Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?
Interesting to read what everyone is doing/planning. For me I think it comes down to the fact my 4 year old son can say "Dad, play me the Trolls soundtrack", and he'll have to wait for me to do it, or for me to tell him I dont want to hear that again! But he can easily now say "Alexa play the Trolls soundtrack" and he gets what he wants. Finally got 2 Echos last month as a test, primarily to work with my new home automation. But even the missus, who's been happy to use the Squeezeboxes all these years, now finds Alexa easier due to the voice control. So unless I can get Alexa voice control working for the Squeezeboxes, then I'll suspect the rest of the family will probably end up wanting me to setup more Echos. menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108823 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...
matka wrote: I'm on linux and use rsync. It is a great utility that can do incremental backups among other things and it is for free. I believe rsync was ported to Windows but I do not have a personal experience using it on this environment. I recommend looking into rdiff-backup, which combines the best features of a mirror and incremental backups (uses librsync). Also runs on windows. I run it on my Dockstar, with two USB disks plugged in. Means I have a full mirror and incremental backup history. Also means I can plugin a 3rd drive occasionally to backup another mirror for offsite storage. And I can just plugin bigger drives when I need/as they get more affordable. My Dockstar also runs LMS and my Calibre ebook library via COPS. I prefer this setup as it means I can have one tiny low powered device on 24/7 for all these tasks. menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
Mnyb wrote: It may not be completely trivial to make it run on any linux box in the dockstar case it migth actually be the cpu that is the problem ? don't know if mip server runs on anything but x86 . Ah yes, good point. It was a while ago that I looked into this, and that was actually the problem. My Dockstar uses a Marvel ARM cpu, so the problem was the MIP server cant run on that. menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
mherger wrote: - The free TEN API access is limited: they only allow a certain number of queries per minute (20, upgradeable to 120). FWICT these are shared among all installations using the same API key, and they explicitly forbid using multiple API keys to work around this issue. OTOH they do mention other open source projects which were given less restrictive limits. The same applies to a limitation of 1000 profiles and mix session_ids: if I implemented a plugin and it became very popular, this might be another big issue, as there's at least one profile per installation. As you can imagine I have not come to these conclusions without some coding. Now let's hope I'll find some more time over the Holidays to tinker around with this... The TEN API sounds promising. Is there anything stopping each user using their own API key? The reason I dont use MusicIP is because it needs to run on Windows and my system runs on Linux (DockStar) Cheers, Menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please tell me it ain't so.
garym wrote: The number of squeezebox customers of logitech is so very tiny compared to their total customer base that I doubt Logitech cares about them one way or another. And longevity in today's computer hardware market is 2 years max. After that the assumption is throw away and replace. Logitech will make business decisions based on what their management thinks will maximize shareholder value. If they think that bad publicity will have an impact on their bottom line, they'll think about this. But again, squeezebox sales have been only a footnote to Logitech profits. I'm just baffled that Logitech have not been able to make Squeezebox a massive success. We are all here because we know that Squeezebox is the best solution for our needs. Yet I see a massive TV advertising campaign here in the UK by Sonos for their products, using well know musicians. It almost feels like they're rubbing salt into my wounds when I switch on my telly and see those ads!! If it's profitable for Sonos shareholders, why not for Logitech shareholders when they have the better product? Cheers, Menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96999 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNET: Logitech leaves Squeezebox fans wondering what's next
erland wrote: The information in both the above sources makes me personally satisfied as I believe it means that Logitech will maintain Squeezebox long enough for someone else to provide an alternative that fills the hole they have left. Even though I don't think it's likely, they might fill it themselves with new products in the UE Smart Radio family, but if they don't someone else eventually will. If there is a need and a market, there is a potential business for someone. I dont know. The fact they have not informed us their long-time customers of this news, and the fact we have to find out via forums or cnet is pretty poor in my view. I certainly dont feel like that this is the way for a company to treat it's loyal customers. We deserve an official announcement at the very least. menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96542 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Facebook plugin Invalid image object found error
Hi PW, Glad to hear I'm not the only one, but sorry you are getting the same error. I get the error on my Squeezebox Radio, Controller and on Squeezeplay. I hadnt thought to try the Facebook app through the web interface. That works fine here as well. My setup is: Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.0 - r33254 @ Tue Aug 30 02:05:14 PDT 2011 Hostname: saraswati Server IP Address: 10.0.0.111 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: armv5tel-linux Perl Version: 5.10.1 - arm-linux-gnueabi-thread-multi Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.34_01 (sqlite 3.7.7.1) Player Model: Squeezebox Radio Firmware: 7.6.1-r9482 -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90050 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Facebook plugin Invalid image object found error
With the Facebook plugin, if I get it display photos I get an Invalid image object found error and it also displays Could not retrieve image file. Please check the player's network connectivity I get this when both browsing through the My Photos albums and then clicking on an album, or when setting the Screensaver to My Facebook Photos Any ideas how to get this working? I've had this error with my server at 7.60 and I've just upgraded to the latest 7.7.0 r33254 Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90050 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
Thanks for the headsup Dennis. I did briefly read up on the Sheevaplug the other week, so great to know the performance with SBS is very good. That is actually my main gripe with the Qnap, it does struggle a bit sometimes. Although better now with the embedded SBS. Still, I'm trying to make do with what I have and resist the temptation :) -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
mherger;55 Wrote: Make sure you have a release version, and not some old beta. This code has been removed for release - as the comment says ;-). Ah good point! I forgot I decided to run one of the nightly builds to get the embedded build, and didnt upgrade to the release due to fears of audio::scan incompatibilities. Also I was a bit confused if the later 7.5.1 was the embedded branch or not. It's a bit of a pain for us Marvell Orion Processor users that Squeezebox does not provide compatible binaries, otherwise it would be simple to just use the Squeezebox ones. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
mherger;577745 Wrote:
Lift the enforcement of connecting to test instead of production
systems ;-). Shut down SBS, remove the use_sn_test line from your
server.prefs file and restart.
Thanks Michael, that didnt actually work, but knowing the pref name
allowed me to figure it out.
7.5 is actually hardcoded to go to test.sn, so the pref setting is
ignored. If anyone else needs to do this, go to
Slim/Networking/SqueezeNetwork.pm and comment out or remove the
following lines:
Code:
# TODO - to be removed before release!
if ( $stype eq 'sn' ) {
$stype = 'test';
}
Bad news for me if last.fm are finally going to require subscriptions
for everyone.
Cheers,
Menno
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Re: [slim] Squeezeplay is
MelonMonkey;570263 Wrote: You don't need a Squeezebox when you have Squeezeplay. It's rather a conflict of interest when you're trying to sell hardware players. What I'm surprised at is that no one at Logitech has pushed through a version that doesn't play, but only controls, for the iPhone and iPad. Now that's a big missed opportunity. Note for any Nokia N900 users, users have compiled a Squeezeplay version for the N900. See the Maemo forums for details. It doesnt play audio as there have been problems compiling that, but it's prefect for controlling my SBs. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
I finally worked out the difference, and why this happens. When my 7.5 server retrieves the apps, I can see it is connecting to test.mysqueezebox.com (from the apps it shows). When I tell my squeezeboxes to connected to mysb then they actually connect to the main mysqueezebox.com. Is there anyway to force the 7.5 server to connect mysqueezebox.com instead of test.mysqueezebox? The latter does not seem to correctly recognise I'm in the UK for some reason, and gives the last.fm subscription message. I am unable to upgrade my QNAP to 7.6. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm usually connected to my squeezecenter server, running on my Qnap ts-109. So I tried when connected to mysb.com instead, and then the last.fm app works fine! So I'm not sure why it complains about a subscription all of a sudden via my server, when it uses the same internet connection as my N900 when at home. I havent changed anything on my server for some time, so it cant be down to anything I have changed there. I'm running the embedded 7.5.0 - r30424. So a bit of a mystery. -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] recommendations for powered speakers with classic
I'm also a happy user of the AudioEngine A5's. I use them in the bedroom. They are a bit more pricey than your budget though, so you would need to look at the smaller A2's instead. The A5's sound great. My only complaint with them is that after it has switched to standby due to no activity, sometimes I can hear a very slight humming noise. But not sure whether that is due to some interference on my power circuit or what. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
andyg;570024 Wrote: Please don't run embedded 7.5 anymore, please run 7.6 instead. Yes that's easy to say, but it took me days to get 7.5 embedded running previously due to Audio::scan incompatibilities with the Qnap arm binaries :) So I need to find some time before I investigate whether it's easier with 7.6 now and the latest SSOTS beta. Is there a particular reason you discourage 7.5 embedded use? It's been working fine here. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
All of a sudden the Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription, even though I'm in the UK and dont need one. Oddly enough it only asks this via the last.fm plugin on my squeezeboxes. It works fine with Vagalume on my N900 or via the website. Anyone else notice this? -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
andyg;569837 Wrote: Last.fm now requires a paid subscription in order to listen to anything. But I can listen fine without a subscription from their website, from their app, and from my Nokia N900 Vagalume app? I would have thought the N900 Vagalume app is similar to the way the Squeezebox app streams Last.fm? -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay full screen
Anyone know? -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76548 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
Working perfect here now after I tweaked the sync settings. Well chuffed :D -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezeplay full screen
Is it possible to make Squeezeplay run full screen? I had a search of the wiki (which is great for the shortcuts if anyone needs them http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay) but couldnt find any info. Do I need to edit the skin files somehow? Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76548 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
iPhone;527255 Wrote: Who cares? Buy another Squeezebox! Your PC is NOT a Squeezebox for SBS to control. Again, buy another Squeezebox if this is really bothering you. And the award for most helpful post goes to Iphone. :rolleyes: Just because you dont care, doesnt mean others dont... -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
awy;527233 Wrote: 'Bug 14893' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14893) was fixed earlier today. Will 7.5.0 r8662 SqueezePlay sync correctly with a 7.4.2 server? I didnt get such a good result myself. Sync works, but there was some offset. Unfortunately I'm struggling to get 7.5 SC running on my QNAP TS-109 due to audio::scan incompatibility. But this gives me a new reason to get it compiling in SSOTS. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
bpa;527467 Wrote: Have you tried adjusting the synchronisation settings to see if improves things ? Thanks, I didnt realise they existed. I have been running an old 7.3.2 version up to now, under the if it aint broke dont fix it philosophy. But finally got curious to see what improvements had been made :) Will have a tinker with the setting and see what happens. -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
I have three Squeezeboxes round the house I would really like to play these in sync with my PC. SqueezeSoft worked great in sync for a while, and it was suggested that this would only improve as time went by. Now this seems to have been abandoned by Logitech and later versions of server and Squeezesoft player dont seem to sync well any more. I tried its replacement, SqueezePlay but that doesnt sync at all. So after all these years I thought at least SlimDevices/Logitech would have provide something by now. It seems crazy that I have a state of the art PC, state of the art sound card connected to studio quality monitors, and yet I would need to buy a 4th Squeezebox and connect it to another input on my soundcard, just to be able to get synchronized playback on my PC sound system. Frustrated, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
bpa;527210 Wrote: With Softsqueeze this sound card is probably the cause - the simpler the audio card the more likely the sync will be good as processing in the sound card adds delays. It's a studio sound card so I know it's not the cause as it has very low latency. -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronized playback on PC - will it ever happen?
awy;527233 Wrote: 'Bug 14893' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14893) was fixed earlier today. Thanks, will go and try it out :) -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Boom?
Does anyone have any idea of when the Boom is expected to be released? I have a friend who is itching to buy one of these. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine users question
nwplace;300220 Wrote: I recently purchased a pair of Audioegine 5s and they most definitely hiss/hum but do not pop. The hiss/hum is, however, too loud when trying to sleep. Mine dont hiss/hum when in standby, but just pop when they switch into power-saving mode. If yours hiss/hum, you should get them exchanged I think. Do yours not pop when the switch into power-saving mode? I tried with setting the Squeezebox to turn off the outputs, and it made no difference to the popping. Any other AudioEngine users have this problem? -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47372 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Audioengine users question
Hi, I use the Audioengine 5 speakers with Squeezebox in the bedroom. Sound is great, but I have had one problem, and was wondering if others get the same. When the speakers go into sleep mode after no music has been played for ten minutes, there is a powering off noise. On my first set of speakers, this noise was there when I got them, but it got louder over time. I sometimes use the sleep function on the Squeezebox to listen to music whilst falling asleep, and the noise would actually wake me up! So I received a replacement pair from my supplier. The new set of speakers also had this noise, but much quieter. But I now get the feeling it is getting louder again. Does anyone else with Audioengine speakers experience this problem? Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47372 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dedicated server solution?
I use the QNAP TS-109. The main reason I use this instead of an old PC is that the power usage in operation is 14.4W and 6.6W at idle. It does run Linux, which you say you'd rather not use, but in my experience this is much more stable to run 24/7 than a Windows OS. See the third party hardware forum for more info. You may get more ideas on low power dedicated Windows servers there too. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47243 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine users question
On my first set of speakers it made the pop even with the Squeezebox not connected. ie I played music, and then unplugged the Squeezebox from the speakers, and after ten mins, still a popping noise. But I'll give that a try when I get home. Didnt realise you could setup the Squeezebox to switch of the outputs when it goes to sleep. Thanks, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47372 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dedicated server solution?
Was just surfing the web looking for a Duet supplier and saw the following TranquilPC Windows Home servers: http://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/241 Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47243 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?
FYI I bought two SB3s from Ebuyer, which although showed Slim Devices logos on the site, actually had Logitech logos on them when I received them. But I had to RMA one of them as the remote did not work, and they then ran out of stock, so just refunded me. I then bought a replacement (and an additional one, as I liked the SB3 so much) from datakits.co.uk. Both those had the old style logo! Interestingly they are the cheapest place to buy at the moment. And I tried to get another firm who I had used before to price match, and they wouldn't price match; was given some line about how the supplier said Datakits had no stock and are trying to disrupt the the online UK market. Very odd. But I had no probs, the Datakits order came on time, with two SB3s with nice old style logos. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] When will you ever learn?
So can you now buy all music Apple Lossless DRM free, and then convert to FLAC? I dont have iTunes installed so couldnt get any detail on this from the iTunes website. -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sync playback is frustrating at times
I've been really enjoying my new squeezeboxes, but one thing that really annoys is the limitations when players are synced. Fast fwd doesnt seem to work at all. And when switching on another player, the currently playing track restarts from the beginning. This combined with the lack of fast forward means that when playing a long 1 hour+ track, if you switch on another synced player there is no way to go back to where you were in the track. Any work around for this? Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 Question: When you listen to music, do you connect to Slim Server or SqueezeNetwork? - a) 100% of the time to Slimserver (on computer or NAS drive) - b) 75% of the time on Slimserver / 25% on SqueezeNetwork - c) 50% of the time on Slimserver / 50% on SqueezeNetwork - d) 25% of the time on Slimserver / 75% on SqueezeNetwork - e) 100 % of the time on SqueezeNetwork stinkingpig;209522 Wrote: I don't really care for radio, internet or otherwise. My wife likes radio a lot, but she's got great FM stations to chose from. It's hard to explain why she should learn how to start and stop squeezenetwork in order to listen to worse-sounding music than she can hear by turning on the radio :) Ah well this is totally opposite for us. Before our squeezeboxes arrived (today!), I have been ripping internet radio stations for years, and playing them back because the FM stations mostly play crap chart music that we have no interest in... So one of the big selling points for us is the ability to use shoutcast streams, pandora last.fm in addition to our CD soon to be totally FLAC collection. In fact improvement in syncing of stream playback would be a major plus for me. And I'd love to have last.fm synced playback, which the plugin doesnt support yet. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
FYI I just received my two Squeezeboxes from Ebuyer. £190 each incl free postage. They had the new logitech branding, which didnt show up on their website. Would have preferred the old slim devices logo though... -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Active speakers with auto power on/off
Thanks, but for that kind of money I'm thinking some small active monitors may be a better choice quality wise. Just need to find some that automatically power on/off and sound good. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Active speakers with auto power on/off
Can anyone recommend me some active speakers that have an auto power on/off feature. I specifically looking for some to go in the bedroom with an SB3, and want the auto power on/off feature for the alarm clock function. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
