Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze

All suggestions gratefully received -- rbryant rbryant's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43668 __

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

Sorry to be thick, but RC=? -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43658 _

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

MadScientist;271497 Wrote: > Sorry to be thick, but RC=? Usually = Release Canidate, i.e. beyond beta and almost, but not quite, the final official version. But then again it might become the official version if nobody manages to break it in a couple of days. davep -- davep -

Re: [slim] Moderating the forums

iPhone;271451 Wrote: > Has anyone suggested that the WIKI be revisited/add to/improved by > looking at the most asked questions on the Forum and revising or > editing the WIKI to cover more of what gets asks repeatedly? > Well, that was the inspiration behind the Beginners Guide in the Wiki in

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

I see from the ripcaster.co.uk website that the date has changed from 21st Feb to March..unhappy -- Muckle_Eck Muckle_Eck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14293 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

Why dont you download Slim Server (or the beta of the next version called Squeeze Center) and have a play. There is an player emulator that comes included called SoftSqueeze. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER & LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (L

Re: [slim] Which Wireless Router to Use?

I just bought a Linksys WRT54GL last saturday. Easy to set up (and I am not that good at computers) and it works fine. -- marlowe marlowe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12398 View this thread: h

Re: [slim] Multiple artwork for one album - possible??

JJZolx wrote: > It was a good question. > > How do you so painstakingly test software for months and months on end > and not bother to look at the documentation? Or does everyone just > naturally accept that good documentation is a distant, secondary > concern and that corrections will come whene

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

Thanks Davep I notice Advanced MP3 are also quoting a March (12th) release - probaably guesswork MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5827 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

liffy99;271487 Wrote: > 1) In what order does Slimserver play music files ? > > Just to add to Michael's answer - if you are accessing your music by Browse Music Folder then Slimserver will ignore the tags and play the files in alphabetical order. If you intend to use this method and want the

Re: [slim] Speaker vibrations bad for Squeezebox?

Thank's for your suggestions! I've tried something similar, with larger speakers. I've tested the ae5's some more and since I cant feel any vibrations when I put my hand on top of the speaker, I guess there's no issue.. -- sand Two Squeezebox 3 QNAP TS-109 Seagate ES 500GB SlimServer Version:

[slim] Can the Audioengine be used to power the Squeezebox?

It looks like there is a power outlet on the back side of my Audioengine 5 speaker.. I think it's some Apple thing, but I wonder what it is, and if it can be used to power the Squeezebox? -- sand Two Squeezebox 3 QNAP TS-109 Seagate ES 500GB SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - ut

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

liffy99;271485 Wrote: > 2) How do I set the SB3 display to show the name of the track currently > playing ? > Whenever I press the next track button on the remote, the track changes > just fine, and its name seems to be momentarily displayed on the SB3. > But then the display reverts back to the

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

Got March 12th as the stock date over her in Switzerland too. -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43658 ___

[slim] Too much bass:(

Hi, I have SB3. Unfortunately the amp i run it through has no tone controls. The end result is overall too bassy for my tastes. Is there any way to change the tone control in the server software? There appears to be some kind of equaliser showing when it plays. Is this just for decoration or can i

Re: [slim] Too much bass:(

Try the Inguz plugin. Although at first sight it appears to deal with a lot of complicated room-correction functionality, you can ignore that and use it for tone control. -- Skittler Dave. SB3 --> Beresford TC-7510 --> Cyrus 8vs --> PMC FB1 ---

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

4mula1;271528 Wrote: > If you want to see what's playing and have the track titles change > accordingly, hit the "Now Playing" button on the remote when you are > done browsing to see the current track. Or rather than having to press the now playing button every time set the "Screensaver To Use

Re: [slim] Can the Audioengine be used to power the Squeezebox?

Wow, that's great! Is the speaker getting any hotter when doing this? -- sand Two Squeezebox 3 QNAP TS-109 Seagate ES 500GB SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.1.4 Perl Version: 5.8.8 arm-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.41 ---

Re: [slim] Can the Audioengine be used to power the Squeezebox?

Yes you can, right now I have my SB Receiver plugged into it. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43720 __

Re: [slim] Too much bass:(

Any way to move the speakers around? getting them further from the corners of the room? This will probably have a significant impact on room gain and hence the bass regards Harald N -- haraldo Suse Linux / SC7 -> SB3 -> Benchmark DAC1 -> Krell KAV400xi -> Meadowlark Kestrel2 / Duntech PC

Re: [slim] Multiple artwork for one album - possible??

bulletmark;271394 Wrote: > And really, am I the one who should be reviewing this? Is this > representative of QA there at Logitech corporation? To answer your question - Yes. We all should. Just remember one thing this is NOT the final release. The great hard working people at Slim Devices have

Re: [slim] mapping favorites to remote

It's probably because you only have two favorites. Favorites 3-9 will be available as you start to populate your list. -- vinnielo *Come and try:* RadioFeeds UK & Ireland for your Squeezebox! *http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/squeeze*

Re: [slim] Remote Control Feature Request

orrinc;271477 Wrote: > There used to be a plug-in that would allow selection of up to 9 (?) > playlists by pressing a number key on the remote. I believe that you > would create a number of playlists and give each a number as a title > (1.m3u; 2.m3u; etc.). > > Then you could play any one by

[slim] A Round Of Applause

I would just like to give a round of applause to the Slim Devices Crew for doing such a great job. They have taken a lot of criticism and held their tongue(in most cases) and actually listened to us, the user, and we need to show how much we appreciate it. +

Re: [slim] Can the Audioengine be used to power the Squeezebox?

I haven't noticed any extra heat. And I don't think it should get any hotter because the outlet is nothing more than a branch-off from the main power cable before the power supply. This also means that you always have power at the outlet even if the speakers are turned off. -s. -- slimpy -

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

ceejay;271522 Wrote: > Just to add to Michael's answer - if you are accessing your music by > Browse Music Folder then Slimserver will ignore the tags and play the > files in alphabetical order. If you intend to use this method and want > the files played in track order, you should add the track

[slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

Thought folks might be interested here. Not to say that this guys experience is common, he seems to have rejected the Slim solution only because commercial services to convert CDs are too expensive. For those without 2500 CD collections to digitize, though, this article might sell a Squeezebox o

Re: [slim] Any plans on Jive desktop application?

jason3fc;271374 Wrote: > I like the prospect of Squeezeplay acting as another controller, in > basically the direct opposite of what the last poster said, I'd be > interested in squeezeplay I could run on the PC hooked up to my TV and > have it act as another SQueezeBox I could sync and control n

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

It's funny that he identified both a problem, and found a set of solutions. Then he discounted the solutions because he couldn't be bothered implementing them. His loss... -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://in

Re: [slim] Too much bass:(

If your speakers have bass ports, try plugging them with a foam material. Just did this myself yesterday with great results, using the foam plugs supplied with my Dynaudio speakers. Its an alternative to moving them away from room boundaries. Gives me more control over the bass with the sub, to

Re: [slim] Any plans on Jive desktop application?

schatzy;271376 Wrote: > I think SqeezePlay could be very useful as a application for touch > screen use. Just have a small 10" - 12" touch screen on the wall and > use that as a control for a duet or squeezebox. From the pictures in > the Wiki it looks like it would be very easy to use. Had some

[slim] Windows XP System Tray Icons Disappearing

Am I imagining things, or did installing Slimserver cause most of my system tray icons to disappear? Can there be any connection? Or is this a Yesterday it worked. Today it doesn't. Windows is like that... problem? -- MrJB

Re: [slim] Windows XP System Tray Icons Disappearing

> Am I imagining things, or did installing Slimserver cause most of my > system tray icons to disappear? Can there be any connection? This happens if Explorer is crashing and restarting. This shouldn't be caused by SC. After logging off/on you should see them again. -- Michael ___

Re: [slim] Windows XP System Tray Icons Disappearing

Beautiful. How could it be that easy? No more lost sleep or heavy drinking over my system tray icons. Thanks very much for the tip, Michael. Regards. -- MrJB MrJB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

Does Slimdevices no longer rip CDs? Thet would of been his solution.. -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43724 ___

Re: [slim] Any plans on Jive desktop application?

signor_rossi;271579 Wrote: > But for "wall" you wouldn't just need a display, you would need a > computer too (be it a panel PC or a display with a Thin client), and > such setups would be quite expensive. :( > Already have the computer and wiring done to support a monitor in the wall so just

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

what scares me most about reviews like these and single box solutions is the lack of backup and the cost (time and/or $) to re-rip CDs. I completely get the "I want one transaction to cover equipment and ripping" mentality, but he doesn't have a backup solution, nor the current ability to add add

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

twylie wrote: > what scares me most about reviews like these and single box solutions is > the lack of backup and the cost (time and/or $) to re-rip CDs. I > completely get the "I want one transaction to cover equipment and > ripping" mentality, but he doesn't have a backup solution, nor the > cur

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

Didn't anyone notice that first he looked at $300 SB3 plus $2500 for a service to rip all his CDs, and decided $2500 to rip his discs was too expensive, then he finally settles on a $5000 solution? This guy must be a product of public education in the US. Or did the $4000 box maker have some i

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

liffy99;271487 Wrote: > 4) Replay Gain - big losses ? > I've tried setting replay gain using EAC and Foobar and adjustments are > being shown as quite large. For example one album has had all its tracks > reduced by over 7db. Oh, this is nothing, I have quite a few albums over 10 dB and the most

Re: [slim] Moderating the forums

ceejay;271505 Wrote: > ... I hang out in the Beginners forum and if a question comes up more > than once then I try to put the answer in the wiki somewhere > > Ceejay Cool Beans. Thanks CeeJay and all the others that keep the WIKI current. The WIKI would not be the wonderful resource it has

Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor

Hopefully I can cut and paste the internal photo. No one could/should argue that 90% of the internal volume is wasted space. With the new Controller you could make this headless like the Duet, half the size (orient in the other direction) and it would be awesome. +-

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

jfalk;271558 Wrote: > Not to say that this guys experience is common, he seems to have > rejected the Slim solution only because commercial services to convert > CDs are too expensive. This "problem" will eventually work itself out. In the future, CD will not be the delivery vehicle. IMHO the i

Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor

Suprlite7;271627 Wrote: > argue that 90% of the internal volume is wasted space. Looks more like just under 50%. . -- haunyack Transporter -> B&K 200.2 -> Vandersteen 3A Signature C.G. Conn New York Wonder - circa 1898. ---

Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor

Hi, what exactly does the linked photography show? Which components are added? I can not see the photo. ;) Br Jeronimo -- jaysung jaysung's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12375 View this thread: h

Re: [slim] Moderating the forums

iPhone;271633 Wrote: > ...I believe there has yet to be a post from a real SD user that was > deleted ... I've had a few deleted (deservedly so) and have also deleted a few of my less that stellar (offensive) posts myself. I've learned (learning) to allow myself a "cooling off" period whenever I

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

tyler_durden;271622 Wrote: > Didn't anyone notice that first he looked at $300 SB3 plus $2500 for a > service to rip all his CDs, and decided $2500 to rip his discs was too > expensive, then he finally settles on a $5000 solution? > > This guy must be a product of public education in the US.

[slim] Buying a slim device

Hi, I'm new to the forum and first would like to thank all who have posted. This has made my decesion on getting a slim box easy and I feel compfortable with the set up process. I wanted to get input on the best place to buy one. I see on crutchfield they are around $30 cheaper opposed to if yo

Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor

Suprlite7;271338 Wrote: > The SB3 if double it's depth could have the same capability as the TP > I'm guessing. You could add a larger screen to boot and still have a > small form factor. I don't see a necessity for maintaining an old > standard. Computers used to come in the same size box but

Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor

jaysung;271637 Wrote: > Hi, > what exactly does the linked photography show? Which components are > added? I can not see the photo. ;) > Br Jeronimo Hello, Use that link again, then scroll down until you see photos. What you will see is a picture of a ModWright Transporter with the top cover of

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

tamanaco;271114 Wrote: > Frank, all the tracks in my Various Artists albums list the mame of the > artist before the track. e.g. Track#. - ArtistName - TrackName (Time). > Can this order be reversed? > > Thanks... Sure. No problem. But, same as the 0 prefix for track numbers, this is a user sp

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

I spent about 18 months ripping each of my 5,300 CDs into FLAC format and I never really thought of it as much of a chore. I guess I saw it as a fun way to re-visit my CD collection one last time before I went all digital. Even if you made a goal of ripping 10 CDs per day (which would take aroun

Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze

I haven't used softsqueeze in ages, but according the the FAQ at http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/faq.html there's an "Audio Mixer" setting on the prefs page. The other thing you can check (which might fix it) is in windows control panel - make sure the UD10 is set as the default output device.

Re: [slim] Buying a slim device

Perhaps the only drawback in buying from Crutchfield is the endless stream of catalogues you will recieve in the post. Seriously though, Crutchfield is a no-risk catalogue store that is very consumer friendly. . -- haunyack Transporter -> B&K 200.2 -> Vandersteen 3A Signature C.G. Conn New Y

Re: [slim] Buying a slim device

radish wrote: > Crutchfield is the cheapest I can see right now, I wouldn't have any > concerns buying from them. I have bought a lot of stuff (not a SqueezeBox) from them over the past 20+ years. Their tech support staff are very good. I recommend them. You will get catalogs for decades after e

Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze

Thanks, but cannot find it - have flicked through everything on the Softsqueeze menu and on player settings on slimserver - any suggestions where to look? -- rbryant rbryant's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] Buying a slim device

Crutchfield is the cheapest I can see right now, I wouldn't have any concerns buying from them. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

blakeh;271655 Wrote: > P.S. There is absolutely *NO WAY* I would ever send my discs to another > company to rip. I'm in total agreement. Can you imagine the junior, underpaid, under-geek finding a vintage release or two and deciding that he needs a copy, then while pilfering a copy for himself,

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

haunyack wrote: > blakeh;271655 Wrote: > >> P.S. There is absolutely *NO WAY* I would ever send my discs to another >> company to rip. >> > > I'm in total agreement. > Can you imagine the junior, underpaid, under-geek finding a vintage > release or two and deciding that he needs a copy, th

Re: [slim] Too much bass:(

salama;271532 Wrote: > There appears to be some kind of equaliser showing when it plays. Is > this just for decoration or can it be accessed and adjusted? This is a spectrum analyzer, and it's provided for information/looks only. Just to emphasize what others have said - speaker placement is ev

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

I am with Blake. The ripping is not that much of a chore, can be fun in certain ways, and has a huge upside upon completion. I, too, would never let a service do it for me. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] Remote Control Feature Request

davep;271367 Wrote: > Err.. that's exactly what the current remote does - press and hold the > number key to play your favourite directly with no scrolling, etc. > Even works if the SB is off. > > I'm not sure if a programmable remote would mimic the exact same way of > dealing with a press-and

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

twylie;271642 Wrote: > I did notice the $2k price disparity, but he would have still needed a > PC or NAS and then had to load his music, install server software, etc. Yes, but then he admits that Olive doesn't network, so he would need to duplicate his effort for each room "Real Soon Now"

Re: [slim] Running AAC Plus with SC7

bpa;251955 Wrote: > I haven't tested this with Windows but it works with SC7 on Linux. > This method only works in SC7. > > Essentially in SC7 - if there are "custom" files in a directory in the > Plugins folder - they will be read. This avoids having to edit the > AlienBBC "custom" file. > >

Re: [slim] Buying a slim device

http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_pandora.html Normally $299 Get yours for $269 now! Use the promo code "merrysb3" FREE ground shipping. 30-day satisfaction guarantee. -- coldslabs coldslabs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] I've lost some of my players!

The firmware update was defaulting to a different computer that I used to use for Slimserver. Once I realized that and corrected my error, I was up and running. User error (as usual for me!) Cheers Graeme -- GraemeHarrison --

Re: [slim] Running AAC Plus with SC7

OSX installation needs some special tweaks to find "mplayer". To overcome this and avoid the need to modify conf files - I have put together a AACplus "plugin" - although it is not really a plugin but using the plugin layout enables separate conf files and a Bin directory for AACplus. The Bin di

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

iIn my experience so far, Blake's ripping time of 2-3 minutes per disc is way to low. I average closer to 20 minutes and my discs are in pristine condition. -- rydenfan rydenfan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

Well, it would be nice to see the manual for the Duet posted - while it's in route ... :) -- MBSqueeze MBSqueeze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15571 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze

hmm - tried eveything I can think off including downloading the java mp3 plugin, cannot find a preferences menu or audio mixer anywhere. -- rbryant rbryant's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12753 V

Re: [slim] Continuous play?

paro;271428 Wrote: > thanks for all your comments - very helpful - where can I purchase and > download classical music in a lossless format? Linn Records (www.linnrecords.co.uk) have a limited range of classical music as well as Jazz and Scottish for sale online and they include FLAC lossless as

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

rydenfan: About half my collection are CD singles, so for me an average of 3-5 minutes sounds about right. But you're right as well; if you had full length, 80-minute discs it would take you a while longer. I also haven't used Slimserver to rip my discs -- I used DBPowerAMP (with Accuraterip) wh

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

mvalera;271065 Wrote: > Neither of them has ANY idea. > > We have a RC of SqueezeCenter 7 as of today, but news elsewhere (not on > the hardware side) has murkied the waters. I'll let you know more when > things clear up a bit. > > Mike Mike, Both of these companies are your suppliers of your

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:44 PM, MuckleEck < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike, > > Both of these companies are your suppliers of your equipment. > > If they have no idea then that is Logitechs fault for not keeping their > suppliers informed. If suppliers are making up dates then they are idio

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

blakeh;271655 Wrote: > I spent about 18 months ripping each of my 5,300 CDs into FLAC format > and I never really thought of it as much of a chore. I guess I saw it > as a fun way to re-visit my CD collection one last time before I went > all digital. Even if you made a goal of ripping 10 CDs p

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

Alasdair, Give the guy a break. I'm don't know what was said to cause offence, but Mike obviously re-thought his reply and edited it. Since it was intended to be humourous, perhaps the first rev didn't accurately convey his intended meaning. So go with the revised version and lighten up. Life's

[slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim

I have a slimbox at home, and I run a server in my office. Oddly, I found that my playback would get interrupted and apparently random other tracks would start playing, then another, then another… I'd try reasserting control via the browser interface, but it'd start all over again very soon. I the

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

Peter;271683 Wrote: > > As a business it's not a bad thing. You just store everything you ever > > ripped on a big RAID system and the next time someone comes and gives > you Hotel California you just hand 'm the pre-ripped copy. Money easy > > made. The more customers you get the less you d

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

Also I think that was the precedent used against MP3.com - if you remember, they let you have access to the contents of a CD by proving you physically had it via a serial number read from the disc. Today, music locker services have to store separate copies of everyone's tunes, uploaded from the c

Re: [slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim

Interesting... we have a robots.txt which should stop (well behaved) crawlers. I'd be surprised if google.com weren't obeying it. Make sure it comes up on your server at /robots.txt -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http:

Re: [slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim

You should update your Slimserver, they added a robots.txt in the latest stable version. That will solve the googlebot problem. :) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

blakeh;271655 Wrote: > I spent about 18 months ripping each of my 5,300 CDs into FLAC format > and I never really thought of it as much of a chore. Just out of interest, what type/size hard drive do you use to store 5300 CDs in FLAC? What backup do you do? How many individual songs/tracks do

Re: [slim] Google bot making a mess of my Slim

Would you mind posting the slimserver's access logs so we can see what IP the googlebot traffic is coming from? Sean: Yes, GoogleBot will respect the robots.txt, the one in my SC7 looks fine. You can verify it using the webmaster tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools -- SuperQ -

Re: [slim] Volume changes in large steps

Thanks. I think BPA has got it. I am running the server on an ARM-based NAS (Linkstation). I'll try out the fix suggested in that thread and see if that fixes things. To be honest it never would have occurred to me to suspect that the volume on the squeezebox would have any connection to the serv

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

Frank: this script is great! It takes a while, but you only need to update it when you have a new album :) One tip for the Vista users: if you are like me and want everything that runs/executes in the Program Files or Program Files (x86) directory: don't... the script creates a folder, and it do

Re: [slim] Multiple artwork for one album - possible??

schatzy;271545 Wrote: > To answer your question - Yes. We all should. > Schatzy, thanks for your comments. If you look at the history of my posts in this thread you will find that I was actually annoyed that I wrote a script to set up all my artwork files optimally for SC7 based on the inbuilt t

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

haunyack;271678 Wrote: > I'm in total agreement. > Can you imagine the junior, underpaid, under-geek finding a vintage > release or two and deciding that he needs a copy, then while pilfering > a copy for himself, drops the original on the floor? > Then decides that he should clean it up a bit an

Re: [slim] Too much bass:(

MrJB;271575 Wrote: > If your speakers have bass ports, try plugging them with a foam > material. Just did this myself yesterday with great results, using the > foam plugs supplied with my Dynaudio speakers. Its an alternative to > moving them away from room boundaries. Gives me more control ov

Re: [slim] Buying a slim device

coldslabs;271689 Wrote: > http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_pandora.html > > Normally $299 > Get yours for $269 now! > Use the promo code "merrysb3" > FREE ground shipping. > 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Sorry, that promo code won't work anymore. That was a holiday promotion for this Christmas

[slim] how to skip/bypass songs

Hi, I have had my Squeezebox for several years, and am now finally getting around to organizing my music. Before my Squeezebox, I used iTunes, and was able to uncheck songs that I didn't want to play. Is there any such feature on the Squeezebox where I can designate songs in my music folder tha

Re: [slim] how to skip/bypass songs

I hate to sound totally ignorant, but how do I get to the plugin section? I have slimserver 6.5.4. Is this a 3rd party plugin? I saw 3rd party plugins somewhere but can't seem to find it now... thank you!! -- lorirobn lo

Re: [slim] how to skip/bypass songs

you might want to check out CustomSkip, you can find it in the plugin section. cheers Matt -- matthijskoopmans LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/matthijskoopmans/ matthijskoop

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

I am in a similar situation with a couple of thousand CDs which I still have not finished ripping after a couple of years. I also do not mind going through my collectin this way. However, I do notice that I am spending much less time listening to music since a lot of time is preoccupied on ripping

Re: [slim] Squeezebox will not play AIFF files

Eric Seaberg;271448 Wrote: > > > Have you tried doing any kind of SRC on your original files, at least > to get them to 48k prior to having the SB3 do it? No I haven't, for the time being I will just rip vinyl as 24/48 -- Shakey --

Re: [slim] how to skip/bypass songs

Hi -- > > I hate to sound totally ignorant, but how do I get to the plugin > section? I have slimserver 6.5.4. Plugins are on the slimdevices site -- http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerPlugins And the particular plugin mentioned -- http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Categor

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

I've had my SB3 for a couple of years and still haven't plowed through ripping all of my 2000+ CD collection. I got through 181 of them in the first month or two and gave up. I spend a lot of time on Rhapsody as a result, which is disappointing seeing as how the sound quality of my FLAC's are mu

Re: [slim] Trends Audio UD-10 and Softsqueeze

OK, I just fired up softsqueeze to find this menu. I'm using the latest (3.6) and you can get to the prefs menu by clicking the icon at the top left of the display (looks like a list of items). The Audio tab has the output device selector. -- radish -

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

The analysis in the NYT article seems limited, and appears to miss the benefits (beyond saving floorspace) that would motivate one to transfer their library to "digital" form... >From SO point of view, outsourcing the initial ripping is probably a requirement (not worth trading that kind of time

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:21:47 -0800, "seanadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Peter;271683 Wrote: > > > > As a business it's not a bad thing. You just store everything you ever > > > > ripped on a big RAID system and the next time someone comes and gives > > you Hotel California you just han

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:25:37 -0800, "seanadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Also I think that was the precedent used against MP3.com - if you > remember, they let you have access to the contents of a CD by proving > you physically had it via a serial number read from the disc. Today, > music lo

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