Re: [slim] 7.6 and MusicIP not working
I raised an issue with the iTunes scanner on 7.6 and it appears to be a known issue which also affects MusicIP. Check this thread for status and link to bug report. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89272 -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more free last.fm on the SB!
I'm torn on this ... I love last.fm as a means to scrobble stuff and see what I'm listening to (I know that no-one else cares but it keeps me amused) ... yes this will continue to be free, for now. I also love using last.fm as a music discovery tool and have lost count of how much I have spent on CD's and downloads of artists I discovered via Last.fm that I would never have heard of otherwise. But I only ever investigated new music via last.fm sporadically and at times when nothing else seemed appropriate to listed to at the time ... this would have been a few times a month but those session could have made me explore 6 or 8 artists and buy the same or more CD's / downloads. Am I willing to pay £3 a month for the ability to be able to go and search out new music? Possible, I subscribe to Q and NME in print to effectively do the same I guess ... am I likely to? probably not ... I might explore Napster instead as I can at least then listen to the stuff Q NME tell me is worth listening to. But I have to say that my life would be worse off without Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Kevin Devine, Manchester Orchestra, The Radio Dept, Air Formation, Malory etc whom I would never have experienced without Last.fm I think the record companies should be funding last.fm to encourage people like me to find new sources of listening and therefore create new sources of revenue ... now that's a business model !!! -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBS iTunes integration on a ReadyNAS
Yep, that all works fine !!! Only minor niggle now is that when I have to reboot the iMac for a software update then it tells me that it can't find the iTunes lib and I have to manually navigate to the file on the NAS. I suspect this is because iTunes loads faster that the ReadyNAS can mount the share so no big deal. Also, I guess this was probably due to iTunes being open when the iMac rebooted hence it auto strtaing on re-boot? Would ensuring it was closed on start up still make iTunes look for its library in the background on start up? I'm a Mac newbie ... have patience! -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78072 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBS iTunes integration on a ReadyNAS
I just got a ReadyNAS Duo after buying an iMac and getting rid of my PC / Server. I had got to the point where I assumed iTunes integration on the NAS was a non-strater and you've just cheered me right up. So far I've move my iTunes folder to the NAS and pointed iTunes to it ... no probs. Then after enabling iTunes in SBS and pointing to the .xml file on the NAS I got the same issue as above where the scan would show my 23,000 files but the SB would show nothing :-( I'm assuming I need to rebuild my iTunes .xml so have to delete all entries from iTunes and re-add the files ... JUST IN CASE ... I'm now backing up said 23,000 files before I wipe iTunes :-) Finder on Mac says 3 hours to go so I'll wait til tomorrow before cleaning out iTunes and re-adding the files. I'll be going to bed with a smile on my face though knowing its possible ... is that pathetic ???!!! -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78072 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to listen to my music without computer on
You could of course buy a NAS box. I've just bought the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo with a 1TB drive (and another free 1TB drive on the way thanks to a mail in offer) for £200 Squeezebox server pre-installed (although I went through the relative pain of upgrading to the latest version) and despite the fears, performance is fine feeding both my SB3 and my Boom. ReadyNAS is also waay better at serving 1080p video to my 2 PS3s via 200 Mbps HomePlugs that my other 'budget' NAS box (WD MyBook World). So now my ReadyNAS runs away under my study desk relatively quietly all the time with no PC or Mac connected most of the time but happily sttreaning media to my SB's, PS3s etc, I update iTunes via my iMac but can also connect via my 2 PC laptops. Very easy, pretty cheap ! -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech should hire Pippin! Those having difficulty w/Controller should get iPeng.
I bought the Squeemote ipod touch app (£4.99) before knowing that ipeng existed. I love Squeemote apart from one thing, it doesn't seem to be able to disregard The in band names therefore all bands with The appear under 'T' in the alpha sort list !!! Does ipeng do anything that should tempt me to spend more money (£5.99) ?? -- mjm2705 = Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/mjm2705 = mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sb3 Boom Display Setup
I've had an SB3 for about 18 months and just added a Boom .. love them both and now use Squeemote app on iPod Touch to make a great setup. Only issue I always had with the SB3 was the now playing info displayed. I has upgraded from a Netgear MP101 which allowed [Artist], [Album] [Track Title] to be visible on a 3 line display. When I got the SB3 I tried lots of configurations to match this and gave up (I hate too much scrolling info)... I settled on track name, remaining time and a mini spectrum analyser on the SB3. When the Boom arrived I noticed the image on the box showed a Boom displaying 'Duran Duran' where I always have Now Playing X of Y, it also had remaining track time and the track name in large text. This brought me back to trying all configurations of screensaver, display etc and still no joy. My ideal setting would allow the top left of the display to read Artist / Album (instead of Now Playing), top right would show remaining time and main text would be track name. Is this possible on the SB3 / or Boom ??? If so, how? All help appreciated. -- mjm2705 mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72247 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sb3 Boom Display Setup
Thanks guys ... Music Info Screen and Title Switcher sorted me out !! I'd never discovered plugins before (other than Last.fm) ... looking forward to playing with iPlayer. Thanks again ! -- mjm2705 mjm2705's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34755 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72247 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
