Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-04-14 Thread ScottDT1

Hello,

Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm trying this out on a nook
rooted to CM7. Is there a way to navigate/browse artists or albums by
first letter like in ipeng? I have a couple of thousand albums and
trying to scroll down through all of them is a real chore.  Thanks!


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread kobip972

ganjastone;625169 Wrote: 
 Hi dear people,
 
 Yet another update.
 This one packs support for Landscape layouts for all the widgets. It
 also fixed activities like open player, search, playlist etc opening
 only in portrait. All these are now auto rotating (and scrollable).
 This means you can use it on Tablets properly and on home launchers
 like LauncherPro that enables auto rotate of home screens. The
 landscape layout are not as polished as the portraits so if you have
 suggestions to improve them just shoot.
 
 In addition a dear forum member requested that search music will allow
 adding search result after the currently playing song. Well, it's in
 1.0.4 as well.
 
 Enjoy it.

Thanks GanjaStone! much appreciated feature on the Squidget.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread ganjastone

arris;625257 Wrote: 
 Looks nice on my Vibrant. It seems to have some issues though, on
 Pandora it doesn't display any artwork and misses song changes. I have
 to press pause and then play again for it to pick up the new song
 information. It also frequently misses song changes when I play back
 local music files from a playlist and I change songs using a different
 remote or the web interface. 
 It would be nice if it was possible to switch the time display to
 remaining time (by tapping it maybe?). Also, is there a way to pick the
 player that is controlled by the widget?

First of all, sorry for the long post. Here goes:

I expected issues with internet radio services (flatterman already
encountered something like that which I'm already investigating).
Unfortunetly I live in an area where those services don't operate - so
it is a bit difficult to test  resolve. I'm working on getting a
ViperVPN or similar service to help me check those. I cannot commit on
a target date to fix that, but I'm working on it. 

Regarding operation from another remote or web interface - that was a
design consideration. At first I developed 2 alternative polling
mechanisms:
1. Get player status every 2-3 seconds.
2. Connect with comet, where the server constantly notifies the widget
about status changes of players.

I removed both of these because Squidget is a widget and not an
application. Android can put applications on pause state, and an
application developer can stop those notification techniques when the
application is paused. An android widget (at least up to 2.2 or 2.3)
only gets notifications from the android system when it's placed
to/removed from a home screen. Therefore it always operates. If I did
polling of server status, it would be constant polling which means
massive battery drainer, even if you don't see/use the widget.

What I can do in this context is add a small refresh button, which can
also assist in case people go far from their access point and then come
back into range and want and instant refresh.

Regarding the time progress, again android widgets are very limited
compared to applications in terms of the UI elements you can use. there
are around 3 layouts you can use and about 8 control objects you can
use. I use android chronometer which is a set and forget timer, and is
the only way to progress time on a widget without updating every second
(to save CPU). Making a timer that counts back means plenty of CPU
usage. If you are using Android, I suggest visiting Settings-about
phone-battery-battery use on a daily basis. You will see what drains
your battery there. You will never see Squidget there. That was a main
design goal.

Regarding switching players, there is a small icon that looks like a
SqueezeBox 3 player. Try it out!

Regards,
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Re: [slim] Squeezebox classic problem since latest upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread mattbrowne

I have another theory on this - I was wondering if anyone who knows
whats happened in the latest SB3 firmware version could check?

When my SB Server is switched off the old firmware (sorry can't
remember exact version but probably only 6 months old) would flash up
the message that it couldn't connect and then after a few seconds the
screen would go blank - nice as it then effectivally turned the SB off
overnight when the server was off.

Now the message about being unable to connect stays on the screen and
even when the server starts back up it doesn't connect.

What I was wondering is if the old firmware would be auto trying in the
background and would reconnect automatically, I now have to press the
play button and it connects instantally.

Any thoughts anyone?


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread ganjastone

Fixed a rating display issue.

New 3x3 Layout! 
Important Notice: Squidget 1.0.6 new layout was tested on emulator only
for low resolution and works on QVGA (which according to Android
developer documentation is the smallest screen (240x320)at the lowest
density (Low density (120), ldpi). However, manufacturers of those
devices with small displays tend to implement their own home screen
modifications to make the device usable. I have no idea how this could
impact the presentation of the widgets on small devices until someone
checks it for real. If there is such a brave volunteer here, I'm
willing to send a test APK directly.

Regards,
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread pippin

I could try it tonight.


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Re: [slim] Napster - Has the service improved

2011-04-14 Thread dgovan

I have posted this before about Napster and can't believe it's just me. 
It is just that the selection available to Logitech users on Napster is
a fraction of what is available to non-Logitech users.  Take a look at
Daniel Barenboim for instance - I make it 120 albums on Napster and
less than a dozen on Logitech/Napster.  Then compare The Rolling Stones
or Bruce Springsteen.

And even then the range of artists is much less as well.

We all pay the same price.


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Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2011-04-14 Thread Snyrkill

I have a new SonyEricsson Xperia Arc with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).
This app doesn't show up in Adroid Market and if I select the Device
Compatibility on market.android.com it does not show up either. Any
reason for this? It should work on Android = 2.1


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[slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread fairyliquidizer

Hi,

I'm starting to regret that I couldn't resist a bargain squeezebox
radio on Amazon.co.uk for £80 so I bought it and I received a shipping
notification from the Marketplace Vendor on the 3rd of April.

It still hasn't arrived.  It is a new seller on Marketplace.  He is
selling more of the Radios at this price now (or the same one again).

Standard delivery from Royal Mail is usually 3-4 days although the
timeframe listed by Amazon for delivery is longer as cross-border
transactions take longer.  However Amazon wont let me file a
non-receipt claim until after his timeframe but I reckon his delivery
estimate: 5 April 2011 - 18 April 2011 is excessive and I am very
worried.  Amazon will open the claim window on 21 April 2011.

I have contacted the seller twice and had no replies.

Ultimately I just want a radio and I don't know what's happening.  I
guess I was stupid to place an order with a vendor with no history.  If
he was communicating and giving say proof of postage then I'd feel
better.

Should I be worried?  Any suggestions?

Caveat emptor,
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2011-04-14 Thread usbethjim

SilverRS8;625183 Wrote: 
 Can you try 'ACC v3.5 Beta 1'
 (http://acc.vanholt.nl/downloads/acc-v35beta1.zip) to check out the
 QuickRef only option?
Just ran it with the QuickRef only option.  Ran just fine.  Same
processing time as before - 51 minutes.  But the QuickRef catalog
generation was almost instantaneous.  Thanks for the OPTION add.  I did
drop you a little paypal.

Am I missing something in the options concerning cover art to speed up
the full catalog generation?  The art is all 500x500 - avg 110K files. 
It is in the form of a cover.jpg placed in each individual album
folder.  No imbedded art at all.  Any ideas/suggestions?  Or should I
just let it run  run until done - ie that's the way it is?

Thanks again...
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Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2011-04-14 Thread flattermann

mherger;625259 Wrote: 
  I think he was talking about the *Server* Discovery.
 
 Yes, I wasn't very clear. We actually only do server discovery at this
 point, getting the player list from the servers. 

Ah, ok.

 Direct player discovery doesn't work on some devices (eg. my HTC Desire
 - again).

That's probably because of the UDP broadcast bug in HTC firmwares.

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=567126postcount=10
http://www.flattermann.net/2010/09/fix-udp-broadcasts-on-htc-phones-running-stock-firmware/

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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread kidstypike

fairyliquidizer;625328 Wrote: 
 Hi,
 
 I'm starting to regret that I couldn't resist a bargain squeezebox
 radio on Amazon.co.uk for £80 so I bought it and I received a shipping
 notification from the Marketplace Vendor on the 3rd of April.
 
 It still hasn't arrived.  It is a new seller on Marketplace.  He is
 selling more of the Radios at this price now (or the same one again).
 
 Standard delivery from Royal Mail is usually 3-4 days although the
 timeframe listed by Amazon for delivery is longer as cross-border
 transactions take longer.  However Amazon wont let me file a
 non-receipt claim until after his timeframe but I reckon his delivery
 estimate: 5 April 2011 - 18 April 2011 is excessive and I am very
 worried.  Amazon will open the claim window on 21 April 2011.
 
 I have contacted the seller twice and had no replies.
 
 Ultimately I just want a radio and I don't know what's happening.  I
 guess I was stupid to place an order with a vendor with no history.  If
 he was communicating and giving say proof of postage then I'd feel
 better.
 
 Should I be worried?  Any suggestions?
 
 Caveat emptor,
 Fairy

You may not get your Radio, but your money should be quite safe.


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread bpa

About a month ago I ordered a bit of electronic kit from an Amazon
Marketplace seller - got a shipped notice a day or two after order.  

On the last day of the delivery estimate I got an e-mail saying they
couldn't source the item I wanted and money would be refunded.  The
money was refunded about a week later.

I think it was a little dubious that they sent a shipped notice and
so debited the credit card when clearly they hadn't the goods in stock.
That said, I believe Amazon ensures funds would be refunded.


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Re: [slim] Problem with Scroll Once Then Stop

2011-04-14 Thread Nikhil

Broken in 7.5 and remains broken in 7.6 as well on my SB2. I increased
the time between scrolls so it doesn't drive me crazy, but I can still
see the full details.


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Re: [slim] Problem with Scroll Once Then Stop

2011-04-14 Thread andyg

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16838


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread kc5f

bpa;625339 Wrote: 
 I think it was a little dubious that they sent a shipped notice and so
 debited the credit card when clearly they hadn't the goods in stock.
I work for a (very large) company which has a presence on Amazon. 
Their requirements for shipping within xx hours of receipt of the order
may cause some smaller shops to send ship notices to satisfy their
contract with Amazon, even if only on paper.  It's not a problem for
us, but we do sometimes have to push Amazon orders ahead of some from
our own websites.


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread paulster

Amazon are excellent at dealing with problems since their reputation is
worth more than the cost of one bad transaction.

I've had them apply leverage to marketplace sellers to make things
right, have had Amazon themselves fix issues, and also close down the
shops of errant sellers.

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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Radio: Amazon Bargain

2011-04-14 Thread fairyliquidizer

Well I really hope I just get the radio.  A refund isn't the end of the
world but I will loose a bit of faith in man if the dude doesn't come
up with the goods.

I will post an update to this thread either way as (1) I wouldn't want
to damn someone who may have done his bit and the postal system has let
me down and (2) if he hasn't I wouldn't want anyone else being let
down.

The thing that unsettles me is the lack of reply from him to my
attempts to contact him.

I hope I am just being neurotic!  It's a shame I don't know if I really
have a problem as I could order elsewhere then.  Still thanks for the
posts.  They are all helpful (including the interesting small business
on Amazon angle).

Cheers,
Fairy


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread Mark Z

Hi GanjaStone

Nice effort dude,

Really like the widget. 
I think you have a logic bug, when widget loads with an empty
playlist.
For some reason the SB player doesn't load or turn to green. It stays
on red, and when selected from the players pop up screen, it blinks and
goes to un-selected.

I had to search and load a song, in-order to open the SB player.
If a user reboots its SBS the playlist is emptied. The widget then
appears to be un-operational.

Either pop-up a window suggesting the user to search a song, or allow
to open the player with an empty play list.

I'll play with it some more and let you know if I have other
suggestions. Overall it looks really sweet.

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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread ganjastone

Mark Z;625417 Wrote: 
 Hi GanjaStone
 
 Nice effort dude,
 
 Really like the widget. 
 I think you have a logic bug, when widget loads with an empty
 playlist.
 For some reason the SB player doesn't load or turn to green. It stays
 on red, and when selected from the players pop up screen, it blinks and
 goes to un-selected.
 
 I had to search and load a song, in-order to open the SB player.
 If a user reboots its SBS the playlist is emptied. The widget then
 appears to be un-operational.
 
 Either pop-up a window suggesting the user to search a song, or allow
 to open the player with an empty play list.
 
 I'll play with it some more and let you know if I have other
 suggestions. Overall it looks really sweet.
 
 Well done.

Thanks Mark,

Will fix tomorrow.

Avi


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[slim] Spotify Not Working On My Transporter

2011-04-14 Thread norderney

I have just setup a Spotify premium account.

I can play music via my PC Spotify App and my iPhone Spotify app.   But
I cannot hear music from spotify via my Transporter.

Under Settings then Plugins Spotify(v1.0) has a tick against it.

Here's what I am doing.

Search Spotify (using Squeezebox Server version 7.5.4) for an artist.
Then select a song by that artist.

That song appears on my playlist, but the audio does not play.  Also
the album art has a red cross in it.

This is what appears as the current track:

Undiscovered
James Morrison
320k VBR, Ogg Vorbis (Spotify)
-4:47 (1 of 1)

Any idea what is wrong.  Is there something I have not setup
correctly?

Or can I not listen to Spotify on my Transporter?  Can I only use Radio
or Touch?  If this is the case why


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Re: [slim] Spotify Not Working On My Transporter

2011-04-14 Thread andyg

To listen to Spotify on the older players you need to install 'Triode's
plugin' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79706).


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Re: [slim] Can't get the first song scanned in each album

2011-04-14 Thread Bryan Jan

Thanks Soulkeeper,

MP3Tag solved the mystery. 

I saw none problem when I check the tag information via the iTunes.

But when I use MP3Tag, all the first songs of these 9 albums have no
tag at all.  Somehow iTunes screwed up the tags of the first songs but
keeps the information.

After updated all the tags in the first songs and rescan, it all got
picked up.

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Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-14 Thread ericj

I just installed the 0.5 version of shairplay, forked for the mac from
https://github.com/albertz/shairport

It seems to stream well (no obvious clicks on a low quality source
(MLB11 radio).  Perhaps 
--the improvements in 0.5 might help with the problems noted above, or
--might be useful with waveinput for the mac.

One goal I had was to put the audio from the MLB iPhone app onto
(eventually) my squeezebox.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squidget - A SqueezeBox Widget for Android

2011-04-14 Thread arris

Thanks for the detailed answer, I wasn't aware that some of my issues
are related to deeper design decisions. If you need anything tested for
Pandora etc I'd be happy to help out if I can. 

ganjastone;625266 Wrote: 
 
 I removed both of these because Squidget is a widget and not an
 application. Android can put applications on pause state, and an
 application developer can stop those notification techniques when the
 application is paused. An android widget (at least up to 2.2 or 2.3)
 only gets notifications from the android system when it's placed
 to/removed from a home screen. Therefore it always operates. If I did
 polling of server status, it would be constant polling which means
 massive battery drainer, even if you don't see/use the widget.

I see, I didn't know widgets had these tight limitations on Android. I
guess I was too much comparing to Squeeze Commander and the like. Your
description in the market also explains the issue quite nicely, I must
have missed that when I installed Squidget. 
Still, I think without any notification at all you can always end up
with that ugly situation where Squidget's display gets completely out
of sync with the player. E.g. if you listen to a radio station and then
stop the player, no timer seems to be triggered ever and Squidget still
shows the station playing even after a long time. 
It makes complete sense that any sort of constant connection or polling
is a big issue for a widget due to battery drain. Since you're already
detecting when the screen is turned on (and update the status), would
it be possible to poll (maybe on a long interval like 5-10s) only while
the screen is on? Presumably the battery drain caused by this would be
far outweighed by the screen in this situation.

ganjastone;625266 Wrote: 
 
 Regarding switching players, there is a small icon that looks like a
 SqueezeBox 3 player. Try it out!
 

Makes sense :o. Actually I had tried tapping the little player before,
it's just not easy to hit that button on my phone since it's so small.
May I suggest to make this button more prominent, at least as big as
the facebook button (which I will probably never use :D). I'm referring
to the 3x4 widget btw, I haven't tested the other ones yet.

Last not least thanks for the great program and keep us updated on
what's new!


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Re: [slim] Problem with Scroll Once Then Stop

2011-04-14 Thread Nikhil

Thanks. Voted.


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[slim] Anyone using WD TV HD media player?

2011-04-14 Thread Audiofile

Just ordered refurbed one for $50 mainly for showing photos on TV.  It's
not the live version so no streaming, just play from portable hard
drive or USB drive.  It plays videos and FLAC music files too and has
an optical out for plug into external DAC.  Anyone try this?  Audio
results?


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Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2011-04-14 Thread Michael Herger
 Direct player discovery doesn't work on some devices (eg. my HTC Desire
 - again).

 That's probably because of the UDP broadcast bug in HTC firmwares.

 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=567126postcount=10
 http://www.flattermann.net/2010/09/fix-udp-broadcasts-on-htc-phones-running-stock-firmware/

Yeah, I remembered the trouble you had with this.

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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2011-04-14 Thread SilverRS8

usbethjim;625330 Wrote: 
 Just ran it with the QuickRef only option.  Ran just fine.  Same
 processing time as before - 51 minutes.  But the QuickRef catalog
 generation was almost instantaneous.  Thanks for the OPTION add.  I did
 drop you a little paypal.
 
 Am I missing something in the options concerning cover art to speed up
 the full catalog generation?  The art is all 500x500 - avg 110K files. 
 It is in the form of a cover.jpg placed in each individual album
 folder.  No imbedded art at all.  Any ideas/suggestions?  Or should I
 just let it run  run until done - ie that's the way it is?
 
 Thanks again...
 Jim

Thank you for your paypal drop. I do not understand your performance
issue yet. For example when I run ACC I get the following stats:
Total number of Tracks : 5952
Total number of Albums : 413
Pages (ex. Table of Contents) : 60
Catalog creation time : 00:29

Translated to your album collection size it should only take a few
minutes. What part of ACC processing seems to take the longest time?

I'll come back on your album art size question sometime later (i'm at
work now)


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