Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread y360
Not quiet the same thing, but there is a new portable player on the market that has a wifi enabled Rhapsody client embedded into it. http://www.amazon.com/ibiza-Rhapsody-H1A030BK-Wi-Fi-Player/dp/B000XRQ2Q6/ -- y360

[slim] scanner.pl handling multple tags

2007-11-17 Thread sand
When I resan with scanner.pl (./scanner.pl --wipe --progress --d_scan --d_parse /ext/Qmultimedia/music) the multiple tags separator is not handled, is I get gengre one tag Pop;Rock instead of two tags Pop and Rock. Then, when I rescan from the web-interface, it fixes itself! It's happened twice

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread kdf
On 17-Nov-07, at 1:52 AM, Peter wrote: The Jive platform has an audio out feature. If it would duplicate the iPod's connector(s) it could probably fit in the myriad iPod cradles... yeah, and Logitech would spend every day in court thereafter. don't be stupid. Its predatory out there. I

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread Peter
SuperQ wrote: I have an SB3 as a bedroom music system/alarm clock. I use a T-Amp and a pair of nice paradigm monitors mounted on the wall out of the way. I think it's much cleaner and sounds better to have the speakers elsewhere in the room. Perfect stereo imaging when I'm on the bed

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread Peter
kdf wrote: On 17-Nov-07, at 1:52 AM, Peter wrote: The Jive platform has an audio out feature. If it would duplicate the iPod's connector(s) it could probably fit in the myriad iPod cradles... yeah, and Logitech would spend every day in court thereafter. don't be stupid. Its

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread sd2100
I totally forgot the usual suspects. Ipod and Tivoli Audio. Greate products (I believe they are market leaders in theire business area) and the products they sell all comes in a greate variety of colours. But, if SD wants to loose the battle, there isn't really much to do. Sad but true. --

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread utowana
My wife looked at the first SB...a kludgey black and silver model My kludgey reference was a lame attempt at mild sarcasm. I also prefer the silver/black over the all black. The white was, well for other households. Back to the music. RadioIO Jazz is on right now...glad to have em back.

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread erland
Peter;243353 Wrote: Does Apple have wirelessly networked audio players? AirPort Express with AirTunes, although I'm not sure how it compares with SlimServer. I also believe iPod Touch and iPhone have some streaming abilities, I'm not sure if they can stream from iTunes without some hacking

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread bpa
I think Apple TV can also stream audio. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40316

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread bpa
Squeezebox in different colours - so 2005 http://web.archive.org/web/20050127014514/http://www.slimdevices.com/ -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread j . wales
Sean I have hooked up the Lavry to a CD player, and there are a couple of notes. One- and most puzzling to me is that the Crystal Lock on the DA 10 is on 88.2-I was under the impression that all CDs output at 44.1 unless HD - I did not think the CD player was upsampling - It is a $125 Panasonic

Re: [slim] Mac Mini - going to sleep

2007-11-17 Thread unclepuncle
Thanks for the info. I have gone into the settings and told the Mac Mini never to go into sleep mode. However I still can't seem to keep it 'awake' 24/7. As a test I had the SB3 playing a random mix on reapeat before I went to work, but when I came back from work about 9 hours later, the SB3

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread mephisto
Hi 'j' I've been using a Lavry DA10 with my SB3 for over 18 months with no problems whatsoever, so I don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong with the combination. Are you sure the Lavry is losing lock? If it is you would see the lock light go out during the pauses. If the lock light

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread Peter
erland wrote: Peter;243353 Wrote: Does Apple have wirelessly networked audio players? AirPort Express with AirTunes, although I'm not sure how it compares with SlimServer. I have an express lying around, I guess it could do. I also believe iPod Touch and iPhone have some

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread slwiser
I have had my Lavry DA10 since Apr 06 and have a few drop out problems but changing sources and cables fix all those. Now that microwave door when it shuts hard just kicks up some big time AC issues for me. -- slwiser

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread j . wales
Keith I don't think there is anything intrinsically wrong with the set up - I actually put the combination together based partially on what I read on these forums - I know there are many happy listeners out there with the DA 10/SB3 combo - which is why I am asking about environmental factors -

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread iPhone
sd2100;243360 Wrote: I totally forgot the usual suspects. Ipod and Tivoli Audio. Greate products (I believe they are market leaders in theire business area) and the products they sell all comes in a greate variety of colours. But, if SD wants to loose the battle, there isn't really much to

Re: [slim] Left and right channel reversal

2007-11-17 Thread Acme
peejay;24 Wrote: Replace the drive? About a replacement, do you think that I should add a basic cd-rom player (and keep the other player for DVD stuff and writing) ? Is there an advantage to go with a basic cd-rom player (I use EAC) ? -- Acme

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread totoro
j.wales;243392 Wrote: Keith I don't think there is anything intrinsically wrong with the set up - I actually put the combination together based partially on what I read on these forums - I know there are many happy listeners out there with the DA 10/SB3 combo - which is why I am asking

Re: [slim] Lavry DA 10 Crystal Lock

2007-11-17 Thread slwiser
When I say changing sources I mean different computer delivery methods. Old computer with USB challenges vs. new computer. Others have noted cables have made a difference in the Lavry forums. -- slwiser slwiser's

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread morris_minor
I think one of Logitech's problems is going to be educating the workforce of the stores that'll sell the SB to give proper advice and support to those attracted by the proposition but lacking the technical knowledge in computing terms to get it running. The Transporter's fine, since proper hi-fi

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread Gibbo
When I was looking into getting a wireless music player, and then hence decided on a SB I went around a lot of stereo etc stores trying to find someone that had a demo model etc of something anything. The problem was as said above, no-one would really be able to set it up, they don't have

Re: [slim] Problems syncing squeezeslave

2007-11-17 Thread Dominique
TheNabil;242854 Wrote: I can't figure out how to configure squeezeslave or softsqueeze to use sepcific output channels. Hi, I can answer the part about squeezeslave (sorry, I don't use softsqueeze). When you start squeezeslave at the command prompt, it enumerates all the devices it

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread tyler_durden
What is a life-style product? It conjures up visions of desperate consumers combing gadget magazines and Sharper-Image catalogs to find the latest over-priced junk that they must have in order to meet some advertising executive's definition of a complete life. Yuck. It sounds so slimy I want

Re: [slim] Future - no future!?

2007-11-17 Thread morris_minor
tyler_durden;243410 Wrote: What is a life-style product? It conjures up visions of desperate consumers combing gadget magazines and Sharper-Image catalogs to find the latest over-priced junk that they must have in order to meet some advertising executive's definition of a complete life.

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread Peter
interspectrum wrote: The whole point is to have a simple, fairly inexpensive, single unit that can be moved around and plugged in anywhere around the home. I do understand that some sacrifice in sound quality will have to be made in order to make it affordable and small enough to be portable.

[slim] IE Memory Leak

2007-11-17 Thread Squid
Last night I started SlimServer on my laptop and went to bed. This morning, I saw the machine was giving me a warning that it had run out of swap space. Effectively, the memory usage was already way over 1G. When I closed the IE that was automatically opened when starting SS, the memory usage

Re: [slim] Mac Mini - going to sleep

2007-11-17 Thread USAudio
unclepuncle;243379 Wrote: Thanks for the info. I have gone into the settings and told the Mac Mini never to go into sleep mode. However I still can't seem to keep it 'awake' 24/7. I also use an Mac mini as my dedicated music server and the Preferences Energy Saver Never sleep option works

Re: [slim] Portable squeezebox with built in speakers?

2007-11-17 Thread bephillips
http://www.olsontribe.com/slimp3/ -- bephillips More than 35611 songs on 2849 albums by 2050 artists. Mostly flac, some mp3. SlimServer Version: 6.5.3 - 12361 Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R218) - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.6 darwin-thread-multi-2level MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard On a 1.2GHz G4

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread bephillips
What I'd like to see (I haven't yet checked out SC7) is simply the ability to view other files in the folders when browsing the Music Folder in the browser UI. (Just as the browser might handle these types of files usally.) Then if I scanned the CD inserts as pdfs, I could view them in the

[slim] Power on SB3 and my DAB radio stops working

2007-11-17 Thread Robin
I have a new hi-fi system for the bedroom with an aux input that I intend to connect to my SB3. However, when I plug the power lead into the SB3 the DAB radio stops working. Is the SB's wireless signal conflicting with the DAB signals? If I move the SB3 away the DAB broadcast returns - but

Re: [slim] Artist browsing missing

2007-11-17 Thread extenso
I am using iTunes for Mac OS X 10.5.x. My files are mostly Apple Lossless, and some AAC. Everything has worked great before. The other night, Artists disappeared. I have rescanned the library a couple of times, to no avail. -- extenso

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread bephillips
Inspired by the success of my efforts to do away with CDs in my life, I want to move on to digitizing (or discarding)as much of my paper docs as I can, and this would include CD liner notes. I also do some crude OCR so that the docs are searcheable. I'm trying to develop a fairly automated

[slim] radioio doesn't work

2007-11-17 Thread winddummy
When I pick any of the radioio stations, they play for a minute and then stop. Pushing play starts them again, but they never play longer than a minute w/o stopping. Everything else works fine and neither the player nor the server logs any errors. Shoutcast radio works fine. My setup: SB3

[slim] zune support

2007-11-17 Thread needausername
anyone know of a plugin that allows you to change the a) sub menus b) edit the favorites from slim server and c) (most importantly) - provide zunesupport if im using a zune pass or runnign with zune drm'd music. -- needausername

Re: [slim] Leopard: Problem: Can`t open file for

2007-11-17 Thread villarana
Sorry... Use the Finder, start clicking at your name, then Library, and then Logs. Slimser.log should be here. Double click to view. -- villarana villarana's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13799

Re: [slim] Is it posible to use RoboCopy to mirror a whole hard drive ?

2007-11-17 Thread Deaf Cat
ron thigpen;243172 Wrote: fred7 wrote: Just a helpful reminder to be very careful using the /mir option because it will delete files not in the source. Doing this backwards can have devastating results. I'll reiterate this warning and make a suggestion. My approach to mirroring

Re: [slim] Mac Mini - going to sleep

2007-11-17 Thread Eric Seaberg
MelonMonkey;242967 Wrote: I just keep my Mac mini set to turn itself off sometime after midnight and back on at 9am. It's set not to sleep while it's on. I'd venture to say that it's better for the power supply and hard-drive just to leave them on, as opposed to shutting down and restarting

[slim] Volunteers Needed with Leopard and iTunes-Plus

2007-11-17 Thread villarana
After installing Leopard, I can't play iTunesPlus (unprotected AAC) tracks. Problems occurs if I log out (or I am not logged on). Slimdevices support can't try this test as yet and told me they are too busy to pursue the matter.. Can somebody please try this combo??? Seems like serious problem

Re: [slim] Volunteers Needed with Leopard and iTunes-Plus

2007-11-17 Thread Eric Seaberg
Have you repaired permissions? Can you verify permissions on your music folder? Where is it located and what are you using as a server? -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile:

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread JSharp
If the SB software permitted the use of other cataloging software, you could store all kinds of custom information in such other software. You could add your own notes about the music, the musicians, etc. I do very much like the look of the SlimServer software. John -- JSharp

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread MrC
JSharp;243482 Wrote: If the SB software permitted the use of other cataloging software, you could store all kinds of custom information in such other software... John It does - I use J River's Media Center to manage all sorts of information. The two coexist just fine. Those little white

[slim] Confused ont he Squeeze Center Setting for Clock Source

2007-11-17 Thread chesebert
Ok I get the following list of clock source for Transporter Under SETUP_CLOCKSOURCEDESC (Transporter Audio)I have: Internal Clock; Word Clock Input; Balanced AES; BNC Coax; RCA Coax; Optical Toslink; so which one should I pick if I am using Transporter as dac with CDP output Coaxial? (Is this

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread MrC
One of the slim users has created a controller plugin or app that will allow you to control your squeezeboxes via JRMC. I don't use that be several people have. You should be able to find the links here in the plugins area. You can share your favorites lists - creating them in one app, using

Re: [slim] Problem with Squeezebox and digital outputs.. .they never turn off!

2007-11-17 Thread fjhuerta
seanadams;243207 Wrote: Not at the moment Thanks for the answer! I'd surely love it if future firmware revisions could have this function. I'm sure I'm not the only one trying to simplify my system. -- fjhuerta

Re: [slim] What to do with CD booklets

2007-11-17 Thread JSharp
Very nice. I wish there were such plugins for other software. I'll look some more at JRMC. -- JSharp JSharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13675 View this thread:

Re: [slim] zune support

2007-11-17 Thread snarlydwarf
Nothing supports Zune DRM except Microsoft products (supposedly the Xbox360 as well as their Windows Zune Software). That is NOT to say that Microsoft Products support Zune Windows Media Player, for example, does not. Microsoft has not licensed Zune DRM to anyone external, and keeps it very

Re: [slim] zune support

2007-11-17 Thread aubuti
As for questions (a) and (b), you don't need plugins, they're already in the standard slimserver. For question (a), you can re-arrange the menus in the slimserver setup menus. The menus can be player-specific, so if you look under the player settings there is a page for changing the menus. Your