Re: [slim] squeeze server down? anyone else?
I am wondering if this was related to Amazon's EC2 service outage yesterday. http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/25/aws-heroku-down/ A bad day for streamin. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97633 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora Streaming problems
Same woes for me. With the same display error. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97580 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora Streaming problems
I sent Pandora an email with a link to this thread. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97580 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Should I Buy a Harmony Remote
Really bad timing. My Harmony remote died (yet again). Let see.. My Squeezeboxes have never failed me and I'm on my 4th Harmony remote. Given Logitech's dwindling support of our beloved product should I purchase another? bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96781 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Donald Duck Dunn - RIP
Thanks for the link. What a life. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] make suggestions about the new forum appearance
Michael Herger wrote: I agree. Previous forum was perfect. Why change ? Because nothing's perfect. The previous forum was running a buggy version of an outdated software. Something you must not do on a public web server. -- Michael Then as always, I really appreciate your work on this forum, mysqueezebox.com, and LMS. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] make suggestions about the new forum appearance
Why do things have to change? That's it. I've crossed the line. I must be old now. bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Russound
I have a CAV6.6 house amp. At one point I set up IR for control but now just my phone's app for control. It's on my list but since the 6.6 is no longer being made, I pushed it to the bottom of the list. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94184 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Podcast confusion
bpa is right. I have not had any trouble since just using the mysb.com podcast utility. Works like a charm. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94131 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best android hardware for Squeezebox remote ?
I just tripped across Anand's (Anandtech.com) Smartphone Bench 2011 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Smartphone11/360 Definitely worth a look. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best android hardware for Squeezebox remote ?
I know it's considerably off the main topic of this post (android) but I've been really happy with 'Squeeze Control' on my Palm Pre 2 phone. The exhibition mode while on the touchstone charger is rather nice. I am sure that the phone and tablet are still available. Here is a link to the screen shots: http://angrygoatapps.com/screenshots.html In the latest round (Verizon) new every 2 contract I was faced with jumping to Android or picking up the Pre 2 for free (essentially). I went with the Pre for $$ reasons. The open source (WebOS)community has been great and there are ample apps. On the Anrdoid side, my wife has the Motorola Atrix 2 and is quite happy with it. The multimedia dock works well as well as the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Android tablet (and other tablet) screen resolutions are reportedly going to increase in the next 6 months and would likely play havoc with any arrangement of squeezebox control applications. Happy hunting. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox control app for the HP Touchpad
Sweet. I wish I had the money to fork over for a Touchpad. Squeeze Control on my Pre phone has been rock solid. Thanks -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 502 Bad Gateway
Had the same issue with both my pandora app and mysqueezebox.com. Punted to local music. Hate that mod_proxy. Thanks for fixing it! Cheers! Once in a blue moon is not bad. Love my Squeezebox! -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88144 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox control app for Palm webOS devices
Thanks for the v2 update. Very fast. Absolutely stunning. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78131 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox control app for Palm webOS devices
Thanks! Easy setup and no glitches yet. Currently giving it a Pandora test drive. Got it with the webOS App 1/2 price sale. A great deal. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78131 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?
Me to. This would be an awesome plugin for me. I can test would be willing to spend some time with the programming. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
aubuti;444211 Wrote: Well, as they say, vive la différence. If I am already doing something at my laptop then I'll use it to control an SB rather than grabbing the remote, unless the SBC is right next to me. But I wouldn't seek out the laptop to control the SB, much less drag it into the room for that purpose. YMMV yada yada yada. Well just to make this all a bit sillier how about a Minority Report interface http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bn-zZX9kdc -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Phil Leigh;435751 Wrote: I probably didn't explain this very well... I meant 10 inch diagonal touch screen so I could run something like the web UI (and also browse the net). The device would detach from a base station that was also a charger and had all the audio gubbins it. The base would connect to the hi-fi. The tablet could be used docked in the base or on my lap/around the house. At least this way I could actually see what was on the screen! I don't need it to be an audio player - just a control interface. However, I guess others would want a player capability via headphones or a line-out. The tablet would talk to the base via wi-fi (unless docked when they would talk directly). The base would have the ability to run SC internally and connect to USB disks etc - or to connect via wi-fi/ethernet to a traditional external SC server. The ability to use the tablet screen as a basic photo frame/ image browser/ video player would be excellent. One advantage of a tablet sized device is bigger batteries. Having an integral carrying handle that could double as a table stand or retract completely would be neat. It doesn't have to be 10 inches - but at least 7. The real icing on the cake would be the ability to open a thin-client remote control interface onto a host SC PC so that ripping, tagging etc could be managed remotely if required. The server PC could then be headless. I'm starting to wonder how close I could get to this with available tablet technologies and the current SB range? Phil, Archos makes a number of tablet based devices. I have a 605 WiFI that displays the Nokia770 skin quite well. It uses the Opera browser. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I am leaving Logitech!
Dean, Ditto. I hope this does not spell a mass exodus from Slimdevices. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63759 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone using SB, etc. with a whole-house audio system?
Kyle, I too have my SB2 plugged into my Russound CAV. I hope to get some time and replicate your setup. I would also like to work on some functionality enhancements between the Squeezecentre (insert UK joke here) and the Russound CAV other than simple IR keypad control. What OS are you running your server on? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60793 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Sites to Download Music in FLAC
Nettwerk Records offers a number of their albums and tracks as FLAC. http://www.werkshop.com/store/home.action -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60749 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ceiling Speakers
Here is a link to a prior thread in this forum: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 Another very lengthy thread over at the AVS forum is on the Monoprice ceiling speakers: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=991046 Good luck! -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Router to Use With Squeezbox?
Lawrence, I assume that you already have a home router. Why not just use an access point (AP)? I picked up the HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point 10ag NA (J9140A) http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/wireless/ProCurve_Wireless_Access_Point_10ag/overview.htm It is a managed (open source AP). I picked mine up for ~$160. Lifetime warranty with 'next-business-day advance replacement (available in most countries)'. I never can figure out why APs (other than sales volume) cost more than wireless routers. The only real downside to this AP is that the antennas are not removable/replaceable. It has worked like a charm. I even rely on it for my Boom alarm. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58591 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Home networking - suitable faceplate
As Pat noted most of the modules and faceplate (Leviton) can be purchased from Home Depot. If I am in a pinch that is where I'll head. Surprisingly they have Leviton patch cables at a reasonable price as well. If I need more complex cabling parts, I will order from the site below. http://www.milestek.com/search_NonSorted.asp?skw=ZZWP -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58550 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] FLAC -DRM Free Music
I have purchased a few songs (MP3s) from Amazon in the past but usually balk getting a lossy copy of a song. ~99.5% of my collection is FLAC ripped from my CD collection. I thought I'd post a note about my purchase experience of a FLAC album through Nettwerk Record's Store (http://www.werkshop.com/store/home.action). I decided to purchase the FLAC edition of Sarah McLachlan's Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff - Volume 2 released in April 08. $10.99 (US Dollar) For this album the site had track samples via real audio and the ability to purchase individual mp3 tracks but alas not individual FLAC tracks. I was really interested in picking up her cover of the Beatles Blackbird (also in the I Am Sam movie soundtrack). With only a few of the songs of little interest to me I made the purchase. The ZIP file download was quick enough (~650MB). The FLAC songs file names were not to my liking but were easily changed. What really surprised me was the lack of TAGs. This was readily corrected via foobar2000's freedb tagger. With the files/songs properly tagged I rescanned and all was well. The album sounds fantastic (not that I could really tell the difference between a FLAC and a ~160kb mp3). I prefer the FLAC so I can transcode those files/songs to play on other devices/media (CD-Rs for the car, SD card for my palm). I love that Nettwerk provides access to the majority of their artists via their own store. Overall the experience was painless. Obviously the files need to be properly tagged before they can be picked up by SqueezeCenter. One just has to make that part of the process just like you would with a ripped CD. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47931 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Installing SqueezeCenter over a beta release
From Michael's site (http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=446) ver 3.99.1.zip should work for you. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44145 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help? Winamp not connecting/recognized
Glad you were able to pull the log. I have not encountered your errors before. After trying the usual re-boot and if the issue persists, I would try and call support. Do you have any local Squeeze boxes connected to the server that are performing normally? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42788 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help? Winamp not connecting/recognized
Can you get to your server.log on the SqueezeCenter server? Check for error messages. What OS is it on? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42788 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Frivolous Question ('Center' vs. 'Centre')
To continue this rant. How about ..That said, I think we have beat Centre to death. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42625 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3 stream error syncing to stream
Ubuntu/Debian users. Make sure you have lame installed. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42675 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MP3 stream error syncing to stream
Timothy Stockman;262513 Wrote: Thanks for the tip! It just recently caused me woe. I had upgraded my server to Ubuntu 6.06 some time ago and neglected to fully check out all the features. My whole library is flac. There is a ton of info in the server.log for the SqueezeCenter. I wish I had looked there before opening a ticket. Enjoy your music! -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42675 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Frivolous Question ('Center' vs. 'Centre')
Pat Farrell;261818 Wrote: Phil Leigh wrote: Exactly! Squeeze Center / Centre is a silly name anyway. SqueezeManager or SqueezeCommander or SqueezePortal would be better IMHO.. Big companies spend zillions on branding and product names. I hope that Dean, Sean and a few of the folks just went out for beer and picked it. It could be a million dollar ++ name -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ Yes we Americans speak Amlish http://www.accomodata.co.uk/amlish.htm or http://www.textfiles.com/fun/brittish.txt How about the SqueezeWii or SqueezeTorch -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42625 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis;259199 Wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is this OK? Or do you need to get rid of the config files, too, with aptitude purge slimserver, and start completely from scratch? (Commands prefaced with 'sudo' for Ubuntu users.) TIA My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Diana Artemis;259374 Wrote: bobharp wrote: My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage Presumably you added the bits at the end about having to do more than just the basic apt-get from the repository in the form of having to install libexpat1-dev separately, having to configure perl manually, etc? Is it reasonable to suppose that this is a temporary fix, and will not be necessary for installing the final release? I did not want to wipe that information out of the wiki page. I do not have the resources to test various debian distros. I am on Ubuntu 6.06. I just added: -or for the development release (currently SlimServer 7.0a1)- apt-get remove --purge slimserver apt-get update apt-get install squeezecenter I doubt that a purge is necessary. I did not have to configure perl or install libexpat1-dev. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
I'm looking forward to the Squeezebox Controller. It has now topped my birthday wish-list. Good stuff. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Awesome Frank. Thanks for the holiday gift. I will try it out tonight. I'm sure SlimDevices will want you to add your utility to the wiki: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginsAudio Happy New year! -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Harmony remote and Squeezebox
mschiff;228803 Wrote: I use a Harmony 659. Will these settings work for it as well? -- Martin My 676 works well with the update to the Slim_Devices_Remote.ir file. The remote feels snappy and has the rubber/soft buttons. What it is missing is the alpha character listing around the number buttons for lazy searches. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ground loop help?
Meatwad650;229522 Wrote: If you're suggesting that the bedroom fan is causing the hum - it's been unplugged. But the hum is still there... Is this a wired or wireless Ethernet connection? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38588 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Universal remote for Squeezebox?
agentsmith;216696 Wrote: Bob, where did you get the code the your Harmony. I have a 880 and got my Slim codes from the Logitech site, the menu layout is kind of messy. But then I have not accessed their site for ages. Codes came from the Logitech site. While adding functionality to my SB, the updates seem to have removed my ability to move around the LCD menu options. I use to be able to change the order of when they would appear when pressing next. No letters on my 676 but Lazy Search works as reported. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37036 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Universal remote for Squeezebox?
I have updated my Harmony remote and the options for Squeezebox control have increased tremendously. I'll check out the 'lazy search' options to see if it works. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37036 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendations for a small footprint server, please
Try a Shuttle (http://shuttle.com) system or look at: http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=Topics for small form factor resources. Even cooler run your squeezebox with the way cool SlimCD http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36538 -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36679 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendations for in-ceiling speakers?
aubuti;199572 Wrote: Hey bobharp, please do put together a review and post it, I would appreciate hearing how the Proficient Audio compare to the Polks. I've finally hooked up all my zones. The Proficient speakers have exceeded my expectations. -Disclaimer- I do not consider myself to be an audiophile -Disclaimer- Audio from the speakers is clear and crisp throughout volume levels, even cranked all the way up. Listened to CSNY So Far album. Guitar and vocals came through with rich detail. These speakers perform as good if not better than the Polk and Niles that I had before. The wife even thinks they sound better than our previous setup. Enjoying these budget speakers and my Squeezeboxes. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Transporter playing very slowly
seanadams;209962 Wrote: Make sure under player settings that the clock source is set to internal, not word clock. This is not a network problem. Sean, maybe you could bequeath me with a Transporter to test this out. :) -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Transporter playing very slowly
Could you provide a little more detail on how your Transporter is connected to your NAS/Slimserver? Is it a wired or wireless network? See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToNetworks for details. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nintendo DS Lite Browser as Interface
zingerhill, Thanks for the review. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26107 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nintendo DS Lite Browser as Interface
Any reviews yet?? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26107 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendations for in-ceiling speakers?
Robert Jennings;200090 Wrote: Has anybody tried single stereo speakers (as oppose to a pair) ? Robert I had a Niles CM6.3SI speaker in my bathroom. It did not compare to the Polks but sounded fine for the space it was in. I have one Proficient 6.5 single stereo speaker now. Moved on Saturday. Having some issues getting my AV rack (http://avrak.com/) set up properly in my AV cabinet. Clearance issues. Oddly my Comcast hookup went swimingly well. Never figured that my Series 3 Tivo would move without having to go through the dreaded cable card setup again. Internet works as well. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendations for in-ceiling speakers?
aubuti;199572 Wrote: Thanks for the responses. I had heard of Tannoy, but never heard any opinions. And I needed a nudge to get past the opening animations of the very cheesy Proficient Audio site! Almost all of the wall space is going to be either windows or cabinets, so in this instance I'm guessing that the wider options for placement of in-ceiling speakers may trump in-wall. Spousal aesthetic sensibilities are also a factor. Hey bobharp, please do put together a review and post it, I would appreciate hearing how the Proficient Audio compare to the Polks. Are the Polks staying in your old place? I ask because if you're interested in selling them I'm just down the road from you (Takoma Park). Funny that Takoma Park. How is the nuclear free zone? I'm now spitting distance from the other nuclear free zone Garrett Park. I think my multi-zone audio was the top selling point for my house. It sold within a week. Though I thought of swapping the Polks for the Proficients I did say they conveyed. Once the mayhem has died down I will review. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendations for in-ceiling speakers?
I have a pair of Polk RC60i speakers in my kitchen now. Love them. Moving very soon to a new house and put in Proficient Audio (http://proficientaudio.com/) PFC640s (~$150/pair). The change was based purely on cost and an advertised freq response of (32-22kHz). I hope to put together a review soon. Yes the Proficient website is cheesy. The must of hired the same guy who does all the movie voice trailers. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi-Zone Whole-House Audio System
TechHome;192296 Wrote: Single source, multi-room can be done cheap. Up to 16-pairs of speakers may be powered from a single amp or receiver. You will need a powerful, 4-ohm stable amp or receiver, in-wall impedance matching volume controls (with 8x setting), speakers and of course a Squeezebox or Transporter. Use any web enabled devices to control it. TechHome Define cheap? Are you talking about a new home install (bare studs) or fishing behind drywall? Decent ceiling and wall speakers (depending if you are an audiophile or not) can run $150 to $200/pair. awy;192429 Wrote: How about an update on the progress of your project? I started out with just SoftSqueeze and now have bought a pair of SliMP3s; one in the lounge connected to the main amp/speakers, the other in the (adjacent) kitchen. The one in the lounge was because, good though it is and just fine for background music or internet radio (the main use), the remote PC/sound-card/CAT5e/main-amp solution was not quite good enough for serious music listening. Since having the SliMP3 in place, we have come to appreciate the use of the remote, even though a laptop from which the web interface can be used (or, more often, SlimRemote), is usually to hand. The kitchen SliMP3 has been built into the boarding above the cupboards and looks great, with a pair of really cheap PC speakers behind the ventialation grill elsewhere in the boarding, and with a wireless ethernet bridge (all parts from eBay or the office for-sale board). In this case the motivation was the impracticality of getting any wiring to the kitchen. But again, we find the availability of the display and the remote are really nice. Now the real problem is keeping synchronization with the lounge - I am working on this (see posts elsewhere in this forum) - but the multiple-channels-from-a-single-SoftSqueeze approach that I outlined above would eliminate this problem (except that I have the wiring problem). I intend to keep the faith with SoftSqueeze elsewhere: basement TV/play room, laundry room and probably the cellar/workshop; all from the same single sound card and using various qualities of PC/powered speakers. But for the bedroom I definitely want a wireless SB so that it can be controlled with the remote. Alan. While I have had rare issues with syncing my music between my SB2, syncing internet radio is another story. As diagramed here (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=103076postcount=2) my den SB2 and multi-zone kitchen speakers are within earshot of each other. It is dead on while playing my music. Softsqueeze has never been reliable enough for my entourage. I will be moving soon and will try to update my diagrams and costs involved in pimping out the new house with mix of Squeezebox and Russound audio devices. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Branding
Michael Herger;190782 Wrote: - she once explained why she didn't need that boombox any longer. No hidden announcement :-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR Are you jerking our chain(s)?? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33966 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Internet Radio the Copyright Review Board
FYI Internet radio may face crippling fees (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070305-internet-radio-may-face-crippling-fees.should-xm-radio-and-sirius-be-alarmed.html). This would be sad indeed. Would Pandora get hit? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=4 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
The great Logitech just replaced my wife's fancy diNovo keyboard. Somehow the spacebar was less than responsive (very fast typist). This is not a $20 keyboard. Anyway, support was stellar. Not even an RMA they just shipped me a new box (mouse, keyboard, mediapad). -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release
Has the Debian release been updated? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release
Thanks. Updating now. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver on a wii ...
Cool. I will give it a try. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31252 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: stream keeps stuttering
Alas, there has been no stuttering today. I will keep an ear out. Is there a bug # for this? A quick search did not turn up anything. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28392 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: stream keeps stuttering
Well after attempting to update to the latest testing release (deb http://debian.slimdevices.com testing main) and having my SB2s lock up I went back to the stable release. They would power on after the firmware update but would not respond to other remote control commands. Tried: SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10724 - Debian - EN - utf8 No back at: SlimServer Version: 6.5.0 - 9916 - Debian - EN - utf8 I bumped up my RADIO STATION BUFFER SECONDS to 20. I will try that for a while. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28392 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: stream keeps stuttering
A number of my internet streams seem to have started stuttering today. I will try updating tomorrow. Some stations sound great most stutter. Just started after being rock solid. Seems like an internet issue but better local buffering sould fix it. I like having fullness in my buffer. Running.. SlimServer Version: 6.5.0 - 9916 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28392 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
thaumaturge;147968 Wrote: Well, Sean and the boys cashed out. I'm disappointed, but not surprised. Good for them. Better to take the offer now before the SB shipments drop off after even more media-server products are released this quarter at half or a third of the SB price. I doubt the boys will take the money and run. I can't wait to see what products will come. Any speculation on how they might meet these sales goals? Discounts? New stuff? Pyramid sales schemes? (http://www.falseprofits.com/MeaningofPyramids.html) -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!
As junien stated: We are much more interested in extending the current technology to new hardware products and new markets. I hope to see that SB WiFi Boombox full of knobs and whistles! I also think that the increased product visibility will put a strain on SD's support and this forum/community. Congratulations to the Slim Devices team. It was bound to happen and this seems like a great fit. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!
Updated my Ubuntu/breezy server to the latest nightly with apt-get. No hiccups. Synch'd music on 2 SB2s and a Softqueeze client without problems. Based on the above setup please PM me if you want me to try anything else. Bob -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? The Transporter per 6moons.com??
radish Wrote: I know. I'm one myself :) But for what we have planned a human just isn't required. What I'm looking at now is how to add an idiot-proof jukebox style browser so people can choose tunes themselves and have them added to the queue. Congrats radish and congrats to SD on the new product and gaining radishes spouse approval factor (SAF). -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25771 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Outdoor Speaker Recommendation
I still love my Polk Atriums as noted in the linked thread by Michaelwagner. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 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: Help me choose the right router!
Not doing the wireless thing at my house but I've been happy with my Linksys stuff. I have had the 8 port BEFSR8? router for as long as I've been off dial-up. 7 years maybe?? Simple and idiot proof (good for me) and solid. You could go with an access point like the WAP54G or get a at router WRT54G. They are all about the same price. Check out http://www.linksys.com As far as getting good prices check out www.pricegrabber.com they even seem to have a UK version www.pricegrabber.co.uk and www.pricescan.com Good luck, -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23901 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Outdoor rated speakers
I have had a set of Polk Atriums on my deck for 3 years now. Although I set them up for an easy disconnect during the winter months, I have failed to do so every year. They are still working fine. http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/multiapplication/ Good luck, -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23876 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wiki page on network setup
I will try and find a site for free icons. Here is a Visio stencil site: http://www.visiocafe.com/index.htm Google image search works well too. Really, thanks Mark! This stuff takes time. I hope SD gives you a BOHICA for this. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23604 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wiki page on network setup
Essentially BOHICA's are what you get out of life. Yes and that was what I meant. Attached is a better lightning bolt. Not that yours was bad or anything. Good for Linksys. I will search Cisco's site to see if they have updated their Visio stuff with Linksys stuff. +---+ |Filename: Lightning.gif| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296| +---+ -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23604 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Diagrams for 'whole house audio'
JJZolx Wrote: If I were doing whole-house audio, I'd do this as well in rooms and areas where I just needed background music - kitchen, dining room, bathrooms, halls, patio, etc. I concur, I just wanted to expose/share other methods of achieving this solution. JJZolx Wrote: Another nice advantage over say a CD player as source is that you can control the player from anywhere in the house from a networked computer. Or wireless handheld! Wish I had one. How about an in wall keypad? Who has in-wall control (AMX or Xantech) for their setup? JJZolx Wrote: I know a lot of people are happy synching a bunch of Squeezeboxes to tackle the issue of whole-house audio. But I just don't see it as being convenient or reliable enough to be worth the trouble. I have had minor annoyances with this. A stop and start usually resolves the issue. I'm just geeky enough to love the technology behind the scenes that makes it work. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23114 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Diagrams for 'whole house audio'
Wow. Looks like my thread is dying. Oh well. In the above graphic. I have one SB downstairs driving my Cambridge Soundwork system (so I can view whats playing) while the other is hooked into my multi-zone system. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23114 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Diagrams for 'whole house audio'
Kyle Wrote: I have one SB in the den with the analog outputs going into my Russound whole house system and the digital (coax) driving my Marantz den receiver. Had not thought of that. One SB with multiple outputs. Cool. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23114 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Diagrams for 'whole house audio'
I have been wondering forum users would post how they distribute audio (if they do) for whole house audio goodness. Slim Devices could possibly then polish up the diagrams and info for posting on the website. For example these could be added to the diagram at http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html . Diagrams could show: SB synchronization SB hooked to multiroom amp/recievers SB hooked up to A-BUS (CAT5 multiroom audio distribution) SB integrated with AMX NetLinx others?? This may be documented somewhere but I could not find it. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23114 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Diagrams for 'whole house audio'
Ok I'll be the first. Hopefully Slim Devices won't mind that I borrowed some of thier graphics. +---+ |Filename: SB Audio distribution.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1212| +---+ -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23114 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: FLAC to MP3
Jason, I have used MediaCoder (http://www.rarewares.org/mediacoder) under Windows. Good luck! What kind of car? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23046 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Audioholics Review
SB3 Review Overall Rating: 5/5 http://tinyurl.com/qxb4j The reviewer seems to have a lot of only suggestions. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22993 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
Jon, Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/download It meets all of your requirements. It's a great way to try the OS to see if it runs on your hardware. The Slimserver folks have kindly created a debian based install for us linux neophytes which makes the installation as easy as Windows. In my opinion it also runs better than Windows and requires less maintenance. Give it a whirl. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A Silly Poll
Feeling every bit of 40. SB(s) are the best use of my disposable income yet. Just wish I had more time to tweak my setup. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 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: Multi-Zone Whole-House Audio System
bmarston Wrote: The SlimServer web interface via two laptops, a Nokia 770, a Mac mini and anything else I end up acquiring that has web browser software I will caveat my reply by stating that I'm not expert but could it possibly be simpler, and possibly cheaper, to control your system with one or more Russound RSCAA66 kits? This I know, no multi-zone whole house system is cheap or simple. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Multi-Zone Whole-House Audio System
bmarston, How are you going to control your 11 zones? On/Off, volume adjust input? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface
It seems like your setup will work. So once you get your SBs, test with one SB (IR receiver) jacked into your ir zone controller with the other SB (RCA out) feeding your receiver. You could sync or Shadow Play (plugin) depending on your testing. BTW the AMX NetLinx plugin looked way cool. Good luck -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22694 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...
dangerous_dom Wrote: Want to keep the cost to a minimum, as it's only for slimserver + increacing my Linux skills. Appart from a large HDD, what would people recommend as the minimum specs? Thanks, Dom. What codec (flac, mp3, ogg, etc.) will you use? Drive size keeps increasing and is staying relatively cheap. Search the forums for backup solution that will fit your needs and set up your disk(s) accordingly. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22506 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface
rock, In the summer of 02 (this was pre SB) I hooked up my system as follows. Upstairs AV closet. Harmon Kardon (HK) avr 320 HK pa 4000 xantech 291-kit (http://xantech.com/products/p_folder/p_291kit.htm) Zones downstairs. HK kp 1 (wall key pad) for each zone xantech 490 microlink receiver for kp 1 For the moment I have 2 SB2s. One hooked to a Cabmbridge Soundworks CD Radio and the other into my AV closet upstair for multi-zone audio. While my focus has not been to use my SB to pass IR info (I did not know of the plug-in till your post) to my amp and system, I should be able to replicate your setup. I am using a combination of 'Music Sense' and keypad controls to turn on music to my zones. Does your amp have any similar features? -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22694 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface
How do you ir controll your diff. zones now? As you have seen, the SB hardware and Slimserver OS is quite extensible. Sit back think out of the box with your current setup. There are a miriad of ways to control your SB/Slimserver network. I thought that I would quickly move to a wireless handheld gui for my SB. I have been very contenet with the SB interface. With Slimserver I can sync my internet radio stations across my zones. Oddly FM reception is spotty at my house. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22694 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface
rock, I can appreciate your pain in describing you situation. My ir setup connects trough cat 5 as well, but I digress. Have you looked at cheap ir to rf? I will try and diagram your setup tomorrow to see if I can find a cheap and easy fix. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22694 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Food For Thought - Slim On DS?....hmmmm
I concur. But I would have to take away my Boy's DS. God knows what he would do to my slimserver. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21136 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Quite Happy With My Squeezebox 2
Loving everything Slim these days. I have been searching for a replacement for my Audiotron for more than a year. I have my new SB2 hooked into my Harmon Kardon multi zone receiver and am rocking all over the house. The only waste is having to hide my SB2 on my AV rack (www.avrak.com) in the closet. I will be shopping for a table radio to plug a second SB2 into in the near future. Bob -- bobharp Bob Harper ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
