Re: [slim] Artwork Display

2008-11-13 Thread starfleetcommand
booguss;359644 Wrote: > Looks nice Starfleet :-) Good work! > > > > Well, for me it's all a mess when I replace those .js files with the > 7.3 builds, neither FF3 nor IE7 works: > > How come? I really like his to work :-) > > Cheers! > > /Boo h. Ensure Java Script is enabled in both I

Re: [slim] Future of SB3 ?

2008-11-13 Thread Pat Farrell
Peter wrote: > Ease of use has nothing to do with the complexity of the underlying > technology. "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein I think that really good ease of use requires tons of hard work. The complexity is there, just hidden by good d

Re: [slim] Future of SB3 ?

2008-11-13 Thread Peter
TiredLegs wrote: > I agree. I own three SB3s, and might buy another one. I tried a Duet, > and I really did not like it. When a remote control requires more > software and networking complexity than the device its controlling, > that is not a recipe for ease-of-use. The SB3 is much simpler, and it

Re: [slim] A quick way to rip, tag, cover art, and serve your files.

2008-11-13 Thread agillis
Thanks for your questions. I will get some more documentation on the site as I have time. Here are the answers to your questions. Maybe I’ll add some of these to a FAQ on my site. 1. No there is no Xwindows GUI on VortexBox it’s all done through the web interface. I may add one if people are inte

Re: [slim] A quick way to rip, tag, cover art, and serve your files.

2008-11-13 Thread Mnyb
Good idea, i think this will be popular, i visited your site. You should probably do some documentation otherwise you will be swamped with questions :-) Otherwise nice initiative, good work. I get you some Q's to start with: *does vortexbox run fedora with or without any GUI (like gnome or simil

Re: [slim] Clearing playlist on the fly (stopping repeat)

2008-11-13 Thread Skunk
Sorry, that didn't work either. An enhancement request for a sc pref may be your best option. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thre

Re: [slim] Clearing playlist on the fly (stopping repeat)

2008-11-13 Thread Skunk
RedondoJonathan;359798 Wrote: > I recently realized that I only got a partial resolution to my question > - turn off the repeat (to keep things from playing over & over). > > Is there a way to have the playlist clear as each track is completed? > > Thanks! > Jonathan This is a terrible workar

Re: [slim] Clearing playlist on the fly (stopping repeat)

2008-11-13 Thread RedondoJonathan
RedondoJonathan;257080 Wrote: > When I add an album to the play list I'd like the songs to disappear > from the playlist as they finish. Is there a way to do this? If I > don't clear the entire album at the end it just starts from the > begining again! > > Thanks, > Jonathan I recently reali

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread EnochLight
Luke Redpath;359269 Wrote: > I can also confirm that iSqueeze will no longer be called iSqueeze on > its final release. I'm still yet to decide on a name although I quite > like the name "Concertina". :) That's a shame - I'm guessing Logitech had a problem with the original name? Anyway, not fe

[slim] A quick way to rip, tag, cover art, and serve your files.

2008-11-13 Thread agillis
I wanted to be able to quickly rip, tag, and get the cover art for my CD collection so I could use it with my SB3. I have about 300 CDs so it seemed like a big job. I decided to build a Linux box from an old Windows PC and use it to serve the music files to my network. I set it up so that when y

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-11-13 Thread Skunk
Nonreality;316419 Wrote: > I probably over spoke when I said "everything a SC can do" when I meant > it as "everything on the Wiki now" in an easier way to access. I deleted your A-C index and started a more browsing-friendly one. Since the info is all presented logically already, though not in

[slim] How to get items in play queue via CLI

2008-11-13 Thread jkish
Hello all, I'm new to the forums, so please be gentle. I need to be able to get the list of items in the play queue via the CLI interface. I've looked through the help, but see everything but how to actually enuerate this this. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks! -- jkish ---

Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge

2008-11-13 Thread pippin
Could somebody give me a complete dummies' guide on how to get this running on my ubuntu server? I only get "PortAudio error: Host error." I've tried to install any PortAudio stuff I could find but have no idea how to find out if it's configured correctly... -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinl

Re: [slim] Slow Forums?

2008-11-13 Thread Howard Passman
There were periods yesterday when I could not reach you at all. This evening it's very sllooow. Howard -- Howard Passman .and still waiting for extra cradles.. Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums

[slim] Install Squeeze Center on a NAS

2008-11-13 Thread geom
Can someone tell me how to install squeezecenter onto my D-Link DNS-323 V1.2 Network storage device. I would like to be able to run things without having to turn on my computer. The NAS is pluigged into my router with a fixed IP address. Thanks for any help! -- geom ---

Re: [slim] Slow Forums?

2008-11-13 Thread funkstar
It's been fine for me here at home and when i was using a satellite connection from the North Sea earlier in the day (I work offshore and came home today). -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [slim] Email support is not very impressive

2008-11-13 Thread JJZolx
Nonreality;359501 Wrote: > In the meantime, unless you really need them, use mp3tag and get rid of > the composer tag in the Soundgarden albums. Easy fix unless you use > the composer tag for some reason in the rock genre. Good advice, but what you might do instead is change the name of the COM

Re: [slim] External Hard Drive Help?

2008-11-13 Thread JJZolx
JJZolx;356416 Wrote: > I have an external USB drive that I use for music library backups that > is otherwise idental to the internal drive on which I store my library. > Maybe I'll run a quick test to see what the scan time difference is > between using that drive and the internal one. I just re

Re: [slim] Slow Forums?

2008-11-13 Thread JJZolx
seanadams;359741 Wrote: > they seem as snappy as usual to me. how does a ping look? Looks OK. It's extremely erratic at the moment. I couldn't even get the main forum page to load for about 10 minutes, then it came back and was normal for a bit, and just now it took about a minute for this pag

Re: [slim] Slow Forums?

2008-11-13 Thread seanadams
they seem as snappy as usual to me. how does a ping look? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55058

[slim] Slow Forums?

2008-11-13 Thread JJZolx
Is it just my connection, or have the SD forums been unbearably slow lately? For the better part of the last day it's ranged from slow to very slow to just about unusable. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.sl

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread Nonreality
pippin;359500 Wrote: > I don't know the latest touches but I can't imagine they don't work, > iPhone is a pretty consistent platform so far and it works the same on > my Mk.1 iPod touches as well as on my iPhone 3G. So don't expect any > quirks there. > > Regarding cover art: You should see the

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread JJZolx
Letten;359619 Wrote: > For sure it takes a few seconds to start up the drive, but still it > feels slow when navigating the albums. Navigating albums in the web interface has always been very slow. Are you sure it's slowER than with an internal drive? On a moderately fast server, expect at lea

Re: [slim] Future of SB3 ?

2008-11-13 Thread mdconnelly
TiredLegs;359652 Wrote: > I agree. I own three SB3s, and might buy another one. I tried a Duet, > and I really did not like it. When a remote control requires more > software and networking complexity than the device its controlling, > that is not a recipe for ease-of-use. The SB3 is much simpler

Re: [slim] LMA - should I open a bug?

2008-11-13 Thread jehma
I'll open a bug when I get some time. -- jehma jehma's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54724

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread Letten
Mnyb;359678 Wrote: > Simbo you did it, you found the tread i was searching for nice. > It sure looks like it to me. > > So SC is fetching the cover art during browsing ? is it still that way > ? It sure sounds like this is what's happening, now it would be nice to have a comment from the develo

Re: [slim] LMA - should I open a bug?

2008-11-13 Thread joeriz
jehma;357254 Wrote: > I see many posts reporting missing shows from LMA. Please see this > thread for the image I posted: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54615 > > Should I open a bug about the gap between 3/15/08 and present day or > can we get just a little official informa

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread Mnyb
simbo;359662 Wrote: > You could try the tweak suggested by EliteAV 'here' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45121&highlight=controller+albums&page=3) > (last post on page). It's works well with my NAS drive - maybe it'll > work with external drives too? Simbo you did it, you foun

Re: [slim] Sb2

2008-11-13 Thread Phil Leigh
Labarum;359555 Wrote: > Yes, I have seen a wireless SB2 second hand. Is there anything bewteen > it and the SB3 for > > a. Digital out? > b. Analogue out? > > One might serve nicely in the kitchen with a pair of PC speakers I > have. > > RF reception where I live is awful - LW, MW or FM. Soun

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread simbo
You could try the tweak suggested by EliteAV 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45121&highlight=controller+albums&page=3) (last post on page). It's works well with my NAS drive - maybe it'll work with external drives too? -- simbo *bedroom:* squeezebox 3 => audioengine a2 *

Re: [slim] Distortion during loud tracks - my amp is too sensitive - what to do?

2008-11-13 Thread Phil Leigh
185mV sensitivity is crazy! - even old Quads from the 60's had 250mV! Surely this can't be right - you need at least 2V for modern gear and 10V would be a lot of headroom. Where's google... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call

Re: [slim] Future of SB3 ?

2008-11-13 Thread TiredLegs
pablolie;359130 Wrote: > I do hope something like the SB3 stays a mainstay in the SD roadmap. It > remains my favorite product for more than nostalgic reasons... I agree. I own three SB3s, and might buy another one. I tried a Duet, and I really did not like it. When a remote control requires more

Re: [slim] Distortion during loud tracks - my amp is too sensitive - what to do?

2008-11-13 Thread Mnyb
185mV ok missed that, I also assumed that the OP mised something with 47ohm ? instead 47k which is normal. but why 185mV ? strange, even old stuff with din connectors have 0.5V sensitivity. I think never stuff hovers about 2V. Must google this amp ? Solder some attenuators i think there is instr

Re: [slim] Artwork Display

2008-11-13 Thread booguss
Looks nice Starfleet :-) Good work! > Just remember to save your existing JS files as a backup. Let me know > how it works. Well, for me it's all a mess when I replace those .js files with the 7.3 builds, neither FF3 nor IE7 works: How come? I really like his to work :-) Cheers! /Boo +

[slim] Controller sound effects always off

2008-11-13 Thread abab
Hmmm, for a while all controller sound effects has been off, is there a way to bring them back? Charging, Navigation, Playback and Scroll *are* all checked under Settings - Advanced - Sound Effects, and Volume is at max level... Any suggestions? Thanks ! Ab -- abab ---

[slim] Help Please! Player not found but seen it before??

2008-11-13 Thread pipster1972
Hello to everyone, I'm new here but a big fan of the Squeezebox so far. Having a few problems though - can you help? Windows XP - all up to date BT home hub Squeezecenter 7.2.1 (I think - latest one anyway) Squeezebox Classic V3 - latest updates Zone Alarm - have allowed access in program control

Re: [slim] Distortion during loud tracks - my amp is too sensitive - what to do?

2008-11-13 Thread chinablues
ha ha, distortion during loud tracks! Rephrase it to "distortion playing tracks loud" and you have the expensive path to a brand of audiophilia. How many have played tracks loudly late in the evening & have seen those ripples of discontent on the surface of the Lagavulin when a distorted chord c

Re: [slim] Distortion during loud tracks - my amp is too sensitive - what to do?

2008-11-13 Thread lanierb
The first thing to try would be to back off the SB3 volume control. It won't affect the audio quality down to at least 50% and probably a lot lower. If that doesn't work (and even if it does) then I'd suspect there's something wrong with the Marantz. -- lanierb ---

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread Letten
neilcoburn;359547 Wrote: > Is browsing always slow with your external drive, or only when you start > browsing/playing? Mine takes a while to get going (as the drive starts > up) but then once I'm playing something it speeds up For sure it takes a few seconds to start up the drive, but still it

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread Letten
mherger;359473 Wrote: > > I have SC on a XP laptop and my music(and artwork) was on a external > > USB 2.0 HDD. > > Does the laptop support USB2, too? > > -- > > Michael Yes it does. -- Letten Letten's Profile: http:

Re: [slim] Artwork Display

2008-11-13 Thread starfleetcommand
Skunk That appears to be an older version of the html. Since then I posted a later one that includes the shuffle/repeat modes. It is in this forum at thread #72. That thread has two screenshots. Below it the pics is an updated nowplaying_script.txt. Just save it to your squeezejs folder as an htm

Re: [slim] Sb2

2008-11-13 Thread mooblie
I found an SB2 worked wirelessly where an SB3 wouldn't. I put this down to the external antenna.(?) I had to return the SB3 eventually as it was basically unworkable with my setup. Netgear DG834N router - crooked path through walls/windows to SB about 12m away! - tried different channels too.

Re: [slim] Sb2

2008-11-13 Thread aubuti
The SB2 internals are the same as the SB3, and they have the same outputs. The SB2 wireless has one internal antenna as opposed to the SB3s two internal anntennae. Just make sure it really is an SB2 and not an SB1. If it's an SB2 the label on the bottom says "Squeezebox2", and if it's an SB1 it ju

[slim] Sb2

2008-11-13 Thread Labarum
Yes, I have seen a wireless SB2 second hand. Is there anything bewteen it and the SB3 for a. Digital out? b. Analogue out? One might serve nicely in the kitchen with a pair of PC speakers I have. RF reception where I live is awful - LW, MW or FM. -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread Luke Redpath
Thanks for the heads-up. -- Luke Redpath Luke Redpath's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=859 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54336 _

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread neilcoburn
Is browsing always slow with your external drive, or only when you start browsing/playing? Mine takes a while to get going (as the drive starts up) but then once I'm playing something it speeds up -- neilcoburn neilcoburn'

Re: [slim] Distortion during loud tracks - my amp is too sensitive - what to do?

2008-11-13 Thread cliveb
Mnyb;359458 Wrote: > ? are you sure your not describing your phono input ? > > The phono one is not suitable for line level sources and also has an > equalizing curve (for the pickups used with your gramophone for > "vinyl") > > 47Ohm or 47KOhm looks like phono input to me 185mV sensitivity can

Re: [slim] multi-room with SB3

2008-11-13 Thread Peter
pippin wrote: > Or even shorter: yes, it will work with both. > Ah, but your answer leaves room for many other questions that have already been answered by mine. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.sli

Re: [slim] Artwork Display

2008-11-13 Thread Skunk
starfleetcommand;359221 Wrote: > > Should work on any browser since it is just HTML. I just tested it on > Firefox and the shuffle status appears normally. However, I noticed > that the track info has moved to below the album art instead of to the > right of it. Interesting. Can you post a s

Re: [slim] multi-room with SB3

2008-11-13 Thread toby10
dblues;359514 Wrote: > ok, so i have a SB boom downstairs, and now I want either a SB3 or a > duet for the living room. I prefer the SB3 because i would be able to > use a universal remote with it. > > Would squeezecenter allow me to play something on the SB3 and something > else on the SBBoom

Re: [slim] automatic switch sq/center sq/network

2008-11-13 Thread Michael Herger
> it is possible? Not yet. But we're considering it for the future. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] multi-room with SB3

2008-11-13 Thread pippin
Or even shorter: yes, it will work with both. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [slim] multi-room with SB3

2008-11-13 Thread Peter
dblues wrote: > ok, so i have a SB boom downstairs, and now I want either a SB3 or a > duet for the living room. I prefer the SB3 because i would be able to > use a universal remote with it. > > Would squeezecenter allow me to play something on the SB3 and something > else on the SBBoom at the sam

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread Michael Herger
> JSON/RPC for commands (and originally for polling), sockets for async > notifications. Interesting. Please note that we didn't open port 9090 on the Windows firewall up to SC 7.2. We now do. But keep this in mind in case users experience issues. -- Michael ___

[slim] multi-room with SB3

2008-11-13 Thread dblues
ok, so i have a SB boom downstairs, and now I want either a SB3 or a duet for the living room. I prefer the SB3 because i would be able to use a universal remote with it. Would squeezecenter allow me to play something on the SB3 and something else on the SBBoom at the same time? or do I need the

[slim] automatic switch sq/center sq/network

2008-11-13 Thread dblues
I have a squeezebox boom, and it really a cool thing, but for the fact that if I switch it on, and my pc is off, and i was last connected with sqcenter, it just goes 'can't connect to sqcenter'. It's not a big deal, but it would be cool, if after failing to find my pc, it would just start with sq

Re: [slim] Email support is not very impressive

2008-11-13 Thread Nonreality
markwm;357640 Wrote: > I always try the forum first but I have to say, I don't actually find > the forum that brilliant and it's not the first time a query has gone > un-solved. It was simple problem, I explained all the information > needed in the email. FYI, my forum post is here: > > http://f

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread pippin
Nonreality;359493 Wrote: > Pippin, I've talked my son into an touch and he's going to let me use it > for your program. Just wanted to confirm that it's compatable with the > newest itouch's out there? I really looking forward to trying it. Does > it depend on a folder.jpg or can it use embedde

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread Luke Redpath
mherger;359459 Wrote: > > I started off with the polling approach but found polling the server > > Are you using raw CLI (socket on 9090) or JSON/RPC over http? > > -- > > Michael JSON/RPC for commands (and originally for polling), sockets for async notifications. -- Luke Redpath

Re: [slim] Email support is not very impressive

2008-11-13 Thread Nonreality
mattybain;359492 Wrote: > *ouch* thats a bit harsh, if we are looking at the same thread he asked > a question, had to bump it up as no one responded then somebody > suggested something, he then replied to say that wasn't it, end of > thread. > > How is that abandoning his thread? and where are

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread Nonreality
pippin;359483 Wrote: > This depends on your SqueezeCenter settings. The iPhone has no way to > access iTunes directly (through this) and it might be quite difficult > to match an album in SC with one on iTunes, especially if they are > probably on different machines. > > So no, iPeng will show w

Re: [slim] Email support is not very impressive

2008-11-13 Thread mattybain
86atc250r;359446 Wrote: > Looks to me like you abandoned your previous thread. > > You had two responses that you didn't bother to respond to. You can't > just expect people to start crawling out of the woodwork with all sorts > of helpful suggestions when you don't bother to respond to those w

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread pippin
[EMAIL PROTECTED];359480 Wrote: > Pippin > this may sound like a daft question, but can you confirm. > > The art work showing on the album page, is this drawn from I Tunes? I > have not been able to tie my artwork to my albums in SC. Obviously > though they show up on the I Touch when access

Re: [slim] Streaming & QoS

2008-11-13 Thread elziko
OK, I'll try the HTTP port first and see if that helps. If not I'll try the other one too. I just want to limit the number of QoS ports defined on my router. Thanks -- elziko elziko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread pippin
I promised one every day, so here's today's +---+ |Filename: 081113_albumtracks.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6228| +

Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app

2008-11-13 Thread iainhar
Pippin this may sound like a daft question, but can you confirm. The art work showing on the album page, is this drawn from I Tunes? I have not been able to tie my artwork to my albums in SC. Obviously though they show up on the I Touch when accessing albums transferred from I Tunes.

Re: [slim] Why does external HDD = slow navigation?

2008-11-13 Thread Michael Herger
> I have SC on a XP laptop and my music(and artwork) was on a external > USB 2.0 HDD. Does the laptop support USB2, too? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss