[slim] Pimp your Squeeze(Box, Slave) Setup
On Kickstarter there is a Project with a new All-In-One Remote! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1227115988/neeo-the-thinking-remote Since it's working not only with IR, Bluetooth, Z-Wave, it will also support (custom) Http-Requests! They already implemented the Sonos interface into the remote, an integration for Squeeze(Box, Slave) is on their map. Every backer which ask vor Squeeze(Box, Slave) integration will count to get a remote with a beautiful Squeeze(Box, Slave) interface... Check it out! :cool: wachtda's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19767 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103066 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
I'd imagine the maker of mice and small computer speakers (who else could it be?) That's 100% speculation. While I'm not informed about everything happening in the company, I very much doubt your claim. I would have heard about this either internally or from one of the persons involved in this. But I haven't. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
d6jg wrote: My real question I suppose is has anyone seen this before? 100% ok in a CD player but only 50% ok in a PC. If it was 0% in the PC I could sort of understand. I've seen: 1. Discs that look perfect and play fine but refuse to rip cleanly in any drive 2. Discs that look perfect and play fine but will only rip cleanly in *some* drives 3. Discs that look chewed up but read perfectly in a single pass 4. Discs with damage that interfered with normal playback but that ripped cleanly 5. Bronzed PDO discs that looked screwed up but ripped just fine 6. And yes, visually-perfect discs where only some tracks can be read in some drives After ripping too-many-thousand CDs I think I've seen it all. I can't make any generalizations about commercially-produced discs, but I can say that those who sprung for Taiyo Yuden and/or Mitsui CD-Rs did not waste their money. I keep a couple of very, very old IDE Teac and Plextor drives around and mount them in a USB adaptor for problem discs. Sometimes even a brand new disc requires hooking one or both of them up to get a clean read. atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
JJZolx wrote: Yes, that's exactly where I was going. What is the motherboard and CPU that you currently have? The mobo is a Gigabyte of some kind (can't remember the model no) and the CPU's an old Athlon XP2400. Yes, it's that old! JJZolx wrote: Searching 'Newegg' (http://newegg.com), ... Thanks for mentioning Newegg. I'm in the UK, so didn't think of trying them. Theirs is the first website I've seen where you can specify the need for PATA. So even if I don't buy from them, their site gives me a chance to find some candidate models. (NB. the links you posted didn't work for me - I just got dumped at the Newegg homepage). But on reflection perhaps it will be easier to just replace the whole shooting match. Problem is my tower is very rarely used - only for audio and video processing, all my day-to-day stuff is on a laptop, so buying a whole new setup just for that seems extravagant. I'll have a rethink. Thanks for your help, anyhow. Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
To me, the sad thing is that I wonder how many other potential third party projects or contributors are deterred by the mystery and uncertainty of all this. I suspect that the truth about all of this is much more mundane and narrowly defined than most people suspect. Without knowing that for sure, though, any future third party projects may be slowed. Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
cliveb wrote: But on reflection perhaps it will be easier to just replace the whole shooting match. Problem is my tower is very rarely used - only for audio and video processing, all my day-to-day stuff is on a laptop, so buying a whole new setup just for that seems extravagant. I'll have a rethink. You should be able to rip CDs easily enough on a laptop. Even if there's no internal optical drive, an external drive isn't expensive. Does the also run your LMS server? JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound from SB2 and SB Classic.
OK, thanks found it. I was looking on LMS client, it's on WHS. Diagnostics shows all is OK for ALL pings, ports, IP's What if you just reboot LMS itself? That clear the issue? Anti-virus or firewall update lately? I've rebooted everything... LMS, WHS, cable modem, wireless router. No recent changes to AV or firewall. Logs now show: Couldn't resolve IP address for: www.mysqueezebox.com (83) Error: Unable to cache Sounds Effects menu from SN: So I'll review these. Everyday, it's a new error this is royal PITA. I'll post more if/when I find anything. rmassey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1495 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102983 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
An Athlon XP2400 is so old that the latest raspberry pi CPU is probably faster. For example, this very bare basic PC is 10x faster: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856110124 http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=226cmp[]=1850 SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
If you're just looking to replace the board, it's much harder to deal with finding compatible ram/cpu than finding a board with PCI slots for the M-Audio. Basically it sounds like the only thing worth saving (besides case and PSU, but the PSU may also be questionable these days) is the PCI audio interface. SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
JJZolx wrote: You should be able to rip CDs easily enough on a laptop. Even if there's no internal optical drive, an external drive isn't expensive. Does the system also run your LMS server? No, it is nothing to do with my LMS system (that runs on a Vortexbox in the loft). This is the system I use to transfer LPs and VHS tapes. Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
I have a few CD's who don't rip at all but never had a partial CD that wouldn't rip. In the few cases where the CD wouldn't rip it was because of a copy protection mechanism applied to the CD. I don't expect a copy protect mechanism to be implemented on just a few songs of the CD but one can never know... 'M-DAC' (http://www.audiolab.co.uk/M-DAC%20Series.aspx?lang=En) - 'Cambridge Audio Azur 840E' (http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/azur-840e-pre-amplifier) - 'Focal MP1200' (http://www.mp1200.co.nf/) - 'Focal Electra 1028 Be' (http://www.focal.com/en/electra-1000-be-2/209-electra-1028-be-3544053695099.html) 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard Dual behind the bedroom ceiling 1 x Wandboard Dual for 'msqueeze' (http://www.msqueeze.co.nf/index.html) project 1 x Wandboard Quad (will eventually become my LMS server) ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.8.1. - 1402661598 iPeng 7 on iPhone. SqueezePad iPeng 7 on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
w3wilkes wrote: Dang, I must be an idiot also... Best of the Doobies and to make matters worse... Best of the Doobies - Vol. II Idiot isn't strong enough !! :D QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
cliveb wrote: Yes, the XP2400 is an old dog, but I have a RaspPi and can assure you that it's not faster! It does the job I need it to do, but of course getting a faster CPU will be a bonus when I do change the mobo. I was talking about the new model that can run Windows 10: http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/ The new model could give the XP2400 a run for it's money. :-) SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
majones wrote: What's the view on download purchases of The Doobie Brothers? Idiot or not idiot? I think you may have missed the point. See posts 7 8. It is in jest. It is where you buy the Best Of only to be presented with an option for the Very Best Of at a later date. I don't think it matters where or how you buy it. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
SuperQ wrote: An Athlon XP2400 is so old that the latest raspberry pi CPU is probably faster. Yes, the XP2400 is an old dog, but I have a RaspPi and can assure you that it's not faster! It does the job I need it to do, but of course getting a faster CPU will be a bonus when I do change the mobo. Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
Sorry for this being off-topic, but I am hoping someone out there might be able to help. My old tower machine is beginning to get temperamental about switching on. (Often on power-up, it just dies. If it does manage to get beyond a couple of seconds, it's fine). I suspect something on the motherboard has degraded (capacitors?). So time for a new mobo. Problem is, I have a traditional PCI soundcard (M-Audio AP2496), an IDE DVDRW drive and a load of IDE disks that it seems pointless to replace, so I'm looking for a ATX (or micro-ATX) motherboard that has onboard IDE controllers and standard PCI slots. Every website I visit can't filter on those kind of requirements, and there are hundreds to go through trying to find what I need. Does anyone around here know if such antique mobos are still made? If so, can you suggest any model numbers? I don't mind whether it's AMD or Intel. Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
JJZolx wrote: The point you can't seem to get through your head is that people are past caring about you. No, I get that. I can't not get it. You and others, (by their words and actions), have made crystal clear! mherger wrote: I think your best bet to let this topic pass away is to no longer post about it. It's like telling a troll to stop trolling. He'll always have the last word. Only when you ignore him he'll stop. Thank you for the advice, Michael. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
Thank you Michael. Good advice, although I suspect it's far from the last we'll hear on the subject from the guy who doesn't want to talk about it. John Swenson: I hope you haven't gone back into hibernation. Just a couple of days ago you seemed very excited about moving on with the hardware project you'd been working on. Is it alive, or has someone put the fear of God into you about being sued? JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
Added all together, what is the combined total of the disk space you have on your IDE hard drives? JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
JJZolx wrote: That's up to him. He could have just let it go, but he insisted that nobody talk about it. I've never heard of such a thing and cannot fathom how it could possibly affect his legal situation one way or the other. The real mistake was in shutting down the thread. Because you cannot fathom. The reason you cannot fathom is simple. I'm not at liberty to spell it out for you! Please guys, let it go, for now. You want answers. I hear that! You want an explanation. I hear that! I cannot blurt out the most pertinent piece of information surrounding all of this. It is subject to a non-disclosure clause! Permission is being sort from the other party to that agreement, to vary the terms of the agreement, so a full public statement can be made. I'm past caring, what sort of person people will perceive me, (or others to be), when the facts are known. But, believe me, when I say, I want to put this behind me and get on with my life. Speculation, spoof threads, name calling, etc. etc. Right now, it is not helpful. Save it until you do have something factual to discuss. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
You keep making this about you. The point you can't seem to get through your head is that people are past caring about you or your problems. They care about what happened to the community Squeezebox project, and what issues are keeping it from happening. If you're under a non-disclosure agreement, fine, feel free to not post any further about yourself. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
Yes, that's exactly where I was going. What is the motherboard and CPU that you currently have? I think your best bet to do it inexpensively would be to find a used motherboard of the same model for sale on ebay or similar. Otherwise, you may have to replace the CPU and the memory, maybe the video card, and possibly even the power supply as well. Searching 'Newegg' (http://newegg.com), there are four Intel CPU based motherboards that have IDE (PATA) ports onboard. Only one has two IDE ports, so the rest would only support two IDE devices. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=PropertySubcategory=280N=17627%20600029944%20600029945IsNodeId=1IsPowerSearch=1 And five AMD based boards. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=PropertySubcategory=22N=17625%20600029948IsNodeId=1IsPowerSearch=1 I think they all have at least one PCI slot as well. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
Please guys, let it go, for now. You want answers. I hear that! You want an explanation. I hear that! JackOfAll - I think your best bet to let this topic pass away is to no longer post about it. It's like telling a troll to stop trolling. He'll always have the last word. Only when you ignore him he'll stop. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
JJZolx wrote: Added all together, what is the combined total of the disk space you have on your IDE hard drives? About 900GB. I see where you're heading here: why not just ditch the IDE drives and replace them with SATA? And while I'm at it, replace the IDE DVDRW with SATA and the AP2496 with a USB audio interface. Basically, replace pretty much everything except the case and PSU. I guess you're right: it's the simplest thing to do. It's just that if there happens to be a suitable mobo still available, my thrifty nature is not to chuck out a load of still functioning stuff. Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
I'd imagine the maker of mice and small computer speakers (who else could it be?) has deep pockets and razor-sharp rat-like lawyers. If they were swarming up my trouser leg, I'd likely say whatever they told me to say in order to stop them suing me into oblivion. Give these guys a break. Jason. doctor_big's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15196 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
doctor_big wrote: I'd imagine the maker of mice and small computer speakers (who else could it be?) has deep pockets and razor-sharp rat-like lawyers. If they were swarming up my trouser leg, I'd likely say whatever they told me to say in order to stop them suing me into oblivion. Mr. Swenson wasn't worried about lawyers just a few days ago. Long after the whoa-is-me claims of the other guy. It's not like he was unaware of the legal issues, whatever they may have been. If there are rat-like lawyers involved, I highly doubt they belong to the maker of mice and computer speakers. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
I doubt that any retailers would allow you to return a CD if you claimed you couldn't rip it. You could try claiming that it would play and seeing if they'll exchange it for another copy. Few, if any, places will give you a refund for a CD or DVD that can easily be copied. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
atrocity wrote: I've seen: 1. Discs that look perfect and play fine but refuse to rip cleanly in any drive 2. Discs that look perfect and play fine but will only rip cleanly in *some* drives 3. Discs that look chewed up but read perfectly in a single pass 4. Discs with damage that interfered with normal playback but that ripped cleanly 5. Bronzed PDO discs that looked screwed up but ripped just fine 6. And yes, visually-perfect discs where only some tracks can be read in some drives After ripping too-many-thousand CDs I think I've seen it all. I can't make any generalizations about commercially-produced discs, but I can say that those who sprung for Taiyo Yuden and/or Mitsui CD-Rs did not waste their money. I keep a couple of very, very old IDE Teac and Plextor drives around and mount them in a USB adaptor for problem discs. Sometimes even a brand new disc requires hooking one or both of them up to get a clean read. CD was a 6. It has ripped OK in my Vortexbox drive where there is no accuraterip implementation. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
cliveb wrote: About 900GB. I see where you're heading here: why not just ditch the IDE drives and replace them with SATA? And while I'm at it, replace the IDE DVDRW with SATA and the AP2496 with a USB audio interface. Basically, replace pretty much everything except the case and PSU. I guess you're right: it's the simplest thing to do. It's just that if there happens to be a suitable mobo still available, my thrifty nature is not to chuck out a load of still functioning stuff. Does it have to be Windows and does it have to be a PC ? If all you want to do is to run LMS and have significant storage then what about a 2 disk intel QNAP NAS - there is QNAP QPKG that gives you LMS 7.7.2 which is then very easy to upgrade to 7.7.5 or 7.8. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
d6jg wrote: Does it have to be Windows and does it have to be a PC ? Yes, it has to be Windows - I have a number of applications that are Windows-only. And preferably it should be XP - I don't like Win7 (and don't get me started on Win8) d6jg wrote: If all you want to do is to run LMS [snip] This machine is nothing to do with LMS (which is on a Vortexbox elsewhere). It's my LP transfer/restoration machine - and I occasionally transfer the odd VHS tape. I've considered just switching to a high end laptop, but they cost silly money (and getting XP installed on one is a major headache). Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
cliveb wrote: Basically, replace pretty much everything except the case and PSU. I'd replace the PSU as well. A new one will be much more efficient (considering how old your equipment seems to be) and will pay for itself over its lifetime through energy consumption saved. Besides, your current PSU may lack the appropriate connectors for a modern mobo and CPU. Mobos with PCI ports still exist but I know of none which provide IDE. You can still get IDE via a PCI (or pci-e) card. Honestly, I'd ditch the IDE drives, too, for performance, reliability, and compatibility reasons. If you stick to your legacy hardware, you'll limit your options a lot (e.g., lack of available hardware, lack of drivers for modern OSes). poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
cliveb wrote: And preferably it should be XP - I don't like Win7 (and don't get me started on Win8). I've considered just switching to a high end laptop, but they cost silly money (and getting XP installed on one is a major headache). Go with the times, man. XP is a horrible idea. Support has ended. Security holes are not being fixed. Virus scanners and browsers will stop supporting it relatively soon. You are almost sure to get infections. poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
I see. A few points then. If you buy a new PC it is unlikely that there will be XP drivers for all of its hardware. There isn't much wrong with W7 except it may take a bit of getting used to. If it is a transfer station do you really need 900Gb of HD space? I think I would look in the second hand market for a name brand machine with specs such as Intel i3, min 4Gb Ram, 500Gb HD but accept that it is going to have to be W7. By name brand I mean HP, Fujitsu, Lenovo etc - NB this sort of spec you can get new for around £275 plus VAT. I would avoid W8 as well. Is your existing tower case and power supply really worth trying to preserve? I note you say vinyl transfer. What software do you use? If it's VinylStudio then I can confirm it runs fine on W7. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
Getting XP installed on _any_ modern hardware will fall somewhere between a major headache and impossible. More likely the latter. They stopped writing XP drivers for hardware years ago. Most chipsets and peripherals produced in the last five years or so have no XP drivers. If you really think it's the motherboard, I would seriously look into replacing it with the exact model, or at least one that will accept your CPU and RAM. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound from SB2 and SB Classic.
What does your DNS? Router or your WHS? Inability to resolve address is DNS. What does your DHCP? Router or your WHS? This sounds like a basic networking issue. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB Boom *Kitchen* - UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch - Topping TP21 - AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) - Topping TP20 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes Various iThingys with iPeng Tablets etc d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102983 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT - old-fashioned motherboards
JJZolx wrote: I think your best bet to do it inexpensively would be to find a used motherboard of the same model for sale on ebay or similar. I know I've commented quite extensively already but I just wanna +1 this. If, for whatever reason, you can't or aren't willing to do a substantial upgrade, I'd consider JJZolx's strategy to be best. poing's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Graphical Problems with Logitech Squeezebox Controller App under Android 4.4.4
Hello, works great, thanks! Hotti Hotti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63975 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Comically Fumbled Squeezebox Replacement Thread - Would you be interested?
Was it perhaps the name that shall not be mentioned but sounded a bit like Disunity Quease, that was the problem? I'm truly sorry for the bad fortunes that may have fell upon involved parties, but the way it has been communicated in these forums is bound to draw ridicule. alfista's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32396 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
d6jg wrote: Idiot isn't strong enough !! What's the view on download purchases of The Doobie Brothers? Idiot or not idiot? majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] If CD won't rip is it grounds for return?
majones wrote: What's the view on download purchases of The Doobie Brothers? Idiot or not idiot? Depends. Was it a hi-res download or just 16/44? Regards, Bob FLAC-SB Touch (wired)-PS Audio DLIII DAC-Yamaha RX-595-Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.5. Music files are stored on a Synology NAS. audio53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
