. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot play all tracks under the All Songs setting
kmax58;517966 Wrote: > Is it possible to play all songs by an Artist from multiple albums? > > Using my squeezebox duet remote I see that there is an option under > 'All ARTISTS' to select an individual album or list all of the tracks > from all albums by that artist via 'All SONGS'. If I choose all songs I > had assumed that it would play all the tracks from all the albums > however it only plays which ever song I select and if I try to play the > next by hitting the forward button it simply repeats the same song. I > would like to be able to play all of the songs. > > I have looked under the settings in squeezebox server > web control > > player settings and it is set to play "ALL OTHER SONGS IN AN ALBUM OR > DIRECTORY. I had assumed that this is the setting I need. > > Thank you My Music/Artists/ press RIGHT ARROW All songs by that artist are now in playlist. p -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes Genius how can I have it in my sueezebox
Its possible. Search the forums for 'musicip'. Its not trivial to set up - but not impossible either. Again, search forum. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cannot play all tracks under the All Songs setting
Is it possible to play all songs by an Artist from multiple albums? Using my squeezebox duet remote I see that there is an option under 'All ARTISTS' to select an individual album or list all of the tracks from all albums by that artist via 'All SONGS'. If I choose all songs I had assumed that it would play all the tracks from all the albums however it only plays which ever song I select and if I try to play the next by hitting the forward button it simply repeats the same song. I would like to be able to play all of the songs. I have looked under the settings in squeezebox server > web control > player settings and it is set to play "ALL OTHER SONGS IN AN ALBUM OR DIRECTORY. I had assumed that this is the setting I need. Thank you -- kmax58 kmax58's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33694 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
I am definitely looking forward to the iPad for this and a few other "control" apps I expect will be killer on the device. Wired posted a video yesterday of how their app will look on the device. The video is VERY cool and is actually running live code and content. It may give you some different ideas for constructs and design. Just as their app is trying to redefine static/interactive content, I think there is great opportunity to have a music application running on the iPad that becomes very immersive. I can see where it could allow the user to free roam music, musical connections, history, etc. all within one tidy application. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/the-wired-ipad-app-a-video-demonstration/ -- twylie Thecus N5200 -> transporter -> Krell KRC2 -> 4 x nuforce 8b -> Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen III Thecus N5200 -> SB3 -> Monarchy DIP -> Monarchy Super DIP -> Monarchy 18b -> AES 845 monos -> Sonus Faber Concertos / Audio Physic Sparks Thecus N5200 -> SB3 -> Russound CAV6.6 and CAM6.6 -> whole house audio twylie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74581 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Kuben72;517950 Wrote: > IMO he nailed the biggest problem of SB on the dot: The way to > accomplish synchronisation between 2 or more players is too difficult. > Without the use of Eric Koldingers Synchronizer-plugin it is beyond what > a standard user can figure out. Or iPeng which is very good at this - but of course requires iPhone/Touch. But you're right. Before I got this I almost never used synch - too cumbersome (and I don't really need it that bad) -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
IMO he nailed the biggest problem of SB on the dot: The way to accomplish synchronisation between 2 or more players is too difficult. Without the use of Eric Koldingers Synchronizer-plugin it is beyond what a standard user can figure out. -- Kuben72 /Kuben72 1 Duet, 1 SBR, 1 SB3 and 1 Boom Kuben72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15308 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Schindler;517686 Wrote: > Maybe they are right... > > - Tell me why I have to enter my podcast streams at mysqueezebox.com if > I run my own server?! Hää! > > Christian My bug on this: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15399 Note that this only true on SqueezePlay. Before I got a Radio I used my local SMS and had no issues. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
slate;517786 Wrote: > For your entertainment http://www.dr.dk/dr2/soeinding > > About the drifting with multiple players - There is no doubt that he > (Sonne) is an iSheap and as such his music would not be in FLAC, but > rather ALAC/MP3. > But why should the music format have an affect?! yes if a non-native > format the server will have to convert; but that is hopefully only done > once before streaming. so?! Not sure about the status of ALAC, but mp3 should work. Synch seems to work fine for most. I guess he was just unlucky. IMO he could have mentioned something like this instead of only relying on his own experience. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
slate;517786 Wrote: > > There is no doubt that he (Sonne) is an iSheap and as such his music > would not be in FLAC, but rather ALAC/MP3. > But why should the music format have an affect?! yes if a non-native > format the server will have to convert; but that is hopefully only done > once before streaming. so?! iSheep...that's pretty funny! The music format *should not* matter, but I imagine it could. I mentioned it just to qualify my statement that I've seen no issues with multiplayer sync. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 30,015 songs, 2,448 albums, 451 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=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Itunes Genius how can I have it in my sueezebox
I have been using Itunes quit a lot in the last month and I must admit I love the Genius function. It is simple and it does what I want when I just want to listen to certain type of music . Now how can I have this feature available with my home Squeezebox setup? has anyone ever thought of developing a plugin that would allow this? -- Jac Jac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
upstatemike;517847 Wrote: > I guess if it will breathe new life into my SliMP3 players then it would > be worth considering but 7.5 is a ways off yet. I don't see enough > advantage now to dive into 7.4.1 or 7.4.2 I'm in the same boat. Moving to 7.4.x in the near term won't keep you current once 7.5 comes out. Also I really don't like the whole apps approach, and changing menus in 7.4. Lastly when my server crashed a while back it reminded me how much customization I'd done to all the menus on different devices that needs to be redone. I have a controller which would presumably benefit, but its unclear how much at this point. The superdatetime problems were a scare, but outside of that and possibly some of the services not working eventually I'll probably stay on 7.3.4 as long as my hardware holds out, unless I see some real improvements which overcome the inconvenience of upgrading. -- sander sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Locuth;517881 Wrote: > Yes it would, but how can I access / retrieve them via SQCntr. > Or do you want to keep them on your mobile phone ?? Maybee to ask first there is a local file with same name as the music file. You saw the structure and infos i did send you. Also the different C++ codes. In a first version its good justit works... Ok you can test up and download possibility.. but its just text and transfer is fast. And done only if you need. So it can stay on server. Slimcontrol have only to prove its a lrc file with synchronisation are not the correct time tags inside, than interpretation is like a mormal lyrics tag For this there is a better phone talk -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Yes it would, but how can I access / retrieve them via SQCntr. Or do you want to keep them on your mobile phone ?? -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote -- http://sc.sciatec.de Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Is it possible tohave acess to local lrc files? the files from lircdb are not reviewed in a good way. They should match with each album extra. Because each Album can have another version. So i like to do them im parts of my own and to add extendant tags -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
So sorry - it's already back in :-) Even though I don't remember actually putting it in any 'official' release. When I re-implemented it the other night, I could seriously not find any working code for 'new music' Release will be uploaded tonight. -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote -- http://sc.sciatec.de Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] radio iskelma doesnt work
hey folks radio iskelma is a finnish radiostation and doesnt work on squeezebox radio, ive checked on the sq radiotime site and it says available. this channel is only available in finland maybe thats why? thx! -- donjohngotti donjohngotti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75361 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Music Services through US Proxy
Just gave it a spin with a proxy I found on Google and it works like a charm. I took a bash at trying to find a decent unlimited proxy, but could not find anything decent. I need unlimited because I listen to local radio stations too, so I have quite a bit of traffic. Any ideas anyone? -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75323 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Current beta3 still working great. Any reason why you dropped the "New Music" button with this release? It is the one I tend to use the most. No "biggie" though. Keep up the good work. -- Blisteringblue 'What am I listening to?' (http://www.last.fm/user/blisteringblue) 1 x Boom, 1 x Receiver, 1 x HTC TP2 & 'Slimcontrol' (http://sc.sciatec.de/) Blisteringblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
aubuti;517844 Wrote: > Maybe, maybe not. 7.5-embedded with SQLite has some nice speed > improvements in the scanning and web ui that would benefit all players. > And the smaller resource requirements would especially benefit those > running SBS on marginal hardware, such as NASs and low-power PCs. I guess if it will breathe new life into my SliMP3 players then it would be worth considering but 7.5 is a ways off yet. I don't see enough advantage now to dive into 7.4.1 or 7.4.2 -- upstatemike 6x SliMP3, 1x SB1, 2x SB2, 10x SB3, 2x SBR, 4x SBC, 1x Boom upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
Good to know 7.4.2 works well for the older platforms (apart from breaking the analog clock on the controller), but still have not heard a strong enough advantage to make it worth upgrading in an environment like mine with no Radio or SqueezeNetwork. -- upstatemike 6x SliMP3, 1x SB1, 2x SB2, 10x SB3, 2x SBR, 4x SBC, 1x Boom upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
upstatemike;517834 Wrote: > It may be that 7.3.3 ends up as the high water mark for the legacy > SB2/SB3/Boom products. Maybe, maybe not. 7.5-embedded with SQLite has some nice speed improvements in the scanning and web ui that would benefit all players. And the smaller resource requirements would especially benefit those running SBS on marginal hardware, such as NASs and low-power PCs. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
Just to chime in with my 2 cents. I'm running 7.4.2 on a windows xp machine, serving a BOOM, duet, transporter, and SB3, and my experience has been rock solid. My wife uses the controller and I use iPeng. I run many of erland's plugins (superdatetime, music info screen, dynamic playlists, custom browse, etc. etc., along with xmradio plugin). I'm not suggesting you upgrade if everything works, but didn't want to leave other readers with the idea that there is something inherently wrong with 7.4.2. I went from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1 myself. I think most of the problems were with 7.4.0. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 Problem: Songs Cut Off
Flatpik;517744 Wrote: > It cuts off every song 3/4 of the way through and starts the next song. > What a POS. If just a rant, task complete! ;) If you would like some help in resolving your issue I'd suggest creating a new thread (this is a three year old thread discussing a discontinued server version). In the new thread I'd also suggest giving as many details of your setup as possible. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33277 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
Looks like an even split but I guess I will stay put. I was able to get SuperDateTime fixed under 7.3.3 and doing nothing is easier than doing something. I also feel that all focus after 7.3.3 is on the new touchscreen/facebook/twitter lifestyle product rollouts and anything new is just as likely to break something in the non-revenue generating legacy players as it is to improve them. It may be that 7.3.3 ends up as the high water mark for the legacy SB2/SB3/Boom products. -- upstatemike 6x SliMP3, 1x SB1, 2x SB2, 10x SB3, 2x SBR, 4x SBC, 1x Boom upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
Coverflow - obvious one Integration with API's - last.fm/myspace etc. etc. - details of artist, gigs etc. Something radical )) . for large music collections why not come up with a completely radical interface for finding music, instead of the usual list, thumb view. Something you can 'play' with and explore in a visually appealing 'artistic' way:) think multitouch experience, shapes, colours, movement, resizing, attractors, repellants. These elements or 'data representations' can be used in different combinations to find music. Could be used selecting genre,year or year range, linking with online API's data to create links to other artists and making suggestions. Just think something a lot more could be done with a large multitouch screen with animation etc. Loads of ideas on here - http://visualizingmusic.com/page/2/ - may help get a better understanding of what I am on about :) and this is really nice to play with - http://www.fidgt.com/visualize -- richardcarter ' [image: http://imagegen.last.fm/basic10/oartists/variacpoint4.gif] ' (http://www.last.fm/user/variacpoint4/?chartstyle=basic10) richardcarter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74581 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
bhaagensen Wrote: > > The show is available online - albeit in danish of course... For your entertainment http://www.dr.dk/dr2/soeinding About the drifting with multiple players - There is no doubt that he (Sonne) is an iSheap and as such his music would not be in FLAC, but rather ALAC/MP3. But why should the music format have an affect?! yes if a non-native format the server will have to convert; but that is hopefully only done once before streaming. so?! -- slate Main: Duet -> Beresford Caiman -> Carver A-500x -> B&W 704 Office: Duet -> Technics SU-V50 -> Stax SR84 Pro Server: Zotac IONITX-A, 4 GB, 1 TB WD EADS, Win7 slate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Justme;517707 Wrote: > This point interests me, though I'm not entirely sure I understand > exactly what he was saying here. > I should emphasise that I don't really recall exactly what his issues where. The incentiment was that it is too complicated to be easy :S Not complicated as in incomprehensible, but rather as in 'this requires many user operations'. E.g. suppose you have three players already connected to local and remote servers and you do not know which is connected where. The goal is to have the three players play some given three tracks on given players. This takes quite some button pushing and wheel spinning to accomplish on the Duet - can't argue that. In addition is the whole challenge of understanding this eco-system of servers and players to begin with. Again not impossible for most, but you need to be willing to bother in a non-trivial way. The show is available online - albeit in danish of course... -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
pski;517726 Wrote: > Does Sonos allow over-the-internet streaming to remote hardware? > P I don't really know, but afaik they use upnp for accessing music on the external network and also need a single ethernet connection. With suitable port-forwarding etc. I see no reason this should/could not work. Perhaps others know for sure. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
