[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
The nice thing about SoftSqueeze (well, other than being free :) ) is that it looks exactly like another Squeezebox to your server. You can do music syncing with other machines. The sync isn't as tight as it is with the hardware boxes... things will be a second or two off. But it's still quite useful. -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
dwc Wrote: I like foobar2000. Seconded. Sean. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
Foobar2000 definately. Plays FLAC very well, and supports gapless playback. Not very elegant UI, but functional. Otherwise, you could use Winamp, but you'll need to install a plugin to play FLAC files - available from the winamp web site. Just want to make sure I understand : how are you using SlimServer's mp3 streaming ability, I mean which mediaplayer are you using? For example, are you using Winamp, then open URL, and dropping that streaming URL in there? That works well for me. SlimServer will transcode your FLAC files to MP3. Of course that really isn't ideal, as you lose all that quality sound! -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
in addition to the suggestions above ... Music IP mixer ,from version 1.6, will also play FLACs itself. Does nice mixing, too, even in the free version. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
Have you tried softsqueeze? It has the benefit of buffering (or not buffering as the case may be) correctly since it uses the same protocol as a hardware squeezebox. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
mschlack Wrote: Now that I have a great library to feed my SqueezeBox, I'd like to use computers in other parts of the house, where there are no stereo systems, to access it. My tunes are all stored as FLAC. Can I use SlimServer to stream them to computers? I tried using the localhost:9000/stream.mp3 interface, but nothing happens (or I misunderstood the directions), but not surprising, since I'm using FLAC and not mp3. Tried it substituting FLAC for mp3, but just got a browser message asking me which program I wanted to use to open the files. You _could_ do that, but why? All you have to do is share the folder containing your music library so that other computers on your home network can access them. Which brings me to my next question. If I want to use another program, not SlimServer, to access the Slim library, what's a good player to use that works with FLAC? Particularly if you want to use a program other than Slim Server, you'd want to directly access the files. It would only be if you were particularly fond of the Slim Server web interface that you'd need to figure out how to stream the music to a PC. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
You're right JJZolx, I'm not wed to using the SlimServer interface. I'm looking for recommendations for a player that will play FLAC. I did find one called Ashampoo, of all the names, and it's not bad. But WMA and other obvious ones don't seem to support FLAC. -- mschlack mschlack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1159 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
It would help to know what platform you're on, but assuming it's Windows, here are a few options: - SoftSqueeze (Java-based, included in the slimserver package) - foobar2000 - WinAmp - squeezeslave, probably partnered with a front-end like Moose BTW, streaming to http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3 does work, but it's not as flexible as any of the above solutions. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to play SlimServer library on a computer
I like foobar2000. -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23063 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
