Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread Crox
Hi Funkstar, Thanks for the reply. I've tried selecting Radio 1 and 2 from the PC rather than from the squeezeboxes - plus from softsqueeze but the problem remains. It still confuses me that I can get radio 3 and 4 - perhaps the machine thinks I need a bit of culture! Tonight I'll try re-installi

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread bpa
A 500 code error means it is the BBC problem not an SC problem. It will do no good re-installing SC. It is possible SC is caching the error and so making it last longer than necessary - in which case, stop SC, clear your FileCache directory in SC cache and restart SC. -- bpa -

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread djonez
To me the fact that slim devices offered an open source product was also a deciding factor. -- djonez djonez's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15112 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] SB3 Ethernet> wifi to internet

2009-04-27 Thread mikas
Got it it's DOABLE!!! -- mikas mikas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29895 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62751 ___

[slim] Squeezecenter not seeing SB3

2009-04-27 Thread mikas
Hi, I believe I have setup everything ok, and the squeezecenter says, my Sb was not found. It's playing right now from the computer with the squeezecenter. What can I do Mike -- mikas mikas's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Automated reboot of my server

2009-04-27 Thread Siduhe
Use the Task Scheduler in Windows XP to create an task, repeating daily, using the SHUTDOWN command. Despite its name, SHUTDOWN can be used to carry out a reboot as well by passing the -r command. At a guess, it will be something like: SHUTDOWN /l /r /c Which should shutdown and reboot the loc

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread heffa
The Speedstream is bridged, so its just a straight modem. Thats providing internet for the whole LAN via the Rangemax gateway. The thing that's confusing me is that the SB looses connection with the HTPC whenever Azureus is running, even if all traffic is stopped. I'm suspecting maybe some QoS co

[slim] Automated reboot of my server

2009-04-27 Thread paqi
Hi, I seems to have small hickups on my system once in a while so I thought of one thing. If I could set it to reboot every morning at 6 then everything would be ready for morning radio. I am running XP on a HP nc6220 laptop so how do I make a task that does this automated every morning? Can an

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread toby10
heffa;418603 Wrote: > The Speedstream is bridged, so its just a straight modem. Thats > providing internet for the whole LAN via the Rangemax gateway. > > The thing that's confusing me is that the SB looses connection with the > HTPC whenever Azureus is running, even if all traffic is stopped. I

Re: [slim] Automated reboot of my server

2009-04-27 Thread paqi
thanks for the help. What if the pc is in standby at the time - is there a solution to start the pc then and then set it to shutdown and reboot? -- paqi paqi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22153

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter not seeing SB3

2009-04-27 Thread mooblie
It's -possible- your SB3 is playing from SqueezeNetwork, and NOT your own SqueezeCenter. Is your SB3 connected wirelessly, or wired? -- mooblie Martin at *_'HeadSpin_HD' (http://www.headspin.plus.com)_* now on -*Blu-ray-* ---

Re: [slim] How stable is WOL on 7.4 nightly these days or 7.3.4?

2009-04-27 Thread autopilot
Just the stock Server Power Control plugin included in SC. Never had to fiddle with it, as its always worked perfectly. I did have one issue quite while back, but that was with the SBC waking the server all the time. Thats sorted now. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. -"don't call me Shirley."- ---

Re: [slim] Automated reboot of my server

2009-04-27 Thread Siduhe
In practice it may depend on the precise BIOS that your computer is running, but what should work is when you create the new task, open up the advanced properties for the task, click Settings, and check "wake the computer to run this task", and click OK. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http:/

[slim] Tracks randomly not finishing

2009-04-27 Thread t-force
Hi guys, I'm having a strange intermittent problem with my Squeezeboxes (SB3 & Boom): every now and again, while either machine is playing a song (FLAC, mp3 or AAC), it suddenly jumps to the next one with no warning - there's no indication that it's doing any buffering or anything like that. Some

Re: [slim] Feature Request - Auto Playlist with latest Podcasts

2009-04-27 Thread JohanW
Thanks for a greate app. /Johan -- JohanW JohanW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29939 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46711

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread heffa
toby10;418604 Wrote: > Any chance Azureus is using SB's port 9000? Confirmed no port conflicts. Have disabled all UPnP aswell, as I'm finding many reports of it causing probs on the WPN824 Ok, after doing many isolation tests I've discovered that its not just Azureus, its anything that uses al

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter not seeing SB3

2009-04-27 Thread mikas
Yes, I don't understand the feature, that I have to choose from what souce to play. BTW, I have not yet understood the features of squeezenetwork, i also have some config issues with the SN. But thanks, you have solved my issues. THANKS, mike. -- mikas

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread TiredLegs
djonez;418582 Wrote: > To me the fact that slim devices offered an open source product was also > a deciding factor. X2! I've been bitten by enough products over the years where the vendor decided to drop support, stranding users with functioning but unusable hardware. If Slim Devices were to be

Re: [slim] Feature Request - Auto Playlist with latest Podcasts

2009-04-27 Thread MeSue
You might want to go to http://bugs.slimdevices.com, search for podcast related bugs/requests, and vote for anything you'd like to see changed relating to podcasts. If your specific request is not already there, you can add it. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue ---

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter not seeing SB3

2009-04-27 Thread funkstar
mikas;418636 Wrote: > I don't understand the feature, that I have to choose from what souce to > play. > > BTW, I have not yet understood the features of squeezenetwork, i also > have some config issues with the SN. SqueezeBoxes cannot be used without connecting to a server, be that local or S

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread Mnyb
heffa;418632 Wrote: > Confirmed no port conflicts. > > Have disabled all UPnP aswell, as I'm finding many reports of it > causing probs on the WPN824 > > Ok, after doing many isolation tests I've discovered that its not just > Azureus, its anything that uses alot of bandwidth over the LAN. When

Re: [slim] Feature Request - Auto Playlist with latest Podcasts

2009-04-27 Thread autopilot
ctbarker32;294721 Wrote: > Hi, > > I had an idea today that I would love to have added to the > Squeezecenter feature set. I love to listen to my favorite Podcasts on > my SB3. Sometimes I like to setup a playlist on the fly that lines up > all of the latest Podcasts I subscribe to and then sit

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-27 Thread Borgen
Hello Pippin, Super greate app. I have one question If I want to play an entire album (not add it to the bottom of the existing playlist). I select an album in the album list. But how do I do then to Play the album in the order of the track number? Noticed that I can change the "tool" in

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-27 Thread andynormancx
Borgen;418645 Wrote: > > If I want to play an entire album (not add it to the bottom of the > existing playlist). I select an album in the album list. But how do I > do then to Play the album in the order of the track number? > > Noticed that I can change the "tool" in the top of the screen, bu

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread heffa
Mnyb;418642 Wrote: > Sorry to be a little slow but is the HTPC wired or wifi to your rangemax > ? > The SB3 is wifi i got that, btw QoS needs configuring there should be a > meny with all kinds of weird settings. Yeah, everything is wifi. I rekon it is just QoS. Netgear says is has "Built-in Qua

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-27 Thread Borgen
Thanks! Was to easy Also found that if you just tap on a song in the album it did the same thing. Even more pleased with the app now... -- Borgen Borgen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=196

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-27 Thread pippin
Borgen;418651 Wrote: > > Also found that if you just tap on a song in the album it did the same > thing. > Yep. Works like the iPod application. See this for more details: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/ipeng-application/how-to-use-the-ipeng-application/general-usability/ -- pippin --- see iP

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread Crox
Thanks BPA - you've saved me wasting time on a strategy that couldn't work. I have no insight into the meaning of the error message so I didn't know where to start. I followed your advice but it didn't help so I guess all I can do is wait and hope the BBC resolve things soon. Odd that it isn't aff

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread SoftPhill
i had this problem as well with the internel radio UK only versions of the stations. I switched to using alien bbc version and it works fine. -- SoftPhill SoftPhill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread autopilot
I lost Radio 4 today, i think the BBC have been making some changes. The feed in my favourites that i used was via RadioTime. I noticed there was another feed for Radio 4 which is working perfectly (as is iPlayer Listen live). I have had to do this before, i thought the whole point of radiotime wa

Re: [slim] Cant connect to SqCent. thru Rangemax

2009-04-27 Thread Mnyb
You can should definitely wire the HTPC server that would probably fix the problem. You can not expect this to work, even with only SC traffic two wifi hops is not recommended practice htpc>rangemax>SB3 it doubles the needed bandwith for music. Don't believe the hype about wifi it has not room fo

Re: [slim] why is the sb3 remote SO unreliable?

2009-04-27 Thread RonBor
I recently purchased a Duet for outside use and yesterday was really the first day I was able to use it for any length of time. Like you, I use SqueezeNetwork exclusively. All day I had problems similar to yours (drop outs, rebuffering, dead air = massive frustration and embarrassment). Natural

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread vinnielo
BBC Radio still appears to be working through Internet Radio -> More Radio -> RadioFeeds UK & Ireland! :) -- vinnielo RADIOFEEDS UK & IRELAND..[/B] AN UP-TO-DATE RADIO DIRECTORY FOR YOUR SQUEEZEBOX/TRANSPORTER CLICK: [B]HTTP://WWW.RADIOFEEDS.CO.UK/SQUEEZE With over 350 registered users, it's a

[slim] Squeezbox controller "sings"

2009-04-27 Thread Alfetta87
After a short holiday, where I switched off everything (server, controller, wifi etc.), I switched on the system (Squeebos duet), and it works again, of course. But... my controller sings...! The micro speaker in the back reproduces the same music then the the Sqeezebox itself, but delayed. It's

Re: [slim] BBC radio 1 & 2: "500 Internal Server Error"

2009-04-27 Thread toby10
autopilot;418695 Wrote: > ... i thought the whole point of radiotime was that you > subscribe to a feed through there servers and they take care of > maintaining the actual link to BBC etc. In theory this is correct. But if RadioTime does not update it's stream URL info, or RadioTime is

Re: [slim] Squeezbox controller "sings"

2009-04-27 Thread funkstar
Settings -> Advanced -> Audio Playback -> Enable Playback (BETA) and switch it off. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black, *1*x sb2 wired (silver), *1*x sb (black) *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! --

Re: [slim] Nightly Builds Download Broken (readynas sparc)

2009-04-27 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi, Download for Readynas now again working. Thanks. Regards Kim -- Kim Kruse Kim Kruse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4978 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=625

Re: [slim] Squeezbox controller "sings"

2009-04-27 Thread aubuti
You should also be able to turn it off by going to the Choose Player menu and choosing your regular player, rather than the Controller. Also, note that with headphones plugged into it the sound quality of the Controller is really pretty good, certainly way better than the external speaker. -- a

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread sander
ModelCitizen;418050 Wrote: > Huh? Why, do you own the radio station? Because they're one of two advertisers the station appears to have. :/ -- sander sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=107

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread Nonreality
TiredLegs;418637 Wrote: > If Slim Devices were to be gobbled up by a huge corporation > (hypothetically speaking, sort of), and that corporation decided to > completely pull the plug on the product line, dedicated users could > keep it alive as long as the hardware continues to function. I wouldn

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread Goodsounds
TiredLegs;418637 Wrote: > dedicated users could keep it alive as long as the hardware > continues to function... I think you and djonez overstate the case, in the event of discontinuation of these products. So long as one has functioning hardware and software, I don't think there is anything

Re: [slim] Squeezebox connectivity - a better way of doing it?

2009-04-27 Thread MikeDC
>From my reading of the documentation, you don't need wireless at all to run the system. In Bridge mode, you can connect both the server and the receiver via cable. The controller connects wirelessly but point-to-point with the receiver (i.e., not through the router). -- MikeDC --

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread Nonreality
Goodsounds;418776 Wrote: > I think you and djonez overstate the case, in the event of > discontinuation of these products. So long as one has functioning > hardware and software, I don't think there is anything needing > "support". > > We'd lose Squeeze Network and the opportunity to buy new un

[slim] Playlists how we want them.

2009-04-27 Thread Nonreality
Everyone seems to have trouble with playlists, creating them, in SC. How about a playlist creator that is just a popup window that you can keep on top and drag files from SC into? Once you get what you want you just hit save and it's a playlist. Probably too simple or dumb but I think something

Re: [slim] Playlists how we want them.

2009-04-27 Thread Mnyb
A first step would be to make it possible to create playlists without choosing a player. (A workaround is to choose the controller as player and start to build a list there but never start it just save it for later use) -- Mnyb --

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread ModelCitizen
Goodsounds;418776 Wrote: > So long as one has functioning hardware and software, I don't think > there is anything needing "support". > > We'd lose Squeeze Network and the opportunity to buy new units. The > installed base would operate until hardware failures occur. What about if the platform

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread Goodsounds
ModelCitizen;418807 Wrote: > What about if the platform that the software runs on (i.e. OS) changes? > The firmware is not open source either. > > MC Material "things" have a limited life. When the stuff no longer operates as I wish it to, for whatever the reason, I'll move on. I'll get somethi

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread ModelCitizen
Goodsounds;418813 Wrote: > Nothing lasts forever, and I don't get attached to material possessions. It's not about "getting attached to material things". It's about getting a music system that works, and stays working. I still have (valve) amplifiers that work perfectly (and produce a top sound)

Re: [slim] RokuLabs - No more soundbridge

2009-04-27 Thread Goodsounds
Sure, I have guitar amps with tubes too. Tube amps are feasible to have so long as good replacement tubes can still be purchased. At a future date when I find myself with burned out tubes that can't be replaced for a reasonable cost, the amps will get tossed. I'm not a professional musician and

Re: [slim] Playlists how we want them.

2009-04-27 Thread pippin
Mnyb;418795 Wrote: > A first step would be to make it possible to create playlists without > choosing a player. > > (A workaround is to choose the controller as player and start to build > a list there but never start it just save it for later use) Another workaround (I think I even once filed