Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
When you manually start a new song, each player sort of starts at the same time. They all then need some time to tell each other their playback position and resync within the next 5 to 30 seconds. If all players have good timing you won't realize them adjusting all the time for the rest of the playlist. Did you wait a little bit for this to happen? Please also for tests first try only two players (ie SqueezePlayer and Squeezebox) and only then add others to see who might be the weak link. -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What can I purchase to keep my shoes from getting a crease?
My friend has some things in her shoes to stop her shoes from getting a crease. She says you just insert them inside the shoe and they stay in place; keeping the shoes from creasing. -- linlishan linlishan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48467 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What shoes for a man to wear to a night club at Las Vegas?
linlishan;643089 Wrote: > I am going to Las Vegas with some buddies next month and we are going to > go to clubbing. I was wondering what type of shoes should I wear to > these dance clubs? Birkenstocks -- danull danull's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5998 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89008 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88915 Question: Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ? - Its excellent audio quality - Best price/performance on the market - Excellent hardware/software quality of the whole solution - Great support for online streaming services - Great support for browsing and playing local music - The possiblity to extend it to multiple rooms later on - Its support for third party plugins - The possibility to directly interact with Logitech regarding new features/bugs - This community and forum - I wouldn't recommend a Squeezebox to anyone nicolas75;642948 Wrote: > Please, when you keep telling the story of your brother over and over, > you should also tell a little more, because normal people won't ever > use the Touch the way he does. > Only mp3, never turn it off nor disconnect the drive, never add one > single file (!!!), which is what you finally stated once after a lot of > questions (I was quite surprised he never had a problem, but with this > informations, it explains a lot ...) > I don't disagree with most of your points. That is, the idea that logitech needs to work hard to make the squeezebox experience more user friendly and that their communications with customers are sometimes less than optional. I will take exception with your seeming complaint with me telling "my brother's story" over and over. Yes, I've used this as an example a number of times, but certainly many times less than the relentless and innumerable posts on "logitech hardware or software is complete junk because it doesn't seem to work for anyone, or at least anyone that is not a computer expert." I simply try to add a counter point that in fact the system can work well for a non techie user. (And most of my thousands of posts (wow, I've wasted a lot of time here) are mostly related to helping people troubleshoot their issues as new users. And I've learned a lot about how networks work, how DACs work, etc. etc. Didn't need all this info to use my SB players, but it led me to things like my vortexbox and its all interesting stuff nonetheless (and a distraction from my day job). It's true, my brother is not a power user. But he does have a touch with music attached, and also a Boom using the music attached to the Touch. I'd say given this that he may in fact be a more significant user than the "average" touch purchaser. But I'm just guessing. And to clarify, he does once in a while remove the USB drive, connect it to his laptop, add some mp3 or aac files, then reconnect it to the TOUCH. I've warned him to let it fully complete the scan (which he interprets as start it before bedtime and let it run all night no matter what). And the 85+ year old is probably even a better example. She uses internet radio (mostly french stations) and once in a while uses some pandora stations that her son set up for her. Pure access to mysqueezebox.com and none of her own music. I'm not sure that she's not the more typical mass market user these days. I'll mention a 3rd friend that has a duet. She only knows the controller exists. The receiver is hidden away with an auto-on mini amp connected to ceiling speakers (all set up by a home stereo installer). She literally doesn't know where the receiver is even sitting! (although I did figure it out just for curiosityon top of a kitchen cabinet out of site) She uses strictly pandora and a few internet stations, all via mysb.com. She's another example of a user that is certainly not techie, but uses the system with no issues (for a bit over a year now). The only thing she's ever mentioned to me is that once in a while she's had to remove the battery from the controller and put it back in to make it all reboot. I don't mention these things to annoy people. I simply believe it is important to counter the many posts on "it's horrible and can't work." My experience is that it certainly can, and not just for computer geeks. I see mostly unstable networks and/or bad file tagging as the predominant problems reported here (rather than broken hardware or software). I myself have no professional experience in computer programming, networks, audio hardware, or anything related to these things. When I bought my first SB, I didn't understand the difference between mysqueezebox.com (squeezenetwork at that time) or SbS (squeezecenter). But I did know how to read (and evaluate cause & effect). I now have a home and a weekend cottage where I have full house SB based systems, with some wired, some wifi players, including every type of player SB produces from SB3 onward. I started with SN(SbS) on my winxp laptop, and now use a vortexbox appliance. And (knock
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
martinh;627805 Wrote: > Sounds great if there's a chance of a fix. > On my Desire S I have the same issue that Pakman00 reported. > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=627087&postcount=212 > Original menu items remain stuck on screen while new ones are > scrolled. > Seems to be present in any scrollable screen (Music Folder, Playlist, > Settings etc.) Same exact behavior on my Evo 3D. Scrolling any list results in the original items remaining there. It makes the app unusable, despite everything else being pretty solid. I'd hoped to come here and see that this was a known issue that was to be fixed soon, but instead it looks like this app is basically dead? Are there any plans to update this app in the future? -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What shoes for a man to wear to a night club at Las Vegas?
I am going to Las Vegas with some buddies next month and we are going to go to clubbing. I was wondering what type of shoes should I wear to these dance clubs? -- linlishan linlishan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48467 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89008 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
I see the message in the release notes about experimental syncing support. I was able to sync my player on windows with SBR by setting up the sync'ing on the server and playing with the delay. It seems to stay in sync nicely so far. When I try to do the same for the Android player, I get get it in sync sometimes, but seems to change if I change the song. I am very new to SB so I may just not be using a good method for setting up the sync parms. There are a number of them and maybe I need to adjust some of the other delay parameters. -- tpchristian tpchristian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48465 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
I am having trouble with the volume control. I am running Android 2.2 on a Viewsonic G-Tablet. If I press the volume hard-keys, the volume will automatically get turned down right away. Same if I try to control the volume from a remote. I have a couple other issues, but I want to reproduce them again before posting. -- tpchristian tpchristian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48465 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?
The Boom doesn't surprise me, as it only requires 7.2 or later. If you've got the Touch working with 7.3.3 and don't want to turn off automatic software updates under SqueezeCenter Settings > Advanced > Software Updates. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?
It was 5 mins ago ;o) Full MP3 catalogue is there, album art displays, playlists are working I'll see what's whats over the next couple of days but at the current time, it would seem that if the Touch is selected as the 'active' player in the Server on the NAS (i.e. accessed via a pc) it'll play despite the NAS only having 7.3.3 installed. Have even used the Boom in between without causing any issues. -- onemeg onemeg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Thanks for that information Andy. I use Spotify and find the music 320kps stream very very nice. Now that I use Triode's plugin I find the Spotify functionality fine, even though entire albums cannot be saved and even though syncing a Touch and a Boom relatively unstable. All in all Spotify + Triode's plug= quite good. Spotify + Official plugin=quite unsatisfactory So, thank you to Triode!!! -- Ikabob Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/SBS; SAE Amplifier;Marantz Pre-amp;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com; Spotify; Sirius services; Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?
Well, if the Touch is working problem free off of 7.3.3, then yes, that is news. Certainly the developers are of the view that 7.5.0 or later is required for the Touch. Is the Touch playing without any problems now? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?
I thought I was going mad as I was 99% sure I had the touch running off the NAS - and after a bit of faffing about today I achieved it again. Essentially, the Touch is saying I need to update the server software HOWEVER on logging into Sqeezebox Server on the laptop and selecting the Touch in the player drop down menu, the Touch then run from the NAS. It's 100% running from the NAS as it's got my entire MP3 collection on there, playlists and everything and this playlists in particular are only on the NAS Is this news? I really hope this doesn't fail as I'm otherwise bought a £200 white elephant! I welcome anyones thoughts and comments. Cheers -- onemeg onemeg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lightening!
Fozzy;643035 Wrote: > In this case grounding at the customers premises probably acts more to > protect the cable company's equipment and that of neighbouring customers > that it does to protect your equipment. If any wire enter your house without being earthed, then all household appliances (even the furnace) are at risk. That cable company wire is earthed so that a surge does not enter via their cable. All telephone wires (not just one) are earthed by a 'whole house' protector installed for free by the telco. Earthed also to protect all appliances. But wires that most often carry surge currents into the house are AC electric. If you have not earthed all (typ. three) incoming AC electric wires using a 'whole house' protector, then no effective surge protection exists. Dr Standler discusses this in his book "Protection of Electronic Circuits from Overvoltage": > This situation could be resolved by the use of mandatory standards ... > At this time this book was written (1988), the author saw no hope of > such standards being adopted in the United States for overvoltages on > the mains. Assume two buildings are interconnected by an Ethernet cable. And that cable is not earthed at the service entrance of both buildings. Then a lightning strike to one building acts like a lightning rod connected to all computers inside the second building. Damage because that cable was not properly earthed where it entered each building. Every wire (all eight inside an Ethernet cable) must connect to earth. -- westom westom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39650 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88797 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Rhapsody is 192k MP3 CBR (and not encoded for gapless support). Spotify is either 160k or 320k Vorbis VBR and is gapless (although ironically not in their own desktop or mobile apps). -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT: Time Machine & USB disks
Why use Windows to partition / format? On the Mac, disk utility will do the same and you can use the Mac OS Extended format which is recommended. If you remove the drive from its USB shell and mount it on a computer via SATA or eSATA you should be able to access its RAID status and see if there is indeed a problem with the drive. Other than having the drive work every 15 minutes I don't think TM is overly stressful. (My TM volume is an ext2 disk image file loop-mounted in a server, exported via NFS, reexported as a TM volume by a Linux VM running Netatalk... And it works nicely.) -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 3 SB Classic, 1 SB Boom iPeng (iPhone + iPad) SqueezeCenter 7.4.2 (Debian 5.0) with plugins: MusicIP Server Power Control by Gordon Harris WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Find cover art by bpa BBC iPlayer, SwitchPlayer by Triode PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple TrackStat, Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89000 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
I finally went and took the SB3 / classic and disabled bridging by connecting an ethernet cable and going to setup. It now works -- mcoste mcoste's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12820 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lightening!
We had a lightning incident here recently and the damage was fortunately limited to a pair of DSL/Wireless routers connected to my DSL lines and the Ethernet port of an Xbox360. In the case of the wireless routers in at least one case the telephone line interface was damaged as well as the power adaptor. It seems the issue in this case was most likely not a high voltage between the live and neutral wires of the mains but between the mains wires as a pair and earth (ground). In that case the path to earth is through the DSL router to the phone line which has one leg grounded and the damaged parts reflect this. In the case of a cable line the same route is possible particularly if the screen of the coax cable is grounded. In this case grounding at the customers premises probably acts more to protect the cable company's equipment and that of neighbouring customers that it does to protect your equipment. -- Fozzy Fozzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88797 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88916 Question: Why do you continue to use Squeezebox ? - I'm satisfied with the Squeezebox system, why change something that works good ? - I have already invested too much in Squeezebox devices, would cost too much to switch - I have just purchased a new Squeezebox and won't switch to something else anytime soon - I love the 3rd party plugin/app model and would only switch to something else that supports this - I would consider switching if someone offered something with similar functionality - I have already started to look for something else but haven't found anything interesting yet - I have already started or completed the transition to something else I actually can't remember how long ago I bought the first Squeezebox. At the time I already had an extensive CD collection and storage was a problem. I could not easily have the whole collection available near a CD player and it was too much trouble to dig into storage boxes or even the loft to find some of the disks. I wanted something that would enable me to put all the music on a server and then listen to whatever took my fancy without having to find the physical CD. I also wanted HiFi quality, not necessarily audiophile but good enough that I wouldn't be distracted from the music by noticeable distortion or extreme colouration. I already had some HiFi separates and speakers so something that would plug into an input on my existing amp would be ideal. Someone at work recommended the Squeezebox and the fact that server would work on my Linux PC was a definite bonus. I bought a SB Classic (though it wasn't called that at the time) and was very pleased with it as it fulfilled all my criteria above. The sound quality is certainly good enough for my ears. After that I bought some Squeezebox booms, first for my daughter's bedroom then for our bedroom and the kitchen. I wasn't expecting great sound quality though I have been surprised how good the frequency response is. The stereo image is limited but no worse than a normal boom box which would typically be used in the same location. The advantage of the SB booms is access to the same library I have already spent the time ripping and no arguing over who has borrowed the CD. I have a desk with both a work PC and home PC at it and over four years ago I bought a HiFi amp and bookshelf speakers so I could listen while I worked. The home PC sound card output was simply connected to one of the amp inputs. On one PC upgrade I found the new integrated sound card would only do 48k sample rate. All other rates were converted in software and the sound quality was poor. Forcing the use of a better resampling algorithm only changed poor to borderline I decided to save some power by transferring the library (and much of my other data) to a NAS and got another SB classic to hook up to amp on my desk. The sound quality is much better and while I am working on the work PC I can have the home PC turned off. The final development is discovering SqueezeCommander for Android. This is an excellent application for controlling the squeezeboxes and something I probably use more than the web interface. So, to cut a long story short, at each stage I have chosen squeezeboxes because they do exactly what I want and have at each stage I have been pleased. I chose satisfaction with the squeezebox system as the reason I stick with it but of course I do now have a certain investment in the system. I did have an issue with a particular wireless router which I have mentioned elsewhere but changing the router concerned fixed that problem. It appears my NAS should should be able to support DNLA players sharing the same library even before SB server supports this but as yet I have not had any reason to get one. I don't have a particular interest in building a video library and in any event we have a satellite PVR attached to the only TV in the house which can obviously record and also play BBC iPlayer content and an on-demand TV box too. -- Fozzy Fozzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88916 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Drive - what to do with playlists?
Indeed a short piece of shell script and you can do it easily. My library is on a NAS that runs Linux and the playlists are in /Qmultimedia/Music/playlists so: cd /Qmultimedia/Music/playlists for file in *.m3u do sed -e 's!/Qmultimedia/!/bigdisk/!' < "$file" > "$file".new && mv "$file".new "$file" done The line beginning with sed is all one line, the next line starts with the word done. The example above deals with moving the library from /Qmultimedia to /bigdisk so you'd need to subsitute your own disk names here. -- Fozzy Fozzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88994 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
IceFusion;642998 Wrote: > Same problem on my SB3. I've upgraded to 7.6.0 - r32814 and firmware > 137, still no Rhapsody. Sorry IceFusion, not sure what's going on there. My Rhapsody was broken, updated my SB3 to firmware 137, Rhapsody works again. #!/ben -- bklaas Former Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin (r.i.p.) http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Ikabob;642982 Wrote: > Do you know what the new bitrate is for Rhapsody? Is it now comparable > to Spotify (320K).Thank you. Rhapsody changed the bitrate of their SSL security certificate, not their music streams. AFAIK, that's unchanged. I don't know what it is, but afaik it's not as high as Spotify. If you want service competitors to Spotify in music bitrate, look @ MOG. #!/ben -- bklaas Former Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin (r.i.p.) http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Same problem on my SB3. I've upgraded to 7.6.0 - r32814 and firmware 137, still no Rhapsody. -- IceFusion IceFusion's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15255 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox won't play
Squeezbox sb2 running on MAC 10.7 lion. Player doesn't play.Now I can not even connect to the server. -- thesil Gerry. "When you ain't got nuthin', you've got nuthin' to lose" SB3 with duet controller; Rotel power amp and Rotel receiver, B&W Z4 speakers and B&W subwoofer upstairs . Onkyo 7.1 surround sound with NHT speakers and Velodyne sub downstairs. Bose V20 lifestyle system in music room. Got it all covered!! thesil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88986 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Do you know what the new bitrate is for Rhapsody? Is it now comparable to Spotify (320K).Thank you. -- Ikabob Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/SBS; SAE Amplifier;Marantz Pre-amp;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com; Spotify; Sirius services; Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
A few weeks ago Rhapsody moved to a higher bitrate SSL certificate, which broke all existing rhapsody support on ip3k devices. It's fixed, but requires a firmware update to all ip3k squeezeboxes (SB Classic, Boom, Receiver, Transporter). You need SBS 7.5.5 or 7.6.0 to have that firmware pushed to you. If you are connected to mysb.com directly, the new firmware should get pushed to you automatically. The fix is on the firmware side, so the device itself needs to update, not just the server side. If you're on 7.6.0 and this didn't happen, make sure you are updated to the latest revision. cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas Former Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia770Skin (r.i.p.) http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ 'KHAAAN!' (http://khaaan.com/)...'BUNNIES!' (http://home.pacbell.net/bettychu/2003allbreedbisris/BIS.html) bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] OT: Time Machine & USB disks
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I know there are quite a few Mac users around here and am hoping one of you might know the answer to this. My daughter has a Macbook and needs an inexpensive external disk for use as a Time Machine backup device. I bought her a bog-standard 320GB Freecom USB2.0 bus-powered 2.5" disk. It seemed to work fine for several months, then Time Machine said it had failed. So I reinitialised it using Windows diskpart and all seemed well again. Then a month or so later Time Machine said it had failed once more. OK, perhaps the disk is just faulty - except that after I reinitialise, it seems to work perfectly under Windows. So: does Time Machine do something unusual that makes a standard disk unsuitable? Does anyone have a recommendation for an external disk that works reliably with Time Machine? Bear in mind I'm looking for something affordable - no exotic stuff please! Thanks. -- 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=89000 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spotify skipping
I have this happen too yesterday.Lots of skipping. -- jhonsber...@msn.com jhonsber...@msn.com's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88988 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ReplayGain - How effective?
JJZolx;642721 Wrote: > The other thing I find about using ReplayGain, even worse than my > disappointment with its effectiveness, is that it makes listening to > internet radio very inconvenient. Virtually every RG tag in my library > is a negative value, with most somewhere between -5 and -7dB. When > internet radio is played it BLASTS on all three systems, forcing me to > run around the house turning everything down. If I want to switch back > to local library listening, it's the reverse. I listen to internet > radio much less since setting RG on my Squeezeboxes. Completely agree. Even services like Napster and Last.FM stream their tracks un-normalised (or using a value different to the standard 89db), meaning you still need to adjust your volume control regularly. -- simbo *lounge:* receiver; *dining room:* boom; *garden:* classic; *bedroom:* boom; *anywhere:* controller, squeezecommander, android squeezeplayer 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/buggle52) simbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88971 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox won't play
Player? SBS server on PC/Mac or NAS or Touch? Library on computer or USB into Touch? Does it show as playing on the player but just no audio? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88986 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88915 Question: Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ? - Its excellent audio quality - Best price/performance on the market - Excellent hardware/software quality of the whole solution - Great support for online streaming services - Great support for browsing and playing local music - The possiblity to extend it to multiple rooms later on - Its support for third party plugins - The possibility to directly interact with Logitech regarding new features/bugs - This community and forum - I wouldn't recommend a Squeezebox to anyone garym;642901 Wrote: > I setup a boom and touch for my brother, with a 50,000 mp3 library > connected to touch via usb drive running internal "tiny" SbS. No > problems a year later and he doesn't have a clue how any of this > works. > > I set up a boom for an 85+ year old woman connected via mysb.com. No > problems almost a year later. And again, she just hits the power button > and presets. When firmware updates hit, she has to hit a few keys, but > somehow, she has done this without even calling me. > > In both cases they have robust networks and both are using wifi for > everything. Please, when you keep telling the story of your brother, you should also tell a little more, because normal people won't ever use it this way. Only mp3, never turn it off nor disconnect the drive, never add one single file (!!!), which is what you finally stated once after a lot of questions (I was quite surprised he never had a problem, but with this informations, it explains a lot ...) Logitech is not selling computers servers for dummies, who would be supposed to have a computer aware guy available to install, manage, and support the thing. Squeezebox products are not professional systems sold to companies where there is a dedicated technical team so that normal users don't need to install, understand, and support the system. You can make them work, I can make them work, geek can make them work. It seems to me a bit unfair to let people think that it works flawlessly, and they probably did something wrong. Squeezeboxes are great, but the software is not user friendly, it is not stable, it is not reliable, and it is not tailored for normal people who are not playing with computers. It is a very bad to let people think otherwise if we don't want Logitech to drop this product line. -- nicolas75 nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88915 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Drive - what to do with playlists?
pablolie;642925 Wrote: > anyone has any suggestions on how to most effectively migrate playlists? > I have a Linux system, it keeps drive names in the playlists as a > reference. I guess I should have thought about it when naming my > drives... :D > Can't you just use "Replace all" in a text editor or sed to change drive name part of the path in the playlist files to the new drive name ? -- erland Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info)) (Developer of 'many plugins/applets' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User:Erland). If my answer helped you and you like to encourage future presence on this forum and/or third party plugin/applet development, 'donations are always appreciated' (http://erland.isaksson.info/donate)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88994 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss