Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread bhaagensen
As i said before, this would require Itunes to be installed on the Squeezebox itself: that is never going to happen. This is because of legal as well as technical reasons. On a more speculative note i doubt apple would allow, or be able to allow playback on the Squeezebox. It would be very simil

Re: [slim] Fixing iTunes downloaded cover art

2008-10-06 Thread EnochLight
Wow - what a terrific piece of software! I'm planning to try this today - cheers! -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread funkahdafi
@ModelCitizen: No need to get rude here buddy. Keep it calm. I don't see why iTunes would have to be running on the Squeezebox itself. As far as I understand, Songbird uses Quicktime to decode the DRM files (which in turn have had to be played and authorized at least once from within iTunes befor

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
Either way, i'm not sure there much call for it. Why buy these terrible DRM infected files anyway? They are a rip off and on DRM is on it's way out. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.2 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread adhawkins
I don't think so. It's still scrobbling correctly, just won't let me play any of the radio streams. The server, SqueezeNetwork *and* the player are all configured to use Last.fm. My last.fm account also allows the SlimServer to scrobble (and when I play music from my own library it is being scrob

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread funkahdafi
First, we are not here to discuss why people buy from iTunes store, are we? At least this was not my intent when I opened this thread. People buy from there for a reason. It's convinient, especially if you are an iTunes user anyway. If it's wrong or right is not the subject of this thread, so let'

Re: [slim] Battery life ?

2008-10-06 Thread Leplus
Anoop M.;345775 Wrote: > in Bridged mode battery life is substantially less than a standard > wireless mode. I would say you should see double the performance of the > battery using a wireless router. I checked battery life with a wireless router and it lasted more than 3 times longer (about 20 h

Re: [slim] What Anti-Virus software do you use

2008-10-06 Thread linktoforumsf1
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Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread bhaagensen
funkahdafi;347293 Wrote: > > So instead of SC calling mov123 or faad to decode a file, have it call > quicktime. What's the big deal? > > Because quicktime/iTunes is licenced only on the device on which it is installed (remember the EULA which you, like all sane people would, presumably just

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
funkahdafi;347319 Wrote: > So you take it for a given that the users on this forum represent the > majority of all SB owners? How many of all SB owners do you think come > to this forum? > Why not? And if they are irrelevant, why are you posting here? Just send an email to tech support then in

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
funkahdafi;347293 Wrote: > First, we are not here to discuss why people buy from iTunes store, are > we? At least this was not my intent when I opened this thread. Well im not a mind reader, and if you open a public thread you invite a response, which sometimes wont be within the exact paramete

Re: [slim] BBC Football Commentary

2008-10-06 Thread socistep
I get the feeling I will be feeling foolish also... Will check and update mine this evening. I don't think it is easy to understand though, I assumed that choosing 5live would behind the scenes pick the UK version. However as an Evertonian, I want to avoid listening to it much at the moment ...

Re: [slim] How many boxes do you have?

2008-10-06 Thread funkstar
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Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread funkstar
funkahdafi;347293 Wrote: > And if you can (obviously Songbird can, so I don't see why SC could not) > decode the files using quicktime and at the same time get pass the DRM, > great. Why not do it? There is an additional part of SC playing Apple DRM files that Songbird doesn't have to deal with:

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread funkahdafi
autopilot;347317 Wrote: > Well im not a mind reader, and if you open a public thread you invite a > response, which sometimes wont be within the exact parameters you > wanted. And for what it's worth, i do think it's relevant to a degree - > the number of people wanting this would have a bearing

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread bhaagensen
funkahdafi;347319 Wrote: > > But never mind. I was trying to suggest looking into this because it > might be worthwhile. > Fair enough. But it is no news that Songbird can playback those files, at the technical level I believe there are several ways such files could be played on the Squeezebo

Re: [slim] Network control of AV Receiver

2008-10-06 Thread flacfan
The SB3's interface is way better that Denon's I'd always prefer using the SB3 to the Denon, but occasionally I'd like to. In addition if the SC is a DLNA server it would probably be able to serve not only audio but also pictures to my PS3 for example. -- flacfan ---

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-06 Thread funkstar
JJZolx;347263 Wrote: > For one, the setting that does not group discs in a multi-disc set. > Always seemed to be an unusual default to me. And changing it (last > time I checked) requires a full rescan of the library. That's the one > that always drove me nuts if I didn't catch it and allowed

Re: [slim] Battery life ?

2008-10-06 Thread andynormancx
I believe the reason is something like this, when there is an access point the AP controls when each wifi device gets sent data to it. So the SBC can turn its wifi radio off in the periods it knows it won't be getting data (it will be switching itself on and off many, many times a second). Withou

Re: [slim] Setting up radio stations

2008-10-06 Thread toby10
peecee;347226 Wrote: > Update: I just broke down and installed AlienBBC. To my surprise, it > works! But, it only works for some of the stations. Do I report a > problem like "No names found in list" to RadioTime? So the Buffalo WMA stations you were after are now playing properly due to hav

Re: [slim] What Anti-Virus software do you use

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
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Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread cliveb
There's another philosophical point which hasn't been raised in this thread: You may or may not believe that DRM is a bad thing and should be resisted - that is everyone's priviledge. But let's suppose for the sake of argument that Slim Devices are in the camp that is against DRM. (I think given

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
... A similar thing was done with AlienBBC and RealAudio streams (I think its changed now as BBC don't use RA any more). The stream was transcoded on the server by AlienBBC calling some libraries - I don't know if this meant a DRM was involved or just a CODEC as I don't have anything using RA (apa

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
cliveb;347353 Wrote: > There's another philosophical point which hasn't been raised in this > thread: > > You may or may not believe that DRM is a bad thing and should be > resisted - that is everyone's priviledge. But let's suppose for the > sake of argument that Slim Devices are in the camp th

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread toby10
funkahdafi;347319 Wrote: > So you take it for a given that the users on this forum represent the > majority of all SB owners? How many of all SB owners do you think come > to this forum? > > All assumptions again. > > But never mind. I was trying to suggest looking into this because it > might

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread funkstar
Thats a good point Clive, although I think it's a little off the mark. The current range of players to include software to work with DRM'ed services, Rhapsody for example. It has also been said in forum posts and in a previous roadmap that the developers would do "whatever it takes" to get their p

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
funkstar;347364 Wrote: > Thats a good point Clive, although I think it's a little off the mark. > The current range of players to include software to work with DRM'ed > services, Rhapsody for example. It has also been said in forum posts > and in a previous roadmap that the developers would do "w

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread adhawkins
Aha. Was clicking around and got the message 'Your Squeezenetwork account is not authorised to use last.fm' (or similar). Found there was one last step that I hadn't done. Does it have to be this complicated to configure? :) All appears to be working now though, my bad. Cheers Andy -- adhaw

Re: [slim] BBC Football Commentary

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
jimbo45;345426 Wrote: > You CAN get round these scumbag lawyer restrictions stopping people from > listening to BBC football commentary... > > -J To be fair they're the scumbag FA/Team restrictions since they not the BBC own the broadcast rights. While the technical scumbags at the BBC have re

Re: [slim] Network control of AV Receiver

2008-10-06 Thread Amnesiac
Interesting thread... and I'm thinking of a new AV receiver I recently came across xAP for home automation and there is a plug-in already for SC 7.x http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/Software/xAP-Plug-in-v2.2.0-for-SqueezeCenter-Rleased.html General information here: http://www.xapautomation.

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread adhawkins
Hmm...getting very confused now. I'm listening to 'My Recommendations' via Last.fm on SoftSqueeze. My server is set to 'No, do not scrobble Internet Radio tracks', but tracks that are being played are still appearing in my library on Last.fm. Are the last.fm stations not classed as Internet Radi

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread Siduhe
Last.fm comes under Music Services, rather than Internet Radio, so it's working as intended. I just tend to skip the recommendations I don't like so they don't scrobble to my account. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread adhawkins
Ah. Any chance this could be extended? As far as I'm concerned, the stuff sent by last.fm is a radio station (in that I don't get to choose which specific tracks I'm listening to) and hence shouldn't be scrobbled. Comments? Andy -- adhawkins --

[slim] Editing Duet Controller Menu

2008-10-06 Thread speekeazy
Hello , I was wondering if it is possible to remote certain items from the duet menu. For example i want to keep the internet radio folder. but i want to remove the Sirius icon from the menu because i dont have sirius. is this possible ? -- speekeazy

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread andyg
adhawkins;347380 Wrote: > Ah. > > Any chance this could be extended? As far as I'm concerned, the stuff > sent by last.fm is a radio station (in that I don't get to choose which > specific tracks I'm listening to) and hence shouldn't be scrobbled. > > Comments? > > Andy I knew this would come

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread adhawkins
I presume the source of 'L' means it's come from Last.fm? Does that mean that these tracks aren't then used for recommendations? If that's the case, then I'm happy for them to be added to my library. What I'm trying to avoid is being 'Recommended' something that I don't particularly like, then be

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
andyg;347387 Wrote: > I knew this would come up... does Last.fm's own player let you disable > scrobbling of Last.fm Radio tracks? I don't think it does. So I'm not > sure we should either. Certainly they handle tracks with source of 'L' > properly?! I dont think it does scrobble it's own tra

Re: [slim] Editing Duet Controller Menu

2008-10-06 Thread MeSue
Settings > Home Menu. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53489 ___

[slim] Is Favorites supposed to work like this?

2008-10-06 Thread MeSue
I have a playlist I keep putting in favorites, thinking it will be a quicker way to get to it. This is a playlist I generally do not want to play in its entirety; I just want to browse it and choose individual items to play from it. But when the playlist is accessed via the favorites menu, all you

Re: [slim] Editing Duet Controller Menu

2008-10-06 Thread bklaas
Actually, for that particular customization the way to do it would be to disable the Sirius plugin (and anything else you don't want) via SqueezeCenter's settings, then restart SqueezeCenter. The internet radio and music services menus is driven by which applicable SC plugins are enabled. cheers,

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread cliveb
funkstar;347364 Wrote: > Thats a good point Clive, although I think it's a little off the mark. > The current range of players to include software to work with DRM'ed > services, Rhapsody for example. It has also been said in forum posts > and in a previous roadmap that the developers would do "w

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

2008-10-06 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, autopilot<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that would be completely silly and totally contradict the whole > point of Last.FM and what it sets out to achieve. That's kind of my thinking too. I understand last.fm to be building up a list of my musical tast

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread toby10
cliveb;347399 Wrote: > It's probably the case that Slim Devices want to be pragmatic and let > their customers enjoy as much of their music as possible. So I suppose > if they had a cost-effective way to support Fairplay, they would do > it. > > But perhaps the main point I was trying to make di

Re: [slim] Editing Duet Controller Menu

2008-10-06 Thread bklaas
*smacks forehead* MeSue is quite right, on the controller you can go to Settings->Home Menu and remove Sirius from your Internet Radio menu. You'd think because I took great pains to do that little extra bit of programming to allow for that I would have remembered it. :) The method I described i

[slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread Howard Passman
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Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread milesbeverley
I have now installed the LAME.exe application as specified in the threads however the music still stutters. I have also set the bandwidth limit to 128kps but no improvement. Does anybody have any other suggestions as my Squeezebox installation is practically useless at the moment? -Miles -- mi

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread Jonnio
Amnesiac;347365 Wrote: > Thanks for clarifying the RA stream issue... the point as regards server > transcoding of a format unsupported by the players themselves is still > valid. :-) > > A. Actually, legally, its a whole new ballgame. Once you start breaking file encryption, even if its to pl

Re: [slim] Artwork (sort of) missing in 7.2

2008-10-06 Thread morris_minor
I've another 7.2 album art issue: Sometimes after a rescan a few thumbnails in SC are wrong - the wrong cover's been picked up (a different cover.jpg from a different folder). However, the full size image file is right, and the controller displays all art correctly. It's just the SC thumbnails th

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread bpa
What are the current FileType settings for MOV ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53021 __

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread milesbeverley
just a quick addition : the music files seem to play ok for less than 5 secs then they stutter. I have used the latest LAME.exe ( from http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.php) and BIt rate limited the files to 128k. I am running a fast dual core PC with plenty of memoryand it isn't running any other

[slim] Problems streaming SqueezeCentre to Winamp

2008-10-06 Thread Fabric Technologies
Hi, recently for one of our clients we installed SqueezeCentre to allow them to centrally manage music they play in their office. However there seems to be an issue where the stream ends once the playlist has ended so when people add more music to the playlist it won't play again unless winamp i

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
No, please use eBay. Thanks, Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread milesbeverley
I just noticed that I didn't copy the Lame .dll in to the win direcory. Have now done that and rebooted. No difference. Ok settings for are AIF = mov123 flac = mov123/flac MP3 = mov123/lame I have attached my config file for your attention. Thanks, BPA. +---

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread Phil Leigh
run the server health tests and report back (help icon bottom left of home page) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Au

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Controller static IP. How?

2008-10-06 Thread upstatemike
JJZolx;346908 Wrote: > That's rather awkward. You have to make it fail? Why not also have an > option somewhere to let you punch in the address? I am also curious why there isn't a simple menu entry for setting static IP addresses for the controller and receiver. Is this something that is plan

[slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
When will Slim Devices deliver a product that enables remote speakers (other than powered)? Sonos has a great box that combines the transport and amplification and would like to see a similar offering from Slim Devices. Does anyone else want such a beast? -- spc337 ---

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread Howard Passman
Will do. Howard -- Howard Passman Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53491 ___

Re: [slim] problem with one podcast

2008-10-06 Thread frederic
i see when i try toconnect by squeezecenter the information bar says 'incorrect .asf stream' or similar. thas strange beacuse these mp3s in the podcasts stream perfectly to my computer -- frederic frederic's Profile: http:

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread bpa
In your first post you said you had no problem once you changed from mov123 to FAAD. Your Filetypes settings shows you are back using mov123. Try using FAAD again as there is no sign of it in the convert file. Previoulsy did you use the custom-convert.conf file I posted in another thread ? -

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
Sorry, we can't comment on future product possibilities. Commenting in general tho, we've always preferred that customer choose the amp that fits them best. You can buy a much better amp than the one built into the Sonos for the price difference between them and the Duet. Mike -- mvalera Mi

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread Pat Farrell
spc337 wrote: > When will Slim Devices deliver a product that enables remote speakers > (other than powered)? > > Does anyone else want such a beast? Not me. Why would you want speakers that are not powered? Powered speakers let the speaker designer optimize the speaker and amp together. This can

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
We will not support iTunes DRM protected songs... because Apple won't sell us the license to do so. Until that changes, it's impossible for us to support iTunes DRM. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com -

Re: [slim] .m4a stuttering and possible codec issue

2008-10-06 Thread what_to_buy
This may not be relevant at all, but I went through a similar process dealing with stuttering. Once I switched to ethernet powerline adapters, everything was perfect (it started out as a codec issue but wasn't totally resolved until I also took care of the connection). Could be a worth a try. Good

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
I think your best bet is a nice set of amplified speakers. We use these guys for demos and trade shows, and they're excellent: http://audioengineusa.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=77&osCsid=f66c8076538f8210307a625c686b46f4 Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Log

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
This is more a question of convenience. The duet receiver is ideal for concealed locations. I want to mount some speakers from the ceiling in my loft and would prefer an all-in-one solution (Duet Receive/Amp). I suspect there are others that would appreciate the same application. While I appre

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
The Audioengine solution with the Apple Airport solution is pretty nice. Too bad their isn't an equivalent from slimdevices. It would be nice if the Duet could utilize a wall socket directly (like the Airport). This would help reduce the wiring requirements. -- spc337

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread Pat Farrell
spc337 wrote: > I'm not looking for an Audiophile solution, just > something that is pleasing while offering convenient installation for > remote/out-of-sight locations. IMHO, you just moved out of mass market and into custom/niche markets. >From what I can see, SD/Logi is moving the other way, o

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
Hmmm - Suggesting that a convenient all-in-one solution similar to what is in the mass market from another company is equivalent to moving to the niche market? I completely disagree. The transporter is a niche device simply due to it's cost. I doubt we will ever see that in BestBuy but you ne

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread JJZolx
spc337;347426 Wrote: > Does anyone else want such a beast? I think a lot of people do. If it sounds any good, I might want one. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View th

Re: [slim] Problems streaming SqueezeCentre to Winamp

2008-10-06 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting Fabric Technologies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi, > > recently for one of our clients we installed SqueezeCentre to allow > them to centrally manage music they play in their office. > > However there seems to be an issue where the stream ends once the > playlist has ended so when people

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
As I said... Better than "built-in" amps are available. All you need is the ability to auto on/off: http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-M-282-2-Channel-Power-Amplifier/dp/B69E2V/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1223320477&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-Integrated-Digital-Stereo-Amplifier/dp

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread JJZolx
mvalera;347464 Wrote: > As I said... > > Better than "built-in" amps are available. Yeah? And you can easily put together a much better system together than the Boom. So what? It's a convenient size and form-factor, so that will sell it to people who aren't as critical of its weaknesses soni

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
Not to mention that I would like to mount this between the rafters in my loft. I think the Onkyo would look a little funny mounted 15ft in the air. Since the Duet can already handle the Power On/Off issue, it only makes a combined unit more desirable. Since I'll also be mounting my speakers out

[slim] Mozilla Songbird Integration

2008-10-06 Thread Labarum
I like the look of Songbird, but it is not yet mature enough. Can you foresee the time when it might be able to act as a front end for Squeezebox hardware? That, after all is the strength and flexibility of open source software. -- Labarum Brian ---

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread upstatemike
A Parasound ZAmp is small enough for most applications where a small and tidy installation is required. If Slim is going to match Sonos features they should go for the local source input before worrying about a model with a built-in amp. -- upstatemike --

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
I'm not seeing a lot of wiring differences between an airport on the back, and a Squeezebox Receiver sitting right on top. The Receiver fits up there perfectly BTW... +---+ |Filename: photo2.jpg

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
Looks great on the floor. Unfortunately, I'll be mounting my solution from the ceiling so mounting the Duet just adds to the work. It can be over come, but as I said, the Airport solution is just simple and works in all situations. -- spc337 ---

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread Peter
spc337 wrote: > Hmmm - Suggesting that a convenient all-in-one solution similar to what > is in the mass market from another company is equivalent to moving to > the niche market? I completely disagree. > Nonsense indeed. SB's come into their own when you have one in every room. That means

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
The Audioengine 5's are free standing only. You would have to have them sitting on a shelf, a desk, or a stand. Unless you drill into them (I wouldn't), there's no way to use a wall/ceiling mount with them. If you're looking for powered wall mountable speakers you'll likely want to go with prosum

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread spc337
BTW - I'm not 100% sure but looking at your cables it would appear the RCA -> Mini is reversed. From what I understand, the arrows normally go in the direction of the signal path. I think I see that noted on one of the cables. -- spc337

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
Oh wait, now I'm seeing the arrow on the cable. Funny never saw it before. Despite the arrow... I don't think the electrons are having any trouble moving "uphill". :) Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com ---

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread Pat Farrell
spc337 wrote: > BTW - I'm not 100% sure but looking at your cables it would appear the > RCA -> Mini is reversed. From what I understand, the arrows normally > go in the direction of the signal path. You have to be joking. Audio signals are Alternative Current. There is no direction. Except for c

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread iPhone
jimzak;347212 Wrote: > Hi. > > I got another Duet just before the Boom was released. > > I would like to set up a small amplifier in my office with a couple of > smaller speakers with the new Duet. > > What would folks recommend for this setup? > > Naturally I don't want to spend a lot of mon

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread iPhone
mvalera;347417 Wrote: > No, please use eBay. > > Thanks, > > Mike Hey Mike, might not be a bad idea to post "No For Sale Posts" as part of the Forum rules where folks sign up. Hey Howard, BTW good question that you asked. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) M

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
I got this for the bed-room - http://www.trendsaudio.com/EN/Product/TA-10_desc.htm - top build quality, tiny but sound unbelievably good. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.2 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridg

Re: [slim] Small Amplifier for Duet

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
Logitech wouldn't... that's my personal cable. I got it years ago at BB, it's just a cheapo AR. I think it was on sale. It normally feeds my HeadRoom Micro headphone amp (in the "reverse" direction) with the RCA outs from a SB3. I just used it temporarily for my professional photo shoot. Mike

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
I personally would probably not buy one now, i prefer to choose my own AMP most of the time, but i'm sure that it's a product that would sell well. If i have not bought a t-amp and a SB with built in amp that was as good existed, i would have bought that. I cant see why people dont want one, and

Re: [slim] Fixing iTunes downloaded cover art

2008-10-06 Thread simonjedrake
AndrewFG;346750 Wrote: > As various people have discovered, the SqueezeCenter scanner is not able > to extract album cover art that has been downloaded from Apple iTunes > store. This is because such downloaded art is stored by iTunes in a > proprietary format that the scanner cannot interpret. >

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
No. but at least everyone knows you have one for sale now ;p You could also post a thread asking if it's ok you post your ebay URL - dont forget to include the actual URL, just in case they are not sure exactly what you mean :D -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.2 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeez

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
Done: http://forums.slimdevices.com/register.php -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] Fixing iTunes downloaded cover art

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
simonjedrake;347499 Wrote: > Andrew. > This sounds a great bit of software, does it also extract the album art > for uploaded .mp3 files that itunes has located & stored the artwork for > in it's proprietary folder? > If so you have then created an extremely welcome application that will > be wor

Re: [slim] Mozilla Songbird Integration

2008-10-06 Thread bhaagensen
What do you mean. Squeezebox hardware are frontends... If you mean that Songbird could work as frontene, or clients, so Squeezecenter that is a matter of Songbird supporting streaming over http. If you mean that Songbird should work as a server for Squeezebox, then I don't think that is going to h

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread Siduhe
There's a good blog post from the Songbird people from a little while ago which gives a bit more background to what they've done. You can also see the explanation they've given about the legal position - although I'm sure that Apple and MS's finest lawyers can find something to pick apart... htt

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread andyg
Nothing is stopping anyone from writing a plugin though. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53460 __

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread ModelCitizen
mvalera;347503 Wrote: > Registration to this forum is free! That's good. I'm interested to know why Slimdevices/Logitech don't want people selling off their gear through the forum though. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen --

Re: [slim] Is it o.k. to post SB's for sale here?

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
Because this isn't a marketplace. That's why [insert your god or favorite scientist here] invented eBay. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com m

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-06 Thread CatBus
andyg;347512 Wrote: > Nothing is stopping anyone from writing a plugin though. Writing a plugin, no. Telling anyone where they can get that plugin, or how to write their own...yes. It's DeCSS T-shirts all over again. -- CatBus

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread mvalera
JJZolx;347468 Wrote: > Yeah? And you can easily put together a much better system than the > Boom. So what? It's a convenient size and form-factor, so that will > sell it to people who aren't as critical of its weaknesses sonically. > > A receiver with built in amp would make a good zone play

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread JJZolx
mvalera;347523 Wrote: > Ok then... please see the first part of my first answer. > > We do not comment on future products, or the possibility of future > products. You should have left it at that. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx'

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-06 Thread autopilot
Interesting. -- autopilot *Server:* SC7.2 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main room) / Trends TA10.1 Class-T / Logitech 5.1. *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (be

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