Re: [slim] Feature request: more sophisticated xfade
mcw;273009 Wrote: > Personal preference? Or maybe you haven't experienced the winamp-style > crossfade? When it's done well most - maybe all - of the annoyance > fades (grin) away. > Personally I can't stand auto-faded stuff, done by winamp or anything else. Hearing the off phase beats running over each other, unpleasant key combinations and overlapped vocals makes me cringe. I like my music mixed by an actual human, we do a much better job :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19735 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Start of next album track plays in error
Have you confirmed the problem isn't your files? For example, have you listened to the ends of them in some other player? Are you using single file + cue sheets or individual files per track? I can't think of a good reason why SS would start playing a new file which wasn't the next one on the playlist, seems very arbitrary. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43885 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can Squeezebox Duet display international languages?
tosehee;272784 Wrote: > And what is the web interface? The server software has a web interface - see http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html and http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SqueezeCenter > is this accessible through the controller? Not directly, the controller communicates directly with the server and displays the same data in it's own menus. You can however use the web interface from pretty much anything with a browser. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can Squeezebox Duet display international languages?
It will play them but the text on the controller won't be readable. It should be fine on the web interface however. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5
MuckleEck;272676 Wrote: > Presumably they put it at the back for two reasons:- > > 1) Aestheticsclean lines etc looks nice > 2) The majority of people will be using some form of music player > (ipod, SB3 etc) which has it's own volume control remotely acessible, > so the control on the back is there to set a min-max setting. > > In my case I set it low to stop my young kids setting the volume too > high! and for that I am glad it is on the back :-) Agreed - I wouldn't have bought them if it was on the front, for reason number 1. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remote Control Feature Request
OK I just did this on SC7: 1. Check my favorites list is empty. 2. Go to an album and hit add to favorites 3. Repeat for another album 4. Check the favorites list - I now have 2 defined 5. Press and hold 1 on the remote - the first favorite starts playing. 6. Press and hold 2 on the remote - the second favorite starts playing. This is default, out of the box, SC7 functionality. I can't comment on how that differs from SN as I don't use it. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim
rfrost;272104 Wrote: > > Again, if anyone could indicate how I might just block a range of IP > addresses I could fix this. Slimserver doesn't do range blocking (as far as I know) so you'll need something else to do that. My router has that feature (well, you can fake it with the firewall) but not all do - check yours. The proper way to do this would be to setup an apache server and use it to proxy slimserver - then you could add any amount of security and filtering you wanted. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43741 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim
That IP (66.249.67.120) really is owned by Google. So if that isn't googlebot, it's something doing IP spoofing, which seems kinda unlikely. Do you see it pulling robots.txt before doing other things? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43741 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze
No problem! -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze
OK, I just fired up softsqueeze to find this menu. I'm using the latest (3.6) and you can get to the prefs menu by clicking the icon at the top left of the display (looks like a list of items). The Audio tab has the output device selector. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze
I haven't used softsqueeze in ages, but according the the FAQ at http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/faq.html there's an "Audio Mixer" setting on the prefs page. The other thing you can check (which might fix it) is in windows control panel - make sure the UD10 is set as the default output device. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43668 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Buying a slim device
Crutchfield is the cheapest I can see right now, I wouldn't have any concerns buying from them. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43729 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remote Control Feature Request
orrinc;271477 Wrote: > There used to be a plug-in that would allow selection of up to 9 (?) > playlists by pressing a number key on the remote. I believe that you > would create a number of playlists and give each a number as a title > (1.m3u; 2.m3u; etc.). > > Then you could play any one by pressing a button or two without > searching. This was especially useful if you had a programmable > remote, as you could access the playlists by name. > How does that differ from setting up the 9 playlists as favorites? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Kevhub;269800 Wrote: > Is it through wifi where I just need to be in range of wifi router to > change music or internet radio (like in by back yard) Yes, it's all wifi. And if you have multiple players on the network you can control all of them from one controller. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Listening to a song on the Controller while another song plays on the Squeezebox
Not currently, but it has been suggested and should be possible given the hardware. It just needs someone to write the software :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I switch to SlimServer 7?
rydenfan;269710 Wrote: > Where would I find version 7? Is it available for a Mac yet? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/7.0/ You'll need the DMG file for Mac. Usual disclaimer - this is unreleased software, no warranty, use at your own risk, blah blah blah :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I switch to SlimServer 7?
Volume adjustment refers to replay gain (automatic volume adjustment/normalization). If you want to fix the volume so it can't be adjusted, use the Digital Volume Control setting. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any way of doing this?
MadScientist;269450 Wrote: > Agreed, Any suggestions on a utility that could achieve this aim? > > MS A quick google found these possibilities: http://www.filedudes.com/WakeUp-screenshot-14916.html http://www.nncron.ru/ (look at the plugins on the download page, specifically "rstimer.spf") -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43470 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any way of doing this?
I don't think you really want to run the script when SS starts up, you want to run it when the machine comes out of sleep. SS remains "running" even when the machine is asleep, it doesn't really know when it's woken up. What you want is something which can hook into windows' power management states and trigger the script (or whatever) on a state change. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43470 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse internet music folders
venus light;268897 Wrote: > So I could set up a RSS feed with all of the m3u files? That you'd have to try, no idea if it would work. But you could certainly have an RSS which lists all the mp3s directly and they should play - that's all a podcast is. Another option would be to run a upnp server on the box in question and then use the built in upnp browser in SC/SS to play from it. That depends of course on whether you can install the server but there are some pretty light weight ones, looks like even some in perl and other scripting languages which should run on pretty much anything. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43405 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does or does it not!!!
MuckleEck;268831 Wrote: > So unless drfaults have been changed any files ripped by WMP11 will > result in lossless wma files that AFAIK are not readble by SS/SC WMA lossless is supported as a transcoded format, but not native. It should work out of the box on Windows, I think you need a decoder on other platforms (but I'm not 100% sure on that). -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Some observations from a non-geek
cparker;268868 Wrote: > > Works fine with no problems, so I completely disagree with your > comments about the quality of the antenna. Agreed. My master bedroom is the furthest point away from the router in my house and the SB2 is the only device which works reliably in there - laptops, iphone etc all drop out frequently. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43426 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can we avoid inflamatory titles?
haunyack;268665 Wrote: > I don't think MrSinatra inferred that. > That's another issue and you know it. > > . No, it isn't, they're fundamentally the same. I don't believe that MrSinatra does think we should allow spam, and that's the point. We don't tolerate spam on the forum because it's noise that adds nothing to the general conversation. I would categorize some (very, very few) posts in the same way, and I don't see why they should be treated differently just because they were written by a person not a robot. What I was implicitly asking MrSinatra was where do you draw the line? He stated that speech should be free, and that we should simply ignore what we don't want to read. That's a perfectly fine opinion (and one I have a lot of sympathy with), but that would imply that we should stop deleting spam and just let the visitors ignore it. Personally, I think that would make the forum less useful, and so the spam should be deleted. Likewise, I think there are some posts/threads which also make the forum less useful. No difference. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can we avoid inflamatory titles?
MrSinatra;268642 Wrote: > and thats the beauty of freedom. the people are free to say something, > and you are free to ignore it, deride it, whatever. > > but BAN it? make policies against it? > > sorry, i take a stand there. So you're fine with the forums being full of spam? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can we avoid inflamatory titles?
Phil Leigh;268421 Wrote: > That's actually a very good idea (IMHO). > At least all the stuff that none of us want to read is contained in one > place. Better yet, if you feel like you need to rant just type up your comment in notepad. Then take a deep breath and delete it. You'll feel better and won't have wasted anyone's time :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode for Squeezecenter
Joe Luser;268258 Wrote: > The sb2 remote has TWENTY-NINE buttons! No matter where this discussion > goes, it's impossible to fix the interface by repairing the > functionality of > one single button. The duet gets a little better with eleven (note the > iPod, > depending on how you count, has two). As long as the interface is > designed > by engineers who are already deeply familiar with the system, parties > are > going to continue to be an invitation to disaster. > Why? Because someone might press Brightness or Size by mistake? Seriously...the vast majority of buttons on the remote are pretty self explanatory, and I haven't heard many complaints that people simply don't know how to use it. The complaints seem to be centered around a misunderstanding of how Play works. I mean my TV remote has a lot of buttons but most people can figure out how to change channel without adjusting the color balance by mistake. > > Maybe the thing to do is abandon the remote altogether and write a > little > javascript interface app to run on the iPhone? Like this? http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=3 -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly ---WHY? Is Squeezebox only poorly implemented pipe dream?
slwiser;268249 Wrote: > > I am going to have to do the IP thing I think. I have not done that > yet. I may have missed your post, in which case I apologise. But have you tried it with a cable? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly ---WHY? Is Squeezebox only poorly implemented pipe dream?
mik63;268247 Wrote: > There is no reason why a wireless SB3 that is 20ft. from the server in > the same room, away from any microwave or wireless phone, on a wireless > channel that no other Wifi are using in or around your house, while > nobody else is using the wireless but the SB3, with the buffer 100% > full and 90% wireless signal should have ANY stuttering problems!! And > yet it does. If you are getting stuttering when the buffer is at 100% it's nothing to do with the network, wireless or otherwise. You have another problem, and to be honest it's not one I've ever seen before. Do you get the stutters at the same point on tracks? The only thing I can possibly think of is file corruption. I'll repeat (again) what many others have said on this thread and others - wireless networking is a messy, messy thing. It's a miracle it works at all! The first troubleshooting with any wireless device should always be to try it with a cable. Then, depending on the results, troubleshooting can continue in the right direction. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where is fast forward and fast rewind?
That's close, but not entirely true. (warning, excessive detail ahead!) For example, SB2/3 now supports OGG/Vorbis as a native format, but due to implementation details FF/REW still doesn't work for those file types (see http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3809). Also, FLAC is a native type and normally supports FF/REW, but not if the user has their music in the "one file with cue sheet" format. In that case the server is actually doing a FLAC/FLAC transcode which prevents seeking (see http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1426). I'm sure there are more edge cases. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug in Mac Slimserver 6.5.4
No problem :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43335 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug in Mac Slimserver 6.5.4
Any playlists referencing the mp3 files? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43335 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug in Mac Slimserver 6.5.4
The most likely explanation is that you have a shortcut/symlink from the FLAC directory to the mp3 one. It's possible it's a bug, but I would have thought someone would have noticed something as obvious before. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43335 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Harmony One?
Shredder;267752 Wrote: > > A few questions, in general, what do people think of this remote? > > How well does it operate as a SB/TP remote? > Don't know about the One specifically (is it even out yet?) but I have a number of other Harmony devices and they all work well with the SB products. > > CAn I also program this to operate another tv, sat box, and dvd (no > sb/tp or stereo)? > It will list any limits on the website but you can basically add as many devices & activities as you wish. I wouldn't however try to use one remote for more than one room/setup, it will lead to confusion. The Harmony way of working fails completely if you use any other remote with the devices it controls - you have to put them all away in a drawer! > > Finally, I understand that the Harmony will turn on my tv and dvd > player and put the tv in dvd mode all w/ the push of one button. Can it > also be programmed to tun on the digital input on my TP as part of that > one button process? > Never tried that, but it should be possible with a little tweaking. Probably not all that straightforward to setup though. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly ---WHY? Is Squeezebox only poorly implemented pipe dream?
slwiser;267892 Wrote: > Will the router automatically find the SQ with the new IP this way? I > thought the router controlled access not the device itself? On a local network the router isn't doing anything, the devices are responsible for knowing their own IP addresses and communicating with each other. You could set all the IPs manually and not even have a router, just a dumb switch, and it would all work fine (and that's how we used to do it!). DHCP makes things easier to manage by allowing a central device (in this case your router, but it doesn't have to be) to dish out IP addresses to anything that needs one. When it comes to actual communication it doesn't matter where the IP came from, just that it's unique. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 Cutting Out While Playing Apple Lossless Files
Trying to do transcoding (particularly double transcoding) on a NAS unit is asking a lot of the hardware. Switch everything to FLAC as suggested and you should see a big improvement. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41733 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can we avoid inflamatory titles?
Agreed 100%. Many of us are here to help and genuinely want people to have a good SB experience, but it does grate when people (typically brand new members) launch into a tirade. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why Squeezebox sucks...
haunyack;267698 Wrote: > > I've been using the beta releases for about 2 years now and have NEVER > been stumped (although thoroughly frustrated) as I was the other > night. > Then you should be happy that you're so lucky. It doesn't matter whether it's late beta or whatever else, if it's not an official release than the only thing anyone in the dev community will do if you find a problem is thank you and add it to the bug list. Most companies don't let you run the beta software for exactly this reason - to prevent people who don't understand what pre-release means getting upset when it breaks (which it inevitably does). If I were having a big party which I wanted to use SC for the first thing I'd do is downgrade back to 6.5.4. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Grandfather clock plugin, possible?
EnochLight;267286 Wrote: > There's sounds embedded in SqueezeCenter 7??? Like what other sounds? > And how are they accessed? They're provided by SN (and have been for some time) - they're just easier to access in SC. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43105 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle First off - please check your quoting MrSinatra, I didn't say half the things you've attributed to me. That aside... MrSinatra;267294 Wrote: > > no duh. the point is it is a very complex device that does many > complex things for $299 > > if apple can do it, logitech can. > I'm sorry, but this is just idiotic. You seem to be comparing things because their both "complex". My car is a complex device, my DVD player is a complex device, and a 747 is a complex device. Yet, somehow, they end up costing very different amounts of money. Why? Because they are DIFFERENT complex devices which do DIFFERENT tasks. An ipod shares very little common functionality with a server. Here's one example, just for kicks. Do a search on your ipod, watch how it takes up to a minute (in my experience) to return the results. Now do the same on SC and watch how it takes typically less than a second, even though it's searching (in my case) a vastly larger collection. > > i would argue its more specialized, and a touch screen, OS and browser, > wifi etc... > Indeed it is more specialised. And in this case, that allows them to save money. It doesn't do most of the things that SS does, and so it doesn't need the power that SS does. A Mac mini has an OS, browser and wifi, and in fact you can run SS on it just fine. Costs more than a touch though...why is that? It doesn't even have a screen... > > my point is you could specialize the hardware in a fat box to do the > specific tasks SS does. > And my point is you couldn't. As I suspect neither of us are in a position to build such a device commercially I don't think we'll get much further, but I would point to the simple lack of such a device on the market as evidence that it isn't as easy as you seem to think it is. In my experience if something's easy to make and there's huge demand, someone has already made it. > > no, i am saying a box that doesn't need a computer at all and that can > access external storage (via whatever method) is for me, a great > product, and i would be willing to bet, is for other people too. > So it's magic? It can somehow run software and do all this stuff and yet not be a computer? You don't seem to be understanding that pretty much everything in your house with a power cord is a computer of some kind, they're just more or less powerful and more or less general purpose. > > tivo sold me a box (i gave to my parents) that cost $100 plus the $300 > lifetime service. the tivo does not need a computer EVER. > Tivo does not need a computer because it IS A COMPUTER. It's a low powered one for sure, with a couple specialist chips for things like video encode/decode, but it's a general purpose computer running a general purpose O/S (linux). It also doesn't have enough memory or CPU power to run SS, and the hardware is sold at a subsidised price because of the subscription. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 rebuffering and not recovering
jth;267402 Wrote: > One thing that I can't figure out is why there is such a large > burst in traffic between the SB3 and the server on each song > transition. It's filling the buffer as fast as it can, then it trickle feeds to keep the buffer full during playback. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43142 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle MrSinatra;267228 Wrote: > first of all, the box wouldn't need the green screen anymore, and thats > the most expensive part by far (so we're told). > So you start with essentially an SBR @ $150 and add at least a few more hundred. > > consider what the ipod touch can do for $299 > > are you saying a simpler device isn't then possible? > What's an ipod got to do with it? They're entirely different devices. A dedicated SC box needs a lot more processing power, a lot more memory and a LOT more storage than a touch - it does a completely different job. You seem to think that combining a PC and a SBR into one box will somehow cost substantially less than the cost of the PC plus the cost of an SBR, or that the resulting device will somehow be simpler, smaller, quieter or more power efficient. I don't see how that can be the case. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dead Squeezebox
If you look closely at the screen (a dark room may help!) do you see any illumination at all? On a functioning SB3, even with the screen "off" you can usually see a few faint dots, from memory they're usually towards the top left. You should also see a red light coming from the optical port on the back. If none of these are visible I'd say either the SB3 or the power supply is dead. In either case, you're probably best off calling support: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_tech.html -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...
lagosirio;267114 Wrote: > Dear James, > I have no idea where to do that. (I use OS X and Safari) > Do you mean the web browser? I can't find anything regarding "CSRF" > configuration at all. It's a slimserver setting. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5
Lou1z;266793 Wrote: > ummm... > how do i know that my a2's have powered off? Look at the power meter they're plugged into? :) Sorry, bad joke. There's no indication that I know of to show they're off. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver User Access Restriction
MuckleEck;266691 Wrote: > Is it too far to run an ethernet cable from shed office to house (which > is what I have done, got clobbered by BT's fair usage policy by using > the internet) Depends how big your garden is...the limit is typically 100m. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet vs Sonos
zigzag;266758 Wrote: > If I don't want to run a server (and I definitely don't) then I can play > Pandora songs in as many room simultaneously as I want, Rhapsody songs > in up to 3 rooms and internet radio in just 1. > I don't see why you can't play internet radio in as many rooms as you like, even the same station. It just won't be perfectly synced. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43155 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New NAS devices by Netgear (Infrant)
Sonos does more of the legwork in the player vs SD where it's done on the server. Additionally, SC just does more than Sonos :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet vs Sonos
jaffacake;266650 Wrote: > Shawkie: What were you on about then? If players are synced they lose the ability to play gaplessly. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43155 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Grandfather clock plugin, possible?
dborn;266608 Wrote: > Think about it, an SB with a decent amp would make a terrific high-tech > grandfather clock! You could even have ol' Big Ben in your living room! > ;) Would be good for New Year, not sure about any other day :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43105 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet vs Sonos
Just curious - if I have a single Rhapsody subscription can I listen to different tracks on different players at the same time? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43155 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??
Let's face it, as people have been saying for quite some time the practise of retail prices varying from one country to another is hardly new or uncommon. I'm a brit living in the US so I've seen it from both sides - yes it's nice that a lot of the gear I buy is cheaper over here, but it still stings that I have to pay $3 for an imported can of baked beans :) As has been mentioned there are lots of possible reasons for the price difference, including but not limited to tax, duty, increased cost of doing business in that country (rent, manpower costs etc), price/availability of competitors, and of course plain old higher margins. I don't know what the tax regime looks like in AUS but in the UK it accounts for a large portion of the typical price difference. That aside, the complaints that the logitech site costs more than a retailer are kind of ridiculous. In my experience going directly to the manufacturer is almost never the cheapest way to buy something - SD has historically been unusual and it's largely been because they were the main distribution point. Now they're moving stock into the Logitech channels and out to major retailers I would expect to see those retailers cutting prices. I picked a couple of random examples - Creative charge $89.99 for a 4GB Zen V Plus, Amazon has it for $79.99. Or let's say I wanted a nice new Canon camcorder, I can get the VIXIA HG10 direct for $1099 or from Amazon for $724.82. But I don't see the point in complaining to Canon or Creative about this situation - if you see the product discounted just be happy and buy it there! -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Reset Question-Good Practices?
That doesn't sound right, I have I think 6 units running currently and with latest firmwares and SC7 they're basically 100% stable. I've never had to do a "hold 1" reset, although a while ago (couple of years) there was a period where factory resets were needed pretty frequently. One of the key secrets I found to stability is to make sure the server's IP is static. If the server connection is lost and it comes back on a different IP the SB never seems to reconnect automatically (probably by design, how does it know it's the same server?). -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43083 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet power usage: Receiver 3-4w, Controller dock 1w
IIRC it was in the region of 5W idle and slightly more while playing. On and off are the same but when actually playing there's more cpu activity, more screen activity and the audio stage is taking more power. Not much of a difference, but just about noticable. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43071 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Jim Holtz Wrote: > The question is, will the $90 flat rate fix the controller too if > there's no sign of abuse? mvalera;265497 Wrote: > The warranty period will be 2 years for the Duet. > > Our standard out of warranty charge is $90. > I think he's been pretty clear, the Duet (which includes the Controller _and_ Receiver) has a 2 year warranty and out of warranty repairs are normally $90. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Jim Holtz;265043 Wrote: > I have one more question. Is there an extended warranty or a set fee to > repair the remote if it should fail once it's out of warranty? I would > hate to have to shell out $300 for a new remote. > Can't give you the official answer, but the fee for an out of warranty SB3 repair seems to be a flat $90. I'm sure there will be some kind of similar arrangement for the SBC. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use NetStumbler?
NetStumbler is easy. Quick instructions for your purposes: 1) Fire it up 2) If the screen is blank, hit New 3) You should now have a window with a list of networks. Sort by the "Signal+" column, now they're arranged in order of signal strength. 4) Look at the "Chan" column, this is the channel they're transmitting on. 5) Pick a channel for your network that is non-overlapping with the strongest other ones. For example, I see a total of 8 networks, all of which are on 6 or 1, so I picked 11 for myself. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need shelf stereo to go with my Squeezebox. Recommendations?
Lou1z;264824 Wrote: > i can't see it anyway on sc7 but can the output be adjusted should i > need it to be? SB1 has bass/treble control, more recent models do not. You can use the Ignuz plugin to do tone control provided you have a decently powerful server. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42858 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Bay City;264753 Wrote: > I was just over to a friends house looking at his Sonos system, I was > very much impressed. > However I am waiting to buy the Squeezbox Duet when it is released. The > main reason is the price, Sono cost way to much for me. > One question, on his Sonos he has his itunes library playing on a NAS > hooked up to his router, this way he can play his music while his > computer is turned off. > > Will the Squeezebox Duet operate the same way? > thanks Yes, if you have a NAS capable of running SqueezeCenter. There are a number which will happily run SlimServer (the previous version) - I don't know how many have yet been tested with SC. Check the 3rd Party Hardware forum for more discussion. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
I've done testing for a number of companies and there is certainly a range of attitudes in regard to the level of secrecy etc. To me it seems that the more innovative and interesting the product, the more open the dev & test process. From my experience on the open side you have companies like Serato, JetBrains and Ableton, and on the less open side you have MS, Rio (RIP), and Sony. I agree that the transparency and lack of legal BS from Logitech/SD is refreshing - long may it continue :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] One Duet controller for 4 SBs ?
Scallywagfr78;264344 Wrote: > Hello, > Concerning the new Duet hand-held controller: Am I to understand the I > would be able to run my whole installation with this Controller, > collectively and individually (each SB separately)? Yes, you can control any slim device connected to the same server as the controller. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42915 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers
I just remembered something - a couple of years ago at Digital Life Slimdevices were demonstrating the SB3 with what I'm guessing were an early prototype of the A2 (or maybe an aborted A1?). They were tiny and powered IIRC, but design wise just like the A2. Alas they weren't loud enough to compete with the din in the hall so I have no idea how they sounded. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5
egd;264134 Wrote: > No need for too much volume in the kitchen, just some background music > will do. I hadn't considered ceiling speakers, any recommendations? > Would've been nice to go for ceiling speakers prior to renovating, > wiring at this point will be a PITA, especially running RCA from the > SB3 into the ceiling. Guess that's what happens when you don't think > things through sufficiently. I'm guessing active's would be most > suited. I don't know a lot about ceiling speakers, we're just starting to investigate them for our house (in the bedroom). There seem to be surprisingly few active ones, possibly due to the need to get power to them. You can also get in-wall speakers which may work well in something like a kitchen. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5
egd;264117 Wrote: > - do both the A2's and A5's automatically power off/ sleep if no music > signal is received? > The A2s certainly do, I'm pretty sure the A5's do as well. > > - which would be more suited to a 36 - 40sqm room - the 2's or the 5's > (in the bedroom they will likely be at dresser height and in the > kitchen I would look to put them on top of the cupboards > (http://members.iinet.net.au/~egd/DSC00073.JPG), close to the ceiling? > > Thx I would think the cupboards would make any speakers very boomy if they're literally on top of them. Have you considered ceiling speakers? As for which would work better, it depends how loud you want it. We have the A2's in our office which is probably about 23sqm and they're loud enough, not sure I'd use them in a much larger room. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] no connection attempt to private-range ips
My understanding is that normally SQN tries to connect to the URL itself to check whether it's valid, noscan disables that. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: Logitech/Slim Devices - Amp Product suggeston (and POLL)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 Question: Would you buy a Slim Devices/Logitech branded amp? - YES! - NO! oktup;264046 Wrote: > Having said that, I didn't realise the Audioengine A2s had some kind of > auto-standby mode - can anyone comment more on the effectiveness of > that? The measured power consumption goes to 0W. Effective enough? :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: Logitech/Slim Devices - Amp Product suggeston (and POLL)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 Question: Would you buy a Slim Devices/Logitech branded amp? - YES! - NO! autopilot;263329 Wrote: > Which T-AMP do most people use with their SB's? I use the Gen 2 (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/9c60/). The build quality still sucks from the 1st gen, but the design is better. It's almost exactly the same size as the SBR, and sits neatly underneath it. It also comes with the PSU in the box which you used to have to buy seperately. Having had less than great experiences with the first T-amp I was very impressed - this one is much louder and has really good bass. I have the amp's volume set to middle and use the SB for control, I never get above about -15db in a 12x12ft room. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two questions on remote streaming: Dynamic DNS & Variable bitrate
Nikhil;263257 Wrote: > > 1) If you want to access a remote SlimServer that has a changing IP > address with a Physical SqueezeBox (not with softsqueeze - I know how > to do that), is it possible to enter a Dynamic DNS host name (as > against an IP address) onto the device? Or alternatively can one of the > plugins on slimserver (such as Michael Herger's ServerSwitcher be > configured to do a DNS lookup and then allow switching to that remote > server via the remote (or the controller) interface? > Adding DNS lookup to the player would be the way to go for this, IMHO. I don't believe it's currently possible, but it would seem reasonable to add. No server-side functionality will work as obviously the player isn't connected to the server at the time of the lookup :) I'd take a look in bugs.slimdevices.com and add an enhancement request if there isn't one already there. > > 2) I currently have my flacs transcoding to 192 kbps mp3s for remote > streaming, which is fine. But I was wondering if there is a way to > dynamically adjust the encoding bitrate in real time in response to the > available bandwidth? i.e. something like the Slingbox does - I have seen > it scale from 8mbps down to 96 kbps depending on what was available. > Which codecs support this feature? wma? hd-aac? open source? Slimserver only supports streaming as mp3, and it doesn't have any kind of autonegotiation. That kind of thing really needs co-operation between the client and the server, and the basic mp3 streaming protocol doesn't include that. I believe the wma streaming protocol does (and probably others) but they are typically far from open, particularly if you want to build s stream host. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Plugins - how to?
Like bpa said, the announcement script is _not_ a plugin, it's a standalone script you have to run when you want to show something on the player. For example you could configure your email client to run it every time you got a new email. But on it's own it won't do anything. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42732 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: Logitech/Slim Devices - Amp Product suggeston (and POLL)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 Question: Would you buy a Slim Devices/Logitech branded amp? - YES! - NO! I see the need for an amp like you describe, but I certainly wouldn't pay $200 for one. I have a new T-amp which is everything you seem to want save the build quality and it's $60. As for the poll, I wouldn't buy anything just because it says Logitech on it, I'd look at the price/performance/features. As the poll doesn't define any of those I can't say whether I'd buy it or not. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cueing in Slimserver?
funkstar;263084 Wrote: > updated. > > It's a wiki, you know anyone can do that? you just need to identify > yourself. Yes, I know, I just didn't have time. I would have done it myself later but you beat me to it :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42744 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine A2s in Canada?
They're certainly not as good as my Mission bookshelf speakers, but they're not far behind my Swans M200's. If you need really small, good looking active speakers they probably sound better than you'd expect them to, but if you can get away with larger ones...physics doesn't like small speakers :) I have a pair on a desk in our study and they work well in that situation. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42715 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cueing in Slimserver?
Michael Herger;262936 Wrote: > > Dead link. > > kdf moved his code: > http://code.google.com/p/kdfplugins/ > > -- > > Michael Thanks - I got the old link from the wiki so it probably needs updating. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42744 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronize SB3 with PC
the fact that it let's you try to sync them is a bug - you can't sync streaming players only slim ones. The reason is the lack of control - the server has no way to control whatever buffering winamp is doing. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42591 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
pichonCalavera;262599 Wrote: > Wow, good discovery, just to be sure, is this: > http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/9c60/ the new iteration of > the T-Amp? > And what speakers are you connecting to the T-Amp? > I guess for the T-Amp always on aproach, you'll have to put the Volume > knob at a level that will be more convenient for control from the > digital volume of the Squeezebox. > Yes, that's the one. The build quality is _slightly_ better than the original T-amp (which was pretty awful!) so don't expect much from the case. However, the sound is awesome - much more bass than the original model. In terms of speakers I'm using an old pair of Mission 2-channel bookshelf speakers (something like these: http://www.tnt-audio.com/gif/750.jpg) - rated 8 ohm 25-75W. And they sound awesome with the T-amp, better than through an Onkyo receiver I used to use. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers
Peter;262619 Wrote: > Pale Blue Ego wrote: > > Add to those the AudioEngine 2, a 2.0 system costing $200. Any of > those > > 3 systems + a Squeezebox or Duet will capably fill a small to > > medium-sized room with good sound. > > > > None of these do auto-power on/off do they? > > Regards, > Peter A2 and A5 both auto-switch. Also think about pairing some regular speakers with the T-amp, the new model sounds really good (seriously!) and is dirt cheap (~$60). It doesn't autoswitch, but it only uses 1W (even when playing) so who cares :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cueing in Slimserver?
Try SongScanner - http://www.deane-freeman.com/slimserver/ -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42744 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
radish;261013 Wrote: > I just bought the new iteration of the T-amp for $65. Somewhat louder > than the old one, same great sound quality and lousy build quality :) > But it works great for small speakers & small rooms, and you can't beat > the price. So this is interesting. I read posts from various people asking for ideas for small auto-switching amps. My new Audioengine A2 speakers are auto-switching and I was measuring their power usage today (as there's no way to tell if they're "on" or "off"). Roughly 6W playing, 0W after the timeout (seems to be a few minutes). Excellent! Then I wondered about the T-amp which is used in another room - it's not auto-switching and I wanted to make sure it wasn't eating power as I frequently forget to turn it off. It draws a whopping 1W when playing at decently loud volume through regular bookshelf speakers. I'm not sure how that is possible (my AC theory is flaky at best!) but I'm not worried about the auto-switch anymore! -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Charles Calkins;262256 Wrote: > Hey Guys pardon me for being so dense but does the Duet have a volume > control like the SB3? > > Cheers > Charlie Yes, the receiver is functionally exactly the same as the SB3, minus the screen. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Typos and setup question
The controller is needed for setup because the receiver has no screen - without that you can't tell it things like the WEP/WPA key or select options such as DHCP/static IP. Once it's on the network it can be fully controlled by SqueezeCenter. There have been (strong) rumors that the requirement for the controller may be removed in the future, so if that's a big deal for you it may be worth waiting a little while to see what happens in that regard (as I understand it there are some technical issues which need figuring out). You could of course also buy the duet and once setup, sell the controller. I'd be nervous about doing that unless the controller was no longer needed - you never know when you might need to do a factory reset! -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] new controller with sb3?
> If not, then this is what I've been trying to get my other SB3s to do... > be used as controllers and monitors (without audio)without messing with > the lossless. Yup, I can confirm that regular unsynced playback is perfectly gapless even with an SBC showing the Now Playing screen. Synced playback is still not gapless (alas) - maybe one day :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] new controller with sb3?
studley;262080 Wrote: > Does using the controller force the loss of Gapless playback as adding a > second SB3 would? > > Thanks, David Adding multiple players doesn't have any affect on gapless playback unless they're synced. The controller is a controller, not a player (yet!), so it doesn't affect playback in any way and obviously can't be part of a sync group. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless bridge? Does it work?
It's also on page 20 of the manual. It doesn't explicitly say that the cable must be connected to see the option, but if you follow the steps in the instructions exactly it will work :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server (search problem)
There's also a bunch of threads related to WHS in the third party hardware forum. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet compared to Squeezebox
gian;261083 Wrote: > hello All, > > I do not think I really understood what's behind Duet. > > Is it just a different way to manage the music library, moving the > display from the receiver to the remote? > > How does the sound compare? > Any improvements over dear old SB? > New features? > > thanks for your time, > -Gian The duet is two things, the receiver and the controller. The receiver is basically an SB3 with no screen, pretty much everything else is the same. The controller is however all new, and is best compared to the Sonos remote - although it's better than that ;) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
I just bought the new iteration of the T-amp for $65. Somewhat louder than the old one, same great sound quality and lousy build quality :) But it works great for small speakers & small rooms, and you can't beat the price. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless bridge? Does it work?
It works great, I use it a lot. You need to make sure of a few things: Use a crossover cable (unless the NIC on the server is auto-sensing) Make sure bridging is enabled - go back through network setup with the server connected via ethernet and you will see the option to enable it. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42534 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using a different computer to scan library
Will this approach work given that the file path as seen by the scanner (on the laptop) will be different that that seen by the server on the linkstation? Or does it use UNC or somesuch thing in the db? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42425 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
egd;260102 Wrote: > mp3/flac & ogg support can very easily be removed from the firmware, > leaving you with ... A firmware upgrade I won't apply? Or one I'll roll back to using the old .bin I have backed up? Besides, I just can't see that happening - I can't think of a single advantage it would give to anyone, MS included, to have to transcode non-DRM formats to DRM soley for transmission to the player. Sony have already discovered that a music player which doesn't do mp3 is a non-starter, and the Zune does mp3 just fine. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store
The one that reads "Subscribe to our newsletter" in the image attached above. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
DennyL;260056 Wrote: > Yes, that would be a way forward for a limited time, and don't update > SlimServer, which MS would be bound to f**k up, driving us all towards > DRM. What are they going to do, add support for Zune DRM? Great! Lot's of people have been asking for that - maybe they could do PlaysForSure while they're at it. It's not like they can magically add DRM to mp3/flac/ogg. And as for screwing up the server, three letters - GPL. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre
jezbo;259946 Wrote: > > I'm a developer myself, and our happiness is not the issue Depends on whether you're paying said developers ;) > > As it is, I won't be using the SlimServer web interface since browsing > of albums is such a pain; I'm writing my own interface that builds it's > own database. I'll have to put up with duplicates in browsing via the > remote I suppose. Or you could just reorganize your directory structure...I know which I'd rather do :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet and Remote - to buy or not to buy?
I find it much easier to use than the normal remote, firstly because it's more responsive and secondly because I can see several lines at once. Aside from those differences the navigation is currently quite similar, with the same browse and search options. Text is entered character at a time with the scroll wheel. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre
I can think of two problems: 1) Your suggestion requires COMPILATION to be correctly set. I would expect that to be less commonly done in most people's libraries than keeping to a 1 album per directory model. EAC, for example, doesn't have a way of setting COMPILATION. 2) What if I have two different compilations with the same title? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox
I personally think it will go two ways. My belief (and it's only that!) is that we'll get basic IR functionality from the controller pretty quickly, probably an offshoot from the exisiting IR Blaster SC plugin. I also believe that at some point (could be quite a while) Logitech will produce something in the Harmony line which includes SqueezeOS (which is what runs the controller). It'll be expensive for sure, but as an avid fan of both Slim & Harmony I'd be all over it :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
willyhoops;259181 Wrote: > Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited. > Only if you have an HDMI capable DAC. Outside of home theater I'm not aware of too many of those. > Then you could play any CD in the world and move anything you fancy onto > your ipod all for a flat monthy fee. I'll believe that when I see it. 50% (rough guess) of the music I buy isn't even on iTunes for sale yet, never mind rental. Recently we've seen more pushing against Apple from the major labels, and Amazon are making very good ground. Interesting times. > > $325 for 160Gb Apple TV vs $400 for simple duet + remote > The duet is far from "simple" - particularly compared to the AppleTV. The level of functionality and convenience (for audio, obviously) is far higher IMHO. > > I think it's that slimdevices have been too focused on the people on > this site who like to hack and play with degrees in geeek. > When you have a community-built product it tends to become a community-focussed product. I find that refreshing and it's obviously a key part of what makes the product line so successful. And yes, IMHO you can be considered successful without selling 100m units. > > The key to software development is to reign in the geeks and focus > pragmatically on the real user. > Actually the key is to first identify your users, then identify what they want, and then get the best geeks you can to build it for them. As a user, AppleTV doesn't do what I want, neither does Sonos. Maybe that puts me in a minority, fine, so be it. I'm happy to have the option to get the product which does do what I want - diversity is a good thing :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
mkozlows;258259 Wrote: > Right, but CAN you listen to locally-downloaded Rhapsody stuff? I mean, > let's say that I have twenty albums I really like downloaded from > Rhapsody, as well as fifty albums of ripped music I own, on my hard > drive. Can I hit shuffle and play that? I don't believe so, but I haven't personally tried it. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is Duet screen better than Harmony 880 screen
norderney;258176 Wrote: > one thing I like being able to do on the Web Interface is key in part of > a track name, either the beginning, middle or end of the name and it > finds the track. This also appies to artist and album searches too. > Will I be able to do this on the SB Controller? Yes, it works just like Search on the web interface. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 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] IP Questions
127.0.0.1 is a special IP which always means "this machine". So Slimserver's address is only 127.0.0.1 if the browser is on the same machine, if you run a browser elsewhere you need to use the machine's actual IP, and likewise the players will use the actual IP. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42187 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is Duet screen better than Harmony 880 screen
It's a lot better than the screen on the 880, and is larger too. Without doing an exhaustive side by side comparison, I'd say it's basically a smaller version of the iPhone screen. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 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] Clearing playlist on the fly (stopping repeat)
Well you could just turn repeat off :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
