Re: [slim] Receiver automatically connecting to SC

2009-08-19 Thread Mnyb
dsdreamer;450025 Wrote: > Yes, it makes a big difference if you have fixed IP addresses. If the OP > had used fixed IP addressing, he would not have this issue, (or least > that's what I found with my SBRs). You are probably correct but SC *should* discover players when they come online even in

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread Theremin
SilverRS8;447544 Wrote: > Glad the GUI now displays correctly. Did you perhaps select an > alternative output folder which does not reside on the same computer > where ACC is installed? In that case change it to a local folder and > give it a try. Let me know the results please... Frank - sorry

Re: [slim] Receiver automatically connecting to SC

2009-08-19 Thread dsdreamer
Mnyb;450021 Wrote: > In my system i have fixed ip's for both the server and recieiver if that > any difference, and also the server adress hacked in with udap setup. Yes, it makes a big difference if you have fixed IP addresses. If the OP had used fixed IP addressing, he would not have this issu

Re: [slim] Receiver automatically connecting to SC

2009-08-19 Thread Mnyb
Yes but it should reconect I'm turning of server once a day, leaving my SBR on with it's blue ligth, but it reconnects when my server comes back . Does it not come back if you wait for a while ? In my system i have fixed ip's for both the server and recieiver if that any difference, and also the

Re: [slim] How to do "whole house" audio (multi-room, multi-source)?

2009-08-19 Thread peterw
rcstevensonaz;449513 Wrote: > > Interesting ideas for customizing the Squeezebox controls. If I wind > up with a system of multiple Squeezebox controlers, I will cycle back > with you to explore these ideas. For what it's worth, I just released a new version of KidsPlay that lets you change th

Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?

2009-08-19 Thread Ozz
They dropped the price of the PS3 to $299US and PMS (PS3mediaserver) is free. I find it works pretty good IF you rip your content in acceptable formats. PMS will transcode on the fly, you need to have a decent server to do a good job but now days that is not hard to come by. I use the same server

Re: [slim] Open-Source Crestron Module

2009-08-19 Thread jwmelvin
I have not used the ControlWorks module, but have heard mixed things about it. I wrote this as an exercise in getting what I want, as there were a few features that ControlWorks didn't have when I started. I use it daily as do a few other people I work with. It has dynamic playlist integration, wh

Re: [slim] Open-Source Crestron Module

2009-08-19 Thread troberts
Hi just wondering how this compares to the controlworks module? And if you have had any problems with the newer versions of squeezecenter? -- troberts troberts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=323

Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-19 Thread Nonreality
Are you holding the play button until it makes a mix? It almost sounds like maybe you were using Spice's musicip addon, Sugarcube, before. If that's on then you can just hit play and it will continue to add new songs until you stop it. Music ip will only make a mix of x amount of songs that you

Re: [slim] Sync problem with Napster and SC

2009-08-19 Thread cemjack
Can anyone help? -- cemjack cemjack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66700 ___ d

Re: [slim] Receiver automatically connecting to SC

2009-08-19 Thread pski
htrd;449865 Wrote: > I've just bought my first receiver (I'm a very happy SB3 user) without a > controller. I think it's configured correctly, using Net::UDAP. It > certainly -can- connect to squeezecenter, and plays as expected once > connected, but it doesn't always connect automatically. > >

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread tamanaco
ModelCitizen;449960 Wrote: > Does the image below help to explain anything? > MC I use Firefox for everything else except ACC. With IE the Print Preview show adjustable margin lines and its layout looks a lot different. In Firefox you'll need click the Page Setup and click on the tab for Margins

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
Hopefully this helps. I opened the document created by the beta c version of AAC on another computer in Firefox and viewed it in File/Print/Print Preview. Does the image below help to explain anything? I have to say that I don't care about print. I have no need to print to paper or pdf (if the or

Re: [slim] RedEye universal remote control?

2009-08-19 Thread Andy8421
I have been using iRedtouch - an iPodtouch or iPhone app that uses a network resident IR flasher. 1. Take a picture or use a scanner to get an image of the remote 2. Display picture on iPod 3. Define button areas on the picture (app comes with a very neat tool for doing this) 4. Teach the system

Re: [slim] Squeezebox over mains network?

2009-08-19 Thread radish
Sure, just run an ethernet cable from the homeplug to the squeezebox. Lots of people on the forums have reported good results with this setup, of course provided that your wiring allows the homeplugs to work well. -- radish http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric

Re: [slim] Squeezebox over mains network?

2009-08-19 Thread Pat Farrell
pulsar wrote: > I would like to know if the squeezebox systems (Duet and Boom) are able > to use a mains network connection rather than wireless connection? A > mains network connection I mean using an Home Plug adapter as a means to > link to my network? All SqueezeBoxen have a normal RJ45 Ethern

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread tamanaco
SilverRS8;449943 Wrote: > Do you maybe know if it is possible to transfer internal HTML page links > to a PDF? I could easily create links from the Table Of Contents entries > to the actual catalog entries. However I haven't managed to get these > into PDF files so the use is very limited and I d

[slim] Squeezebox over mains network?

2009-08-19 Thread pulsar
Hi, I have just moved into a new home and am looking to buy a sound system that uses all my stored digital music, which at the moment is all on itunes. I then want to be able to play music in different rooms of the house. I don’t want a wireless system, and I have ruled out Sonos. I would like

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread tamanaco
ModelCitizen;449933 Wrote: > > I'm not entirely sure what "print pagination" is. All I can say that if > means "print to paper" I can't do that as it'd create 226 pages. I did > not change from the default AAC pagination settings (as it did not > appear I needed to). > I also don't know "exact

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread SilverRS8
tamanaco;449770 Wrote: > I also have old eyes. To avoid the font restriction I print a .pdf file > of the catalog that can be read, re-sized and searched easily using > Adobe reader. I even carry a copy of my catalog in .pdf format in my > Smartphone to make sure I don't buy a CD that I already o

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread SilverRS8
ModelCitizen;449933 Wrote: > Have done. I have 1915 albums and all the web page formatting looks > perfect. There are tracks that have such long titles that they wrap (but > one or two of them are so long that they wrapped with the smaller font > setting anyway) and they look fine. This with IE 7

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
SilverRS8;449877 Wrote: > Hi, > > I have send you a PM with a link to download an ACC version with a > larger track listing font size. Please check it out. Have done. I have 1915 albums and all the web page formatting looks perfect. There are tracks that have such long titles that they wrap (bu

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-19 Thread Locuth
Aguida;447295 Wrote: > Hi again, > > P.S. I really appreciate your work, and hope more people will be > donating. > > Brg. Hey Alessandro. I total forgot to thank you for your donation. So I am doing that now: THANK YOU. If you care to get you hands on a pre-Release of Version 0.98 please l

Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-19 Thread maggior
Hmmm, that's odd. I've experienced a situation where I would have an empty mix generated. I stopped SC and MiP and restarted them and the problem went away. According to the documentation, it is important that the MiP service start before SC. Do you have your machine configured this way through

Re: [slim] Duet Controller battery availability

2009-08-19 Thread Bert57
Have read that the battery for Harmony 1000 does work. Ordered one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Battery-for-Logitech-Harmony-1000-1100-1100i_W0QQitemZ350240474225QQcategoryZ40975QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m183QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSICDD%26its%3DI%252BC%252BS%252BIA%26itu%3DSI%252BUS-BWR%252B

Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-19 Thread Bert57
Sorry so late getting back. "How is it that it is not working?" When I go to "musicip mix" from a song or an album with the controller it only plays that one song. Does not show any mix, just that one song. Checked services by turning off Squeezemysql and then turning it back on. Musicip serve

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-19 Thread maggior
radish;449878 Wrote: > Or it was tested properly, the bugs were found, but someone said > "release it anyway". I'm not saying that happened in this case, but it > happens all the time with software releases (and is often justifiable to > be honest). There are always bugs, it comes down to what yo

Re: [slim] Duet Controller battery availability

2009-08-19 Thread rblnr
Just bought one for the 1000 on ebay -- has the same ID # so should work. Logitech customer support on this issue has been lousy. Emailed customer support after 3 weeks passing after order, was told my CC didn't work. Knew this was wrong, so I called, and find out they're out of stock. Email

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-19 Thread radish
Mnyb;449700 Wrote: > > Point, if an average joe with no programing skills can poke holes in > software in 5 minutes, it can not have been tested properly. > Or it was tested properly, the bugs were found, but someone said "release it anyway". I'm not saying that happened in this case, but it ha

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread SilverRS8
ModelCitizen;449845 Wrote: > . > I'll do that, but it does seem to me that the default font size for ACC > track listing is just too small to be very useful, even for people with > better eyes (like my young son, who also thinks it's too small). BTW. I > don't appear to be able to resize the font

Re: [slim] Duet Controller battery availability

2009-08-19 Thread btscott
I think the Duet uses the same battery as the Harmony 1000. Might want to check on it before buying one though... -- btscott btscott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32326 View this thread: http:/

[slim] Receiver automatically connecting to SC

2009-08-19 Thread htrd
I've just bought my first receiver (I'm a very happy SB3 user) without a controller. I think it's configured correctly, using Net::UDAP. It certainly -can- connect to squeezecenter, and plays as expected once connected, but it doesn't always connect automatically. In particular if I power up the

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread Pascal Hibon
Another update: I ran the linux top command with the –d1 option on my NV+ to update the display every second. Then I pressed FWD on the SB remote (to speed up the “beginning of next track” event). The highest CPU load I noticed was 97% during this test. Again, it varies for different songs. The up

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-19 Thread pski
WSLam;426571 Wrote: > Just wondering if this is possible. > When I access my SqueezeCenter within my LAN, I obviously do not want > to be bothered with entering a username and password everytime. But I do > stream music to remote location at times (i.e. office) and by opening up > the port to acc

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
tamanaco;449770 Wrote: > To avoid the font restriction I print a .pdf file of the catalog that > can be read, re-sized and searched easily using Adobe reader.. I'll do that, but it does seem to me that the default font size for ACC track listing is just too small to be very useful, even for peopl

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread Pascal Hibon
maggior;449806 Wrote: > As far as I know, the default configuration of SC is to convert WAV > files to FLAC prior to streaming. So, even though your source files are > in WAV format, you are actually streaming FLAC over the network to your > player. That is unless you've taken steps in the conf

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread johndpar
I should have said that in my case it is FLAC files streaming as FLAC to SBR which is wireless. I know the wifi link could be better so next try is some homeplug adaptors and if that still does not work it could be time to run a cable. Regards John -- johndpar ---

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread wowo
ACC works on one pc fine. On another pc unfortunately not. I have the following question: Is it possible to change the year into origyear ??? Because I am only interested in the origyear. You can enter the origyear tag in the Squeezebox database with Custom Scan plugin (and display in the squeez

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-19 Thread Locuth
Yes - that would be nice. I will see what I can do. However not in the next release. -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote -- http://sc.sciatec.de Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread maggior
Pascal Hibon;449381 Wrote: > This issue is not related to FLAC streaming only. I stream WAV and I > also experienced the issue with 7.3.3. For now I went back to 7.2.1. and > that works fine. I guess it is fair to say that the issue is more likely > to occur when streaming larger audio formats (l

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread johndpar
Same here with Qnap TS209. Definitely something broken in 7.3.3. John -- johndpar johndpar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] RedEye universal remote control?

2009-08-19 Thread radish
Because most people know where the major buttons (volume, etc) on their TV remote are by touch. Having to look at the screen to locate the button makes the whole thing much more awkward to use. It's why (IMHO) Harmony did so well - combining the customisation options of a screen with the practical

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

2009-08-19 Thread nicoleif
I have a question, it's a little off topic. Does anyone know if the upcoming official Spotify plugin for SC wil be able to run on qnap? -- nicoleif nicoleif's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14351

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-19 Thread lacda333
Many songs, specially classical music, have very long titles. For example, "Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ("Funeral March"), Op. 26". It would be great if I can scroll the screen horizontally. -- lacda333 lacda333's

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

2009-08-19 Thread Kiwi
firedog;449758 Wrote: > I emailed the NZ distributor that the "original" post came from. They > replied that they will be selling it early next month - and will email > me details when they know them. > > I don't know how high up NZ is on the world wide marketing chain of > Logitech, or if it is

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

2009-08-19 Thread bpa
> > > Edit:The "wavinput" pluggin,how does it work?It uses wav. > The wavinput plugin will work with Spotify although as SPotify meses with audio, I believe it is a bit picky about how you start WavINput and Spotify. WaveInput makes a copy of the PCM output from Windows audio subsystem using

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

2009-08-19 Thread tme
Hi all - streaming spotify is great and all but I am looking into how we might have a full plugin with all the lists and controls etc. On linux I can run spotify under wine under xvfb and trace text output to scrape track names etc and inject x11 events to control it, eg: Code:

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-19 Thread Bery
Hi, I can also confirm dropouts in streaming after installing SC 7.3.3 on my ReadyNAS DUO ( 1 GB RAM ). In most cases happens with the first song and especially in Random Mix mode. Please, work on it :) -- Bery Bery's Prof

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread tamanaco
ModelCitizen;449730 Wrote: > I've returned to this app to see if it'll work for me now and it does! > Thanks very much Frank. The catalogue it produces from my library is > superb. > > The only option addition I'd welcome is to be able to choose to have > the track listing produced in a larger f

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

2009-08-19 Thread firedog
I emailed the NZ distributor that the "original" post came from. They replied that they will be selling it early next month - and will email me details when they know them. I don't know how high up NZ is on the world wide marketing chain of Logitech, or if it is an early release market. So take t

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

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 18/08/09 15:25, ggoodwin wrote: > > I've been stuggling with getting a new SBR working using the UDAP exe > all day. > > Tried wired and wireless > Light turns blue > SBR has an IP from DHCP (seen in SBR config and DHCP server) > SBR does not respond to ping though > also tried static ip and d

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

2009-08-19 Thread karibe
Robin Bowes;449741 Wrote: > On 18/08/09 08:14, karibe wrote:[color=blue] > Karibe, > > If you have both the computer running Net-UDAP and the SBR plugged > into > the normal switch ports of the WRT54G then it should be fine. I use a > similar router (actually, a WRT54GS and a WRT54GL) with dd-wr

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

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 18/08/09 08:14, karibe wrote: > > robinbowes;449118 Wrote: >> In that case, it may be that your SBR is faulty. >> >> You might like to try calling Logitech support, although you may find >> that they only offer offical support if you have the Controller as >> well. >> >> R. > > I'm afraid I h

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

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 17/08/09 18:32, MillmoorRon wrote: > > Is this just for the initial setup so that you can set network stuff, > then Squeezecenter is used normally for other options? That's correct. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://l

Re: [slim] RedEye universal remote control?

2009-08-19 Thread GRC
badbob;449548 Wrote: > Although the itouch may offer feature IR control as well as other stuff, > full touchscreen remotes are horrible to use. ... and this is because ... ? GRC -- GRC -Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it ...- And if it matters ... Elderly Sony Vaio + WD Pas

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
I've returned to this app to see if it'll work for me now and it does! Thanks very much Frank. The catalogue it produces from my library is superb. The only option addition I'd welcome is to be able to choose to have the track listing produced in a larger font size (without needing to adjust it v