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

2009-09-10 Thread adamslim
ModelCitizen;453296 Wrote: http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ This looks very interesting and so very cheap. Currently I connect my laptop to my tv via the vdu and headphone socket. I also transfer movie files from my main machine to the laptop before

Re: [slim] How to stream Spotify on a Mac

2009-09-10 Thread danco
You could get Nicecast and let the Squeezebox pick up the Nicecast broadcast. Nicecast costs, but is free to try out. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Defection and challenge

2009-09-10 Thread dBerriff
iPhone;456722 Wrote: I couldn't disagree more with that! I was only trying to paraphrase the discussion and I see no harm in thinking radically. A rental rather purchase model might be the future for some and it could provide an alternative revenue stream for the industry, including the

Re: [slim] Defection and challenge

2009-09-10 Thread Nonreality
The problem with itunes is that if you do have a problem it's usually a huge problem where it has corrupted files or more. It's a nice program with too much overhead, doesn't work well with external hard drives and likes to do everything it's own way. I'd much rather use dbpoweramp with mp3tag

Re: [slim] Future of Squeezebox Classic

2009-09-10 Thread Nonreality
Just curious but knowing Apple, why haven't they sued yet about the name? -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality Nonreality's Profile:

Re: [slim] Radio Free Colorado is now streaming in 5.1 Channel Surround Sound

2009-09-10 Thread Radio Surfer
Hi Sam, I am curious, how do you know RFC does not have access to 5.1 Channel material? Are you certain? Mike -- Radio Surfer You Can't Always Get What You Wantunless you buy it first! Radio Surfer's Profile:

Re: [slim] 24/192 vs. 24/96

2009-09-10 Thread peber
A friend of mine who works in the recording business once said that the important part is to get 24 bits, sampling freq is not that critical... /Per -- peber peber's Profile:

Re: [slim] Defection and challenge

2009-09-10 Thread dBerriff
Nonreality;456844 Wrote: The problem with itunes is that if you do have a problem it's usually a huge problem where it has corrupted files or more. It's a nice program with too much overhead, doesn't work well with external hard drives and likes to do everything it's own way. I'd much

Re: [slim] 24/192 vs. 24/96

2009-09-10 Thread dBerriff
On the basis of various Sound on Sound articles and from using my modest home studio this is my current understanding: 24 bit is worthwhile for the improved dynamic range, especially when recording. Digital overload needs to be avoided at all costs as it sounds nasty and unnatural. 24 bit makes

Re: [slim] Defection and challenge

2009-09-10 Thread chinablues
The OP's 'conclusion' post gave a good summary from his point of view, but I have to agree with the comment from iPhone...QUALITY enters into the picture for me. I started out on this music network quest with Audiotron (anyone remember that?) streaming MP3's. While I was at the computer trying

Re: [slim] What's next for VortexBox???

2009-09-10 Thread bjs
A smaller case, slot loading DVD player, MusicIP integration. -- bjs squeezecenter 7.2.1 2 squeezebox 3s platform: linux (clarkconnect 3.2) bjs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5618 View this

Re: [slim] What's next for VortexBox???

2009-09-10 Thread aubuti
Another vote for MusicIP to be included in Vortexbox. Also, if you don't already have a live CD I think it would be good to make one available. I think you'd interest a lot more people to try it who aren't quite ready to nuke their existing Windows or Linux installations. Even better than a live

Re: [slim] Radio Free Colorado is now streaming in 5.1 Channel Surround Sound

2009-09-10 Thread SamS
Mike, If they had native 5.1 material, wouldn't they make mention of that? Seems like a huge selling point. The other indication that the source material is stereo comes when they share this information: Gary said the Omnia DSP unit and mating software package being used at Radio Free

[slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread mmg_fan
Hi at $200 figured its finally time to get an ipod touch Has anyone used their iphone or itouch to control their music server? Are there any recommended apps for doing this? -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread andynormancx
Yes, get the excellent iPeng app. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread Luke Redpath
And I highly recommend 'Squeemote' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk/squeemote/). ;) -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the

Re: [slim] Defection and challenge

2009-09-10 Thread dBerriff
chinablues;456882 Wrote: Thus for the naive user, perhaps the first question before embarking on networked music systems is: Do you really spend time 'listening' to music, or are you just looking for a nice system to give you background noise?. Depending on the answer, you point them in

[slim] Logi diversifying? Seen on IFA

2009-09-10 Thread pippin
Is this the new SB Touch wall mount? I'd also recommend buying some spell-checker company. +---+ |Filename: IMG_0190.jpg | |Download:

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread b33k34
I've been using iPeng for a while but Squeemote looks good as well. Squeezecenter itself is starting to look like a weak link in the chain now. The responsiveness and ease of use of iPeng (and even more so from Squeemote) makes Squeezecenter's interface look a poor relation. Is there any

Re: [slim] Logi diversifying? Seen on IFA

2009-09-10 Thread aubuti
pippin;456966 Wrote: Is this the new SB Touch wall mount? I'd also recommend buying some spell-checker company. That's funny. Don't know what they would put on the wall mounts made by 'the Chinese Logitek' (http://en.logitek.com.cn/), but they might also want to partner up with the

Re: [slim] Logi diversifying? Seen on IFA

2009-09-10 Thread bobertuk
Are you sure it's Logitech pictured? There is an audio company called Logitek : http://www.logitekaudio.com/ Or was the question supposed to have an attached 'smilie'? Bob -- bobertuk 1 x Duet - SC 7.3.4 - SSOTS v3.18 1 x Boom Lavry DA-10 DAC QNAP TS-509 3.1.1 build 0812T Starfish Pre-amp

Re: [slim] Logi diversifying? Seen on IFA

2009-09-10 Thread Michael Herger
http://www.logicool.co.jp/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...

2009-09-10 Thread damager
Another quick update. Upside: The Sonos equipment is really easy to setup and does just work. I haven't had any major issues, and others in my household (wife, kids) seem to be able to use everything easily. This was my main goals (high wife acceptance factor rating). Downsides: 1. The Sonos

Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...

2009-09-10 Thread froth
Thanks Dmager for your update. One think I have noticed is that many Sonos fans have really jumped on the Duet Controller as a major issue. I do agree it is not one of the best products in the line from a stability point of view but it will probably get better. But in doing some research, I

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread pippin
b33k34;456970 Wrote: Is there any way these iPhone apps could be adapted for desktop use (at least on Apple hardware)? Surely the major work has been done - these apps are caching the library and artwork and delivering it quicker than the web interface does. Hm. I believe there are

Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...

2009-09-10 Thread ghostrider
damager;456977 Wrote: Another quick update. Downsides: 1. The Sonos equipment isn't as informative as the SB equipment. No front panel displays, etc. I don't like this. 2. There is no ability to tinker with the Sonos stuff. It does what it does in a very simple manner, with very little

[slim] accesing a friends hardrive?

2009-09-10 Thread Pidde1979
I want to stream from a friends hardrive to my squeezebox. Is this possible or is the Squeezebox restriced to only stream mp3 from my LAN? -- Pidde1979 Pidde1979's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread signor_rossi
Since the iPod/iPhone is discussed here, someone might know what the difference between the cheapest iPod and the two more expensive ones is, beside the price and storage space, of course. The Apple website says that the latter ones are faster, do they have a faster clocked processor? Does the

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread exile
i highly recommend buying an itouch for controlling your squeezeboxes. I use the touch almost exclusively as a controller. I also use ipeng and find it very good. fyi- a couple things that I use the squeeze remote for instead of ipeng: making musicip mixes- it has always seemed clunky to do

Re: [slim] Can't play AAC radio streams

2009-09-10 Thread Phileas
bpa;456732 Wrote: What message do you get when you run faad.exe in a command prompt with a -h option. *** Ahead Software MPEG-4 AAC Decoder V2.7 ** Patched for SqueezeCenter http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10602 Build: Mar 18 2009 Copyright 2002-2004:

Re: [slim] Can't listen to Live 365?

2009-09-10 Thread Smiffy
I find 7.0 to be just fine for my purposes. I don't need all the whistles and flutes that have been added to later version and it's been extremely stable. It's just a shame I can't get Live 365 to work? Since the system has not had any upgrades, and used to work quite happily (till last week), I

[slim] SqueezeCenter/Receiver issue with streaming from Pandora/Last.Fm

2009-09-10 Thread russrimm
I just got a SqueezeBox receiver and installed SqueezeCenter. I have my SqueezeBox receiver plugged directly into my router, and my SqueezeCenter running on my Windows 7 machine with ports 9000, 3483 TCP/UDP open. The SqueezeBox receiver plays everything that's local on my Windows 7 machine

Re: [slim] Radio Free Colorado is now streaming in 5.1 Channel Surround Sound

2009-09-10 Thread youngml2009
For anyone interested in making a donation to RFC, I would say, Buyer beware. See http://forum.wheresgary.org/viewforum.php?f=15. -- youngml2009 youngml2009's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread pippin
exile;457001 Wrote: making mixes based on trackstat-also a matter of being hard to navigate in ipeng. How do you navigate there using the remote? If this in the context menu or something? I mean: MusicIP is in the TrackInfo menu but TrackStat? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox

Re: [slim] How to stream Spotify on a Mac

2009-09-10 Thread whitman
How does that work, exactly? I'm not familiar with Nicecast. I also ought to mention that I'm a member of the why-pay generation. Not necessarily a consenting member, but a member nonetheless. -- whitman whitman's

Re: [slim] Mysterious Stutter 7 seconds Before End of Song

2009-09-10 Thread FredFredrickson
Slightly related-- I have a problem on the duet receivers, that when crossfading is enabled (and synced), at around 7 seconds before the end (when it starts to crossfade), it sometimes eats half a second, and I miss a drum hit. There's no interruption in sound.. just a quick few ticks from the

Re: [slim] Tweet this album/song option?

2009-09-10 Thread Siduhe
Goodsounds;456205 Wrote: I personally don't get Twitter...I'd love to hear why you find this worthwhile, I could very well be missing something. Thanks Twitter is the only social network I use - I like my online/real personae to stay fairly separate, not least because of the work that I do

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread exile
pippin- i make trackstat playlists by navigating to a artist and holding down the play button for a few seconds. i then have the option of selecting: musicIP mix or trackstat mix (based on the list of trackstat possibilities which is long). often times I like to play top rated tracks by artist

Re: [slim] accesing a friends hardrive?

2009-09-10 Thread pski
It would be better for your friend to run SqueezeCenter and for you to use SoftSqueeze to play remotely. (Or to play to your SB.) -- pski pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this

[slim] Choosing Specific Items From Playlists and Music Folder Using iTunes

2009-09-10 Thread The Witchdoctor
Currently, my version of SqueezeCenter (7.3.3) organizes my Playlists and my Music Folder alphabetically, which is great. But when you want to choose a particular Playlist or Artist from the Music Folder, the heading at the top of each page (the Master Listing for lack of a better title) lists

Re: [slim] How to stream Spotify on a Mac

2009-09-10 Thread danco
I agree with you aboutwhy-pay, but I don't currently know of a free solution. Nicecast is perhaps intended as a broadcast solution (so something that can be reached on other computers). But basically it takes sound from any chosen program and converts it to a broadcast stream. Simpler for you

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread greg from winnipeg
signor_rossi;456993 Wrote: Since the iPod/iPhone is discussed here, someone might know what the difference between the cheapest iPod and the two more expensive ones is, beside the price and storage space, of course. The Apple website says that the latter ones are faster, do they have a

[slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread pbol
Hi, I can´t find any skins that makes the squeezecenter web interface look nice. I´m planning to buy an Asus eee Top to have on the wall as a touch screen dislpay. The ipeng giu looks great, but can I use that on a laptop? Or will the squeezecenter gui be updated soon? /peter -- pbol

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread pippin
I can't tell whether it will make a difference, my 3g touch only arrives next week. Btw, the 8GB models are still 2G. That said: if you want a faster iPeng, take the cheapest iTouch and invest in a faster server. As on my experience speed is more dependent on server performance. There may be a

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread Michael Herger
I can´t find any skins that makes the squeezecenter web interface look nice. I´m planning to buy an Asus eee Top to have on the wall as a touch screen dislpay. The ipeng giu looks great, but can I use that on a laptop? No. Or will the squeezecenter gui be updated soon? Oh, those were the

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread gorman
Is Moose still an option? You might look into that. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67738

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread tamanaco
Yeap, Moose is still around. I use Moose on a HP TouchSmart Tx2 Notebook. I fold the TX2 screen into tablet(landscape) mode then I go to Moose Tools-View Mode and select Touch Screen. It works great, but is not perfect. -- tamanaco

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread signor_rossi
I thought as much, since the lowest model is dispatched immediately and the others take 5 working days. BTW, is there a difference in processing power between an iPod 2G and an iPhone 1G (which my brother has and I am testing iPeng with) ? My server is fast enough, but I have it clocked at the

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread andynormancx
signor_rossi;457073 Wrote: is there a difference in processing power between an iPod 2G and an iPhone 1G (which my brother has and I am testing iPeng with) ? Yes, the iPod Touch 2G is actually a tiny bit faster than iPhone 2G/3G. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes,

Re: [slim] Can't play AAC radio streams

2009-09-10 Thread bpa
You're missing some MS runtime libraries - this happens on very clean XP system with no MS apps installed. The solution has been posted on other thread on the AAC problem - it means downloading a runtime packages from MS. -- bpa

Re: [slim] Future of Squeezebox Classic

2009-09-10 Thread autopilot
Nonreality;456848 Wrote: Just curious but knowing Apple, why haven't they sued yet about the name? I was wondering when someone might mention the actual name, would not have been my choice personally. Anyway, i guess they would have to sue a lot of people, such as HTC. -- autopilot

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread GeeJay
Has anyone really noticed speed issues with the Touch 2G? I can't say I have gobs of experience, but on the few occasions I've used IPeng on my daughter's IPod it seemed just as fast as using the IR remote. Speed is more dependent on SC than the remote, or so it seems to me. -- GeeJay

Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...

2009-09-10 Thread GeeJay
For me, the syncing/rebuffeing issues that were bedeviling me for awhile disappeared once I eliminated a few of the wireless/homplug jumps in my network. Now, the tinkering I do is for fun, not just to get the darn thing to work. I would really miss the tinkering aspect of Squeeze, but I

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread amey01
Moose and Squeezeplay are two options. But personally, I think the web UI is great (appearance wise). -- amey01 amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Future of Squeezebox Classic

2009-09-10 Thread Goodsounds
Nonreality;456848 Wrote: Just curious but knowing Apple, why haven't they sued yet about the name? I'm not a lawyer, but I believe it is not possible to reserve the use of a word that is either in common use for that purpose and/or useful to describe a product, because that would be unfair to

Re: [slim] Choosing Specific Items From Playlists and Music Folder Using iTunes

2009-09-10 Thread pski
The Witchdoctor;457039 Wrote: Currently, my version of SqueezeCenter (7.3.3) organizes my Playlists and my Music Folder alphabetically, which is great. But when you want to choose a particular Playlist or Artist from the Music Folder, the heading at the top of each page (the Master Listing

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread pski
pbol;457050 Wrote: Hi, I can´t find any skins that makes the squeezecenter web interface look nice. I´m planning to buy an Asus eee Top to have on the wall as a touch screen dislpay. The ipeng giu looks great, but can I use that on a laptop? Or will the squeezecenter gui be updated

Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server

2009-09-10 Thread agentsmith
GeeJay;457085 Wrote: Has anyone really noticed speed issues with the Touch 2G? I can't say I have gobs of experience, but on the few occasions I've used IPeng on my daughter's IPod it seemed just as fast as using the IR remote. Speed is more dependent on SC than the remote, or so it seems

[slim] Snow Leopard Issues

2009-09-10 Thread jjordana2mi
After upgrading to Snow Leopard the squeeze center software will not launch. Is there a fix or a setting I need to change? -- jjordana2mi jjordana2mi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32124 View

Re: [slim] Snow Leopard Issues

2009-09-10 Thread radish
I believe that 7.3.4 is recommended for Snow Leopard. If you search on the forums there are a number of threads on the topic. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/) http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric

[slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread chroma
After 5 years with squeezeboxes and squeezecenter/slimserver, I have four SB3s and a Transporter, a library of 125k tracks, and an unfortunate daily frustration with the lack of some functionality. I wanted to enumerate what I wish this platform did so that developers and logitech staff at least

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread andyg
Hi, comments below. 1) I wish the soft knob on the transporter would allow me to set it to default to volume control. I've used it without a preamp, and it is annoying to have to find and press the volume button. This should be possible with a plugin. But, if you enabled this mode, how

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread MrSinatra
3 was so good it was twice! as to the last one, someone who makes plugins for winamp figured out how to send winamp to an airport express. don't think its open source but also if that guy could do it, seems like logitech could. as to upnp, i think its long overdue in SC, but until then, i

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread andyg
Yeah I do see that, so I guess it's possible. But that's not the sort of thing we'd develop in-house, it would be competition to our own players (and via a far inferior device). No reason it couldn't be a plugin though. -- andyg

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread snarlydwarf
andyg;457122 Wrote: Yeah I do see that, so I guess it's possible. But that's not the sort of thing we'd develop in-house, it would be competition to our own players (and via a far inferior device). No reason it couldn't be a plugin though. Maybe I misunderstood the OP, but it sounds like

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread MrSinatra
huh, he's charging for it, but links the source code. http://emilles.dyndns.org/software/out_apx.html i also found this which is open source but needs .net 2.0 to work: http://www.ovesens.net/default.asp?PageID=11 as to what the OP wanted, sounded pretty esoteric to me... he wants SC to be

Re: [slim] Future of Squeezebox Classic

2009-09-10 Thread Nonreality
I would certainly would usually agree with you Goodsounds and you make perfect logic in my mind but that has never stopped Apple before. They are kind of like monster cable on this sort of stuff. I'm just kind of surprised, not hoping (is that one p?) mind you. I hope everyone knows that. --

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread chroma
comented comments inline andyg;457119 Wrote: Hi, comments below. This should be possible with a plugin. But, if you enabled this mode, how would you navigate with the knob, or switch to navigation mode? switch to nav could be done with a dial press, and return to volume control

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread chroma
as to what the OP wanted, sounded pretty esoteric to me... he wants SC to be able to listen in to the digital output of the AEx that someone else is playing something on? does he want to record it? just hear it? why does he need SC at all to do either? and how would the wiring

Re: [slim] The missing features which annoy me every day

2009-09-10 Thread MrSinatra
here's the part i'm not getting... if these folks come over and want to play something, why not have it just play over the AEx to the stereo? why have them route to it, then to SC, then to the stereo? -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - w/sc

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread pbol
mherger;457059 Wrote: I can´t find any skins that makes the squeezecenter web interface look nice. I´m planning to buy an Asus eee Top to have on the wall as a touch screen dislpay. The ipeng giu looks great, but can I use that on a laptop? No. Or will the squeezecenter gui be

Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread pbol
pski;457098 Wrote: Nice? Maybe you should define the term. The improvements I could suggest to default are: 1. when displaying artists, allow pressing the corresponding key to take you to the result as clicking the letter in the web interface. 2. when an artist is selected that only

[slim] iTunes Integration Special Characters?

2009-09-10 Thread the-ninth
Hi, Although previous releases of SqueezeCenter already announced a resolution for this issue I am still struggling with getting special characters in file and directory names working with the iTunes integration of SqueezeCenter. I am using iTunes on Windows Vista 64 and am copying the iTunes