[slim] Songsa
Is there a way I can access Songsa directly through my Squeezebox classic? If I have it already running on my computer, can I access it through the Squeezebox back through the computer? Bruce Shaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8703 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99167 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech marketing confusion
snarlydwarf;510956 Wrote: Some things are better done by small groups. Don't blame this on size. Amazon does a fine job of selling stuff. This is an issue of competence. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Logitech marketing confusion
I have always appreciated Logitech's efforts to make Squeezebox a more mass-market product, but their current marketing is likely to confuse the heck out of anyone who isn't already a devoted Squeezebox follower. Others have written about the pathetic Squeezebox displays at retailers; I'll just address online marketing, which Logitech presumably controls: - There are completely different descriptions of the Squeezebox product line on logitech.com and logitechsqueezebox.com (which is where you get when you google squeezebox). - Logitechsqueezebox.com contains a decent overview of the product line (though without all the details you need to differentiate between products; you need to be a forum-reading geek to get those). Logitech.com doesn't; it just describes the individual products. - Neither site gives an estimate for when the Touch and other future products might be available. (Don't even get me started on the idiocy of discontinuing the flagship product months before the replacement is available.) - Logitech.com lists online retailers for each item, but it says the Touch is in stock at 2 of the 3 retailers. Of course once you click through to those retailers, you see it's out of stock, and one retailer even shows an image of the wrong product. - Logitechsqueezebox.com has a link to Online Store which contains no products. (Reminds me of traveling to Cuba.) It's not easy to market a product that combines the worlds of audio, computing, networking, and open source software. I admire Logitech for trying and am happy to cut them some slack in their product design and messaging. But the confusion in basic sales techniques is inexcusable. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech marketing confusion
My main rant was about poor marketing rather than the discontinued Classic. But a basic part of product management is ensuring that your company can continue meeting customer demand for a product, or having a replacement ready. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74502 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
Another option would be to go to a skinnier (and possibly shorter) font if the whole title can't fit. This could be automatic or it could be a user option (along with a choice to scroll or truncate if the skinny font still won't fit). -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
The Receiver is still available at logitech.com for $149.99. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
I agree that in many scenarios the touch screen is irrelevant. (Both my Classics are behind glass.) I hope that either the touch functionality is not expensive to include (does anyone know?) or Logitech will eventually introduce a cheaper non-touch version. I personally would like a Non-Touch with a nice display like the Touch but larger, so it could be read easily from across a room. But the Touch display is already larger than old fashioned audio gear displays, so I don't know how many people would pay for a larger one. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 20% off on amazon (if you buy 2)
Amazon is offering a 20% rebate on all Logitech products if you buy 2 to 5 of them on a single order between now and Christmas. You have to buy from amazon rather than one of their partners; you can see the details on the amazon pages of eligible products. I won't bother telling you what various Squeezebox components cost after rebate because amazon's prices change constantly, but there are some good deals to be got. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
pfarrell;495076 Wrote: The Touch is much more than a Classic with a touch screen. Its a computer. Its not really a slim device as it can do things like read music off of a thumb or even external disk drive. For folks who already have a SlimServer, the ability of the Touch to work as a serverless system may not be all that critical, but for new users, it will be a godsend. I don't understand the configurations and usage scenarios you're anticipating will be a godsend. How many people carry music around on thumb drives as opposed to MP3 players (which don't need a Touch to play through a stereo)? Will people buy an external drive to store their music rather than running SlimServer on a PC, and if so, how will they add music to it, and will the drive be accessible throughout their network? I agree that setting up and managing a SlimServer is complicated for non-techies, but I don't understand how the Touch will help. Maybe I'm missing something. (Thanks for the rest of your reply, however, which makes sense to me.) -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
Are you saying that if you have a Touch with an external drive attached to it, the Touch will function as a server for other Squeezeboxes on your network? Or can only Touches on your network access that drive? How would you perform the functions that are currently part of server management? Are those all accessible from individual players or the player that is connected to the external drive? -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
If Logitech could market the Squeezebox line as not requiring a server to play one's music collection, just an external hard drive (which they could even sell as an option) connected to a Touch, and all the server functions could be handled by a combination of the Touch, the other players, and iTunes (or similar software to easily manage the music) running on a computer somewhere on the network, then that would truly be a big step forward. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] About the current lineup of Squeezeboxes
usch;495192 Wrote: Not from -any- drive on the network, only from USB drives that are directly connected to the Touch. ... I would really like to use it as a standalone server, but its capabilities seem way too limited, given that plugins are not fully supported and you already need a plugin to do such simple things as automatic playlists based on track ratings. In that case, here's how I think the Touch could turn Squeezebox line into a successful semi-mass market product: 1) Logitech should sell a few external drives in varying sizes appropriate for music storage. Ideally these would come with housing that looks related to the Touch and can share a power adapter with the Touch. Audio users shouldn't feel like they're shopping for computer parts. 2) Make sure that a non-technical user can configure all their players with the most important features using some combination of the server Touch (the one that hosts the music drive), the other players on the network, and a separate admin utility that can run on a computer on the network. By most important features I don't mean all plugins, but I would include lazy search because that is so essential to a usable system. I've heard that lazy search must be a separate plugin not provided by Logitech for legal reasons; if that's true, then Logitech needs to make it possible for someone to make a similar plugin for the Touch, even if there's not a more general plugin capacity. Couldn't smart playlists be set up with iTunes or similar programs? -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 20% off on amazon (if you buy 2)
You'll see the link on any amazon.com page showing a Logitech product sold by amazon (but not by 3rd parties, even though the save 20% notice still appears on the 3rd party pages!). For example, the Classic is at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000VZL9C2/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8m=ATVPDKIKX0DER Currently the Classic costs $236.81 from amazon, or $225.00 when sold by a 3rd party on amazon.com. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 20% off on amazon (if you buy 2)
To clarify my last post, the save 20% notice seems to appear on all Logitech pages on amazon, even though the fine print says the rebate applies only to products sold by amazon, not to those sold by 3rd parties through amazon! -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?
If you are thinking of the system architecture then sure, it makes sense for the user to distinguish between SC and SN. Then it sounds nice to add features like automatically switching between the two sources and syncing the two Favorites lists. But if you are thinking of the *user*, the relationship should be more seamless. In particular, SC should be called something like My Stuff, SN should be called something like Internet Stuff, and either/both should appear in the top-level menu whenever they are available. Furthermore, Favorites should always present the same Favorites list regardless of which source is connected; isn't the whole point of Favorites to provide quick access to your favorites? I don't see why all of this integration and source switching can't be done in the UI, so I assume the reason it didn't happen long ago is that the developers are thinking about system architecture rather than the user's mindset. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68012 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network control of AV Receiver
Yay ! I've proved to myself. a) The Squeezecontroller is capable of controlling the Denon Receiver b) I can write it ! I've hacked the Doomsday demo app to mute and un-mute the amplifier using http commands. So I can presumably expand from there to full one way functionality. Ideally I'd liked to switch from using HTTP to using plain TCP so I could use the telnet commands and receive back status information to theoretically display on the remote. I'll let you know how I proceed. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network control of AV Receiver
The receiver will accept command either by Telnet or by HTTP through it's network port. I figured either: a) I get the SBC to send the commands to the receiver. Initially volume up down, and power on / off would be more than enough. b) I get the SBC to send commands to the Squeezecenter server that then sends the commands to the receiver. Guess the bonus of this would be that the server could send command based on power on events on the players? Have had a look at the template projects (and the media center controller app) for the SBC and I'm going to have a bash. But any thoughts would be appreciate. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network control of AV Receiver
Just got myself a squeezebox controller and this question has occurred to me again. How easy is it to get Squeezecenter to control my Denon Reciver using it's telnet interface ? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Feature request; dedicated remote commands for specific favorites
I wish a remote with soft keys, such as my Harmony 890, could send commands to my Squeezebox to play specific items from my Favorites menu. For example, one button could play a certain playlist; another could play a favorite SqueezeNetwork radio station; another could play my Pandora station. The user would somehow assign remote commands (PlayFavorite1, PlayFavorite2, etc.) to specific favorites, either from the Favorites menu or from the server user interface. Could this be done as a server plugin? Or would it require a change to the hardware to understand these new commands? Needless to say, this feature would be most useful when combined with a single, integrated Favorites list that includes SlimServer and SqueezeNetwork items -- which is supposed to happen in 7.0. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] More remote codes
The Harmony universal remotes let you choose a Search for Artist command for the Squeezebox, yet that command isn't recognized by my Squeezebox (v3). Any idea whether there is a remote code for Search for Artist? If so, how do I get it? If not, could one be added (as well as other menu commands, even including specific items in the Favorites list)? Would this require hardware, firmware, server software, and/or Harmony code updates? And... if I actually wanted the remote command to be Lazy Search for Artist, would that also require a change to the Lazy Search plugin? The remote's Search command already does Lazy Search if the plugin is installed, but I'm not sure that even if the remote could tell the server to do Search for Artist, that that would automatically be a lazy search. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Difference between favorites and playlists?
Dan Sully;125185 Wrote: 6.5 is much improved in a lot of ways. With Favorites, you can now store Albums, Artists, Genres, Tracks, Playlists (any), Years as favorites. Just hold down the favorites button on the remote. Thanks for the tip. A clarification to help anyone else: Before holding down the Favorites button, you need to display the playlist name (not the Now Playing display that you see while the playlist is playing). -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can Headphone Port be used to receive IR commands
In the end, I just opened the case, split open the Ir emitter and put the IR emitter LED inside the case. It works a treat!! -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24657 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any Digital Piano Owners Out There?
My mother tried out a number of electric piano's. The Rolands and most of the non Clavinova's didn't feel right or sound right. When she played the clavinova, I asked her how it was and she said great, but this one is a piano. She honestly thought is was a real piano, even though she was listening through headphones. So her recommendation would be the clavinova range. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30680 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can Headphone Port be used to receive IR commands
I'm looking to do the same thing. My remote transmits RF and an RF receiver then transmits IR through IR emitters. Can the IR output of the receiver be connected to the headphone port on the squeezebox. if the headphone port can be made to transmit IR, surely it could be made to receive IR. Otherwise as noted above, I will have to put an IR blinker on the front of the squeezebox and it won't look pretty. Thanks in advance, Bruce -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24657 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can Headphone Port be used to receive IR commands
enhancement request logged, please vote for it. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4605 -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24657 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
I think we have two definitions of connect. One is a connection that is achieved when the SB reports a wireless signal strength of 80% or so. The other is when it actually sends data. I don't believe I can download SB3 firmware with only the first definition in play, since the server software reports that it can't find my SB3. So, no data will be sent. I won't get to this till later tonight. Thanks for all the help. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
I was right all along. My router has only one port - at least one port that my ethernet cable will connect to. The other port is for the phone line (I have DSL with SBC now Att) and that receptacle doesn't fit the connector on the end of teh ethernet cable. So, I am screwed. I am not even sure if an adaptor exists or if one does, that phone port will work. I really doubt it will. So, I am not able to connect with a wire. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
I had a 5 port hub in the garage that was about 10 years old (that I thought I even threw out and for sure never thought I would use again). Once I found a PS for it that fit and some Cat-5 I had it cobbled together. The firmware download started immediately upon connecting. I didn't have to press the brightness button to start it. I am up and running now wirelessly. Thanks to all for the great support and concern! -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
I did just install the latest slim server yesterday(but not the last nightly) and didn't get any prompts to install the firmware. Don't I have to be successfully connect to install firmware. Sorry for the late reply. I have been away. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Wireless signal strength is always way up. High 70s or 80s. The whole point is that I have been listening fine to my set up for 8 months. It is just that whenever I shut down the server computer, I can't reconnect with out doing goofy things. This time the goofy things I do aren't working. So, I can connect - just not now. And I don't know why. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Isn't it true that you have to be connected in order for a ping to work? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
I am not connecting to my neighbor's system. How can I use a cable if my router has no open ports into which I can insert the connector? If I take out the one ethernet cable that is presently inserted so as to plug in a wire from the SB3 to it, I lose connectivity to my server PC which is, of course, tethered to the router via that cable. Is the idea that I can download the firmware auto-magically directly from the SB3 to the internet? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Nope. Note above that I do not have the luxury of 4 ports. But it appears that I may have two not just the one. One for the cable modem (phone line) going in and one going from the router to the machine on which my slim server is running. So, now the problem is that to do this I have to cut the umbilical cord to the internet. This may not be a problem since I plan to simply rerun the installation of the slimserver version 6.5.x or whatever it is, that I just installed yesterday, after cabling up the SB3 to the router (which will cut said umbilical cord) and watch the prompt come up that says that I should download the firmware to the SB3. Now, if at that point in the installation the software has to go back to the internet to get the SB3 firmware, I will be hosed, cause I won't be able to. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Does anybody have experience with SB3 failing to connect every time the server PC gets shut down and restarted? This has happened to me every single time the PC has been turned off. Getting the SB3 to connect has been a voodoo like operation that never has made any sense. Only this time it is not working. Normally, what I have done is to switch the encryption from WEP 64 to no password [or back]. This has magically worked (even though I realize that this trick should have no bearing whatsoever on connecting) in the past. Now nothing works. Does any body have any ideas? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Thanks Jim, I just updated to the most recent version of Slimserver software. It was my understanding that the SB3 is not connecting to the Slimserver software but to the computer server. I have always been successful connecting to the router, given that the SB3 tells me its signal strength - which is ususally high. I don't understand your workaround instructions. I can easily hit refresh on my Slimserver web page every 10 seconds or so, but how do I repeatedly re-try connecting with out going through the laborious process of turning on the SB3, pressing the right arrow for setup etc. It quits trying to connect after 20 seconds, so given that, I can only refresh the server once or twice during that time. I am confused there. Thanks for your help. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Always fails to connect after shutting down server computer
Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes I am running Windows. And I am trying your idea. So, far after about 10 restarts, nothing is changing. Is the fact that I am running an extremely old firmware version in the Squeezebox (v. 28) a factor in this? Nothing is changing. Thanks for the help. It is appreciated because I am in the dark. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] ESPN Radio
Two questions: Can I get ESPN radio through my Squeezebox/Computer setup? Secondly, is there a good article explaining all the ins and outs of how to get Radio channels through Sqeezebox that don't come with the installation? Thanks in advance. I am hoping to avoid Theismann on MNF this year!! -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: ESPN Radio
I just realized that ESPN radio won't be what I need for MNF. I need Westwood One which covers the game on radio. Is a station that offers a podcast one that I can use squeezebox for, because Westwood One does? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Article in todays Guardian newspaper article championing Sonos
Sonos is attractive because of its remote. The vast majority of consumers won't consider buying and setting up a separate remote, so the comparison is between the remotes that ship with the products, and Sonos wins that comparison hands down. Hopefully the folks at SD realize this. You may prefer that SD remain a company for geeks (don't be insulted -- I count myself in this category) rather than the mass market. But then don't complain when mass-market newspapers fail to appreciate it. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Article in todays Guardian newspaper article championing Sonos
Tamanaco, I agree completely that Sonos is priced too high for the mass market, and it may well be too complex as well. I also feel that complexity is a bigger drawback for SD than its remote. As a matter of fact, the remote was the main reason I went with SD instead of Roku. The Roku remote would frustrate the hell out of me. The SD remote is very functional. The Sonos remote -- at first glance anyway; I've never used it -- is functional and sexy. My point was that, when you compare remotes (or anything else), you should compare the basic systems provided by the manufacturers, not a remote from another company and software from some developer somewhere. Most consumers won't even find out that these things exist, let alone go to the trouble to acquire and configure them. -- bruce bruce's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] ReadyNAS for Slimserver
Maybe I'm lucky, put I've installed 2 ReadyNAS X6 and they've all been almost braindead to install. Their are several models and I'm not aware of that many issues with the X6 model. I recommend the X6 model BTW, and once I installed 4 SATA drives, I plugged it in, waited 4 hours and had a RAID server. Did the same to second, with same success. On this one, I installed the Slimserver plugin and copied my FLAC files to the NAS. Did a rescan and bingo, one Slimserver. Been streaming loseless around the house to 5 Squeezeboxes for several months without a single problem. No dropouts, and no throughput issues both to wired and wireless Squeezeboxes. File performance to the X6 File server exceeded that of the PC file server it replaced with 10K SCSI 320 RAID and an Intel gigabit card. The boxes are plug into one of the higher end 24port gigabit switches. Each box creates snapshots every 12 hours and back up to each other once a month. I've installed these to other people and can certainly recommend them as a fine good NAS slimserver device. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.384 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] REadyNAS performance
I'm sure it's been pointed out by others, but the throughput of the infrant X6 is way past the terrastation. Tried that for Slim and what a dog. Now running the X6 and happily streaming FLAC files all day long, wired and wireless. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.384 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A Silly Poll
I'm 31. Some typing to make the message longer ;-) -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 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
Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3
Something is funny with the way playlists are (not) being handled on my system. For example, here's a playlist kbcs2.pls that I've been trying to play: [playlist] File1=http://www.live365.com/play/kbcs2 Title1=kbcs Length1=1 NumberOfEntries=1 Version=2 when I select this with my Slimp3 or Softsqueeze, I get a playlist empty message. If I cut and paste http://www.live365.com/play/kbcs2 into the Tune In to Radio URL it plays with no problem on SoftSqueeze. If I tune in with my SliMP3, I have the same problem as before: the SliMP3 play counter increments, I get no sound (or I get a loud click at the start and then nothing.) This stream is 96kbps and I have checked my SliMP3 with other 96 streams (out of Shoutcast) and they play. Is there something wrong with Live365? the formatting of this pls? my server? Bruce ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3
I'm running a SlimP3, and I'm finding that many stations coded at 96 kbps won't play. Is this a limitation on the SlimP3 or do I have a server/installation problem. I could have sworn these streams played before I switched over to 6.x. The streams play just fine on Softsqueeze. Bruce ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3
Thanks Try KBCS-FM http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenlive attached is the playlist file. bruce - Original Message - From: Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Slim Devices Discussion discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3 On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running a SlimP3, and I'm finding that many stations coded at 96 kbps won't play. Is this a limitation on the SlimP3 or do I have a server/installation problem. I could have sworn these streams played before I switched over to 6.x. The streams play just fine on Softsqueeze. Can you give an example? I'll try it on my slimp3. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss kbcs2.pls Description: audio/scpls ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3
Thanks for checking. I'll search for known bugs tomorrow. Maybe others with Slimp3s or SBs could check too to see if this (Live365) stream is a problem for everyone. I know there are other streams that don't work for me too (I wonder if they are all 96kbps). I'll pass on a few of these others that don't seem to be working and maybe if you have time you could see if they play for you. Bruce - Original Message - From: Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Slim Devices Discussion discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [slim] 96 kbps mp3 won't play on my Slimp3 On 4/2/06, Bruce Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Try KBCS-FM http://kbcs.fm/site/PageServer?pagename=listenlive attached is the playlist file. Hey Bruce, Yeah, something seems to be going on with at least that stream. I can't play it on my SliMP3 or my SB3. Server says this: 2006-04-02 19:33:19.6865 stream not readable I'm using the 6.5 branch too. Might be time to file a bug or search for an existing bug for these streams. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: NAS to run slimserver?
To rip all my CDs to flac I needed more storage anyway, so I went with a LinkStation HD-HG250. It's more expensive than a simple external USB or internal drive, but not that much more, and well worth it to me for being able to run slimserver. For a while I just used it to hold the music, and continued to run slimserver on an old Dell P3 running Ubuntu Linux. Last week I used the OpenLink firmware to hack the LinkStation and install slimserver. I'm tuning in late to this thread. I have a HD-H250 Linkstation, but I didn't know that I could run slimserver. Can you point me to instructions on how to do this? Bruce ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox display doubled
Richard, Windows XP Service Pack 2 This happens on both of my PCs Bruce - Original Message - From: Richard Titmuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Slim Devices Discussion discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 4:50 AM Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox display doubled Bruce Tucker wrote: I recently installed Slimserver 6.2.1 and Softsqueeze 2.2, but my Softsqueeze displays the same line twice. Is this a known bug or is something wrong that can be corrected? Strange, I've not seen that before. A couple of people have posted about this on the softsqueeze forum on sourceforge as well. What OS are you using? Anybody else see this? Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox display doubled
It sounds like what happens when SB1 fonts end up being sent to the SB2 display. Getting rid of the prefs file may help. Perhaps in this case, an upgrade to softsqueeze kept the mac address and is getting older prefs. -kdf Can you tell me where to look for these font files and Softsqueeze prefs? If I delete the pref file will it be recreated automatically? Thanks for your help. Bruce ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
Shipping to Canada £33 + £6 insurance. Rgds, Bruce. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox display doubled
This may have been answered before, but I'm just returning to the list after a long absence. I recently installed Slimserver 6.2.1 and Softsqueeze 2.2, but my Softsqueeze displays the same line twice. Is this a known bug or is something wrong that can be corrected? Bruce ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5860563921 Squeezebox v1 with graphical display upgrade. This was bought with the upgraded display (not a DIY job). selling due to upgrade. So far I've had v1, v1g, v2 and now v3. Rgds, Bruce. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox 1g for sale (UK)
Michaelwagner Wrote: Cost to ship to Canada? I'll find out tomorrow and let you know. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20544 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver on ReadyNas
I have been using this now for about 2 months and it works extremely well. The Infrant NAS's performance is quite a lot higher than the Terrastation which makes the combination work. I am streaming FLAC files to both wired and wireless SQ3's and there is no stuttering or dropouts even with 3 players running. Library size is about 400 or so CD's at this time and getting larger. I went with the X6 version and 2 mirrored 250gb WD SATA I drives. (The NAS doesn't support SATA II) I went with the WD RAID drives which are designed to be run 24x7 in a RAID box. The X6 construction is far better than the terrastation I looked at. 3 Thumbscrews open the case, the 4 drives slide in vertically in pullout slides in the center. Mount the drives, slide them in, close the case (All no tools required), and apply power. Wait 2 hours and the box is ready to go. No questions, no install in the normal sense. It will use mirroring on 2 drives and RAID 5 on 3+. You can add drives later and it will automatically reconfigure the array for you. And if you lose a drive, the array is available during rebuild. The Slimserver version is the current version and easy to install. After that, it's the same as the normal version, but you can't add your own plugin's like the regular version. Can't recommend it enough for a simple, reliable and very fast Audio server. (I'm using another with 4 250gb drives as my local file server for the house. Blazingly fast and it configured the drives and brought up a complete working NAS server in 4 hours from power on.) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 1/27/2006 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Is phone support a viable option? I called it twice (this morning during business hours) and no-one is answering. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Phone support (Kevin) got me through the keying in of the encryption password via the remote correctly. One must right arrow through any numbers that are 2 or 3 so as to confirm to the software that you are not typing in a hexadecimal character (ABCDEF). Once that was done correctly, the connection was made. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me get this up and running! -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Manual
I found the manual that comes with the SB3 to be 'slim'. Is there a FAQ or something that will step me through the setup. What I have found is that I have somehow got to where it appears that I have made the connection but I can't get out of the Network connection screens to some point where I can listen to music or try to listen to music. I even saw a screen go by that said I had a 70% signal strength. But I can't browse my music at all, much less play it. So I need an up to date help file somewhere. Help!! Thanks Bruce S. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Do you mean by that 'did I download and install Slimserver on my computer'? If that is what you meant by your question, then the answer is yes. I have been using it for a month and listening via Softsqueeze. My problems seems to be related to what the remote can and cannot do. Right now, it only allows me to scroll through 1) Setup networking, 2) View current settings 3) Connect with SqueezeNetwork and 4) connect with 0.0.0.0. That happens even after I cycle power. The signal strength is good so I have to assume I successfully connected. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
According to the documentation on the actual Slimserver software 'Getting Started' page, I am supposed to see this welcome screen when I start up the SB3: Would you like to set up the player? No, proceed with startup I don't get that screen and I am forced to deal with Network issues, which I have already done. None of the screens that I do see look like what the 'Getting Started' page says I should either. Is there any way from Slimserver to tell whether a connection has been made with the SB3. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
I now believe you are right. I type ipconfig in the cmd window and discovered my slimserver ip address. I then correctly entered it after going through the connection sequence and it failed to connect at that point. I checked firewall exceptions and they are already checked, meaning slimserver ports are OK. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
I think I have done everything properly. Except that the automatic DCHP bit has me confused. I let it do its automatic thing and after that I would have thought it would finish but it continues by asking me for my Slimserver IP address, which I assume is the IP address of my machine. Why, if it is automatic, does it ask me to type in Slimserver's IP address?? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Are those steps you gave steps I can make using the remote on the SB3 or what? I have never seen those options go by in the time I have been scrolling through SB3 menus. I don't know how to make the Slimserver machine ping the SB3 since I don't know the SB3 IP address. How do I get it? I suspect the answer would be that I can't ping it since Slimserver software claims 'Your Player was not found.' Thanks for everybody's help. I have been waiting for this device to show up for 7 weeks and now that it is here I am majorly weary of stressing my way through this difficult setup. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
After the step where it automatically gets an IP address (DHCP) it succeeds and displays the IP address. Then it goes to the next screen where it asks me to select a music source. What it then displays is the correct IP address that I typed in earlier. If I push the right arrow, meaning I like that choice, it tries to connect and it then fails. My other two choices at that juncture are to enter manually a Slimserver IP address (which I already did once) and the other choice is to go for the SqueezeNetwork, which I don't want to do. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
OK. 1) Squeezebox boots up and says hi -- I'll give you that one even though it doesn't say Hi. 2) You press the button, it requests an address from your router No. I requests an encryption key/router password from me. After I type it in, it goes off (connecting to wireless network) and comes back with the Automatic DHCP bit. 3) Your router gives it one -- first potential problem. Did it give an address? Is the address right? It finds an address. How could it find a bogus one? And is it supposed to be finding the IP address that 'ipconfig' tells me? If it is, it is not finding the right one. I tried skipping the automatic DHCP bit and then was asked to type in a bunch of IP address like things. I got stumped when it asked me for the DNS server address. I have no idea what a DNS server address is or what its values are. -- 4) Squeezebox searches the network for a Slimserver -- second potential problem. Is the Slimserver PC on the same network? Is Slimserver running? Is the firewall open? I believe the answer to all three of those questions is yes. 5) It connects, it updates its firmware and is good to go. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
I have tried the manually set the IP address steps. It asks me what the IP address of the Player is. Why does it ask me what its own IP address is? I would have thought it knows that itself.Is it allowing me to assign one for the player willy-nilly? If so, why? -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Thanks for your help Mr. StinkingPig, but I am afraid even though I have been in software for 22 years, these questions aren't so easy. So 1) verify that the Slimserver is running I can only assume that since I can see it up that it is running. 2) and that the firewall isn't blocking it. I don't know how to go about doing that. 3) Windows Firewall exceptions don't always take effect on the first try, so try temporarily disabling it. I don't get that one since there is nothing to 'take effect'. I think those firewall exception settings have been set that way since the moment I installed slimserver. In any case, I didn't set those firewall exceptions. So I don't know what you mean by 'temporarily disabling it'. 4)Also make sure you don't have other firewalls helping out. Don't know how to do that either. Sorry for being a dummy. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Manual
Are these not the basic steps? 1) Some kind of general connection is made to the wireless router once I enter its encryption/password key. This seems happy. 2) Since I select Obtain IP address automatically (DHCP) it goes and does something and comes back. 3) It displays the found IP address for a few seconds. 4) It then asks me 'Select a music source (1 of 3). When it does so, it displays as the first choice the IP address of my machine that I determined by 'ipconfig' and then typed in manually one of the times earlier when I went through this step. If I select this choice (1 of 3) 5) It then displays 'Connecting to Slimserver' which after a few seconds fails. This is now being done with my firewall temporarily disabled. (Not that it needed to be since when I went to the Windows Security setup I found the 3 requisite 3483 ports already excepted when I got there). So it seems there are 2 unique IP addresses involved; one gotten by the 'automatic DHCP' bit and one that it asked me for and now continues to use unless I make a different choice on step 4 above. If I do that option I will just end up typing in the same IP address all over again. -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Network control of AV Receiver
Just got myself a Denon AVR-4306, one of it's novel features is a network connection. There is a web interface that allows you to control the amp. My thinking is to investigate the network control protocol, then somehow to get slimserver to control it. What do you guys think? Does anyone else have one of these AVR-4306s yet? Cheers, Bruce. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19779 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Bind slimserver to URL ?
other than it looking nicer, is there a reason why you care? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19509 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 2nic help needed
Not that this answers the question, but why do you need two nics? Couldn't you set everthing up on the same network? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19447 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Softsqueeze
Thanks for all the replies on this. I had a hunch that it was softsqueeze but I needed some reassurance. Can't wait for the SB3 hardware to show up! -- Bruce S. Bruce S.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2532 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19302 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sb3 issues
Michaelwagner Wrote: So my posting here isn't enough? My understanding is that this a community based forum. The fact that the owners and employees of slim post here is a bonus. If you want something official, like a warranty replacement, or repair, then the support email address is the official channel. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18977 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Anyone up for a 2 squeezebox 3 deal in the UK
Saw a few of these type of posts a while back. Hope no-one minds. Does anyone want to get together to get two squeezebox 3s (black wireless or black wired) in the UK? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18995 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Review my review
Maybe it's just me, but I've never seen continued shortened to con't. Surely it should be cont'd? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18769 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: any messages for auntie (BBC)?
mikerob Wrote: Secondly, as mentioned by others, why do they do podcasts in an open format (mp3) while streaming uses a closed format and proprietary player? I believe it is a rights issue. Podcasts have all music removed (I believe), so they are only making available speech and content that they own all rights too. When streaming, they are playing music that numerous others hold the rights to, they therefore have to broadcast it in a way that makes it difficult for the music to be pirated from. That's my understanding anyway. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18096 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to reliably/easily backup 100Gb of FLACs?
Yes please. How do you back up tags with a checksum? How do you restore tags with that checksum? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18029 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Virtual tracks to remove duplicates.
oreillymj Wrote: How would users create these binary files? How do they add the special tags to tell the Slimserver that they actually point to a file somewhere else? How do native players on the PC (like winamp) react when they hit these files? I wasn't suggesting an implementation, simply an alternative blue sky suggestion. I agree that your playlist suggestion is quite a clean one. However at the end of the day, I have had thoughts of removing duplicates on greatest hits albums before and decided it would be way more trouble than it is worth. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18003 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Virtual tracks to remove duplicates.
I reckon your wasted 1.2Gb is less than 50 pence worth of disc space. Is that really a big deal. How much is your time worth, when your trying to save that 50 pence. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18003 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Virtual tracks to remove duplicates.
While we are heading off into the blue sky, what about this.. In the greatest hits folder you have a very short MP3 file. (or flac or whatever). It has no music in it. It does have the tags that are relevant to that instance of the file, then a new magic tag, that points to the actual file to use for the audio portion. Doable ? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18003 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Philosophical Banter
I'm not so sure. I agree that if you have an intermission type forum (name stolen from Remote Central) then it will degrade to lots of political and nosense posting. However, you don't have to go there. On the upside, I think it increases the felling of community when people can just chat. It's not really my thing, but I can see why it would be popular, and if you don't like it, don't go into that forum. As long as slimdevices can spare the disc and bandwidth, what's the harm ? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18018 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: thank you for 6.2
I think the moose interface allows this, but I think it is windows only. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17906 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New From AudioFi - plug and go music server
so does it use slim server, or something else? -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17923 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Don´t find wireless network from L inksys SRX router to SB1?
If the access point is set to 802.11G only, then the SB1 won't see it. The SB2 has 802.11G but the SB1 has only 802.11B. Or perhaps it's the security. i think SB2 does WPA, but the SB1 doesn't. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17917 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Simple Squeezebox without sound capability
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17599 Question: How many of these would you buy? - None - Perhaps one - At least one I wanted an SB without sound capability some time back. So there's one more crazy person for you. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Map of us all
Do I win a prize for most SW (UK) squeezebox user ;-) -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album art on squezebox 2 display
I have a vague recollection of a utility to display artwork on the squeezebox display. The artwork scrolled up on the display. Did I imagine this? With the grayscale display on the squeezebox2, could this be done? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do you specify two folders containing music?
Simpy create a shortcut to one folder from the other. Or create a new master folder and put shortcuts to your two other folders in there. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Parental Control
I agree smart playlists are the way forward. But I think they have to be based on what is in the tags somehow. I think Genres and the standard tags would be best. I think we can already have multi genres using ; or something? I don't think I would ever feel happy putting loads of work into updating the database if there was even the slightest risk that I could lose it all on a rescan. I'm sure it's been suggested but surely you would do a search in the web interface (advanced search or whatever, then save the result as a playlist, but rather than saving the tracks, it saves the query. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Parental controls on albums or tracks?
Another workaround. If you have the explicit music in a seperate folder, you can have a shortcut to this folder from your main folder. If you wanted to temporarily remove these tracks, just remove the shortcut, they will still appear in all the browse lists but will be unplayable. Random would presumably skip past when it discovers the file is not there any good ?? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My ideal squeezebox
Right now I don't think there is an easy way to connect the buttons. You could always butcher a remote and connect the buttons to that ;-) -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where is slimserver data stored?
The easiest way would be to move the entire c:\program files\slimserver\ folder. If you want the auto start service installed, you could then re-install over the top of it. This should retain your settings and database. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Random Play/Mix Did you know?....
trying to execute button: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists 2005-09-09 09:52:32.3963 executing button: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6693 found button menu_random_artist for 768906f9 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6696 irCode not defined: menu_random_artist.single 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6744 768906f9 87006.643 1126255952.67441 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6747 found button menu_random_artist for 768906f9 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6748 irCode not defined: menu_random_artist.repeat 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6749 irCode = [] timer = [87006.643] timediff = [0.1073609] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists] 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6777 768906f9 87006.751126255952.67772 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6779 found button menu_random_artist for 768906f9 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6781 irCode not defined: menu_random_artist.repeat 2005-09-09 09:52:32.6782 irCode = [] timer = [87006.75] timediff = [0.1073609] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists] 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6443 76890af5 87008.784 1126255954.6443 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6447 found button menu_random_album for 76890af5 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6448 found function modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums for button menu_random_album in mode common from map Default 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6449 irCode = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums] timer = [87008.784] timediff = [2.033965] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists] 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6450 irCode: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums, 00:04:20:05:a8:f1 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6452 irCode not defined: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6453 trying to execute button: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums 2005-09-09 09:52:34.6455 executing button: modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums 2005-09-09 09:52:34.7939 76890af5 87008.892 1126255954.79383 2005-09-09 09:52:34.7941 found button menu_random_album for 76890af5 2005-09-09 09:52:34.7942 irCode not defined: menu_random_album.repeat 2005-09-09 09:52:34.7943 irCode = [] timer = [87008.892] timediff = [0.1087451] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums] 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9264 found button menu_random_album for 76890af5 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9267 irCode not defined: menu_random_album.single 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9451 76890af5 87009.001 1126255954.94502 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9453 found button menu_random_album for 76890af5 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9455 irCode not defined: menu_random_album.repeat 2005-09-09 09:52:34.9456 irCode = [] timer = [87009.001] timediff = [0.108674] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums] 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9496 768902fd 87011.089 1126255956.94953 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9500 irCode not defined: 768902fd 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9501 irCode = [] timer = [87011.089] timediff = [2.088338] last = [modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums] 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9502 irCode: , 00:04:20:05:a8:f1 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9503 irCode not defined: 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9504 trying to execute button: 2005-09-09 09:52:36.9505 button not implemented in this mode 2005-09-09 09:52:37.0570 768902fd 87011.197 1126255957.05692 2005-09-09 09:52:37.0572 irCode not defined: 768902fd.repeat 2005-09-09 09:52:37.0573 irCode = [] timer = [87011.197] timediff = [0.1072899] last = [] 2005-09-09 09:52:37.2066 irCode not defined: 768902fd.single -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Random Play/Mix Did you know?....
OK, great, thanks. btw, is 6.2 stable in the song playing department or should I stick with 6.1.2 nightlies for the time being? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Parental Control
not a bad idea, but loading large playlists can take an age. Also everytime you got new music, you would have to add it. what about a modification to the random plugin? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sean Adams caught red handed!
would you post a sticker to the UK ? p.s. Off Topic I can't help it, I have to tell you all. My wife had a baby yesterday, our first, a beautiful girl called Sophie. If you like pictures of babies - http://www.brucehartley.com/ -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Audrey and Handheld Skin - help?
Sounds like a good reason to dig my Audrey back out of the cupboard !! -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Suggestion for next-generation Squeezebox
It would require a total change to the squeezebox I think. At present all the UI, file management etc. is done on the server PC. This would require it to be done on the player. Not saying impossible or course, I guess the processor in the squeezebox could do a lot if required...? -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in
BBobley Wrote: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Don't you just hate me too posts. But what the hell, ME TOO -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?
I don't know about the whole profiles thing, maybe that's overkill. But I would like a way of segmenting the music library. Particularly I would like a way of limiting the choice that the random plugin could make, but I guess that's one for the 3rd party forum. Cheers, Bruce. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
