[slim] Linksys router pain

2005-06-27 Thread brawlski
fellow squeezers, need some help. just upgraded to a linksys wrt54g wireless router. now i am squeezeless. i was previously running the wireless net work in an ad-hoc fashion with a buffalo usb access point. every thing was rosey but now! i set up the squeezebox as normal, it finds the wireless

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-27 Thread robinbowes
brawlski Wrote: > > anyone using this router please pass on your secrets. Hi, I've used my SB1 through my WRT54G with no problems, although I don't remember if that was wireless or wired. Send me an email offline to remind me and I'll look at this sometime this week. [robin at robinbowes dot

[slim] Re: another handheld skin

2005-06-27 Thread ceejay
Mikeb - nice! Thanks for this, I find this a bit more usable than the previous "handheld" so will be running with it for a while. I note you've intended it for landscape: I have other apps which really don't work at all well in landscape, so tend to stick with Portrait - but I find this skin work

[slim] Re: SB2 does not play AAC files (song.m4a)

2005-06-27 Thread nano2nd
I have the same problem except that the playback is intermittent - songs will start playing but then break up and stutter. I am using a SB2 wireless (new platinum) with Slimserver 6.0.2 on Mac OS 10.2.8. -- nano2nd ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lis

[slim] Re: SB2 does not play AAC files (song.m4a)

2005-06-27 Thread mcremer
nano2nd Wrote: > I have the same problem except that the playback is intermittent - songs > will start playing but then break up and stutter. I am using a SB2 > wireless (new platinum) with Slimserver 6.0.2 on Mac OS 10.2.8. As far as I understand it, the issue you describe has already been disc

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-27 Thread stuorguk
I have been using a WRT54G for well over a year with no problems (wireless or wired). Which WRT54G firmware are you using? You could try one of the alternative firmware versions. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrt54g I use DD-WRT, which has lots of extra features over the stock Linksys firmwar

Re: [slim] Linksys router pain

2005-06-27 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting brawlski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > fellow squeezers, need some help. just upgraded to a linksys wrt54g > wireless router. now i am squeezeless. I just set one of these up this weekend also, and it works perfectly. Neither my SB1 or SB2 had any issues with it. I only need the wrt54 it to b

Re: [slim] Re: Platinum Squeezebox UK - Dead on Arrival

2005-06-27 Thread Steve Tregidgo
Hi, on 2005-06-24 20:54 Sean Adams said the following: See here: http://www.seanadams.com/loose_cpu/ Just got my platinum SB2 (despite DHL's best efforts not to deliver) and seem to be having the same problem: there must be power because the relevant light is aglow on my ethernet switch, bu

[slim] File-Sharing Services May Be Sued

2005-06-27 Thread Johan Hübner
Decision in Grokster today. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062700471.html?referrer=email Court: File-Sharing Services May Be Sued By HOPE YEN The Associated Press Monday, June 27, 2005; 12:08 PM WASHINGTON -- Internet file-sharing services will be held

[slim] Re: New copy protection and Squeezebox

2005-06-27 Thread FLMike
If this is an issue you care about, contact your Congressperson or Senator and tell them that this is important to you and why. Explain that you are not a pirate or someone who steals content, but that you value your right to fair use. Ask them to support an exception to the DMCA that gives the c

Re: [slim] File-Sharing Services May Be Sued

2005-06-27 Thread Steven Moore
Since the file sharing companies are being held responsible for what people do with their computers then the gun companies will now be sued for all the woundings and killings by idiots with guns. The car companies for people killed in accidents etc or will they... Steven Moore On 27 Jun 2005

Re: [slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-27 Thread Triode
Andy, Sorry for previous misunderstanding. When squeezebox starts up it will say something like "obtaining IP address" and then give a number in the format: A.B.C.D this is the IP address for the squeezebox that your wireless router has assigned it. Note this down. To "ping" this addres: Ope

Re: [slim] Re: Platinum Squeezebox UK - Dead on Arrival

2005-06-27 Thread Sean Adams
Just got my platinum SB2 (despite DHL's best efforts not to deliver) and seem to be having the same problem: there must be power because the relevant light is aglow on my ethernet switch, but the screen is black. What's the situation with the warranty if I open the case and follow the

Re: [slim] File-Sharing Services May Be Sued

2005-06-27 Thread Aaron Zinck
> "Steven Moore" wrote in message > Since the file sharing companies are being held responsible for what > people do with their computers then > the gun companies will now be sued for all the woundings and killings > by idiots with guns. > The car companies for people killed in accidents etc or w

Re: [slim] File-Sharing Services May Be Sued

2005-06-27 Thread Sean Adams
Still reading the decision. Initial reaction: this isn't a big deal - they cited common law and kicked it back down. It may actually be a positive thing for p2p - they have narrowed the liability question to simply how Grokster was marketed. MGM needs to show that they were promoting it f

[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-27 Thread awm
Hi, adrian -- thanks and I appreciate your attmepts to help, so no worries at all. I'm at work at the moment and will be able to do the pinging when I get home later this evening. Thanks, Andy -- awm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevice

[slim] Re: File-Sharing Services May Be Sued

2005-06-27 Thread Jeff52
Hi Sean, I agree and from what I see in the opinion the court really did not set forth a definitive standard regarding vicarious liability for copyright infringement and deliberately refused to overrule or modify the "Sony" test. However, most commentators agree that Grokster and StreamCast utili

[slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-27 Thread Vidur Apparao
Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: SqueezeNetwork on your

Re: [slim] Re: Platinum Squeezebox UK - Dead on Arrival

2005-06-27 Thread Steve Tregidgo
Hi Sean, on 2005-06-27 18:58 Sean Adams said the following: Don't worry about it. We'd much rather you spent 5 minutes fixing it than to handle the repair and shipping. We have no problem with customers opening them up - there are no tamper stickers etc. That's a refreshing attitude, and I gu

[slim] Re: Platinum Squeezebox UK - Dead on Arrival

2005-06-27 Thread oldsmobuick
Tech support was very helpful. just be sure that if you take off the card under the wireless card that you keep track of the bolt, spacer and tiny tiny nut. -nick -- oldsmobuick ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slim

[slim] Player States, Brightness and Screensavers

2005-06-27 Thread JJZolx
Would someone care to give me a simple explanation of the various operational states of a Squeezebox. Looking through player settings, we have different settings for both screen savers and brightness and their relationships to player states. But those states are described differently. Under Bri

Re: [slim] Player States, Brightness and Screensavers

2005-06-27 Thread Aaron Zinck
> Would someone care to give me a simple explanation of the various > operational states of a Squeezebox. > > Looking through player settings, we have different settings for both > screen savers and brightness and their relationships to player states. > But those states are described differently.

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-27 Thread mcremer
vidurapparao Wrote: > Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 > > and SqueezeNetwork Beta. > (...) > Please give both SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta a try. That's great - it's like a dream becoming true :-) One question though: When being connected t

[slim] Re: Player States, Brightness and Screensavers

2005-06-27 Thread Dan Sully
This would be a great entry for the Wiki :) http://wiki.slimdevices.com/ * Aaron Zinck shaped the electrons to say... The screensaver only comes on when the player is idle (or off) and when the player's on and idle you probably don't need different brightness settings depending on whether or n

[slim] Re: Platinum Squeezebox UK - Dead on Arrival

2005-06-27 Thread ptrduffy
Add me to the list. I'd already arranged an RMA through dabs when I found this thread. Funny thing is, I'd previously opened the unit to see if I could fix it, and thought the connector in question looked a bit iffy, but couldn't remove the wireless card. Sean's diagram was all I needed to give

[slim] Re: Internet Radio - No Title/Name

2005-06-27 Thread wolfman
@vidurapparao Yah, that's the same result I'am getting in the Squeezebox. But in Winamp both the track nr. and the Station name is displayed. And since it works in Winamp why not in the Squeezebox ? Is there no one with a solution ? -- wolfman ___ D

Re: [slim] Re: Internet Radio - No Title/Name

2005-06-27 Thread Vidur Apparao
Ah...Winamp is concatenating the station name to the track information sent by the station. We currently only show the latter. If you hit right from the Now Playing screen, you should see the name of the station. Alternatively, you can file an enhancement request at http://bugs.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Re: Internet Radio - No Title/Name

2005-06-27 Thread kdf
Quoting Vidur Apparao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Ah...Winamp is concatenating the station name to the track information > sent by the station. We currently only show the latter. If you hit right > from the Now Playing screen, you should see the name of the station. > > Alternatively, you can file an

[slim] Re: Player States, Brightness and Screensavers

2005-06-27 Thread JJZolx
Aaron Zinck Wrote: > The screensaver only comes on when the player is idle (or off) and when > the > player's on and idle you probably don't need different brightness > settings > depending on whether or not the player was playing something when it > was > idle. Huh? :-) >From the rest of your

Re: [slim] Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer

2005-06-27 Thread Steven Spies
I just downloaded and installed SlimServer 6.1b1 and the garbled characters are back :( Going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. I have not tried any other versions. Any ideas? Thanks again, Steven Spies On 6/14/05, kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Steven Spies <[EMAIL PROT

[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-27 Thread kirsch
I am not sure if this will help but I had a similar problem with my SB2. My solution was to add the MAC address to my Network Router. The MAC address is on the bottom of the SB2. I had to get to the LINKSYS configuration and in there was a tab that had MAC addresses. Onced I addded the SB2's MAC I

[slim] 24 bit flac

2005-06-27 Thread buzd
I recently (OK, today) received my Squeezebox 2 (wireless). So far so good. However, I have a lot of 24 bit recordings of live music in flac. It was my understanding that the SB2 can handle this. However, when I play those files I get lots of pop and static, and very little (No?) music. Is it

Re: [slim] 24 bit flac

2005-06-27 Thread kdf
On 27-Jun-05, at 9:48 PM, buzd wrote: I recently (OK, today) received my Squeezebox 2 (wireless). So far so good. However, I have a lot of 24 bit recordings of live music in flac. It was my understanding that the SB2 can handle this. However, when I play those files I get lots of pop and s

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-27 Thread brawlski
the fireware on the router is the basic 1.42 which it comes with. i did upgrade it to 3.3 but that didn't seem to help plus i was worried about messing with it's head! last night i tried going to a specified IP , ie no server but no joy. how are the port fowards setup so that the SB can get throu