[slim] Need basic power supply for SB v3
Hey there, I'm giving my old Squeezebox v3 to my son, but I can't find the AC power supply. Anybody have an extra they are willing to part with for free or low-cost? Thanks, Andrew Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108920 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle pbg;394832 Wrote: There is a very viable solution available. I purchased a NetGear ReadyNas Pro which is Linux based box with SqueezeCenter pre installed. NetGear acquired Infranet. Im not sure where youre getting your information from, but I was playing my Transporter in about 15 minutes after booting up the NAS. Ive never used or had seen Linux, which isnt saying much because you dont really need to know anything about Linux to run SqueezeCenter and SqueezeNetwork or to use the NAS for storage. I control the NAS from a Dell Windows Vista box through a slick http interface. I was so pleased by how the Transporter and NAS performed together, I scored a Duet receiver for the basement system. If you are nervous or uncomfortable configuring the RAID (which youd have to do with a Windows box as well) Eaegis.com, an authorized NetGear reseller will pre-configure it for you. With 5T of storage in the RAID I have plenty of room for my FLACs and the thing has performed flawlessly. So I vote no. PBG-- Thanks for your reply. I can't believe people are still replying to my original posting. It was over a year ago, but that's great. It created a LOT of exchange with many different opinions. I looked up the NetGear ReadyNas Pro and the cheapest I could find was around $2,500 and that was only for 3Tb. Did you really pay that much, or am I looking at the wrong product? I'm all for investing in good quality sound, but I was hoping for a lower-cost solution. -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Dogberry2;338547 Wrote: In other words, any one of several NAS models currently available, some of which even have SC pre-installed. Please Please Please: if you know of any NAS's with SC pre-installed, let me know. I scoured the universe for one of these and didn't find any. I did find 1-2 that had the previous version of the software installed, but nothing with SC7 and frankly, nothing that inspired any confidence in terms of support and reliability. I think it was QNAP or Thecus (?) that was offering a pre-installed version, but that was a long time ago. -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Pale Blue Ego;338087 Wrote: If, on the other hand, the desire is for a minimal PC optimized to run SqueezeCenter, then I think there's an opportunity for a 3rd-party PC builder to fill that market. There's no reason it has to be Logitech. This system should be: A small, fanless mini-PC that runs SqueezeCenter 24/7 and plugs into the router. It should have room for 1 SATA drive and USB ports for expansion and/or backup drives. Should have enough CPU and RAM to handle a large library. All control would be via a browser interface from another PC on the network. No optical drive or ripping, no graphics card or monitor, just a small, quiet box that runs SqueezeCenter headless so you can turn your PC off. It would also be handy for taking a Squeezebox on the road or to another location. It should cost no more than $300. This sounds great! If anyone can make me one of these, I'd pay for it. I live in Ann Arbor, MI, so if you're local, even better. On the other hand, if I decided to make or buy this myself,... How large CPU and RAM do you think it would need? Would it run Linux or Windows or something else? -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle I wrote the original impassioned plea here and I have to think everyone for replying and boiling down all of the useful information (still difficult to parse, but I suppose as boiled as it's going to get). I have learned a lot, though not quite enough to make a decision! Three things to add: 1. Many people asked why one would want an NAS which is just half a crippled PC. One of the key reasons I want an NAS over a PC is that I can store all my files, photos, videos, music, and more on the NAS and it's *network-attached*. Anyone in the house can access anything on the NAS whether they listen to music on their headphones or look at pictures on their PC or stream MP3s to the SB -- all at the same time. I don't think you can do this with a PC. But since I'm a business guy, not a tech guy, I could be wrong! 2. Michael from Logitech made a good point and suggestion. He said that the reason all of us novices and non-Linux heads are lost in the forums is that the questions about NAS come up every single day and they get answered over and over. So there is an enormous amount of information but none of it is tied together and some of it is contradictory. He asks if anyone would be willing to post an NAS FAQ in the wiki. **This would be fantastic is someone would oblige**. 3. And finally, an overlooked reply from Slim Devices Director of Engineering was posted in the Beginners Forum in answer to my yelp of frustration. He wrote: Without getting into specifics, I can say that support on multiple third-party NAS drives is a high priority for us. I feel your pain. Message received. Bravo for communication! -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
the house, were not as interested in the game-playing and the corporate secrecy. Help us evangelize your products by telling us about the products! Yours truly, Sick-of-reading-about-Linux-installs-and-NAS-pros-and-cons-and-rumors-about-new-SC7-modules -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle pippin;266686 Wrote: What would you be prepared to pay if it's a consumer style device? That's a fair question, but not necessarily the right one from a business perspective (IMHO). First of all, they are pitching it as a consumer style device, aren't they? I just don't think it's entirely consumer-friendly. I think the device itself is fine so I don't think my idea requires a lot of investment in hardware. I think the business folks at Logitech just need to talk to other companies and make it more widely compatible with sister devices (like NAS drives). Maybe I am naive, but that doesn't sound like a big investment. If Logitech or any manufacturer were to charge something to pre-install SC7 on an NAS, I would probably be willing to pay an additional $100. -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New NAS devices by Netgear (Infrant)
Peter;251521 Wrote: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3943657768.html Should be able to run Squeezecenter... Regards, Peter How exactly would one run SC on this device? Does it take a lot of finagling by a Linux guru? Or is this an easy thing to install by a novice who just wants a big NAS drive and high quality tunes? -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Phil Leigh;266692 Wrote: To me this is pointless. A NAS is half of a crippled PC. I don't want one in my house. If I did, I'd use Windows Home Server. I just don't get this obsession with a device that can't do half of the things I want to do...like run Moose, MusicIp GUI, EAC, Tag etc...never mind browsing the Internet, email blah blah. My PC runs 24x7. It goes to sleep and consumes almost no power when I'm not using it (ie 16 hours a day). I don't want to mess around with variants of Linux(but have no issue with those that do). I want choice and that means a proper computer and a world of software which is generally easy to install and configure. YMMV I mistakenly emphasized the point about energy savings and that's probably not the meat of it. Simply put, I don't want to have to turn my computer on all the time to listen to music. It's not convenient or user friendly. My laptop sits in my office and my amps and speakers sit in the living room. When I come downstairs on a Saturday morning, I want to turn the amp on and start listening. I don't want to go into the office, wait for boot up, etc. And if I'm upstairs in bed and want to use my wireless controller to turn on the music, I don't want to have to go downstairs to do it. Maybe that leans towards lazy, but I think it leans more towards consumer friendly. You turn your amp on and you start listening. I'm sure in 5 years, we'll look back on that request and say, uh, yeah, duh! I am not saying that we should replace PCs with NASs. I agree, it is half a crippled PC and so the PC has its place for certain things. But in this case, it seems like an unnecessary middleman. But if one buys an NAS for the benefit of sharing the files across the network, then it seems like they should be sharable without any additional hardware. All of that said, I will research Windows Home Server and try to reduce my obsession with putting SC7 on an NAS. -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
I am buying a new NAS (not sure which one). It appears that many NAS boxes come pre-installed with Slimserver/Squeezecenter. But from what I read, they come pre-installed with a prior version (not SS7) that will not be compatible with the new controller. Is this correct? Hoping that someone from Logitech is reading and can give me some tips on which NAS boxes to look at. -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer not finding files on NAS
I am running SlimServer on a Dell laptop and pulling music files from a local NAS (Buffalo Linkstation). The Dell plays the music just fine through iTunes, but even after rescanning the library several times, SlimServer keeps telling me my music library contains 0 albums, 0 songs by 0 artists. I went into Server Settings and selected Use iTunes. No change. I went into Server Settings, and under Music Folder, I entered the network location for the files, but I get this error: Oops - 'Z:\MyMusic\iTunes\iTunes Music' doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again. This is the most frustrating since I am entering the exact address that I used when I directed iTunes to pull files from the NAS (under iTunes Preferences Advanced). I am done troubleshooting! Any ideas?? Thanks, Andrew -- Omeriah Omeriah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40217 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
