Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2009-07-17 Thread amcluesent
There is a workaround which keeps me happy for the moment. I added this line to the AlienBBC plugin and it works! Is it possible to edit something similar into convert.conf so Squeezecenter can handle the stream without the AleienBBC plug-in? -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2009-07-17 Thread bpa
You can add the lines into the convert.conf file and they will take effect at next SC restart. You will need mplayer to be installed on the Windows path or in the SC Bin\MSwin32... directory (same location as faad.exe and socketwrapper.exe). However if added to convert.conf, the line will be

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2009-07-17 Thread RealElwood
Hi everyone, found this thread, read it and started thinking. Big thanks to the guys made this possible, i can now play iTunes and Spotify on my PS3, through these files together with PS3 media server. I've been trying everything before this, hi-jacking audio-out and reversing it to Audio-in

Re: [slim] Nokia 5800 express

2009-07-17 Thread funkstar
brijus123;441194 Wrote: Sorted it different entery on the nokia i was going through google and not entering it in the new web page text nextion Yeah, that would do it :) -- funkstar my collection: *1*x boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black, *1*x sb2 wired (silver),

Re: [slim] Squeezebox on GDGT

2009-07-17 Thread funkstar
Just updated my GDGT account. Thanks Radish :) -- 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] Squeezebox on GDGT

2009-07-17 Thread autopilot
I'm really struggling to see the point of gdgt. I'm trying, i really am, but it just seems so tedious. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. -don't call me Shirley.- autopilot's Profile:

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2009-07-17 Thread Sir G
vagskal;440890 Wrote: Thanks, but I am just an enthusiastic user of this excellent utility, not the author, so I really do not know what the problem might be for you. Some guesswork: 1. Double check that you have the correct local IP-address of the computer running SqueezeCenter and

Re: [slim] iPeng on the Nokia N97?

2009-07-17 Thread dave77
Pippin, With the 'recent announcement' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8152443.stm) of 'Symbian Horizon' (http://developer.symbian.org/main/horizon/) are you considering a Symbian port of iPeng? -- dave77 dave77's

Re: [slim] iPeng on the Nokia N97?

2009-07-17 Thread pippin
dave77;441308 Wrote: Pippin, With the 'recent announcement' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8152443.stm) of 'Symbian Horizon' (http://developer.symbian.org/main/horizon/) are you considering a Symbian port of iPeng? Considering: yes. Urgent: No. Let's N97 become stable, first.

Re: [slim] Squeezeslave OSX PowerPC binary - Testers Needed!

2009-07-17 Thread ralphy
Thanks for taking the time to try it out. The -Mfilename daemonize option and trying to play each of the native supported file formats; ogg, flac, mp3 and wav. -- ralphy ralphy's Profile:

Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2009-07-17 Thread amcluesent
You can add the lines into the convert.conf file... working! foobar2000 reported that the native stream was 48000Hz, so I removed the 'resample=44100:0:1' directive from mplayer. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

[slim] Annoying Napster info

2009-07-17 Thread Eivindz
Anyone else annoyed by all the info about Napster, both on the Logitech website and even on the player itself? Info is mostly a good thing, but both the website and the player say, IN NORWEGIAN (I'm Norwegian), that you can register for a free trial when in fact this service isn't available in my

Re: [slim] iPeng on the Nokia N97?

2009-07-17 Thread dave77
I going to have a play with the Symbian .NET SDK but not sure where to start. Where did you start with iPeng if you don't mind me asking, I've looked in the 'development wiki' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Category:Development) and everything seems to be player or plugin code. Are there

Re: [slim] iPeng on the Nokia N97?

2009-07-17 Thread pippin
dave77;441316 Wrote: I going to have a play with the Symbian .NET SDK but not sure where to start. Where did you start with iPeng if you don't mind me asking, I've looked in the 'development wiki' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Category:Development) and everything seems to be

Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2009-07-17 Thread Quad
amcluesent;441315 Wrote: foobar2000 reported that the native stream was 48000Hz, so I removed the 'resample=44100:0:1' directive from mplayer and set the flac parameter to 48000. Thanks for that! A metadata question arised: The OGG stream of D-dur used to have tags if played with native OGG

Re: [slim] Annoying Napster info

2009-07-17 Thread aubuti
It doesn't bother me at all. Can't you avoid Napster information on the player (at least when using SqueezeCenter) by disabling the Napster plugin? On the www.logitechsqueezebox.com and www.mysqueezebox.com web sites it's mostly on the top-level pages, along with other services that will only be

Re: [slim] Squeezebox on GDGT

2009-07-17 Thread funkstar
autopilot;441289 Wrote: I'm really struggling to see the point of gdgt. I'm trying, i really am, but it just seems so tedious. This sums it up: http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/01/peter-rojas-and-ryan-block-launch-gdgt-the-swiss-army-knife-o/ I've not really played about with it, but it's more

Re: [slim] OT: Asset UPnP server to XBMC

2009-07-17 Thread agillis
I have been working on building a good UPnP solution in VortexBox. Currently we are using Ushare and it works OK. I have been told it is the best open source UPnP server. It still has a few problems streaming to various systems. twonkymedia is pay software that is used on a lot of NAS systems.

[slim] My Squeezebox Vehicle Setups

2009-07-17 Thread iPhone
A few people have asked about my mobile setups so I thought instead of going way off topic I would start a new thread and then in the future I can point them here so the original tread can stay on topic. This will also make it easier to answer possible questions without hijacking another thread.

Re: [slim] My Squeezebox Vehicle Setups

2009-07-17 Thread maggior
This is really cool! Thanks for sharing the details. Do you have a special process to keep the music synched between your vehicles and your home server? You wouldn't happen to have any pics of these setups? I think I'll suggest to my wife that we put a SB in our minivan ;-). Somehow I

Re: [slim] Squeezebox on GDGT

2009-07-17 Thread radish
autopilot;441289 Wrote: I'm really struggling to see the point of gdgt. I'm trying, i really am, but it just seems so tedious. I think it appeals to the obsessive-collector found in many of us. Serves no obvious useful purpose other than to collate what we have collected, I could imagine a

Re: [slim] My Squeezebox Vehicle Setups

2009-07-17 Thread iPhone
maggior;441352 Wrote: This is really cool! Thanks for sharing the details. Do you have a special process to keep the music synched between your vehicles and your home server? You wouldn't happen to have any pics of these setups? I think I'll suggest to my wife that we put a SB in

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2009-07-17 Thread Subsev
stub1234;439090 Wrote: Hi, thanks for the instructions above - very clear for some with my limitations! however, i have a problem, when i press play on my duet controller it says connecting, the blue tray turns green for a second or 2 and then goes back to blue and the controller says

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread remcopoelstra
I checked the contents of the mysql database, to see what caused the sorting. For 'Liszt, Franz' I noticed that SC has put DEMONIC LISZT in the namesort column. That would explain why it is sorted with the D artists, but how does it get to that name? It's definitely not in my Vorbis tags. Last.fm

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread Phil Leigh
remcopoelstra;441402 Wrote: I checked the contents of the mysql database, to see what caused the sorting. For 'Liszt, Franz' I noticed that SC has put DEMONIC LISZT in the namesort column. That would explain why it is sorted with the D artists, but how does it get to that name? It's

Re: [slim] iPeng on the Nokia N97?

2009-07-17 Thread dave77
Thanks for the info :) -- dave77 dave77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64729

Re: [slim] My Squeezebox Vehicle Setups

2009-07-17 Thread iPhone
Anybody know of an In Dash Head Unit with either Toslink or SPDIF input? That might be interesting if the Head Units DAC is worth talking about. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers:

Re: [slim] My Squeezebox Vehicle Setups

2009-07-17 Thread Kiwi
iPhone;441361 Wrote: My home server has almost 6TB of stored music. What format is the music stored in? That is a staggering amount of space for music. How long did it take to rip all those CDs or have you downloaded some of the hi-res tracks available e.g. HDtracks Sorry for the off

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread remcopoelstra
Yes, you are right (and all others :) ). At least I now knew what I had to look for. A single file had a MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME tag. Unfortunately removing the tag and updating the SC database did not help, I had to do a full empty-and-rescan (it's still working on it). I hope it will be solved

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread remcopoelstra
Is it btw correct that a Vorbis YEAR tag is parsed in another way than a DATE tag? When I've a DATE=2005 tag, the album name comes up different from albums that have a YEAR=2005 tag. Or should I look for something else? Regards, Remco Poelstra -- remcopoelstra

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread Phil Leigh
remcopoelstra;441441 Wrote: Is it btw correct that a Vorbis YEAR tag is parsed in another way than a DATE tag? When I've a DATE=2005 tag, the album name comes up different from albums that have a YEAR=2005 tag. Or should I look for something else? Regards, Remco Poelstra I only use

Re: [slim] Just bought a Squeezebox Classic. Some problems

2009-07-17 Thread remcopoelstra
Currently my collection uses both, but it seems that SC has troubles with that. That's a bit strange, because there seems to be code in place to extract a year from a date tag. I don't know why it doesn't work for me. Maybe it has something to do with the update of the database. Regards, Remco

[slim] Anyone Integrating Squeezebox with HAI HA

2009-07-17 Thread Aesculus
Has anyone integrated their SC/SB system with the HAI Home Automation solution? HAI has their own HiFi solution but I want to preserve my SC system. I can keep them seperate but I just wondered if anyone wrote and interface for SC to HAI. -- Aesculus Chris

[slim] Boom Giveaway at CNET

2009-07-17 Thread Sb42
You know I shouldn't be doing this as it will reduce my chance of winning! ;-) But there's a Boom for free over at cnet.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10288524-1.html?tag=nl.e404 Good luck to you all! -- Sb42

Re: [slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...

2009-07-17 Thread CliffC
I use the sleep function every night on my Boom, set to 90 minutes. Which means 6 clicks of the sleep button on the remote every night. I suspect I'm going to wear the button out at some point. I'd love a one-touch way of setting sleep to 90 minutes. Doing it from SC wouldn't be a problem if it

Re: [slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...

2009-07-17 Thread peterw
CliffC;441516 Wrote: I use the sleep function every night on my Boom, set to 90 minutes. Which means 6 clicks of the sleep button on the remote every night. I suspect I'm going to wear the button out at some point. I'd love a one-touch way of setting sleep to 90 minutes. Doing it from SC

[slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-07-17 Thread benthos
I remember a time when my Squeezebox never rebuffered. That's right, it never rebuffered. But starting several months ago, with one of the more recent updates, it became an issue. Music would pause inexplicably. The dreaded rebuffering error message would appear. Today I run version 7.3.3 on

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-07-17 Thread andyg
Before you give up, try and see if running SC on a server that is faster than your cell phone fixes the problem. :) I kid, but only slightly, about how slow the non-x86 ReadyNAS boxes are. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-07-17 Thread Mnyb
Ok try to contact support, have u suffered for months without considering support !? http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/support/contact-support.html sometimes upgrades goes south, consider a completely clean install of SC . That happens more often than one would like, sometimes you have to do

Re: [slim] need help in displaying song titles

2009-07-17 Thread constantoo
hi, me too had this problem. now solved -- constantoo constantoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31725 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65088

Re: [slim] Best mobile phone for controlling SB?

2009-07-17 Thread constantoo
hi, me too having the same mobile but an 'unlocked' (http://www.mobile-unlocker.com/). -- constantoo constantoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31725 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...

2009-07-17 Thread CliffC
peterw;441521 Wrote: Cliff, you should be able to do that with my KidsPlay plugin. You'll need to work out the CLI commands needed (something like power 1; stop; playlist clear; mixer volume 30; playlist play PlayListNameGoesHere; sleep 5400;), but this should be simple. Set KidsPlay for the