Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Nonreality wrote: > > That's it? I was really trying to figure out why, but you come back > with my attitude. Brilliant. I really don't think anyone forces you to > get emailed every post. You can choose and you can log on and read or > use a rss reader. But you choose to try to stop every th

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread MrSinatra
Peter, the logic is they could use their mail app to filter the ONE thread out. there are now THREE threads to complain about one thread! that is rather absurd. i totally understand and RESPECT the desire of you and others like you to not get or see these discussions... so why not join me in

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
MrSinatra wrote: > Peter, > > the logic is they could use their mail app to filter the ONE thread > out. > > there are now THREE threads to complain about one thread! that is > rather absurd. > Really? So political and sports subjects are alright, but discussing the use of the list is not? I

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 - Anyone else getting this?

2008-11-10 Thread Tim-Ann
Hi there, I thought it was someone in a capsized boat not a pilot? Still not fixed this morning? Tim. -- Tim-Ann Tim-Ann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12413 View this thread: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Application Error within WHS

2008-11-10 Thread Michael Herger
> I have 7.2.1 installed recently. > Suddenly SC shuts down. In the Event Viewer there is this message: Please upload your server.log file (see Settings/Status). -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevice

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter and TwonkyVision won't work together?

2008-11-10 Thread aspendl828
I also used to have problems with Twonky and Squeezecentre. Prior to being told how to change the Squeezecentre port number I used to have to make sure Squeezecentre started first as Twonky would then automatically use port 9001. There doesn't seem to be any way to change the port in Twonky so it'

[slim] New forums...

2008-11-10 Thread autopilot
I was just wondering why we have new subforums for the Duet and SC etc, but not for the Transporter or SB3? Sign of things to 'come' (or, should i say go?). If not, it would make a lot of sense to have to them covered. -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a ->

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Mushroom_3 wrote: peter;358393 Wrote: Mushroom_3 wrote:[color=blue] I subscribed to this list because it was about slim devices. Not about politics and sports. Regards, Peter I quite agree. But neither your nor pfarrell run the forums, so please let the moderators or Slimdevices do

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Nonreality wrote: peter;358381 Wrote: Nonreality wrote: That's it? I was really trying to figure out why, but you come back with my attitude. Brilliant. I really don't think anyone forces you to get emailed every post. You can choose and you can log on and read

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 - Anyone else getting this?

2008-11-10 Thread mooblie
Same problem for me here too - 2pm 10th Nov - UK time - BBC Radio 4. -- mooblie Martin at 'Headspin' (http//www.headspin.plus.com) mooblie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15378 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter and TwonkyVision won't work together?

2008-11-10 Thread MeSue
There is a way to change the port in Twonky--you can Google for it if you want to try it. I did it, but having the add-in installed made my WHS console so unresponsive that I ended up removing it. Not sure if the console slowness was a result of changing the port number, or if Twonky conflicted wi

Re: [slim] Playing Accuradio - Listening post and MVY

2008-11-10 Thread aubuti
adamsola;358399 Wrote: > 2. I cannot see Accuradio Station Martha's vineyard (MVY), which I'd > like to listen to (Adult alternative/ ammericana format). Can this be > included in the accuradio list ? I haven't tried out Accuradio yet, but you can easily get WMVY by other means. I used to paste i

[slim] SAMSUNG SGH-i900 OMNIA @ 320USD

2008-11-10 Thread cashbuy
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Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Mushroom_3
The sub-heading of the "General Discussion" Forum is The Kitchen Sink. I would think a thread about the recent US election comes under that category. As does a thread about anything else. Maybe some clarification is necessary. But why do some people, every time they come across a thread they disl

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-10 Thread autopilot
No, Your clogging up the forum with this spam. Thread number 3 is a joke. -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic -> Cambridge Audio Azur 640a -> Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver -> Trends TA10.1 Class-T -> Kef Cresta 1's *Office :* Softsqueeze -> Logitech Active 5.1's. *Kit

Re: [slim] where are the rest of the instructions?

2008-11-10 Thread Skunk
Here's some info on the applets for the Controller: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay_Applets. The headphone jack is now enabled for beta versions of SC, and I would guess will have more documentation added after it's official. No word on IR capability yet. -- Skunk http://ww

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

2008-11-10 Thread Michael Herger
>> open strings.txt and find the string you'd like to rename and it's Please don't do this. The file will be overwritten next time you update. Create a custom-strings.txt file instead. It will have the same effect, but won't be touched by new SC installations. -- Michael _

[slim] Playing Accuradio - Listening post and MVY

2008-11-10 Thread adamsola
I have found accuradio under INTERNET RADIO/STAFF PICKS/WEBCASTER. I have two queries: 1. I cannot get Listening Post to play - is the URL correct? If not, can it be updated ? 2. I cannot see Accuradio Station Martha's vineyard (MVY), which I'd like to listen to (Adult alternative/ ammericana f

Re: [slim] Application Error within WHS

2008-11-10 Thread wbree
The actual log files contain only data from yesterdag (11-9). The problem occur a few days ago. When It appears again I sent the log file to the forum. -- wbree wbree's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] New forums...

2008-11-10 Thread Nonreality
autopilot;358447 Wrote: > I was just wondering why we have new subforums for the Duet and SC etc, > but not for the Transporter or SB3? Sign of things to 'come' (or, > should i say go?). If not, it would make a lot of sense to have to them > covered. Was wondering the same thing. Maybe they figur

[slim] artwork in ogg-vorbis file breaks fast forward (ffw) and reverse (rev)?

2008-11-10 Thread dcote
it seems that vorbis files with artwork in them will play fine on my SB3s, but will cause the FFW/REW to break. when i try to FFW/REW, the message: "problem: cant open file for..." appears and the SB skips to the next song. other vorbis files (without albumart) will FFW fine. the artwork i add is

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Goodsounds
Maybe you guys are on to something. We should ban any discussion about accessing the BBC - who cares, I don't listen to it. Same about problems with accented characters - why don't these people just use American English like I do. If they did, they'd have no problems. And, we should limit forum h

Re: [slim] Application Error within WHS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
Nice. It interests me too. ;) (not that I have any probems with WHS, but you never know) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread snarlydwarf
Goodsounds;358488 Wrote: > > For all these people, the occasional irrelevant topic diversion is good > therapy. So too the passionate and sometimes illogical banter that can > erupt when a person's deeply held (and usually subjective) beliefs are > questioned. I agree: as long as it is mostly c

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Pat Farrell
Peter wrote: >> But why do some people, every time they come across a thread they >> dislike then try and get it closed/removed? I don't know about all the rest, I don't "dislike" them, they are simply off charter for a forum about SlimDevices's products. And those who use the web viewer can simp

Re: [slim] Help! SB3 drops out...Router Issue?

2008-11-10 Thread dpac996
If there was a general problem with B/G I would think there would be thousands of similar complaints. There are probably tens of thousands of users operating in a similiar network, a few wireless devices that come and go with time. My problem is that when I switch OFF the laptop the SB3 drops..unl

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
Does an "off-topic" thread against another "off-topic" thread makes the former "in topic" ? I don't think so. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://for

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
peter;358413 Wrote: > > You figure I should post 128 posts as well? I bet you wouldn't dare to. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Goodsounds wrote: > Maybe you guys are on to something. We should ban any discussion about > accessing the BBC - who cares, I don't listen to it. Same about > problems with accented characters - why don't these people just use > American English like I do. If they did, they'd have no problems. >

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Themis wrote: > Does an "off-topic" thread against another "off-topic" thread makes the > former "in topic" ? I don't think so. :) > That's called a meta-discussion. Look it up... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.co

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Peter
Mushroom_3 wrote: > The sub-heading of the "General Discussion" Forum is The Kitchen Sink. I > would think a thread about the recent US election comes under that > category. As does a thread about anything else. Maybe some > clarification is necessary. > > But why do some people, every time they co

[slim] SB3 remote control getting physically weary?

2008-11-10 Thread RonHatl
Hi all, I have four SqueezeBox 3s/Classics which I love. One of the remote controls is sometimes not responding when I press the DOWN key. I have tried changing batteries, tried one of the other remotes on the same SB3 and made sure that the problem is not related to delays over wifi or due to di

Re: [slim] Help! SB3 drops out...Router Issue?

2008-11-10 Thread Goodsounds
I've had no problems with two SB3s on a mixed B-G network. A number of people I know have had trouble with the integrated "modem"/routers supplied by their broadband carrier. Though not the one you cite. Many are odd one-off boxes, made by companies you never heard of and with features and approa

Re: [slim] SB3 remote control getting physically weary?

2008-11-10 Thread kdf
> > Questions: > 1. Anyone else experienced this problem? Can't say that I have, but I usually use the web for more intricate commands. The remote probably isn't heavily used aside from stop/start. > 3. Is it possible to buy new remote controls from Logitech or others? If you are in the US, yo

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread MrSinatra
there are three. thx for joining me in my request. and yes, discussing the use of the forum is fine, but that was really secondary to the complaining nature of the three threads, and moreover, could have been discussed all in one complaining thread. in any case, lets just work towards the solut

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Nonreality
peter;358381 Wrote: > Nonreality wrote: > > > > That's it? I was really trying to figure out why, but you come back > > with my attitude. Brilliant. I really don't think anyone forces you > to > > get emailed every post. You can choose and you can log on and read > or > > use a rss reader. Bu

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
peter;358511 Wrote: > I've seen enough forums and usenet groups die because nobody cared about > staying on topic.Oh, -that- was the real reason, hein ? Nice to see I'm not > the only one who cares about these forums. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Pia

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Goodsounds
peter;358511 Wrote: > > > You're on to something. Let's start discussing Dutch politics, in > Dutch... Goede idee. Dat is fijn met mij. Ou bien, nous pouvons avoir une discussion en francais. Ca m'est egal. C'est possible pour moi de parler dans ces deux langues, et aussi dans quelques autres.

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-10 Thread badbob
Why thank you [blushes] -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54884 _

Re: [slim] SB3 remote control getting physically weary?

2008-11-10 Thread bpa
Ripcaster in the UK also sells remotes https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/product?from=66 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Mushroom_3
peter;358393 Wrote: > Mushroom_3 wrote:[color=blue] > > I subscribed to this list because it was about slim devices. Not about > > politics and sports. > > Regards, > Peter I quite agree. But neither your nor pfarrell run the forums, so please let the moderators or Slimdevices do their work.

[slim] where are the rest of the instructions?

2008-11-10 Thread cmay
I have finally upgraded from a SLIMP3 to a Duet - and I am way happy! I have noticed a lot of un- or under-documented features, where can I find out more about them? Is there a detailed user's guide? Some things I have been trying to find more info on: Applettes The IR port on the controller Th

Re: [slim] SB3 remote control getting physically weary?

2008-11-10 Thread hirschaj
I had a problem where my remote would work very erratically and only work with certain keys. The problem was with the solder joint on the IR emitter. I opened up the remote and closely inspected where the IR emitter prongs attach to the circuit board and sure enough there was a crack in one of the

Re: [slim] SB3 remote control getting physically weary?

2008-11-10 Thread markbelanger
I just dropped mine, which killed it. I think I had an earlier generation, the replacement I got is backlit and a little more substantial, better iconography... it's great, and the service was amazing with very quick turnaround (in the U.S.) -- markbelanger ---

Re: [slim] Playing Accuradio - Listening post and MVY

2008-11-10 Thread toby10
aubuti;358460 Wrote: > I haven't tried out Accuradio yet, but you can easily get WMVY by other > means. I used to paste in the URL from their website stream, but now > it's probably easier to use RadioTime and browse by location. Then save > it to favorites. You aren't missing much. :) Accura

Re: [slim] Global search ?

2008-11-10 Thread indypants
I've successfully copied all my genre tags into the comment tag and done a few simple searches, but the results are so far disappointing. As an example, a typical custom-format tag I have created might look like this:4 [P] (S) When I search (using the advanced search / comment field), ei

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread MrSinatra
All, a solution exists. just as there is a "music" forum for discussing music, we could request that slim creates a forum for discussing any and everything not slim related or covered by another existing forum. we could also request "General Discussion" be renamed to "General discussion about S

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread autopilot
I honestly can't believe what a fuss is being made. 1 thread. 1 single thread causes this much upset?! People need to get out the house for a while. If things were getting out of hand, with loads of threads with flame wars, spam and trolling then yeah the mods should mod. But we are talking about

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

2008-11-10 Thread schiegl
mherger;358395 Wrote: > >> open strings.txt and find the string you'd like to rename and it's > > Please don't do this. The file will be overwritten next time you > update. Create a custom-strings.txt file instead. It will have the same > effect, but won't be touched by new SC installations. >

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

2008-11-10 Thread whams
mherger;358395 Wrote: > >> open strings.txt and find the string you'd like to rename and it's > > Please don't do this. The file will be overwritten next time you > update. Create a custom-strings.txt file instead. It will have the same > effect, but won't be touched by new SC installations. >

[slim] SB3 / Classic and New Cambridge Audio DACMagic

2008-11-10 Thread sunbeamgls
Hi, Has anyone tried their SB3 / Classic with the new DACMagic? If so, what was your set up and what was the result compared to SB3's internal DAC please? Cheers -- sunbeamgls sunbeamgls's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] Help! SB3 drops out...Router Issue?

2008-11-10 Thread mr-b
Hi I've reported something similar - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=353684#post353684. If you reboot your SB3 does it report successfully obtaining an ip address? Can you ping that address from the SC server or other network node? I suspect that there's some SB/router incompatibi

Re: [slim] New forums...

2008-11-10 Thread mvalera
The feedback I got internally was that the General does a fine job for Squeezebox Classic, and the Transporter is covered by Audiophile. Agree/disagree? Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com --

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread mvalera
The General discussion area is just that... it's for everything. If people want to comment on the election then this is the correct area. A few non-Squeezebox related posts after a historic election does not mean that the forum is going off track. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Commun

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread kdf
And with that, this is my final post on the general forum. It no longer provides any interest (and more frequently crossing the line to annoyance) for me, so I'll follow the advice given and simply stop reading. I invite others to do the same. Plenty of other forums and they have lots of flexibil

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Ross Malegus
Historic election is right. It appears the US is back on track, walk softly and carry a big stick. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mvalera Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:45 PM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] Political

Re: [slim] Artwork Display

2008-11-10 Thread starfleetcommand
Thought I'd share an update. With the help of Michael Herger, I added repeat and shuffle status modes. Shuffle status changes almost instantly (within 5 sec.) but the Repeat status updates when the playlist updates. I also added power state and did some extra tweaking for visual appearance. Hop

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Goodsounds
kdf;358626 Wrote: > And with that, this is my final post on the general forum. It no longer > provides any interest (and more frequently crossing the line to > annoyance) for me, so I'll follow the advice given and simply stop > reading. > An opinion, everyone is entitled to one, and better tha

[slim] Just hooked up my new duet!

2008-11-10 Thread jasongilliland
Hello everyone, I just purchased a new squeezebox duet. I also bought an external seagate hard drive to store about 700 albums on. I am a little overwhelmed by all of the stuff I have to do. I am going to be using Itunes to rip my albums to apple lossless. I have ripped 3 albums and downloaded the

[slim] Playback through controller?

2008-11-10 Thread ungerwu
I'm running the 7.3 upgrade and wondered how/if I can listen through the headphone jack on the Duet controller. -- ungerwu ungerwu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20540 View this thread: http://f

Re: [slim] Playback through controller?

2008-11-10 Thread Mnyb
Hi. >From you controller go to settings">"Advanced">"Audio playback">"Enable playback". Then restart the controller now it should be possible to choose your controller as a player like any other player. On controller it's in "choose player" menu. In SqueezeCenter you find it under the choose p

Re: [slim] Playback through controller?

2008-11-10 Thread Mnyb
OT, if your not using headphones the music comes out of the tiny speaker at back, which leads to. You can use the Controller as an alarm clock, because the speaker is tiny you have to choose one of the sound effects (or any other really annoying sound with a lot of treble and midrange )and crank

Re: [slim] power on resume problem

2008-11-10 Thread morsejeff
I'm having problems with "Resume at power on" as well, ever since I upgraded to 7.2.1. The only reason I upgraded is because I just purchased a SB Boom. Anyone else having problems with this? Also, does the Boom really require using the newest version of Squeezecenter or can I roll back to 7.1

[slim] Use iTunes checkbox

2008-11-10 Thread AndrewFG
What does the "use iTunes" check box do? (SqueezeCenter scanner can find my music library anyway...) -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread

Re: [slim] Just hooked up my new duet!

2008-11-10 Thread AndrewFG
jasongilliland;358633 Wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am going to be using Itunes to rip my albums to apple lossless. I > have ripped 3 albums and downloaded the appropriate artwork but I can > not access the artwork from the squeezebox center or duet remote.?? If > anyone knows what I am doing wron

Re: [slim] Help! SB3 drops out...Router Issue?

2008-11-10 Thread Phil Leigh
As a first step I would make sure that your server and squeezebox are both using static IP addresses. -- 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 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibra