Re: [slim] Enormous Difficulties with Duets on Double Network

2008-11-30 Thread smc2911
Well, it seems that I spoke too soon. One of the SBRs started stuttering a fair bit and I checked the wireless signal strength and it was below 30 despite the fact that the router #2 was only a couple of metres away. With my double router, single subnet setup I was not sure how to easily

Re: [slim] Enormous Difficulties with Duets on Double Network

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
Somehow I need to get the SBRs to connect to router #2 Set different SSIDS on the access points and change the encryption keys or Implement MAC filtering on the access points So, downstairs I have a second wireless router (#2) You might be better with a dedicated wi-fi access point. --

Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

2008-11-30 Thread smc2911
smc = initials 2911 = day and month of birthday (yesterday in fact) -- smc2911 http://www.last.fm/user/smc2911/ smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread:

Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
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Re: [slim] Enormous Difficulties with Duets on Double Network

2008-11-30 Thread smc2911
@amcluesent: thanks for the suggestions. I'll, but I am now back to suspecting that the SBC only sets the SBR up with the details of the wireless network that the SBC is connected to at the time. Certainly, once the SBRs were dropped of network #1 they did not gracefully fall back to network #2.

Re: [slim] Native app for WIN 32

2008-11-30 Thread Browny
Mnyb;364914 Wrote: I'm not sure but i think you can run the Moose program against a remote server and have it both ways. I'm running Moose on a Windows PC to control SqueezeCenter on my 'remote' Linux server. Works like a charm - it even integrates with the multimedia keys on my MS

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread amgalitz
Well a quick google turned up that usually the phone has to either be 'white listed VZ or be the same model or even branded for VZ. Since the phone really isn't out in the US yet, I'm content to limp with my PDA/Axim and separate little LG phone until spring. I'll see what is out then. I may even

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread Browny
From what I've seen so far SD have been very good at listening to what their customers have been asking for on these forums and developing it. I'm sure all these threads are being watched with interest. For me the Controller was a response to everyone banging on about the Sonos remote. Same

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread markstrom
amcluesent;364946 Wrote: Album Art in iPeng 1.0 has packed in :( Comes back if I re-install the app. on the iPhone. Then goes after I've rescanned with SqueezeCentre. Flushing the Cache on iPeng doesn't fix. Described the same problem a few days ago

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
Album Art in iPeng 1.0 has packed in :( Comes back if I re-install the app. on the iPhone. Then goes after I've rescanned with SqueezeCentre. Flushing the Cache on iPeng doesn't fix. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
amcluesent;364946 Wrote: Album Art in iPeng 1.0 has packed in :( Comes back if I re-install the app. on the iPhone. Then goes after I've rescanned with SqueezeCentre. Flushing the Cache on iPeng doesn't fix. can you give me a bit more detail? -- pippin --- see iPeng at

Re: [slim] SqueezeNMT GUI for the NMT(Popcorn hour) released

2008-11-30 Thread trotsky10
elziko;363896 Wrote: I don't have a web servlet running or a disk in my Popcorn hour so I'm unable to try this just yet but it sounds great! Would I be able to just use this as a 'now playing' screen for one of my players? If so what would it display - I had a look though the screen shots

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
Err... One thing. Are you both sure the server had actually FINISHED rescanning the database? I might have to add a notice on this in iPeng. But if you do a full rescan, the server will only start to deliver artwork when it's fully done and the data itself comes in earlier. On my systems a rescan

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread markstrom
pippin;364960 Wrote: Err... One thing. Are you both sure the server had actually FINISHED rescanning the database? I might have to add a notice on this in iPeng. But if you do a full rescan, the server will only start to deliver artwork when it's fully done and the data itself comes in

[slim] Change Slimservers on SB3

2008-11-30 Thread BazzDunk
Hi, I have a Slimserver 6.3.1 running on a NAS box (QNAP) and have just installed Squeezecentre 7.1 on my PC (XP). I want to switch my Squeezebox (v3) from the its current server which is the Slimserver on the NAS box (QNAP) to Squeezecentre on my PC so that I can test out Squeezcentre before

Re: [slim] customer support?

2008-11-30 Thread pippout
hi sorry if this appears overly sarcastic but if you read the previous you would see this question answered to reiterate: when i first connected i got no pin - the pin was conspicuous in its absence - it was not there the device appeared to work ok but obviously if i have content

Re: [slim] Change Slimservers on SB3

2008-11-30 Thread bpa
Press and hold left arrow on remote until SB3 enters firmware menu. You will be presented with connect to .. options. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Controller or alternative (iPod touch/iPhone)?

2008-11-30 Thread jazztime
Thanks again for alle the comments. Yesterday I bought an iPod touch 8GB and the iPeng native application. And I must say - this is exactly what I have been looking for: - the responsiveness is superb, very fast and it seems also very stable (not yet loosing network connection or crashing) -

Re: [slim] Change Slimservers on SB3

2008-11-30 Thread BazzDunk
Thankx for that ...any more control tips? Baz -- BazzDunk BazzDunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7879 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55722

Re: [slim] customer support?

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
the pin was conspicuous in its absence - it was not there It was an ex-PIN, it had ceased to be... Seriously, connect to Squeezenetwork. Scroll to the menu, Settings-Player PIN. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread Mitchell J. Stein
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Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread Mitchell J. Stein
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Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread Mitchell J. Stein
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Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread Mitchell J. Stein
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[slim] iTunes Setup

2008-11-30 Thread f0rd42
Gents If I want my Slimserver to use the existing iTunes Library as the only source of information, do I still need to give the server the music directory under general settings? I deletet the entry but now I'm unable to do a complete re-scan (basically wiping the db and strat from scratch) of

Re: [slim] Streaming to WM5 Pocket PC?

2008-11-30 Thread esbenr
Okey. At firsk lets get something straight. The URL: http://squeezecenter:9000/stream.mp3 does NOT go into the address bar of the browser. If you do that the browser will try to download the stream as an .mp3 file. 1. Open WMP, select File - Open URL and put the url here 2. The WMP appears in

Re: [slim] Enormous Difficulties with Duets on Double Network

2008-11-30 Thread Millwood
I also run two access points - but as a single wireless network. They have the same ssid and security settings - although different channels. The only issue I have with this is that since the controller doesn't know how to roam, you need to make sure it is talking to the right AP. You can get

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread dennis55
Job Security, would be a very nice pressie Browny in your profession dennis Browny;364950 Wrote: From what I've seen so far SD have been very good at listening to what their customers have been asking for on these forums and developing it. I'm sure all these threads are being

Re: [slim] First Post; Please Help

2008-11-30 Thread Patrick Dixon
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Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread Browny
dennis55;365015 Wrote: Job Security, would be a very nice pressie Browny in your profession dennis Hmmm...very true - the banking sector is not the best place to be right now. Although at present I think the same could be said for a lot of people. -- Browny

Re: [slim] SB2 DHCP Problems

2008-11-30 Thread mgerbasio
Not sure if the optical port on the A/V receiver is the problem or the SB2 but I moved to the analog ports and there are no problems with the pausing. Still no luck with DHCP though. Regards-Michael G. -- mgerbasio

Re: [slim] customer support?

2008-11-30 Thread pippout
thanks but no joy under settings player i have:name/model/firmware/ip/port/mac/wireless signal no pin as i say it seems to be working inasmuch as a new cd added today to mp3 folder is there and playing on boom but btw i did a factory reset as well phil -- pippout

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
can you give me a bit more detail? So, when there's no artwork the UI goes unresponsive. Pauses for 10-15 seconds on pretty much all UI interactions. It feels like co-operative multi-tasking where one of the threads is blocking for 10-15 seconds on a time-out before releasing. -- amcluesent

[slim] SqueezePlay Suggestion

2008-11-30 Thread AndrewFG
I tried SqueezePlay [beta] and it is great! I have a suggestion for further development: This application would be the perfect Gadget for the Windows Vista Sidebar. = Any chance of this becoming a reality? -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG

[slim] Getting Sporting News Radio XM

2008-11-30 Thread lronglien
I'm new, so if this is placed in the wrong forum, the mods can certainly re-direct it. I'm wondering about a way to add Sporting News Radio to my favorites. Does any one have a web address that will work for this channel? I'm also wondering about adding some XM channels. I did see a post

Re: [slim] customer support?

2008-11-30 Thread amcluesent
under settings player... Yep. Under Settings-Information-Player Information you have that. As I said, you need to use the menus to have Boom connect to the SqueezeNetwork, then navigate to Settings-Player PIN. -- amcluesent

[slim] SN finds SB2, SC doesn't

2008-11-30 Thread rocket j squirrel
I recently moved to a new house, set up new wireless routers, finally unpacked my SB2 and reset it so it could connect to the network. It needed a firmware update, which I installed, and I installed SC. SN was initially unable to see the SB, but I plugged in the SB2's PIN into SN* and it found

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Extra Special Pricing !!!

2008-11-30 Thread toby10
robbin;364909 Wrote: This appears to be a super great unannounced deal! Go to the following link and click buy. You get 10% off the $299 price and then $50 off of that!!! Be a little patient as it takes a few seconds for their website to apply a coupon to get to the lowest price.

Re: [slim] Podcast - invalid XML

2008-11-30 Thread radish
It's easy to validate strictly, it's harder to be tolerant of small errors (because you have to find the errors and figure out whether they're small!). Not much help I know, but not being familiar with the SC/SN RSS parsing code it's the best I can say :) -- radish

[slim] Music out from Controller

2008-11-30 Thread AndrewFG
I just tried v7.3 music playing from the Controller - it's just brilliant!! But I do have a small niggle: There is a lot background hiss and crackle. Presumambly it is coming from the CPU and/or the wifi transmission. To be fair, it is an awfully small box with a lot of things going on inside.

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-11-30 Thread ajkidle
radish;365061 Wrote: 1. They can help in some cases, actually hinder in others. If it were me, I'd put another AP on the other side of the house and run powerline (or real ethernet if possible) between them. That's what I do for upstairs and downstairs in my house. How well does this work

Re: [slim] Enormous Difficulties with Duets on Double Network

2008-11-30 Thread smc2911
I have no problem getting the controller to connect to the strong access point (using, as you say, Settings Advanced Wireless Networks). The problem is getting the receivers to connect to the strong network. That process, even after factory resets of controller and receiver consistently fails

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
amcluesent;365043 Wrote: can you give me a bit more detail? So, when there's no artwork the UI goes unresponsive. Pauses for 10-15 seconds on pretty much all UI interactions. It feels like co-operative multi-tasking where one of the threads is blocking for 10-15 seconds on a time-out

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread Tkosh
ds2021;364754 Wrote: Have you tried the Edit button? I have Favorites in my icon bar. Never test late at late .. nevermind ;-) -- Tkosh Tkosh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20176 View this

Re: [slim] Streaming to WM5 Pocket PC?

2008-11-30 Thread tamanaco
esbenr;365013 Wrote: At the moment im working on at SqueezeBoxPlayer for Windows Mobile that is 100% controllable - just like the Squeezebox Reciever AND that has acctual control panel. - So its Player-and-controller-in-one. But im still struggling with the part about reading and playing a

Re: [slim] Music out from Controller

2008-11-30 Thread schiegl
AndrewFG;365064 Wrote: But I do have a small niggle: There is a lot background hiss and crackle. Presumambly it is coming from the CPU and/or the wifi transmission. To be fair, it is an awfully small box with a lot of things going on inside. Am I the only one to notice this? No, but i

Re: [slim] forum.slimdevices.com/MOBILE

2008-11-30 Thread tamanaco
schiegl;364580 Wrote: Have a look at the Subscribe to this forum as a Mailing List! sticky post in each forum. Every post will be delivered as mail and you could define filters to sort them into folders...and yes, you can reply, too :) This approach works fine when you have a full-feature

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread wiped
Hi Pippin, nice work on the app!! As you know i have been using ipeng web from the start almost, and also made my own modifications (some of them might be what i reefer to here). Anyway, have been playing around with the app the last hour or so and a few suggestions, issues so far (might be me

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread amgalitz
Code: As to iPod/iPhone vs Controller I see these as very separate products that can be made to overlap on functionality, but they cater to very different markets. I think the case for overlapping customer bases is suspect at best - simple reason being if you're an

Re: [slim] Streaming to WM5 Pocket PC?

2008-11-30 Thread amgalitz
esbenr I eagerly await your WM equivalent to 'softsqueeze'. I have a Dell Axim x50v and am seriously considering switching to the HTC TouchHD when it gets more widely available. I would pay for an app that ran on Windows Mobile for PDA and smartphones that would give sqeezebox functionality.

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
Hey, thanks for the detailed comments. Some replies... wiped;365105 Wrote: - Trackstat is not existing and it would be awesome to have that integrated in the app somehow. As I keep saying more and more often: Patience, young Jedi, patience you must have... -- Even tough it takes a

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread wiped
Quote: Personally i would prefer having to wait a few seconds to have the page load but get all artworks in the list populated so i directly can scroll with everything in place. OK, but 90% of the other people voted the other way around... Sorry... I even got quite a few requests to do away with

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
wiped;365121 Wrote: For the new music i'm stuck at 75 no matter how long i wait... What's your server setting on this? -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread wiped
pippin;365123 Wrote: What's your server setting on this? EDIT: Ok, looks like a bug here... But you should still get 100? Did you have a previous server setting of 75? Looks a bit like iPeng saves that value forever... Hmm that might be something, i have changed it recently i think, but

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
wiped;365127 Wrote: Hmm that might be something, i have changed it recently i think, but not sure from what.. Anyways, if i have 200 or 150 etc, and i get 100 or 75, how do i get the other 100 75? Is that a future feature, to get to the next page? No, sorry, I edited my reply. It should

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
imho, static IPs are much better when it comes to slim stuff. why they make it so hard to use them if you want to, only they can answer. but in my exp, static IPs work better with my SB2. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b - Win

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread pippin
wiped;365137 Wrote: aha, my bad then.. So next release you will get the total number you have specified in the settings? Well, I don't guarantee what happens when you enter 2.400, but at least for a few 100 it works... -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2008-11-30 Thread wiped
pippin;365131 Wrote: No, sorry, I edited my reply. It should ALWAYS be 100 (iPeng didn't request the pref correctly). Will be fixes in next version 75 is the last header you see. aha, my bad then.. So next release you will get the total number you have specified in the settings? --

[slim] Long term SB3 user: very happy!

2008-11-30 Thread dsdreamer
People are apt to write forum messages when they have questions, problems or gripes. There's nothing wrong with that, but I wanted to write a short message to say how much I am enjoying my 2 squeezeboxen. I am using SqueezeCenter 7.2.1, and for my usage pattern it's pretty much perfect as it

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Extra Special Pricing !!!

2008-11-30 Thread maggior
It is selling on Amazon for $208.83 sold through electronica direct. It's been there at this price for a bit. I'm trying to get my brother to bite on one. This is a VERY reasonable price. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter

Re: [slim] Music out from Controller

2008-11-30 Thread newy
Just tried 7.3 out last night w/ a pair of QC2's and I got tons of background hiss - like 3 times more than my 80's Walkman. It's just Beta so no worries yet. -- newy newy's Profile:

Re: [slim] Shipping costs

2008-11-30 Thread Gramophone
We are squeezebox resellers in Edmonton - we carry a large amount of stock including extra controllers and receivers for the Duet. Are you asking for a new IR remote control? We can certainly supply one but in almost 3 years as a reseller for Canada, we have never been asked for a new remote

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless bridge?

2008-11-30 Thread cak
Um, ok. That's not how I define bridge in my mind, but that doesn't matter right now :-) I played around some this evening with no joy. It leads me to wonder - is this meant to be a two-way bridge? I'm trying to get access to an ethernet stub that's attached to my squeezebox, which connects to

Re: [slim] Music out from Controller

2008-11-30 Thread Bill Burns
On 11/30/2008 9:13 PM, newy wrote: Just tried 7.3 out last night w/ a pair of QC2's and I got tons of background hiss - like 3 times more than my 80's Walkman. It's just Beta so no worries yet. Tried mine on a set of cheap earbuds, then on my Beyer Dynamic headphones; both sounded good with

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread JadeMonkee
JJZolx;364398 Wrote: Less tech savvy than iTunes/iPod users? Now that's a scary thought. Sorry, I was referring to iTunes/iPod users as the less tech-savvy market. -- JadeMonkee 2x squeezebox classics {1x wired, 1x wifi} | squeezecentre v7.2.1 | 'readynas duo'

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless bridge?

2008-11-30 Thread radish
cak;365160 Wrote: I played around some this evening with no joy. It leads me to wonder - is this meant to be a two-way bridge? I'm trying to get access to an ethernet stub that's attached to my squeezebox, which connects to the rest of the net via wireless ... not the other way around.

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless bridge?

2008-11-30 Thread cak
The SB can only connect to an AP, it can't act as one. Ah. That's a piece of information I didn't have, though it makes sense. I have turned off DHCP and the squeezebox is working ... but not obviously as a bridge. The device I'm bridging to will only do DHCP, so I'll have to do some more

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-11-30 Thread radish
ajkidle;365066 Wrote: How well does this work for you? Do you have a Controller, and can you connect through both access points without issue? It works fine. I have a number of controllers and other devices connecting through the APs, although I don't try roaming between them (it doesn't

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless bridge?

2008-11-30 Thread seanadams
cak;365170 Wrote: Does the SB have to be on to do the bridging? (powered on, of course) Electrically powered on, of course. But no, it doesn't matter if it's in standby (or screensaver) mode. Those are really just UI states. -- seanadams

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless bridge?

2008-11-30 Thread radish
cak;365170 Wrote: Does the SB have to be on to do the bridging? (powered on, of course) No, it has to be connected to the network (i.e. associated) but it doesn't need to be connected to SN or SC (or actually even have a valid IP). I have turned off DHCP and the squeezebox is working ...

Re: [slim] Slim Devices' crocodile in the bathtub

2008-11-30 Thread sander
JadeMonkee;364362 Wrote: Not a bad idea... a more simple solution than a NAS or a low-power server (or any dedicated server, for that matter), and a Squeezebox music server would be far more preferable (at least to me) than an iTunes one, as I dislike almost everything about iTunes, and need

[slim] SqueezePlay with SC 7.2

2008-11-30 Thread rksingla
I have SC 7.2 running on a ReadyNAS Duo that works pretty well. My wife, however, is not that happy with the SqueezeController navigation menus, particularly using it to find a specific album out of the 300 or so on there. The web interface to SC is too slow to use, and I don't know if that is

Re: [slim] Streaming to WM5 Pocket PC?

2008-11-30 Thread vinnielo
esbenr;365013 Wrote: Okey. At first lets get something straight. The URL: http://squeezecenter:9000/stream.mp3 does NOT go into the address bar of the browser. If you do that the browser will try to download the stream as an .mp3 file. I've not tried this, but