Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-04 Thread Aguida
Hi. It looks a great application. Really what I was looking for. I have a couple of questions. 1. I tested on my htc touch pro. At start it says that it is turning the wi-fi on, then it says it has done so, but wi-fi is still off. Not a big deal since I can turn it on manually before I start the

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

2009-08-04 Thread ian_heys
Just wanted to say that the station's (D-Dur) homepage has a fantastic free flac download offer of the 6 Brandenburg Concertos by Musica Florea. They sound fantastic. http://www.rozhlas.cz/d-dur/english Will vote for the bug as soon as my Bugzilla account is created. -- ian_heys

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Peter
Gibbo wrote: I'm intrigued, what are the chances of SC being able to run on the 'C-200' (http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspecitem_id=12)? They have a new model, cool... It'd make my year if it were possible. Naah, get squeezeplay to run on it.

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

2009-08-04 Thread Labarum
Yes, they are very good. -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen. Labarum's Profile:

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Gibbo
How would that be better? People have actually created squeezeplay style programs for the A series popcorns. It'd be nice I grant you that... What we are looking for is full control that means the home PC doesn't need to be turned on to play music. I don't own a NAS and don't see the point in me

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-04 Thread Stoker
Aguida;445608 Wrote: 1. I tested on my htc touch pro. At start it says that it is turning the wi-fi on, then it says it has done so, but wi-fi is still off. Not a big deal since I can turn it on manually before I start the program, but I thought I would report it. Hi Aguida I've got an

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-04 Thread Aguida
the same: 0.95 -- Aguida Aguida's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9285 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Peter
Gibbo wrote: How would that be better? People have actually created squeezeplay style programs for the A series popcorns. It'd be nice I grant you that... 1. It would be better because that way I'd have one less device in my living room. Since my house is equiped with a 24/7 server I have

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Gibbo
Obviously peter this solution isn't one for everyone. But if I already own a home PC, 2 SB's and am going to buy a C-200 then this solution would be perfect for me. I do see your point about squeezeplay, and that would be better for you, and if I had a low power server it would also be a good

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-04 Thread Robin Bowes
On 04/08/09 05:18, daviseh wrote: I am having a problem figuring this out. I have a wired setup with the following specs IP Address = 192.168.0.105 Gateway = 192.168.0.1 Squeezecenter address=192.168.105 So I reset the SBR and entered the following: discover conf 1 set interface=0

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Peter
Gibbo wrote: Obviously peter this solution isn't one for everyone. But if I already own a home PC, 2 SB's and am going to buy a C-200 then this solution would be perfect for me. I do see your point about squeezeplay, and that would be better for you, and if I had a low power server it would

Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200

2009-08-04 Thread Gibbo
;) all very true, I just like to argue... I don't want to become restrictive, i'd actually quite like an open discussion of all the possibilities of the C-200 combined with the SB, including squeezeplay, so long as people keep an eye on the ball from time to time. =) -- Gibbo

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread DigitalMitch
I've been suffering rebuffering for a while now, after a couple of years of stable performance, and I'm fed up so I'm trying to take action. I've ordered some more ethernet over power (Netgears HDX101) which successfully stream video to PS3 (which had been unstable over wi-fi), but until they

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

2009-08-04 Thread noguru
Just wanted to add my thanks to chp for a great job. Also vagskal for instructions even I could follow and gazjam for adding the final clue to substitute ip address for local host. They finally got me there, the final step in a system that does all I require of it. Mike -- noguru

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread funkstar
DigitalMitch;445679 Wrote: Other than voting for the bug and implementing a ethernet over power, is there anything else I should be trying? Surely you have a friend that has either a laptop, USB/PCI wireless adapter, Smartphone with wifi, or some other device that you could use (invite them

[slim] Off Topic - Large basement - audio options

2009-08-04 Thread Kurt
My brother just had his basement redone and it's in a very large U shape. He plans on putting a surround sound/home theater somewhat in the middle. At one end there's a bar, and at the other end a a big pool table area. He'd like to put speakers in the bar area, and another pair in the pool table

[slim] squeezecenter 7.3.3 flac troubles

2009-08-04 Thread the cosmic gate
I've updated my windows home server to squeezcenter 7.3.3. but when i wan't to play some FLAC (original AC3) the SB says that it runs out of memory ? The flac are 5.1 flac, when i test this flac on a PC with for example foobar everyting is working fine . Somebody with the some problem, or a

Re: [slim] All but my Classic

2009-08-04 Thread TiredLegs
See if the homeowner will let you try to temporarily connect it directly to his router via ethernet cable. That would just be a test to sort out whether or not the problem is with the WiFi. -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's

Re: [slim] All but my Classic

2009-08-04 Thread foffster
I connected the box directly to the ethernet port on my iMac (which is connected to the home network) and shared the internet access, and I got the Squeezecenter running that way. -- foffster foffster's Profile:

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread Schindler
Hello I have a Transporter, a Classic and two Booms running different flac files over WiFi at the same time without any problem... Christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread signor_rossi
First thing that comes to my mind, since you have one big directory with subdirectories for all artists, why do you use 'Browse Music Folder' at all? Browse through your music with 'Library - Artist' instead, that's what the scan at the beginning is for. :) signorRossi. -- signor_rossi

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-04 Thread daviseh
Robin Bowes;445630 Wrote: On 04/08/09 05:18, daviseh wrote: I am having a problem figuring this out. I have a wired setup with the following specs IP Address = 192.168.0.105 Gateway = 192.168.0.1 Squeezecenter address=192.168.105 So I reset the SBR and entered the following:

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-04 Thread arztde
Aguida;445620 Wrote: the same: 0.95 For Users that like to upgrade their old PDAwith windows 6.5. I did bought aHTC Blue Angel shortly for just 30 Euro, and i saw AES encription is not inside the Win Mobile 2003. So my thinking to upgrade the ROM to 6.0 was full in hope there will be a AES

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread radish
The performance of Browse Music Folder will always be related to the number of items in the folder, so yes, reducing that will help. However, as signor_rossi mentioned, you're missing out if you're only using BMF. The whole point of the scan is to populate the db so you can browse/search it

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread dsdreamer
Schindler;445739 Wrote: Hello I have a Transporter, a Classic and two Booms running different flac files over WiFi at the same time without any problem... Christian No one denies that this system -can- work very well, and probably in most installations it still does. But you don't even

Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.

2009-08-04 Thread Sike
YanniG;445473 Wrote: Finally, after a long trip my new Squeezebox arrived at home. I thought I had to inform you all here about my process. After unpacking it, it tool me two minutes to set it up playing...It showed me its pin, so I updated my account on squeezenetwork with this new player

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread Aslak3
VIA boards make excellent and cheap servers. Can't really beat a C7 on price and power usage. Yes its not as low power as a NAS but at last it has enough horse power to do other things. Mine has 4x250GB in raid5 (will update to 4x1TB soon), samba, appletalk, printing, itunes serving, ... and of

[slim] Squeezebox Headset

2009-08-04 Thread jplatt08
Please Please Please. I hope logitech is listening... I think there needs to be a logitech Squeezebox Headset. Just like the duet controller works as a receiver have a headset that works as a receiver. As far as I know there arent any reasonably priced WiFi/Network headphones. (correct me if

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

2009-08-04 Thread peber
frisk;445537 Wrote: The installation procedure looked simple enough but I can't get it to work, perhaps someone can help me. When starting spotify, dsbridge fires up and a blue dot appears in the task bar with hoover text dsbridge, HttpServer. http://localhost:8124/ If I add a favourite

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-04 Thread Locuth
Aguida;445608 Wrote: Hi. It looks a great application. Really what I was looking for. I have a couple of questions. 1. I tested on my htc touch pro. At start it says that it is turning the wi-fi on, then it says it has done so, but wi-fi is still off. Not a big deal since I can turn it on

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread shake-the-disease
l.vervae...@telenet.be;445744 Wrote: What else is there to speed things up? Thinking of: 1. creating folders A to Z so the artists are no longer in one folder. = Would this help alot or not? 2. add memory to readynas duo to for example 1GB. = Some people say this doesn't help because

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Headset

2009-08-04 Thread MeSue
Why can't you just connect some wireless headphones to your Squeezebox? I use these: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS120-Wireless-Headphones-Charging/ Except for being a bit to big for my head (no headbanging), I like them pretty well. There is a bit of interference if I am walking around the

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2009-08-04 Thread dave77
Locuth;66 Wrote: If it is do-able, we are talking 4 to 6 weeks. Hi Sebastian, did you work out if it's possible on Symbian? -- dave77 dave77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26269 View

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2009-08-04 Thread Locuth
Unfortunately, I am not a home write now. So I cannot install and test the Symbian dev environment just yet. -- Locuth Use your PDA as SqueezeBox remote -- http://www.sciatec.de/SlimControl Locuth's Profile:

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread aubuti
dsdreamer;445778 Wrote: STREAMING IN 7.3.X: A) Has been 100% reliable with all types of local music files in my system B) Required network upgrades since 7.3.x to become reliable C) Occasionally fails in 7.3.x with local FLAC files =500kbos D) Occasionally fails even with lossy compressed

[slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread earwaxer
I dont know about the rest of the wireless/ethernet PC based music server folks out there, but I am definitely feeling a huge bias in the audiophile community toward wired PC as music server connections, and by far the most popular being USB! I'm not big on conspiracy stuff, but for sure USB

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread radish
earwaxer;445828 Wrote: Wires have always been an overall better choice for analog transmission. Digital lends itself to being transmitted in bit perfect fashion over wifi. Forget about the jitter issue, and clocking/re-clocking that plagues wired protocols. I think what you're talking

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread radish
shake-the-disease;445806 Wrote: I run a QNAP TS-239 which is really the minimim I'd recommend once you have more than a few thousand tracks. Once over 30k or so even a single core Atom is possibly too slow and a dual core something should be considered. I disagree with that last bit - I

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread dsdreamer
_USB_IS_EASY_TO_ADOPT_ USB is now ubiquitous on computers as a wired technology, and most people already manage electronic music collections on the PCs already, whether using iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp, XMMS, Foobar2k, Songbird or whatever. Given that as a starting point, people

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread JJZolx
I think there are several reasons for this. The USB DAC concept is much easier for them to grasp. Much of that crowd is over 50, 60 years old and computers are a mystery to them. Setting up a home network scares the hell out of them. These are guys who quite honestly ask whether defragmenting

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread dsdreamer
aubuti;445813 Wrote: I don't think it would be useful. First there's the obvious selection bias: people not having problems are unlikely to read the poll and much less likely to be in the forums in the first place. Second, what do you do with the results? From this thread I would predict

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread agentsmith
shake-the-disease;445806 Wrote: I run a QNAP TS-239 which is really the minimim I'd recommend once you have more than a few thousand tracks. Once over 30k or so even a single core Atom is possibly too slow and a dual core something should be considered. I also tried running SC on an old

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread aubuti
dsdreamer;445842 Wrote: Good points all. I would hope that Logitech QA could take some actions rather than leaving it to end users, though. Agreed, but the usual rule applies: if they can't reproduce it, they can't fix it (unless they just get lucky with collateral improvement). There's an

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-04 Thread dsdreamer
aubuti;445847 Wrote: Unless there's another bug report I've overlooked, that doesn't give QA much to go on. QA also have the ability (if not the resources) to create a controlled, non-ideal network test environment to test performance under repeatable network congestion conditions. The

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread Goodsounds
JJZolx;445838 Wrote: I think there are several reasons for this. The USB DAC concept is much easier for them to grasp. Much of that crowd is over 50, 60 years old and computers are a mystery to them. Setting up a home network scares the hell out of them. These are guys who quite

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread JJZolx
Goodsounds;445857 Wrote: I think USB DACS are purchased by people who know more about computers than about music/sound. Someone who knows nothing about PCs just uses it as is, and doesn't tinker, add or subtract. People of my generation who are afraid of computers don't use them to play

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread JJZolx
earwaxer;445828 Wrote: It just seems to me that wireless has so many advantages, I cant help but see any wired protocol as a first step in the PC as digital front end trend, with wireless digital transmission being the goal. Wires have always been an overall better choice for analog

Re: [slim] Slower performance with squeezebox than expected

2009-08-04 Thread shake-the-disease
radish;445833 Wrote: I disagree with that last bit - I can't see why you need dual core for SC in any circumstance, in fact seeing as most of SC is single threaded (apart from things like transcoding) a faster-clocked single core would be better. As it is, I run on the slowest CPU AMD make

Re: [slim] USB gets all the attention!

2009-08-04 Thread Goodsounds
JJZolx;445860 Wrote: I disagree. I see _many_ threads in audiophile forums that begin something like.. I'll defer to you, but I don't think I know too many computer-phobic baby boomers who spend time in any internet forum. Or who would buy something like a Mac mini that (I think) is neither