Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Power Outage and Alarm Reliability
Problems with alarm you will have, when the network or server is unreliable. Say that your router didn't properly reboot after a power outage, or the radio is faster booting than your router not getting a proper IP ... You were just lucky I'd say that in your circumstances you didn't face problems. -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Secondary 7.4 Server on Debianized Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL. bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75559 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
Mnyb;519715 Wrote: Post 7.4.2 radio will also support WOL (wake on lan) with alarms, this will make everybody happy. Um - did you really check thats it is doing like you write ? I know that Ben checked in code to do so (and I also see it beeing there). Alas - MY radio nevertheless isn't sending a WOL. Also one other (beta) user said it wasn't working. I'm sure I mentioned this at least twice (on a bug comment and in the alarm thread) but noone reacted. I have to chime in on Marc about the one bug where the alarm-volume starts load and only after a short second starts to fade in (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15239). This Bug has been mentioned in December, was reproducible (50%) by several people in late January (including Marc and me providing logs). Now 7.4.2 is out of the door and the bug gets traction even from the developers (who - what a wonder - are able to reproduce it as well in the end). But people wanting to use alarm (facing this bug as it only happens in certain setups) are still left alone with 7.4.2 :( -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Secondary 7.4 Server on Debianized Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL. bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Japanese character on SB Radio
You might want to take a look at the thread about Chinese characters, too. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74977 -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74615 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
dsdreamer;519702 Wrote: I used to think computer power consumption was nothing to be concerned about as well, but PGE (Pacific Gas and Electricity) made me change my mind. Tier 1 (Baseline)$0.11877 Tier 2 (101-130% of baseline) $0.13502 Tier 3 (131-200% of baseline) $0.27572 Tier 4 (201-300% of baseline) $0.40577 Tier 5 (Over 300% of baseline) $0.47393 I seem unable to get below Tier 4, so the marginal cost of electricity for me is $0.40577 per kw/h. A traditional desktop PC used as a 'server' will draw 100W ticking over. (A typical desktop computer uses about 65 to 250 watts). There are many purpose-built servers running Atoms for much less, but let's assume you want to reuse your old Pentium from a couple of years back. My annual marginal cost for leaving that computer on for a year is 0.1 * 24 * 365 * 0.40577 = $355.45 2nd grade math tells me I could afford a new SB Touch per year and still be ahead, if I were to dispose of the old iron Pentium and use either the Touch itself or a Shevaplug as the server component of the system. Hogwash. I bet those figures include the monitor. Generally 50% of the wattage is easily tamed by sleeping your monitor. And modern hard drives and processors and video cards generally ramp down when not in use. -- eap eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
dsdreamer;519702 Wrote: I used to think computer power consumption was nothing to be concerned about as well, but PGE (Pacific Gas and Electricity) made me change my mind. Tier 1 (Baseline)$0.11877 Tier 2 (101-130% of baseline) $0.13502 Tier 3 (131-200% of baseline) $0.27572 Tier 4 (201-300% of baseline) $0.40577 Tier 5 (Over 300% of baseline) $0.47393 I seem unable to get below Tier 4, so the marginal cost of electricity for me is $0.40577 per kw/h. .. Am I reading this correctly? You are paying 40 CENTS (US) p/kwh? I pay 5 cents p/kwh. Or maybe I've been misreading my bill, which is entirely possible with how confusing they do their statements. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
eap;519768 Wrote: Hogwash. I bet those figures include the monitor. Generally 50% of the wattage is easily tamed by sleeping your monitor. And modern hard drives and processors and video cards generally ramp down when not in use. Not at all. He said re-purposing an old desktop computer. I used to have an Athlon XP-based machine as my headless server with unused devices disabled in the BIOS. It drew over 90 W at idle -- david_f1976 Living Room: SB3 - Musical Fidelity X-DAC V3 - Marantz PM-66SE -- Tannoy Profile 631SE Bedroom: Boom Dave www.last.fm/user/david_f1976 david_f1976's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15354 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
To all those folks building their own battery packs, you had better make sure that you get the temperature sensor correct. It is -the- critical component used to control charging. Get it wrong and you are likely to get either something that is non-functional (will not charge, or overcharges and boils the batteries), or something that catches fire. This is all I intend to say on the matter. Just take it as a friendly warning. -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
awy;519797 Wrote: To all those folks building their own battery packs, you had better make sure that you get the temperature sensor correct. It is -the- critical component used to control charging. Get it wrong and you are likely to get either something that is non-functional (will not charge, or overcharges and boils the batteries), or something that catches fire. This is all I intend to say on the matter. Just take it as a friendly warning. Are you implying that the Radio uses a #916;T charging method rather than a #916;V method? If so, how do you know? -- elziko elziko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
david_f1976;519778 Wrote: Not at all. He said re-purposing an old desktop computer. I used to have an Athlon XP-based machine as my headless server with unused devices disabled in the BIOS. It drew over 90 W at idle Well that's like using a 1950s car and comparing the gas mileage to today's vehicles. A modern PC or imac shouldn't be a major cause for concern, anymore than any other electronic product in a home (such as an a/v receiver or TV -- which is not 100% off, as it is waiting for a remote command). So unless one goes around unplugging every device not in use, I say just keep the durn thing on. -- eap eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Japanese character on SB Radio
This has been a known issue for a couple of years at least. It really should have been fixed by now. Vote for this bug: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6341 -- BigPotato BigPotato's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74615 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] updating internet radio address
is there a method to update a internet radio address i seem to have stream that isnt playing they either changed the stream address or its not supported the station in queston is 104.7 KMJOout of fargo north dakota -- KTMCDO KTMCDO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36657 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75571 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
elziko;519798 Wrote: Are you implying that the Radio uses a #916;T charging method rather than a #916;V method? If so, how do you know? From what I've seen it does both, it won't charge at all if the battery is telling it is is too hot (like when I had it wired backwards, it reported thousands of degrees C. Now it always is below 30, and the voltage sensors are always around 13(total) when plugged in. -- baldbear baldbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bigger text - patch
worked fine on my SBR! and I'm very happy about this change!! and of course already voted for your bug-report :-) -- simsboard so far only 1x Squeezebox Radio mainly used with mysb.com http://www.lastfm.de/user/weanabazi simsboard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74689 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Wireless Help - won't work with WEP
I use WEP 64, the key is you need to type in the passphrase as hex not as a word. (like the previous poster says). I also had to type in my network name I think the first time. (I can't remember anymore). I have absolutely no problem with WEP 64 and the Squeezebox. 100% signal too! -- baldbear baldbear's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72177 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Too many problems - Can't enter email, can't access internet radio, freezes up...
i got the squeezebox radio yesterday and so far this morning it keeps rebooting and when i attempt to make a menu choice it freezes the unit is brand new also i downloaded the newest firmware and the server softwarre as well -- KTMCDO KTMCDO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36657 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71936 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
elziko;519798 Wrote: If so, how do you know? Just a guess, but it may have something to do with the fact that he works for Logitech as one of the SB developers -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Pre-Order Accessory Pack
I pre-ordered and got a confirmation notice. They also put an authorization for the cost on my credit card (but that has disappeared). I too noticed that the pre-order link has changed back to Notify Me. As with all Logitech information the meaning is inscrutable and the customers are left in the dark. -- snowmanvt snowmanvt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75448 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
aubuti;519828 Wrote: Just a guess, but it may have something to do with the fact that he works for Logitech as one of the SB developers That's why I was asking - to sort fact from supposition. The reason I'm interested in this in particular is I'm building my own pack and on my first test I was monitoring the temperature. The temperature rose fairly slowly - after a couple of hours the temperature started to climb more rapidly (as expected for a charged battery) and I was hoping that charging would then stop. However, it reached 40 degrees C but which I don't beleive is too high for a NiMH cell but i didn't have any more time to monitor the temperature so I unplugged. I haven't had any spare time since to check my wiring, the voltages at the taps etc. Hopefully I'll have some more time soon. I suppose it is possible that different capacities of cells have different thermal responses when charging. My cells are 2600mAh. -- elziko elziko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11835 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Pre-Order Accessory Pack
snowmanvt;519830 Wrote: I pre-ordered and got a confirmation notice. They also put an authorization for the cost on my credit card (but that has disappeared). I too noticed that the pre-order link has changed back to Notify Me. Same here. I think the wait for Accessory Pack is going to be a long one. -- Fluffdaddy Fluffdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75448 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
Off Topic: Can power be a concern, sure it can depending on where one lives. So build/buy an Atom based Vortexbox Server so you can leave it on 24/7/365 for under 50 Bucks a year (less then $25 in most places). Or do a SheevaPlug and get down to $10 to $15 a year for 24/7/365. Of course with a library small enough to put on a single USB drive gets one down to the power required only for a Touch and the USB drive (@ 9 to 15 watts depending on USB drive). -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
eap, You are just way out in left (right?) field with this one. 99% of the computers made in the last few years have energy settings that put them into a hibernate mode after a few minutes of inactivity. My iMac hibernates perfectly and when hibernating uses about 3W of power. It takes only a few seconds to wake up so I'm not in any way being hobbled by not having it up and running 24/7. Even though it's an efficient machine, it still uses about 40W of power when it's on (with display off) vs hibernating. So, keeping it on for an extra 16 hours a day would consume roughly .5kW per year or about 150 killowatts per year. This is not a trivial amount of power. Multiply this by 1M homes that currently do NOT keep their PC on 24/7 and you can see that this is a huge increase of WASTED energy for the application of an ALARM CLOCK!! There is no defensible reason that you need a PC on 24/7 for alarms to work on the SB Radio. Logitech is more than capable of modifying the software so that the SB Radio takes its time from NTP (so that it is always accurate) and stores all alarm events completely LOCALLY with no interaction from SB Server or My Squeeze servers. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] album art but I've got a NAS
Hi Just got my squeezebox radio which i LOVE. I've just got a question about album art. Before I go on let me tell you my setup: I've got my music on my QNAP NAS on \\qmultimedia\music\artist\album I only use iTunes for ipod pc access so my iTunes library is located on my PC accessing the music library on the NAS. I used the Get Artwork function from iTunes to get various album artwork. I have since noticed that there is an artwork directory under \MyMusic\iTunes\AlbumArtwork. Now on my Squeezebox radio some albums are coming up with artwork but others (which have art on itunes) aren't. Does that make sense? I'm just wondering where the SB Radio is accessing the artwork files from. Ideally I would like to be able to add artwork for all tracks so would like to find out the ideal location to store them. Finally, is there some program or more automatic way of getting pics, and putting them in the right place for every single album, or even track??? Thanks in advance! -- padzster padzster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75581 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2;519899 Wrote: eap, You are just way out in left (right?) field with this one. 99% of the computers made in the last few years have energy settings that put them into a hibernate mode after a few minutes of inactivity. My iMac hibernates perfectly and when hibernating uses about 3W of power. It takes only a few seconds to wake up so I'm not in any way being hobbled by not having it up and running 24/7. Even though it's an efficient machine, it still uses about 40W of power when it's on (with display off) vs hibernating. So, keeping it on for an extra 16 hours a day would consume roughly .5kW per year or about 150 killowatts per year. This is not a trivial amount of power. Multiply this by 1M homes that currently do NOT keep their PC on 24/7 and you can see that this is a huge increase of WASTED energy for the application of an ALARM CLOCK!! There is no defensible reason that you need a PC on 24/7 for alarms to work on the SB Radio. Logitech is more than capable of modifying the software so that the SB Radio takes its time from NTP (so that it is always accurate) and stores all alarm events completely LOCALLY with no interaction from SB Server or My Squeeze servers. 40 watts x 16 hours x 365 days = 233.6 KillowattHours (KwH) 233.6 x $.10 (I'll give you 10 cents per KwH which is a lot) = $23.00 per year. I'm not gonna cry over $23.00 a year (do you unplug your a/v receivers and TVs at night)? They eat up electricity doing nothing too. By the way, I think (but I'm not sure) that there is a way to have squeezebox wake up your PC from hibernate mode (if not this firmware, then new firmware). I thought you had it OFF completely. If you hibernate, there might be another way. -- eap eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2, eap: You are not on the same page ;) There are errors in 7.4.1 with regards to alarm stability. It has been dealt with in 7.4.2. Forget about running a server just for the alarm. Run it for other reasons. -- Muele BR Mogens 1 Radio, 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Served by an old 800 mhz IBM T21 Thinkpad. Muele's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21310 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
eap;519692 Wrote: Its not that you leave a computer on 24/7 in order to have a reliable alarm clock, its that typical use of a computer could (nay, even should) contemplate 24/7 hour use of that computer. So the alarm clock is then just a bonus you get on top of that. I had my computer on 24/7 before I had any squeezebox product. So no change in behavior here. I am stunned at the apparent stubborn unwillingness of many here to spend a relatively small amount of money towards electrical costs (which would be many times less than a squeezebox over the course of a year), in order to have the convenience of on the demand Internet access, not to mention no worries over having to use the less worthy mysqueezebox.com . Why do we have fios and cable at blazing speeds if we don't leave computers hooked up to it 24/7? Has this Political Correctedness and green stuff really gone this far? When did leaving a computer on 24/7 become such a hardship? What is driving this ridiculous fear? Who wants to wait for boot up time every morning? FWIW, I agree entirely. But I doubt many more will. I've had a computer on 24hrs a day for years. It's a print server, file server, backup server (to remote and local hosts), media server, remote access server, and of course it runs SBS. It's a low-power VIA board, with a bunch of HDDs. It likely adds about £30-40 a year to my electric bill, but it is certainly worth it for the connivence of having everything just there all the time. There are loads of options for reducing the power usage further; ShivaPlug, atom boards, VIA boards, Green HDDs, etc, etc. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
eap;519910 Wrote: 40 watts x 16 hours x 365 days = 233.6 KillowattHours (KwH) 233.6 x $.10 (I'll give you 10 cents per KwH which is a lot) = $23.00 per year. I'm not gonna cry over $23.00 a year (do you unplug your a/v receivers and TVs at night)? They eat up electricity doing nothing too. By the way, I think (but I'm not sure) that there is a way to have squeezebox wake up your PC from hibernate mode (if not this firmware, then new firmware). I thought you had it OFF completely. If you hibernate, there might be another way. You are continuing to miss the point. No one should need to leave a computer on 24X7 for an *alarm clock* to work reliably! I do run a server 24X7 but my parents, brother, sister and 99% of my friends have absolutely no interesting in doing this just so that they know they can wake up reliably in the morning when a $5 alarm clock is perfectly capable of doing the same job. And for the record .10 is a pretty LOW rate for electricity. Many parts of the country are higher than that and prices are quite a bit higher in much of europe and asia. We personally pay about .09 per kwh for electric and the rates have been going up at a faster level than inflation for the past 5 years now. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] album art but I've got a NAS
padzster;519901 Wrote: Hi Just got my squeezebox radio which i LOVE. I've just got a question about album art. Before I go on let me tell you my setup: I've got my music on my QNAP NAS on \\qmultimedia\music\artist\album I only use iTunes for ipod pc access so my iTunes library is located on my PC accessing the music library on the NAS. I used the Get Artwork function from iTunes to get various album artwork. I have since noticed that there is an artwork directory under \MyMusic\iTunes\AlbumArtwork. Now on my Squeezebox radio some albums are coming up with artwork but others (which have art on itunes) aren't. Does that make sense? I'm just wondering where the SB Radio is accessing the artwork files from. Ideally I would like to be able to add artwork for all tracks so would like to find out the ideal location to store them. Finally, is there some program or more automatic way of getting pics, and putting them in the right place for every single album, or even track??? Thanks in advance! Have you set the experimental option in SB Server for extract artwork from iTunes? -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75581 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2;519932 Wrote: I do run a server 24X7 but my parents, brother, sister and 99% of my friends have absolutely no interesting in doing this just so that they know they can wake up reliably in the morning when a $5 alarm clock is perfectly capable of doing the same job. Then they should get the $5 alarm clock. Until recently my $20 travel alarm clock sat right next to my SB Radio, and that's what I used for alarms because that's what I preferred, even though the SB alarm works fine for me. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2;519932 Wrote: You are continuing to miss the point. No one should need to leave a computer on 24X7 for an *alarm clock* to work reliably! 1kwh in germany costs about 0.20(Euro)Cent, so 0.27(US)Cent. So much for 'cheap' ;) ... Anyway - jmpage - SB-Server 7.4.2 (final) is available for download already so it should be soon pushed via MySB.com too (if not done so already). Your biggest alarm woes should be gone with this version (even without a 24x7 server). -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.4.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. Secondary 7.4 Server on Debianized Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL. bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
aubuti;519953 Wrote: Then they should get the $5 alarm clock. Until recently my $20 travel alarm clock sat right next to my SB Radio, and that's what I used for alarms because that's what I preferred, even though the SB alarm works fine for me. Yes, by all means Logitech should stop selling to people that aren't computer geniuses because they haven't implemented basic internal alarm capabilities in the SB Radio that aren't dependent on an external server helping the alarm to function properly. Brilliant. If you were responsible for their business plan they wouldn't be in business. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] album art but I've got a NAS
Couldn't find that. By experimental did you mean longed for? -- padzster padzster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23215 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75581 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2;519958 Wrote: Yes, by all means Logitech should stop selling to people that aren't computer geniuses because they haven't implemented basic internal alarm capabilities in the SB Radio that aren't dependent on an external server helping the alarm to function properly. Brilliant. If you were responsible for their business plan they wouldn't be in business. It is also a radio. The internet radio does not function at all without a server somewhere (either in your own home or logitech's data center). So the radio is dependent on an external server helping the radio to function properly. Not to mention dependent on a connection to the Internet in your home. So what is your point? If you want a plain basic alarm clock that doesn't need help -- fine. But that's not what Logitech is selling. Its selling something much more, that requires server dependency for just about all of its functions. -- eap eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
bluegaspode;519957 Wrote: 1kwh in germany costs about 0.20(Euro)Cent, so 0.27(US)Cent. So much for 'cheap' ;) ... Anyway - jmpage - SB-Server 7.4.2 (final) is available for download already so it should be soon pushed via MySB.com too (if not done so already). Your biggest alarm woes should be gone with this version (even without a 24x7 server). I just went ahead and downloaded and installed 7.4.2 on my WHS. Sure enough my radio was prompting me to update to 7.4.2 firmware. Started the 7.4.2 firmware download. An hour ago. It's stuck on 99% downloaded and not progressing now for 30 minutes. Can I risk a hard power cycle or is there some other way to wake it up and let the upgrade complete that won't corrupt the image on it? -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
Go ahead and shut down (may have to remove power though)... it downloads first before it performs install. I've found this happens often on firmware upgrades - but, if you do full turn-off, then turn-on before performing upgrade it works fine. -- tcutting tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How do I get Pandora working?
Thanks for the update. My bad. -- Scaevola Scaevola's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75296 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Mysqueezebox.com non-listing of SqueezeboxBoom device
Steve. I may have entered an incorrect email address for the Logitech Boom device, but I cannot figure what that was. Is there a way to find out from the Logitech Boom menus what email address I entered? Thanks Ken -- krugg...@woh.rr.com krugg...@woh.rr.com's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75458 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Mysqueezebox.com non-listing of SqueezeboxBoom device
Press and hold the left arrow button until the Squeezebox Setup menu appears. Select Connect to mysqueezebox.com and press the knob. Select Settings and press the knob. Select Information and press the knob. Select mysqueezebox.com Information and press the knob. Select Account: to see your e-mail address. -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75458 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
Okay, shut down, rebooted and it wanted to update firmware again and this time was successful. Now will have to hope that the various alarm annoyances are resolved. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Internet Radio, Local, State, City
Yes, both radios are on the same MySB.com account and both are listed on the webpage as connected. Both radios are running the latest Firmware updates and set to the same time zone. I have also reset both SB radios to factor defaults and started over. Same results -- moviereel moviereel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36590 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75429 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
Where is a definitive and full list of all of the fixes for 7.4.2? I see this list, but there is not one word of alarms that everyone is talking about (so why is it assumed that there are bugfixes regarding alarms in this version): http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.4/trunk/server/Changelog7.html Version 7.4.2 Bug Fixes: Fixed UPnP compatibility with Simplify Media server. Fixed FLAC seeking on files that contain ID3v2 tags. Fixed sample rate detection for MPEG-4 files. Changed Tag Version info to display all versions of ID3 tags contained within a file. Added missing Monkey's Audio (APE) decoder binaries for i386 FreeBSD, i386/ARM/PPC Linux. #10449 - SqueezePlay, wrong track played when playing an artist's compilation albums #13955 - Remote ASX playlist containing MP3 stream fails #14110 - Fixed scanning of iTunNORM Sound Check value in MP3 files when there is only one comment #14321 - Applet Installer shows duplicate entries #14328 - Need useful error messages when artwork fails #14496 - Player display goes blank after upgrading to 7.4 #14824 - Reciva Internet Radios claim to support Icy-MetaData, but then glitch on metadata packets (Simon Hyde) #14861 - SBS preventing HDD shutdown #14883 - Audio pops at the end of WAV/AIFF files #14905 - Not compatible with Ubuntu 9.10 due to MySQL 5.1 #14913 - Scanner calculates incorrect bitrate on Windows #14931 - Can't save preset 0 on SB3 #14933 - Scanner only includes one comment per song #14946 - Strip trailing nulls from the end of WAV LIST INFO tags #15001 - Save playlist plugin locks SQB classic UI #15014 - Scanner should prefer Vorbis tags over ID3v2 tags for FLAC files #15105 - Scanner intolerant of bad FILE value in embedded cue sheets (Gordon Harris) #15190 - File Types page shows active option for WMA Lossless/Pro #15196 - Multiple genre tags in ID3v2 not read properly #15197 - Wrong bitrate/duration calculated for MPEG-2 Layer 3 files #15262 - Unable to scan some MP4 files encoded by Nero #15380 - Return the proper content-type when streaming files (agillis) #15483 - Scanner fails when ReplayGain tag are invalid #15490 - Gapless playback broken for PCM on SB1 #15491 - Try harder to read radio playlists that return text or HTML content-types #15630 - Invalid characters in comment tags can break the scanner #15707 - Lyrics tag in WMA files not scanned What am I missing? -- eap eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Power Outage and Alarm Reliability
Chunkywizard;519731 Wrote: You can turn off the boot sound. IIRC it's under the Settings/Audio HTH CW I couldn't find anything like that under Settings/Audio. I am running 7.4.2 which I just downloaded. -- mpower9 mpower9's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75559 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Power Outage and Alarm Reliability
bluegaspode;519740 Wrote: You were just lucky I'd say that in your circumstances you didn't face problems. When it is really important for me to absolutely get up at a certain time. I set the alarm on my cell phone and my GPS and my travel alarm clock in hopes that at least one of them will not malfunction. As for the Squeezebox Radio, I find that its eccentricities are endearing. If to err is human, there is nothing more human than this little radio. -- mpower9 mpower9's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75559 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
eap;519975 Wrote: It is also a radio. The internet radio does not function at all without a server somewhere (either in your own home or logitech's data center). So the radio is dependent on an external server helping the radio to function properly. Not to mention dependent on a connection to the Internet in your home. So what is your point? If you want a plain basic alarm clock that doesn't need help -- fine. But that's not what Logitech is selling. Its selling something much more, that requires server dependency for just about all of its functions. You can choose to use Logitech's servers or your own -- and know going in that you lose some features and capabilities if you use Logitech's servers. The SB Radio only requires a server at all because of a foolish decision that Logitech made to handle this stuff all through My Squeeze or SB Server. I can assure you that having alarms handled completely on the SB Radio is totally doable if Logitech so chooses. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] album art but I've got a NAS
padzster;519962 Wrote: Couldn't find that. By experimental did you mean longed for? Go to the Squeezebox Server webpage- Settings button (lower right of screen)- iTunes tab- Check the box that says Extract iTunes Artwork (Experimental)- Click Apply- Report back if this helps. P.S. Squeezebox Server has to be set up for iTunes for this to work, but it's not that difficult to set up. You can simply copy your Library.XML into the NAS and point Squeezebox Server at it, just make sure that the media path matches the library path for the songs and it should work. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75581 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Chinese Font for the Radio
Thanks to Google's Android Font and the smart guy extracting the font, now we have the perfect font for the radio. The DroidSansFallback.ttf font is only 3MB in size and supports latin, japanese, traditional and simplified chinese. Download the system tar at the following link, extract and copy the DroidSansFallback.ttf. Rename it to FreeSans.ttf and use it instead of the Taiwan font suggested in this thread. http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-filesystems -- Honva Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74977 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?
jmpage2;520008 Wrote: The SB Radio only requires a server at all because of a foolish decision that Logitech made to handle this stuff all through My Squeeze or SB Server. I can assure you that having alarms handled completely on the SB Radio is totally doable if Logitech so chooses. Thats how the backup alarm i supposed to work hopefully they get it rigth this time. If all else fails, and it cant get your local file or remote radio station you have set for alarm sound it will (hopefully in 7.4.2 ) fire the backup alarm sound. The remaining mistake (regarding alarms) imho is that as just like the BOOM Radio remembers only the next alarm when severed from the server, BOOM cant do better smale cpu and memory you now. In the new devices Radio and Touch, why don't push the whole 7 day schedule for all alarms to the backup scheme . You can have outtakes for moore than 24 hours and you can have moore than one alarm inside that period ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Port Settings
I have had some problems but am figuring some of them out here on this forum and I thank you. I downloaded a program that tests the radio and connections and apparently my port 9000 is being used by something else. So my question is where do I change it? I am guessing it is in the network setting and I have a Port Start and a Port End and a Port Start Map. Not sure what to enter and any help would be appreciated.It's a nice radio when it is working but I would say it has been a roller coaster trying to get it to work. I get the Connection Reset by Remote Host alot. I did a different Firmware Beta Version and things work o.k. but when I switch from mysueezebox.com to my computer, my computer doesn't show any internet radio stations so I went back to the old firmware. -- kylemax kylemax's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36671 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75589 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Port Settings
I also wanted to know which firmware do most people find the most stable. I tried the 7.5 beta version and was better than most but as posted above it didn't seem to work well for the internet radio on my computer server.Also wondering what the difference is between the regular version and the embedded version.Thanks -- kylemax kylemax's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36671 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75589 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
