Re: [slim] Re-buffering
After all these years of wireless, I finally killed the beast of inconsistency. I bought a 50 foot ethernet cable online, drilled some holes in the floor, and routed the cable from the computer in the den all the way over to my now ancient SB2 in the family room. Viola! now flawless, never interrupted music. The WIFI traffic in my neighborhood is just too congested. No more worries abut the tunes dying when I have a party! Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re-buffering
My SB2 had been working fine for months, now all the sudden it is re-buffering constantly. like its starved for BW. Any clues what might be wrong? Info: Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.2 - r33893 @ Wed Mar 14 05:47:42 PDT 2012 Hostname: NetzDen-PC Server IP Address: 192.168.1.103 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Windows 7 - EN - cp1252 Platform Architecture: 8664 Perl Version: 5.14.1 - MSWin32-x86-multi-thread Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) Total Players Recognized: 1 Player Model: Squeezebox2 Firmware: 137 Player IP Address: 192.168.1.104 Player MAC Address: 00:04:20:05:ce:8a Wireless Signal Strength: 71% If I do firmware update, it will update and reboot, but it seems like it just keeps doing this even though it has the latest firmware. Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re-buffering
well, I used the Wifi analyzer app in my cell phone and it has a spectrum analyzer type display. It claimed my channel was fairly free. There was a signal about 20dB down that would occasionally pop in the view, but that is all. I am on ch 4. Ch 1 looked completely open, so I changed the channel to that and now its working fine again. So I guess there was some interference or something, but its hard to tell for sure. Thanks! Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The next streaming music solution from Logitech
I think it is still a good question. It seems cell phones are now the competitor and not just a squeezebox remote control. With ZUMOCAST on the Droid Bionic (aka MOTOCAST on the Droid Razr), my phone basically becomes a squeezebox. I can stream any and all of the same songs from my computer hard drive to my phone (anywhere in the world over WiFi or the cellualr network) -- even FLAC. Or with all your music in the cloud, you can do the saem thing with Apple or Android. The squeezebox guys need some new innovations! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90911 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 7.6.x lingering issues thread
SW is never perfect, its constantly needing improvement. However, I would agree. 7.6.0 was not ready -- not even close. Like so many organizations, it seems the squeezebox development community is scattered around the globe. Still, it all has to come together and go through some kind of rigorous testing before release. Does that happen? It seems these gross library scanning issues would be caught by an even very modest amount of validation testing. So what is going to be done differently before the next release is deemed ready? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89395 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 7.6.0 not working for me either
It was fine all week, then today I download some new music and did a rescan, and it all went to hell. So it looks like the nightly release fixes this? How do I find and install the nightly release? Please help the barbecue starts in 2 hours... -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89408 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 7.6.x lingering issues thread
Where do I go to get the nightly and how do I uninstall 7.6.0 and install the new nightly? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89395 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.6.0 not working for me either
Thanks. I guess I don't need to do this. when I select clear libnrary and rescan everything it comes up with only like 700 songs. But then I tried Only rescan new or changed music it then found the other 6000 songs. Does this make any sense? Just in time for the barbie! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89408 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tracks in a shuffled playlist
but I am running 7.5.0 and I can't seem to find the how I change the default playlist length? I understand settings, but then I have no tab for Performance. Where is the section on performance? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80397 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tracks in a shuffled playlist
got it. Thanks! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80397 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The Coolest
I have had a SB2 since 2007. I love it. I haven't updated the slim server in a few years. I had a bad experince in 2008 where a whole Saturday got eaten up by an upgrade gone awry... I vowed if it ain't broke, don't fix it and no longer updated the slim server. Anyway, I have a DROID phone and heard about the free squeeze-droid app. However it would not work with my very old slim server. So, I threw caution to the wind and did the upgrade. I am glad to report even upgrading from version 6.5.something to the latest version went seemlessly. Then I synced up my droid in 2 minutes and viola, it was rocking. Controlling my SB2 flawlessly. And so responsive, too. I had used the nokia N770 for a few years. Its amazing how much better this works! So, just wanted to post some good news and commend you all for what you do. It is amazing when a 4.5 year old peice of HW can be upgraded for free and be so new and fresh! Awesome! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76568 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Seriously p*****d off! (rant)
Ahhh. Glad I checked back. I hate doing these upgrades (I rememember lots of pain from years ago) so I think I'll wait to upgrade unitl the commercial version of 7.5 is available. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71431 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Seriously p*****d off! (rant)
Erland, Are you saying 7.4.1 is not ready for the SB Touch? Rob -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71431 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Duet Controller or Nokia N770?
I use the N770 currently for controlling my Squeeze Box II when I am too far away to use the IR remote. It works pretty well, except for issues with latency. I tried many recommendations from the kind folks on this forum, but nothing really impoved it. Does the Duet Controller have any issues with latency? Is latency a function of the WLAN Mode? I have a wireless B/G network, but I think alot of he time it is dropped down to B mode since I have B mode devices on the network. So my question is what is better about the Duet Controller than the Nokia? If it for sure will be fast, that would be a great plus. Any other reasons I should buy it? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44902 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why is cover art so important?
Skunk;272089 Wrote: Also, because the covers help me remember which songs go with these Led Zeppelin albums! SWEET! The Zeppelin 3 vinyl album cover has that rotating disc so that you can get different images to appear in the holes in the cover. Or like on Physical Graffitti, where you can reassemble the album sleeves to get different images to show in the windows. Zep has some of the BEST album art. So my next request will be to do VIDEO in album art so we can see the disc as it moves and changes the art. Just kidding :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why is cover art so important?
I love the cover art. I think it is in fact one (maybe the only?) negative aspect of the conversion to all digital. It is a lost art. I use the nokia as a controller and really enjoy seeing the cover art of the song I am plying. In fact, since Color TFTs are so cheap these days, I'd love a SB with a huge TFT display (like as big as the old 12x 12 album would be so cool). Then the cover art would sit there, huge for all to see, and change as each new song gets played. It would be just like the old vinyl days (except now the music is flawless and immediately retrievable!). Ever go to a radio station back in the day and watch a DJ doing his thing? Or go to a dance club with the DJ spinning vinyl? They always prop up the album cover for the few people watching and they can mentally link the art with the song. Its cool. Music for me goes hand in hand with memories. The cover art is part of what brings back the memories -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music
blakeh;271655 Wrote: I spent about 18 months ripping each of my 5,300 CDs into FLAC format and I never really thought of it as much of a chore. I guess I saw it as a fun way to re-visit my CD collection one last time before I went all digital. Even if you made a goal of ripping 10 CDs per day (which would take around 20-30 minutes), you could rip a 3,600+ CD collection in a year. In the meantime you'd still have your CDs to pop in your CD player for listening purposes. Granted, it took some time to tag them correctly and add cover art (I had to scan about 1,000 covers in that weren't available online) but what I'm left with is a searchable, lossless collection of all my music with catalog numbers, country of origin, record label information and cover art. The Squeezebox has made it so much easier to listen to music. And I'm eagerly awaiting the new remote so that I can view cover art while the music is playing. P.S. There is absolutely *NO WAY* I would ever send my discs to another company to rip. That sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. I guess I might consider it if my collection was available for replacement at Best Buy, but I would venture a guess that most of us have discs that are no longer in print and simply cannot be replaced if the ripping company should lose or damage them. I must say the ripping was my least favorite part. The second least favorite part was adding album art and tweaking tags. Adding replay gain was not so painful since it can be done flawlessly in large batches I still think Slim would be wise to include thier own, super simple to use ripper/tagger/replay gain-er that is fully automated and does it all in one step. I talked my neighbor into buying a SB3 a year ago. The ripping and tagging was a daunting task for him, so he hired his very reliable and honest son to do it for $0.25 a disc. 2000 CDs. I helped him set up EAC and at that point, it was monkey work. It cost him $500 and the kid thought he died and went to heaven. It comes out to about $3 an hour. I think most everyone on the board is worth more than 3 bucks and hour... Maybe you don't have a reliable son looking for easy money, but I bet you can find one if you ask your friends and neighbors. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43724 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looks like Blu-Ray has won
jjanis;271166 Wrote: Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to thousands and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available anytime soon? I don't think so. JJanis It will happen, but not for many more years. The BW is available now to make it a breeze(fiber to the home), its still just too expensive becuase of the infrasture investment that needs to be made. That is why DSL and Cable modems have been successfull-- they work on the already existing infrastructure. I have COMCAST cable service with streaming service they call ON DEMAND. It streams audio and video over the cable to my box. Even HD content in 1080i with Dolby Digital 5.1. So, actually, I think they could even do 1080p and uncompressed 5.1 audio (I'm guessing it would take twice as much more BW?). They are just waiting for more widespread adoption of 1080p before they begin to offer it (and probably charge more for it!) I'd say its still several years away, so that brings us back to my original point. Why wait? Players were as low as $299 last Christmas. I got my Blu Ray player for free with purchase of the TV last month. I bet now we'll see blu ray players under $200 by summer and maybe even a $129 unit by Christmas... -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43609 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looks like Blu-Ray has won
But a large portion of your life will go by before then. The way this stuff works is once it reaches a price point you are comfortable with, JUMP IN -- NO REGRETS. Don't look back for a few years becuase it will just be a painful experince. First you see your equivalent equipment drop in price, then you see BETTER stuff at the same price you paid, then you see better stuff at LOWER prices, and it accelerates down from there I got a Blue Ray player and a 52 LCD flat panel last month. 1080p with uncompressed 5.1 audio is AWESOME. It felt like the day I got my first CD player. BTW, the day I got my first CD player had larger immediate impact than the day I got my Squeezebox. Don't get me wrong. I love my SB, but it was a small step for Man. The CD player was a giant leap for Mankind. You guys can wait for 1080p and uncompressed 5.1 audio to stream to your home. Me? I'll be enjoying it NOW while you keep waiting for the future... :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43609 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Couple Quick Questions on the new Duet
Seems pretty nice, but I am wondering if it is an upgrade to a guy like me. I use my SB2 with a Nokia N770. I have the SB2 plugged into my stereo in the family room and I use the IR remote when sitting in the family room. I can switch the music to outside spreakers and use the N770 when I am outside to control the music. So is there any advantage for a guy like me? The N770 has a much larger display and supports HTML and I bought it for only $129... Thinking about expanding. There is infrequent times (2 or 3 times a year when I take my SB2 into the basement and plug it into my old stereo (also, this is where I keep all my old CDs and CD player...!) becuase I want the flexibilty there for a party. If I was to expand and buy another SB so I didn't have to physically move this one box, would I be best to just get a SB3 or would there be an advantage to getting a duet, given I already have the N770? I could see going the route of just getting the Duet Reciever to save some money, but it appears Logitech has bundled the Recveiver with at least one Controller All comments appreciated! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Couple Quick Questions on the new Duet
That's an improvement. I actually have never been happy with the response time using the N770. I think I have just gotten used to it. Some skins seem worse than others in terms of responsiveness... Is the SBC as responsive as the IR remote? I found some more pictures of the SBC on the web and I was surprsed how large it looks in the persons's hand. It seems pretty big. I also noticed a comment that the SBC has an unused headset jack on it. Will it soon be turned on so that you can use the SBC like a portable MP3 player? I'm always looking for entertainment when mowing the lawn or blowing snow -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any word of SB4?
I think wireless-n support would be good, but for me, the reason I keep coming back to the Slim website every few weeks, is becuase I keep hoping for a version with a dramatically upgraded display technology. The scrolling flourescent green/blue seems so '80s or '90s What it needs is a 7 to 10 inch TFT color VGA (or even better resoultion?) screen that will display the album art and metadata. Also a video out port would be great so you could show the same image on a monitor or a TV. I have no idea how much SLIM has to pay for the vacuum flourscent display, seeing as how hardly any other mordern product in the world uses it (aside from the Transporter!), I bet it is not cheap. I know the color TFTs have come down ALOT in cost. Perhaps this upgrade could be made with little extra cost for SLIM, yet the added functionality of making it a digitial picture frame as well supplies an excellent value proposition for the market place. Just think of the wow factor at your party when the tunes are streaming over to your stereo and you have big, bright album art and text showing on the TFT screen. Or then you hit another button to put the SB4 in slideshow mode so your wife can show off all the photos from your last vacation (all the while the music keeps streaming...)Or better yet, show it all on the 52 LCD flat screeen TV next to the SB4. This is what I think they should be doing next SB4 -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any word of SB4?
I guess it may be approaching Apple TV, but unlike Apple TV, this would be GOOD! :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39650 Question: How are you starting SS/SC on Windows? - when the machine is booted - when I log in to Windows - don't know - I'm using iTunes integration - my music is stored on a NAS I do not start it on boot up. First the computer starts, then I right click on the SB icon and select start slimserver. Not sure if that answer's the question But now it sure seems like I would rather just have it start up automatically on boot up. How do I set it up that way? Also, no NAS and no iTunes. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39650 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Quick Question
Is there a way I can get slimserver to access music on two physically different hard drives in the same computer? I have 2 160GB hardrives in my computer. One has all my music files and the other has everthing else. This has been fine for years, but now I am starting to run out of space on the music-only drive. I guess I could just go and buy a new drive (320 GB or 500GB just keep dropping in price), but I'd like to just spill over onto the other drive and save the money for my new computer in a couple years. Can I do that? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Microwave ovens (revisited)
So I ended up selecting a channel that was outside of my microwave oven's operating range and have been happy ever after: My Microwave oven is running at 2450MHz. This is approximately WiFi channel 8.5 . Turn out I was using channel 7 on my WLAN. It makes sense that I get interference from the microwave becuase the WiFi channels are very wide and actually overlap channels +/- 2 channels away! So then what channel should I use? To answer that question I took my laptop computer and used it as a receiver to measure my neighbors WiFi Channels they are using. I am in ear shot of signals from my neighbors on channels 1, 3, 6 (several folks on Ch 6), and 11. So, I changed my WLAN to channel 4. Seems to be a channel that no one near by uses and best of all, no more drop outs when my wife runs the microwave oven! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38091 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770
when I'm in eye-shot of the SB, I prefer to use the IR remote, but when I am outside, listening to tunes on my back patio, the N770 definitley does the job. For some reason I still have not figured out, it works slower on some skins than on others. When using the default skin, its not too bad, with my music reacting about 0.5 seconds after I click a button. I got it for $130 from Buy.com and have been happy (although not thrilled) I got it. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!
running SS in the Opera browser and I still have the same slow response. 10 to 15 seconds whne using the N770 skin. Any other ideas? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36370 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!
It loade pretty darned fast. Here is the printout: # for all pages player_id|00:04:20:05:ce:8a webroot|/ previoussong|(Prev) 8. Long Hard Day - BoDeans - Black and White (1991) currentsong|9. Do I Do - BoDeans - Black and White (1991) currentsongnum|196 nextsong|(Next) Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop - Blah-Blah-Blah (1986) # status page only songtitle|Real Wild Child (Wild One) artist|Iggy Pop album|Blah-Blah-Blah genre|Chamber Music songtitleid|468 artistid|215 albumid|139 genreid|6 artisthtml|Iggy Pop artisttext|Iggy Pop # mm:ss length of song duration|3:38 # mm:ss elapsed elapsed|93 elapsed|01:33 # length of song durationseconds|218 # elapsed time songtime|93 # time remaining refresh|30 volume|50 mute| # repeat settings: 0 = no repeat, 1 = repeat song, 2 = repeat playlist repeat|2 # shuffle settings: 0 = no shuffle, 1 = shuffle song, 2 = shuffle album shuffle|0 # player on or off mode|on # status of player: 0 = stopped, 1 = playing, 2 = paused playmode|1 # status of player in text playtextmode|Now playing # length of playlist songcount|1455 # where this track sits on that playlist thissongnum|198 player_name|Family Room # path to cover art coverartpath|468 # href for album href albumhref|/browsedb.html?hierarchy=album,tracklevel=1album.id=139player=00%3A04%3A20%3A05%3Ace%3A8a -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36370 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!
I got my n770 from buy.com today. It has SW version 2.2006.39-14. Should I upgrade the SW in the n770? How do I upgrade the SW? I am still seeing about a 10 second delay using the N770 with the 770 SS skin. It is much faster when I use the default skin. I've tried all of Ben's suggestions except changing my Browser from IE (to some other kind) and downloading the Canola SW. Do I need the canola SW on the computer or on the N770? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36370 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin Question - Latency?
Well, the old laptop is using IE 6.0. Even running the 770 skin in IE that is on my desktop computer (IE7.0), where all the music resides, it is slow. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36611 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin Question - Latency?
Do not apologize! Your help is great. Your 770 skin is cool and I can't wait to use it on the N770 I should be getting any day now. I am running the 6.5.3 nightly (installed on July 2). I will try your other suggestions and let you know. Rob -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36611 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer v6.5.2 Hangs on Install
Just disabling or turning off my firewall was not enough. I had to actually uninstall it. The guy at the tech support phone line told me this. I uninstalled McAfee Firewall, and he was right. He siad there are changes in 6.5.x that cause more issues with firelwalls than with the older 6.2.x -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36579 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scan fails after upgrade to 6.5.2
Let me report there are also issues with McAfee Internet security see my other recent posts. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 770 Skin Question - Latency?
I am expecting a N770 any day now, but until then I have been playing with the N770 skin using an old laptop computer. I have noticed somthing strange with latency. Using the default skin, the SB seems to quickly react to commands from the laptop, skipping songs quite quickly (0.5 or 1 second...). But when I set SS to the N770 Skin, it really seems to slow down. Taking 5 to 10 seconds before it will actually skip to the next song when comanded. Does this make sense? Is this the way it will work when I get the N770? Thanks for any responses. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36611 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer v6.5.2 Hangs on Install
I had a similar sounding issue. It was my McAfee Firewall. You have to COMPLETELY UNINSTALL the firewall. Then my 6.5.2 installation started working. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36579 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Library Scanning problems
michael, I'm running Windows XP Home with media center. I have actually re-installed a few different versions of slimserver. Whe n I go into the windows ad or remove programs it says slimserver is 96MB in size! That clearly seems wrong (its only like 20MB, right?) so I thought I would just uninstall slim server to whipe the slate clean and start over. But when I try to, I get an error message from Windows : --- Error --- The uninstall log file C:\Program Files\SlimServer\unins000.dat is in a format not recognized by this version of the uninstaller. Cannot uninstall. How can I uninstall SS? Rob -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Library Scanning problems
So Anoop at tech support hotline was able to help me. I just deleted the old Slimserver(s) I had and reinstalled 6.5.3. Then I had the same problem== Once Slimserver starts running, my CPU would whirl off into space 100% consumed and my computer would get EXTREMELY slow. Stopping slimserver, then all would be fine. So Anoop theorized my McAfee Internet Security Suite was the problem. I had McAfee stuff all turned OFF, but he said that really is not good enough. You have to uninstall it all and see if that is the problem So I simply uninstalled just the Firewall first(I still have VirusScan and Privacy Service) and now ITS ALL GOOD. So it was the firewall. Apparantly the Firewall did not like the newer version of SlimServer... I had no issues like this with 6.3.0. Anyway. I am going again with latest SlimServer. Now I just need to figure out how to have my firewall not puke all over slimserver. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Library Scanning problems
So I tried updating to 6.5.2 because I have a Nokia 770 coming and I wanted to use the 770 skin. I ran into massive issues once again where the new slim server would just occupy 100% of my CPU for hours and the library would never scan. So I went back to 6.3.0. Now I am back on 6.3.0, but when I scan the library, it says I only have 24 albums by 8 artists. (used to have over 100 albums by 500 artist. It is like its assigned my music FOLDERS as album names. its quite bizarre. Anyone ever seen this? Any recommedations on what to do? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!
I just ordered one from Buy.com I'm sure I'll be back here pining you guys for help once it arrives! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36370 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fluorescent light bulb freaks out Squeezebox
I have had a CFL (not Canadian Football League) in my Family room longer than the SB and never seen a problem. Must just be because it is under a lamp shade. CFLs are great. Everyone should cut over to them as their incandescents burn out. They last longer, consume quite a bit less enrgy and now they even have the same, comforting hues of incandescents and they turn on right away when you flick the switch. The mercury in them is mice nuts compared to the benefits. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] To upgrade or Not to upgrade, that is the question.
Thanks for the opinions. So I think since there appears to be no great thing I am missing, I'll just stay with what I have. The issue of having to re-boot everthing once every couple weeks is no big deal for me. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] To upgrade or Not to upgrade, that is the question.
First let me start off by saying I love my SqueezeBox! I bought my SB2 in October 2005 and it has thoroughly rejuvinated my love of music. I did a couple SW/Firmware upgrades and all seemed fine, but then when I stepped from 6.2.2 to 6.3.0, it went haywire where it would never seem to converge when doing a library rescan. It would just go for hours and never finish. I spent many hours trying to debug it with great help from the kind folks on this forum, but in the end, I just cut back to 6.2.2. Am I missing anything good with the latest SW and Firmware? I looked through the relese notes and could not find a big driver that should make me want to upgrade. I do have an issue where every now and then (once every 2 weeks or so...) the SB just stops. I have to power cycle the SB2 and my computer/router. If that is fixed in a later code release, it would be nice. Do upgrades get tested in upgrading from all previous versions? I would go from 6.2.2 to 6.5.2. Has that ever been tried successfully? Is there anuything about an old SB2 that makes it incompatible with the latest SW? Should I just leave well enough alone? Thanks for your expert advice. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Want to use laptop as a fancy remote control
I have all my music stored on my home desktop computer. I have an old laptop that really is not good for much, but I would like to use it as a fancy remote control. How do I do that? Both the laptop and my Squeezebox are on my home wireless network. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35453 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Want to use laptop as a fancy remote control
mine is http://localhost:9000/ But I think the key is that I don't know how to connect my laptop to my desktop... If I just type http://localhost:9000/ in the explorer browser, it says it can't find it. The laptop and the desktop are both on my home network, but how do I make the laptop able to see the desktop? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35453 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Want to use laptop as a fancy remote control
That did it. Thanks, guys. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35453 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Not all is rosey in Squeeze Box land
From an old post of mine when I was seeing random dropouts. I root caused much of my trouble to the microwave oven: avoiding Microwave oven and adjacent WLAN Interference So I looked into things tonight. My Microwave oven is running at 2450MHz. This is approximately WiFi channel 8.5 . Turn out I was using channel 7 on my WLAN. It makes sense that I get interference from the microwave. I doubt a the WiFi recevier has that great of rejection to strong energy only 1.5 channels away, Also, I am no expert on Microwave ovens, but I suspect the are not the most spectrally pure of noise generators. Running at 2450MHz, they are still probably pumpin out some junk at 7 or 8 MHz away. So then what channel should I use? To answer that question I took my laptop computer and used it as a receiver to measure my neighbors WiFi Channels they are using. I am in ear shot of signals from my neighbors on channels 1, 3, 6 (several folks on Ch 6), and 11. So, I changed my WLAN to channel 4. Seems to be a channel that no one near by uses and best of all, no more drop outs when my wife runs the microwave oven! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33630 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5
Its clear you are frustrated. You do need to keep in mind that most of the posters on this forum are unpaid, so don't get upset with them. But you should be perhaps upset with Slim. I tried 6.5 and ran into a host of problems mostly related to library scanning. A backed down to 6.3.0 and all is fine again. I was lucky after spending several hour of my own time. I know lots (MOST!) people are seeing no issues with 6.5, but the fact that there are so many people seeing issues with it, it says to me there is something missing in Slim's pre-release testing. 6.5 brought in support for the Transporter, so maybe that is the root cause for many of the problems?? Maybe Slim should consider having two seperate load lines (one for Squeeze box, one for Transporter), although I can understand the desire to hold everthing in one version of code. I know one thing for sure, I am not upgrading to future SW versions unless there is some important new feature I want badly, and then it woill only be after the version is out for a few months and I have scoured this forum to see how many people have had problems with the new SW. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What do Playlists mean to you?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29368 Question: What do playlists mean to you? - Never or very rarely use them - Not a big problem: use static playlists for parties or similar, current features ok - Use static playlists a lot, would like to see better features for managing them - Want smart or dynamic playlists. iTunes integration and/or plugins usable (but could be better!). - Smart or dynamic playlists are very important, current options not good enough, must be improved - Critical: Playlist handling must be improved or I'm out of here Ceejay, I listen to my squeezebox three ways: 1) Search for an Album, play it 2) Search for a Song, Play it 3) Play my favorite songs playlist in random order and just let it roll. the third option is the one I do the MOST. my favorite songs playlist is large with 1380 songs. It took a long time to construct. Then I had the unfortunate issue happen where when upgrading SS software, my playlist somehow got deleted and/or SS was no longer able to read it. I reconstructed the playlist and the same thing happend to me again. That was bad, so the third time I did it I did it a different way. Intead of using the SS playlist, I changed the ID3 tag. All my Favorite Songs I gave them the Genre of Chamber Music. Only songs I listen to when I am in my Chambers. If somebody else doesn't like them, they can leave the chamber! :o) Anyway, this has worked well for me. Now when I want to random play my favorite songs, I just search for chamber Music and hit play. Last weekend I had a bad time upgrading to 6.5.0. I stepped back to 6.3.0 to fix my woes, but I was worried it would somehow smoke my playlist. No worries, though. Since my playlist is actually strored within each music file's ID3 tag, there is no SS error that could accidentally delete or corrupt my playlist. So I am a happy camper now! -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgrading from 6.3.1 to 6.5.1
I think your best chance of success is to follow Mitch's procedure, but let me ask this: Why do you want to upgrade? If you don't have a good reason to do it, then stay with 6.3.1. I upgraded this past Saturday and ran into big issues with library scanning. Then, searching the forums, I found several other folks commenting on scanning issues. I'd just stay on 6.3.1 unless there is some specific fix or enhancement in 6.5.1 that you must have. Not JMO, I think it is the same opinion of at least a few others in the forum as well. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgrading from 6.3.1 to 6.5.1
Deanor, You can get old revision's of Slimserver at: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5 an hour ago
for over 12 hours now. There must be something wrong. Anyone have advice on what I should do? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5 an hour ago
I was getting frustrated so I went back to 6.3.0. It is doing a rescan now. will post back on how things are going. Thanks again for the reply. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Upgraded to 6.5 an hour ago
and all is well. I think I will just stay here and follow the if it ain't broke, don't fix it philosphy and NOT go to 6.5.0 -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Upgraded to 6.5 an hour ago
And the rescan of my library has been going ever since and is consuming 100% of my CPU power. Is this normal? How long will this take? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless or Ethernet Connection?
This actually happens to me quite frequently (several times per week). I have never tried my SB with an ethernet cable. To fix my problem, I have to re-boot my router (This fixes it 70% of the time). Sometimes I have to reboot the computer, too (25%). 5% of the time I have to even re-boot the SB. I understand you've tried all this already, so I can't tell you what to try next. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25644 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
LHawes Wrote: Yeah - Bravo - Zten. It's so easy to read into a post that which was not intended. So why not read into each post the best of intentions? Well, why not? I don't know. Just human nature I guess. Its not a jab at anyone. Just an observation. I am an engineer (and manager) by profession and I see the same thing all the time at my work. I think the TRUE root cause of all this is PASSION! The un-paid developers working for Slim are amazingly passionate. They truly care about the product and feel as though they are part owners in its success. I have seen hyper-passionate engineers and complacent engineers. Even though I have to coddle the hyper-passionate ones frequently, they are the BEST! I'd take a whole team of them any time and develop a product and make it the best product ever with the fastest development cycle time ever. I'd just have to get a secondary degree in human psychology before starting on it! :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
bflatmajor Wrote: Damn, I've never had that happened to me before!! I never believed that it could happened. I've always heard of athletes and movie stars claiming that 'they were misquoted' But to actually see it in an internet forum, is really something new!! If you don't believe me, read my original reply on the first page, then continue reading other replies and you will see.. Does this mean that I have finally arrived!! :-) I'm famous.. or infamous :-) Wow, You are right. I missed that the first time! KDF thought you were the one making baseless marketing claims when actually it was Wunder! Oh well, I bet Wunder is right, though. ;o) I think it sounds great too, dude! I can't say how it compares to other streaming networked players (as I am spoiled and only have ever heard the SB on my system), but I can say for a FACT that it sounds better streaming FLACs than my old CD player ever sounded. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
kdf Wrote: Quoting wunder wunder.2augmb1152727501 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com: bflatmajor Wrote: I agree, but their current potential market is about 5% of the population. Looks like the forum makes it look its quoting Wunder, who was quoting Bflatmajor, who said : I agree, but their current potential market is about 5% of the population. But Bflat bnever said it. It was Wunder who said it. Looks like we need to ream the Slim guys for making the forum work poorly. Oh well, the SqueezeBox ROCKS even if the forum has its pitfalls! ;o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox is great- for bitheads
maybe it just should. I feel compelled to comment as a pretty casual observer. bulk of this is just electronic misunderstanding. If folks were talking face to face or even just talking on the phone, this all would have been a non-event. Maybe the simple smiley face would have prevented the misunderstanding, maybe not. Interesting how no one from Slim chimed in. They know they have a good thing going with all these unpaid yet very passionate engineers developing SW and in some cases even HW for them :o) For the record, I love my squeezebox and despite its non-idiot proof setup and usage, I talk it up to all my friends. I have paid the price with my own time being used to help friends get their SB going. So, I also am an unpaid consultant! However, as I posted many months ago, I think the main reason Slim does not market the product through the mainstream is becuase they realize it is not idiot-proof enough yet. Their call center would be inundated and they would have returned SBes coming at them by the truckload if they got agressive on the price and marketed the SB through mainstream channels. I bet they are working on pulling together all the great stuff you guys have done and will one day soon get very rich on a more idiot-proof SB, although I bet they are doing pretty well even now! :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Outdoor Speaker Recommendation
fathom39 Wrote: Yeah, this is what I had in mind. What brand were they? Thanks Zten! The brand is KLH. Model number C-180B. Check them out on Best Buy's website: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=categoryid=cat03051 Makes me think of Billy Joel. Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers, You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers. I am WY too much of a value guy compared to most of the Slim customers. Don't get me wrong, I have a pretty good amp ($600), pretty good set of indoor speakers ($1k), etc, but I really cannot see spending $400+ bucks on speakers that will get rained on. I think for $45 bucks, these speakers are great for outside. My buddy bought a $400 pair of Polks for outdoor, and they do sound better than mine, but he already has the plan to only bring them out when he wants to listen to music outside and that just doesn't do it for me. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A Silly Poll
jonheal Wrote: Here's a silly poll for y'all ... I'm curious as to the age distribution of Squeezebox users. If you care to admit to your age, do so. I'll collect the results and make a little graph. I'm geezing at ... well, I'll be 48 next week. Hey jonheal, where's the stats? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22941 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What handheld to use as a remote?
pedalvet Wrote: I'm using a Palm Treo 700p (not the TX) as a remote. The handheld interface is clunky on this device at best, but it works. Blazer (the built in web browser) tends to redraw pages from cache, necessitating numerous commands to refresh. I connect over the internet, not WIFI. Thanks to EVDO speed, it is manageable. Wow, your using the cell phone over Verizon's EVDO network just to control your SB. Doesn't that cost alot of money??? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 runs warm, even when it is idle?
The biggest reason it gets modestly warm is becuase of its small size. 5 W to 7.5 W is actually quite a bit of heat. Put that much heat in a somethign the size of a cell phone and it would burn your skin, but if it was in a big ol' metal box (like the Audio PA in your system) it would run cool as a cucumber. Maybe that's why the audiophile guys want it in a big box, less heat means less thermal noise (kTB). :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25100 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Outdoor Speaker Recommendation
I never heard of this brand, but, I saw a great deal on them in the Sunday Ads. I went to Best Buy and bought a pair. They are outdoor speakers, sound pretty good (definiitely not great, but its pretty hard for anything to sound great outside). I mounted them under the eaves. Anyway, they were normally $129 for the pair, but they were on sale for $60 and you get a $20 gift card with purchase. So for $45 after tax I bought them. Best of all, I won't feel compelled to run outside and grab them when a storm comes. Although I might be nice and bring them in for the winter. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25261 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What handheld to use as a remote?
Well, Sprint is a lot cheaper than VZW. Unlimited data for my Q on VZW costs $45. Anyway, using EVDO data to control the SB seems excessive when you already have a FREE, HI SPEED wireless data setup in your home assuming you use a wireless SB. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Slim Devices product K.R.O.N.O.S.
How does accuracy of SB network time compare to the accuracy of GPS time? If you own a CDMA cell phone on Sprint, Verzion, ALLTEL or US Cellular, it has CDMA network time which is derived from GPS. I set all my clocks to GPS time ;o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23556 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Slim Devices product K.R.O.N.O.S.
Anybody notice the Slim Devices press release on Kronos from very early last month? : http://www.slimdevices.com/au_press_kronos.html I especially like the quotes from Richard Small (an audiphile) and Seymour Brownshirt. So even though Sean Adams likes to humor the Audiophile guys on the message board, maybe now we really know what he thinks about them :o) -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23556 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A Silly Poll
I am 39. Everyone seems to be 30 or 40 something. Would also be intersting to see gender. I bet 98% male. Also interesting is homw many people own or rent their own home/cond/apartment. Agian, i bet 98% Now compare that to iPOD owners I bet the averga age is 20 years younger, 30 to 40% FEMALE and only 10% onw or rent their own dwelling -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22941 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Synchronization of Soft Squeeze 2.3 with Slim Server 6.2.2
I have SoftSqueeze 2.3, SlimServer 6.2.2, and I just downloaded Java Media Framework (I previously did not have this...) SB is still not synched with Soft Squeeze. Is there something I need to do specifically with JMF or do I just need to have it installed on my machine? I have tried both FLAC and MP3, but soft squeeze still LEADS the Squeeze box by more than a second. Any other ideas? -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23460 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Synchronization of Soft Squeeze 2.3 with Slim Server 6.2.2
Glad to see the Tony Muffin fiasco was resolved. So all he had to do was re-boot his router? So much heat on that one with such a simple fix. What a shame.. Anyway, I upgraded to 6.2.2, and it was painless. Two things in 6.2.2 caught my eye. One was the release notes say there is an improvement for people using Actiontech routers. THAT'S ME! Every now and then, (NOT very often) slimserver would just stop on my system, so now I will see if this now longer happens. The second thing was a claim of improvement of synch with SoftSqueeze. Trying it now and Softsqueeze is still LEADING my SqueezeBox by about a second. Is there any hope for me? P.S. No anger here. I just would love to be able to synch up Softsqueeze with SqueezeBox -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23460 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.2.2. OK now! This is fun! NOT!
This type of thing can be EXTREMELY frustrating. You have this super cool thing that is more addictive than heroin and now its busted, right before your party. Yes, tony is pissing off all the UNPAID folks who are trying to help him, and that is not a wise thing to do. I#8217;m glad to see the Dean gave Tony a phone number to call. I think Tony should call it and work through the issues with a LIVE support person. I love my SB, and like all of you, I am fairly tech savy. When I got the email from Sean a couple days ago about the SW upgrade, I was pumped, because I have been wanting a solution to synch up Softsqueeze with my SB. (I use FLAC almost excusively, so I am all too familiar with the timing problems) Anyway, I figured I would look in on the old message board before doing the upgrade, and boy am I glad I did. I surely will not upgrade to 6.2.2 until the root cause of tonymuffin#8217;s problems are documented. Slim Devices needs to be very concerned about these things. It seems to me the Squeezebox business case is centered on word-of-mouth communication. I know I bought one based on the recommendation of a co-worker. I also have influenced 3 other people to buy one. There is no significant advertising for it and there are no (or at least very few) major retail outlets for it. All the business is based on word-of-mouth. Tonymuffin clearly loves his SBes too. He#8217;s got 3 for cryin#8217; out loud. If tonymuffin had NOT upgraded to 6.2.2, he would be like the rest of us; showing it off to all his friends at his party tonight. But since he DID upgrade to 6.2.2, his whole system came down and now he#8217;s going to be telling all his friends how he#8217;s spent 800 bucks on these pieces of junk. That#8217;s not the type of word-of-mouth Slim Devices needs. IMHO. -- Zten Zten's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1810 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23389 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
