Munge wrote:
I'm planning on getting a T-amp and a pair of cheap speakers for my
daughter's Squeezebox setup. I tried out some PC speakers that I had
lying around, but they all made a noise/hiss as soon as the SB was
connected. Can someone confirm that the T-amp is quiet when no music is
I have an SB3 plus a T-amp in the kitchen, driving a pair of JBL control
1 speakers. The amp is silent when there is no music playing.
Volume levels are not great, but as a second setup (the main one is in
our living room) it works really well.
mav
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I am using V0.6.7 of the Sirius plug-in, and can effectively listen to
Sirius on my Transporter and/or SB3. But when I connect a network
player (e.g. Winamp 5.3) and connect to the URL
http://MySlimServer:9000/stream.mp3
I do not get any Sirius radio. I **do** get playback of my
server-resident
Although I switch the amp off when not playing for more than 15 mins.
This happens automatically via X10 power line control. Reduce carbon
emissions and all that!
Hi Gorstk
can you give me some info on the power line control?
thanks
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I am running Slimserver 6.3.1 on a PC with 512mb RAM with Windows XP
Home Service Pack 2.
The slimserver icon on the system tray says Slimserver stopped. If I
select the option to start slimserver, it then says slimserver running.
However after a couple of minutes it then stays slimserver
Have a look in the Windows event log: Control Panel - Admin Tools -
Event Viewer. There ought to be some messages which may contain a
helpful clue.
Do you have any plugins loaded?
Ceejay
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Hello all,
Sporadically over the last three weeks or so my player settings drop
down menu is poluplated with the servers setting items as well as the
player items.
Restarting SlimServer sorts it out so it's not too much of a problem
but it does seem to have been happening with at least the last
A two part query:
I've just installed SqueezeboxG Fonts by Bob Vilhelm (obtained via
plugins page) into my Windows 6.51 installation. Although I've put them
into the SlimServer/server/Graphics directory as instructed they do not
show up as font options in Player Settings/Display. Does anyone
Siduhe;154416 Wrote:
As I understand it, that is very unlikely to happen. Slimserver is open
source, but Pandora is closed source, and so Pandora cannot be
integrated into Slimserver without either a) infringing the open source
nature of Slimserver, or b) infringing Pandora's copyright.
I am using Slimserver 6.5 and WinXP SP2. During install of slimserver
the autostart checkbox was checked. However, Slimserver is always in
'stopped' mode when computer is booted.
What have I missed?
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mav;155168 Wrote:
I have an SB3 plus a T-amp in the kitchen, driving a pair of JBL control
1 speakers. The amp is silent when there is no music playing.
...
mav
That's what I'm setting up tonight. Already got the T-Amp and power
supply. The SB3 arrives later today. Haven't settled yet on
spacemarmot;155090 Wrote:
2. Not be written in perl.
Why?
Richard
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HELP I AM BURIED IN E_MAIL. I DONT KNOW HOW TO TURN THIS OFF AND IT IS KILLING
MY MAIL BOX PLEASE HELP
snarlydwarf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
derekc;154754 Wrote:
The whole relationship between the slimserver and SB3 is totally
confusing. They just don't seem to get on. When slimserver is
Joe Northern;155213 Wrote:
HELP I AM BURIED IN E_MAIL. I DONT KNOW HOW TO TURN THIS OFF AND IT IS
KILLING MY MAIL BOX PLEASE HELP
LOL here's another email, but I hope more welcome than the others.
Go to the Slim forums and edit your profile. Then look in the
subscribed threads section and
Thanks. I tried to edit address to go to the moderator.
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Joe Northern;155213 Wrote:
HELP I AM BURIED IN E_MAIL. I DONT KNOW HOW TO TURN THIS OFF AND IT IS
KILLING MY MAIL BOX PLEASE HELP
LOL here's another email, but I hope more welcome than the others.
Could it be a cacheing problem? (Clear your browser cache?)
It couldn't be left over from 6.3 because 6.3 didn't use a dropdown
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Not sure, but try right-clicking on the tray icon when it's stopped and
select Automatically run at system start.
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The SqueezeboxG fonts are for the SBG display, which is unique to the
second generation SB1. They won't work on the SB2/3 or Transporter.
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Mt SB3 plays WMA lossless with no problems and no additional plug-ins.
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ModelCitizen;155185 Wrote:
Hello all,
Sporadically over the last three weeks or so my player settings drop
down menu is populated with the server's settings items as well as the
player items.
Restarting SlimServer sorts it out so it's not too much of a problem
but it does seem to have been
derekc wrote:
I will hard wire the SB3 back into the router - and if necessary the
lap top as well.
I'm still not sure you've understood fully; wiring the SB3 will only
eliminate 1 of the 3 wireless hops. Wiring the server (which you
currently have running on a laptop) will eliminate 2
Thank you for the suggestion but there is no selectable item called
Automatically run at system start.
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Today's Woot (http://www.woot.com/) is a Logitech Wireless Music System
for $34.99.
No, not a Squeezebox, rather, some thing that plugs into your iPod.
Still, it was funny.
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Hmm, maybe that was introduced with 6.5.1.
What does Start - Run - services.msc - SlimServer - Properties say
about SlimServer? Is it set to Automatic?
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mrfantasy;155242 Wrote:
Today's Woot (http://www.woot.com/) is a Logitech Wireless Music System
for $34.99.
No, not a Squeezebox, rather, some thing that plugs into your iPod.
Still, it was funny.
They're doing a woot-off today. This product is nearly sold out as of
11:04AM EST. I
I have 2 slimservers and I think they are the best technology that I
have bought.
Every night we go to sleep to the sound of waves - it's very relaxing
and I am convinced it gets me into deep sleep quicker.
However, the sleep option doesn't go past 90 minutes. Could this be
altered to allow
I've seen it myself as well, but a refresh always clears it up. It's
not deliberately reproduceable and should be technically impossible
given the code to produce the pulldown. Best guess, somehow the
playerid (not player) is sneaking into some place it shoudln't be. It
is covered by bug
Also, do you need to allow SS access to the drive where your music is by
setting the Log On permission in
Start - Run - services.msc - SlimServer - Properties - Logon - This
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This is strange:
[image: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Raify/Slimserver.jpg]
Slimserver 6.5 and Firefox 2.0. Any ideas before I post a bug report?
Nathan
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Try clearing browser cache, especially if you have only just upgraded to
6.5
You might also want to try 6.5.1 - certainly do this before posting a
bug report.
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This is strange:
[image: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/Raify/Slimserver.jpg]
Slimserver 6.5 and Firefox 2.0. Any ideas before I post a bug report?
yes, search the forum.
in short, it's known and already fixed in 6.5.1 nightly builds.
you should
kdf;155261 Wrote:
yes, search the forum.
Thanks, I did, for nearly an hour before posting
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spacemarmot;155090 Wrote:
2. Not be written in perl.Would you be willing to wait for new features for
a couple of years
while the existing functionality were rewritten in some other language
?
I would also prefer if it was written in some other language, but it
isn't and I feel that new
Can somebody help. When I try to browse by Album or New Music SS trys to
load the left hand pane but finally loads with a blank left hand pane
after 10 to 30 seconds.Sometimes if I'm lucky it will load but 90% of
the time it will not. Browse by Artist is no problem and loads in a
split second.All
Hey all...
I'm pretty happy all-around with my Roku SoundBridge M1001, but I'm
thinking of trying other devices out there just for comparison. The
Squeezebox v3 has been getting good reviews lately, and I wonder if
anyone here has tried both Rokus and Squeezeboxes, and knows the
plusses and
Quoting Raify [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
kdf;155261 Wrote:
yes, search the forum.
Thanks, I did, for nearly an hour before posting
try random mix numbers and in the top 5, you'll see:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27860
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28896
grimholtz;155148 Wrote:
It's no effort to find other threads; I just find it annoying that other
people's threads (not mine--I don't post that often) get bumped from the
top because of this one ALL THE TIME.
Now that the plugin exists it'd make more sense to have it in the 3rd
party plugins
kdf;155250 Wrote:
It is covered by bug 3267 as it has a very large scope already requiring
in a rip up of the existing code for the pulldown. -kdf
I'm sure you're right but to me that bug looks like it's adressing
SlimServer set up rather than confusion of information in the drop down
between
Any ideas anybody please.
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MrSniffer;155169 Wrote:
I am using V0.6.7 of the Sirius plug-in, and can effectively listen to
Sirius on my Transporter and/or SB3. But when I connect a network
player (e.g. Winamp 5.3) and connect to the URL
http://MySlimServer:9000/stream.mp3
I do not get any Sirius radio. I **do**
settings is part of setup. and that bug is what the changes in trunk
are going against, and that is the bug that the rework of the pulldown
is going against.
add your name to the cc if you want, or wait for 7.0
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Hrrm.. off the top of my head:
1) Squeezebox2/3 support 802.11g and WPA/WPA2. Roku wireless is
802.11b only, and WEP only. WEP is so trivial to break that it
shouldnt even be considered encryption. It makes it slightly annoying
to compromise your network, not even a challenge. If you like
tbessie;155274 Wrote:
Hey all...
I'm pretty happy all-around with my Roku SoundBridge M1001, but I'm
thinking of trying other devices out there just for comparison. The
Squeezebox v3 has been getting good reviews lately, and I wonder if
anyone here has tried both Rokus and Squeezeboxes,
Marc
Correct I hadn't fully understood - I do now - thanks for persisting.
Derek
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azinck3;155293 Wrote:
I don't believe Ogg support has been added in hardware yet. As for
software, yes, the SB supports it, but so does Roku (via slimserver)
ogg support is in firmware in 6.5.1 betas.
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Dougal;155298 Wrote:
ogg support is in firmware in 6.5.1 betas.
Ah, my apologies.
And that makes another good point in the slim v. roku comparison--in
the time since I've purchased my SB capabilities have been continually
added. Many of these are through slimserver (so the Roku might also be
Hi,
Are you using the default skin, there may be issues with IE7 and other
skins.
Failing that could you try another browser.
Doug.
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Native FLAC, 802.11g and nice plugins made me choose Squeezebox over
Roku.
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Hi, Yes I am using the default skin and really do not want to go down
the road of using a different browser.
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Free beer on open house days.
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bernt;155304 Wrote:
Native FLAC, 802.11g and nice plugins made me choose Squeezebox over
Roku.
So it really is operating at full 802.11g speeds? Not just, as Roku
says 802.11g compliant (i.e. REALLY 802.11b)?
- Tim
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Does anybody have Slimserver 6.5.1 successfully running with Suse, preferably
10.1. Are there any things I ought to watch out for. I tried a few weeks back
but after several days of trouble went back to 6.3.1.
regards, robin
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dwc;155305 Wrote:
Free beer on open house days.
Hooray for free beer! :-)
- Tim
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Don't forget the pony. Or did Logitech kill that idea?
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It's a PC Mag, they don't about sound quality! Much like 95% of people
don't care. They think the iPod sounds amazing at 128kbps through those
stock ear buds too.
But well done Slim Devices, yet another well deserved award.
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tbessie;155309 Wrote:
So it really is operating at full 802.11g speeds? Not just, as Roku says
802.11g compliant (i.e. REALLY 802.11b)?
- Tim
Yes, it's really an 802.11g card mounted inside.
Couldn't find a shot of the inside of a Squeezebox3, but here's the
Transporter, which uses the
tbessie;155309 Wrote:
So it really is operating at full 802.11g speeds?
Yes
Not just, as Roku says 802.11g compliant (i.e. REALLY 802.11b)?
No. It also functions as a bridge, I have a number of devices in my
living room (consoles, etc) all using my Transporter for network
access. Works
radish;155313 Wrote:
It also functions as a bridge, I have a number of devices in my living
room (consoles, etc) all using my Transporter for network access. Works
very well and very fast.
At first I was going to say I've never seen it do 802.11g speeds as the
highest bitrate music file I
Many thanks to DerekC and experts for this v useful thread - all the
issues that i also found very difficult to understand having only just
bought the SB3, and now beginning to get the idea. I certainly hadnt
realised (should have!) that live audio streams are limited in total
capacity from the
In the interests of accuracy, the latest beta for the Roku M1001
supports WPA but still 802.11b.
That said the M1001 does upsampling to 48kHz and many users experience
a persistent noise.
Better display on Squeezebox.
Roku supports Windows DRM. Squeezebox has Pandora support.
Squeezenetwork
As a new Squeezebox purchaser (who has not received their SB yet thanks
to UPS losing it), I'll tell you why I chose SB over the Roku.
Roku was an interesting visual hardware design. And that's about it.
Since debut they have stagnated and released only lower-end updates to
their product
snarlydwarf;155290 Wrote:
3) Roku upsamples everything to 48Khz. I know up sounds like it is
good: it isn't. Since it is not a direct multiple of 44.1khz, which is
the rate your CDs are encoded, it will have rounding errors and change
the shape of waveforms.
A Swedish audio magazine (HiFi
bergek wrote:
If they fed the Roku with a 48kHz signal it sounded
great but how many CDs use that sampling rate? The SB3 got very good
reviews.
Zero, No CDs use 48kHz. The RedBook standard specifies 44.1 kHz. If it
isn't 44.1, it is not allowed to use the CD logo.
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derek_c
Try the MP3 approach first - if the problem goes away then the wireless
is probably the issue. If the problem persists - then the internet/BBC
is the issues and if all your other music is OK - don't bother to lift
the boards.
The load of a BBC stream from router to server will be very
tbessie;155309 Wrote:
So it really is operating at full 802.11g speeds? Not just, as Roku says
802.11g compliant (i.e. REALLY 802.11b)?
- Tim
My wireless router is set to g only.
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- Integration with Windows Media Center so that I can control it with
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- Touchscreen PlugIn without scrolling, search function with the use of
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This one has me stumped
I have an SB3 and Entech number cruncher DAC. When I connect the SB3
to my Pioneer receiver directly via coaxial, it sounds fine.
However...when I connect via the DACcoaxial from SB3 to DAC, analog
outs from DAC to receiver, it sounds horriblecrackling, etc.
Hello,
I am researching digital audio players and found the SqueezeBox. From
what I see here and elsewhere, it looks like the Squeezebox has a great
following. I'm looking to stream FLAC audio files from a NAS server or
my computer and play them on my home stereo. I will use my pre amp to
Pat Farrell;155327 Wrote:
Zero, No CDs use 48kHz. The RedBook standard specifies 44.1 kHz. If it
isn't 44.1, it is not allowed to use the CD logo.
Precisely, but I could have been clearer on the irony...
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currently playing artist / album.
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Transporter - Squeezebox 3 - Serener
So that IS the Squeezebox 3, yes? The order page doesn't have the
version number on it.
- Tim
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Before I found out about Slim etc, I was looking at an M1001.
I mailed customer support which went like this :
Me so its wifi b then ?
Them no, its wifi g compatable
Me but its really b isn't it ?
Them its g compatable, that's better than g
At which point I gave up and looked at their faq,
tbessie wrote:
So that IS the Squeezebox 3, yes? The order page doesn't have the
version number on it.
SlimDevices doesn't sell SqueezeBox 2 any more. If it is mostly
rectangular, thin, with a silver bottom and a dark display, like the one
on the main SlimDevices page, it is a SB 3.
The ROKU, in a piece of completely stupid craziness, doesn't support MP2
streams or files. Although not a big deal if you're only playing ripped
CDs, this is a very big issue if streaming DVB or DAB broadcast radio
channels, which are mostly 48kHz MP2. To my knowledge the Squeezebox is
the only
Can't comment on the other devices you mention but the SB3 will
certainly do what you've asked for. As for user friendliness - don't
take anyone word for it, try it out! Download slimserver and install
the Softsqueeze emulator that comes with it - this will give you a very
good idea of what its
Troubleshooting Step #1:
Without changing anything else in either system (leave all the cables,
Entech power supplies, everything, where they are), simply swap your
two Entech DACs and see if the problem stays with the system or with
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I bought several Roku M2000s and currently own a pair of Transporters.
The biggest difference for me I could never get the Rokus running.
B/t losless issues and server issues I gave up out of frustration. The
SB3 and Transporters have been virtually plug-n-play for me, which made
all the
Hi, just my 2cents
The SB3 is a very user friendly device,
easy to set up and a joy to use.
I ran Slimserver and SoftSqueeze for a week or two
to try it out and was impressed.
(though I would read forums about ver of software to use)
Nice open software with a great support community.
Can be
Just posted the following email to Slim support, but wonder if someone
here can help...
I pre-ordered a Transporter from Ripcaster in the UK which was finally
delivered on 02/11. Worked great for a week. Then on 09/11 I went away
on vacation leaving it in standby showing the clock
My understanding is that Salling Clicker no longer worked with SS6.5,
but that there were discussions in the works to put in a fix for that
(at least to give time to Salling to integrate new code).
Can anyone confirm whether Salling Clicker will work on a Treo650 with
the latest nightly of SS as
tbessie;155340 Wrote:
So that IS the Squeezebox 3, yes? The order page doesn't have the
version number on it.
Yes all current product is the Squeezebox 3.
It's really only the community here that call it that. Slim Devices
refer to the product, again, as the Squeezebox. You will even
I'm trying to tune into an mp3 stream at
http://kglxlive.webster.edu/kglx.mp3, and while iTunes can stream the
audio just fine, my SB3 and Transporter fail.
In my SlimServer logs, I see:
2006-11-16 20:42:55.4187 processing headers for direct streaming:
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: audio/x-mpeg
I've looked around and searched the forums, but have not found anything
on this topic yet other than a post from 2005 that had no follow ups.
There must be some way to set up a laptop which people can easily
browse the library and click on songs to add to the playlist without
giving them access
I've done some searches here, but can't come up with anything. I want
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There is some info on the WIKI on that topic:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ConnectingRemotely
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Hi,
Is there any way to play the Natural Sounds while connected to my
slimserver (instead of squeezenetwork)?
Thanks,
grimholtz
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Has anyone noticed that two of the three Roku streaming products are No
longer in production ??
The M2000 and M500 are EOL.
I don't think the future is very bright for Roku's consumer devices.
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'mira -
MelonMonkey wrote:
Has anyone noticed that two of the three Roku streaming products are No
longer in production ??
The M2000 and M500 are EOL.
I don't think the future is very bright for Roku's consumer devices.
I'm not one to defend Roku, but consumer products change or die.
Cite: Apple
ob_kook;155384 Wrote:
I've looked around and searched the forums, but have not found anything
on this topic yet other than a post from 2005 that had no follow ups.
There must be some way to set up a laptop which people can easily
browse the library and click on songs to add to the playlist
not at this time.
-kdf
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Kyle;155311 Wrote:
Don't forget the pony. Or did Logitech kill that idea?
I hope Logitech isn't a one trick pony show. :)
From the beginning the Slim Devices focus on high quality audio, and
their responsiveness to forum posters have shown their commitment to
their products.
I looked at ROKU
I think the poster is probably looking for something a bit further than
the nosetup plugin--for example, disabling next and prev track is
critical to a party mode skin, to keep people from messing with the
current vibe. In fact, if the party thrower would keep the physical
remote in his/her
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