Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread jo-wie
signor_rossi;400634 Wrote: > In theory they should already have the knowledge to make a little > computer running Squeezecenter with a small touch screen included you > can attach USB or network drives to, a Controller evolution. Will there be something interesting announced at the CeBit fair? O

Re: [slim] SB3 and Wake On LAN

2009-02-25 Thread tamanaco
epoch1970;400739 Wrote: > I've seen another identical request, maybe it is already a in bugzilla. > However, I personally don't feel the need for this; to wake my server > from my SB3, I select the "Connect to SC" menu in SN, and press right > *twice*, with a little delay between the 2 presses. T

Re: [slim] Songbird

2009-02-25 Thread matthijskoopmans
I have been playing with Songbird for a few days now. I like where it is headed, and it is much better (on a windows machine) than sluggish iTunes. It would be very good to have a songbird integration like iTunes, as Songbird recognises more formats in the library (including FLAC). -- matthijs

Re: [slim] fix for Actiontect router?

2009-02-25 Thread TomS
I'm interested to know how this is a Logitech bug. I unfortunately have this router (I am a fios customer and need some of its capabilities for tv stuff), and I see this same problem (DHCP over WPA) with laptops as well. I am planning on shutting off its wireless and putting a linksys in front o

Re: [slim] SB3 and Wake On LAN

2009-02-25 Thread epoch1970
I've seen another identical request, maybe it is already a in bugzilla. However, I personally don't feel the need for this; to wake my server from my SB3, I select the "Connect to SC" menu in SN, and press right *twice*, with a little delay between the 2 presses. The 1st press triggers disconnect

[slim] need help on final step...

2009-02-25 Thread gandt
Hi Ive got a boom which i would like to connect to my remote squeezecentre at home - I am away from home. I have got to the point where i can see my home squeezecentre from my laptop so port 9000 is being forwarded correctly by my router. But when i use the same ip address on the Boom setup it doe

Re: [slim] Clear Playlist on Transporter

2009-02-25 Thread Phil Meyer
>Yes, though that depends upon the "Party Mode" setting, doesn't it? I >prefer the one where hitting "Play" just adds it to then end of the >playlist, so this doesn't work for me. > Normally, pressing add whilst sitting at the menu item "Now Playing" will clear the playlist. However, that may be

Re: [slim] Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists

2009-02-25 Thread Blisteringblue
I use the following to turn my iTunes Genius playlists into M3U playlists that I can play on my Boom. http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/ It is basically a GUI interface that strips the XML from an iTunes playlist and saves it as an M3U. Has options to not bother putting DRM tracks i

[slim] Safari 4 beta Browser

2009-02-25 Thread Nonreality
Just tried out the new beta on XP and it's very quick. Seems to be faster for Squeezecenter also. It also has a cover flow type view for your top web pages. Kind of cool. Mostly impressed so far with it's speed. Supposed to be 3 times faster than Firefox and 12x over Explorer. So far it seem

Re: [slim] fix for Actiontect router?

2009-02-25 Thread MickeyG
Here's the currently open bug on this router: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8847 There are apparently issues with its DHCP over wireless support. The bug lists workarounds that can be employed. Thank you for your patience while we work on this bug. Mickey -- MickeyG Transport

Re: [slim] Beginner questions and mix-up of multiple versions of one song

2009-02-25 Thread 1975DCS
Moonbase;393293 Wrote: > Hi Moonbase, Thanks for your answer! That is some seriously tagging you are doing! How would you tag a double CD like "War of the Worlds"? -- 1975DCS 1975DCS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [slim] Any thoughts on new Cisco Linksys Audio hardware?

2009-02-25 Thread damager
Thanks - I missed it back then... -- damager damager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60625

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2009-02-25 Thread SilverRS8
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 Question: D

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread signor_rossi
DaveWr;400617 Wrote: > Is this a hint of things to come... > > Dave In theory they should already have the knowledge to make a little computer running Squeezecenter with a small touch screen included you can attach USB or network drives to, a Controller evolution. -- signor_rossi ---

Re: [slim] SB3 and Wake On LAN

2009-02-25 Thread tamanaco
Well, I was wrong... is not the SB3 timing out as I mentioned in the previous post. Before I could not see what was happening because my SC server was hidden on the top shelf of a closet. I brought it down to test. When one selects "Connect to SqueezeCenter" while connected to the SN no Magic Pac

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread DaveWr
andyg;400574 Wrote: > We might start shipping ARM binaries with SC, we'll see. Is this a hint of things to come... Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thre

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Herger
> Besides reinstalling plugins and rescanning the music, is there > anything else I need to re-do after the cache was deleted? No, you should be fine. Please note that as of today's build the Cache shouldn't be cleared any more. -- Michael ___ discus

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-25 Thread MeSue
mherger;400589 Wrote: > > > > Is it normal that it takes more than 15 minutes to uninstall? > > No. I've been testing updates right now and it never took more than a > minute or so. > It took so long because it was deleting the cache when I uninstalled the last version. Oh well, it was proba

Re: [slim] Bought!

2009-02-25 Thread toby10
Rikk;400595 Wrote: > Finally I bought it! Now waiting for the SB classic to be delivered, > probably in a week. Just can't wait!!! > > Meantime a question: do you experience a streaming problem on certain > radio through shoutcast servers that are not present if you tune > directly on the web si

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
st2000;400581 Wrote: > Interesting - where exactly are these posts / discussions? I would be > interested in finding out the difficulties and work arounds. PowerPC threads: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60109 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59203 http://forums.

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread signor_rossi
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/pegatron-and-freescale-team-for-low-power-ultra-cheap-netbooks/ The fanless very small and very low power Nettop and the fact that Linux-on-ARM gets some resources are promising... -- signor_rossi --

Re: [slim] Clear Playlist on Transporter

2009-02-25 Thread rgheck
Yes, though that depends upon the "Party Mode" setting, doesn't it? I prefer the one where hitting "Play" just adds it to then end of the playlist, so this doesn't work for me. -- rgheck rgheck's Profile: http://forums.sli

[slim] Bought!

2009-02-25 Thread Rikk
Finally I bought it! Now waiting for the SB classic to be delivered, probably in a week. Just can't wait!!! Meantime a question: do you experience a streaming problem on certain radio through shoutcast servers that are not present if you tune directly on the web site of the radio? (not passing th

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread bpa
For PCH / NMT it might worth checking out optware - a sort of compatibility layer which has been ported to many different NASs ( http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/Platforms ) - unlike a distro it doesn't change base firmware. Once ported then it will be able to install and run many differen

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Herger
> I've been away a few days. Do we still need to uninstall before updating > through the console? Yes, and it won't change. It's the way MS wants us to do this. > Is it normal that it takes more than 15 minutes to uninstall? No. I've been testing updates right now and it never took more than a m

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-25 Thread MeSue
I've been away a few days. Do we still need to uninstall before updating through the console? Is it normal that it takes more than 15 minutes to uninstall? -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue MeSue's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread stuart
Mark Lanctot wrote: > reverber;400569 Wrote: >> Won't SC run on any of the dozen or so platforms that Linux has been >> ported to? > > SC obviously works on x86 and on SPARC (I think that's Infrant > ReadyNAS) but note that Infrant/Netgear has SC specially compiled for > SPARC. > > As for Powe

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread bpa
There are a lot of variation in ARM processors. For audio decoding/encoding the ones with a FPU (floating point unit) are the best. The core in the Wall Wart doesn't look like it has a FPU so transcoding may not be realistic. Without an FPU, if the decoding/encoding apps does not have a fixed po

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread andyg
We might start shipping ARM binaries with SC, we'll see. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60617 __

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
reverber;400569 Wrote: > Won't SC run on any of the dozen or so platforms that Linux has been > ported to? SC obviously works on x86 and on SPARC (I think that's Infrant ReadyNAS) but note that Infrant/Netgear has SC specially compiled for SPARC. As for PowerPC and ARM, I believe the main stumb

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread bpa
On ARM, Slimserver 6.3 was first ported to Linksys NSLU2 with 133Mhz (later 266Mhz) and 32MB RAM. Most latest generation NAS use a Marvell ARM chipset typically around 400-500MHz but RAM is usually 128 or 256 Mbytes. -- bpa

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread reverber
Mark Lanctot;400563 Wrote: > I was going to say the main stumbling block is that SC has not been > ported to ARM devices, but aren't a few of the NASes (that you can > install SC on) based on ARM? Won't SC run on any of the dozen or so platforms that Linux has been ported to? Cody -- reverbe

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Threads merged. -- Mark Lanctot Current: SB2, Transporter, Boom (PQP3 - late beta), SBC (early beta) Stored: Boom (PQP1 - early beta) Sold: SB3, Duet Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Synchronizing

2009-02-25 Thread autopilot
slimpy;400437 Wrote: > I think the Synchronizer plugin already does something like this. > Haven't tried it myself, though. > > -s. indeed it does. Its simple and brilliant. I think the current sbc's way of doing sync is petty poor imo, but this plugin goes a long way in bridging the gap. Essen

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

2009-02-25 Thread pippin
socistep;400532 Wrote: > I had the same problem about figuring out how to play songs, will try > that later ! The problem is, the plugins are being developed with the IR remote or the controller in mind, both of which have a "play" button. The Web Interface has the overlays that also show "play"

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

2009-02-25 Thread socistep
ptrainer;400430 Wrote: > Thanks. I don't have Rhapsody so I didn't know. One more question... Why > doesn't any album art appear on the Now Playing screen with Napster > tracks? I had the same problem about figuring out how to play songs, will try that later ! -- socistep

Re: [slim] Any thoughts on new Cisco Linksys Audio hardware?

2009-02-25 Thread toby10
damager;400471 Wrote: > Have you guys looked at the new streaming audio products announced on > the Cisco / Linksys site? Are these related to SlimDevices in any way? This was discussed at length back in January. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57371&highlight=cisco The actual p

Re: [slim] Harmon Kardon AVR remote

2009-02-25 Thread toby10
defnk;400442 Wrote: > Lost the list of codes years ago unfortunately :-( > > I have time, so might look into programming the buttonswhere do i > start ? > > Thanks for your help! Without the manual I couldn't tell you. :( -- toby10

Re: [slim] How do I use Audioscrobbler?

2009-02-25 Thread Uluen
svebru;398592 Wrote: > But when I play mp3:s from my computer I don't get any songs scrobbled > on Last.FM.Playing music on your computer doesn't have anything to do with SC. You'll need a player like foobar2000 with a plugin for last.fm to scrobble from your computer. If you mean playing on SB,