Re: [slim] UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Simon @ Home wrote: Only a few £ less than their normal price, but I had no idea they even stocked it :) (http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/ for those that are interested) I hate you. You've made me spend money!!! You too huh? :-) Yeah, I've been making excuses for too long now. This wa

[slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 2. Download here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_beta.html Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b2 release include: * Support for Slim Devices' Always-On Network Service: SqueezeNetwork on your Squeezebox2. * Many bug

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Paul Webster
I did the same ... 2nd one ... wife on holiday ;) I think I saw that we get a free LAN card as well - not that it will help me much ... maybe I can find a PC with 10Mb card and replace it. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

RE: [slim] UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Neil Davidson
> Neil Davidson wrote: > > Just noticed that Scan.co.uk has both wired and wireless in > black and > > silver on their Today Only page for the weekend. > > > > Only a few £ less than their normal price, but I had no > idea they even > > stocked it :) > > > > (http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonl

Re: [slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Paul Webster wrote: I did the same ... 2nd one ... wife on holiday ;) I think I saw that we get a free LAN card as well - not that it will help me much ... maybe I can find a PC with 10Mb card and replace it. Free LAN card? Where did you see that? R. __

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Fifer
Top of the /todayonly page. Free gift with any order over £149 (ex VAT & Delivery) - Dlink DFE-530TX+ 10/100 PCI NIC. I'm seriously tempted (I don't need a NIC but I want an SB2). Which colour though? -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.sl

RE: [slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Neil Davidson
Right up at the top, free on all orders over £149. Looks like a slip line PCI card too, could come in handy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Robin Bowes > Sent: 09 July 2005 11:50 > To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > Subject:

Re: [slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Fifer wrote: Top of the /todayonly page. Free gift with any order over £149 (ex VAT & Delivery) - Dlink DFE-530TX+ 10/100 PCI NIC. I'm seriously tempted (I don't need a NIC but I want an SB2). Which colour though? Ah, got it. I dare say I'll be able to use that somewhere. I had the same dilemm

RE: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Karl
Just updated and now any button press on remote gets repeated over and over again was ok on beta 1 SB2 XP pro -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Sully Sent: 09 July 2005 08:53 To: Slim Devices Discuss Subject: [slim] Announce: SlimServer

[slim] Re: SB2: Fast forward with FLAC?

2005-07-09 Thread JayNYC
What is the best way to bribe the developers into doing this sooner rather than later? Etymotic headphones from Headphone.com? Amazon.com gift certificates? Paypal? My one measily vote in Bugzilla isn't going to get me anywhere with this :-) +-

RE: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
Just updeaed from 6.0.2 to 6.1b2, deleting the database file before startin the server. After the rescan, most of my tracks with accented characters are no longer showing up in the library. These tracks were all visible in 6.0.2. Interestingly enough, some tracks are still showing up. It looks lik

[slim] Click and drag playlist items in web interface?

2005-07-09 Thread tjtaylor
I was wondering if anyone knew of a skin that allows a user to click and drag playlist entries in the web interface to re-order items in the playlist. Some of the pages on the Netflix website have similar functionality that lets you re-order the movies in your queue, so I assume that this would b

Re: [slim] Click and drag playlist items in web interface?

2005-07-09 Thread Ben Sandee
On 7/9/05, tjtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone knew of a skin that allows a user to click and > drag playlist entries in the web interface to re-order items in the > playlist. Tim, Try the ExBrowse2 skin, it's awesome and does exactly what you ask for. This stuff i

[slim] Can I disable a specific button on the remote?

2005-07-09 Thread cliveb
There's a button on the Squeezebox remote (SLEEP) that I never use. If I can find some way to make Squeezebox/Slimserver ignore it, I would like to use it to control another device (remote switch on/off of my power amps), as I can set up an IR receiver to respond to any IR code and throw a power r

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
* Allan Hise shaped the electrons to say... Just updeaed from 6.0.2 to 6.1b2, deleting the database file before startin the server. After the rescan, most of my tracks with accented characters are no longer showing up in the library. These tracks were all visible in 6.0.2. Interestingly enough,

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Fifer
I like that reasoning so I'll probably go for platinum. I suppose we can always swap cases to ring the changes (or are SB1 and SB2 cases different? Anyone?). -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Craig
I'm afraid that the free lan card is for orders above £149 ex Vat, I suppose you could buy 2 though ;) Craig -- Craig ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Craig wrote: I'm afraid that the free lan card is for orders above £149 ex Vat, I suppose you could buy 2 though ;) Craig, The wireless version is £154.99 ex. VAT (£182.11 inc). R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://list

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Fifer
Yes and the wireless SB2 is £154.99 so it should come with the free NIC. No matter, I don't need one anyway, I just want the SB2 at a good price. I just ordered the Platinum wireless. EDIT: Robin beat me to it ... -- Fifer ___ Discuss mailing list Di

[slim] Naxos radio

2005-07-09 Thread weedie
Has anyone hooked up their squeezebox to play the streams from http://www.naxosradio.com ? If so, how? -- weedie ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: UK Heads UP

2005-07-09 Thread Craig
Good point, I only looked at the wired one, that's my excuse anyway ;-) Craig -- Craig ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Spectrum Analyzer reversed?

2005-07-09 Thread Milhouse
I've generated some test tones (100-3000 in 100Hz increments, then 1000Hz incrememnts up to 14Khz) and it seems that the 8-bar Spectrum Analyzer is not weighting the lower frequencies as strongly as it possibly should. I tested using MP3 format as for some reason my SBG2 wouldn't play the WAV form

RE: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
> Allan - were all your files ripped on your OSX system? Are you using > iTunes or MusicMagic? Hi Dan, I would say about 2/3 of my library was ripped on my homebrew linux mp3 player, that was retired when I got my squeezebox. The remainder were ripped with LAME or iTunes in OS X. I use iTunes fo

Re: [slim] Re: SB2: Fast forward with FLAC?

2005-07-09 Thread kdf
Quoting JayNYC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What is the best way to bribe the developers into doing this sooner > rather than later? maybebuy a LOT of squeezeboxen ;) -kdf (had to say it before Dean did) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevic

Re: [slim] Can I disable a specific button on the remote?

2005-07-09 Thread kdf
Quoting cliveb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There's a button on the Squeezebox remote (SLEEP) that I never use. If I > can find some way to make Squeezebox/Slimserver ignore it, I would like > to use it to control another device (remote switch on/off of my power > amps), as I can set up an IR receiver

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
* Allan Hise shaped the electrons to say... Just updeaed from 6.0.2 to 6.1b2, deleting the database file before startin the server. After the rescan, most of my tracks with accented characters are no longer showing up in the library. These tracks were all visible in 6.0.2. Interestingly enough,

[slim] Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
* Allan Hise shaped the electrons to say... I would say about 2/3 of my library was ripped on my homebrew linux mp3 player, that was retired when I got my squeezebox. The remainder were ripped with LAME or iTunes in OS X. I use iTunes for tagging. Eveything should be ID3 v2.4 tagged. Interesti

RE: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
> Allan - can you also wipe & rescan your DB? I forgot to force an > auto-wipe with this beta. I did delete the database file before starting the server, but sure, I can do it again... Allan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Dan Sully wrote: > So I'm assuming that the filenames themselves have high-bit characters > in them? Yes, they do. I am letting iTunes rename the files and directories according to its own scheme, which includes the high-bit characters. > I'm going to take a guess and say t

[slim] Re: Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
* Allan Hise shaped the electrons to say... Unfortunately, that box is out of service now, so I can't tell you. Is there some other way to check? There is a "translate text characters" function in iTunes. Would that help? The options are: * ASCII to ISO Latin-1 * ISO Latin-1 to

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Dan Sully wrote: > None of those make much sense.. Reverse Unicode maybe. But is that only > operating on the tags, and not the filenames? As far as I can tell, it is just the tags. But, since iTunes will rename files if the tags change, maybe it will help??? It can't hurt,

[slim] Re: Re: Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Dan Sully
* Allan Hise shaped the electrons to say... As far as I can tell, it is just the tags. But, since iTunes will rename files if the tags change, maybe it will help??? It can't hurt, I guess... Well, you might try using that functionality - don't change the encoding of the tags, but have iTunes r

[slim] Re: 24 bit flac files?

2005-07-09 Thread Michel Fombellida
Hi, I just did a similar test, I extracted some stereo tracks from some DVD-A's in the form of 24/48 and 24/96 PCM WAV files. These WAV files plays just fine on the PC itself (with Media player or Adobe Audition, note with Audition I could confirm that they are indeed 24/48 and 24/96). I know t

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Re: Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-09 Thread Allan Hise
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Dan Sully wrote: > >As far as I can tell, it is just the tags. But, since iTunes will rename > >files if the tags change, maybe it will help??? It can't hurt, I guess... > > Well, you might try using that functionality - don't change the encoding of > the tags, but have iTune

[slim] Re: Internet Radio streams vastly louder

2005-07-09 Thread DrNic
sleepysurf Wrote: > Actually, I was planning to, but it looked too arduous, so I just run > slimserver on my office laptop. Works fine, plus it's a cinch to > install the latest beta. Thanks for answering!!! Nic -- DrNic ___ Discuss mailing list Di

[slim] Nonresponsive SB2

2005-07-09 Thread Todd Larason
I have a Squeezebox 2 wireless (pre-ordered, probably first production batch). When I first got it and tried to set it up, it wasn't able to connect to the wireless network: it could see the network and attempt, but it always failed. My WAP was very old and other hardware has had problems with it