slimkid;314225 Wrote:
Hi Erland,
sorry to abuse your time and patience, but could you just confirm what
I think I understand (or assume) from all this:
I just did some tests based on MP3 files with TPE2 tags and no custom
tags.
slimkid;314225 Wrote:
If there is a unique ALBUMARTIST
I am seeing the same thing with 2160.
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Peter,
Point being, you should never expect Nokia to fix a bug, if they do,
it's your good luck. Somehow everyone takes the opposite view since
they're wrapped up in OS SW. Since Nokia doesn't have bug tracking
system, don't be upset when they don't fix bugs. You know what you're
getting when
Its not all that dramatic, but a bug nevertheless..
I'm not sure. If iTunes is using aliases to do its tricks, then SC is just
following them. If your method was working before, then this was thanks to
alias parsing being broken...
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egd;314229 Wrote:
I have to agree - the Duet in its current form (Controller and Receiver)
is crap. Based on my experience it is basically unreliable and no, the
fault doesn't lie with the user or my WAP - everything else, including
my SB3s and iPod Touch etc. work fine via wireless using
verbatone;314243 Wrote:
Peter,
Point being, you should never expect Nokia to fix a bug, if they do,
it's your good luck. Somehow everyone takes the opposite view since
they're wrapped up in OS SW. Since Nokia doesn't have bug tracking
system, don't be upset when they don't fix bugs.
egd;314229 Wrote:
I have to agree - the Duet in its current form (Controller and Receiver)
is crap. Based on my experience it is basically unreliable and no, the
fault doesn't lie with the user or my WAP - everything else, including
my SB3s and iPod Touch etc. work fine via wireless using
hey, i'm not sure if i'm just missing something thats already out there
but i was hoping it would be possible to set up bitrate limiting for
any non-local clients connecting as i want to play full quality flac at
home, but i don't want to destroy my bandwidth on my broadband
connection when i'm
hey, i'm not sure if i'm just missing something thats already out there
but i was hoping it would be possible to set up bitrate limiting for
any non-local clients connecting as i want to play full quality flac at
bitrate limiting is per player. Define it for remote players, don't for the
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/23/review_logitech_squeezebox_duet/
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but for this i have to have access to the squeezecenter web interface
right?
and there's nothing stopping on of my technically illiterate friends
logging in and sappign all my bandwidth...
i wish it was a server setting somewhere
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but for this i have to have access to the squeezecenter web interface
right?
Yes, but you do this once per player. Have your friends connect when you're at
home. Do the configuration. Done.
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gb115b;314282 Wrote:
but for this i have to have access to the squeezecenter web interface
right?
and there's nothing stopping on of my technically illiterate friends
logging in and sappign all my bandwidth...
i wish it was a server setting somewhere
If you are talking about remote
bpa;314085 Wrote:
With current SC 7.1 you can FFW/REW (from WebUI, SB remote and SBC)
Podcast and WMA streams as long as the broadcasting server supports it.
Try it using BBC Podcasts (this link means you do not need AlienBBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/opml/bbc_podcast_opml.xml )
Sorry - I
Nonreality;314259 Wrote:
I don't think that Peter was all that bad it's just that Iphone is such
a nice guy he makes us all look bad. :)
Yeah, ain't that the truth :)
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Have you tried netstumbler to scan for wi-fi channel contention?
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amcluesent wrote:
Have you tried netstumbler to scan for wi-fi channel contention?
or kismet.
WiFi is far more complex than most folks realize.
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I've been using (4) Netgear XE-102 units for several years with zero
problems. The cost was negligable because using Powerline networking
allowed me to buy the $50 cheaper wired-only Squeezeboxes (now no
longer available).
Paying a professional to run cat-5 or cat-6 cable is also a viable
pfarrell;314323 Wrote:
amcluesent wrote:
Have you tried netstumbler to scan for wi-fi channel contention?
or kismet.
WiFi is far more complex than most folks realize.
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Whilst it is true that wi-fi is complex and often the source of
problems
mattybain wrote:
Numerous people have posted with problems, often who
already have a SB3 which should rule out wirless issues.
Actually, that WiFi works perfectly one week does not mean that it will
work perfectly the next week. A neighbor can add WiFi and stomp all over
your signal.
However
egd;313598 Wrote:
When you load MiP's HTTP API you should have a fourth button appear
along with a message next to it stating that the cache has changed - if
I recall correctly is is the Reload Cache button. You shouldn't have
hit Refresh Songs, which I'm guessing is what you've referred to
A few months back my registration with discuss@lists.slimdevices.com was
canceled due to bounces. I have now signed up again and I can see that I
still get messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Can
anyone point me in the right direction to address this issue? I actually
see it on other mailing
pfarrell;314329 Wrote:
mattybain wrote:
Numerous people have posted with problems, often who
already have a SB3 which should rule out wirless issues.
Actually, that WiFi works perfectly one week does not mean that it
will
work perfectly the next week. A neighbor can add WiFi and stomp
maggior;314328 Wrote:
I'm using Spicefly's web interface for headless MusicIP on Linux. On
this webpage, I don't see a reload cache button. Also, I don't see
in the API reference an API to reload the cache
(http://www.musicip.com/mixer/httpprotocol.jsp).
What is the actual API that is
maggior;314328 Wrote:
I'm using Spicefly's web interface for headless MusicIP on Linux. On
this webpage, I don't see a reload cache button. Rich
I think the reload cache button only appears in the Spicefly's web UI
when you add (validate) new tracks. This is what happens in my Windows
I'm a new Duet user and generally very pleased. One frustrating
problem: whenever I try browsing Odeo for podcasts I get error message
Invalid XML Feed. Is this a known issue? Is a fix in the works?
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tamanaco;314338 Wrote:
I think the reload cache button only appears in the Spicefly's web UI
when you add (validate) new tracks. This is what happens in my Windows
setup.
OK. I'm not validating tracks yet, I'm just using the add tracks
capability. I'm more than happy with the mixes that I
ianstuart;313923 Wrote:
I think that some of the posts are missing the point. Yes, a lot of the
problems that people are experiencing are due to conflicts between the
router, or in my case the Netgear range extender, and the Squeezeboxes
(I note that the SB3's seem to be much more robust)
I'm no techy, but even I know that you can setup DHCP and still use
static IPs where you want. Just setup the DHCP range outside the range
of the static IPs. IMO this will make your life much easier.
Howard Passman;311122 Wrote:
Hi Mike,
When forced to, I let the Linksys router hand out
That is correct; my SB3 works fine, and has no skipping, with a 60%
signal. At the same time, the controller fails. It only works when
it's literally next to the router.
I'm past the 30 days, unfortunately, so it appears i have a useless
piece of hardware that I paid $299 for. Very
funkstar;314301 Wrote:
Yeah, ain't that the truth :)
Man, I love this place! Whose round is it? Mine? Oh (cue theme song
from 'Cheers')
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nicketynick;314351 Wrote:
Man, I love this place! Whose round is it? Mine? Oh (cue theme song
from 'Cheers')
Ahoy matey prepare to be boarded, this thread is ours.
whoops sorry, got carried away.
Put down the weapon Michael we're leaving peacefully. :)
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Hi Guys,
newbie here with the Squeezebox Duet, had a Roku 1000 before and
thought of a Sonos but settled for the Duet.
Did a clean install of the SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 on my MacBook Pro, which
runs minimized.
I pointed it to my single iTunes music folder, initiated a manual scan
and all seemed
Guys,
This isn't a tech support forum. I'd love to be able to give you all
one response that solves your problem, but for all I know they could
all be happening for different reasons.
If you have connectivity issues... please call tech support.
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mattybain;314326 Wrote:
Whilst it is true that wi-fi is complex and often the source of problems
there definitely seems to be something going on that is not being
addressed. Numerous people have posted with problems, often who already
have a SB3 which should rule out wirless issues.
I
miguelk wrote:
I'm past the 30 days, unfortunately, so it appears i have a useless
piece of hardware that I paid $299 for. Very disappointing that there
has been no official response from Logitech.
Call tech support. Not here on the forums, call them. Talk to them.
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maggior;314340 Wrote:
OK. I'm not validating tracks yet, I'm just using the add tracks
capability. I'm more than happy with the mixes that I am getting
without having to do the full validation.
Can you execute this command without having to do validation on the
tracks? I guess I can
Just for my own knowledge what is a Bounce?
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maggior;314340 Wrote:
OK. I'm not validating tracks yet, I'm just using the add tracks
capability. I'm more than happy with the mixes that I am getting
without having to do the full validation.
Can you execute this command without having to do validation on the
tracks? I guess I can
lanierb;314344 Wrote:
I'm no techy, but even I know that you can setup DHCP and still use
static IPs where you want. Just setup the DHCP range outside the range
of the static IPs. IMO this will make your life much easier.
The only thing that makes this an issue is the fact that most of
Nonreality;314359 Wrote:
I'm really looking forward to figuring out a speed up and automating of
the SC scan.
A few posts back I mentioned that maybe incorporating or adding some of
the functions of the SpiceFly Web UI in the MusicIP plugin or in the SC
basic settings page might save us a
Bounce e-mail (sometimes referred to as bounce mail) is electronic mail
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BigBirdy;314332 Wrote:
A few months back my registration with discuss (AT) lists (DOT)
slimdevices.com was
canceled due to bounces. I have now signed up again and I can see that
I
still get messages from discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT)
slimdevices.com. Can
anyone point me in the right
What's wrong with putting Various Artists in the Album Artist tag if you
are saying that you want this as the Album Artists name.
Nothing really wrong with doing that. It's just a name after all.
However, I don't consider Various Artists to be an artist name; it's another
miss-use of the tag.
I have just taken delivery of my second receiver but I am having
intermittent connection problems. I managed to register it with the
controller but it is constantly dropping the connection(blue) light. I
have also connected it to my router via ethernet and it still drops the
connection. I have
I guess no one else knows what htis does either :) :) :)
Zevs
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rossm;314379 Wrote:
I have just taken delivery of my second receiver but I am having
intermittent connection problems. I managed to register it with the
controller but it is constantly dropping the connection(blue) light. I
have also connected it to my router via ethernet and it still
Did a clean install of the SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 on my MacBook Pro, which
runs minimized.
There's been a bug in 7.0.1 which could break things on OSX. Please
download 7.0.2
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Thanks, already tried that, other receiver works fine when connected via
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Folks - could someone please explain to me why we need this TPE logic at
all. Over the last 2 years I have been following the guidelines for
ripping my music collection using EAC into flac files. These are stored
in the recommended ARTIST\ALBUM or VARIOS ARTIST\GENRE\ALBUM structure.
Until SC7.01
I agree with the cost of running a pc 24/7 a WoL feature on the
Sqeezebox would be fantastic. At present I have to either go upstairs,
open a cupboard and prod the desktop into life (no real problem but
hardly in keeping with SB spontaneity) or fire up the laptop and use
Magic Packet Sender to
In order to have a better (and, hopefully, spam-free) Wiki, we're
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We're also changing the account creation to require a confirmation via
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If you already have an account on the wiki, you'll need
Another delighted powerline customer here. There is little more
frustrating than a drop out in the middle of your favorite song.
Wireless works great in my apartment for my laptops, but there is
nothing quite like a rock solid data connection for streaming to the
SB3. I'm not beating up on the
can i get a spare couple of these from somewhere?
any ideas...
i couldn't find the remote seperately (alreayd have 3 sueezeboxes) so
bought one from the us, but would like the proper plug for it as with
the adapter its too bulky...
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Philip Meyer;314375 Wrote:
What's wrong with putting Various Artists in the Album Artist tag if
you
are saying that you want this as the Album Artists name.
Nothing really wrong with doing that. It's just a name after all.
However, I don't consider Various Artists to be an artist name;
sdhubbard;299530 Wrote:
I'm seeing the same problems with displacement of search and options
boxes using Safari 3.1.1 and Firefox 3.0b5 on Mac OS X (the behaviour
is the same in both browsers - it looks like about 80 pixels).
Mousing over the Search This Thread box on the way to the Search
Original SLiMP3 player for sale. Thought I would post here before I go
Craigslist or eBay. Works fine, I have simply upgraded to a Duet and
no longer need it. Plus we're moving to London. Anyhow - Includes the
original (Sony) remote, power supply, ethernet cable, and A/V cable.
$100 +
hello... i just got the controller and wanted to add it to my current
slimserver and squeezebox. but while reading and also trying i found
out, that the center and controller have to be on the same network
subnet/segment.
in my case this is not possible, as my sqeezecenter is installed on a
I used to have my library and Slimserver set up just how I like it -
Compilations were correctly listed under Various Artists and
contributing artists did not appear in the main list of Artists. This
seems to have changed, now that I've moved to SC 7
The problem occurs when an album with a main
Klaus;314430 Wrote:
but while reading and also trying i found out, that the center and
controller have to be on the same network subnet/segment.
Not true. On the SBC, just go to Music Source-Other Server and enter
the IP address of your SC. As long as a route exists and there are no
BBear;314411 Wrote:
Folks - could someone please explain to me why we need this TPE logic at
all.
not sure what you mean by that. one thing is treat TPE2 as ALBUMARTIST
which is fairly straight forward.
the other thing is a function SC has of VA detection logic.
i contend we don't need the
theorangeman;314368 Wrote:
1. Would you recommend going with a separate amp and then just using
regular speakers or just going the powerered speaker route? I have to
admit, I haven't done a lot of research on the topic so I'm not sure
which direction would give me the best bang for the
Nonreality;314359 Wrote:
I'm really looking forward to figuring out a speed up and automating of
the SC scan.That's already addressed in the Wiki - assuming of course that
what
you're referring to is avoiding having SC rescan the entire library
when you edit/ add a track or album to your
maggior;314328 Wrote:
I'm using Spicefly's web interface for headless MusicIP on Linux. On
this webpage, I don't see a reload cache button. Also, I don't see
in the API reference an API to reload the cache
(http://www.musicip.com/mixer/httpprotocol.jsp).
What is the actual API that is
Fletch;314434 Wrote:
Not true. On the SBC, just go to Music Source-Other Server and enter
the IP address of your SC. As long as a route exists and there are no
firewalls in the way, this should work fine.
i tried this, the route exists (tested from pc in same network) and
firewall is
tamanaco;314365 Wrote:
When I get new CDs I rip them to my FLAC library, then I run the MusicIP
Windows client to validate the new added tracks, after validation I
start the SpiceFly Web UI (at this point Total Songs does not equal
Validated Songs) and click reload cache. My last step is to
Klaus wrote:
Fletch;314434 Wrote:
Not true. On the SBC,
i tried this, the route exists (tested from pc in same network) and
firewall is configured correctly. but when i got player, i don't see
any players
I had the same kinds of problems, which all went away when I put all the
computers
My home LAN has multiple subnets and it all works even with SBC, SB
players and SC all on different segments.
Klaus, just to confirm a few simple things:
- Your post uses the terms slimserver and squeezecenter
interchangeably. The SBC requires at least SC 7.0.
- The SBC never actually talks
pfarrell;314445 Wrote:
The obvious hack is to put an extra NIC on your server, connect it to
your inside the house subnet, and enjoy.
thanks for your hint, but as SC is on the internet, i won't be able to
talk with private addresses over the internet
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Fletch;314447 Wrote:
My home LAN has multiple subnets and it all works even with SBC, SB
players and SC all on different segments.
Klaus, just to confirm a few simple things:
- Your post uses the terms slimserver and squeezecenter
interchangeably. The SBC requires at least SC 7.0.
-
Klaus wrote:
thanks for your hint, but as SC is on the internet, i won't be able to
talk with private addresses over the internet
I'm confused. Is the SC box not in your house?
Its trivial to have one server have two nics and two separate IP addresses.
If its not in your house, how can
maybe a detail, but i have no duet, i just have the SBC and the
Squeezebox Classic player
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Things to check:
1) The player(s) must be connected to the SC instance and must be
controllable via the web interface. If this doesn't work, fix it
first.
2) You must have open firewall ports for (at least) 9000 3483 between
the two nets, assuming you haven't changed any default ports. Must
Please use eBay.
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Zevs;314387 Wrote:
I guess no one else knows what htis does either :) :) :)
Zevs
That is the intention of the program but it hasn't been updated for
Squeezecenter so I'm not sure if it works. I went straight to the
Squeezecenter beta's when I started so I don't know if the executables
would
pfarrell;314451 Wrote:
Klaus wrote:
thanks for your hint, but as SC is on the internet, i won't be able
to
talk with private addresses over the internet
I'm confused. Is the SC box not in your house?
Its trivial to have one server have two nics and two separate IP
addresses.
If its
Howard Passman;314367 Wrote:
The only thing that makes this an issue is the fact that most of these
home routers are more like toys that real routers. The issues are
usually with them.
Using static and DHCP on the same network or router is not an issue as
long as you do it correctly.
radish;314452 Wrote:
Things to check:
1) The player(s) must be connected to the SC instance and must be
controllable via the web interface. If this doesn't work, fix it
first.
2) You must have open firewall ports for (at least) 9000 3483 between
the two nets, assuming you haven't
I almost pulled the trigger today. But I think I rather wait till all
bugs are sorted out and proper installation guide is available. Heck, I
am not even sure if the sound quality is worth the set up hassle. Loving
my X5 in the mean time.
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why does SC conflate an albums property, with how that album is named
(named via album artist?)
what i would do, is if something seems like a comp to SC, and there is
no album artist or TPE2 tag for it to use, it should then use the ALBUM
name, and set the COMP field in the positive.
i know you
I have just re-ripped Supernatural using the latest dBPoweramp (V13
Reference) and this automatically sets Compilation=0 which is helpful.
It also sets Album Artist = Santana
I think you'll find that dbPowerAmp stores Album Artist in a band tag.
I have dbPowerAmp (don't use the ripper, only use
Not sure how to explain this, but I removed 7.0.1 from my system,
deleted the remaining slimserver files and rebooted Windows Home
Server.
Then I reinstalled v6.5.4 and the volume is back and the static is
gone. I would love to know what's so special about my setup ... But for
now I'm staying
MrSinatra;313895 Wrote:
again, i respect SC and i'm not saying it should be thrown overboard,
but why force it to be the only solution?
Who's forcing it to be the only solution? All the protocols are open,
you've got SC as a reference implementation, go ahead and make your
own. Saying that
On my home network I have two pc's running XP SP3 and Microsoft OneCare.
Both WERE fine and working normally. However, as time goes on and the
updates from Microsoft keep rolling in, one of the pc's SqueezeCenter
won't start.
The bad pc launches the SqueezeCenter and the icon shows in the
system
After just reinstalling 7.0.1 to no avail, I uninstalled 7.0.1 and then
reinstalled it again to get a fresh start. Now things are again
working. I didn't change anything in my Microsoft OneCare firewall or
anything else. I didn't even reboot to get things working; just
uninstalled and
Integrating SC and MusicIP is way, WAY too complicated at present. It's
ridiculous in its complexity and its inelegance.
I'm an expert user, have done programming, etc., and after a couple
hours of messing around with this, still haven't been able to get it to
work. Never mind why, I'm sure if
JohnnyLightOn;314487 Wrote:
Integrating SC and MusicIP is way, WAY too complicated at present. It's
crazy in its complexity and difficulty.There's really nothing complicated
about it, there are just a few must
have conditions that will make or break it and they're addressed in the
Wiki
i am a huge SB3 fan.
my Duet experience is very lukewarm. the receiver works well. the
controller is a problem, and it has nothing to do with documentation -
the wireless behavior is erratic, and there are many users reporting
such issues. i have gone for many of the suggested workarounds (power
I'm trying to setup my Harmony 550 to do the following:
1- Turn on DVD player (which acts as my cd player)
2- Turn on Transporter and select appropriate Digital input
(Transporter acting as DAC)
3- Turn on amplifier and select input AUX
Step 2 is proving difficult for me.
I can't figure out
pablolie;314492 Wrote:
i am a huge SB3 fan.
my Duet experience is very lukewarm. the receiver works well. the
controller is a problem, and it has nothing to do with documentation -
the wireless behavior is erratic, and there are many users reporting
such issues. i have gone for many of
pablolie;314492 Wrote:
i have demoted the Duet to where it does little damage - secondary duty
in the bedroom system. it's not what i had in mind given the expense,
however the last thing i want to do when i am in an audiophile mood to
listen to *music* is to troubleshoot and work around
It seems to me that the SBC definitely has a problem. My beta test
hardware works fine but the final product won't stay connected beyond
about 15 feet from the router, and this is supposed to be an
improvement in range over the beta test hardware. Both units are
running the same software
Thank you for quoting me, but from what I've read, it would seem that
your Controller is defective. My Squeezebox never gave me shit. When I
encountered major problems, it was 99 times out of 100 the wireless
network's fault. And since I upgraded from ADSL to cable, all my
wireless problems
working. I didn't change anything in my Microsoft OneCare firewall or
You might need to configure the firewall to allow for incoming traffic on
ports 9000, 3483.
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My 2c suggestion is to consider adding an airport express (as a WDS) in
the same room as your controller to extend the range of your main
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