Re: [slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(
chill wrote: > Over the years I've found that each change to my system re-energises my > appreciation of music. Getting my first SB3 was such an event, probably > the most significant over the long term, but adding my home-built > speakers made a step-change in the sound, which set me off exploring my > collection again. Subscribing to Spotify was another such event. Most > recently, adding a home-built integrated amplifier, with separate > channels for each speaker driver and a spare channel for a sub, has done > the same again, this time giving me a new-found appreciation for the > bass content in my collection! > > Just curious - what was it that lured you away from your Squeezeboxes? Honestly, it was a combination of things... The "perfect storm" of sorts... Like @MeSue, my listening habits have changed. I wouldn't say that I have the same shift as her to podcasts, and other content, but my overall volume of music listening has dramatically decreased. And when I do listen to music, I no longer listen to my digital library. Most (read "almost all") of my music listening is casual listening via my Google Play Music subscription. Additionally, the locations/situations where I listen to music have shifted as well. I no longer listen to music on my traditional audio system. Most of my listening is in my car, or directly from my computer (with a reasonable set of PC speakers/sub-woofer attached). So based on that, I really have not been lured away from my Squeezeboxes to another network music eco-system. I have been lured away from the need for a network music eco-system altogether (if that makes sense). It doesn't help that my SqueezeBox Booms started to experience a number of different audio, hardware and physical appearance issues. The center soft-touch paint was starting to get very "tacky" to the touch on all of my booms. Some were very sticky, and others were starting to get sticky. This not only made it irritating for day-to-day usage, but also looked awful. One of the reasons I loved my SqueezeBoxes was that they looked fantastic. A couple of my boom displays became very dim. Again, adding to my frustration with day-to-day use, and appearance. And a couple of my booms had the infamous bass "fart" problem. I know I could have fixed this problem, but a combination of my changing use case, along with all the other problems I mentioned made it hard for me to get motivated to burn calories to fix the problems. My duet controllers and receivers fared better. There are no speakers, so "farting" was not a problem. But the controller batteries were losing capacity, and as I said, my use case did not include listening to music from my traditional AV rack. AND...with all of the above...it didn't help that Logitech abandoned the eco-system. I know that the Squeezebox Network is still being maintained (and I applaud Logitech for making this investment for the existing installed base), but the lack of a future for the eco-system certainly did not help matters. It really is a shame. I really did (and do) love the Squeezebox eco-system. It's a sexy and impressive set-up that I used to show off to all of my houseguests in the prime of my usage. I invested a lot of money and mental energy on the eco-system (and it did return a lot of joy). But with the "perfect storm" that I described, I decided it was time to do some cost recovery and figure out "what's next". Does that make sense? Sorry for the long explanation... SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 3 SqueezeBox Receiver - 5 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110742 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Finally Sold My Treasured Squeezebox Setup :(
Well, I have been hanging on for quite a while now... And I had a LOT invested in the Squeezebox platform... But sadly, it was time for me to part with my treasured Squeezeboxes... :( Truth be told, I decommissioned my Squeezebox setup years ago, and this hardware was just sitting around collecting dust and losing value. For those of you who are curious on what I was able to get for my Squeezeboxes in the open market, I will share with you what I was able to cost recover through eBay. - Squeezebox Boom #1 - $100.00 - SqueezeBox Boom #2 - $100.00 - SqueezeBox Boom #3 - $85.00 - SqueezeBox Boom #4 - $102.00 - SqueezeBox Boom #5 - $90.00 - Squeezebox Duet (Receiver/Remote Combo) #1 - $160.00 - SqueezeBox Duet (Receiver/Remote Combo) #2 - $160.00 - SqueezeBox Receiver (Extra for Duet Setup) - $70.00 - SqueezeBox Boom Remote (New Spare) - $25.00 All of the above selling prices are "shipped" prices, so they all need to be reduced to consider eBay Fees (10%), PayPal Fees (2.5%), and shipping. The duets cost me around $14.00 to ship, and the Booms cost me around $20.00 to ship. Good luck to everyone... I enjoyed my Squeezebox set-up, but unfortunately, it is just time to move on... :( SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 3 SqueezeBox Receiver - 5 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110742 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic
Rhapsody is not working on my Squeezebox Boom... It acts as though it's playing from a UI perspective... But no audio... :( Pandora, Slacker, my own library...everything else works fine... Is the root cause SqueezeBox/Logitech, or Rhapsody? And is anyone working to fix this? Thanks! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 1 SqueezeBox Receiver - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Switching Between Server & MySqueezebox.com
Is there a convenient way to switch between the squeezebox server and the squeezebox network? I recall that it was a simple menu item on the SBC, but I can't seem to find that selection any more... Thanks! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 1 SqueezeBox Receiver - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88600 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
MikeekiM;630732 Wrote: > Been working great for me up until tonight... > > Only one of my players is showing up on the list of devices... In the > meantime, my two duet controllers and my browser-based Squeezebox > client all show all of my devices... > > Not sure what to do... the refresh isn't doing anything...I power > cycled my phone... > > Any ideas? I figured out my issue... But still find it strange... My wifi was turned off (duh)... The thing I can't figure out is why one of my devices was still showing up on the list of devices...even after I uninstalled and reinstalled, the one device continued to show up... Honestly, if NO DEVICES showed up, checking my wifi would have been the first thing I did... The fact that one device showed up really threw me for a loop... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 2 SqueezeBox Controllers - 1 SqueezeBox Receiver - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Been working great for me up until tonight... Only one of my players is showing up on the list of devices... In the meantime, my two duet controllers and my browser-based Squeezebox client all show all of my devices... Not sure what to do... the refresh isn't doing anything...I power cycled my phone... Any ideas? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Not sure if this is a known bug... Last night I was interested in playing a song that I knew for certain I had in my library... I went in through My Music > Artists, and found the artist I was looking for. The result was a single album, with no option to "All Songs". For this artist, I only have two songs... One song is not associated with an album (i.e., album title metatag is blank), and one song is associated with an album title. Strange...the "All Songs" option shows for other artists... Any ideas of what is going on here? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
mherger;620414 Wrote: > >> How do you play albums and tracks from Rhapsody using this app? > > Don't ask me why, but it indeed seems to be broken - working on it > right now. > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17087 > > -- > > Michael Thanks! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
MikeekiM;620201 Wrote: > How do you play albums and tracks from Rhapsody using this app? > > When I "press and hold" on albums and tracks, it just gives me the > ability to add to my library... And then when I am in my library, I > can't seem to play anything either... > > I know I am missing something dead easy here... Please help me... > > Thanks! Can anyone help me here? Thanks! :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
How do you play albums and tracks from Rhapsody using this app? When I "press and hold" on albums and tracks, it just gives me the ability to add to my library... And then when I am in my library, I can't seem to play anything either... I know I am missing something dead easy here... Please help me... Thanks! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more free last.fm on the SB!
isaacc7;619787 Wrote: > I had a problem with LastFm not scrobbling. I tried the various fixes > I've seen on various forums but it didn't seem to help. Checked a few > days later and it was working. It might have been some problem a their > end. Mine stopped working as well... And as others have reported, I went into the squeezebox advanced settings and deleted my user and re-added back and last.fm started to recognize the songs I was trying to scrobble... And by trying, I mean that my last.fm page shows the latest song currently playing, but does NOT keep the track in my scrobble history at all... Anyone know how to fix this? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is it best to uninstall 7.5.2 first?
WHS won't install 7.5.3 unless you first uninstall the previous version... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking for Good SqueezeBox Overview
Thanks... I really wonder how this product line will be able to survive long term if people have a hard time figuring out the value-add and use model... I understand it...and others here do...but I bet most of us are gadget/technical oriented people (and probably are also largely early adopters of technology in general)... How is Logitech going to the masses without a good summary/explanation? And I hate that the transporter has been eliminated... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Looking for Good SqueezeBox Overview
I am trying to convince some friends to go SqueezeBox who have never even dipped their little toe into the whole digital audio receiver waters, and I can't find a good overview of the SqueezeBox "System" (not even on the Logitech website)... Can anyone point me in a good direction here? SlimDevices used to have a lot of great material...but I can't find anything useful to save my life... I am a huge advocate of the SqueezeBox solution...so I am in no way trying to throw anyone under the bus here...but man, as an advocate I feel like I have no ammunition to help sell this product to less technical beings... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain Is there an ipeng or ipeng equivalent for Android? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain Is there anything like "lazy search" for the SBC? Something that makes searching a little less cumbersome... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain audiomuze;531912 Wrote: > iPeng Chunkywizard;531914 Wrote: > iPeng also > > CW Dang it! I was thinking of iPeng before I posted the poll, but forgot it when I constructed the poll... :( -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain erland;531921 Wrote: > I'm not sure this poll is going to be representative since many people > probably use several of the interfaces, I just voted on what I used > most of the time. > > Most of the time I use the IR interface, works great for my normal > usage, which is playing smart playlists. I'm using a Harmony remote, > the standard Squeezebox remote is in a box somewhere. > > When I really want to find something by browsing the library I either > pick up the iPod Touch with iPeng or walk to the Squeezebox Touch and > use its interface. I have a feeling iPeng will take over all browsing > as soon as Apple starts selling the iPad here in Sweden. > > Under some circumstances I use a laptop and its web interface but it is > mostly related to when I like to re-configure something. > > The Controller just stands in a corner in the dock and is only used > sometimes during beta testing of new Controller firmwares. Yes...very true...and I think you did exactly what I had expected people to do... vote based on "most often used" controller... If I allowed multi-vote, then pretty much everyone would vote for nearly everything (except for options that they don't have...) I am definitely looking for "preference" (which roughly is equivalent to "most often used")... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain I have four booms and a duet (receiver/controller)... When I first started using my set up, I controlled my Squeezeboxes with my SBC... I found navigating through 10s of thousands of tracks using the IR remote on the boom to be very cumbersome... But honestly...even the SBC is quite cumbersome with such a large library... Now that I have been using my SBs for a while now, I have pretty much settled into a habit of using the web interface on a PC to control all of my music on my squeezeboxes... This is made even simpler and convenient since I got a netbook... How do you control your music? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling
Rhapsody plays aren't scrobbling for me now... Hopefully it's a temporary problem... I am not talking about Rhapsody channels... I am talking about normal Rhapsody plays where you select an album to play... Used to scrobble just fine... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72132 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can I Have Player Specific Favorites?
Can I? I haven't really tried too hard to figure this out...really only "scratching the surface" sort of research... I have a boom in each of my bedrooms...can each family member have their own set of favorites? -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling
Nonreality;492705 Wrote: > I really don't care about the tags or what they recommend but what I > like is to see what I've listened to over the last week, month, 6mths, > year and etc. It amazes me on how much I play my Squeezebox and also > how much I listen to certain artists. My son also influences mine as he > uses the SB3 when I'm not around. All in all it's pretty cool to see > the breakdown of your listening habits. Yea... each family member has a last.fm account in my household... But when they listen to their music on someone elses SB, it screws up the data... Oh well... It's nearly right anyway! I really don't want to teach my kids the hassle of going in and reconfiguring the SB to their profile, and then remembering to switch it back when they stop listening... And my wife definitely will have none of this nonsense! :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72132 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling
Thanks for this clarification SnarlyDwarf! I wish last.fm and/or logitech would make this more clear in their documentation/FAQs... I think it is clearly more a last.fm issue than it is a logitech one...but since so many of us are "into" our music, I think logitech would benefit a lot by putting this information in a scrobbing FAQ section... This explains a lot... But it doesn't explain why my broadcast radio listening through squeezebox is not recognized at all... Not even when the info is clearly being passed to the squeezebox display, and I have the option to scrobble radio flipped on... It doesn't even show up while the song is being played, nevermind logging it into permanent history... I have mixed feelings about how last.fm handles scrobbles... On the one hand, it appears that they are trying to be thoughtful on what should and shouldn't count... at the same time, what is a scrobble worth if it disappears... I see the playcount on last.fm as my listening odometer of sorts... And sometimes you are on roads you like...and other times you are not on a great road at all...but you are still accumulating miles... Not sure how I feel about it all (not that anyone cares how I feel about it!!!) :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72132 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling
I find that all of my MP3/FLAC listening from my library gets scrobbled, as do tracks from most of the Rhapsody and Pandora tracks... For some reason, some stuff just doesn't get scrobbled correctly... As an example, when I listen to Rhapsody channels, the song will show up as being listened to...but when the song is over, it won't log it in my permanent history... Other sources do this as well... And even though I have the option to scrobble online internet radio, I haven't gotten this to work at all... Even when I see that the song information is being passed to the display, it still won't even show up as being listened to...forget about recording it in the history... I'll need to sort out a list: 1. Sources that scrobble and record into history 2. Sources that last.fm seems to recognize I am listening to realtime, but no log into history 3. Sources that don't scrobble at all -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72132 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?
mparry;488808 Wrote: > Unfortunately I am 98% sure we will not be having an event this year. Anything we can do to work that 2% opportunity? :D -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?
andyg;489181 Wrote: > The MV office will be closing early next year, everyone is moving to the > Logitech HQ in Fremont. Well, then there's the end of open houses for me :( Even if Logitech decides to hold them in the future, I am not driving all the way out to the East Bay for it... Too bad there's no chance of one last hurrah in Mountain View :( -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?
mparry;488808 Wrote: > Unfortunately I am 98% sure we will not be having an event this year. Bummer... These were good events... I bought 3 of my Booms, and a Duet at last year's event... And brought a friend with me who bought a Boom, a Duet and an extra couple of receivers... (and we filled our selves with a great BBQ dinner to boot!) The draw was the "free" BBQ...but it turned out to be the most expensive meal in recent history! :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?
***Attention Logitech/SlimDevices Employees "in the know"*** Every year Logitech/SlimDevices holds an open house (and in the last couple of years, it has been a hosted BBQ in the Mountain View parking lot in September). I was told by an employee in September that the open house would be moved to December 4th... Is this true? Will there be an open house this year? Thanks! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't access the song tracks on Queen's Absolute Greatest
While I did interpret this the same way you did... In the end, I accepted that this is likely just for Radio and Touch folks... :( -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?
Mark Miksis;375090 Wrote: > Too bad there still aren't any actual alarm clock sounds. ;-) I agree with this... I do wish there were a few sounds that just sounded like your typical alarm clock beeping, ringing and/or buzzing... I am currently using the local newsradio about 30 minutes before I really need to be up and about (and the rooster sound about 15 minutes before I have to be up and about)... This gives me 15 minutes to get up with the news...and then Mr. Rooster comes out of his eBarn to cock-a-doodle-doo :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen
morris_minor;428735 Wrote: > Do you loan your wife out for those tricky "need more kit" buying > decisions? > > Bob I know...she shocked me... I had already spent a load of money on the one boom and the duet...and she sent me out for two more booms??? Needless to say, I didn't hesitate :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63925 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen
You will update us on what you decide, right? :) I am always curious how these things end :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63925 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen
SuperQ;428261 Wrote: > Now I have 2 booms, a transporter (girlfriend loves it), and the old > squeezebox 2 streams tunes to the garage when we're working on tinkering > projects. I bought 1 Duet, and 1 Boom...and my wife sent me out for 2 more Booms for the kids rooms... And now I have just bought a 4th boom for my MBR... I'd love to add a transporter to the mix! -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63925 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to best get audio into my kitchen
Not surprising, the answer is "it depends"... I am not going to try and sell you the SqueezeBox... But here is what I would say are some factors: Cost - Yes, cost is a factor... And some Sonos advocates will say that everyone wants a Sonos, but will compromise to the SqueezeBox because they can't afford a Sonos... I disagree with this... But I also will concede that price/cost is a factor... Gadget Guy - Are you a Gagdet person? If you like to tinker, and you don't mind figuring things out, I actually think the SqueezeBox is the better solution regardless of cost... The developers here are way cool, and they put out nightly betas of their code... It is not without some risk of course... But I am currently running beta software, and I love the fact that the company is open to giving it's customers access to software that is not quite ready for production... For the most part, it is quite stable... I would say that you should always keep older builds to make sure that if you install a pre-production version that "breaks" something important, that you can always downgrade to a version that worked well for you... I am a gadget guy... I am the family (and the neighborhood) IT guy...so I am very comfortable here... Form Factor - What do you want to do in your kitchen? Do you want a single all-in-one product? Or are you planning on installing in wall/ceiling speakers... Or are you looking to have some nice speakers sitting on a ledge or shelf? If you want a tidy all-in-one package, the Boom is a nice product... If you are looking to install speakers or have some bookshelves, then either Sonos or the SB will be good solutions for you... I was waffling between Sonos and SqueezeBox... And I am pretty sure I would have been happy with either (at the end of the day, it's all about the music, right?) :) The new Cisco network music system is a new entrant in this space that I don't know a lot about... As you can see from my signature, I went with a SqueezeBox Duet in my living room, along with four Booms... One in each of my 3 bedrooms (which also double as alarm clocks), and one in my kitchen... I also have my living room and kitchen right next to each other, and it is great to have either different sources running in each room, or having them synchronized without the need to blast the living room system to have it heard in the kitchen... Please let me know if you have any questions... I can't say I know everything about everything... but I do no something about some things :) -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63925 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updated Squeezebox products?
It's more than just a boom... I was talking to someone a few months ago from Logitech, and told them that while I loved the Boom, it was still just a little too big for me to consider it an bedside alarm clock... What I was looking for was something much smaller (like the old Sony Dream Machine clocks)... I told them that I really didn't care if it was stereo or mono...just that it be made for a bedroom side table... When I finished (and again, this was a couple of months ago), the person told me "just wait...we are coming out with something that is just what you are looking for"... I doubt they will come out with a mono "cube" sized unit... It'll probably be more like a rectangle shaped product so that they can fit two small stereo speakers in it... I just don't see them going mono... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release date...
I have always waited for the production version to be released, but I must say, I just recently decided to try out the nightly betas, and 7.4 is pretty stable for me... I know this doesn't answer your question...(and hopefully someone "in the know" will do so)... But I thought I'd let you know what my experience has been so far... I am running the WHS version... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing Specific Track & Artist Using a 'Service'
I avoided a pay-for service for a long time... In the end, I ended up subscribing to Rhapsody, which costs $12.95/month... My rationale is that it's the price of a single CD per month, and I have access to a huge library in an on-demand use model (which is what you are looking for)... Sometimes you have to pay to play... :( I am still enjoying it... I love finding out what others with my interests are listening to in last.fm, and then being able to access those artists on demand in Rhapsody... It's fantastic... Update/Edit: Based on your original post, it sounds like you are willing to pay for this service...what changed your mind? geebea;398116 Wrote: > My question is, how about if I am willing to pay and subscribe to a > service that allows me to play specific artist and track on demand > through my Squeezebox, does a service like this exist? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronizing Boom and SBR Off Since 7.3.2
H...problem seems to have gone away... Now the synch is working fine... Don't know what happened to fix it (or cause it)... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Synchronizing Boom and SBR Off Since 7.3.2
My Boom and SBR are off by about a full second, creating an echo box in my house... I have tried doing a power reset to see if that works, but nothing seems to work... Help! (Thanks :) ) -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody Subscribers....
My Boom showed an "AccountManagement" error... What's that indicating? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57304 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora Appears to Scrobble...But Doesn't
ghostrider;373760 Wrote: > I've noticed the same behavior. last.fm will also capture a track as > loved if you give it a thumbs up in Pandora. At the end of the day, it comes down to how the plug-in or scrobbler decides to handle the scrobbling... I have used 3 different Rhapsody PC-Client scrobblers (nothing to do with squeezebox listening)... and 2 of the 3 scrobbled only the tracks selected directly from their library and playlist tracks, but not the tracks played via the channels... 1 of the 3 scrobbled everything... I chose to keep the 3rd one installed so I could get full scrobble support... :) -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Pandora Appears to Scrobble...But Doesn't
When using my Duet or Boom's, I have last.fm set up to scrobble my tracks... When I am playing my Pandora stations, it appears that last.fm recognizes me playing the song (there's an entry at the top of my recent tracks indicating the song that I am playing is currently being listened to)... But in the end, the track itself never gets scrobbled into my track history... What can I do to fix this? Thanks... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.FM Radio - Music Skips
andyg;371211 Wrote: > It is very possible being a subscriber would help. Agreed... That's the conclusion I drew as well... Any last.fm subscribers able to chime in here? Does it help? I am not willing to pay on the chance that it might help...but I might be willing to pay on the guarantee that it will... :) -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.FM Radio - Music Skips
andyg;371201 Wrote: > Last.fm severely rate-limits the transfer speed on their streaming > files, that's probably why this is happening. Thanks Andy... Any chance that being a paid subscriber would help? Here is what they say is one of the benefits of being a subscriber: RED CARPET TREATMENT Get top priority with our webservers and radio servers at peak traffic times. -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Last.FM Radio - Music Skips
Hi All, When playing any of the Last.FM radio stations, I notice that I experience some occasional skipping in the music from time to time... I have talked to friends who use Last.FM radio streams, and they confirm that they have this problem as well... Does anyone know the root cause of these skips? Is it a server bandwidth issue? I see that one of the stated "features" of being a subscriber to Last.FM is that you get bandwidth priority... If this is the case, could I expect to correct this skipping issue if I subscribe? Thanks all... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody Issue With Song Track 59:xx
y360;370816 Wrote: > I've seen this in the past. What's your firmware version ? I'm on the latest firmware, and have also updated to the SC 7.3 release... This problem has happened pre and post updating though... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56489 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rhapsody Issue With Song Track 59:xx
Anyone have this issue? Song plays, next song does not... Look on the remote and the 4 minute song has ended, and the SB remote shows that the song has 59 minutes and some-odd seconds left to go... And counts down from there... The only way to go to the next track is to skip forward a song... I can't stand this this problem, as it means I can't just play an album and let it go... I have to go to the remote and hit skip to continue the music... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56489 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rhapsody Weirdness...
Can someone explain something that seems really strange to me... I signed up for the original 30-day Rhapsody trial subscription. It did not ask for a user id or password (or credit card). It could only be used on the squeezebox, since there was no log in that I could use to use the web UI, or the PC client... OK... Fast forward to today... I took advantage of the second Rhapsody trial offer. This one requires a userid (email), and password...as well as a credit card... So I start using it, then attach it to my squeezebox, and all of a sudden, I find that my new account remembers all my favorite artists, albums, etc... Say what? How did it do that? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
The equivalent for me is the SlingBox... I love it... I can stream the content from my 3 DVRs to any wired or wireless client in my local area network, and can also access the content from anywhere in the world (I love watching my local newscasts while on international travel)... Not an apples-to-apples equivalent...I know... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to the Duet Controller
Battery life must be abysmal... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51844 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?
My name is Mike... backwards and forwards :) -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Way to Automate A Start AND a Finish Schedule?
Mark Lanctot;361559 Wrote: > Set an alarm for 6 AM playing a playlist that contains the radio station > URL and specify that the alarm should run for 90 minutes. Oh cool...I didn't know you could limit the length of the alarm... Thanks! -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Missing Album Art Root Causes
Hi All, I know there are a lot of various threads on missing album art (on the SBR), but I haven't seen a consolidated thread to collect the various root causes... In short, what are the known causes for missing art work when the files are confirmed to have the album art meta-data included in the file? I have heard that downloaded iTunes album art in AAC files are one situation... What other reasons would cause this? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55285 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Any Way to Automate A Start AND a Finish Schedule?
I can use alarm to start a program... I can use sleep to end a program... Is there anyway to "schedule" a start and stop? What I want to do is to have my kitchen boom turn on the local news radio at 6am and turn itself off at 7:30am every weekday... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55188 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iTunes Podcasts in SqueezeBox
Okay...I must be missing something terribly obvious... Is there any easy/effortless way to access podcasts that you have subscribed to via iTunes (and managed solely in iTunes)? My expectation was that it was a simple synchronization with my music... But it does not appear to be the case... Can someone either let me know what I am missing, or point me to some simple instructions on how to access all my iTunes podcasts? Thanks! -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54068 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement Squeezecenter 7.2.1
Very nice! Thanks for all the support you guys provide in keeping the products updated! I love that I can now choose between the SC and the SN on my Booms from my SB controller... My Boom still shuts itself off when I am in the SC and initially switch to the SN... :( I guess this either did not make it into this release, or is an undocumented bug... Anyone else have this problem? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Does Rhapsody Service Allow Both PC Client and SqueezeBox Access?
I have a 30 day trial that still has about 20 days left... When I signed up for the trial, there was no mention of UserIDs or passwords... No asking for credit card numbers or anything... Three Questions: 1. When you are a paying subscriber, can you access Rhapsody both with the SqueezeBox, as well as the PC client? 2. When you are in trial mode on the SqueezeBox, can you access the PC client during the trial period? And if so...how? 3. If you decide to go with the free "25-Play" Rhapsody service, can you access those 25 plays via the SqueezeBox? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54000 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless playback
HUEY;348622 Wrote: > Turns out it was because the units were sync'd. All is well now. > Thanks for the help. > Rob OK... so gapless is only supported when transcoding is not involved, and when you are not synching with other players... is that correct? And the gapless play is by default (i.e., there is no software "switch" that I need to set to get gapless playback)... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless playback
For me, I am running SC7.2 on Vista-32, streaming mostly 192bit VBR MP3s... Is there a setting that I need to know about? -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] (Practically) free SBR?
For me, the biggest advantage/benefit to the new controller is the fact that you don't need line-of-sight to control my receiver in the living room... I have set up patio speakers as a "SpeakerB" set from my living room receiver, and used to have to walk over to my patio door just to control volume and music selection... Now, with the WiFi enabled remote, I don't have the line-of-sight requirement... It's fantastic... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless playback
Really? Does SqueezeBox support gapless playback? I am a relatively new user, and just assumed that gapless playback was not supported...but if it used to work for you, I am becoming optimistic :) I know that my songs play gapless using iTunes (but not on my iPod)... Listening to live albums and "non-stop" mixes would be great if gapless was supported... I'll be paying attention to this thread :) -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora Works on Duet and Booms...but not Softsqueeze
andyg;347818 Wrote: > Softsqueeze is still supported if you are a Pandora subscriber. We just > had to block free users. Thanks...that makes sense... If you aren't paying, I can see the logic that you should be forced to look at the ads that are funding the service you are consuming... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53532 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora Works on Duet and Booms...but not Softsqueeze
mvalera;347813 Wrote: > I believe that Pandora prefers that users on their PC's use the Pandora > web client. > > They requested we turn SoftSqueeze support off. > > Mike Ah Okay... Thanks Mike... That's unfortunate, as I loved synchronizing my PC with the other SqueezeBoxes in the house... Oh well... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53532 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Pandora Works on Duet and Booms...but not Softsqueeze
I have not subscribed to Pandora (and maybe I should and will)... At this point I am just trying to troubleshoot and understand what is going on... So I have had my SqueezeBox products now for about 30 days (I am guessing, since it appears that my Pandora subscription/trial has probably ended)... Pandora continues to work fine on my Booms and on my Duet... But no longer works on my SoftSqueeze client... I would have expected that if my trial expired, that it would shut down on all my devices...but it appears that SoftSqueeze is the only client locked out... Can anyone explain what is happening? Thanks... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53532 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How many boxes do you have?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53394 Question: How many boxes do you have? - 1 - 2-4 - 6-8 - 8-10 - >10 1 x Duet 3 x Boom 1 x SoftSqueeze Client User 1 more Boom on my wishlist... :) -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53394 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Battery life ?
My SqueezeBox (and controller) is less than 30 days old... I just took my controller out of the cradle and the battery only reads half charged... Actually it flips back and forth between 3/4 and half charged... Do I have a battery problem? This doesn't seem like a satisfactory situation... My controller was in it's cradle for about 20 hours... Any suggestions? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeBox Controller Shows Red Wireless Icon
My SqueezeBox Controller shows a red wireless icon that is supposed to indicate an out of range situation... However, I am pretty much right on top of my wireless router, and still seems to control everything normally... Why is it showing red? And why won't it go back to white without a reset? Is this a known problem? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53289 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How Does SqueezeBox Know Where I Am?
RadioIO has a selection for local radio stations... How does it know where I am located? I don't recall entering in a location identifier (zip code, city, etc)... I know that the SqueezeCenter can likely pull my timezone (i.e., "Pacific"), but that is not enough information to filter SF Bay Area radio stations from those in Los Angeles... I don't have a RadioIO login associated with my SqueezeNetwork... I must have entered a location identifier somewhere...(and can also change it)... Where is this configured? Additionally, why is is that some stations are missing when I am in the SqueezeCenter, but not in the SqueezeNetwork? What would drive a difference? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53263 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SoftSqueeze Underwater
SuperQ;343911 Wrote: > Sounds like a bitrate miss-match of some kind. Does it always happen > with some songs? Or does it happen randomly on all songs? I noticed today that in Pandora, I was trying to play a song, and it would not play it... I tried several times, and finally, it played an R&B song with a rock song title... A few moments later, it tried to play both at the same time... It was a little weird... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53034 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SoftSqueeze Underwater
My SoftSqueeze playback often sounds like it is playing music underwater... Is this a known/common issue? Is there any fix planned, and a workaround? I am running Vista 32 and SC 7.2 Thanks... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53034 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.FM - How Accurate Is It For You?
simbo;343216 Wrote: > Go to your profile (http://www.last.fm/user/[yourname]), click on the > little cogwheel that appears when you hover over a track and select > Remove from your Library. I think there is a grace period for deletion...once you pass that period, it becomes a part of your permanent record (sounds a bit like school records, huh?) :) I did go in and ended up deleting 5 hours of Tracy Chapman repeats the other day... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52899 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...
Mark Lanctot;343260 Wrote: > Is there a reason you can't use the player UI? Nope...not really... But since I can do so many things centrally, I found my kids asking me if I could please set their sleep timer to 30 minutes on the "Rain Outside" natural sound effect... It triggered me to look for the functionality, and I couldn't find it... But no...there is absolutely no reason that I can't do it locally instead of remotely at all... Just a bit of laziness and a set expectation of being able to do just about everything centrally from the SC... :) -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52836 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My "New Music" Isn't New...
MeSue;343160 Wrote: > I don't understand why SC uses the file's modified date for "new" > instead of the creation date. But for a solution, try the Custom Browse > plugin from erland. It allows you to create "New Artists", "New Songs", > and "New Albums" as menus, and these seem to show what is really new > instead of what is modified. I agree... "new music" means that I just added it to my library... "new music" (to me) does not mean that I have touched it or modified any of it's characteristics... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52934 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping
androidtopp;343060 Wrote: > One of those Billy towers holds a pretty good amount of CDs - and four > of them together look nice behind a couple glass doors. One of the few > decent looking items Ikea has managed to produce. > > Granted I probably don't have the biggest CD collection ever, but one > of those holds, what, ~90ish CDs, even in the cases? Four of them do me > fine, but I'm beginning to crowd a bit. To me, part of buying a CD is > getting the packaging. Some of it is either well done or even > interesting. Seems a shame to just pitch it. I am somewhat of a purist... I know my friend put his in sleeves and then tossed the cases and the back-liners...just keeping the booklet that makes up the front cover... I could not get myself to toss the back-liners, so I would likely do this in two steps... Put them in liners to save space (assuming I need to access them from time to time)...and store the cases in the attic or garage with the back-liners... Or just keep it all together and store them together... I opt for the latter...especially since I don't need ready access to any of them... The only problem is that with the first strategy, I could store the cases in the garage/attic without a big concern over heat... But with the CDs in them, I need to store them in a less extreme environment... Thus the Iris Media Boxes... :) -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50527 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] My "New Music" Isn't New...
OK...so I haven't really played around with the "New Music" category until now... I think it is fabulous to have a section that allows you to have the last 10-15 albums that you added to your library... It's likely stuff you want to immerse yourself into... For some reason, I am looking at my "New Music" and none of it is very new at all... In fact, it looks like there is no rhyme or reason to how the 10 that I have it limited to were even selected... How does "New Music" work...and how can I adjust/fix it so it does what I think it should do? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52934 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping
No... I don't know what kind of sleeves he uses... Was that article just on burned media? Sorry about that...I guess that is what I get for skimming the article, eh? So what are others doing? The CD envelope route, or the keeping-the-case route? I picked up 10 more (for a total of 12) of those Iris Media Cases, and it STILL was not enough for my CDs and DVDs... I guess that brings up another great question... How are you all storing your DVD movies? Do you use similar, or completely different strategies... I have a small house, so displaying all my movies and music is not preferable...I like them to be out of sight...but accessible if needed... DVD's seem to take up a crapload of space... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50527 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Last.FM - How Accurate Is It For You?
I love last.fm's ability to track down my listening habits... But the thing I hate (and there is nothing that last.fm can really do about it), is that it really only tracks what is being played...not what you are listening to... (I know...completely unrealistic expectation)... Yesterday, I left my SB playing Tracy Chapman... And it was set (unbeknownst to me) to do a repeat loop of the album... so it played all day long... This will obviously skew my last.fm statistics... Additionally, when you are just listening to Pandora in the background, and move to another room while it's playing...it continues to track all the music that you are "listening to"... I guess my big question to all of you is: Even though last.fm cannot really track what you are listening to... Is what is being played accurately reflect your listening habits once you have enough data in your profile? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52899 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Any Technical Difference Between Duet vs (New Controller + Classic)
I picked up the duet...but am now feeling a bit of buyers remorse...not because I don't like the solution...not because it was too expensive... On the contrary...I love the solution, and actually think I want to spend more to get a display near my home theater set up... Is there any benefit to the new SB Receiver versus the SB Classic? I still plan on keeping the new controller... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52898 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping
th00ht;342636 Wrote: > Mine are transfixed in 'SoftCover' (www.cdsoftcover.ch) covers and > stored in a IKEA Billy (or Butty, not sure) cupboard. I like to store the CD in it's original packaging and artwork in case I wish to sell it to a second-hand music store... Also, my friend went the route of storing his in plastic sleeves that were designed specifically for CD storage (he did not use some home made solution), and the CDs that have silkscreened labeling ended up sticking to the plastic...when he took the CD out of the sleeve after about a year in storage, he was unable to get some of his CDs out without damaging the top of the CD... Again, this was only for the CDs with the colored/silkscreened labeling... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50527 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping
morris_minor;325101 Wrote: > I use these boxes: > > http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/onlineshop/rub/b18_0litre.php > > The 18 litre box holds about 90 CDs in cases, and is really sturdy; the > lid locks in place. > > Hope this helps. funkstar;325140 Wrote: > Snap. I use exactly the same boxes. I have 15 of them stacked on a > pallet on the top shelf of some racking in the warehouse at work :) > > Same deal for my DVDs but they are in 35L boxes. Nonreality;325649 Wrote: > Looks like that company is coming to the US in August. I'll have to > order some then. Thanks for the info. > > So is a Flat just another name for an apartment? Is a loft like an > attic or is it a full upper room? Great thread, as I am in the process of getting my CDs out of sight, and storing them safely... Here is a great stackable container I found at the Container Store (they are made by "Iris")... They store 57 CDs, which I find to be the perfect weight and size for handling...because they are see through, I can very quickly find what I need... And they stack really nicely... I bought two so far just to figure out the fit in my storage space... I am going back this afternoon to get 10 more... Nice thing, is that they also store DVDs nicely... Blu-Ray is a bit smaller...so they don't fit as tightly...but obviously with them being smaller, you can store more of them... *The Container Store* http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?searchId=16125484&itemIndex=1&CATID=225&PRODID=71134 *Organize It* http://www.organizeit.com/poiris-mediabox.asp *A Google Search For More Pricing and Pictures* http://www.google.com/products?q=iris+media+box&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50527 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Duet Receiver Cannot Login to SqueezeNetwork Unless Computer is On... Help
Last night my computer was off... And I could not get my receiver to login to the SqueezeNetwork to save my life... The little symbol on the front was blue... I tried again this morning (hoping it was a problem with my network connection)... But still, no dice... Turned on my computer... And it logged in great to the SqueezeCenter... Switched over to the SqueezeNetwork... And success! This is disturbing...Shouldn't I be able to use my Duet receiver without a computer turned on, if all I want to do is log into the SqueezeNetwork? Any ideas of what the problem is? Thanks! -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52890 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...
Is it possible to set the sleep timer on a boom from the SqueezeCenter? I haven't figured out how... It's probably obvious...but I can't find it... Thanks! -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52836 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?
I must have something set wrong... cuz I got it to work...but it is very unstable... and now it won't work at all... The dot matrix display on the transporter display skin is flickering like there is something wrong...and it shuts down the SqueezeCenter... I may try an uninstall and a reinstall... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?
Mark Lanctot;342060 Wrote: > SlimServer is the older version of SqueezeCenter. > > I'll update the wiki. Ah...great... So it wasn't a stupid question on my part then :) (at least as a newbie who doesn't know the history that slimserver and squeezecenter are one and the same...just a versioning difference) Glad I asked... So it looks like all I need to do is install the SoftSqueeze and I am good to go! Thanks! -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?
Mark Lanctot;342053 Wrote: > Not sure I get what you mean. > > You have to install SqueezeCenter on a computer. > > See here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter Sorry... what I mean is that I went out to read about how to install SoftSqueeze, and it has as prerequisites that I install Java and SlimServer... I have Java installed already...and I was just wondering if the SlimServer was already running as a result of my SqueezeCenter installation (as a background process, or whatever)... If I need to install SlimServer as well, I have no problem with that... I just want to be sure I am not installing something redundant and unnecessary... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?
Very cool! So it says I need to install Java and the SlimServer... Is SlimServer already running on a normal SlimCenter/SlimNetwork system (that is, is the slimserver already running as an imbedded service within the slimcenter installation)? Or do I need to install and run slimserver on top of everything else that's running? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?
Any chance there is a way to play music through the SqueezeCenter (either the computer that my music library is sitting on, or a remote laptop or desktop located on my home LAN)? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Come BBQ with the Squeezebox and Pandora crew
Mr. Resistor;341538 Wrote: > This "Free" BBQ cost me nearly $600. (my duet was lonely at home so > picked up a twin and a lil' brother Boom) And it was worth every penny. > Very successful event. Good food...good chat...great opportunity to swap > tips with other users and staff. You did better than I did... The free BBQ cost me almost $1,136 after sales tax... I picked up 3 Booms and a Duet... I can't wait for the next one... The food was great... and I will probably pick up some more Booms! They are great... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Music Scan Problems With iTunes (never ending scan)
Can anyone confirm that they have iTunes audiobook files (m4b extension) and can successfully synchronize using the "Use iTunes" option? And also confirm that they are using Vista 32 with SC 7.2 and iTunes 8 (just to be sure it is an apples to apples comparison) :) I am not sure why DRM WMAs should be a problem...but they seem to be causing me the same issue... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Music Scan Problems With iTunes (never ending scan)
Thanks for your quick reply... No...no ampersands in any of the files... I am using SC 7.2 (which I believe is the latest)... I checked the log files, but they were useless...perhaps I need to configure the logs to be more descriptive... -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeCenter Music Scan Problems With iTunes (never ending scan)
My music scans would never end gracefully... In fact, they would never end... The clock would keep counting down until the next scheduled update (which was the default 3600 seconds from the iTunes tab), and then start over...getting stuck each and every time... After a lot of heartache and troubleshooting, here is what I learned... * My music scans ran successfully if I uncheck the "Use iTunes" option * When using iTunes, it kept getting stuck on an iTunes audio book, which has the file extension m4b * After removing this file, it still got stuck, but on the next audio book, so I removed all audio books...and it scanned through...but got stuck again... * The next file was a WMA file... I decided that perhaps it was due to some DRM problems, so I removed all WMA DRM files... * Mission accomplished!!! So here are my questions to everyone here: 1. Is there a known problem with iTunes m4b files (audio books) during a scan that has the "Use iTunes" option checked? This seems silly, as I would think that there are many people that have audiobooks... I have never bought any...the half dozen I have are from free downloads from iTunes... 2. Is there a known problem with DRM WMA files during a scan that has the "Use iTunes" option checked? Again, I would think this would be silly... Yet it is happening to me...and does NOT happen when I have the "Use iTunes" option unchecked... For your information (in case it matters), I am using a Windows Vista 32bit OS with iTunes version 8 (the recently released version). Thanks all!!! Mike -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52696 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
