[slim] Squeezebox classics problem
Hi guys, I ve got SB classics and after 4 years I changed power adapter /the proper one-5V,2A/. I am using wifi with any problem. After some time, display dissapeared, but still working and playing music. Controlling by memory on remote contr. or threw PC-SB apps. Six months ago completely stopped working. They refused to repair that, due to "no spare parts" /just asking on e-mail/. I ve read this forum /maybe not properly/ and didnt find solution to my problem. After six months I tried to switch it on and what a suprise: It s working and playing music, but untill I powered off. Then no more display and music again. It happened a few times. Time-out must be more than week. What could be a problem? That repeatedly working for a while completly confused me. Open SB is no problem for me, but I ll wait for your adwise rather, thank you very much for your help and time, appreciate that a lot palov63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64761 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The last audio cassette factory
Audio tapes are "obsolete" media? Think again :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ4BcZ8ZTjc As a matter of fact, I just bought some tape releases last saturday at a concert last saturday. - *ASRock Ion 330* (home office), Lubuntu 14.04 + Kodi 15 + LMS 7.9, FLAC > Local Player > Behringer MS 40 - *Boom* (master bedroom), *Radio* (master bathroom), *Archos 35 Home Connect* + SqueezePlayer (guest bathroom) - *Reson PR 80s* UPnP client (living room) > Parasound DAC 1500 > vintage Wega Modul 42V amp (42E equalizer, 42T tape deck + Thorens TD 160 Mk II turntable) > Quadral Vulkan Mk II - *RPi + RaspBMC* (living room) > Samsung UE60H6270 w/ HW-H450 soundbar - *Duet*, *Boom* + *Classic* in storage wortgefecht's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The last audio cassette factory
wortgefecht wrote: > Audio tapes are "obsolete" media? Think again :) Didn't we predict a couple of years ago that cassettes would be the next hipster thing, now that vinyl is too mainstream for hipsters? :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The last audio cassette factory
Julf wrote: > Didn't we predict a couple of years ago that cassettes would be the next > hipster thing, now that vinyl is too mainstream for hipsters? :) Of course. The tapes I bought are experimental electronica [emoji1] - *ASRock Ion 330* (home office), Lubuntu 14.04 + Kodi 15 + LMS 7.9, FLAC > Local Player > Behringer MS 40 - *Boom* (master bedroom), *Radio* (master bathroom), *Archos 35 Home Connect* + SqueezePlayer (guest bathroom) - *Reson PR 80s* UPnP client (living room) > Parasound DAC 1500 > vintage Wega Modul 42V amp (42E equalizer, 42T tape deck + Thorens TD 160 Mk II turntable) > Quadral Vulkan Mk II - *RPi + RaspBMC* (living room) > Samsung UE60H6270 w/ HW-H450 soundbar - *Duet*, *Boom* + *Classic* in storage wortgefecht's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Port 9000 blocked
Atlantic wrote: > So, if you only need to access your LMS Web UI, you can do that from > your work computer's browser, using port 443. Port 443 will not be > blocked. > > eg: http://[your url if you have a suitable DNS record, or your IP > address]:443 > > You will ALSO need to set up your router at your home to forward port > 443 onto [your LMS server's IP address], port 9000 . > > regards, Atlantic Atlantic; a very belated thank you! A short note on how I got this to work if anybody else is having similar issues: After an awful lot of Googling I eventually found out what you were talking about. This process is achieved using one of two methods; 1. Port Address Translation or PAT. This allows you to use several port numbers as a proxies for the one that the server is listening on. The proxy ports are known as "origin" ports and the port that the server is listening on is known as the "destination" port. In this case I could use 443 as the "origin" and 9000 as the "destination". 2. Virtual Server. This is a simple extension of Port Forwarding that allows the incoming port number to be different from the port number the server is listening on. This means doing two separate port forward entries: [external ip]:9000 -> [internal ip]:9000 [external ip]:443 -> [internal ip]:9000 My rather ancient Netgear DG834GT router allowed Port Forwarding but did not have a Virtual Server function or PAT available in the firmware. So I bought a new router that had a Virtual Server setup. That took quite a bit of time as it involved downloading a lot of instruction manuals as this is not often listed as a "feature" in the specifications of most routers sold to the general public. Anyway, the new router came with a host of other improvements, such as much faster wi-fi and better stability, so it was worth doing even without making remote LMS work. Like most computer stuff it is "simple when you know how" - it is finding the "know how" that is difficult! Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK SQUEEZEBOXES:[/B] TWO SB DUETS (LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN) AND A *'PICOREPLAYER' (HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/SITE/PICOREPLAYER/HOME) [b]Server:* Raspberry PI 2B with Squeezeplug & LMS 7.8. Music stored on Synology DS214 (2TB) NAS *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH access point *Livingroom:* Receiver, Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver, Topping TP20 Mk2 Class T amp, B&W 686 speakers *Study:*piCorePlayer, Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The last audio cassette factory
wortgefecht wrote: > Of course. The tapes I bought are experimental electronica [emoji1] Now > I have to look into digitizing tapes ... Unfortunately digitising tapes is the same process as digitising vinyl. Record to wav, split and convert to FLAC etc and tag. VinylStudio is the best Windows software in my opinion coupled with mp3tag. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *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 d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody Unreliable recently?
So, there goes my subwoofer bass with Rhapsody. Not sure what's in the future for Sirius on SB. Oh well, I still love this SB ecosystem, even if a small amount of its strength is being lost. Wouldn't it be nice if LOGITECH could/would pick up the SB line of products again? Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Spotify (+Triode's Plugin) Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox classics problem
There are, AFAIK, 3 common issues that could relate to your problem: - a weak PSU that does not really deliver 2A - a loose or rusty power socket within the SB3 - a dead wifi card Now the fact the SB3 works again after some time might have something to do with dead capacitors. I think I've read of someone with an issue like this, I am not sure. Relatively recently someone has repaired an SB3 damaged by lightning. 'The post contains exensive information' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101236-Lightning-damage-to-Squeezebox-3-repaired!) and, I hope, might be of help. Fingers crossed. 4 SB 3 iPeng (iPhone + iPad) Squeezebox Server 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld ShairTunes2 by disaster123 Local Player, BBC iPlayer by Triode Auto Dim Display, 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=104248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox classics problem
epoch1970 wrote: > Please note I know about nothing about electronics. > > However, until someone knowledgeable chimes into this thread, there are, > AFAIK, 3 common issues that could relate to your problem: > - a weak PSU that does not really deliver 2A > - a loose or rusty power socket within the SB3 > - a dead wifi card > I would check these potential causes first. > > Now, the fact the SB3 works again after some time might have something > to do with dead capacitors. I think I've read of someone with an issue > like this, I am not sure. > Relatively recently someone has repaired an SB3 damaged by lightning. > 'The post contains exensive information' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101236-Lightning-damage-to-Squeezebox-3-repaired!) > and, I hope, might be of help. > > Fingers crossed. Thanks for your reply, I am going to buy another PSU, just to be sure. I ve read this issue and I am suspicious of capacitors as well. I dont know, if the pulling out wifi card does the sense, if it s working by now. But I ll try to do so. Thanks anyway, i ll let you know... palov63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64761 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems with a Netgear Pioneer Pro 6 and a Transporter after factory reset
I have a Pioneer pro 6 with 2 Logictech transporters. Everything was working fine until a recent move. I had 2 hds damaged during the move. I had to replace the hds, and do a factory reset. I reinstalled the data, and now I can listen to radio over the Transporters, but when I try to access the server, the Transporter identifies that it is there, but when I try to access it, the transporter shows an "x" beside the server name. Support at Logictech is less than useless. Any ideas? Greg gclpc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104253 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Catastrophic Failure (an exaggeration): Resolved Spontaneously but...
I was intermittently listening to music today and suddenly my entire SB system failed, and for the first time, I couldn't seem to get it back up. LMS server seemed to be running as usual on the LMS server computer. Symptoms: 1. Unable to open the web interface on the computer running LMS and for that matter on any of the computers on my home network 2. No players or apps can connect. The Booms I have just stall at "Getting an IP address..." 3. No music :( 4. My ambient music stream which I stream from WinAmp could not connect/upload but downloading seemed fine on the server computer What I did: 1. Rebooted the LMS server laptop 2. Installed the latest beta version of 7.9 3. Rebooted my router (and cable modem for good measure) 4. Unplugged and re-plugged in one of the Booms I was pretty stumped. My thoughts: 1. Some sort problem on the LMS server computer (it is connected to the internet still via an Ethernet connection to my router). No software was installed prior to the failure. I have automatic updates turned off. It was almost as if all outbound data was blocked on the LMS server computer. 2. The problem involved both Wi-Fi and ethernet. I could not connect to LMS via an ethernet connected computer. I think this is kind of worthless observations because I couldn't even connect to LMS on the server computer. System details: 1. LMS 7.9 for Windows with the cache on a ramdisk indexing 281,000+ songs on a multi-hard drive enclosure with 12 TB of storage, connected via USB 3 2. HP Envy i7 notebook with 16 GB RAM running Windows 8 3. Cisco router 4. A bunch of players The problem resolved itself it seems about 30 minutes later. LMS and all the players connected and started working. My little ambient stream connected to the internet nicely (http://myradiostream.com/24/6610/listen.m3u) All I can say is WTF and thank god it solved itself because I sure was stumped. Any ideas? http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net dBpoweramp Cisco E4200 SBS 7.9 - i7 laptop - Win 8 64bit 5 Booms, 2 Radio, 3 Touch, 1 Duet, 5 piCorePlayers, 1 Avy 2 controllers, various tablets/phones Apps including iPeng, Squeeze Ctrl etc. 'Library' (http://zzzone.net/photo/2009/music1.jpg): 276,000+ FLAC/MP3 files - 12 TB HD jimzak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Click at end of ripped track or long silences at end of tracks FIX
I have been attempting to resolve an annoying, very odd, rather loud 'click' at the end of some (probably only ripped) tracks which could certainly damage tweeters. It did not appear on every track. I have identified it is nothing to do with the type of encoding used, in my case FLAC. I looked a the files in a text editor and played/edited using Audacity where the 'click' is not visible! It does not appear when played in VLC or any other media player I tried. Its specific to Squeezebox. Have not identified the source but it was probably the windo app 'EAC' (I stupidly didn't use my Linux machine!) There was no similarities or common code I could discern between the various files. It was going to be a massive task going through every file manually so I hit upon the following very quick, OK admittedly slightly sledgehammer solution: But what the hell it worked. After editing the file I discovered if I clipped the last second off the end of the file the click vanished so I experimented and discovered by clipping the last 10 bytes off the end of the track the issue resolved. It made zero difference to the playing the track as 10 bytes is a fraction of a second in the silence section. Using the following 'find' and 'truncate' commands in a BASH shell (Linux) I recursively clipped all tracks in my FLAC collection. Windo users will find similar code out there that does the same thing. You hope! The command:userwithwritepermissions@yourvault#> find "/path/to/music/folder" -type f -name "*.flac" -exec truncate -s -10 {} + eg: #> find /media/Music/flac -type f -name "*.flac" -exec truncate -s -10 {} + If you really want to be a smart@rse then you could re-run the command and add 10 bytes back on as a filler, change -10 to +10. DO however be careful. Linux has superpowers and is a formidable weapon in the hands of the unwary. #>sudo rm -R / and its adiós muchacha Systems: Squeezebox III + Quad II monoblocks & self built base reflex column monitors & Squeezebox III + Quad 303 & Warfdale bookshelf. I love my Squeezebox almost as much as we Kiwis love sheep. New Zealand: The land where men are men and sheep are worried! TheIBM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104255 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Port 9000 blocked
TheLastMan wrote: > Hi folks. I am trying to connect remotely from work to my LMS server on > my home network which uses the port 9000. However, most outgoing ports > are blocked here. Is there any way round this? Opening SB 9000 directly to the outside world is a seriously BAD idea! Shudder!!! If you have a fixed IP at home or can use a Dynamic DNS service then install CYGWIN which is an SSH server for Windoz (assuming your using windoz) Mac has SSH built in and its available for all versions of Linux if not already pre installed. Then at work install PUTTY. Point a web browser to localhost and SOCKS proxy in network settings. Set up a dynamic port in PUTTY to point to your home address. Connect. You need to add a user at the home end with permissions to access via SSH. Set a Very secure password! Open and pinhole port 22 (SSH) on the home router to the internal home PC (the SSH server) Enter localhost:9000 in the browser This stuff is very well documented on the net. Tag# SSH, PUTTY, CYGWIN Systems: 3x SB III's, 1 x SB Boom, Quad II monoblocks, Quad 303 & 33, Kef 104ab, Antique Soundlabs tube amp, Bespoke self designed and built Base Reflex columns. I love my Squeezebox almost as much as we Kiwis love sheep. New Zealand: The land where men are men and sheep are wearisome of Australians! TheIBM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Catastrophic Failure (an exaggeration): Resolved Spontaneously but...
Perhaps LMS wanted to rescan and your array was blocking all I/Os for some reason, like a partial rebuild ? If you have a log within in the controller bay I'd look at that. 4 SB 3 iPeng (iPhone + iPad) Squeezebox Server 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld ShairTunes2 by disaster123 Local Player, BBC iPlayer by Triode Auto Dim Display, 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=104254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Click at end of ripped track or long silences at end of tracks FIX
As a wearisome Australian, I had the same problem years ago, as far as I remember it was caused by a fault in an early version of MusicIP archiving analysis to tags that resulted in the last piece of a flac file being a few samples short. I found that dbPoweramp could fix the problem by converting the file from flac to flac. I used the opportunity to go to flac(8) and save a bit of disc space. I suspect that using Foobar to convert flac to flac would also be worth trying if you haven't got dbPoweramp. If you saved some tracks with the clicks I would be interested in hearing if a flac to flac conversion eliminates the click. A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104255 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss