Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Just a quick update FYI. I upgraded the router to a dual band Linksys. The skips and cut outs have ceased . Thanks for all the helpful recs and advice. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
aubuti wrote: > In an earlier post you said that the most problematic station (WGUC) > "...streams at a very fast bitrate when compared to other stations in > the playlist" I take you mean it streams at a _high_ bitrate? If > so, the constraint is more likely your ISP or the station itself, and > not your router. It can't hurt anything to try changing router channels, > but it may not help. > > Does that station have a lower bitrate channel you could try? The lower > bitrate may be lower fidelity, but if the high bitrate is regularly > cutting out then the low bitrate may be more tolerable in the long run. Yes, the WGUC station is a high (192) bitrate and this is the reason I like it a lot. It doesn't seem to have a lower bitrate stream. I'll see what happens with this new router channel. Right now (3:45pm) it has been fine. The problem seems to begin at about 7:00pm. Thanks for you input. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
In an earlier post you said that the most problematic station (WGUC) "...streams at a very fast bitrate when compared to other stations in the playlist" I take you mean it streams at a _high_ bitrate? If so, the constraint is more likely your ISP or the station itself, and not your router. It can't hurt anything to try changing router channels, but it may not help. Does that station have a lower bitrate channel you could try? The lower bitrate may be lower fidelity, but if the high bitrate is regularly cutting out then the low bitrate may be more tolerable in the long run. aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
aubuti wrote: > For your personal preferences it may not be any better than playlists of > stations, which you are obviously used to (and I find completely alien). > That is, as long as the stations keep playing without interruption. > > The clearest difference will be the cases when the station is dropping > out. As a playlist, it skips to the next item on the current playlist, > as you've found. If it's a Favorite, then the station is the only item > on the current playlist (think right side of the web interface). So it > will rebuffer or try to re-establish the connection until you tell it to > do something else. Yes, it sounds like a good idea. Thank you. I also changed router channelsmaybe that'll help,too. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Ikabob wrote: > Thanks for the instructions. I will try this but I'm not sure why making > folders is any better than making playlists. Maybe there will be less > skipping. If I try it I'm sure I will find out. Even after all these > years of enjoying the SB ecosystem, I am still learning about new > functions. It's great! > Also, this forum community is great! For your personal preferences it may not be any better than playlists of stations, which you are obviously used to (and I find completely alien). That is, as long as the stations keep playing without interruption. The clearest difference will be the cases when the station is dropping out. As a playlist, it skips to the next item on the current playlist, as you've found. If it's a Favorite, then the station is the only item on the current playlist (think right side of the web interface). So it will rebuffer or try to re-establish the connection until you tell it to do something else. aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
aubuti wrote: > You make Favorites folders using the LMS web interface. Here is a quick > intro: > > - Open the LMS web interface in your browser, and navigate to Favorites > - Hover your mouse cursor over the Favorites line, and a pencil icon (a > very fat pencil) will appear on the right side of the same line as > "Favorites" > - Click on the pencil icon to enter Edit mode > - your Favorites appear on a list, with buttons at the bottom for "New > Favorite", "New Folder" , and Import. > - you can define folders via "New Folder", and then drag-and-drop > Favorites into those folders. You can also delete Favorites you may not > want any longer. > - to exit Edit mode, click on "Home" on the top left of the left pane of > the web ui Thanks for the instructions. I will try this but I'm not sure why making folders is any better than making playlists.but if I try it I will find out. Even after all these years of enjoying the SB ecosystem, I am still learning about new functions. It's great! Also, this forum community is great! Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Ikabob wrote: > That does sound like something u should do. Thank you. I didn't know > that could be done. > How do you make folders? On line? You make Favorites folders using the LMS web interface. Here is a quick intro: - Open the LMS web interface in your browser, and navigate to Favorites - Hover your mouse cursor over the Favorites line, and a pencil icon (a very fat pencil) will appear on the right side of the same line as "Favorites" - Click on the pencil icon to enter Edit mode - your Favorites appear on a list, with buttons at the bottom for "New Favorite", "New Folder" , and Import. - you can define folders via "New Folder", and then drag-and-drop Favorites into those folders. You can also delete Favorites you may not want any longer. - to exit Edit mode, click on "Home" on the top left of the left pane of the web ui aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > What happens if it's not playing as part of a playlist, I presume the > station will just buffer and continue playing. > > Out of interest why do you have playlists of radio stations? Couldn't > you add them individually to favorite's > > Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk That does sound like something u should do. Thank you. I didn't know that could be done. How do you make folders? On line? Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Ikabob wrote: > Thanks. I have soo many favorites already. > And, > not sure what a nested folder is. You can create folders for organizing your favorites -- which may be especially helpful to you as you note you have many. bwaldron's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Thanks. I have soo many favorites already. And, not sure what a nested folder is. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Ikabob wrote: > It's very convenient to be able to change from say classical to Sinatra > or whatever. If you save those stations as Favorites then you may find it just as convenient. In fact, with Favorites on LMS you can create a nested folder structure, which can be more convenient than browsing a long list. aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > What happens if it's not playing as part of a playlist, I presume the > station will just buffer and continue playing. > > Out of interest why do you have playlists of radio stations? Couldn't > you add them individually to favorite's > > Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk I have playlists of favorite stations for convenience in switching from one to another. The playlist consists of radio stations and music service stations( Sirius,Sky,etc). It's very convenient to be able to change from say classical to Sinatra or whatever. I think I did try listening to the one station (WGUC) singly when not part of the playlist and I do think that it just rebuffers..actually I think I should recheck that to be sure. Thanks. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
What happens if it's not playing as part of a playlist, I presume the station will just buffer and continue playing. Out of interest why do you have playlists of radio stations? Couldn't you add them individually to favorite's Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
Well, I guess I really did not fix this skipping problem. It seems , as I had stated in the original post, that the station still seems to randomly occasionally skip to the next station in the playlist. It happens only while listening to a certain station(WGUC) which is unique because it dreams at a very fast bitrate when compared to other stations in the playlist. The skipping seems to be more frequent at certain times of day( like 7:00 pm forward). This issue is tolerable,I guess, but I'd really like to fix it. Is there some setting in the LMS settings that might make a more stable situation for this issue? Any suggestions? I'm now running Win7 and LMS v 7.3.*. Thank you. Other than this issue, the SB ecosystem is still very very awesome. I'd be lost without it. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.3; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Automatic skips to next playlist station.
After installing Windows7 and LMS, I am having an issue. Many of my playlists are lists of radio stations (WGUC, for example). While listening to this station I find that the feed becomes interrupted and the next thing I find is that the next station on the playlist is now playing. As background information, I am running LMS 7.3 (but I've tried 7.8 also) and usually synching a SB touch device plus a SB radio device. Signal strengths on the devices are normally about 50% and 60% respectively. Thanks for any advice to correct this. Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS V7.8.1; Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com;Rhapsody; Sirius.com;CalmRadio Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101309 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
