Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread rtitmuss
autopilot;355916 Wrote: > Has r3253 been pulled? Stop teasing us please Richard! No, am afraid the automated testing failed again so that firmware has not been released yet. From the logs I get emailed it looks like someone turned off the player used as part of the tests! Richard -- rtitmuss

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread Skunk
autopilot;355916 Wrote: > Has r3253 been pulled? Stop teasing us please Richard! > > I would love to spend more time helping test and file bugs, but i badly > need adjustable volume. I think Schiegl built r3253 manually, rather than waiting for the system to post it to /update/firmware/7.3. If

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread autopilot
Has r3253 been pulled? Stop teasing us please Richard! -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a -> Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver -> Trends TA10.1 Class-T -> Kef Cresta 1's *Office :* Softsqueeze -> Logitech Active 5.1's. *Kitchen :* Squeezebox

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread Howard Passman
ungerwu;350099 Wrote: > My controller says I'm running 7.2 r2873 and it says it can't upgrade. > Any idea how I can get the upgrade? Just be aware, this is beta. Sometimes you have to have a strong stomach :-) http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Nightly_Builds Howard -- Howard Passma

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread rtitmuss
schiegl;355890 Wrote: > i don't know if this is worth to file a bug (i realize playback is > labeled beta so i do understand), but the playback of 24/96-flac files > on the SBC (r3253) will crash it - hangs for a few seconds until the > watchdog kicks in. Yes, please file a bug. This was working

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-11-02 Thread schiegl
Hi, i don't know if this is worth to file a bug (i realize playback is labeled beta so i do understand), but the playback of 24/96-flac files on the SBC (r3253) will crash it - hangs for a few seconds until the watchdog kicks in. It's no bandwidth issue (almost 100% if located near the AP) and no

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-30 Thread JorgenG.
rtitmuss;354858 Wrote: > Sorry, but no! > > Richard Are there any plans in the future to enable audio on the expansion port? And if so, would it be possible to use Logitech Pure-Fi series as docking station? -- JorgenG. Server: SC7.2.1.23736 on DELL XPS 420(Windows Vista 32 Ultimate) Play

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Lanctot
rtitmuss;354858 Wrote: > Sorry, but no! > > Richard Ah, OK. It wasn't a wish, I thought I remembered reading about that. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta), SBC (beta - no battery) Sold: SB3, Duet

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-30 Thread rtitmuss
Mark Lanctot;354801 Wrote: > Aren't there digital audio out pins as well? :-) Sorry, but no! Richard -- rtitmuss rtitmuss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36 View this thread: http://forums.sl

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Lanctot
Fletch;351224 Wrote: > AFAIK, the expansion port on the bottom of the SBC has both line in and > line out. I suspect we may see a new cradle/docking station at some > point that supports this. Aren't there digital audio out pins as well? :-) -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread Howard Passman
As Schiegl said, it's like getting a new device. Thanks for your work and help with the volume control and speaker hack :-) Ya cost me more $$ for a good set of buds, but I forgive you :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howar

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread schiegl
Skunk;353272 Wrote: > Thanks Howard, but I can't take credit for instructions given on p.1 of > this thread. > > This does seems like a good opportunity to thank the team responsible > for getting this to work though. Thanks guys! indeed! You've done a great job. Thanks a lot! After a few hour

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;353272 Wrote: > Thanks Howard, but I can't take credit for instructions given on p.1 of > this thread. > > This does seems like a good opportunity to thank the team responsible > for getting this to work though. Thanks guys! I totally agree. Thanks very much!! Also, thanks to all you g

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread Skunk
Howard Passman;353226 Wrote: > > You can ssh into your SBC to set the volume and also turn the external > speaker off. Courtesy of Skunk, here are the commands. > > Thanks Howard, but I can't take credit for instructions given on p.1 of this thread. This does seems like a good opportunity

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread Howard Passman
sbjaerum;353221 Wrote: > The audio playback feature appeared with firmware version 3206. > It is really super cool. > > A couple of observations so far: > * Strong crackling when playing the test tones in the 'Debug Playback' > section. > * Needed to reboot in order for the SBC to become visible

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-25 Thread sbjaerum
The audio playback feature appeared with firmware version 3206. It is really super cool. A couple of observations so far: * Strong crackling when playing the test tones in the 'Debug Playback' section. * Needed to reboot in order for the SBC to become visible in 'Choose Player' * For internet str

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread Howard Passman
autopilot;352901 Wrote: > Help me out here - i have just updated r3174 to test the SBc audio, but > can't find any audio options anywhere. > Settings->Advanced->TEST_PLAYBACK is not there. What do i need to do? > > EDIT: Sorry, never mind - just saw the other thread. I had it working for about

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread autopilot
Help me out here - i have just updated r3174 to test the SBc audio, but can't find any audio options anywhere. Settings->Advanced->TEST_PLAYBACK is not there. What do i need to do? -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a -> Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread pippin
Howard Passman;352896 Wrote: > ...he's not in the U.S. and I'm sure he has a lot going on. Here's what > he said in another thread last night (for me in the U.S.) > > > > I'm not sure what's happened to the latest

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread Howard Passman
pippin;352892 Wrote: > Didn't he say yesterday? ...he's not in the U.S. and I'm sure he has a lot going on. Here's what he said in another thread last night (for me in the U.S.) I'm not sure what's happened to th

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread Howard Passman
pippin;352883 Wrote: > Hmmm. I've updated to 7.3 > I upgraded my SBC to 7.3r3173 > > But there is no "Settings->Advanced->Audio Playback" Menu. > What am I doing wrong? > > Or is it still not in? I'm using today's nightly. 7.3-23679? It went in at 3:00 this morning. Maybe it's the one, but I

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread pippin
Howard Passman;352888 Wrote: > we've all got our fingers crossed. Richard Titmuss said he'd track > it down for us today. Maybe tomorrow :-) > > Howard Didn't he say yesterday? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread Howard Passman
pippin;352883 Wrote: > Hmmm. I've updated to 7.3 > I upgraded my SBC to 7.3r3173 > > But there is no "Settings->Advanced->Audio Playback" Menu. > What am I doing wrong? > > Or is it still not in? I'm using today's nightly. we've all got our fingers crossed. Richard Titmuss said he'd track

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-24 Thread pippin
Hmmm. I've updated to 7.3 I upgraded my SBC to 7.3r3173 But there is no "Settings->Advanced->Audio Playback" Menu. What am I doing wrong? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-23 Thread oreillymj
BTW - last night I was looking around for the Audio playback feature in r3173 and stumbled upon the "Turn Off" (SBC) menu item , which I'd never used. I decided to try Sleep to see what options it might have, but the unit went straight into a power down. Just before the screen went blank there wa

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-23 Thread Stuart Hickinbottom
I have a beta unit that shows this message and, as of last night, it still worked fine. You're right it won't support playback (although I have made that work with patching the LUA code to put in a UUID 'manually' rather than with one read from the device). I've not bothered to think about having

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-23 Thread rtitmuss
gharris999;352291 Wrote: > The SBC is totally unresponsive and the only thing that I can do is to > yank the battery and force a power cycle. However, it just boots back > to the "Invalid mac address" message and is frozen there. Any ideas > about how to recover from this? That's strange, I ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread MickeyG
kdf is right. Sorry to hear that your Controller is now a brick. Drop me a line and I'll straighten it out -- no charge. Mickey -- MickeyG Transporter > Classé Audio DR6 > Mark Levinson 23 > Wilson Watt 3/Puppy 1 Mickey

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread kdf
gharris999;352291 Wrote: > Any ideas about how to recover from this? If it's one of the beta devices, you'll need to have it reset with a uuid. Get in touch with Mickey (mickey_gee at Logitech dot com). -kdf -- kdf kdf

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread gharris999
I thought I would kick the tires on jive_7.3_r3173 since I've been anxiously awaiting audio playback on the SBC. I upgraded my original SBC from last fall's hardware beta and now it seems like I've bricked it. I can no longer get past the "Invalid mac address or uuid" bootup error message. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread rtitmuss
Howard Passman;352226 Wrote: > Richard Titmus (I hope I spelled that right) said there was a problem > with last nights update and that he would try to fix it for tonights > update. I just updated to SC 7.3 23652 and it wasn't on that one, but > I think that was too early. Hopefully by tomorrow

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread kdf
Fletch;352230 Wrote: > Interesting, thanks. Can you point me to where the SC code parses > convert.conf? I'm curious if there's a way (yet) to control > transcoding that will only affect SqueezePlay/SqueezeOS players. Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::loadConversionTables and tokenizeConvertCom

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread Fletch
kdf;352215 Wrote: > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay_Audio_Playback > -kdf Interesting, thanks. Can you point me to where the SC code parses convert.conf? I'm curious if there's a way (yet) to control transcoding that will only affect SqueezePlay/SqueezeOS players. -- Fletc

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread Howard Passman
sbjaerum;352217 Wrote: > My SBC is now at r3173, but I don't see this option. > Do I have to do anything special to enable it? Richard Titmus (I hope I spelled that right) said there was a problem with last nights update and that he would try to fix it for tonights update. I just updated to SC

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread sbjaerum
bklaas;349965 Wrote: > There is a tantalizing option under Settings->Advanced->TEST_PLAYBACK > that will turn your controller into a player, piping the sound out > either the super-duper-audiophile internal speaker, or through the > headphones. My SBC is now at r3173, but I don't see this option

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread kdf
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay_Audio_Playback -kdf -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53808

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread Fletch
Does SqueezePlay/SqueezeOS have native support for all of the same formats as the SB2? -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-22 Thread Howard Passman
schiegl;352020 Wrote: > Howard, > > using nightlies it's also a good idea to follow the checkin > mailinglist, as it was noted: > > > > kind regards, > Markus Hi Markus, I did have it, but after the last nightly update (10/20/08) it went away. I've tried rolling back, rolling back the SBC

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-21 Thread schiegl
Howard, using nightlies it's also a good idea to follow the checkin mailinglist, as it was noted: > > Add an advanced option to enable beta audio playback for the 7.3 > release. Once this option is enabled the controller/squeezeplay > will appear as an option in the Choose Player menu. The opt

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-21 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;351988 Wrote: > maybe I should have been quiet about my problems :) You owe me :-) I really know better than to upgrade from a working version. Darn me anyway. I loaded 7.2 back on my server and that made the SBC revert. Still didn't fix the issue. Kinda weird. Anyway, now I am in

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-21 Thread Jonnio
maybe I should have been quiet about my problems :) -- Jonnio Jonnio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53808

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-21 Thread Howard Passman
bklaas;349965 Wrote: > hi all- > > after a lng delay, we are now pushing 7.3 controller firmware out > to 7.3 Squeezecenter users. Your 7.3-based SC will pick up 7.3 r3131 > within 12 hours. Alternatively, you can restart SC and it should > immediately pick it up. > > There is a tantalizing

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-20 Thread Jonnio
dean;351213 Wrote: > On Oct 19, 2008, at 2:20 AM, autopilot wrote: > > I know this might be jumping the gun a little, but are there any > plans > > to have a proper line out mode for the 3.5mm socket (like my old > Sony > > MP3 player did)? Is is this just going to be limited to headphone > use >

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-19 Thread Fletch
autopilot;351153 Wrote: > I know this might be jumping the gun a little, but are there any plans > to have a proper line out mode for the 3.5mm socket (like my old Sony > MP3 player did)? Is is this just going to be limited to headphone use > (yeah i know i can use a headphone out as a line out,

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-19 Thread dean blackketter
On Oct 19, 2008, at 2:20 AM, autopilot wrote: > I know this might be jumping the gun a little, but are there any plans > to have a proper line out mode for the 3.5mm socket (like my old Sony > MP3 player did)? Is is this just going to be limited to headphone use > (yeah i know i can use a headphon

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-19 Thread Skunk
Howard Passman;351065 Wrote: > I wonder what the difference is other than maybe .flac. I use only > .flac files for my music and it works pretty well. I listened to it > for 2.5 hours straight today and for the most part it was > uninterrupted. I was listening to Texas blues radio last night f

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-19 Thread autopilot
I know this might be jumping the gun a little, but are there any plans to have a proper line out mode for the 3.5mm socket (like my old Sony MP3 player did)? Is is this just going to be limited to headphone use (yeah i know i can use a headphone out as a line out, millions of iPod users do lol, bu

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Jonnio
Skunk;351061 Wrote: > It's not the hardware, but rather a software problem. You're using beta > software, and reverting to the previous release will solve your problem > of crackling sounds. The tech support people are probably not equipped > to answer beta questions yet, let alone questions abou

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;351061 Wrote: > It's not the hardware, but rather a software problem. You're using beta > software, and reverting to the previous release will solve your problem > of crackling sounds. The tech support people are probably not equipped > to answer beta questions yet, let alone questions abou

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Andy Grundman
On Oct 18, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Skunk wrote: > > Jonnio;350948 Wrote: >> Thanks for the advice Howard - I had been playing with the various >> volume hacks just to make it bearable to have my headphones in, but >> with no luck. I might call tech support to make sure this isn't a >> hardware issues.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Skunk
Jonnio;350948 Wrote: > Thanks for the advice Howard - I had been playing with the various > volume hacks just to make it bearable to have my headphones in, but > with no luck. I might call tech support to make sure this isn't a > hardware issues. If it is I would rather get the controller swapp

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350955 Wrote: > Even if it points to a hardware problem? That's kind of crappy. Give em a call. If nothing else you can go on record that it didn't work and then when they release 7.3 officially, you can get back tot hem. Howard -- Howard Passman ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Jonnio
pjzzz;350952 Wrote: > No support for devices running beta's Even if it points to a hardware problem? That's kind of crappy. -- Jonnio Jonnio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18575 View this thr

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread pjzzz
Jonnio;350948 Wrote: > Thanks for the advice Howard - I had been playing with the various > volume hacks just to make it bearable to have my headphones in, but > with no luck. I might call tech support to make sure this isn't a > hardware issues. If it is I would rather get the controller swapp

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-18 Thread Jonnio
Thanks for the advice Howard - I had been playing with the various volume hacks just to make it bearable to have my headphones in, but with no luck. I might call tech support to make sure this isn't a hardware issues. If it is I would rather get the controller swapped now than wait until the new

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350680 Wrote: > Rebooting everything helped a little. I can at least play songs through > now...I also did some experimenting with more music and the popping is > from bass...anything I have with a big bass beat is really bad. > Hopefully this isn't a hardware problem with my controller.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;350604 Wrote: > Every time they issue a software update it will revert to 100%, until > the volume issue is fixed. Your commands will be saved in WinSCP, so it > will be easy to re-enter them, and if you issue the commands: > amixer sset Headphone 90% > amixer sset Headphone 80% > amixer ss

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
dwilliams01;350681 Wrote: > Should the controller be auto updating? I'm running 23612 SC 7.3 on > Windows XP. > Controller is sitting at 7.2r2873 > > Manually starting up the software update (from the settings menu) says > that it will try and "update to version ?" the controller should update

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread dwilliams01
Should the controller be auto updating? I'm running 23612 SC 7.3 on Windows XP. Controller is sitting at 7.2r2873 Manually starting up the software update (from the settings menu) says that it will try and "update to version ?" -- dwilliams01 --

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Jonnio
Rebooting everything helped a little. I can at least play songs through now...I also did some experimenting with more music and the popping is from bass...anything I have with a big bass beat is really bad. Hopefully this isn't a hardware problem with my controller. -- Jonnio

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350669 Wrote: > An Intel Celeron Laptop, 2ghz or so processor, 2gb ram, running Ubuntu > server, wired to the main network. > > I updated to the latest nightly build, so I might turn everything off > and reboot the server to see if that helps. Always worth a shot. Good luck. -- Howar

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Jonnio
Howard Passman;350661 Wrote: > What are you running SC on? > > Howard An Intel Celeron Laptop, 2ghz or so processor, 2gb ram, running Ubuntu server, wired to the main network. I updated to the latest nightly build, so I might turn everything off and reboot the server to see if that helps. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350645 Wrote: > Yeah, it looks like I am going to have to wait a while on this one. > After restarting the controller I can't even get a song to play, it > just skips all over and restarts etc... all while cracking and popping > :( What are you running SC on? Howard -- Howard Passma

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Jonnio
Yeah, it looks like I am going to have to wait a while on this one. After restarting the controller I can't even get a song to play, it just skips all over and restarts etc... all while cracking and popping :( -- Jonnio

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350632 Wrote: > hmmm... I just restarted my squeezecenter a few times and its no better. ...maybe try restarting SBC. Hope you get it working and I hope mine continues to work :-) Howard -- Howard Passman Howard

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Jonnio
hmmm... I just restarted my squeezecenter a few times and its no better. -- Jonnio Jonnio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Jonnio;350615 Wrote: > Is anyone else hearing a lot of cracks and pops from their headphone > output? Not me. WHen I first started up 7.3 and the SBC with headphones I had some issues with noise and stuttering. I restarted SC a few times and it seems to have stopped it. Runs pretty clean now.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread autopilot
What the ETA on variable volume? -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a -> Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver -> Trends TA10.1 Class-T -> Kef Cresta 1's *Office :* Softsqueeze -> Logitech Active 5.1's. *Kitchen :* Squeezebox Boom -coming soon- *Ro

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Jonnio
Is anyone else hearing a lot of cracks and pops from their headphone output? -- Jonnio Jonnio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;350604 Wrote: > Every time they issue a software update it will revert to 100%, until > the volume issue is fixed. Your commands will be saved in WinSCP, so it > will be easy to re-enter them, and if you issue the commands: > amixer sset Headphone 90% > amixer sset Headphone 80% > amixer ss

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Skunk
Every time they issue a software update it will revert to 100%, until the volume issue is fixed. Your commands will be saved in WinSCP, so it will be easy to re-enter them, and if you issue the commands: amixer sset Headphone 90% amixer sset Headphone 80% amixer sset Headphone 70% amixer sset Head

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;350600 Wrote: > amixer sset Speaker 0% Will I need to go back and delete these commands after the 7.3 is finalized? Thanks for all the help. Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
Skunk;350598 Wrote: > Commands->Open Terminal (ctrl+t) Thanks Skunk. I'll give it a try tonight. On to another subject...do you think there's a way to shut the speaker on the SBC off?? Howard -- Howard Passman Howard

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Skunk
Howard Passman;350599 Wrote: > Thanks Skunk. I'll give it a try tonight. > > On to another subject...do you think there's a way to shut the speaker > on the SBC off?? > > Howard amixer sset Speaker 0% -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Skunk
Howard Passman;350595 Wrote: > > Here's what I'm doing. I'm using winscp, putting my SBC ip in it and > on the SBC going to enable SSH. The SBC responds with use ip > 10.0.0.152 and the password. In winscp it opens to the folder view of > the SBC. At that point what do I do? > Commands->Op

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
andynormancx;350591 Wrote: > You say you know how to "get in to" your SBC, so simply get in to it by > ssh'ing to it and then type this: > > amixer set Headphone,0 80%,80% unmpue cap > > and then hit return, you can also then type: > > amixer sset Speaker 0% > > and hit return to turn the spe

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread andynormancx
Howard Passman;350571 Wrote: > I think I understand what it is and I can get in to my SBC, but I do not > know where to put this or exactly how. Anyone want to give us novices a > little primer on this?/QUOTE] > You say you know how to "get in to" your SBC, so simply get in to it by > ssh'ing to

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-17 Thread Howard Passman
bklaas;349967 Wrote: > On the 100% volume through the headphones issue, Alan notes that until > that is fixed, you can hack it in the interim: > > 'You can ssh in and use amixer: "amixer set Headphone,0 80%,80% unmpue > cap" is a good start.' > > cheers, > #!/ben I think I understand what it i

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread chinablues
chinablues;350214 Wrote: > Fascinating it might be, but I cannot upgrade the controller to find > out! Squeezecenter running at 7.3.23568 and controller with 7.2 r2920. > Controller tells me there is an upgrade available but fails on the > upgrade. "there was a problem upgrading this remote..."

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread Howard Passman
bklaas;349967 Wrote: > On the 100% volume through the headphones issue, Alan notes that until > that is fixed, you can hack it in the interim: > > 'You can ssh in and use amixer: "amixer set Headphone,0 80%,80% unmpue > cap" is a good start.' > > cheers, > #!/ben Hi Ben, I SSH'd in, but don't s

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread tamanaco
Pardon the duplicate, I posted my comments below in a thread in the General Forum, but this topic might be more adequate here. Just a thought... now that the headphone jack is activated... I think the Controller will work both in sync mode with other player(s) and as independent player. If it wor

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread MrC
chinablues;350214 Wrote: > Fascinating it might be, but I cannot upgrade the controller to find > out! Squeezecenter running at 7.3.23568 and controller with 7.2 r2920. > Controller tells me there is an upgrade available but fails on the > upgrade. "there was a problem upgrading this remote..."

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread dem
Here's a minor cosmetic nit with 7.3 that might not be worthy of a bug report: When playing Internet Radio, the elapsed time appears in the bottom left corner of the screen in black, rather than centered and in white as in 7.2. -- dem Dave -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread signor_rossi
Might I ask those who have tested it how loud the internal speaker is? Would it provide enough power for an alarm clock? SignorRossi. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread autopilot
Thats a great idea, one which i was talking about when the Controller was first released :p I think its a bit soon, but i hope to see SqueezeDJ(TM) some day :) -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.2 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (off

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread MrSinatra
i love the idea you are talking about... i have a radio DJ background and what we would do is play something on air, and then use the board (the faders mixer) to "cue" what we wanted to listen to next as whatever played on air. you're essentially saying use the SBC to run the board, and ALSO sim

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-16 Thread chinablues
Fascinating it might be, but I cannot upgrade the controller to find out! Squeezecenter running at 7.3.23568 and controller with 7.2 r2920. Controller tells me there is an upgrade available but fails on the upgrade. "there was a problem upgrading this remote..." Dan -- chinablues

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread chinablues
Fascinating. About 10 years ago, my multi-disc CD player was packing up & I searched the audio stores for an "internet capable CD player". Didn't find one then & no one knew what I was talking about. At that time I was looking to merge computers with music and thought that the CD player would st

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread iPhone
ungerwu;350099 Wrote: > My controller says I'm running 7.2 r2873 and it says it can't upgrade. > Any idea how I can get the upgrade? You have to be running SC 7.3 to get the Controller to upgrade to a 7.3 firmware. Please understand that 7.3 is pure Beta with no support. To get and use 7.3, it

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread ungerwu
My controller says I'm running 7.2 r2873 and it says it can't upgrade. Any idea how I can get the upgrade? -- ungerwu ungerwu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20540 View this thread: http://forum

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread Fletch
There are some tricky UI questions that never occurred to me until I played with this. I'm sure you guys have considered them though... bklaas;350004 Wrote: > I believe you should be able to connect the controller to a different > player while the SBC-player is also streaming audio. I don't thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread bhaagensen
For the impatient, such as myself the volume can be controlled by logging into the SBC and issuing: amixer sset Speaker 80% where 80% is ... well 80% volume, or something. Of course other values work:) This is for the internal hi-fi full-range speaker. I didn't try for the headphone-amp-output,

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread bklaas
Fletch;349991 Wrote: > And some questions: > - How will the UI work in the final version with respect to selecting a > music source? If an SBC is connected to an SC, will it automatically be > recognized as both a controller and a player? Or will I need to do both > manually? Or is there an ex

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread bklaas
iPhone;349978 Wrote: > Any estimate on when we might have control over the volume? It would > probably help battery life and my hearing. I'd hazard a guess at a week, maybe two. -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxController/SqueezeCenter Community Developer: Nokia

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread Fletch
And some questions: - How will the UI work in the final version with respect to selecting a music source? If an SBC is connected to an SC, will it automatically be recognized as both a controller and a player? Or will I need to do both manually? Or is there an expectation that users will want t

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread Fletch
Cool. Some quick observations: - The internal speaker doesn't mute when headphones are plugged in - It syncs with an SB fairly well - Pandora reports "invalid player" -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread iPhone
bklaas;349965 Wrote: > hi all- > > after a lng delay, we are now pushing 7.3 controller firmware out > to 7.3 Squeezecenter users. Your 7.3-based SC will pick up 7.3 r3131 > within 12 hours. Alternatively, you can restart SC and it should > immediately pick it up. > > There is a tantalizing

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread bklaas
On the 100% volume through the headphones issue, Alan notes that until that is fixed, you can hack it in the interim: 'You can ssh in and use amixer: "amixer set Headphone,0 80%,80% unmpue cap" is a good start.' cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas Logitech Developer: Squeezeplay/SqueezeOS/SqueezeboxCo

[SlimDevices: Beta] 7.3 controller firmware on its way to 7.3 SC users

2008-10-15 Thread bklaas
hi all- after a lng delay, we are now pushing 7.3 controller firmware out to 7.3 Squeezecenter users. Your 7.3-based SC will pick up 7.3 r3131 within 12 hours. Alternatively, you can restart SC and it should immediately pick it up. There is a tantalizing option under Settings->Advanced->TEST