I personally don't get Twitter. When I've gone there, it struck me as
full of who cares kind of material. Does anyone really care what music
someone is listening to, or care enough to go through a bulky list of
filler to find out? I guess if I did, I would ask. But I don't care,
it's about as
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Have you got any tracks ripped from DVD on your HD ?
What do these indicate when playing ?
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Sadly, no, I haven't. Am I correct in thinking that the SB3 can indeed
pass a 48khz signal via SPDIF ?
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I have been using an SB3 for the last 30 months. I have been extremely
happy with the SB3, and later my Boom, but have never been entirely
happy with the ripping/ tagging/ storage/ distribution side. I want good
quality sound but I want the hardware to fade into the background so I
do not feel
I have been using an SB3 for the last 30 months. I have been extremely
happy with the SB3, and later my Boom, but have never been entirely
happy with the ripping/ tagging/ storage/ distribution side. I want good
quality sound but I want the hardware to fade into the background so I
do not feel
Buy a Mac mini. Connect it to your screen once. Install SqueezeCenter.
Copy your Music to it. Done.
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It is not the SB3's fault that you are in a *transition*. It is like
blaming your Blueray player for the fact that you have to find a way to
do something about that VCR collection you have.
For new music, I have a choice - buy the CD and rip it losslessly, or
buy it as a compromised MP3 source.
pablolie;456227 Wrote:
The system itself? Lots of choice, but I think Logitech offers a great
variety and a great product. Especially now with the Touch, when things
can be very self-contained. The SC software is great for me. For most
people, a drive off the SBT is all they need. And I
I used to think that of Twitter, too. I used to prefer Jaiku, too (it
still has better features), however, it's not the personal tweets that
make Twitter useful, it's the real-time information. Look up what it did
during the Iranian election, or keep an eye on the trending topics for
news that
pablolie;456227 Wrote:
It is not the SB3's fault that you are in a *transition*.
I have posted quite a few thoughts on these issues and I have been very
careful NOT to blame the SB3 or the Boom. In fact I have on a number of
occasions stated my belief that they are the best hardware devices
pippin;456224 Wrote:
Buy a Mac mini. Connect it to your screen once. Install SqueezeCenter.
Copy your Music to it. Done.
Yes, this would work. I borrowed a mini and tried it. However, for the
beginner, would you recommend they use iTunes for all the ripping? It
has to be a turnkey system and
dBerriff;456239 Wrote:
...However, for the beginner, would you recommend they use iTunes for
all the ripping?...
For a beginner: Yes.
If you are looking into lossless, the VortexBox may be the better
solution, I believe it's also more efficient WRT ripping.
In my case I just cannot
Pippin raises tagging and iTunes. I don't have any problems except for:
a) Classical music. I still haven't worked out if I want the conductor
or orchestra to be the artist. I usually think of composer, piece,
orchestra or conductor in that order when I want to listen to something.
Anyway, this
pippin;456242 Wrote:
In your case, I would check back in December how SC 7.4 -noweb (aka
TinySC) performs on your ReadyNAS.
OK, I will do that. I am hanging on to my ReadyNAS as the ultimate big
folder backup device (my lossless library is currently around 230 Gigs
and I can backup FLAC as
If going with the Mac route, seriously look at Max, a ripper/converter
and by the same chap his new Rip program both of which will rip to
FLAC using Accurate Rip.
FLAC is supported natively by the majority of the Squeezebox devices.
ALAC will be supported by the Touch and Radio natively when
shevans;456247 Wrote:
ALAC will be supported by the Touch and Radio natively when they arrive.
Really? Do they?
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shevans;456247 Wrote:
If going with the Mac route, seriously look at Max, a ripper/converter
and by the same chap his new Rip program both of which will rip to
FLAC using Accurate Rip.
FLAC is supported natively by the majority of the Squeezebox devices.
ALAC will be supported by the
pippin;456250 Wrote:
Really? Do they?
http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-touch.html#tab2
http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-radio.html#tab2
Audio formats
MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless
WMA Lossless, APE, MPC and WavPack
dBerriff;456255 Wrote:
Our beginner doesn't have a clue what you mean by native ALAC support
and why he or she would need it. :-}
Well in that case the beginner should use just iTunes on a Mac.
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Hi there,
I have also had the DSBridge-dll running under Wine - but only for a
few secs. or maximum for one song (I did the same as omega12). Then it
pops up with a http-error, and the controller just writes buffering.
Anyone got a clue how to get this working with wine?
Woodster
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I have a problem!
When spotify is in paus= i have dsbridge green ball
But when i put spotify in playmode the green ball gets blue?
please help me.. I have tried about 10 hours but i nevere get it to
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I just had to try it, and it works great!
- I copied DSound.dll and dsbridge.ini into Program Files/MediaMonkey
(lame_enc.dll was already there)
- started Mediamonkey
- started Squeecenter and tuned to http://_my_IP_:8124, pressed Play
- Boom! The sound from MM directly to my stereo!
OK, I
FredFredrickson;453722 Wrote:
I have to add to the discussion- network video players are only useful
if they also play web content.
My favorite so far has been the xbox 360 media center, since you can
play your own files, but also netflix. If you buy playon media server
(for like $40ish),
Every once in a while (more often than I would like,of course), the
internet station that I am listening to just stops. It doesn't happen
too frequently but it will happen if the station is on long enough. I
wait and wait to see if it rebuffers but I most often have to restart
the station with
Does this happen with all stations, some stations, or just repeatedly
with one station? If it happens with one or just a few stations, do they
have alternate streams that you could try? For example, for a while I
was getting dropouts with my local NPR station, but then I tried one of
their other
woodster;456259 Wrote:
Hi there,
I have also had the DSBridge-dll running under Wine - but only for a
few secs. or maximum for one song (I did the same as omega12). Then it
pops up with a http-error, and the controller just writes buffering.
Anyone got a clue how to get this working
Hawkmoon;456216 Wrote:
Sadly, no, I haven't. Am I correct in thinking that the SB3 can indeed
pass a 48khz signal via SPDIF ?
Yes, the SB3 can pass a 48KHz signal via SPDIF.
Check your source files on your computer to see what frequency is
shown. It is possible that they are 44.1 KHz/ 24 bit
You are correct in this assumption.
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*1*x squeezebox radio
*1*x squeezebox touch
*1*x squeezebox 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
aubuti;456172 Wrote:
Yes, they are the same except for the logo on the faceplate. However,
the Slim Devices branded SB3s were produced in both wifi and wired-only
versions (the wifi model also does wired ethernet). So if you need to
have wifi you should verify that the one you are looking at
ddewey;456296 Wrote:
... I certainly would never
recommend an iTunes-based solution to anyone with a sizable music
collection who wanted things to 'just work.' Too unstable.
I entirely agree.
My wife falls into the user scenario you describe.
She has fully simply moved from a music world
SB3 absolutely outputs 48KHz correctly.
Do you know that the indicator lights are reliable? Are you sure the
material is 48KHz?
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After you start playing the troublesome station, add that same station
again to your Playlist. Your Playlist is now two of the same station,
when one stream stops your player (SN) will start the next item in the
Playlist, which is the same station.
If this is a random problem on a few stations
Quoting dBerriff (dberriff.3y6r1z1252398...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com):
I realised I could do everything with an Apple TV (previously a
disappointment but we had one anyway) or Airport Express, active
speakers with TOSLINK digitial interface, and iTunes on our iMac, with
an iPod Touch to
What format are the files in?
Not sure if this matters (one of the experts in this area would know
for sure) but are you transcoding the files on the server or local to
the SB3, using bit rate limiting, and what are your setting in SC for
handling the file type you're sending to the SB3?
Only
I don't think anyone gets Twitter at first. It took me a while.
I primarily use Twitter to promote my site. People who follow me can
get almost real time notification of anything new I post on my site and
communicate with me in a different way than they can just visiting my
site. I mix in a bit
dBerriff;456223 Wrote:
If a neighbour or friend came to you today and asked for advice on a
complete, turnkey setup and they were someone who just wanted to replay
music and not spend their time tinkering with the software or pleading
for help on these bulletin boards: what would you
killie99;456332 Wrote:
definately SB3 which was wired or wired/wireless. I have a wired only
one
Funfstar, whereabouts in our fair land are you from and how did you get
a Touch?
Oh well I was mistaken then.
I'm in the UK and I am part of the Beta test team. That's why I have a
ddewey;456296 Wrote:
Quoting dBerriff (dBerriff.3y6r1z1252398241 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com):
[color=blue]
I've spent a lot of time over the past couple of years counseling
these 'standard' users about alternatives to iTunes. I'm glad (but
surprised) that your experience
There are many advantages to the SqueezeBox setup and I agree access to
your music and multi-room distribution are an important if not critical
part of this.
Returning to the scenario, what are you going to suggest as a server
platform for our fictional new adopter?
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dBerriff;456357 Wrote:
There are many advantages to the SqueezeBox setup and I agree access to
your music and multi-room distribution are an important if not critical
part of this.
Returning to the scenario, what are you going to suggest as a server
platform for our fictional new adopter?
Thanks for the responses. I will pay more attention to see if it does
tend to happen on just the same stations and not on othersfrom what
I can tell, it does seem to be the same ones all the time and I do not
think there are other streams for them...most are out of the USA. Also,
Toby, I will
I often rescan my playlists. The rescan goes quickly until it scans for
album artwork, even if ONLY PLAYLISTS is selected for rescan. I have
imported no album artwork and would prefer the rescan to NOT scan for
album artwork at all. Is this possible?
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definately SB3 which was wired or wired/wireless. I have a wired only
one
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aubuti;456342 Wrote:
Please clarify something. You say that this user doesn't want to tinker
with software and don't mention ripping and tagging as part of his/her
typical user literacy. But then subsequent posts talk about what
ripping software to use. Does this user want to rip his/her CD
I been struggling to get AAC streams to play on my music server PC.
I'm running SC 7.3.3 on XP.
Which type of debug logging do I need to activate to work out what's
going wrong?
It's odd, I've got my other PC working fine.
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pablolie;456370 Wrote:
Now someone is going to ask about what about library management? Most
people don't need r think about that, either. They have their stuff on
an iPhone or iPod, short-sighted as it may be.
Furthermore, I think stuff like Pandora, with inreasingly personalized
Phileas;456376 Wrote:
I get Windows error messages about socketwrapper.exe.
I have NOD32 installed and AlienBBC doesn't work
http://www.x2systems.com/AlienBBC/faq.html
Try excluding socketwrapper.exe in your firewall AV
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What people don't like is not the issue here; what works for Logitech
Squeezeboxes is. My reasons for buying into Apple technology have
nothing whatsoever to do with this thread, anymore than me using Windows
XP to run Visual Web Developer to implement .NET systems.
I have been asking what works
aubuti;456377 Wrote:
... some people shouldn't run network music systems. Maybe I'm just not
a good proselytizer
I totally agree.
A good example are VCR and DVDs. I do not have a Blueray player. I do
not have the ability to play my old VCRs in my current system. And I am
not all too
dBerriff;456395 Wrote:
What people don't like is not the issue here; what works for Logitech
Squeezeboxes is.
How's that? Your premise was -someone who just wanted to replay music
and not spend their time tinkering with the software or pleading for
help on these bulletin boards: what would
dBerriff;456255 Wrote:
Our beginner doesn't have a clue what you mean by native ALAC support
and why he or she would need it. :-}
If you don't have native support, it means no rwd or ffw.
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BastiaanR;456387 Wrote:
Try excluding socketwrapper.exe in your firewall AV
If by exclude you mean don't block it then it's already got full
access.
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dBerriff;456395 Wrote:
What people don't like is not the issue here; what works for Logitech
Squeezeboxes is. My reasons for buying into Apple technology have
nothing whatsoever to do with this thread, anymore than my using Windows
XP to run Visual Web Developer to implement .NET systems.
Buy whatever Squeezebox product you want to use. Buy a Vortexbox
appliance (or create one with the free download if you have an old PC
and can follow directions). Plug in the Vortexbox and either feed it CDs
or transfer your files to it over the network. Turn on your Squeezebox
of choice and
aubuti;456403 Wrote:
How's that? Your premise was -someone who just wanted to replay music
and not spend their time tinkering with the software or pleading for
help on these bulletin boards: what would you recommend-. If that's not
about what people want/like/don't like I don't know what is.
I use EAC and TagRename.
But I assume that most iPod/iPhone users are fairly happy with iTunes.
I use it with my iPod and its OK. So if someone who doesn't know
anything about computers or doesn't want the bother asked me, I'd
recommend using iTunes. Its not the best solution, but its good
ÄÖ is ok. German heritage :)
Swedish Å (aring; to speak HTML) does not. Nor does russian. (Well, I
have just one Russian album, and can't read it anyway so is not much of
a problem.)
This may have been disussed somewhere on the previous 23 pages. I have
not read them all.
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dBerriff;456413 Wrote:
I did not express myself very well. You don't like Apple - fair enough,
there is lots I don't like.
Actually I don't dislike Apple at all. Otherwise I wouldn't recommend
it to someone else. I was doing that sincerely because their products
seem to fit the needs of users
Hi,
still having problems with wine, Spotify and dsbridge.
I am running a single instance of Spotify, and tried to check with
netstat - here I get than only one is set to LISTEN.
What is there else to do? Does anyone have this running without any
problems?
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aubuti;456420 Wrote:
Considering your aversion to ripping and tagging that you noted in the
OP, I assumed that those solutions were out of the running. Especially
because as you learned with your compilations problem, tagging can
continue to be a nuisance long after the ripping is finished.
pablolie;456409 Wrote:
You asked what we'd recommend a neighbor. We did - get yourself
something like Boom and listen to Pandora, or similar. For the vast
majority of people, that is what they are after.
But it seems now it's down to what works for *you* based on what *you*
like or
The new version will use unicode character encoding.
So it should cover pretty much all foreign characters.
And, yes, the German Umlaut characters were of course the first I'd
support:-)
Stay tuned for the next version.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Hi,
Although I think the idea is great, I can't get on with party mode as
it is, unless I'm doing something stupid (probable!)
When I'm not having a party and want to add a few albums to a playlist
I struggle.
I set playlist mode to disabled and when i press plus on an album
nothing.
I set
Goodsounds;456450 Wrote:
dBerriff,
You seem to be not only unhappy with what you have, but equally unhappy
with the good suggestions people have offered.
As far as I know, a fully integrated solution from one supplier doesn't
exist. But that's no big deal. Complaining about that too
dBerriff;456453 Wrote:
First para - yes, that is a good suggestion and one I had not really
thought of being stuck in the music server mindset that has served me
well over the last few years.
Second para - I thought I had managed to steer clear of approval; if
not it was not deliberate.
dBerriff,
You seem to be not only unhappy with what you have, but equally unhappy
with the good suggestions people have offered.
As far as I know, a fully integrated solution from one supplier doesn't
exist. But that's no big deal. Complaining about that too won't change
anything and won't get
Just checked it: My DAC Magic does light the 48 light when playing a
48khz FLAC.
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Whose complaining?
Troll
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Now i get the green ball but i hear nothing in my speakers.
I only get Conection time out on my squeezebox all the time?
Whats the problem??
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SoftPhill;366923 Wrote:
I have 2 of these and was on the beta forum, they did tonnes on the
firmware over the last year and it plays loads of formats. The updates
dried up about 2 months ago because the EVA9000 is coming out. I have
high hopes for this machine when it comes to market. I have
epoch1970;454147 Wrote:
In case you want to decode about any format in high-def, you'll need to
use software decoders in the CPU. I think a Core 2 is ok for anything
720p and a big quad is necessary for 1080p @ very high bitrates as found
on a blu ray movie.
(A big quad won't do for a nice
I get Windows error messages about socketwrapper.exe.
Post the messages exactly. Without details it is hard to suggest
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For my part, lazysearch (or something similar) is a must. Some of
Erland's plugins would also be very nice.
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The following instructions were emailed to me in April 09 on how to do a
clean install:
Remove any of the following files and folders:
- Home Library Application Support SqueezeCenter Folder
- Home Library PreferencePanes SqueezeCenter.prefPane
- Home Library Caches SqueezeCenter
Can any body shed some light on this for me?
I tried yesterday to listen to a Live 365 station but to no avail. I
can browse genres see all my favorites etc, but when I click play I get
(checking connection) then (stopped). The display shows what should be
playing which would suggest it's
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