Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread cybervision_
Found it. It costs around 80$ over in Europe but thats not too bad, the G2 version costs 45$. The router I get internet through lies in the room directly beneath the setup, and my router will sit in the rack - 10 inches from the transporter and 8 feet from sweetspot so I don't think range will be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
cybervision_;404879 Wrote: > I see, are there any brands that work better/worse than others? Many here, including myself, have had good success with the Linksys WRT54GL. Note the "L". > The bandwidth is more than enough no matter what technology I take it > when the only job 99% of the time wi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread Pat Farrell
cybervision_ wrote: > Is Linksys WRT54G2 a good choice? GL - G2 at the end? The WRT54GL (its an ell) is a wonderful choice. I have one, have bought several more for work. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread cybervision_
Is Linksys WRT54G2 a good choice? GL - G2 at the end? -- cybervision_ cybervision_'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13023 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61018 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread cybervision_
Mark Lanctot;404872 Wrote: > Just get a wireless router. They usually have 4 wired LAN ports as > well. So use the LAN ports to get Ethernet to the NAS and the > Transporter, use the WAN port to connect to the Internet and use the > other LAN ports to connect computers, etc. > > Then the wirel

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
Just get a wireless router. They usually have 4 wired LAN ports as well. So use the LAN ports to get Ethernet to the NAS and the Transporter, use the WAN port to connect to the Internet and use the other LAN ports to connect computers, etc. Then the wireless portion of the router will serve the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread cybervision_
Ok, so I but I want to connect the Transporter to the NAS-drive running SC via ethernet because I have heard that is quite a bit more stable. How can I hook this up? - Transporter - Duet remote - Nas-drive? For NAS-duty I am considering the Netgear ReadyNAS 500 GB. -- cybervision_ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
cybervision_;404819 Wrote: > But the controller connects through the Transporter? I don't have any > other Wifi connection... No, you need a wireless network for the Controller to work. You can use a Squeezebox Receiver, it will act as a limited AP for the controller. But since the Transporter

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread cybervision_
But the controller connects through the Transporter? I don't have any other Wifi connection... -- cybervision_ cybervision_'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13023 View this thread: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
The cover art comes from the server software, SqueezeCenter. Since the Controller communicates with SqueezeCenter, it will get cover art. The Controller doesn't control the Transporter directly, it directs SqueezeCenter to control the Transporter. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, B

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-06 Thread SuperQ
The design of the Squeezecenter system is that "players" (transporter/squeezebox/boom) are completely independent from "controllers" (duet controller/squeezeplay). You can have any combination of players and controllers and everything will work. -- SuperQ --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-06 Thread Pat Farrell
cybervision_ wrote: > I see that you can get the Duet-remote to work with it, but will you > get the album art on the Duet-remotes' display through the Transporter? The display on the Transporter itself can not display album art. But the Duet display will show it nicely. I use it all the time. -

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Album art via Transporter?

2009-03-06 Thread cybervision_
I have some questions. I am going to use the Transporter as my source and pre. I see that you can get the Duet-remote to work with it, but will you get the album art on the Duet-remotes' display through the Transporter? -- cybervision_ -