Re: [slim] all PC audio via SB

2009-09-18 Thread mcmc
yes, but that way You loose one channel:) -- mcmc mcmc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32857 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68008

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

2009-09-18 Thread woodster
Hi there, I have had a quick look at the source-code for the dsbridge dll. The cover extractor part uses the gdiplus.dll - perhaps there is some dependencies to WinXp, or at least the gdipluss.dll should be set to native in the wine setting. I will try this later ... -- woodster

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread hunta
I completely agree. If Logitech are aiming Squeezeboxes in their various guises at the mass market, then things have to be a lot more intuitive. The SqueezeCenter / SqueezeNetwork point is a prime (and to be fair, probably the biggest) example. It's fine for those of us who have been around a

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread dave77
eq72521;459075 Wrote: This scenario wouldn't play nicely when your Internet access is down. I actually sometimes use my music server and SBs in places with no Internet access at all, so I rather like that it can be done completely offline. On the other hand, the devices could perhaps be

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread bernt
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53445 -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3, SB BOOM - SC 7.3.3 - Ubuntu Server 8.04 iPod Touch\iPeng bernt's Profile:

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

2009-09-18 Thread Ramage
woodster;459271 Wrote: Hi there, I have had a quick look at the source-code for the dsbridge dll. The cover extractor part uses the gdiplus.dll - perhaps there is some dependencies to WinXp, or at least the gdipluss.dll should be set to native in the wine setting. I will try this

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread Aguida
Exciting :-) -- Aguida Aguida's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9285 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss

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

2009-09-18 Thread pacc
Wikipedia has correct info on speed: # CPU: Initially ARM 400 MHz, but now 412 MHz for 1st generation, 533 MHz [1] for 2nd Generation and ARM Cortex-A8 833 MHz underclocked to 600MHz for 3rd Generation . # GPU: PowerVR MBX Lite in 2nd Generation[28] and PowerVR SGX GPU for 3rd

Re: [slim] all PC audio via SB

2009-09-18 Thread andynormancx
mcmc;459270 Wrote: yes, but that way You loose one channel:) Why would you lose a channel ? -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile:

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread BastiaanR
Nonreality;459249 Wrote: I don't understand the confusion what so ever. Really read up a bit and it all makes sense. Get over it. A lot of users are baffled by SqueezeCenter / SqueezeNetwork. You won't believe how many calls we get from users who cannot find their local music to play. And

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread aubuti
dave77;459278 Wrote: Exactly, if SC is on then 'My Music Library' is shown, if Internet is on then 'Internet Radio' is shown. What about users of MP3Tunes, who have My Music Library on SN? In at least one incarnation (including the current?), Music Library shows up on both SC and SN. But what

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread dave77
aubuti;459293 Wrote: What about users of MP3Tunes, who have My Music Library on SN? In at least one incarnation (including the current?), Music Library shows up on both SC and SN. But what you find below the Music Library differs on SC and SN. The 2 must be able to co-exist seamlessly

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread aubuti
dave77;459299 Wrote: The 2 must be able to co-exist seamlessly without needing to switch SN to SC eg select My Music Library then depending on what's available you get different options. How does 7.4 differ? I haven't tried it yet, probably won't til it's final. That's a very broad

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread TheLastMan
What I have never been able to completely establish is whether there are any services available on SqueezeNetwork that are not available on SqueezeCenter. As far as I can tell, as long as I am connected to SqueezeCenter, I have access to all the on-line music services and internet radio as well.

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread dave77
aubuti;459300 Wrote: When do you need to switch between SC and SN on 7.3.3? For example, if SC was the last connection and I turn on my SB it will try to connect to SC again. If SC is not available I get an error saying no SC found or something like like. It isn't obvious/intuitive what to do

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread Michael Herger
In which case, because I have a NAS running SqueezeCenter 24/7, there is no real need for me to connect to SN. Or am I missing something? no. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread TheLastMan
mherger;459306 Wrote: In which case, because I have a NAS running SqueezeCenter 24/7, there is no real need for me to connect to SN. Or am I missing something? no. The kind of answer I needed! Thanks. -- TheLastMan Matt SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) Synology Diskstation

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread aubuti
dave77;459303 Wrote: For example, if SC was the last connection and I turn on my SB it will try to connect to SC again. If SC is not available I get an error saying no SC found or something like like. It isn't obvious/intuitive what to do next. I know I have to press back loads of times to

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread Mnyb
In reality it is even more confusing with this auto switching between sc/sn I often wonder where i'm I ? I like the distinct choice between two sources . What I want to see is how WOL is going to work in this scenario how is the controller going to guess if I want to listen to SN or WOL the

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread amey01
Locuth;458555 Wrote: Via email only so far. I am testing with a couple of supportive users. The biggest issue right now is screen-sizes like 320x240/640x480 (landscape) and 480x800. Also, screen rotation. If you'd like to actively test, including screenshots, send my an email.

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

2009-09-18 Thread 449514
Just wanted to say thanks for this thread. I've now got Spotify rocking through my Squeezebox and BW speakers. Perfect. To get your pc's ip address: Click the Start button, select Run Type CMD and press Enter. A Command prompt window will open. Type ipconfig and press Enter. Several lines

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

2009-09-18 Thread MrSinatra
Logitech employees, my comments come from someone who is glad you acquired slim devices. while i am sad to see sean and dean go, and see no gain by their leaving, i think in the long run logitech will create a group of products that will get cheaper and better due to logitechs mass market

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

2009-09-18 Thread MrSinatra
d'oh... one other thing i forgot to mention... with such a device, SN could always make your local music available to you wherever you get access to SN. so if you're away from home, just go to SN to get to your tunes. additionally, the device itself could be reached via the proposed social

Re: [slim] Using iMac as a music client and living with iTunes?

2009-09-18 Thread ianof
OK .. answered the first part of my question myself by searching these forums.! Installed squeezeplay beta on my iMac and it connects to my squeezecenter and synchronises with the other devices I have. Great! So my question now revolves around the best method of setting up a separate itunes

Re: [slim] Using iMac as a music client and living with iTunes?

2009-09-18 Thread ianof
Thanks David I'll search on the following topics 1. iTunes 9 and folder monitoring 2. Synchronising files between windows home server and iMac OSX10.6 (if I can't get iTunes to do this) 3. iTunes 9 'self-managing' (to avoid me having to add every new folder of music manually) . It would be

Re: [slim] Using iMac as a music client and living with iTunes?

2009-09-18 Thread david_f1976
ianof;459341 Wrote: - I keep maintaining my music on my WHS server; - This music folder on the WHS is somehow synchronised with my iMac and itunes picks up any changes to the folder - iTunes is used only for the iphone and when I want to listen to music exclusively on my iMac. There

Re: [slim] Using iMac as a music client and living with iTunes?

2009-09-18 Thread ianof
I'll post a specific question on itunes 9 and windows home server (in the appropriate forum) following some more research. Thanks Ian -- ianof ianof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9505 View

Re: [slim] How to find threads I'm following?

2009-09-18 Thread cfuttrup
JJZolx: I found the option and it was set to Do not subscribe and I think it's because I don't want to receive emails. Checking the alternatives it is now set to No email notification - so I hope this will work. Thanks for all inputs. -- cfuttrup

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

2009-09-18 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;458857 Wrote: I still find Extension Downloader awkward for example. i.e. needing to manually configure third-party repositories to find extra plugins, and then the plugin screen becomes rather crowded with tables. Hasn't this been solved in 7.4 ? If you check the checkbox

Re: [slim] How to find threads I'm following?

2009-09-18 Thread JJZolx
cfuttrup;459359 Wrote: JJZolx: I found the option and it was set to Do not subscribe and I think it's because I don't want to receive emails. Checking the alternatives it is now set to No email notification - so I hope this will work. Also note that you can go back and subscribe to any of

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

2009-09-18 Thread Phil Meyer
Hasn't this been solved in 7.4 ? No. If you check the checkbox to indicate that you allow third party plugins you should get a single list with all third party plugins that isn't officially recommended by Logitech. That only gives you some - the ones that have been suggested by the community

Re: [slim] all PC audio via SB

2009-09-18 Thread funkstar
mcmc;459270 Wrote: yes, but that way You loose one channel:) ok, bad example. Try this instead: http://www.amazon.co.uk/FPUK-3-5mm-Headphone-Splitter-CABLE/dp/B001D84CV6/ref=dp_cp_ob_ce_title_1 -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox boom *2*x

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

2009-09-18 Thread ChrisOwens
Did you ever notice that Logitech employees clam up when a thread starts getting close to actual product plans? :) Although, it's not looking quite like you envision, Mr.Sinatra. We really, really, can't talk about it, but we are definitely keeping these issues in mind as we move forward.

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

2009-09-18 Thread MrSinatra
Chris, thats great. but how about suggestion number 1? basically the idea SC should have an equal to Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program where the app collects usage data and sends it to logitech, etc? -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's

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

2009-09-18 Thread ChrisOwens
I'll get someone more involved with product definition and strategy to have a look at the thread for that one. :) -- ChrisOwens Christopher Owens QA Manager ch...@slimdevices.com ChrisOwens's Profile:

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

2009-09-18 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;459392 Wrote: Hasn't this been solved in 7.4 ? No. If you check the checkbox to indicate that you allow third party plugins you should get a single list with all third party plugins that isn't officially recommended by Logitech. That only gives you some - the ones that

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

2009-09-18 Thread iPhone
Nice post with some interesting ideas. I was right there with you until.. MrSinatra;459332 Wrote: i look at my SB2 and wonder why i need to have a computer turned on to use it with local music. it simply no longer makes sense to do that. so this was a long post, but i really think

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

2009-09-18 Thread MrSinatra
iPhone;459441 Wrote: Nice post with some interesting ideas. I was right there with you until.. my quote The Radio and Touch are Smart devices (the Controller with minimum resources). All Squeezeboxes prior are Dumb devices and that is why they need a Server whether it is SC locally

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread Locuth
That's a long list... but I like it. Most features are sensible. I will include them in version 1.1 I guess you had no bugs or unexpected behaviours, cause you didn't mention any. Just a side note. I always wondered about the need to have the track time displayed. All audio devices have it,

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread eap
aubuti;459310 Wrote: @TheLastMan: You're not missing anything. If your SC is always available, you never need to explicitly switch to SN. Why don't people just leave their PC (server) on all the time? Just leave it on - -have squeeze center running (which is also logged into

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

2009-09-18 Thread DrNic
I'm not sure I'm in on the Mr Sinatra ethos. Though it would seem that Logi are already thinking of removing the unknown variable to make their user experience a predictable one. I have always lagged behind on the server front. Why? - because until I HAVE to change (because a new device now

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

2009-09-18 Thread Phil Meyer
Well, I didn't really agree with much of it, I'm afraid. My PC is left on most of the time, or has wake-on-LAN, so it makes sense to use it to host music, rather than need to transfer music to another piece of kit (NAS, USB Disk, etc). It's nice that Players can connect direct to internet to

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

2009-09-18 Thread Phil Meyer
If you have checked the Show all 3rd party plugins checkbox in the Plugins tab you shouldn't need to specify any of the repositories listed on the wiki. This checkbox will include these repositories automatically and put them in a Other 3rd party plugins list. I have the Show all 3rd party

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread EricBergan
Track time display is occasionally useful to me because I have some long (15+ minute) classical music tracks mixed in with more typical 3 minute tracks. Helps to know how much longer I can expect a track to play. But it's a minor issue for me. eric -- EricBergan

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

2009-09-18 Thread aubuti
eap;459465 Wrote: Why don't people just leave their PC (server) on all the time? Just leave it on - -have squeeze center running (which is also logged into squeezenetwork) -- so you see everything (local music and internet radio all the time). Computers are meant to run 24/7. With FIOS

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread Locuth
Adam, the volume percent value will be displayed in 0.995+ Also, tracks will be sorted by track No. That was a quick fix and it makes total sense to have it this way. I'll proabably put in some meta info, too. Cheers Sebastian -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote --

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

2009-09-18 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;459500 Wrote: I have the Show all 3rd party plugins checkbox ticked. No idea which ones that gives me, what table title they are listed under, etc, as there's not been much announcement or documentation explaining it. I assumed that setting only controlled the recommended 3rd

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

2009-09-18 Thread MeSue
erland;459406 Wrote: If you have checked the Show all 3rd party plugins checkbox in the Plugins tab you shouldn't need to specify any of the repositories listed on the wiki. This checkbox will include these repositories automatically and put them in a Other 3rd party plugins list.

[slim] Update RadioIO List of Available Stations

2009-09-18 Thread The Witchdoctor
Apparently, radioIO has dropped some stations, and changed the name of other stations. When is SlimServer going to update it's current list of available radioIO stations to match the ones listed on the radioIO website? Thanks for your help in advance! Jacob -- The Witchdoctor

Re: [slim] Update RadioIO List of Available Stations

2009-09-18 Thread andyg
The list we use comes from RadioIO, so should always be up to date. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68065

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-09-18 Thread amey01
Locuth;459456 Wrote: Does anybody ever take action based on 21 seconds left in track ?? So I open the discussion what's the point of the track time display ;-) Minor issue for me too, but sometimes I am aware of a particular thing to listen for at certain times. Sometimes I make notes on