Hello I have a squeezebox in a 3rd story loft that during the day gets
extremely hot. Tempatures will often exceed 100F sometimes over 110.
I've noticed the unit itself is a bit warm even when turned off.
I can unplug this unit when its not in use if these tempatures are
dangerous to the
I use the CLI as part of my NowPlayingService utility (which updates the
I'm listening to information in MSN with what I'm playing on my SB3).
I issue the commands
artist ?
title ?
album ?
and I get correct information back.
HOWEVER
When I'm listening to ShoutCast radio (at the moment
When I'm listening to ShoutCast radio (at the moment it's 4U Radios -
All Classic Rock) the information is incorrect, it's more like the
stream ifnormation that's displayed in the Slim browser, e.g.
You don't mention the slimserver version, but I guess it's something
before 6.5. The radio
How embarrassing! Yes, the vital bit!
I'm using 6.2.2 on Ubuntu, running over MySql 4.1. I had my fingers
badly burned with 6.2.1, but 6.2.2 seems stable (only three restarts
since release), so I'm not brave enough to use alpha/beta slim on my
main server.
Knowing that it's been improved in 6.5
Thanks again Lanier.
I got it working!
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Thanks for the info. A couple more questions:
1) What OS does the QNAP drive run (WinXP, Linux etc)?
2) Can the QNAP drive be backed up using something like Norton Ghost?
If so, would this back up everything on the drive (OS and music
files)?
3) How do you do day to day admin of the QNAP. Is
Mike, as I mention above, I have exactly the same setup (6.3.0 - 7668 -
Windows XP - EN - cp1252. Firmware 50. Windows XP) as you but no
problems with my playlists, so I'm not sure that it is a 6.3.0.
problem, but you could certainly try rolling back to see if 6.2.2. will
fix it.
What happens if
I looking at some small speakers, so I can pipe the music from my sb3 to
the kitchen and dining room.
Anyone able to tell me what the difference is between these two
speakers?
'This one' (http://tinyurl.com/ojdd9) (JBL Control ONE) has Power
Handling 200 Watts and Nominal Impedance 8 Ohms.
1. Linux.
2. I don't know. I just mirror all my music files to another drive in
my PC ... just in case. You can do the same with a USB or eSATA drive
as alternatives.
3. There isn't really much in the way of day-to-day admin. All admin
functions are accessed via a web interface from any PC on
1. Embedded Linux
2. TS-101 has built in replication functions so you can back up
directly to your PC. Or you could connect an external USB drive and
copy the files over directly.
3. All control of the TS-101 is handled by its web front end. There is
very little to do once you have it setup on
Thanks for that fifer.
Do I need to know anything about LINUX to be able to use the QNAP ('cos
I don't)?
Can I rip CDs on my WinXP machine and just drag them over to the
correct directory on the QNAP; is it as simple as that?
Ta
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I have two Linux based devices (the Qnap and a Nokia 770) and I know
nothing about Linux. It really isn't a problem. Copying music over,
once the Qnap is set up on your network, is done by drag and drop, cut
and paste, or ripping directly to the Qnap music directory instead of
your C:\ drive. The
Cool, that's what I'd hoped! Thanks for the info!
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erland Wrote:
The latest 6.5 is a bit unstable at the moment due to large changes
recently, the last nightly which were quite stable is the one from
23/5. See this thread for more information:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24151
You can get the previous nightly releases
I've recently bought a 500GB Maxtor Shared Storage NAS, very nice, and
now containing approx 300GB of music. Next step is to purchase a
Squeezebox me thinks.
I currently only have a laptop so ideally wouldn't want to have it
switched on all the time.
Has anyone managed to replace the firmware
I don't think we should slate this guy. He saw a limited offer bargain
and decided to share it with the forum. Had he have waitied till he was
home, most of us would have missed the offer - indeed it is not on there
today.
Your alternative suggestions, whilst helpful and valid may not be
^^ How do I enable d_scan and d_playlists? And where would I find the
log?
Sorry, I'm an idiot about these things.
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I don't think anyone is picking on us at all.
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The problem is that even though you can do a discrete on/off sequence
for the Squeezebox, 90% of components don't have them (like my TV, DVD
player, Cable Box, etc).
So unfortunately I think most users will resort to leaving everything
off or on and having a macro just to power their stuff up or
I was about to say 'no', but a little googling took me to this site
http://www.openmss.org/ where it appears someone has alternative
firmware to open up the Maxtor NAS. From searching that site it looks
like they don't have a Perl package yet, which you'll need to install
slimserver. But it's on
Hi everyone,
Is the TS-101 with Slimserver only available for shipping in the UK, or
is there a place where we can get a hold of one in the US? I'm
definitely interested, as well as two other prospective Squeezebox
buyers I know. Thanks!
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It just depends on the components you own. All of mine except theComcast cable box have discrete on/off codes even though only one has discrete buttons on their remotes.
Larry
On 6/1/06, jmpage2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The problem is that even though you can do a discrete on/off sequencefor the
jmpage2 Wrote:
The problem is that even though you can do a discrete on/off sequence
for the Squeezebox, 90% of components don't have them (like my TV, DVD
player, Cable Box, etc).
So unfortunately I think most users will resort to leaving everything
off or on and having a macro just to
I don't think anyone is picking on us at all.
I think Gavin was a little upset because everytime he writes he's getting
these comments. This wasn't my intention. I rather wanted to tell him to
put some more stress on the information by eg. adding a bunch of empty
lines before the
I like my Harmony 880 remote, but I disagree that it in any way solves problems with devices which don't have discrete on/off codes. It keeps track, but in my experience, often ends up out-of-sync with the devices which don't have discrete codes.
Larry
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Hi... I'm unaware of any issues with Intel Macs currently. Is it
possible that something is running in Rosetta in the background? (Did
you possibly migrate from a PPC Mac to the new Intel one?)
Is your music folder possibly a mounted share or osmething like that?
Does this /only/ happen when
Go to Server Settings, Debugging and check the two flags marked d_scan
and d_playlist. Up the top of the debugging page is a sentence which
talks about viewing the log output - click on the hyperlink in this
sentence and a new window should open up with the log output.
Then go back to Server
You just need to give it clear view of your
devices, and avoid manually walking over to a device, and powering it up.
The HELP button fixes this in about 5 seconds as well.
All I know is, the 880 is the first remote I've
owned that not only replaced EVERY OTHER remote I have (12 of them),
I found and deleted the ID3v1 tags in the particular albums in question
and am still having the problems with artwork not showing up.
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I have two SQ3's, both running firmware 45, both connected via the same
11g network (with a single access point) to the same SlimServer
(running SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 7085 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) -
EN - utf8).
One player is connected via its RCA outputs to a Behringer A500. The
other is
Impedance refers to how efficient the speaker is. In other words, how
difficult it is to drive the speaker. The lower the impedance the
less efficient it is (i.e. the more difficult it is to amplify). I'm
suprised to see a small monitor with a 4 ohm rating. Usually your more
inefficient
Does pressing the FWD button help? (As discussed 'here'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23537)).
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All,
We've added a directory of Radio stations in Zurich to SqueezeNetwork (with
help from Felix at K55).
Happy listening!
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Over all, you have to love this sweet, satisfying machine. Its
tls Wrote:
I have two SQ3's, both running firmware 45, both connected via the same
11g network (with a single access point) to the same SlimServer
(running SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 7085 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I127) -
EN - utf8).
One player is connected via its RCA outputs to a Behringer
JJZolx Wrote:
I have an SB2 digital out to a DAC synched with an SB2 with analog outs
and I've never noticed this.
How is it possible for the streams to get out of synch over the course
of a single track? The Onkyo would must be buffering the digital input
and then play it back at the
On 6/1/06, JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How is it possible for the streams to get out of synch over the courseof a single track?The Onkyo would must be buffering the digital input
and then play it back at the _wrong_ rate.If its digital playback isthat badly screwed up, you'd undoubtedly be
azinck3 Wrote:
I don't think this analysis holds up. If the problem were with any sort
of buffering in the Onkyo then the issue wouldn't be resolved by a track
change on the SB3.
Then explain how the tracks can possibly start in sync, but drift out
of sync during the playback of a track? I
JJZolx Wrote:
Then explain how the tracks can possibly start in sync, but drift out of
sync during the playback of a track? I don't see this when one of my
units feeds a simple DAC and the other is doing analog out.
It's, as Ben said, the lack of a network clock. WHen a track is
started
azinck3 Wrote:
Server Settings - Interface - items per page
however I believe this affects all browsing modes, so you will have to
keep that in mind when adjusting the setting...
I have tried it, the setting doesn't work at all.
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I have tried it, the setting doesn't work at all.
Hmm...interesting. It definitely works on my (admittedly quite old)
5.4 server. Unfortunately I don't keep any music on my 6.5 server so
I'm not sure what its current behavior is.
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lanierb Wrote:
You can tell slimserver which ir files to honor and which not to. I
don't have slimserver handy here at work but I remember it is under
server settings and then I think IR (but I'm not sure, it might be
remote). You can put a check mark next to the files you want it to
use
This may be of interest to web radio users having dropout issues.
After six months of excellent performance while listening to Shoutcast
streams and squeeze network I am now only able to stream for thirty
mins to one hour before I get constant dropouts.
After weeks checking router, firewalls etc.
We've added a directory of Radio stations in Zurich to SqueezeNetwork
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I would keep trying a different channel every few days or so. I also own
a Slim 1 and was plauged by the same problem until I hit upon a channel
that worked. The most likley cause of the interferance was my neigbors
cordless telephone as it operates in the same range as my router
(besure to check
In 6.x wherever you have an 'alpha' pagebar the items per page isn't
strictly followed. I think it may be used as a lower bound, but the
pages will always break between letters. If you have a particularly
large library the actual number of items on a given page may be many
times larger than the
azinck3 Wrote:
It's, as Ben said, the lack of a network clock. WHen a track is started
the code is careful to begin playback simultaneously. But then the SB's
are left to just play back the track. And because there's no network
clock, the inevitable inconsistencies in the clocking of the
That's good news, thank you slimdevices and Felix.
-s.
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JJZolx Wrote:
In 6.x wherever you have an 'alpha' pagebar the items per page isn't
strictly followed. I think it may be used as a lower bound, but the
pages will always break between letters. If you have a particularly
large library the actual number of items on a given page may be many
I have experimented with a few changes to improve the audio, ripping
some stuff to AIFF and then attempting to stream this wirelessly.
Basically it does not work. For 10 seconds it appears to work then
massive stutters that do not resolve. Pressing pause and then play
gives the same 10 seconds
I use uncompressed WAV without any problems
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Hah! You must have bought the last one! I checked out the website and
they said they're out of stock. Guess that's why they're named
surplus.
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Allied lists the 5v 1.5a Elpac WM075-1950-760 as linear and regulated.
http://tinyurl.com/dx6or
They price it at 38.95
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I have experimented with a few changes to improve the audio, rippingsome stuff to AIFF and then attempting to stream this wirelessly.
Which device type do you use? SB1 or SB2/3?Ben
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MUCHO Wrote:
Hello I have a squeezebox in a 3rd story loft that during the day gets
extremely hot. Tempatures will often exceed 100F sometimes over 110.
I've noticed the unit itself is a bit warm even when turned off.
I can unplug this unit when its not in use if these tempatures are
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
this indicates that the VFD is close to its temperature limit under
-normal- room temperatures.
No, it doesn't indicate that at all! It means there was something wrong
with those specific displays, which we later traced to a manufacturing
defect in a chip inside the
OK, it looks as though my problem is more complicated that I thought.
Even after regenerating the MusicIP cache with no archiving, I still
ended up with the strange squares in my tags when viewed from
Slimserver. If I disabled the MusicIP server and did a rescan, all the
tags are fine, but as
4-ohm loads, as Ksie mentions, are more difficult to amplify. To
produce a given volume, or sound pressure level (SPL), they need more
current. Small amplifiers are sometimes incapable of supplying the
current required and they will overheat and shutdown at higher SPLs.
The good news is that
Whoops! Sorry about that Sean! blush
Edit coming up.
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I think lots of people do - I've been using uncompressed WAV for years,
to a mixture of SB1, 2 and 3. Even an 802.11b connection should be able
to run a couple of streams at once with no drop outs.
You need a good signal, so check the signal strength and add
amplification if it's not high
I've read that the remote does a poor job of tracking which components
are on/off as well, but I guess without discrete codes that's what you
get.
Somewhat off topic but there is a coupon deal with Dell right now on
this remote that takes the price to $149.99 shipped.
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ajmitchell Wrote:
I have tried the SB3 on its own too. No luck. For those who have
streamed WAV or aIFF without problems - do you have any tips or tricks?
Are you streaming these WAV and AIFF files as a WAV/AIFF streams, or
are you allowing them to be transcoded and streamed as FLAC, which is
jmpage2 Wrote:
I've read that the remote does a poor job of tracking which components
are on/off as well, but I guess without discrete codes that's what you
get.
Somewhat off topic but there is a coupon deal with Dell right now on
this remote that takes the price to $149.99 shipped.
Well
I wasn't disparaging the remote. I like it too. But devices which don't have discrete on/off codes are still a hassle. It's not the remote's fault. Its inevitable. Yes, help is cool, but lost on my 85 year old father-in-law from India. Thankfully Ionly have one device with this problem and its
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