I got 8 BS points for this? Okay... So, how many until a
suspension/ban so I can know when to watch it...or just create another
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MrSinatra;686933 Wrote:
if apple can sell a tiny box for $99 that does 720p, surely logitech
can figure out how to do 1080p for a few dollars more?
My Roku XDS was $99 and does 1080p video. HD Rokus are even cheaper
now. Excellent device, especially since they did a firmware update
that
Jeff Flowerday;689078 Wrote:
The discs might look similar but that's where they end. A blu-ray disc
physically isn't a DVD disc.
One of my pet peeves is when people call a blu-ray a blu-ray dvd.
So, you're saying blu-ray is NOT Digital Video and it's not delivered
in Disc format, huh?
Hi,
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buffettckbuffettck.57kutz1328639...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com
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So, you're saying blu-ray is NOT Digital Video and it's not delivered
in Disc format, huh?
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (not
adhawkins;689347 Wrote:
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc (not video). It's a specific
format.
Would you call a CD a DVD?
Andy
No, it doesn't. I Googled DVD. There really is NO standard definition
for that abbreviation. It is commonly known (and referred to in the
industry) as
buffettck;689351 Wrote:
No, it doesn't. I Googled DVD. There really is NO standard definition
for that abbreviation. It is commonly known (and referred to in the
industry) as Digital Video Disc. Yes, your term is used as well. So,
a blue-ray IS a Digital Video Disc, i.e. DVD...period...
garym;689352 Wrote:
And I thought it stood for Dissociated Vertical Deviation, an ocular
condition which occurs in association with a squint, where the
innervation of this eye movement occurs involuntarily and independently
of the other eye. Sort of the way I feel when I find myself caught
and I am looking forward to that point in my life when the term DVD and
CD have no more meaning to most people than the term 8-track tape.
That is, when all my CDs and movies are lossless computer files and all
future purchases don't involve a physical object.
That said, I probably never
buffettck;689351 Wrote:
No, it doesn't. I Googled DVD. There really is NO standard definition
for that abbreviation. It is commonly known (and referred to in the
industry) as Digital Video Disc. Yes, your term is used as well. So,
a blue-ray IS a Digital Video Disc, i.e. DVD...period...
Jeff Flowerday;689375 Wrote:
DVD is trademarked, and it doesn't mean digital video disc.
Link please. Yes, DVD is trademarked, but there is no associated
trademarked definition for the acronym.
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buffettck;689380 Wrote:
And? Fine, then they're BOTH a digital versatile disc, eh? Yup...
No, they are both data discs just like I said. One format is Digital
Versatile Disc aka DVD and the other is Blu-ray format.
Neither have anything to do with video. They both have a file system
Jeff Flowerday;689382 Wrote:
One format is Digital Versatile Disc aka DVD
Again...since you brought up the trademark issue... Post a link
explicitly stating that definition for the DVD acronym is ALSO
trademarked specifically for DVD.
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What does DVD have to do with LMS moving forward? ?
Stems back to video support in LMS. But LMS is moving forward at the
same pace as HD-DVD.
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jwagner010;689384 Wrote:
What does DVD have to do with LMS moving forward? ?
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/DVD-structure-under-LMS/td-p/728808
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buffettck;689385 Wrote:
Again...since you brought up the trademark issue... Post a link
explicitly stating that definition for the DVD acronym is ALSO
trademarked specifically for DVD.
LOL. I give up.
Let's get back on topic. LMS
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Jeff Flowerday;689389 Wrote:
LOL. I give up.
Let's get back on topic. LMS
So, you won't...or, most likely, can't... Understood.
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buffettck;689391 Wrote:
So, you won't...or, most likely, can't... Understood.
I won't because neither are digital video discs as you seem to think.
It makes the trademark totally unrelated.
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Jeff Flowerday;689397 Wrote:
It makes the trademark totally unrelated.
Totally unrelated, yet YOU brought it up. Hmmm...
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Take a look at MakeMKV too. It's free and just rips the raw video and
audio (including all HD offerings) into a Matroska (MKV) container
file. I've ripped nearly all my DVDs and BDs using this.
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i really like the idea of being able to make ISO clones of dvds and
blurays to create my own little local video library!
so AnyDVD can do this? can it beat the copy protection on all discs?
meaning, is it a simple, one click type process to create the ISO?
and once made, how do you browse
MrSinatra;689037 Wrote:
i really like the idea of being able to make ISO clones of dvds and
blurays to create my own little local video library!
so AnyDVD can do this? can it beat the copy protection on all discs?
meaning, is it a simple, one click type process to create the ISO?
Yup.
paulster;689041 Wrote:
Yup. They update it regularly when new protection mechanisms come out.
I've ripped many hundreds of DVDs and BluRays and haven't found one it
can't handle yet. Load disc, right-click the system tray icon, choose
Rip to Image, wait a while, and you're done.
garym;689070 Wrote:
very stupid question. To rip a bluray, I assume I need a bluray disc
reader in my computer, or can one rip a bluray from a DVD reader (I'm
thinking that maybe it only needs to read the data on the disc, not
play the bluray).
You need a BluRay drive to be able to do this.
garym;689070 Wrote:
very stupid question. To rip a bluray, I assume I need a bluray disc
reader in my computer, or can one rip a bluray from a DVD reader (I'm
thinking that maybe it only needs to read the data on the disc, not
play the bluray).
The discs might look similar but that's where
Jeff Flowerday;689078 Wrote:
The discs might look similar but that's where they end. A blu-ray disc
physically isn't a DVD disc.
One of my pet peeves is when people call a blu-ray a blu-ray dvd.
Aha! Interesting. other than dropping one or the other in the tray of
my blu-ray player, I
garym;689085 Wrote:
And also, would I expect to be able to connect a USB BluRay player (not
burner) to my Win7 machine and read it OK for ripping with AnyDVD?
Yes.
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Hi,
In article paulster.579x4n1328128...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com,
paulsterpaulster.579x4n1328128...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
I use AnyDVD HD for both DVD and BluRay, but just for DVD you could use
DVD Shrink (free) and set the compression option to 100% so it doesn't
Hi,
In article phil.leigh.579bdb1328100...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com,
Phil Leighphil.leigh.579bdb1328100...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
Yep - for local content playback, PCH really is superb. HD1080P look
superb and the DD/DTS passthrough works perfectly. The UI is a bit
adhawkins;687876 Wrote:
Any recommendations on getting DVDs ripped such that they'll play on
Popcorn
Hour? Would be nice if I could maintain any 5.1 soundtrack.
Is it also possible to rip such that capable players will get the 5.1
soundtrack, and others will just get stereo?
I use
Hi,
In article paulster.576npz1327976...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com,
paulsterpaulster.576npz1327976...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
I have a Popcorn Hour for local HD video playback which is excellent
for that, but lousy for internet streaming and pretty sucky at local
erland;687393 Wrote:
Something which they can earn money on and something which makes
Squeezebox more attractive to mass market users.
...
I don't think we should expect LMS to be turned into a complete media
management system, too big investment and too little money to earn for
them.
If
adhawkins;687522 Wrote:
Hi,
In article paulster.576npz1327976642 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com,
paulsterpaulster.576npz1327976642 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com wrote:
I have a Popcorn Hour for local HD video playback which is excellent
for that, but lousy for
adhawkins;687522 Wrote:
Been considering one of these myself. What's the issue with Internet
streaming?
Was considering it to be able to watch BBC iPlayer, YouTube etc. on my
main
TV.
Actually, it does work okay for internet streaming, but the problem is
the user interface is so poor
http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/default.aspx?pid=16122ais=ApNmpm=CPMcid=${CP_CODE}n_crid=1265068
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MrSinatra;687307 Wrote:
http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/default.aspx?pid=16122ais=ApNmpm=CPMcid=${CP_CODE}n_crid=1265068
I guess it depends on if you mostly listen to locally stored media or
if you mostly listen to stuff on various streaming services. As I
understood, it's somewhat possible
Re use tv , 1 have one and it's a projector my other 3 boxes are not
close to a TV. Setup a music streamer via TV ? Not for me.
I'm still curius to what they are up to :) Is LMs going t be a more
complete media managment system ? A new product ?
They have tried autoscanning of new stuff (
Mnyb;687387 Wrote:
I'm still curius to what they are up to :) Is LMs going t be a more
complete media managment system ? A new product ?
They have tried autoscanning of new stuff ( abandoned ) .
Automatic artwork downloading , abandoned due to lack of partner to
provide art .
Do I
erland;687393 Wrote:
Something which they can earn money on and something which makes
Squeezebox more attractive to mass market users.
This probably either means new hardware or support for some new premium
streaming services. Based on this I also think that except for bug
fixing, we can
MrSinatra;687307 Wrote:
http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/default.aspx?pid=16122ais=ApNmpm=CPMcid=${CP_CODE}n_crid=1265068
I have one. It's great for internet streaming (Netflix, Amazon VOD,
etc.) but lousy for local media playback, but that's not its target
market though.
I have a Popcorn
erland;686974 Wrote:
Also, based on their experience with the Duet, I'm not sure Logitech
ever want to do another device completely without a display
Well, doesn't do Sonos devices without a display quite succesfully? I
don't think the lack of the display is the problem, but the really
verypsb;687022 Wrote:
Well, doesn't do Sonos devices without a display quite succesfully? I
don't think the lack of the display is the problem, but the really
awkward setup with the duet/receiver. Logitech should support setup
from LMS/SN.
Or a buildt in web-page in the unit just like a
I dont think Logitech really want to try and take the AppleTV product
head on. They already said they hated GoogleTV and wouldnt be going
back.
AppleTV and GoogleTV boxes are just stop gaps until people upgrade
their tv's. The new TV's include all those features already plus a boat
load more. So
erland;686974 Wrote:
You are forgetting something,
i didn't forget, i just didn't explicitly state everything, b/c i
figured some of it was obvious and not really the point i was trying to
make anyway.
erland;686974 Wrote:
there are three main things that makes AppleTV a device people
andyg;686760 Wrote:
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :)
Hope you
andyg;686760 Wrote:
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :)
Glad to hear
it seems to me that they need a new, cheaper piece of hardware, that has
no display, that will do audio and video.
sound familiar? i said it years and years ago. apparently apple was
eavesdropping.
given that server does video now, and dlna, the above just seems so
obvious to me. if apple
Two small wishes.
1. AirPlay.
2. Publish my local LMS library to mySB.net so I can stream my music to
a SB over internet.
Just like myPlexapp works. https://my.plexapp.com/
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MrSinatra;686933 Wrote:
it seems to me that they need a new, cheaper piece of hardware, that has
no display, that will do audio and video.
sound familiar? i said it years and years ago. apparently apple was
eavesdropping.
given that server does video now, and dlna, the above just
I see little movement on the development front? What's up?
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I am just curious but, does it not get to a point in development where
no more enhancements are necessary or even desired and perhaps it could
even have a negative effect on the overall functionality of the product?
What other developmental advancements could there be? I, personally, am
very
Ikabob;686650 Wrote:
I am just curious but, does it not get to a point in development where
no more enhancements are necessary or even desired and perhaps it could
even have a negative effect on the overall functionality of the product?
What other developmental advancements could there be?
Given recent events I'm a little concerned about the continued support
for LMS and Squeezeboxes. The Logitech CEO has been quoted saying that
the Revue was a mistake and by the looks of it there will be no next
generation Revue (Google TV hardware from Logitech). The SBS was
renamed LMS to
Jeff Flowerday;686656 Wrote:
It's great it's perfect for you, it isn't for me. I have a large
library and I have audio cutting out on scanning for new music. Random
crashing for no known reason, no event log erros or LMS log errors. The
art from certain internet stations don't show
Also M Herger said he was on vacation ?
Have they killed off svn.slimdevices.com it seems to be down you used
to be able to follow dev there ?
gharris link was interesting sugesting all kinds of addition you never
see logged svn.slimdevices hmm :)
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I had a look on various sites last night and also there is no stock near
me only 3rd party supplier on Amazon.
The rumours seem to be that Logitech are closing down the music
streaming division as the competition from the likes of Apple i players
and android devices point the way to the future
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :)
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Have they killed off svn.slimdevices.com it seems to be down you used
to be able to follow dev there ?
It's being migrated to a new datacenter.
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andyg;686760 Wrote:
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :))
It's good
A Touch with enough computing power to run full LMS at full speed. And
an ability to search by typing in a name and having it go to that name,
or better yet have it have autocomplete as you type it in. This is for
those of us with large libraries who operate our system from a
computer.
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andyg;686760 Wrote:
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :)
Thanks for
Just because Logitech pulled the pin on Android TV based players doesn't
mean Logitech is not seeking a DLNA/UPnP based all purpose media
player(eg video/audio/picture) from themselves or someone else.
I think before long you will see the replacement for the Revue that
will be making use of
andyg;686760 Wrote:
I can assure you that Logitech is supporting Squeezebox more than ever,
and we are working on several things behind the scenes. For example, we
have some large projects in the works to scale up MySB that will not be
visible to users (unless we screw it up :)
Yes!!!
Great , excellent :)
Scale up as in functionality previusly not seen in lms ?
Return of old functionality , missing menus and custumisation options
that dissapeared with one browser ?
The bugs what about them ?
I'll gues I have to stay curius for a while, very curius :)
I have some design
Mnyb;686860 Wrote:
Make the scanning better in about a 100 different ways.
It's must be so good that end users do not notice other than the time
spent at the initial scan, this should be the only full scan ever
needed. Adding incrementally over the years should give you the exact
erland;686862 Wrote:
While I agree on the quality assurance part I don't agree on that we
need more technical improvements.
In my system, scanning is like less than 1% of the total usage time and
more than 99% is spend on listening to the music. I'd like improvements
related to those 99%
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