Re: [slim] How to play .asf file in SB3?

thanks Mike, will try tonight after works. Initially, I tried to change the file extension from .asf to .wma and play the file with the iTune, iTune can recognise the file without problem, it shows a good sign as iTune won't play it before. Will let you know, thanks again. -- Bryan Jan

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

Hi Peter, Sounds like a good fit. Are you referring to 'Max Spicer'? Can I PM him using just that name?? Thanks, Tom -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Error reading headers - BBC Radio 2 + others

Looks like there's another method of accessing BBC Radio content under the Internet Radio Local menu structure. I'm using that now :-) -- HydeTheDarkerSide 3 x Classics, 1 x Duet 1 pair Audio Engine 2's 1 x Tranquil WHS

[slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

Whilst configuring my squeezebox 2 to automatically turn on my amp and select the CD option (IR blaster), I accidently connected a 9V supply to the 3.5mm socket. Hence the title. The Squeezebox turned itself on and there was a strong smell of fried semiconductor. The analogue outputs are no

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

Discrete power codes are available, use them myself. (URC MX-850) -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59130

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

badbob;392169 Wrote: Discrete power codes are available, use them myself. (URC MX-850) I do as well, but that doesn't really help in this case as the players are in different rooms and a universal remote won't work. As an example, in the morning I tend to have the Boom in the bedroom and

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

twynne;392186 Wrote: Thanks again Peter - I located the plugin on the site and left Max a PM. Will post the outcome if anyone else happens to be interested. You might also look at using my AllQuiet plugin with the Power Save plugin. AQ makes it easy to pause all players with an IR remote,

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

Excellent suggestion - I'd overlooked that one. Because my players are (almost) always sync'd, Power Save does the job. All I have to do is hit Pause when leaving home. Power Save should do the rest. Thanks!!! -- twynne

Re: [slim] How to play .asf file in SB3?

thank you thank you thank you. Mike, you make my day night! it works like a charm. never think it is just so easy. thank you. -- Bryan Jan Regards, Bryan SB3+PSA DL3 Bryan Jan's Profile:

[slim] Right Click Playback

Is there a way to get a music file to play through SC/SB when you right click the file? For example when I right click a music file I get the usual options to play the file back via Windows Media Player or VLC. Not sure if this possible? Thanks all, -- Dr.Congo

Re: [slim] Synchronisation problems squeezebox and squeezebox2

It has stayed in sync for a nearly a whole day now. I have been doing some reading up on VMs and time keeping is a known problem. They tend to drop interrupts and hence the time can drift, the recommendation seems to be to ensure they sync with a time server regularly (which I have done now). My

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

tobyjug wrote: Whilst configuring my squeezebox 2 to automatically turn on my amp and select the CD option (IR blaster), I accidently connected a 9V supply to the 3.5mm socket. Hence the title. The Squeezebox turned itself on and there was a strong smell of fried semiconductor. The analogue

Re: [slim] Right Click Playback

Dr.Congo wrote: Is there a way to get a music file to play through SC/SB when you right click the file? For example when I right click a music file I get the usual options to play the file back via Windows Media Player or VLC. Yeah, but VLC or WMP is playing on the same PC, right? Not

Re: [slim] Right Click Playback

Have a look here: http://www.duff-zapp.co.uk/ I have not used it in a while, but I think you can use the Windows Shell integration without the JRMC part. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile:

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

The whole DAC/RCA/headphone side of the system is pretty well partitioned and runs on separate power regulators from the rest of it, so actually I'm not too surprised that the CPU etc was unaffected. But that doesn't mean it's easy to fix - there are about six active components that could have

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

seanadams wrote: The whole DAC/RCA/headphone side of the system is pretty well partitioned and runs on separate power regulators from the rest of it, so actually I'm not too surprised that the CPU etc was unaffected. But that doesn't mean it's easy to fix - there are about six active

Re: [slim] What software to normalize songs?

badbob;392025 Wrote: Yes that's correct. Album gain is used when playing a whole album, all tracks are set to a single gain value unchanged between tracks. Track album is used when playing in random mix, on each track gain is adjusted. And to get this behavior in SqueezeCenter you need to

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

badbob;392183 Wrote: You could use RF remote control AC mains sockets. Thanks - but I think it'd be easier/cheaper to just use a SC plugin. If I had any dev skills I'd write one... sadly not! :-) -- twynne twynne's

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

Just opened up the box and the 14pin dil package U11 looks fried. I can't read all the text on it but it ends in 17K -- tobyjug tobyjug's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=201 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Advice on disk upgrade

Two suggestions, buy a Nas that will run two disks mirrored. There are several like the Linksys NLSU2 and Dlink DNS323 for about twice the price of a 500 gig disk. Do your homework though, some units have quite slow transfer rates. Do you have a spare pc? You could try FreeNAS from

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

st2000;392259 Wrote: I guess I'm confused here. (I don't have an SB w/an IR output.) Did you plug a 9 volt power supply into the IR output or the headphone output? The headphone output can be used as an IR output. It's also refered to as the Geek Port. -- funkstar

[slim] Losing connection to Slimserver

After changing my wireless encryption I have this problem. The player seems to lose the connection and it can't find it so I have to reinstall it. Then everything works just fine. Also, the installation works without problems. Everything is setup, I just run it through, and then it works again.

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

peterw;392062 Wrote: That'd be a pretty straightforward task for a plugin. Have you asked Max if he might consider it for the Other Players plugin? Home Other Players Turn all players off ? Thanks again Peter - I located the plugin on the site and left Max a PM. Will post the outcome if

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

tobyjug;392266 Wrote: Just opened up the box and the 14pin dil package U11 looks fried. I can't read all the text on it but it ends in 17K that part is just a CMOS switch - very common: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detailname=296-14854-1-ND However if the RCA outputs

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

You could use RF remote control AC mains sockets. -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59130

[slim] 7.3.2 Stable?

Just upgraded to 7.3.2, and my wireless SB3 now seems to keep power cycling - it'll stay connected for a while, and then go back to the Logitech logo. After a while it seems to give up and revert to a blank screen. It was doing this up until the previous update, which seemed to fix it, but not

[slim] Podcast Question - 'Current' podcast not playable

I'll start by saying I'm not generally a podcast listener, but saw one come up this morning of interest and thought I'd try listening on the Boom. I managed to add it into SC (though only available as an '.xml' feed (which I think opml is anyway?), but when I go to look at the available

Re: [slim] Synchronisation problems squeezebox and squeezebox2

Unlikely. The clocks in the S2s are generally very stable. More likely that the server clock is drifting; perhaps there is a problem with it running in a VM. The adjustment mechanism, by which SC tracks relative drift between the SC server clock and the player clock, is deliberately slow, so as

Re: [slim] 7.3.2 Stable?

Sounds to me like your wireless network is getting clobbered. In my experience 7.3.2 is quite stable on my 2 SB3s (both wireless). Try it wired and see if things improve. Your neighbor may have just bought a new router... -- CatBus

Re: [slim] Synchronisation problems squeezebox and squeezebox2

I get the same behavior, except I don't run squeezecenter from VM-ware but on a regular Windows XP PC with enough performance (3.7.2). I get exactly the same sync problems as described in this thread, but also spontanious song changes while only using one of the clients (got Squeezebox 3,

Re: [slim] Distinguishing Squeezebox from Squeezebox2

Check the label on the underside. squeezebox = SB1, squeezebox2 = SB2. Watch out for eBayers trying to confuse the two... -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta), SBC (early beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta) Sold: SB3, Duet

Re: [slim] 7.3.2 Stable?

Could be - there are more wireless networks in range. Just seemed a coincidence that it solved when I upgraded to previous version, and started again when I upgraded to present. I'll have a play - I was planning on adding two more wireless SB's, so we'll see. Thanks -- Cessquill

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

Did you set up your Last.fm account on Squeezenetwork? (SC connects so seamlessly to SN for some services like Rhapsody and Last.fm that perhaps you didn't notice that Lastfm is really on SN even when you aren't really connected to SN.) -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

Steve L;392345 Wrote: Thanks for the response!! Here is what I don't understand. There are 2 options when using the SB, yes? 1-) All the options like Internet radio etc etc 2-) Connect to squeeze network and have all the services such as LastFM Is this correct? If so, it is

Re: [slim] Distinguishing Squeezebox from Squeezebox2

SB1 has Bass and Treble controls under the Audio settings (if your labels have fallen off!) -- mooblie Martin at 'HeadSpin' (http://www.headspin.plus.com) mooblie's Profile:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox connected directly to PC with wireless card

Don't know anything about Macs, but what you want to do is bridge the wired connection to the wireless connection. This bridging uses different terms on different systems, I don't know what Mac uses, but it's almost certainly included in the OS. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter,

Re: [slim] Squeezebox connected directly to PC with wireless card

Instead of creating an ad-hoc computer wireless network try this: Go to the 'sharing' option under the system preferences, and choose to share your ethernet internet connection with users on airport. You can define a network name and password here. That should do it! -- herbman

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

...is it because I haven't enetered my pin number?? Where do I find this pin number? -- Steve L Steve L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23048 View this thread:

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

pippin;392068 Wrote: I would not know what bad the app could do to your router other than generating quite a bit of traffic while loading the database, which the router SHOULD be able to stand. Have you tried to browse around with Safari (on the iPod)? There have been recent issues with

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[slim] Distinguishing Squeezebox from Squeezebox2

Is there any way to visually distinguish a Squeezebox from a Squeezebox2? I know the Wiki says that all changes were under the hood, but I wonder if there might be some label/SN/model/color difference that would tell one from the other... -- kevinpierce

Re: [slim] How to play .asf file in SB3?

The asf extension is not recognised in standard SC. If you want SC to be recognise asf and treat asf as a WMA file, then I think you can add asf to the wma line in the types.conf file. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

There is 5V (well 4.9) accross C61 so at least somethings OK. I will replace the other two devices and see what happens. Thanks for your help. -- tobyjug tobyjug's Profile:

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

(crickets) ...should I give up hope for a response? -- Steve L Steve L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59150

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

...is it normal that when I am on Squeeze home I can't access LastFm? -- Steve L Steve L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23048 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

Steve, You are close, but the two ways to use your Sweezebox are: 1. through SqueezeCenter (playing your computer-stored audio files, mp3s, etc...with your computer on and SqueezeCenter running) and 2. through SqueezeNetwork (playing internet radio and rhapsody, etc.) - the computer does not

Re: [slim] How to play .asf file in SB3?

Using .asf with audio only (in a windows media codec) is like using .mov with audio only (in an aac codec). I think the SW should support it. -- herbman herbman's Profile:

Re: [slim] Distinguishing Squeezebox from Squeezebox2

The screens are also different. The original SB1 had a character-only display, later upgraded to graphics-capable in the SB1G and SB2. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View

Re: [slim] Squeeze Home/Squeeze network??

Thanks for the response!! Here is what I don't understand. There are 2 options when using the SB, yes? 1-) All the options like Internet radio etc etc 2-) Connect to squeeze network and have all the services such as LastFM Is this correct? If so, it is when I am hooked up to the SN that

Re: [slim] How to play .asf file in SB3?

bpa;392410 Wrote: The asf extension is not recognised in standard SC. If you want SC to be recognise asf and treat asf as a WMA file, then I think you can add asf to the wma line in the types.conf file. I'm new to the conf file, can you tell me how to add this line? thanks -- Bryan Jan

[slim] Stream slingbox audio to squeezebox boom

From my searching I have somewhat of a unique request here is my setup I have a squeezebox boom in my kitchen (love it) I also have a MSI wind netbook I also have a slingbox. I am using my slingbox to stream television to my netbook to watch on the deck, in the kitchen, etc.The only

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay MacOS

Is anyone running SqueezePlay successfully on a Mac with a linux server?? I'm surprised no one is having a similar problem. -- spc337 spc337's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14315 View this

[slim] SC Interfaces...why so few?

Hi I am just wondering howcome there are so few choices when it comes to interfaces for the web? Is there a place where there are more than the few that exist on the slimdevices site? I feel that Logitech Slimdevices does not put enough emphasis on the web interface...look and feel/usability

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay MacOS

Is anyone running SqueezePlay successfully on a Mac with a linux server?? Sure, I am. I'm surprised no one is having a similar problem. Which leads us to the conclusion that something about your system is different. Tell us about it. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay MacOS

Running on FreeNAS here, not full blown Linux, but am working ok with multiple SqueezePlay versions (up to 7.4) on MacOS 10.5.6 and SqueezeCenter 7.3.3. -- talbotpat talbotpat's Profile: