Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
On 1/1/2013 10:15 PM, agillis wrote: There has been a lot of discussion in this forum about a replacement for the SqueezeBox. I worked on this problem over the holiday and I think I came up with a good solution. Using a low cost ARM based system I was able to build a box that basically does everything the SqueezeBox does for under $30. Even a unit with analog and optical/COAX SPDIF out can be built for under $60. http://vortexbox.org/content/149-Logitech-SqueezeBox-replacement-for-under-30 com/mailman/listinfo/discuss Great project! I ordered the components right after I read this post (PogoPlug and USB DAC) and finished the installation when the DAC arrived today. VAMP showed up immediately as a player on LMS and iPeng, and it works the same as any headless Squeezebox. Perhaps I should sell my Duet... I see that the box is running Apache, and I was able to view an audio device status page in my browser. Do you plan to add web control of any of the functions? -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] squeeze server down? anyone else?
On 12/24/2012 1:54 PM, Julf wrote: Time to give up on mysqueezebox on rely on your local LMS? Makes a bit of a mockery of the concept behind the UE radio. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng, your iPhone Squeezebox Remote, gets even better with version 2.0!
On 12/5/2012 8:11 PM, pippin wrote: Just in time for Christmas, iPeng got it’s winter look again and Coolio also brought a little gift with iPeng 2.0.4: The tile view for Albums on iPhone and iPod touch. Just arrived in New York! Thanks, Pippin. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?
On 3/18/2012 9:48 PM, zowie wrote: > You (whoever) bought the CD for the value of its content, not because > you wanted a shiny round ornament. Then you retained the content, > while also resellng it to someone else. > > It should be pretty obvious that's not ethical. Agreed. But what if I owned both the vinyl and the CD, ripped the CD then sold it, and kept the vinyl? -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?
On 3/18/2012 1:56 PM, garym wrote: > Mushroom_3;696344 Wrote: >> > There is a body of opinion that says legally you should have physical >> > media of any files you have (and haven't purchased as digital files). >> > >> > I'm not criticising, just commenting as I am thinking of doing the >> > same. > > correct, in some jurisdictions, it is illegal to possess the digital > copy if you no longer own the CD/Vinyl album. But I don't keep my CDs > for that reason. I keep them just because I like having them. I still > have the first album I ever owned from the early 1960s. I'm OCD in that > way Same here. But is it OK to download a pirated rip of an album if you own the vinyl? -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple's Airplay coming soon...
On 12/11/2011 4:27 PM, pski wrote: > Why anyone would want to use iTunes' crappy interface is beyond me. I'm > not going to use album-flow to flip through thousands of albums. I've been a Squeezebox fan since I bought my first SB1, and I used the Slimserver interface for years before I ever looked at iTunes. When I bought an iPhone a couple of years ago and started trying to use iTunes to manage music for it, I couldn't understand why the interface was so useless, and I still don't. Why would I *always* want to play an entire album if I selected just one track? And really, why would I *always" want to play the same songs in the same sequence from a static playlist? I see lots of iTunes users have asked similar questions, year after year, with no answers. Our beloved founders got music management exactly right. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NPR and CBC
On 10/1/2011 7:09 AM, fairyliquidizer wrote: > I have recently started listening to NPR 24 news stream and am > wondering if some kind North Americans could suggest NPR streams or > programmes that are interesting for a BBC Radio 4 listener... If you're talking about this service: http://www.npr.org/audiohelp/progstream.html then all of the programs there are the closest you'll get to Radio 4 - these NPR programs are pretty well the only generally available shows on US radio which are intended for intelligent, moderate listeners. -- Bill (ex-BBC World Service engineer; long-time US resident) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Starting a playlist always begins at the last song played
On 9/28/2011 6:46 AM, pippin wrote: > After all, why do you disable "play other tracks in album"? Do you just > play a single track very often? I certainly do - a lot of the time at home I use iPeng to browse my collection and just pick single tracks to add to the current playlist. I'm always annoyed to forget and then find out again that the iPod player on my phone doesn't work this way. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accessing WNYC streams Problem - Help Test
On 7/3/2011 3:03 PM, Steve Baumgarten wrote: > As another test, I just opened up SqueezePlay and chose WNYC AM 820 from > the Internet Radio list in my local Squeezebox Server. Here's the URL I > ended up with: > > http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s21605&formats=aac,ogg,mp3,wmpro,wma,wmvoice,real&partnerId=16 Working on my Radio too. Thanks! -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accessing WNYC streams Problem - Help Test
On 7/3/2011 10:29 AM, Steve Baumgarten wrote: > But try using the RadioTime app to get the right streams -- I know that > works because I listen to WNYC all the time. Not working now - have you tried WNYC since Saturday afternoon? Both the AM and FM streams loaded via RadioTime have the same problem. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accessing WNYC streams Problem - Help Test
On 7/3/2011 8:22 AM, garym wrote: > > Out of the blue, I can no longer stream WNYC AM or FM. Same thing here, running the latest 7.6 beta. Using this stream http://www.wnyc.org/stream/fm.pls the intro message plays twice, then nothing. The latest MP3 stream, according to the WNYC website, is: http://www.wnyc.org/stream/wnyc-fm939/mp3.pls but this also plays only the intro message. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] quadrophonic vinyl - ripping and playing?
Most quadraphonic and surround sound recordings use just two channels; the decoding into multiple channels is done by the audio hardware you play them through. Unless the LP is CD-4 or Quadradisc, which used a high-frequency carrier wave to drive a special decoder, rip the quadrophonic LP just like any stereo record, and see how it sounds with whatever surround sound options you have on your audio system. -- Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Forum -> email gateway working?
On 11/26/2010 6:08 AM, Michael Herger wrote: >> How's that IT department working out for you? > > It needed some more bugging, but seems to have done the job. At last... Working. Thank you! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store
On 11/1/2010 8:05 PM, pippin wrote: > After all that iPeng for iPad stuff here's another release for iPeng for > iPhone, too. > > iPeng 1.2.8 is a maintenance update that includes several bug fixes and > smaller improvements: Thanks, Pippin; downloaded and running on my 3GS with iOS4. Looks good so far! Bill ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to listen to music on iPad?
On 10/18/2010 7:34 AM, andynormancx wrote: > Squeezecast is still there in the app store for sale. And in the notes at the app store is this: "August 6, 2010 "We recommend using iPeng to control the music in Squeezecast which runs in the background in iOS4." -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to purchase a remote?
On 12/19/2009 5:55 PM, iPhone wrote: > A bit expensive but the Harmony Remotes work. And I wonder if the JVC > remote (or which ever it was) still works with SB Radio. The older > commands sure would, maybe one of the long time Squeeze users could > check or knows. Both the SB1 and Boom remotes work with my Radio. I haven't tried all the functions, but volume and menu navigation are OK. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore
On 11/24/2009 6:57 PM, pippin wrote: > > Today, iPeng 1.2.1 got released on the App Store. Thanks for the update! You'll remember a few weeks ago I asked if iPeng would run OK on 7.5 - I can now report that I've encountered no problems at all with it, and I've been keeping up with the 7.5 nightlies on a regular basis. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Sonos with iPhone Controller
Soon to be released, the "Sonos ZonePlayer S5, an all-in-one wireless music system that can be controlled with an iPhone, iPod® touch or any Sonos Controller" http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=5547 -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Local Best Buy giving Sony, not Squeezebox the love
On 10/9/2009 10:42 AM, Goodsounds wrote: > > toby10;468493 Wrote: >> Yes, I'm not talking about paying for product placement. I'm talking >> about precisely what I said, "bribe". :) >> It happens at the store level, regional level, corporate level. > > Most companies have pretty strict policies against employee conduct of > this sort, and they monitor compliance. On both the buying and selling > sides, especially with these both being publicly owned companies. I > can't imagine payments to a customer's employee being approved at a > company like Sony. > > What are you basing your comment on? It's an ages-old practice in the audio industry - take a look at "Spiff" on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiff -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where's Dean?
On 9/2/2009 3:38 PM, autopilot wrote: > > Maybe Seans in Deans basement? Searching for apostrophes? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now what?
On 8/6/2009 5:17 PM, radish wrote: > > ModelCitizen;446424 Wrote: >> God, you're so squeaky. >> >> MC > It took me a while to realise what you meant (clean..right?). I'm > really not, but I do have a lot of friends in/links to the music world > and I've seen the damage it does. Your morals are your own, and I > certainly don't want to turn this into another endless copyright thread, > but my point stands. There's no difference between selling the CD post > rip and just using a torrent in the first place - it's up to you whether > that's a problem or not. Is it OK to sell my CDs if I still keep the vinyl the record companies sold me the first time around? Not a hypothetical question. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter - Fussy Ethernet? Help!
On 7/25/2009 5:55 PM, Jetlag wrote: > > Well I bought a new cable tester (way nicer than my old one) and sure > enough two of the Leviton blocks were bad. It showed a short at the > cable length that would indicate about the distance to the receptacle. > The puchdowns looked perfect when I pulled the wall plates off though. > I then swapped out the two blocks with two new ones and viola', > everything is fine. Thanks for the update; glad to hear you got it fixed! > Here's something strange though. On my LG BluRay player it shows a > shorted cable until the player's power is switched on. Once it is on it > shows a perfect cable. It's the only Ethernet device on my network that > displays this behavior. Odd. The Transporter works perfectly when > plugged into that Ethernet port. You'd need a schematic of the LG's network port components to figure that one out. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter - Fussy Ethernet? Help!
On 7/21/2009 9:06 PM, Jetlag wrote: > > I hooked up the cabling myself (I've done quite a bit of Ethernet > wiring) using the standard 568B layout. > > My cable tester is broken so I can't test it, but visually all of the > punch downs and RJ45 terminations look fine. Yet substituting a long patch cable shows that something is wrong in the walls...would those runs go close to any electrical equipment that could be inducing noise into the CAT-5? I'd be inclined to get hold of another tester and check them that way. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter - Fussy Ethernet? Help!
On 7/21/2009 8:21 PM, Jetlag wrote: > I have two Ethernet ports in the wall behind the stereo rack, one is > for my BD player the other intended for the Transporter. I have no > issues connecting the BD player via either port, but the Transporter > will not see the network on either port using the exact same Cat5e > cable. I've even tried several other cables from either port with the > exact same results, the BD player connects to the network almost > instantly but the Transporter says a cable must be unplugged. Is the BD player a 10Mbps device, perhaps? If your CAT-5 wiring in the wall is flaky a slow device will still usually work, but the 100Mbps Transporter would have a problem. The most common wiring error is to run all the pairs in sequence across the ethernet jack pins, instead of swapping the specified wires between pairs. Here's the wiring spec: http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/files/cat5_colour_codes.htm At one of my computer clients I replaced a 10Mbs switch with a 100Mbps switch, and one of the PCs then wouldn't connect. It worked fine with a long patch cable so I suspected the wiring, and when I checked I found that run had been wired incorrectly. Even if the BD player is 100Mbps and works OK, I would still check the wiring, as each device may respond differently to incorrect wiring conditions. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!
On 7/10/2009 1:00 AM, shake-the-disease wrote: > > ...and an eGreat M34A is much cheaper even than the HDX1000. I bought one on eBay (new) a couple of weeks ago for $156 delivered. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Who's going to fill Sean's shoes - technically?
On 6/3/2009 2:05 PM, autopilot wrote: > I think it's also partly down to the fact that there is a whole > universe of traditional hifi audiophile "experts" out there that are > terrified of digital audio, and based on 1,038,814 different false > assumptions and bad snake oil science, spend a significant out of time > and effort telling people that moving away from CD based systems means > you can't achieve the same quality, even decent quality. Thats my > perception from browsing various AV forums anyway. CDs As soon as you move away from vinyl you are the devil's spawn. -- Bill Burns Boom, Duet, two SB1s. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I am leaving Logitech!
On 5/27/2009 10:34 PM, MeSue wrote: > > It's all been said, so I'll just offer this humble haiku: > > Music, music everywhere > That is what you did for us > Thanks and best of luck You have to be able to sing haiku to the tune of "Moonlight in Vermont" (anyone have this on their music server?), so there's one too many "music"s in the first line. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Home networking - suitable faceplate
On 1/21/2009 1:45 PM, jfo wrote: > I've never used them but you could check out Monoprice. The keystone > connectors and wallplates are well priced and they ship > internationally. I'm going to order some to complete my installation. > You would need the small punch down tool, which I found easy to use. > > Jim > > http://www.monoprice.com/products/department.asp?c_id=105 I buy from Monoprice regularly. Their Cat 5 cable prices are far lower than anywhere else (and the cables are decent quality), and their shipping is reasonably priced and fast. Sample price: 100-foot Cat 5 cable $8.15. All the lengths up to five feet are under a dollar each. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet Media Device Alliance
vinnielo wrote: > The inaugural meeting of the Internet Media Device Alliance took place > yesterday, with invites for interested parties to join the alliance. > http://www.imdalliance.org/ That's another one of those domain names that needs a hyphen, like expertsexchange.com Unless it really *is* a cover for people arranging affairs by instant messaging... -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] blank display on SB after 7.3 Update
On 12/31/1969 7:00 PM, simonjedrake wrote: > Guys > I have just had same problem with a Blank displays on my SB3's x 2 > after upgrade to 7.3 - 24282. > Only way to solve it was to use www interface& reset SB3's to factory > defaults. I had the same thing on my two SB1s after I went to 7.3. Turned out I was using a custom font, and it didn't get moved to the correct folder by the 7.3 upgrade install. The result was a blank screen until I selected one of the standard fonts. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Bit Of Tongue-In-Cheekiness
On 12/16/2008 11:23 AM, Dogberry2 wrote: > Last night, I dreamt I worked for Slim, and had been assigned to respond > to three posts on the forums. The posts went something like those listed > below. When I woke up, I realized that working for Slim must require a > great deal of patience and restraint. So I say thanks to all the > patient and thoughtful folk at Slim for their efforts, and their > forbearance, and I hope they never actually see posts like these: I vote for Dogberry2 to get a free Squeezebox and all the support emails he can handle... -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Music out from Controller
On 11/30/2008 9:13 PM, newy wrote: > Just tried 7.3 out last night w/ a pair of QC2's and I got tons of > background hiss - like 3 times more than my 80's Walkman. It's just > Beta so no worries yet. Tried mine on a set of cheap earbuds, then on my Beyer Dynamic headphones; both sounded good with no perceptible background noise. Running last night's build of 7.3. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] (Practically) free SBR?
On 10/9/2008 5:09 AM, funkstar wrote: > tamanaco;348107 Wrote: >> Hey! Mr. Slim Devices I want one of those 20% off coupons. > Easily done, just buy a Boom and register it :D Or register a product you already own. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help
Phil Leigh wrote: > ftlight;316047 Wrote: >> Phil Leigh wrote: >> >>> oh - I think you only want one device handing out DHCP on your >>> network...and you want everything on the same subnet (well at least >> you >>> need to guarantee that your SC server, router and duet are all on >> the >>> same subnet) >> Other than that it's the default setting on most network devices, is >> there any good reason to use DHCP for static network devices whose IP >> address should never change? >> > > Bill - Not in my book! - I never use DHCP... (but some people seem to > like it) > Me neither - I have DHCP set up only so that any guests arriving with a laptop can get a connnection. All my PCs, printers, squeezeboxes, etc, are on static IPs. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help
Phil Leigh wrote: > oh - I think you only want one device handing out DHCP on your > network...and you want everything on the same subnet (well at least you > need to guarantee that your SC server, router and duet are all on the > same subnet) Other than that it's the default setting on most network devices, is there any good reason to use DHCP for static network devices whose IP address should never change? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NAS benefits?
schatzy wrote: > For actually less money than a decent NAS i have a mini iTX computer > and a 500GB usb hard drive. The iTX is a 1Ghz processor with 1GB ram > and runs WIndows XP. Which iTX hardware are you running? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
dean blackketter wrote: > You ain't seen nothing yet. Now all we need is a little coupon to ease all the faithful SliMP3/SB1/2/3/Transporter existing users into the Duet. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here
smcint wrote: > See the news on gizmodo > > http://gizmodo.com/341045/logitech-makes-grab-at-sonos-audience-with-squeezebox-duet > > Edit: I want one.. but how does it sounds? Is the DAC etc. the same as > the SB3? Will the hand controller run existing Squeezeboxes? And if so, will it be available separately? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with giving my server a static IP address
JJZolx wrote: > Something else just occurred to me... You may have gotten the IP > adress, subnet mask and default gateway correct, but failed to enter > any (or entered incorrect) DNS servers on the PC. This is something > that the DHCP server would have been telling the PC previously. That's what I was thinking. With most routers you can just enter the router IP for the DNS address on the PC, and the router will do the DNS lookups. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audiophiles?
m1abrams wrote: > I actually visit the audiophiles forum purely for the humor aspect of > it. Here's the latest audiophile essential, reported by Randi: http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/121/27/#i7 -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?
amcluesent wrote: >> I remember the first time I set eyes on the squeeze box web pages< > > So does the Way Back Machine - > http://web.archive.org/web/20020726222416/http://www.slimdevices.com/ If only they'd been able to spell "hierarchical", who knows what they might have made of themselves... -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why no buttons?
aubuti wrote: > Tom;223567 Wrote: >>> Not just religion, but tradition. Where is the volume control on CD >>> players, tape decks, or turntables? >> My CD player and tape deck have volume controls. > Interesting. Do they control the line-outs? My CDP has a volume > control, but that's only for the headphone jack. > > How about your turntable? ;o) I have an Ion USB turntable for converting vinyl to digital, and yes, it does have a volume control! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?
mick_w wrote: > My little Mini-ITX server uses between 30 and 35W, really is quiet (only > a laptop drive spinning when it's not serving music) and has more than > enough power to run SlimServer (unlike my old LinkStation NAS). > > (See link in below for spec.) > http://www.ulverston.myzen.co.uk/mini-itx/ Excellent write-up, and looks like a very good solution. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?
Mark Lanctot wrote: > An argument that frequently comes up is "I don't want my computer on > 24/7, it wastes power." People see the power supplies in PCs, 500W + > these days, and assume the PC uses 100% of this power 24/7. This is > not the case. I just plugged my server (music and mail) into a Kill A Watt power monitor, and it's running at a fairly steady 115 watts power consumption. That's without the monitor, which I usually keep turned off. That PC is a few years old, with an AMD K4 CPU, 2 gigs of RAM, and a couple of hard drives. I'd be interested to compare the power consumption of a typical NAS. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Entering WPA Password via Web Interface
Mark Lanctot wrote: > At first the idea sounded kind of strange - it goes against the SB way > of doing things and no other wireless devices work this way, but I > gotta say, it's a good idea. My wired SB1 runs wireless via a Netgear WGE101 wireless bridge. This is initially configured using a web interface by first connecting it to a wired network (or directly to a PC network port). -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech at HE2007
dugbee wrote: > Hi all, > > I see that Logitech is going to be at HE2007. (Home Entertainment Show > in NYC, May 11th - May 13th) Any ideas if Logitech will have > Squeezeboxes to show off? Be nice if they'd offer comp tickets to list members. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Mark Lanctot wrote: > Just saw a review of this at: > > http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=965 > > The reviewer wrote something a little strange: > >> The N800 actually has its own FM transmitter so with the help of an >> application from Maemo it is possible to use it to listen to old >> fashioned radio as well. > > and later: > >> it receives FM radio > > So which is it, transmit or receive? > > Transmitting could be very useful if you use the device as a GPS > navigator in the car, which is the only way I could justify purchasing > it. Receiving FM is nice as well and is probably what the viewer > meant, but it's not as good as transmitting for me. Sloppy reviewing; it's an FM receiver which uses the headphone cord as an antenna: http://technocrat.net/d/2007/2/7/14542 -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa wrote: > Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe > exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of > the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I > think 6.5.1 was built using 819. > > So I've patched SlimTray.pl as per my previous posts for GetProcessPid > and the port 9000 bug. I rebuilt SlimTray - it works and doesn't leak > handles on my system. Running fine here (WinXP SP2, 6.5.2), handles steady at 57. Nice work! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge
bpa wrote: > So pending testing the 6.3 version of slimtray - people who have this > problem should state > 1. Slimserver version > 2. Version of Windows > 3. How is slimserver service setup to start 6.5.2 - 11332 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 XP Home SP2 Automatic start Port 9000 Slimtray: Mem Usage 8,840K, 1,749,645 handles -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] In the news today
Mark Lanctot wrote: > Bill Burns;178428 Wrote: >> Slim Devices' latest Squeezebox is extremely attractive, >> super-customizable, and packed with features for streaming MP3s and >> Internet radio to your stereo. Just don't expect easy-as-pie track >> navigation. >> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2090929,00.asp > > Hmm, and not one word about how it sounds? > > Also we get the "it doesn't do video" gripe again. It also doesn't > make pancakes. *And* it no longer comes with a pony. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] In the news today
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Feb. 6 called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software known as digital rights management. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2090998,00.asp Slim Devices' latest Squeezebox is extremely attractive, super-customizable, and packed with features for streaming MP3s and Internet radio to your stereo. Just don't expect easy-as-pie track navigation. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2090929,00.asp -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: lesson Learned with RAID 5 Implementation
mustbemad wrote: Anyone know any decent software which might be able to analyse & extract data from the bad disk? It seems mechanically OK, but has lost ALL the Superblock backups & possibly more. I've tried the usual CLI utils to no avail and a free prog called TestDisk which wasn't able to do anything for me. Any ideas anyone? I can't help with the recovery, but before you mess with a single bit of the content, best to clone the drive to a backup. I've been using an excellent bootable command line bit-level disk copier which works with any OS and drive type: http://fbim.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/g4u/ -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
snarlydwarf wrote: NauticusLX;171373 Wrote: Then there seem to be 2 types of users: those who have the SB in their bedrooms, and therefore more likely to prefer a blank screen when turned off, and those who have the SB in their living rooms, where concern with a blank screen might never exist. You are one kind, I the other. 3 types... some of us have SB's in both the living room and bedroom. 4 types... I have SBs in the living room and bedroom; I keep both screens lit, but I stand the remote control on its side in front of the display (SB1) in the bedroom before I go to sleep. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
moby_uk wrote: On a bit of a tangent - I was rudely awakened by the sun rising this morning. This naturally caused me great distress and misery; Who can I sue for mental anguish caused by this? God only knows. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox
ceejay wrote: NauticusLX;170379 Wrote: And the question remains, after all these posts (because you keep beating around the bush): Actually, I don't think anyone is beating around the bush, the answer is quite simple and has been said several times. The SB never turns off unless you unpower it. I too have an SB in my bedroom and would also find it annoying to be lit up, which is why I set the brightness to "off": this works for me because I have it connected to a local server, but won't work for you in the circumstances you've just hit. If its going to make you this ill, I suggest you simply turn it off at the power supply before you go to sleep. Or put a piece of cardboard in front of the display. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How do I retag?
Mark Lanctot wrote: OK, I've made some changes. Look it over and feel free to edit: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide Just want to add my thanks for this excellent guide to MP3tag - saved me much time in working out what to do. I removed 8000+ ID3v1 tags in one pass with no problems. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iTunes copy protection 'cracked'
Jon Lech Johansen, the DeCSS cracker has a fix for iTunes DRM: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6083110.stm> -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Visa and Mastercard Cut Off AllofMP3
Visa and Mastercard have stopped accepting credit card transactions for Russian music downloading site AllofMP3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/6065492.stm -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Digital Life Show Oct 12-15 in NYC
Jez wrote: We just wanted to let you all know that Slim Devices will be exhibiting at the Digital Life Show - http://www.digitallife.com/ - this month at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center in New York City. I hope to see you there! Free tickets are available at http://www.digitallife.com/tickets.html using the source code INSIDER (case sensitive). -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: USB power: the same in England as US?
mikerob wrote: ftlight Wrote: Fifer wrote: Most sporrans are wireless now. audiofi Wrote: Except Scotland where they still rely on cave painting to communicate, I hear electricity is due up there soon* You do realise that if wasn't for that great Scot, James Clerk Maxwell, you probably wouldn't have had any power for your damned USB port ... ;) And no Internet without Kelvin's contributions to undersea cable theory and practice! ah, but Lord Kelvin (real name William Thompson) wasn't Scottish but was from Belfast in Northern Ireland. But his father had moved to Belfast from Scotland a few years before William was born. Does that make him Scottish or Irish? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: USB power: the same in England as US?
Fifer wrote: Most sporrans are wireless now. audiofi Wrote: Except Scotland where they still rely on cave painting to communicate, I hear electricity is due up there soon* > You do realise that if wasn't for that great Scot, James Clerk Maxwell, you probably wouldn't have had any power for your damned USB port ... ;) And no Internet without Kelvin's contributions to undersea cable theory and practice! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Transporter - its even made BBC News this morning!
Mark Lanctot wrote: Fifer Wrote: I noticed that, but for a mainstream news report, they didn't do too badly on the detail. Mmmm... The $1,999 (£1,079) player is aimed at people who encode music using so-called lossless formats, such as Flac or Wav. FLAC is an acronym, Free Lossless Audio Codec, and should be capitalized. Much like "BBC". ;-) It bugs me too, but the style in the UK is that if an acronym is pronounceable, spell it like a regular word and capitalize only the first letter. So FLAC is Flac, but BBC is still BBC! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Most SB's Running On Your Network
seanadams wrote: kolding Wrote: Ok, who's got 20+? Is that the SlimDevices office? Or some smartass? Or just some dude with a big house and way too much money.. That was me, yes, and I wish. You missed answering the smartass part of the question. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless SqueezeBox 3 for only £192 inv VAT
Geoff B wrote: On 5/31/06, Bill Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rudholm wrote: > Surely someone has suggested webmail already? > > Is that not an option? > > You could probably even get a webmail account that automatically > forwards messages to your work address so you only have to access the > webmail interface for sending email, not receiving it. Gmail springs immediately to mind. I second that - Gmail works well in exactly the way you describe that you want to use it; leave it open in a browser, and it quietly refreshes itself every minute or two, making it easy to see unread messages at any point. Works just as well for multiple forums (slim, slim-beta, etc) via filters/labels. Plus, you get your signal/noise ratio back in the black :) And you can set it to keep emails there and forward them too. You can also use it as a POP server if you want to read emails in your regular client. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless SqueezeBox 3 for only £192 inv VAT
rudholm wrote: Surely someone has suggested webmail already? Is that not an option? You could probably even get a webmail account that automatically forwards messages to your work address so you only have to access the webmail interface for sending email, not receiving it. Gmail springs immediately to mind. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] In-wall Squeezebox
Paul_B wrote: Please can SlimDevices make a Squeezebox 3 that is in-wall mounted and includes a keypad. I love the LCD panel and look of the Squeezebox 3 but I want to bury it in the wall. "For the love of God, Montresor!" -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: New promos on www.slimdevices.com
Jez wrote: We called them interconnects because that's how D H Labs describe them and it's what the packaging says. If you want more information please check out http://www.silversonic.com/docs/products/ As for the US English vs UK English thing . . I'm sort of dubious that 'interconnect' appears in the OED (I know you're going to prove me wrong) . . so I doubt I can claim it as any more a part of the Queen's English than as a part of the US variant. I guess it all boils down to how much audiophile pretensions you have . . and we have a butt load here at SDI ;-) Well, I didn't see anyone do this yet, so here goes: Interconnect: To connect each with the other; to connect by reciprocal links. 1865 Masson Rec. Brit. Philos. 27 The different departments of speculative inquiry are obviously interconnected. 1889 Minutes Congr. Council U.S. 64 Among the ancients religion and the state were closely interconnected and dependent on each other. 1895 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 225 These are all interconnected by a network of canals. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Impressed
Michaelwagner wrote: werock Wrote: Now if I can just get her to switch off the damn TV... If you get that one fixed, please tell us how. I got a wife and a daughter both equipped with instant-on television fingers. Walk into a room, TV goes on. Oddly enough, an asymettric feature. Walk out of the room, TV stays on. Hook it up so it's only on when the treadmill is running. Works for me. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Humble humble slim
Morbo wrote: Thought some of you might be interested in Slim's humble beginings. 'Wy back.' (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.slimdevices.com) I bet they can spell "hierarchical" now too :-) -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can we get SlimServer on a Penguin?
CardinalFang wrote: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3880195342.html Not sure I like the look of where that network cable is going... Fortunately it's just *above* the penguin's tail! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Roku M500 + slimserver + flac/320CBR mp3 = breakups?
goofygrin wrote: Holy war territory, but if IE didn't have the security holes (not that FF and all the others are really secure) and wasn't made by microsoft, then people would use the heck out of it. Personally, I hate FireFox and all the other wanna be browsers. Why can't an app just do what it needs to do? Umm, Firefox is a direct descendant, via Mozilla, of the Netscape browser, which came *long* before Internet Explorer. IE is the wannabe. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Yes, SB2 as alarm clock
Mark Lanctot wrote: I used it for the first time last night and WOW that display is bright at its lowest brightness setting!! I have seen others complain about this and never really paid attention but man, it's enough to cast shadows all the way across the room (and it's a pretty big room) and it's even bright enough to read the words on the remote - I was trying to find the BRIGHTNESS button. ;-) For the SB1, the remote is the perfect size, when balanced on edge in front of the display, to completely hide it. You'll need a higher-tech solution for the SB2/3. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WNYC Problems
Millwood wrote: If I attach to either wnycam or fm, it seems to connect but I don't get any sound. Same if I use the slimpicks entry for wnyc. http://wnycfm.streamguys.com/ http://wnycam.streamguys.com/ same happens if I use the related pls links. My playlist file for WNYC-FM is a little different, but was working as of this morning's alarm: [playlist] PlaylistName=SlimServer Playlist File1=http://wnyc.org/stream/wnycfm.pls Title1=WNYC-FM Length1=-1 NumberOfItems=1 Version=2 I just tried it now and it played OK. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Linear Power Supply
seanadams wrote: Actually you're right I just checked our supply and it runs 5.25 with no load (5.0 when connected). Realize I'm erring on the side of caution here - we spent a great deal of time testing our own power supply but I have no idea how any other particular one is going to perform - I'm just suggesting what *might* go wrong. If you want to be safe open up the sb3 and check the voltage at the input when it's connected. Good advice, and I understand your need for caution, but what's the manufacturer's voltage tolerance in the specs for the display? Do they assume it will always be run on a tightly-regulated supply, or is there some room for normal voltage variations? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Linear Power Supply
nelamvr6 wrote: seanadams Wrote: It'll work at 5.2V but I would not recommend running it like that for an extended time. Although SB3 does have over-voltage protection it won't kick in until 5.5 or so. The thing is the internal VFD supply depends on the 5V supply being accurate in order to generate its filament voltage. If the filament voltage is too high you may decrease lifetime/brightness of the display - I can't say for sure what to expect. Anyway I would not have much confidence in a 5V supply which is off by such a margin. That's really only 4% off. And unloaded too. Hard to say just how bad it is without loading it. I just measured the no-load voltage on the power supply for my SB1 at 5.3 V. That seems well within tolerance for a low-cost supply. Is the SB2/3 power supply really so much better? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Mountain View event tomorrow (Wednesday 11/16/05)
With the announcement today that Google has signed a five-year lease with Mountain View to install a free wi-fi network, will Slim be promoting an SB3 to every resident? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: xPL plugin able to control X10 activehome?
Dan Sully wrote: * Bill Burns shaped the electrons to say... I have the xPL Interface plugin loaded, but there is no Additional Server Settings in my 6.5, and Network under Server Settings has no controls for xPL. Where are they? The 6.5 versions are considered experimental. In particlar, xPL is being reworked. Please use 6.2.1 instead. http://slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html No problem, I'll just wait for the xPL support to appear in 6.5. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] xPL plugin able to control X10 activehome?
John Gorst wrote: The only thing is that only Windows is really supported by xPL. xpl in slimserver works fine, but there are no (non stupidly complex!) xpl controllers for anything other than linux. The help for xPL in 6.5b1 has: "To enable xPL support, go to Server Settings -> Additional Server Settings -> Network. Scroll to the xPL section, and set xPL support to Enabled." I have the xPL Interface plugin loaded, but there is no Additional Server Settings in my 6.5, and Network under Server Settings has no controls for xPL. Where are they? -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA http://ftldesign.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: New low price on SB2!
dean blackketter wrote: On Oct 13, 2005, at 8:17 AM, Bill Burns wrote: Richard Scales wrote: Well, I have never owned an Amiga - I started out with an Ohio Scientific Superboard with 4K of Ram, to fit more I had to build my own memory add-on board. I am struggling to think what was around before this - but I bet someone out there had some 8080 based thing with a hex keypad and some 7 segment displays - am I right? Hex keypad!!! We used to *dream* of having a hex keypad and seven-segment displays! My Altair (still in the attic) had toggle switches and LEDs; if you were very lucky you could key in the Teletype KSR interface in about 5 minutes, then you could load programs from paper tape into the 1K of memory. YOU HAD LEDS AND SWITCHES? I would have killed for that! We had bare wires and relays and were happy to have them! You had WIRE!!! We had to get up in the morning and go down t' mine, dig the copper ore, smelt it, and make our own wire every day. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Performance measurements ?
Took me a minute to find out that the CLI port is 9090! Here's my results over local network. Slimserver on P4/3GHz/1GB/WinXP, streaming an internet radio station to an SB1 during these tests with nothing else running on the server. [0.109] Artists: 503 [0.000] Albums : 818 [0.000] Songs : 7068 [0.000] Genres : 93 [47.063] titles 0 10 [12.500] titles 0 100 [21.453] titles 0 1000 [58.562] titles 0 1 Second pass: [9.875] titles 0 10 [10.609] titles 0 100 [27.500] titles 0 1000 [55.391] titles 0 1 Third pass: [10.047] titles 0 10 [14.328] titles 0 100 [20.125] titles 0 1000 [66.390] titles 0 1 Here "titles 0 10" was slower only on the first pass. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: New low price on SB2!
Richard Scales wrote: Well, I have never owned an Amiga - I started out with an Ohio Scientific Superboard with 4K of Ram, to fit more I had to build my own memory add-on board. I am struggling to think what was around before this - but I bet someone out there had some 8080 based thing with a hex keypad and some 7 segment displays - am I right? Hex keypad!!! We used to *dream* of having a hex keypad and seven-segment displays! My Altair (still in the attic) had toggle switches and LEDs; if you were very lucky you could key in the Teletype KSR interface in about 5 minutes, then you could load programs from paper tape into the 1K of memory. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: wired / wireless lan
Maditude wrote: radish Wrote: If a router is cheaper (as they often are, especially with rebates etc), buy that and just don't use the WAN port. I have done that several times with success. Is there some sort of trick to this? I got it all working without too much trouble (WPA) and the wireless squeezebox was sounding and looking great. Then, my daughter turned on her computer, and complained that she couldn't connect to the internet. After a little investigation, I notice that 192.168.1.1 (which should be my WIRED lan's router IP address) was now showing up with the name of the wifi router. Change the LAN IP address of the wireless router to 192.168.1.2 and turn off its DHCP server. -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Alien BBC Garbled Sound
lordypieman wrote: I have the same problem as Maxwl with Radio 2. It plays only the introduction, and keeps repeating it. It is also played at (I'm guessing) double speed with gaps between each repetition. I had the same thing on some feeds; the double-speed fix for slimserver-convert.conf shown on Neil's page took care of it: http://www.x2systems.com/alienbbc/mplayer.html -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I use multiple iTunes libraries with one Squeezebox?
shatten22 wrote: I have two roommates with their own seperate computers and music libraries. We are all running Macs and iTunes. Being the generous guy I am, I'd like to let them be able to listen to their music through my squeezebox (which sits in the living room). They are both girls, an well, these girls like things to work easy and aren't too computer savvy. Any simple ways to set this up? We'll tell you how to do it if you'll tell us how to get two girls as room mates :-) -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!
seanadams wrote: Bill Burns Wrote: seanadams wrote: We have other remote ladies, you know... http://www.slimdevices.com/images/sd_remote_operated.jpg She gives the impression of not even *remotely* being a lady! Hey, our Remote Ladies don't make it past the casting couch otherwise I'm not going to touch that one with a ten-foot fishing pole . . . -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Ouch! My aerials broken!
seanadams wrote: We have other remote ladies, you know... http://www.slimdevices.com/images/sd_remote_operated.jpg She gives the impression of not even *remotely* being a lady! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin seems to be broken on 6.0b1
kdf wrote: Quoting Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: KDF's great alarm plugin seems to be crashing the server (6.0b1) when it triggers rather than waking me up!!! What am I complaining about? I'll just give my boss your address :-) have you grabbed the new one? http://www.deane-freeman.com/sb2/ Your 6.0/sb2 version of alarm is dated March 8, 2004. And the link from that page to the 5.4 version is broken. Plugin works great, though! -- Bill Burns Long Island NY USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AlienBBC v0.94 beta released
Jules Taplin wrote:
Whilst I've been on leave, Triode has clearly been doing a cracking job
of sorting out the current AlienBBC beta release. I should also thank
Neil Slightholm for his UI patches, which are gratefully received ;)
As a result, we've got a new version of the beta released. It's
available from the normal location
('http://www.mrtickle.org/alienbbc.html') - just click on the 'Beta
Versions' link.
Having been a (very) early (and happy) adopter of the AlienBBC plugin
for Windows, I just installed 0.94 on the latest 6.0 nightly. Seems to
be working well, and most of the entries play fine.
Do you want to know about channels that don't work? For example, I get
"connecting" on BBC local radio stations, but none of them play anything.
--
Bill Burns
Long Island NY USA
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