Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
JohnSwenson wrote: > Multichannel is going to be a problem, the hardware can handle > multichannel over HDMI no problem, but the whole squeezebox software > infrastructure is only two channel. Current techniques such as DTS > encoding in a FLAC or WAV file should work out of the box, but a full > blown discrete multichannel is going to take some form of encoding into > high bitrate FLAC or WAV type thing, that will be properly handled by > whatever your HDMI is plugged into. I'm not up on the current state of > such things to know if this already exists or not. > > The current design of the players does not have a DSD DAC, it was not > part of the original concept and adding it will take a significant > amount of time and extra money in each box. DoP over USB to a DoP aware > DAC will work fine. There is software available that will convert DSD > files into DoP encoded FLAC, these will work fine in the SB > environment. > > John S. Understood. Real multichannel support does not exist in the current software, hope this can be done relatively easily. Heck, maybe I'll find sometime to contribute some time to it. A built-in DSD DAC would not be necessary (nor even desired) I was thinking about streaming DSD over HDMI to e.g. DSD decoding receiver. unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
I am psyched to see this happening! I got a full house of Squeezeboxes plus a decent stash of spare ones, but I'd totally pick up a new one. The most essential feature I'd look for is multichannel streaming over HDMI. FLAC PCM would do, but if it also could do DSD from DSF files that would be frickin awesome. Needs nothing else, not even on-board DAC, but I'd not mind it (and could come handy). As far as I am concerned it could be completely headless as long as it could be controlled from another Squeezebox like Touch or a mobile app like IPeng. unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
yeomanspc wrote: > > As a video player there is nothing out there to touch them for format > capability. Sure there is. HDI Dune. More reliable and better designed than PCH. unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How many of you have "spare" squeezeboxes?
I have: 1x Transporter 4x Boom (1 is spare) 2x Touch (1 is spare) 1x Radio 2x SB3 2x SB2 I think I'll pick up another Touch... unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Trade-In Program
Yeah, but why would you pay even $1200 for handicapped hacked version of Transporter? -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] WTB: OEM power adapter for SB2/SB3
Anyone has original one laying around? -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82584 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Separate Libraries for My Daughter and Myself.. How?
bluegaspode;580435 Wrote: > > The only problem: I think on the Radio you can't remove some menuitems > which would give access to the whole library. > It is possible to disable remove all menus on Radio and define new ones using Custom Browse (except Settings, which also can be removed by modifiying some file directly on the player). I set up Touch for my kids with their separate music (running from the same SBS) > Another way is to setup two instances of squeezebox-server - though I > don't know what the best way is to do it on the same machine. In a virtual machine. Or in one machine two instances of SBS can be run but would have to be bound to two separate NICs (can be virtual). There is a how-to about this somewhere. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82381 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?
Indeed, epic fail. They have had an opportunity to revive Squeezebox line by making Revue a player, yet they missed it. I guess you can't expect to much from a maker of shitty keyboards and ergonomically questionable mice. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to change Boom presets from SqueezeBox Server?
>From what I've read they are going further the wrong way by implementing menu item hiding for SqueezeOS based players on the players themselves. Again, no way to control that from the web UI or in a centralized manner. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79154 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to change Boom presets from SqueezeBox Server?
JJZolx;578145 Wrote: > I think you have the quick and dirty part backward. > > When the Boom was introduced, the six preset buttons were simply tied > to the first six favorites. That was quick and dirty. If someone > changes a preset at any Boom in the house, then they've also > overwritten one of the favorites. > > When the Radio came out it was determined that _most_ people expect > presets to behave like, well, the presets of a radio. When Mom sets a > preset on the radio in her Accord, it doesn't also change the preset in > Dad's Explorer. When Junior sets a radio preset on his bedroom boombox, > it doesn't also change a preset on the stereo in Sissy's bedroom. > > So the tradeoff was having centralized presets that are set on all > devices in the house vs. the flexibility to act like traditional radio > presets and allow each device to have its own set. Your argument is week given the system offers NOTHING otherwise to customize access to different the content for different users, like e.g. separate libraries (yes, there are 3rd party plugins that try to address that, but that's moot, plus they way they work is more of a hack than a solution). So the reason to single out presets to make them decentralized is not consistent with the rest of the architecture and what's more they changed and took away existing feature. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79154 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to change Boom presets from SqueezeBox Server?
Voted. I don't support or condone bashing the developers/product management for not delivering certain new features that we would want, but I seriously take an issue with TAKING AWAY a feature that was present when the product was sold too me! Sure, if I could I'd stick to 7.3.x but since I added Radio to my set of players (actually NINE now: 2xSB2, 2xSB3, 2xBoom, Transporter, Radio, Touch on order), I can't. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79154 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to change Boom presets from SqueezeBox Server?
toby10;550706 Wrote: > Not any more. There used to be a drop down menu selection for presets > 0-9, but this was removed a couple of SBS builds ago. Change I hate the most. F*** you whoever messed this so badly. I understand desire to have per player presets, but that should have been made user selectable and formost editable via server weB UI. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79154 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
mherger;567953 Wrote: > > Not much choices? There used to be two products (Classic, Transporter). > Today there are five (Transporter, Duet, Radio, Touch, Boom). > Well, Transporter is discontinued, isn't it? So that would be four. Just saying. The new line isn't bad, but I am partial to the "classic" I3k line, although I am relatively new to the product - been using it for less than one year. Started with Classic. Tried a Radio last fall, but it was a disaster, so I sent it back (just bought another to evalute and it is looking better, although I am still seeing issues). Then bought two Booms, another Classic, a used SB2, and yesterday I bought a Transporter 2nd hand... AMAZING piece and two VFD are just stunning. I am considering adding a Touch, since my smaller kids can't quite master the Classic via remote. My only wish would be that the features aren't removed. For example inability to customize top level menu is sorta deal breaker with Radio/Touch. I know there is some work being done in 7.6 but I am unhappy that these functions are not being made available in the server UI. I think old timers (or people preferring legacy devices) will embrace new line and stop bitching if: (1) they work reliably, (2) existing features are not taken away. To end my random rambling - thank you for great work. These devices totally transformed how I (now we) listen to music. Much appreciated. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is the Squeezebox Classic discontinued?
dip;472388 Wrote: > When I started this thread I didn't want to start a discussion about > support of old devices. Sorry about that. I agree that until now in my > opinion support for all squeezeboxes (even the first ones) is very > good. > > My point was that almost all my squeezboxes are arranged that I either > cannot access them directly because they are e.g. positioned on top of a > cupboard (and I am not carrying a ladder with me all the time) or that > they are at least several meters away from my normal listening position > so that I use the huge font 90% of the time. Both facts make the Touch > useless for me since the squeezboxes are too far away to be touched and > the width of the display of the Touch is smaller than that of the > Classic. > > Although I would like to have a display showing album art, the > relatively small display of the Touch seems not to be reasonable for my > needs. Thus for me the more expensive Touch is not an option and I would > prefer that the Classic is maintained for applications as described > above for which it is (in my opinion) more suitable than the Touch. My thoughts exactly. That's why I rushed and bought a Classic after finding about Squeezeboxes and seeing Touch press release. I read tons of horror stories about Controller so I decided to stay away from it. My bad experience with recently acquired Radio makes me to send it back and buy another Boom. I think all the color LCD interface is more of a distraction from music listening experience and in many ways downgrade in user experience department. -- unclemat unclemat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33372 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69660 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
