Re: [slim] user experience with 7.3.3 = worst

2009-07-01 Thread Phil Leigh
Declan Moriarty;436678 Wrote: > One problem why dynamic IP Addresses can possibly be difficult using the > SqueezeBox products is that SqueezeBox doesn't use DNS! I have 2 PC's. > Both have different computer names. I refer to them using the names not > the IP Addresses. My firewall uses the

Re: [slim] user experience with 7.3.3 = worst

2009-07-01 Thread Nonreality
pfarrell;436776 Wrote: > rfreedman wrote: > > This is known as "Static DHCP", and I can confirm that it works > quite > > well in this situation. > > I do this on all the things in my house. All my laptops, squeezeboxes, > > transporter, etc. I do leave normal DHCP available for an occasional

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-07-01 Thread Locuth
mertles;437227 Wrote: > > 1. A shuffle button (next to the repeat button) on the playlist screen > would be nice. Can I shuffle from elsewhere at the moment? > Hey mertles The shuffle button is implemented in version 0.96 which is coming up. I need some beta testers actually. > > 2. The three

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-07-01 Thread mertles
Downloaded SlimControl last night and I'm very impressed - running on an old T-Mobile MDA with 3000+ artists and the speed is exceptional. Have only played around it for an hour or so far but have a few suggestions before I forget them: 1. A shuffle button (next to the repeat button) on the playl

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2009-07-01 Thread brijus123
Hi There, same again nokia 5800 but will not let me connect to server enter my ip example http://192.168.0.5:9000/handheld/ and also tried nokia 770 but keeps on coming with no gateway reply. I have had this working on both my PSP & XDA Orbit but can not seem to get it working on my Nokia please

Re: [slim] user experience with 7.3.3 = worst

2009-07-01 Thread radish
Declan Moriarty;437084 Wrote: > Note that my brother inlaw has a Belkin router that displays the name of > his laptop. This implies that the router is operating a local DNS. > Those names are typically taken from the hostname field in the DHCP handshake. SBs populate that field with the playe

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-07-01 Thread pippin
gregklanderman;437034 Wrote: > > pippin forums.slimdevices.com> writes: > > > AAC and higher bitrate flac causes trouble with more than two since > my > > server has to transcode then and runs into the limit of it's > capacity > > Is the server transcoding independently for each synced pl

Re: [slim] user experience with 7.3.3 = worst

2009-07-01 Thread Declan Moriarty
jo-wie;436692 Wrote: > It's not very common to have a Domain Name Server in a home network > installation. Your provider DNS do not know the local names. > > It's possible that your systems support resolving host names by using > Microsoft NetBios protocol, but that's not supported by every syst

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

2009-07-01 Thread sjschaff
SamS;437043 Wrote: > Thanks for the links guys. Looks like I might wait a bit longer until > the setup/installation is a bit more mapped out or "plug 'n play". I'm > no developer or expert with command lines ;-) > > In happier news, my Transporter arrives Friday :D Same here. What I think I

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

2009-07-01 Thread SamS
Thanks for the links guys. Looks like I might wait a bit longer until the setup/installation is a bit more mapped out or "plug 'n play". I'm no developer or expert with command lines ;-) In happier news, my Transporter arrives Friday :D -- SamS ---

Re: [slim] Driver to stream PC output to Squeezebox?

2009-07-01 Thread citoyen
Thanks! I didn't know that plugin worked with Pulse Audio. -- citoyen citoyen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65080 ___

Re: [slim] Driver to stream PC output to Squeezebox?

2009-07-01 Thread bpa
You need the basic plugin WaveInput for Linux ( see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 ) There are a number of discussion about using Pulse with WaveInput. A search of the forum will find them but you could start looking at post #35 onward in the above thread. -- bpa ---

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-07-01 Thread Greg Klanderman
> pippin writes: > AAC and higher bitrate flac causes trouble with more than two since my > server has to transcode then and runs into the limit of it's capacity Is the server transcoding independently for each synced player? That seems like a bug.. greg ___

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

2009-07-01 Thread andyg
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.4 The squeezecenter+perl-armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi file will run on the Sheevaplug. This is a stripped-down version of SC though, and does not include the web UI, some transcoders, etc. We are working on fixing that. This also includes our optim

Re: [slim] Driver to stream PC output to Squeezebox?

2009-07-01 Thread citoyen
bpa;436697 Wrote: > Linux is straightforward using Pulse. Do you have documentation on that? -- citoyen citoyen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

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

2009-07-01 Thread bebop
If you follow this thread in the 3rd party hardware section, you can see that people are working on this, don't be confused about the Pogoplug/Sheevaplug name confusion, they are nearly identical and runs the same sw. Slim devices Pogoplug thread : http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62

Re: [slim] limiting the number of tracks to play from a playlist

2009-07-01 Thread bpa
How about two alarms - 1st alarm with playlist and 2nd a few minutes later with news. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-07-01 Thread panos_k75
my 2 cents...I don't own Sonos but my friend does...money wasn't an issue. The main issue that kept me away from purchasing a Sonos is the luck of features and especially the ability to create clever mixes (see MusicIP or Genius). Having said that, there have been times that I wanted to throw my S

[slim] limiting the number of tracks to play from a playlist

2009-07-01 Thread NeilT
I have been trying to set up a playlist to use as an alarm. What I'd like to do is play one or two random tracks from a playlist then switch to a radio station for the news. I've managed to make a playlist that will play a specified track, then the radio station (which is saved as a favourite), b

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

2009-07-01 Thread sebp
Pale Blue Ego;436735 Wrote: > Maybe it's set up so any USB drives plugged in are immediately added to > the database? That wouldn't work too well if, for instance, a friend > drops by and hooks up his 1TB hard drive to play a few songs. So when > he leaves, the database contains 50,000 tracks w

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

2009-07-01 Thread dave77
Pale Blue Ego;436735 Wrote: > Maybe it's set up so any USB drives plugged in are immediately added to > the database? That wouldn't work too well if, for instance, a friend > drops by and hooks up his 1TB hard drive to play a few songs. So when > he leaves, the database contains 50,000 tracks w

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

2009-07-01 Thread Sike
aubuti;436931 Wrote: > It was more like 2 months for the Duet (January to March, 2008). Maybe > it wasn't "readily available" where you are until later, Ok.. I might of just felt like 5 months.. but it was more than 2 months in switzerland.. very frustrating if you think that Slim is now a Swis

Re: [slim] New "Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch" spotted !!

2009-07-01 Thread aubuti
Sike;436921 Wrote: > Been there, done that. > > What I was saying is: If it will be availible in 3 weeks, why not tell > us about it so we have something to look forward to. > > The Duet was announced about 5 months before it was readily > availible... It was more like 2 months for the Duet (J

Re: [slim] Thread on Sonos board

2009-07-01 Thread ptrainer
I regularly sync 7 SBRs playing flacs. It works great but my units are all connected via Ethernet. Running only wirelessly you might run into issues when adding more and more players. I used to have SB1s in the mix but they caused sync problems so I got rid of them. -- ptrainer