Re: [slim] Transporter / best digital input
I agree with Bob it's probably a PC setup or hardware issue than the connection type itself. You might be able to fix what you have but may take some digging. Google for what ever hardware on your PC is driving the TOSLINK with and the keyword ASIO (And/Or BITPERFECT). If it's not clear or known to not support it. There are lots of inexpensive choices to get a clean SPDIF out of the PC (Toslink or Coax). I use a TASCAM 0404 MKII USB Sound Card and supports ASIO even on Windows7 (32bit) but it's a bit flakey with some applications on 64bit (Windows 7). -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79363 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 Dead what to look for?
The Toslink Light was dead. Xilinx reset did nothing. Popped it apart. Popped off wifi. Still dead. Then I noticed the daughter card that wifi mounts on was not fully seated. Pushed it in and bingo. Good as new. Thanks for the help. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3 Dead what to look for?
My daughter's SB3 died. The power supply is good. But no display or anything. I tried to reset to factory holding ADD on power up. Is there something that commonly fails on these? -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does anyone make a silicone case for the Duet?
Not what your lookong for but I stuck a bunch egrips on mine. Makes it less likely to slip out of hand, or off my lap. Also protects it from getting scratched up. I put couple on the back and on the sides. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63244 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How stable is WOL on 7.4 nightly these days or 7.3.4?
You're right the nightly 7.4 build is running good regarding WOL and everything else for that matter. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62753 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How stable is WOL on 7.4 nightly these days or 7.3.4?
Had you seen the problem in 7.3 are you using stock standby plugin or the new standby plugin or is the new one now standard. I forget what it's call but it's the plugin that knows how to keep server awake. P.S. I'm running server on XP. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62753 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How stable is WOL on 7.4 nightly these days or 7.3.4?
I had been regularly sticking with official releases until 7.3 series and WOL went to pot. I tried the new plugin, patches etc. Finally I put last 7.2 version back and to be honest this the most stable squeezecenter/slimserver has ever been in the few years I've owned it. Server has done a successful "Wake" and stay awake and go back to sleep WHEN appropriate for several months with out a glitch. Even the WOL with the Duet has been perfect. There is nothing more annoying than the system randomly deciding to go to sleep when it shouldn't. I perfectly understand there are times that you make two steps forward and one step back when refactoring code and I think this was the case. However I just got a Duet to go with my tranporter and there are some fixes I would like for it under the new builds. Is WOL rock solid again? And I mean ROCK SOLID. Wakes EVERY time, allows server to only sleep when transporter has been in standby for a while. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62753 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Router to Use With Squeezbox?
pfarrell;387597 Wrote: > fishbone wrote: > > Currently using Airport Express but may need something more powerful. > > > WiFi accesspoint/router? > Netgear WRT54GL (note the L at the end) > If you like the stock firmware, you are done. If not try DD-WRT or > Tomatoe > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/ I second dd-wrt as well and would not consider any router that can't support it. See dd-wrt.com I run it on a linksys wrt350n and wrt54g. Read the compatibility list carefully. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58591 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SC 7.2->7.3 Prevent Standby no longer working
I've been keeping up with the official releases and things have been running pretty good. But an annoying problem has popped up. I let my Server Sleep after I wake it with WOL and it runs fine. About 5 minutes later the server shuts down WHILE PLAYING. I may wake it again and it might then be fine for hours. It's random but usually when it happens it's few minutes after WOL. I have been running the same hardware and OS install for a long time. Idle time to Hibernate is set to 30 minutes. Standby is set to never. I used to used Standby but it was less stable. Hibernate is slower coming up but more stanble. Windows XP SP3 SC runs as Service. Transporter Norton Anti Virus (very old but kept updated). 7.2 was ok, 7.3 is not. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57844 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The perfect universal remote for SB3+receiver+more, maybe this one? (Nevo)
kesa;378369 Wrote: > Hi Andre, > > Sounds interesting and looks good, I am afraid I have no experience of > it personally. > > Do you know if it supports X10, I have a fair bit around my home > controlling lighting and some appliances via Homeseer and a very basic > X10 RC to a transceiver module so this could be useful. > > kesa You can use a IR to X10 controller for like $29.00 (1 Zone) and control it with any learning or programable IR remote. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Minor irritation: change in SB3 behaviour when server sleeps
Ronnyjoz;378349 Wrote: > Up until recently, whenever I put my PC to sleep, or when it fell asleep > on its own after an hour of no activity, my Squeezebox would also go to > sleep, i.e. the clock would disappear and the display would go blank. > About three weeks ago this behaviour changed. Now when the PC goes to > sleep the Squeezebox complains that it can't connect to SqueezeCenter, > tells me to press the left arrow to try again etc, before going to > sleep when I ignore it. This is, as I said, just a minor irritation: > it still wakes the PC up when necessary, and in every other way works > fine. I just wondered if I've done something to cause it, and if, so, > how I fix it. > > I'm not sure if this started happening when I upgraded to SqueezeCenter > 7.3 or as a result of something as yet unknown. My memory's sketchy > about the actual date I upgraded, and something in the back of my mind > tells me it started happening before. I also changed to the Snow > secreensaver for the Christmas period, and thought maybe that might > have been when it started, but it's still doing it now that I've > changed back to Date and Time. > > Something else in the back of my head tells me it did this when I first > got it, but if so I've no idea what I did to fix it. > > My next step will probably be to roll back to 7.2 but I'm hoping > someone here will save me the bother by pointing out something > blindingly obvious that I've missed. I noticed the same thing on Transporter. I'm running 7.3, I'm also not 100% sure when it started. I also like to let my server go to sleep. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57552 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best place to buy Duet Remote Only online?
MeSue;378497 Wrote: > I got a good deal on a used Duet by searching eBay for misspellings. > Craigslist is another place to try if you don't mind used. Interesting way of finding deals. I often think used on audio equipment. But I think I'll stick with new on this. thx. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57569 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does the IR port on the Duet Remote work yet?
aubuti;378477 Wrote: > Well, it works in the sense that it can mimic the IR remote of the SB > classics and Transporter. Could be useful for someone who lost their IR > remote, especially for pressing the "Brightness" key to update firmware. > Beyond that I don't know of anything that has been developed yet. That's a start. Thx. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57568 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Does the IR port on the Duet Remote work yet?
I posted this on the Duet forum but that forum seems fairly dead so I'll retry here. If it is working what can be done with it? -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57568 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 problem with s/pdif interface
Does the DAC have a dejitter circuit? If it does can it be shut off? I'd try a different DAC. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming problem FIOS
JFS737;370059 Wrote: > Hello all, > I have been reading for 2 days now and have been trying to get > streaming to work on my system with 0 luck. My setup: > Remote machine (server) with SC 7.3 on it and Windows XP pretty > simple > VERIZON FIOS Wired/Wireless Network router MI424-WR by ActionTec > attached > Connected to one Duet system wired (wireless to Duet controller) > > All is fine except the ability to stream. I have read the wiki but > cannot get to step one because I'm trying to make port 9000 be > "reachable". I have on my router setup web page, under "firewall", > these choices > 1. Port Forwarding > 2. Port Triggering > 3. Static NAT > > I have tried them all in various settings and configurations but no > luck even getting my remote machine (with SC 7.3 and my music on it) to > connect to http://localhost:9000 using firefox and explorer. I got my > IP address from whatsmyip.com and use that in place of localhost. > I've tried http://www.localhost:9000 tried .com in there, tried > putting a / after the 9000 etc... > > Obviously, since this is not working... any attempts to connect thru > the internet using WMP or Winamp have met with zero luck. > > I have turned my ZoneAlarm off while trying this so it's not the > problem. (on both machines). > > Am I supposed to be trying to Forward the ports or Open them? Should I > use Triggering or Forwarding? I've read some posts that say to alter > the NAT but again, no luck with all of this. > > I have tried, generally speaking ... triggering (I think this is > opening?) from 9000 to 9000, from any to 9000, 9000 to any using both > TCP and UDP. > > I have tried the same type thing with forwarding and NAT. NAT asks > for a Networked device or computer (I put in my computer from a > dropdown list "Desktop", it's the remote SC 7.3 computer). It asked > for a Public IP address (I put in my computers external internet IP, > same as LocalHost). I tried reversing this as well. > > I have tried all this in forwarding as well. Many hours and not so > much as an inch of progress. Any help or thoughts appreciated. > > Regards, > John You're gonna do a LOT of head banging with that actiontec router. Do you have a fixed IP? If not do have dynamic dns setup? If you don't you won't be able to stream for long. You can have FIOS installed two different ways. Coax or CAT5. They don't like doing CAT5 because it requires an extra Motorola box (M100) to convert between Coax and Cat5 so that the Cable boxes can get the guide from internet. Anyway if you can convince them to do cat5 you can put a much easier to use router in there (i.e. linksys). If you get a linksys (and many other routers) you can run this on it. http://dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/index.php which is fantastic if you want access to your home and don't want to pay for a commercial fixed IP. dyndns that works, vpn (that works with default windows vpn client), wake on lan. You can also setup linksys behind the actiontec but that's a bit more work and harder to get everything working nice. I think my router is a WRT600N but you need to check with dd-wrt for exact models and versions that work good. I can't say enough how great this has made my internet access. I can connect to home turn on computers, vpn, stream. And in 2 years the dyndns has NEVER failed. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56391 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] One of my favorites suddenly refuses to play
I fixed it. I deleted the cache and all is well again. >From memory it was: C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\SqueezeCenter\Cache I stopped service, renamed it to cache.old and restarted. I may dig into old cache to salvage favorites -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56163 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I've Lost All My Favourites !!!!
Fletch;367277 Wrote: > In your case, you might be able to retrieve your old favorites.opml from > your cache dir and move it to your playlist dir. Where is the cache directory? I'm on XP. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56025 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Restart from URL?
There is a service for Windows that can do this. That you can just poke it to restart the whole server. I imagine something similar exists for Unix. In fact you could probably write a cron script to do it. By just creating a file for example it will see it and restart a daemon or the machine. For example here is a cron tab that restarts appache. http://www.richardpalace.com/2008/05/14/cron-job-restart-apache But instead have it check for the existence of a reboot file (much more frequenctly, say every 10 seconds). Push the file onto the server remotely by what ever means, The cron tab script sees it, deletes the file, and restarts service (or reboots machine). -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56183 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] One of my favorites suddenly refuses to play
Is there a cache some where I need to wipe out? I am running the released version. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56163 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] One of my favorites suddenly refuses to play
I went to the album and all tracks play except for this one song. Transports says something about unsupported file. I can open the file in Audacity and it plays fine. It's just a straight 44.1 Redbook CD Track. So then a diffed it with my backup and they are the same. I rebuilt the library index by doing a full rescan. It won't even show the cover art that is in the folder for the favorites. But it does for all other tracks. I'm baffled. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56163 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trasnporter and 5.1 DVDA files
agentsmith;367798 Wrote: > Thanks, I did manage to downmix some DVDAs to stereo and they sound > stunng good on the Transporter. If the DTS portion sounds better I > would love to try it. But if I could ask a few more questions: > > 1. I could not find anyt reference of DVD in the Slim wiki. Are you > referring to the Slim wiki? > > 2. Many of my DVD-A discs do not seem to have a DVD-V portion. Is it > only for 2 sided discs? Or does every DVD-A disc have a sccret DVD-V > portion? > > 3. When I rip the DVD-V discs with DTS, is there anything special I > have to do, or do I just use DVDAExplorer and rip to WAV? Does > transporter support DTS natively. > > 4. You mentioned 48KHz, don't many DVD-V discs have 96.24? I cannot > tell 48/24 from redbook CDs. > > 5. I mistakenly ripped some of my DVD-A discs in 5.1 mode, and it hangs > my Transporter by refusing to play any files, I had to do a hard reset > to bring it back. Does your Transporter do that? > > 6. I notice you are Meridian guru, the only Meridian I have is an F80 > (I am a Naim person). I play DVD-V portion of some DVD-A discs on it, > and they sound great! > > Sorry for so many questions. I am very excited about being able to > hear my hires collection in my server system, and it sounds better than > ever! Almost all DVDA have DVDV on them. They do not have to be two sided. Some DVDA players have to be forced into playing the DVDV layer. Try any of your DVDA's in a straight DVD player on a 5.1 system and that's exactly how they will sound on the transporter into a 5.1. system. The ones you ripped as 5.1 probably converted to a 5.1 Flac that the Transporter will refuse to play. As far as the Transporter is concerned they look like 2 Channels. Which is exactly how they come out of your TosLink/SPDIF of a DVD player (over 2 channels compressed/encoded). The 5.1 DTS will be 48Khz 5.1 after decoding. Some DVDA have 2 channel 24/96 that is not MLP (straight PCM). Those can be ripped too and be played as 24/96. You will not get 5.1 24/96 lossless or lossy out of a Transporter from DVDA. See the wiki http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Play_DVD_Tracks It's a bit of workl but well worth it. I sold off my DVDA player and still buy DVDA's now and then. You should ask further questions in the ripper formum. There may be easier tools around that do it soup to nuts but I don't believe so. You can use many DVD rippers but the trick is to wrap the raw DTS bitstream in a wav file. Which there is a python script for doing. Then once you have the wav you can still lossless compress it to flac and then tag it (I use MusicBrainz). I've heard really good comments on the F80 but with DSP5000's selling at half the price used compared to F80 I keep buying DSP5000's. I have 3 Systems with DSP5000's in them. I'll eventually get an F80. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55987 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trasnporter and 5.1 DVDA files
agentsmith;367034 Wrote: > After years of living with Squeezeboxes and multiple DACs (Benchmark > DAC1, Lavry DA10), I finally took home a Transporter. > > All I can say is, WOW. Somehow in my Naim system everything is > transformed, lossless CD rips sounds more detail and enjoyable than the > DAC combos. I am glad I made the purchase. > > It went better, I managed to rip my DVD audio discs (Yes Fragile) into > FLAC file and they sound even better than when played thru my DVDA > player. > > However, when trying to play 5.1 multichannel rips, the Transporter > refuses to play complaining about decoder memory out or something. > After that it would not play anything, refusing to play 44.1 files and > even web radio. I had to fix it by hard resetting the box with Power > down - ADD Key/Power Up combo. > > I realize Transporter would not play 5.1 files, how do I down convert > my 5.1 WAV files into stereo files? Would there be much quality > degradation? Try ripping the DVD-V portion of your DVDA discs (see the wiki). They are usually in DTS. You might be amazed how good they sound. I find doing this sounds way better than mixing down. You have the same bandwidth in either case (2 channels of 48khz). But with DTS you are adding compression (and doubling your bandwidth) and it is dynamically adjusting which channels should get the bandwidth. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55987 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter & Remote...
bpa;367171 Wrote: > > Also IR capability of controller may not be able to do all IR functions > of remote (e.g. brightness, hold left) for those difficult situations > where Transporter needs factor/Xilinx reset. I beleive you can do all the odd things with the front panel on the transporter. You can run it with no remote. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56005 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Report on powerline ethernet (five weeks later)
Wireless most certainly works. You may of had some interference or something but it indeed works. My daughters runs fine. I have a WebCam setup for security in a summer home and used the Powerline stuff thinking it would be more stable. It was not. I finally installed a Wireless solution and it's been rock solid. Everything bounces back during powerfails etc. So you find what works for you. I don't think it's fair to say SlimDevices wireless solution is not ready for prime time. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP 5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP 5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27990 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to Windows Mobile 6.1 device
Grizzly;360133 Wrote: > Thanks for the prompt reply, > I entered the above as a URL in media player and it then said > connected, went back to the browser and selected a playlist but still > nothing - grrrh! > I'm sure it is very close. Is there anything i can do or look at to > give me a pointer in the right direction? > > Tony When you choose the playlist in squeezecenter make sure you have the correct device selected in the upper right corner. Can't tell you how many times that got me. So keep in mind you need two connections to do this remotely. One for the squeezecenter and another for the stream itself. So you have to open up a few ports on your router. I forget what ports you need. But one is 9000 for the squeeze center. You may want to throttle it down too when you do remote. For a mobile device 192kbps is plenty (if you can get that to work reliably). -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP 5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP 5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55093 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using squeezecenter without internet connection
Are you sure your "slow connection" isn't a local network problem? Like a spamming virus on the server? -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP 5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP 5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What an election.
I helped knock on doors for Obama in NH. We had no signs or name tags and first approached folks asking them about the election. Our job was to find undecided voters. Man were republicans bitter and democrats were so friendly, the contrast was huge. And this was during the time McCain was AHEAD. I respect folks right to vote for whom ever they wish but man it amazes me how folks justified their votes. If anyone caught Boston Legal the night before it really was fantastic and made the point so clear. Of how crazy the justifications were. I also thought Ron Howards video clip was awesome and was right on the money. Folks were afraid of change. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP 6000, 5500HC, 33 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP 5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP 5000 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I get 7.3 update
Click on "Beta" on the bottom of the normal download page for released version. That beta link will take you here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Nightly_Builds -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears Dell > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > DSP5000 MK-I Toshiba > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G91 > DSP-5000 MK-II 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) 'How the World Sees the 2008 Election' (http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/global-poll-how-the-world-sees-the-2008-election/article102257.html) 'Thank you SNL' (http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-bush-endorsement/783981/) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54230 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dissapointed - 7.2.1
panos_k75;353474 Wrote: > Well I don't want to do that because I will loose all my settings, > unless there is a way to back them up. My library is in FLAC and MP3. I > don't think it's a network issue. I uninstall, wipe anything left in Program Files, wipe cache, full rescan and it still maintains all settings which are kept elsewhere. I don't use any non stock plugins though. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears Dell > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > DSP5000 MK-I Toshiba > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G91 > DSP-5000 MK-II 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) 'How the World Sees the 2008 Election' (http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/global-poll-how-the-world-sees-the-2008-election/article102257.html) 'Thank you SNL' (http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-bush-endorsement/783981/) mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54187 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dissapointed - 7.2.1
It sounds like it could be something in your transcoding table. What format is your library in and what is being sent to your squeezebox? 7.2.1 is running fine for as was 7.2.0 When ever I install I completely wipe the old install and install fresh. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears Dell > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > DSP5000 MK-I Toshiba > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G91 -> DSP-5000 MK-II mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54187 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet- WOL Has never worked, pls help
Have you done mnyb's suggestions? Have you tested WOL with another PC to confirm you have the server configured correctly. There can be a lot of little hidden spots to get the server to work some times. Have you checked what the WOL IP address is on the SqueezeBox receiver. Not sure how you can check it with no display but you probably can. It may be set wrong and needs to be cleared or set correctly. A client can be wireless to initiate WOL, but it can only be received over the wire. Your setup has a lot of odds against it (using neighbors WIFI) which may be your networks main gateway and the WOL packet is not being properly broadcasted. Try plugging the SBR in you neighbors physical network :-) -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51356 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller
mctubster;315794 Wrote: > I have both. > > The screen on the iPhone / Touch is superb. The iPeng interface is > very good, however there are a few drawbacks to the Touch > > 1 / No dedicated keys. The Duet allows instant access to Pause, > Volume, Skip etc. > 2 / Battery life . the Touch has to go into standby mode after a > few minutes to last the day. It takes seconds to wake up and unlock. > The duet has a motion sensor and wakes up as soon as you touch it. The > battery lasts for a day of heavy use or more > 3 / Navigating both iPeng and the Duet have issues. > > Personally I use the Duet more. I have an iPhone and have it in my > pocket all of the time, but still prefer the duet. > > BTW personally the iPhone is superb as a smart phone. It has issues, > but beats the P900s, XDAII's, S60 series I have tried. It least the > damn thing makes reliable phone calls! > > Cheers > Steve This is exactly what I was looking for. I'll probably go for a Duet. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Possible fix for "Delayed Write Failed"
Uluen;318762 Wrote: > Well, there is (not sure if it's fixed) a bug in XP causing this so if > you don't bother patching your system you could lose data. XP SP2 had a hofix for a very specific chipset which didn't help most folks. That hotfix is supposedly incorporated in SP3 but it still fails and fails for a lot of folks. I'm running SP3 and there is no hotfix for SP3. I've never had data corruption in over the 1.5 years running it with the error on SP2. But the error was wicked annoying. The problems seems fixed now. No errors at all now. And the fix could not have been simpler (i.e. make sure disk is spun up during hibernate/standby). -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Possible fix for "Delayed Write Failed"
egd;318727 Wrote: > This problem will also manifest itself if you throw too much data at the > USB channel eg. appending artwork to audio files causing the file to be > rewritten whilst also having a copy operation going. In general, USB > connectivity is a lot better than it used to be but it is still not a > robust solution. Many motherboards and external drive enclosures are > now offering eSata connectivity, which is a much faster solution and > nowhere near as susceptible to corruption. Agreed there are things like this that can causes problems too. But I could pound on the thing (RIP) over network and does the convert from WAV to flac over the net and it's fine. But if it goes to sleep and wakes up I get the error. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Possible fix for "Delayed Write Failed"
Since many of us use external USB drives on windows XP I'm sure there are some of you that have seen this error. I've searched and tried many things and it still failed. There are many reasons that can cause this but I think a common one, was what I ran into and finally fixed. The problem is most folks set their drive spin down time less than their hibernate or standby time. The problem with this is, when the computer goes to standby or hibernate the drive needs to be spun up to do some house keeping. The USB drives can spin up rather slow and might not have as tight a hand shake as an internal IDE drive (which this problem rarely happens on). So all I did was set the drive spin down time to be greater than the hibernate time. I could of also set never. It's just a habit to set drives and monitor to be less than standby / hibernate. In reality the drive will normally always spin when actively serving squeeze center. Having it spin down a little sooner than hibernate served little purpose. Also when the system restores from standby or hibernate the last state for the drive is a spinning state. Well any ways this trivial change seemed to fix it. This seems so much simpler than playing with drivers, cache sizes and hotfixes. You'll also see "hibernate" often refernced with the problem. My WOL (Wake On Lan) server is finally 100% solid. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Enabling Wake On Lan
Lesu;315089 Wrote: > Mswlogo > Have you tried a factory level reset on the SB3? It retains the last > MAC address it was using in memory and doesn't reset it to the new > system automatically. There have been some previous threads regarding > this problem. One would think that if a new IP address has been > detected then the MAC address would be read from it, but it isn't. Only > a factory level reset will get it to re-read the MAC address. I had to update NetWork drivers and enable it on the card. After that I ran into the problem you describe here. I don't know what MAC address it was using but it was wrong. Once I did that all was well. Thanks. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49204 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller
Since iPod Touch is $299 and Duet Controller is $299 it's tough choice. I've used an iPhone and the screen is very good. I realize the iPod Touch would not be as customized as a Duet Controller but it would be very versatile. Has anyone compared the pros and cons of each? I know a while back there was a plugin to support some Nokia devices I assume there must be one for the iPhone/iPod Touch. One advantage of the Duet is I understan it has a IR emmiter that could eventually run my whole system. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Enabling Wake On Lan
I had Wake On Lan working fine with a SB3 (wired and fixed IP) and a wired IBM Think Pad Laptop Server (wired fixed IP). I replaced the SB3 with a Transporter and it just continued to work fine. I gave my daughter the SB3 and she wants to do Wake On Lan also. The SB3 (wireless and DHCP IP) and the server is a Dell 360 (wired DHCP). I verified the Dell 360 can do Wake On Lan at work with the exact same model Dell. She has enbled it in Bios and updated Bios. I also verified a wireless laptop can broadcast the WOL packet. But the Wake On Lan with her setup refuses to work. Any ideas. She has a different router than I do. I have LinkSys and I forget what she has. Any ideas? How does SB3 know the MAC address to send WOL packet to? Do you think fixed IP's would help? -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49204 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is there a tool that can retreive all album art for my library of Flacs?
I use EAC with the FreeDB and occasionally I see an album art in Squeeze Center. Is there batch tool that can scan my library and fetch what it can from FreeDB or another source. If I have to do it manually it's not worth it. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49046 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How can I play all my "Favorites"
I know how to select one song and play it. But I would expect if you only drill down to the "Favorites" in the screen and hit play that it would play them all. But it does nothing. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > Transporter > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian G68ADV (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP6000 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Power on-->Wake on lan-->Power on again - Why?
Drives me nuts too. Drives me nuts too that the discrete IR codes for turning on when server is off line vs server online is different too. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is Duet screen better than Harmony 880 screen
I'm just curious how good the screen is on the Duet controller. I was pretty disappointed in the screen on the 880 but it gets the job done. But I would hope the screen on the Duet is much nicer. But I can't help think it may be the same quality screen based on the "similated" screens shown on both on ad's and such. So how good is the screen? -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42142 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can Duet control my Audio System? (Replace my Harmony Remote?)
I just did some more searching. Looks like the Duet Controller (the remote) has an IR port that is not programmed yet. So it could possibly be a system remote as well in the future. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42005 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can Duet control my Audio System? (Replace my Harmony Remote?)
I currently run my modestestly complex audio system with a Harmony Remote programmed to run the SB3. Do I need to carry around 2 remotes now if I go with a Duet? Seems to me this should have been integrated input the Harmony line and looks "standalone". I have to control Volume with IR (which I adjust often). I like the idea of the feedback display but having to juggle another remote seems like the wrong direction. It should at least have some basic IR programming in it or have the receiver be programmable to rebroad cast IR command. May it does and I missed it. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42005 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 on Amazon for 31% Off
I love Amazon !! I always watch if it's amazon direct or thirdparty though. If thirdparty I deal with it on a case by case basis. But if Amazon direct is even close on price I get it from Amazon direct. The reason is their return policy is fantasic. You just go on their web site, say you want to return it and why (no questions asked). You print the prepaid label, slap it on the box and leave it at your front door. They refund the shipping cost both ways. Not a penny out of your pocket when done. I purchased their premium delivery too (only applies to direct sales) which makes shipping free or fast and cheap. Amazon has the right model, customer service. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41227 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT: need a power conditioner?
ob_kook;251459 Wrote: > Hey all, I'm having some issues with alternating light pink and green > bands scrolling horizontally on my plasma screen, and after doing a bit > of online research, I believe I have tracked this problem down to the > cable feed with many suggesting that it is likely a ground loop and > might clear up with the use of a power conditioner. > > I have not used power conditioners in the past, but I've seen them > around by Monster, Belkin, APC and others, from $30 to about $3000 and > even higher. > > I was wondering if anyone here uses these products and has any > experiences they could share. I would prefer to stay within a budget of > $200-$300 if possible. > > Thanks! > > Kook Like mentioned if it is indeed a ground loop (very common with cable) then a $5.00 isolation transformer will solve it. Try disconnecting cable from the system and play a DVD or some other video source. If the lines are gone that's your problem. A power conditioner is NOT the solution for ground loops. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sleeping server with Wake-On-Lan no longer works on SC7
Anybody? Anyone trying to be a little more green? -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41167 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
Server (PC) wakes fine for me. It will wake and run for 2-3 sessions and then SC7 service dies. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sleeping server with Wake-On-Lan no longer works on SC7
I had version 6 working fairly stable for about a year with a server that sleeps when not being used (XP SP1 Laptop). I have tried several builds with SC7 and it works for a couple boots and then craps out. The PC boots but SC7 service dies. I have not tried another build in a couple weeks. Is this being worked on, does a bug exist for it? Otherwise SC7 is working good. Also I sure wish a single IR code could wake a SqueezeBox with a sleeping server and a SqueezeBox that is in StandBy (server up but squeezebox "off"). It's really silly having two different IR codes for this. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41167 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dividing "His and Her" library
Close but not quite. That person has two SB3 and ttwo libraries. That's pretty easy to solve. This person want's ons SB3 and two libraries and to be able switch fairly easily. Ideally when you turn it on (if setup as such) it would prompt you, are you Sam (Y/N) if you say no, then are you Sally (Y/N), etc. Then it would point to the appropriate SlimServer. That would be ideal. If it could just detect that it sees two servers on the network at startup and ask which you want today that would do it. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38402 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Dividing "His and Her" library
Is there an easy way to do this. I'm trying to convince a friend to go with a squeezebox. One issue is his wifes Library is a mess and doesn't want it "contaminating" his. For example if he plays Random songs he does not want to hers. He want's nothing to do with her library she can do what she wants with it. Is there and easy way (a plug in perhaps) to switch libraries quickly and easily with rescanning etc.? -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38402 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Loaded SlimServer 7 (Alpha) last night
I was borded and thought what the heck and loaded SS7. Wow, it's great !!! Keep in mind all I do is Flac (no internet services). All I do is Random Play. I have no play lists. The config pages seem to have issues with IE7. To work around some issues (mostly no ability to scroll) I copied the link to a full IE7 session and was able to scroll there. One my biggest gripes with 6.5.x is Random Play is whacky. It finally feels more random and I'm hears albums I forgot I had. I don't mean to saturate the developers in the middle of working on SS7 (there is no support, manual or release notes). But it definitely works for me and I love the new look and feel. It installed, scanned and fired up flawlessly on an XP SP2 server. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why I want a stand-alone, slim, Slim Server!
I use a retired laptop. Cheap, compact, battery backup, low power, sleep behaves, Wake On Lan works, wifi or wired, 1gig network, external USB drive sleeps and includes monitor, keyboard and mouse. Plenty fast for transcoding and rescans. On the used market my retired laptop probably sells for $300.00 (Thinkpad T40p). The network drives work but their processors are usually slow and a few Windows specific features are not available. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind
MelonMonkey;210215 Wrote: > Almost every product that features these abilities has them using the > same buttons. This is a very basic control implementation from a > usability perspective and something trivial from a timing/programming > perspective as well. It's not part of any problem. > > The FFWD and REW are just awkward implementations. They work as > designed, but, like the original poster, I just wish they were designed > to operate in the expected/common/standard method. > > I'm certain the server-based nature of the product may include some > latency, but I'd rather take my chances than be stuck with what exists > now. I've never seen it. Usually devices have 4 buttons for this. <<,>> and <|,|> (These are Rew, FF, Next, Prev respectively) The problem is you fumble around with FF and you don't hold it long enough and boom song gone (you execute a next track). The whole thing of changing it's function based on how long you hold it is bad. As far as remote strength goes, that has nothing to do with it and strength is excellent from stock remote. I can blast it off walls etc. Harmony works well too. The basic edit I did in the map was to get rid of the HOLD thing and map the 4 functions to 4 buttons (with no holding). And map them to the standard 4 buttons found on any universal remote. >>,<<,|>,<| After this it is fairly normal. You have to pick 2 buttons to give up though. I used volume keys because I use an external DAC and Volume is locked any ways. When you're done you get. One tap on FF and it's fast forwarding instantly. Want it faster, Tap Tap. No Tap HOLD, Tap HOLD. You can't screw it up. And you can't accidently Tap to Slow or Fast and get unwanted behavior (i.e. the next song, g). Next Track is then just a tap too on a seperate button (you won't accidently start a FF if you hold it too long). I think I posted MAP file once, don't have access at the moment to server. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36287 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi
Cool. I wonder if you could plug the Mac into the squeezebox. It may come up enough to get to the web site you click through and it will see the SB MAC address as the primary client. Just a thought. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi
Eric Seaberg;210440 Wrote: > I've had my SB3 with me the last two out-of-town trips and can't connect > to my server at home... I can't even connect to SqueezeNetwork, so I'm > assuming the hotel firewall is blocking the required ports on their > router, yes? > > FWIW, I am able to connect from my office to my home system without > issue... but that's back in San Diego. IT DOES WORK. I can see the > server with my MacBook Pro, so there's not an issue with port 9000, > right? > > Any help would be appreciated... I want my music back!! A lot of "Free WIFIs" force you to go through a Proxy WebSite to accept terms even if it's free. It's probably getting blocked there. Almost every airport and hotel I've been at has this and you can't get on until you click through that web site. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind
I totally agree but you can fix it. One huge problem is, the Fast Forward and Rewind Buttons are double mapped. They are mapped to Next Track / Previous Track AND Fast Forward and Rewind. Depending on how long and how many times you tap it. You can remap these to different buttons. Once seperated they work much better. You do this by editing the Default.map file in the server\IR directory. Also you cannot have transcoding active and the format must be native (e.g. FLAC) for fast forward to work. It's still not as smooth and robust as a CD player but it's usable. As shipped it's unusable in my opinion too. The fix above also makes Next Track/Previous track more robust too. I split them to the Volume Up down buttons because I use an external DAC. Then on my Harmony remote I map them correctly to SEPERATE FF/RW Next Track/Previous Track buttons. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36287 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 loses connectivity while in standby
Are you running Fixed IP addresses on SqueezBox and Slimserver? Running fixed will have less glitches. Are you running WIFI or Wired (wired can be a little more stable long term). -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > RCA > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last, Best Hope for getting SlimServer to work??
Awesome at least you got it up. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last, Best Hope for getting SlimServer to work??
My advice to Shep is find a freind that can help him that knows this stuff. Even for an expert it can take a few long hours to sort it out. Even reinstalling XP is not trvial for a novice. If you have a recovered CD or you may have a recovery image on the laptop itself that is the simplest for the novice. I respect anyone who wants to sort this out and learn though and there are some great tips here. Things I would check is Windows XP Firewall Exceptions (Like to see Dialog showing it is off or Exceptions added). Network Stack (Often Virus Programm will add to the Network Stack to add Port Blocking) Screen Shot of Network Stack. I'd uninstall SlimServer after that Show Screen Shot of all services (to see it's completely removed) Show List of tasks running to show no remnants left Show List of Program Files (Just Folders to be sure it's removed). Show List of Installed Applications might help to. Again this is a fair amount of work to do posting screen shots on this forum. And it still may fail when you install in there is a well hidden firewall still there. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last, Best Hope for getting SlimServer to work??
tyler_durden;207031 Wrote: > If you don't do any web surfing via the server computer, after > reinstalling windoze, disable automatic updates. All you need is for > it to run- you don't need all the updates. I can't count the number of > problems that stopped happening after I disabled auto updates in my > win2k machine. M$ OSes are just riddled with holes and they produce so > many band-aids for them I doubt anyone at M$ knows what is going on any > more. > > Switch to linux - ubuntu has easy install and slimserver works. > > TD Bad idea, even if you don't surf you want most of the udates. I run about 40 XP machines at work and we install every update. We have a problem now and then with an update but it's pretty rare. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last, Best Hope for getting SlimServer to work??
Chip Hart;207294 Wrote: > Shep wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. I research how to reinstall XP as a last > resort > > if it comes to that. I'd like to get SS to work on this laptop & it > > would be pretty much dedicated to SS / SB activity along with the > > external hard drive with all my music. > > I'll be the first to say it, I guess: > > It might be easier to download the slimCD and toss it in this > laptop. It certainly won't have the problem you're having > and it's pretty bulletproof. > > Or you can just load Ubuntu/Fedora/whatever on your machine :-) > > -- > Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company > chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 > 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip > f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got > Smarter. > Your Practice Just Got Healthier. That is a pretty cool idea !!! -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last, Best Hope for getting SlimServer to work??
Have you considered reinstalling XP? You might get away with a repair install. You won't lose any data but you will have to reinstall applications. My guess is it's remnants of the Anti Virus Programs you had installed. Sometimes they are very hard to remove because they need to protect themselves from virus programs. You may think you removed it or disabled it but you may not have. I'm sure it's solvable but sometimes it's easier to just reinstall. You server shouldn't have much junk on it anyway. Windows Firewall is ok and when I install AntiVirus I always leave out the additional firewall, spyware, IE plugins, mail watch. Just the core virus protection is all I want. New virus programs are a bit out of control. Good luck -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35875 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market
Kaizen28;205338 Wrote: > Hi All > > I hope you'll all forgive the ramblings of a caffeine-fueled > individual > > I have been the prod owner of a Nakamichi SoundSpace 8 for about 7 > years and while it has a substantial Wife Acceptance Factor and looks > just beautiful floating on the bedroom wall, the fact is it simply > isn't very good. > > I have reached a point where I would like to replace it but I'm really > struggling to find anything suitable. Currently the SoundSpace connects > to my SqueezeBox which I LOVE but interaction is somewhat limited with > multiple remotes and the non-existent alarm function of the Nakamichi. > I've pondered removing the Nakamichi entirely and having really pretty > wall-mounted speakers with a hidden amp but Internet radio streams can > be unreliable and quality is questionable. > > So, is there anything out there in a single elegant package that can > stream media like my beloved Squeezebox, play radio stations (HD or > otherwise) and possibly CDs too? > > I've not found anything and I guess there just isn't a market for an > all-in-one device. > > Any thoughts are welcome! If you want compact elegance and performance check out the F-80 http://www.thef80.com/ It does not stream like a SqueezeBox. But you can hook a SqueezeBox to it. If you want elegance (i.e. easier usability) check out Sonos. I have nothing against Slim Devices they make a great product. But Sonos really shines on usability (Wife Acceptance). A Sonos + F-80 would be ideal. Serious performance in small packages costs though. F-80 is new and available in europe and should be in US soon. The same company also has in wall active biamped digital crossover speakers which are pretty awesome. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35685 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rescan Music Library Plugin, PC in Standby
Are you sure the windows task scheduler will wake the PC? That's interesting to know if it will. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35782 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing 24/48
liffy99;206477 Wrote: > Still no joy. > I want to try and source music from my PC hard drive (drive M) rather > than from the QNAP, to check whether that NAS is part of the problem. > But whatever I try and put in as a source directory in the Music Folder > field of SS is rejected. At the moment is is set up as /ext/mnt/music to > access the NAS. My music is also stored in M/music on my PC. What > directory path do I need to put in - I seem to have tried all the > combinations of : / \ etc I can think of. > > That said music files (both WAV and FLAC) still play just fine from the > NAS via Media Monkey on the PC, so I assumed this to mean that music was > being read from the NAS OK. > > I'm sure that the problem must lie with the actual streaming - either > that I'm doing the conversion at the wrong end (presumably I should do > this at the PC so as to send smaller bitrates) or that I just don't > have enough bandwidth. How do I check the latter and what File Type > options should I have ticked (or not) to transmit FLAC files on the PC > or NAS to the SB3 ? > Aah I really thought it was gonna be your recording method (personally I hate audacity). Any way you are probably running into the bug in the SqueezeBox decoding FLAC. Usually this occurs at 24/96 at high FLAC compression rate. But the symptom is stuttering. Either try lowering the compression rate on what ever tool you used to convert to FLAC. Or enable transcoding from FLAC to WAV on SlimServer (do searches on how to do this, I'll get it wrong if I do it by memory). It's something like uncheck FLAC -> FLAC and FLAC -> MP3 and Leave FLAC -> WAV. This basically has the server decode from FLAC to WAV rather than the SqueezeBox. This also assumes you have a decent server machine (not something like a linksys slug). If that doesn't fix it, you may still have network underflow issues. I assume you must be running wireless. Try to improve the signal (Better antenna on router, better router, or moving things etc.) Note transcoding from FLAC to WAV might sound worse if it's network issue because it will put MORE demand on the network. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34783 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pros/cons of unplugging my SB3?
Eric Seaberg;206517 Wrote: > You're shortening the life of your PC by turning it off and on MORE than > if you just keep it on all the time. I've got 12 Digital Audio > Workstations in our post-production facilities that have been on > continuously for the last three-years! NO PROBLEMS! > > Otherwise, like has already been mentioned, give your SERVER and SB3 a > static IP address. I do this and it works flawlessly IF I turn the > network off for some reason. All of my computers in the house ARE > DHCP, but that's it. Music server (Mac MINI) and main Mac G5 are > static, as well as my SB3s and Transporter. Keeping my server and G5 > also keeps my backup system from guessing where things are when I do > weekly backups. I've been using PC's since 286. At work we leave them on, at home I shut them off. Doesn't seem to to make any difference it reliability. If anything I think the work ones tend to burn out before home ones. Both usually outlast their useful technology life. I have a bunch of CRT's you want em? Dust tends to kill them and the longer they are on the more dust they pull in. Fans tend to burn out running 24/7 too. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35792 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pros/cons of unplugging my SB3?
Brian Ritchie;206270 Wrote: > Before I go to bed, I turn off the SB3 (well, put it into standby, with > the Big Red Button). Then I power-down the PC, and turn off the cable > modem and wireless router. > > So far, I'm not in the habit of unplugging the SB3 as well. Though > I've set it to show the time (dimly) in standby, once the network's > gone, the screen goes blank. > > Sometimes when I start everything else up, the SB3 wakes up as well, > and is ready for use by the time I come downstairs. Sometimes it stays > blank, and I have to hit the Red Button; and sometimes it goes blank > after "Connecting..." and I have to hit the Red Button several times > (e.g. once to get it to start "Waking...", then again when it reaches > "Connecting...", which makes it cycle back to "Waking...", which might > work this time...) > > However, after turning everything else on yesterday (and making sure > SlimServer was running), the SB3 had trouble connecting to SS. When I > looked more closely, I noticed that the SB3 was still trying to use the > previous day's IP address for the PC, which was different from > yesterday's. > > Presumably - and not unreasonably - the SB3 didn't treat the loss of > network as a reason to re-quiz the router/DNS for the server's IP > address. Pressing the Red Button during the "Connecting..." phase, or > using the left arrow to go back one step, didn't fix it. Going back a > couple of steps and re-running the network connection bits from scratch > did the trick. (Thankfully it didn't ask for my WPA password again.) But > that got me wondering whether I'm not quite doing things the right way. > > Given that I will definitely not be leaving the PC, nor even the > network, running overnight, should I *definitely* be unplugging the SB3 > as well? Or is this likely to shorten its lifespan somehow? > > OTOH, could my present behaviour have helped to wear out the poor > thing's wireless card (which was replaced recently)? Does the SB3 go > mad if it can't find the network? > > -- Brian Set the SlimServer and the SqueezeBox to fixed IP's. Things will behave much better when rebooting things. I have my PC set to wake on lan. So everything shuts down on it's own. I hit power (red button) and it's up in about 4 seconds. You have to hit power a second time because the squeezebox needs the server up to know what the power on was for (it decides what to do on coming out of standby, since it wasn't there on first power up it doesn't know what to do). It's a little glitchy but works. I pick IP's either out of DHCP range or at the opposite end of where they are allocated from to avoid conflicts. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35792 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 chokes on 24/96
No hiss when I play 24/96 on Stock SB3 over SPDIF. Eye in the Sky HDAD sounds great !!! -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I upgrade to Vista?
corbey;201428 Wrote: > IT guys do tend to like Ghost, but on a home PC, I've found that Acronis > True Image is more flexible and much less of a system resource hog. > > My two cents. I don't think he's talking about a continuous backup product which ghost also has. Just a one shot image backup and restore if needed. There are no resource issues with an image backup. There may or may not be with any realtime continuous backup tool though. Actually Vista has some of that functionality built in. One thing I do like about Vista is a much strictor enforcement of the seperation of programs and data and a bit easier to find your data associated with apps. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35158 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I upgrade to Vista?
I agree with prior posts. Vista has been well worth while. I upgraded 3 machines, home desktop (ripping station). Laptop and Desktop at work doing windows developement. All running great. Vista is highly recommended if you like playing with the latest. I've had no resource issues but I shut off a couple "background" "helpers" (indexing etc.). You can shut off the a the "annoyances" UAC etc. if you want. I prefer it on to keep piece of mind. You learn what programs obey the rules and what don't. I have not run Slimserver on vista yet becuase that machine may not be supported and is not all that fast or that much memory. All it does is Slimserver so I didn't bother. I wouldn't expect any show stopper problems. There are solutions for most compatibility problems. So far out of many many apps I use for work and fun 2 are crippled but still are usable. Wavelab Lite file dialog crashes on Vista (very old application). Still usable by opening files via right click on file and never using save as (just save). The other application is Meridian Audio configuration program. Has a bug recording XML data when recording Room Correction data. It does not terminate the Base64 block correctly which I can hand repair. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35158 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How does Random Play and Genre's work
Is the Genre's listed on the Random Play page derived from a Scan? Some of my library may have no Genre or a bogus Genre tags and I'm concerned Random is not covering my whole library. Random just doesn't feel very random either. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34768 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Random play sometimes repeats tracks?
Mr Sukbe, Did setting that option fix your problem or was it already set. I wasn't sure from your reply. I swear mine repeats too. But I have not checked on the setting of that option and the first I've heard of it. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34563 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Feature request: Shortcut from Random Play to Play That Album
This may alreay be possible and if it is great, please tell me how. I often use Random to "Scan" my music. I don't know what I'm in the mood for until I hear it. So I start random play and do next, next, next until I find what I want. It would be so nice if there was a shortcut (single IR key) that I could now ask the system to play the album of the currently song playing. This would really make things so nice. It would seem very easy to do if it does not exist already. Right now I have to often go to Now Playing, Scroll down to what album it is, then go browse or search for it (sometimes 15 clicks). -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34725 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.
I saw posts saying that lowering FLAC compression helps but does not eliminate so I didn't bother. I use dbPowerAmp to convert. But it had to convert to wav then back to flac in two steps and I lost the tags. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34451 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...
No offense to any females lurking here. It's not a bad thing that most females just don't care to fiddle with this sort stuff. Most of them worry about much more serious stuff (like are the kids eating good at school, the new boy friend the daughter is going out with etc. etc.). Anyway, my wife would never touch it even though she likes some of the music on the server. But she can handle putting on the Radio and TV when she wants to and we are both happy about that. For those struggling with a wife (or other) that can't use it easily you might check out a Sonos system. I've read extremely good reports on it (some from folks that have owned both). This is not to knock SlimDevices for money it's in a class by itself. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 16bit to 24bit
This is not true. 16bit in you get 16bit out (at SPDIF anyway). If this were not true a ripped 16/44.1 DTS CD would no pass through the squeezebox to your DTS receiver/preamp. I assume 24/44.1 it would also come out as 24/44.1 but I have not tested that. Every data rate / word size I have used so far has passed through (clock rate and word size). Except 24/96 is downsampled to 24/48. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25907 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.
The best workaround for me right now is to just down sample the flac file. It will sound perfect as the SB3 is capable of and I don't like having scan FF/RW not work due to transcoding. That was the whole reason I switched my library from wma lossless to flac. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34451 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.
They added a note tonight on the bug and are trying to make the decoder more efficient so that this may get fixed with existing horse power. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34451 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.
I added my vote. So what's the workaround, use a wav file? I looked all over the bug for a work around. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34451 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?
I agree with Nostromo. Keep the defaults as basic and common as possible. If a second click gave extended information of what's "Now Playing" then that might make sense. But Changing the cute but gimicky VU meters doesn't tell me squat more about what's now playing, in fact another click may give me less VU meters. They are completely unrelated. I admit I'm new and I should note I'm running the large text (which at some places is not as user friendly because info is clipped). So sometimes I hit a button and something changes but it's out of view. My brain often, confused, thinks maybe I didn't hit it or if I hit it again I'll get what I wanted or expected. It's good it's configurable though. I know it's hard to please everyone. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34449 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?
Of course !!! If these guys designed a car... Turn steering wheel right, beeps horn. But only when in 3rd gear. It assumes your trying to cut someone off. If in 2nd gear it opens the right rear window because it assumes your driving a country road. Only happens if temp between 70-80 and the AC is off. A left turn in 4th gear reclines the passenger seat, only if the rear seat is not occupied. ... -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34449 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?
Youv'e got to be kiding me. Now playing changes the display as well, what are these guys thinking. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34449 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 24/96 PCM to SB3 not so good.
I thought SB3 would smoothly downsample 24/96 down to 24/48. I know I can reduce it in software but I didn't want to keep 2 copies and want to keep the original 24/96. It plays choppy sometimes on 24/96 music. Same file plays fine using foobar2000. Tried wired and wireless. Server is wired. Everything else plays fine (DTS, DD, PCM 16/44). File is encoded in FLAC. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34451 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What causes the equalizer like display to change?
One minute my SB3 has 2 VU Meters. Next few minutes, maybe an hr later it has a 8 way frequency spectrum. Another few minutes later it has like a 128 way frequency spectrum in the "back ground". Next few minutes it's back to 2 VU meters. What am I doing to trigger this display change? Does it rotate mode on it's own, can I shut that off? -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34449 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?
Don't do it. We all know the temptation because it's so easy. You know it's wrong. A friend of my wifes came over the other day and I said to bring a few CD's to listen on my system. He brought a selection that he burned. And gave it to me as a "gift". We listened to it and there was some good music on it. But as soon as he left I chucked it. Giving stolen music away is not a gift !!! I've had folks give Xmas CD's away with music they selected. They think they "composed" it because they picked the songs. I hear more arguments that the big music giants are rich. What's few ripped songs. Does that mean I can go to walmart and stuff a an Ipod in my coat poacket without paying. Their rich. Have him buy his own music. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34366 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the "DTS" test)
Most decent external DACs and preamps have a Dejitter circuit. Basically a small memory to store the stream as it arrives (just like a computer capture device). It then pumps that buffer out on a new clock for internal use (e.g. a DAC). That is, it records it to storage and the plays it in real time. So yes, I have not proven some crappy receiver won't screw it up. But I have shown the data can be captured without error and if EMU 0404 can do it I expect a quality preamp/DAC can to do as well and if can't, get one that does. The EMU didn't use any special external word clock. People think SPDIF has to processed immediately to the DAC as it arrives. It doesn't. That how DTS, AC3, work. SPDIF is just a transmission medium and it doesn't have to directly drive your DAC clock. It can be buffered and often is and the SPDIF is just a transmission medium and as long as like you said they arrive in order with correct values then it's the consuming device that should reclock it and be responsible for timing of it. And that's how most equipment is these days. There is no need to make the bits any "squarer" if they are already good enough. Like I said earlier since my system does reclock it (several times). I plan to check it further down the pipe as well which will confirm the prior stage got it right. Like you said it does not matter until you get to the DAC, but the DACs in some cases are a long long ways away. In my case they are AFTER the crossovers in the speakers. My assumption is if folks are serious enough to think about Mods and external word clocks for their SqueezeBox I would hope they have a dejitter circuit somewhere very close to there DAC. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wake-on-LAN: something new...?
This is an old bug, you shoudl search for the OLD bug and vote on that one rather than fragment it. Drives me insane too. Oddly enough I switched from Wired to Wireless and the it connects faster. I think it does wait long enough, it's just that it loses connection as the server starts to respond. I think it needs a retry loop, not a longer timeout. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the "DTS" test)
Well I would expect anyone considering mods to their squeezebox has a Receiver or Preamp that is capable of locking onto the SPDIF output of the squeezebox jitter free as well as or better than the cheap $200.00 box and junky cables spliced together I used. If your system can't I wouldn't be looking at improvements to the squeezebox to fix the problem. The device I used doesn't have any special capabilities over what any receiver/preamp has which is a phased lock loop. My Meridian has Digital outputs as well and I plan to check there as well. If it were to fail, I'd blame the Meridian not the SqueezeBox. I also plan to introduce errors into a DTS stream to see how much error correction it actually does and see how good a test using DTS is. I plan to try timing errors (jitter) and level errors. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the "DTS" test)
I finally have proven to myself Bits are Bits and the SqueezeBox 3 (no mods) transmits every last one of them. I was discouraged to hear folks talking about Linear vs Switching power supplies, changing caps and who knows what else. The standard SqueezeBox 3 transmits (over SPDIF) perfectly. What really got me was the Coax vs TosLink debate. I have, as many of you have, had done a sanity check with a DTS CD. But some folks argue that DTS may have error correction (or recovery to smooth over errors) even if the pipeline isnt perfect. So it wasnt proof enough for some. To test I generated a simple 200 Hz sine at max amplitude in MatLab. Then sampled this at 44.1Khz for exactly 2 seconds and saved it to wave file. I did this because it was important I knew exactly when it started and ended. I then played this on the SqueezeBox 3. The simple max amplitude sine wave does not have to be any more complex. It measured the full dynamic range and a good many levels in between (441). The hardware does not care what order the data is (i.e. how many simultaneous frequencies) the DACs, crossovers and speakers worry about that. I could just as easily used complex music. But I would have had to add markers to help line things up for comparing. I may do this in the future for grins. I chose 200 Hz so I could hear it on my PC speaker working in MatLab. Recording this was a bit of chore. I went through 5 USB SPDIF input/output devices (2 of them twice) before I was happy. Folks at guitar center hate me. I tried a Fast Track Pro, EMU 0404 and Audigy 2 PCMCIA, Fast Track Pro again and finally the EMU 0404 again. You must use ASIO (or similar) drivers to get data bit perfectly in and out of the PC. What was nice with the EMU is it came with tons of software including WaveLab Lite which was the perfect tool for this. Most ASIO software are multi-track Recorder/Mixers that dont mind resampling or normalizing. The folks that sell WaveLab invented ASIO. To test the softer I actually managed to loop a DTS Track through SqueezeBox 3, into EMU 0404, into WaveLab (in monitor mode) back out the EMU 0404 and into the Meridian. Without skipping a beat. I could record the stream at will and then play it back. I needed this base line before looking at bits in the MatLab generated waveform. Then I finally recorded my MatLab waveform out of the squeezebox and saved it to disk. Question was, was it bit for bit, sample for sample the same. I had to edit the recorded waveform down to the exact samples I started with. This was tedious but fairly easy to confirm and do in WaveLab. Then I read it back in MatLab and plotted the difference between the two vectors. And they were ZERO. In fact the files were so close (even the headers) I was able to diff then with FC/b in Windows (FileCompare in Binary). For grins and Im sure this has been done before. I burned the waveform and ripped it to see if anything was lost there as well. Header were different and I could not diff them with FC. So I used MatLab and they were the same. So if youre hooked up with SPDIF you can do no more perfectly than a standard squeezebox 3. If you want 24/96 or need good analog then you may consider mods or a transporter. Oh yeah I recorded off the Coax. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tentitive Fix for unexpect server shutdown on Pause, Stop or Off
Anyone but me have this problem? -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34174 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Funky Random PlayList's driving me nuts
Phil Meyer;192877 Wrote: > > > If you go back to Random Mix menu, you should see that it now says > "Playing Random Songs" instead of the "Random Songs Mix" option. If > you press play again, the current random playlist will be cleared and a > new selection of random songs will be selected and played. > > It's not doing that for me. When it says "Playing Random Songs" and I hit play it just jumps back into the currently playing list. That's what's annoying me. I have to do the the Now Playing + ADD thing to clear the list then go back. Thanks for the detailed explaination. Almost there. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Funky Random PlayList's driving me nuts
Phil Meyer;192618 Wrote: > >How do I clear the list with the remote. > To clear the Now Playing list, press the Add button when the screen is > showing the "Now Playing ->" menu option. Thanks Phil !!! I think understand now. This interface is goofy. Where may I ask is that documented? Ok, I think I understand now. Starting from empty. If I play "Random Songs" it adds a batch and starts playing. If I let them play it will add a batch when it gets to the end. Unless I hit RIGHT in the "Press RIGHT to stop adding songs". Then it loops on this list. I think if I shut it off it it may automatically go into the stop adding songs. Not sure. But what I was doing was going back to random song mix when I turn it on and it was just playing the same old list over and over. I unless I rebooted server or chose a different way to play songs. So there no quick way to just say play a new random list list (must manually clear out old list first). But at least I think I understand now. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Tentitive Fix for unexpect server shutdown on Pause, Stop or Off
I modified the PreventStandBy plugin to work around a shutdown problem that annoyed me. When you paused, stopped, or turned off for as little as a minute the server would disappear. This may only apply to people that let their server go to sleep and use Wake-On-Lan. The problem was very obvious in this PreventStandBy plugin. The Work around guarantees it will wait a minimum of 15 minutes before shutting down on pause, stop or off. Only tested on Windows XP. Replace Plugin.pm in C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Plugins\PreventStandby With attached file. If anyone has had this problem please give it a test and if I get good feedback I work on getting it into the official release. +---+ |Filename: Plugin.pm| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2635| +---+ -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34174 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Funky Random PlayList's driving me nuts
I posted a while back about biases in random playback and I was point to a bug that was recently fixed. I tried the fix and it's still funky. It may simply be user error or another not so intuitive feature. I think I know what's going on. I boot everthing up clean. I hit random song and it adds a batch of songs. It will loop through these songs. If I hit random song again it ADDs another group and loops through both lists. If I hit random song again it adds another chunk loops through all 3 chunks. How do I clear the list with the remote. If I go manually choose an album I think it clears the list and puts the album. And if I go back to random song I think I it will clear the album and put in a chunk of random songs again. I use random all the time and it never clears out old songs unless I manually clear them using web interface. Should it clear the list each time I hit "shuffle random song"? Can I clear the list with the remote? How is it supposed to work? -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Random Song Mix is not so random
Thanks, I'll have to try the nightly build. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Random Song Mix is not so random
I only have 200 or so albums loaded. I frequently use Random Song Mix. But it seems to be biased towards the same albums over and over and never touches other albums. My server does get rebooted ocassionally. Is the random number generator using the same seed on each boot or something? Is there an alternate Random Playback plugin? Thanks -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I allow power-saving Standby mode?
Mike New;188484 Wrote: > Looks like this thread did get hijacked. > > The issue isn't the money. The issue is how much power I'm wasting on > something that isn't bringing me or anyone else any reward. Having the > PC consume 2.4 kilowatt-hours a day when I'm only using it for 2-3 of > those hours is dumb - if not irresponsible. Whether or not you believe > we're causing global warming , it only makes common sense to stop > dumping CO2 into the air for no good reason. > > I know, I can turn it off and be a good citizen. But I like to listen > to music when I go to bed and I like the ability to wake up to whatever > I want. If Squeezebox could wake up the PC only when *I* want, instead > of every few seconds when I'm sound asleep, I'd feel better about > myself. > > So, is there a way to do this? Mike, I'm totally with you. Just because we have other larger consumers of energy doesn't make it is an excuse to forget about everything that takes less. See my "Green" thread. Just because your car/freezer wastes lots of energy does that mean you skip recycling paper and plastic? Studid logic bringing the freezer up. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33324&highlight=green You can run a "green" server. You need a network card/motherboard that can support wake on LAN. Which does use a small amount of power 24/7. I do have my Server Running with WakeOnLan. Problem is it's not very user friendly because of a few bugs. See thread above. I have made some progress by editing and understanding the "PreventStandby" plugin. I think I know what I need to do now to make it work more WakeOnLan friendly. Basically this plugin is dumb. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33678 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices
I'd just like to have it work as designed and it doesn't. I'd like it to work on the hardware I already have. I like to see it work on other peoples hardware too. I've seen bits and pieces of the same complaints posted. And I'd like it to work on hardware I plan for the future. I already bought the hardware and like others said replacing it serves nothing green. The fixes I'm asking for are fairly trivial. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
