[slim] Streaming a radio station
Dear all, I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction on the following matter. I would like to subscribe to a online radio station and stream the result to SB2. I contacted the station and they replied as follows: We do, in fact, stream our broadcast at 96k for contributors, and it can be received on squeezebox 2. Upon contributing, users are provided with a URL to an MP3 stream at 96k. The listener can create a local playlist on PC using this URL, and configure SlimServer to deliver it to Squeezebox. The bit that I do not quite understand is what exactly I need to do at my end in order to receive this 96k stream. Why do I need a local playlist? Is that just a playlist with the right sort of info like URL and possibly a password? Luuk -- luuk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Streaming a radio station
Michael, I figured it out and it is working beautifully now. Actually Slimserver 6.1.1. also has a Tune in facility, from which I managed to create a playlist. Luuk -- luuk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle MuckleEck;266684 Wrote: > I don't trotally agree with this long post. > > To me a NAS is as it's name implies for storage, I have never and will > never try and get a NAS to run programs in any way shape or form. I > have setup a small quiet PC as a server which runs SC7.0 perfectly as > well as a few other apps, without using much energy and therby staying > green(ish). > > I feel that Logitech/Slimdevices have had plenty on their plates > recently and whilst being able to put SC7.0 onto a NAS device may suit > a few people, I would prefer to see a more feature rich product rather > than one which has been shoe-horned to fit onto a NAS. I couldn't disagree more. How many PCs would you have me spread about the house? Although I still run Slimserver on my PC I am seriously considering getting a NAS, because when the PC is engaged on complex tasks like heavy indexing or the like, the performance of SlimServer suffers. A dedicated machine would be much more elegant. If SlimServer also became DNLA compliant it would be even better. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FLAC format for videos?
I still think it is shortsighted of the SB people not to consider putting together an SB that can handle video as well. I would also be happy with SqueezeCenter streaming video and audio to say a Popcorn Hour. What I am trying to avoid (because it is giving me lots of problems) is having to run two or even three servers (I now have to run SC for my SB2, Twonky for flac music to the homecinema (Denon 4306) and TVersity also to the homecinema but to the PS3 mainly for video (who wants to listen to anything except hardrock with the PS3 blazing in the background). Getting these three to work smoothly together has been a real head-ache. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53287 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Information overload problem
Dear all, I hadn't consulted this website for a few months and recently updated to the latest SqueezeCenter (after a new Vista install). I was used to running SoftSqueeze and remembered I could install it straight from SqueezeCenter. However, I could not find info on this in SC anywhere. So I searched this forum ... HUGE problem. Enetering Softsqueeze gives a vast number of hist with the top threads running for many pages and apparently not dealing with Softsqueeze at all. I just don't have the time to go though all of them!! I diod discover that SoftSqueeze has now apparently replaced by SqueezePlay and consulted the WiKi. The download given, however, is the SC download. I have now gone full circle. SqueezePlay is apparently integrated in SC but SC doesn't reveal this secret. The help option is no help either since it just sends me to the general Logitech web pages. This site is no good either since a search for SqueezePlay gives mne a vast number of hits in threads taht aren't devoted to it at all. Sorry, but that is not the way to get people to use something that is new. I am desperate and quite annoyed that there is no way of getting quick info on a basic question ... how do I play music on my PC using SC? If SqueezePlay is indeed integrated in SC it is ridiculous that it doesn't show up somewhere obvious like the Home menu. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Information overload problem
Thanks that helps. But ... this option is NOT offered on the Logitech download page for SC, which means that users are dependent on the user forum and people like you to volunteer this info. This forum ought to find a way to address such questions on the forum and SC should address them directly in the program. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Information overload problem
Thanks everyone. I have switched to SqueezePlay (although so far I have not succeeded in getting it to synchronize with the SB; in fact, when I choose synchronize SP goes mute), but please do address the issue of my original mail. How are users who do not (habitually) follow the forum ever going to find out about SqueezePlay? And more generally, even if they do use the forum, how can they find help without having to wade through vast numbers of pages? -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Information overload problem
Fair point about the beta stage, BUT the inbuilt (in SC) SoftSqueeze support should then not have been abandoned before SP is ready to go. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore
I would love to try the new iPeng 1.2.1 (I am still on 1.1.2) but cannot. First, my iTouch (8Gb) does not offer me this update. When I try to "buy" it in the regular way I am told the program is not compatible and that I need the iPhone 3.0 software update. What is going on? -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore
What a pity. I had a quick look at Apple's plug for version 3.0 and it seemed to me they have the cheek to make you pay 9if not very much) for an update the most prominent features of which allows Apple to sell you more goodies. It is a little bit like paying for parking at the supermarket! Your remark that it actually improves on the old software softens the blow somewhat (-: Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore
Updated my iPhone Touch and nstalled the new iPeng. First impressions are very good, but how do I save a radio station among my favourites? Also, any plans to adapt iPeng for Android (so far, none of the existing Android apps can hold a candle to Ipeng). -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore
Thanks a lot. That is real easy and makes a lot of sense. Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop
Have the developers gone raving mad? I tried to find Softsqueeze, then discovered it is now called SqueezePlay, so I go to the wiki, where I am told under the heading of SquuezePlay: "SqueezeBox Desktop is a replacement for SoftSqueeze and is based on the SqueezeOS software platform." To make the confusion complete, when you then click on nightly builds in "SqueezeBox Desktop can be downloaded from the Nightly Builds", you end up on the Squeezecenter nightly release page where neither SqueezePlay nor SqueezeBox Desktop is mentioned. Well done guys! BTW, who is going to put a stop to all these ludicrous name changes. Doesn't anybody know the importance of a good brand name 9and sticking with it)? -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop
Thanks for the help. Sorry for giving the impression that Squeezeplay is a replacement of SoftSqueeze. I was looking at it from the user point of view and am well aware that we are dealing with two different products. I hope the error in the Wiki will soon be corrected. As to the rebranding ... you can kill an otherwise decent product by rebranding it too often. Most ordinary users like myself use a product and that is usually it. They do not follow forum discussion so are not normally in the know about name changes and the like, yet they need to update their software every once in a while, which is when confusion strikes. -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] To Logitech: Are there plans....
I still haven't taken the plunge but am sorely tempted by the Duet. So far my setup encompasses a SB2 hardwired to the network. How do the Duet and the iPod Touch with iPeng compare? Are they both equally functional? With the iPod touch 8Gb now costing just 200 Euros, isn't this the better solution? Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48718 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cat among the pigeons
Let me start by saying that I have been a very happy and dedicated SB (2) user for a few years now. But, I am now setting up a dedicated home cinema and this raises several questions about how to transport music there from my server. Inevitably I find my mind turning to non-SB solutions because I would also want to transport pictures/video from the server as well. Yet I am reluctant to do so. I have some experience using a PS3 to do precisely that, and this has been less than satisfying. Wouldn't it be great if SBs could also transport images and video? Are there any plans in this direction? Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42166 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cat among the pigeons
Sure, popcorn would be nice too, but the crackling might disturb the music experience. But seriously, whether one streams music or images or video is all basically the same thing. Since the SB can do the one so well, is it too much to hope it might also be put to good use in the other areas ? -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42166 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sreaming to Foobar
Foobar is my preferred desktop player. Is it possible to link Slimserver with Foobar so that I can select the tracks to be played using SlimServer and have them play on the same computer using Foobar? NB. SlimServer is running on the same computer as Foobar (all the music is also on that machine). Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sreaming to Foobar
Thanks. I tried your suggestion but with stream.mp3 it will only play mp3 (all my files are flac and stream.flac doesn't work). Moroever, even when I list more than one (MP3) song in SlimServer, I have to reactivate Foobar after each song. I do realise that what I am trying to do is a little silly, and I have the strong sensation I am missing something. As far as I know though SlimServer cannot send songs directly to the soundcard, can it? Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sreaming to Foobar
I have Lame but SlimServer doesn't acknowledge its presence. Does it need to go anywhere special? I would like to use SlimServer as my interface to my music. An alternative would be SoftSqueeze, but I why install something extra when I already have SlimServer to feed my SB2? Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sreaming to Foobar
Mark I know what SoftSqueeze can do. It just seems a little silly to have to resort to extra software when with the addition of a driver SlimServer could be made to do the same thing. Luuk -- luuk luuk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
