[slim] SqueezeBox3 slow response

2008-10-12 Thread madsandrup
Hi. I have a very strange problem with my SqueezeBox3 and SqueezeCenter 7.2. My setup: The SB3 is connector to my wireless network (signal strength: 85%). The SC server is wired and runs on a newly out of the box Asus Eee Box B202 (Intel Atom 1.6GHz and 1GB ram, XP Home), which should be well

[slim] SLIMP3 intermittent volume problem

2008-10-12 Thread virgilx
Hey I just purchased a slimp3 off ebay about a week ago. I flashed it to the 2.3 firmware (originally 2.0) and installed slimcenter 7.2 on a linux server. All is well in that I can listen to music from my collection, internet radio, or music service (which is really awesome). But it will

Re: [slim] Fixing iTunes downloaded cover art

2008-10-12 Thread Kim.T
Try to search the forum for iArt - a program that also can extract albumart from iTunes. -- Kim.T HP T5700 Thin Client running FreeNAS + SqueezeCenter 7.2 Synology DS-101j / Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD400LD 400 GB - now with 92 mm fan TViX HD M-4000PA / Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD400LD 400 GB

Re: [slim] Problem with external Dac and SB outputs always on - please help!

2008-10-12 Thread jwo
If the DAC uses relay muting you might hear a click when the relay activates. I suspect that this is an issue with the design of your DAC. Does it have an LED that indicates that the DAC has signal lock? YES! THIS is the correct description of my problem. The Dac has a led light that

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 slow response

2008-10-12 Thread Phil Leigh
I'm not familiar with your PC but this sounds rather like classic Notebook CPU power throttling - have you checked your BIOS settings for power saving options? -- 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

[slim] Mismatch between Itunes and SC track count - helpful script

2008-10-12 Thread Laz
Hi All, I've had a long standing problem with track count mismatches between iTunes and SC - mainly related to the fact that iTunes is case insensitive and accent sensitive while SC appears to be case sensitive and tends to strip accents from path names (see

[slim] Bug? AES/EBU volume stops at -49.5dB.

2008-10-12 Thread Valentino
So far I have used BAL analog outputs on Transporter to feed my Behringer DCX2496 bass equalizer, and phono SE analog out to my main speaker amp. In an attempt to shorten the signal path in the bass by using AES/EBU digital variable output I discovered this: The AES/EBU output seemingly has two

Re: [slim] Internet Radio out after update

2008-10-12 Thread toby10
BrockStone;349066 Wrote: That wouldn't explain 90% of shoutcast streams failing though would it? I'll check again in a few hours. Thanks for the note. May have been a temporary issue with ShoutCast. I just tried 20 random streams from ShoutCast and all played fine. I know there was

[slim] Squeezebox remote to change the channel on DVB-S satellite radio card?

2008-10-12 Thread Skye
Does anyone have suggestions as to how I might arrange to have the Squeezebox remote change the channel on my DVB-S satellite radio card? Current setup: I’ve a Technisat SkyStar 2 PCI card with DVBviewer that sits in the PC running WHS and SqueezeCenter 7.2. Selecting the WaveInput plugin via

[slim] Playing Last.FM on Squeezebox?

2008-10-12 Thread bodiam
Hi all, I've just upgraded my SqueezeCenter to 7.2 because of the (presumed?) Last.FM play support. Now I googled around, searched the forum, searched the wiki, etc, but untill now, all I got is a menu item in my Squeezebox, which, when selected, says: Your Last.fm accout is not yet That's

Re: [slim] Playing Last.FM on Squeezebox?

2008-10-12 Thread Siduhe
Are you in the UK, US or Germany? If not, you cannot yet use the built in Last.fm Audioscrobber plugin (it is only licenced for those countries) but you can use the third party Squeezescrobbler plugin which is not country restricted. If you are in UK/US/DE you need to open up a webpage and log

[slim] Composer wrongly picked up in Artist menu?

2008-10-12 Thread InTheBath
I just browsed to David Bowie on my artists menu and, with the SB on shuffle, pressed play. Lust for Life by Iggy Pop started playing. I figured I'd got a tagging problem so checked the tags on the SB menu (by scrolling right in Now Playing. Everything looked fine. Album Artist was Various

[slim] Slimdevices.com down?

2008-10-12 Thread Dave Dewey
Can't get to it, or forums.slimdevices.com either... confidence level of this mail getting through - low. :-) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread Phil Meyer
Good post, that all sounds perfectly sensible. The goal should be to avoid needing to rescan music library when changing options anyway. Get rid of the wizard and make assumptions to set the configuration. But I think upon trying to browse the music library to play something, detect that

Re: [slim] Slimdevices.com down?

2008-10-12 Thread ModelCitizen
But it did... and all seems back up now... MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread MrSinatra
why not put these varying suggstions in the bug reports? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread Phil Meyer
the fact is the current version has options, as all programs of this type do. musicmatch, winamp, etc... all have lots of options. these noobs who slim seems to be worried about melting their computers, will STILL HAVE ACCESS to those options POST setup. so whats the difference? is it really

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread peterw
mherger;348871 Wrote: -- I think it'd probably be good to have Typical and Advanced modes for the web UI, at least the settings pages, as I think there are too many visible options right now for most users (do novices really need to see Alan's sync timing values?).[/color]

Re: [slim] Controller has lost receiver

2008-10-12 Thread Mike-NC
Finally I did a factory reset of the controller. It did not erase settings (except networking settings). It resolved the problem -- for now. I have filed bug #9969 with Logitech. Those who have similar problems might want to vote for the bug at http://bugs.slimdevices.com/ Thanks again to all

Re: [slim] Compilation albums

2008-10-12 Thread JadeMonkee
Daren;336262 Wrote: The problem is that is that artist appearances on a compilation album appear under artists, I just want the non-compilations to appear. This is also what I want. First I had the group various and list albums by band options checked, and I got my compilations appearing

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread MrSinatra
Philip Meyer;349162 Wrote: the fact is the current version has options, as all programs of this type do. musicmatch, winamp, etc... all have lots of options. these noobs who slim seems to be worried about melting their computers, will STILL HAVE ACCESS to those options POST setup. so

Re: [slim] lot's of backgroud noise like tape hiss

2008-10-12 Thread grrman
funkahdafi;347074 Wrote: any news on this? this bug STILL exists, even in the newest version. mov123 still only outputs hiss unless you change the endian setting. and the custom-convert.conf still gets deleted upon SC upgrades. Still a bug, see 9638. Pete -- grrman Daily Gearhead

[slim] Best Harmony for SB3?

2008-10-12 Thread axel007
In the collected wisdom of the present audience, is there a best Harmony for use with the SB3? One with the least reported issues, best display etc? -- axel007 axel007's Profile:

[slim] Bug in Bugzilla

2008-10-12 Thread MrSinatra
i am trying to add a comment to bug 5108 bugzilla won't let me. i get this message: You tried to change the Keywords field from 7.3_new_schema to new_schema , but only the assignee or reporter of the bug, or a sufficiently empowered user may change that field. i did not try to change

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox3 slow response

2008-10-12 Thread madsandrup
Hi Phil. The only settings in BIOS under Power is ACPI 2.0 support Yes/No and power mode S1/S3/Auto. I have tryed changing these settings with no luck. Does anybody know what functions the SC use which could be affected by the power trottling?? It might give me a clue to start digging. Mads

Re: [slim] Suggested behaviour on new install

2008-10-12 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;349152 Wrote: But I think upon trying to browse the music library to play something, detect that there's no music in the library, and inform the user that they need to perform a scan (any user interface - web UI, player UI, SBC). Unless it already works this way, this sounds

Re: [slim] Best Harmony for SB3?

2008-10-12 Thread SuperQ
I use the Harmony 890 because it has an RF based repeater. This way I don't have to be in the same room to adjust the volume. It's fairly easy to setup, and the S.O. loves it. It's a great remote, but it's not perfect. I had one die, which Logitech replaced. They're only moderately sturdy,