Re: [slim] Poll: Do you have a Dual-Band Airport?

I've had one for a few weeks now and haven't noticed anything unusual. My server is connected directly to it, but my two SB3s are wireless. -- Sam Lowry Sam Lowry's Profile:

Re: [slim] Improved Squeezebox config availible for Harmony users.

Thanks for the help Pike! Much appreciated. -- charlesr charlesr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67769

[slim] 7.4 scrolling on the SB3

Just upgraded to 7.4 and firmware 130 Scrolling when playing is very jerky - also seems slower to react to r/c -- hornseaey hornseaey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7264 View this thread:

Re: [slim] 7.4 scrolling on the SB3

Just upgraded to 7.4 and firmware 130 Scrolling when playing is very jerky - also seems slower to react to Just upgraded - is the scanner still running the background, pegging your CPU? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

And this one https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14198 loks like a dupe of 13315 to me ? -- Mnyb No it can NOT be controlled with iTunes

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

broken down to basics, it's a dupe of all 3 bugs that I posted. They are all so tightly related that any fix for one, will fix all. -k On 2009-10-16, at 11:33 PM, Mnyb wrote: And this one https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14198 loks like a dupe of 13315 to me ? -- Mnyb

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

And sadly these: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8303 https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9919 Over a year old bug s . I think they done and are doing a big mistake . Artwork could have been working properly a year ago without these blockers. They are working on the

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

Mnyb;473373 Wrote: And sadly these: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8303 https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9919 Bug 9919 basically states we need to start all over with how artwork is handled. It's never worked particularly well. I don't think it requires or

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

Exactly. Any anyone who thinks this is simple, is basically clueless. You don't make this kind of rework without time, and sadly the return on investment for these types of changes is too low to make it something that happens instead of new product or fixing lower hanging fruit. Not to

Re: [slim] Poll: Do you have a Dual-Band Airport?

Normally, I also use Airport Express units at each of 3 SB locations, so that would not count as a test. But if you need me to try an experiment and let the Squeezeboxen speak WiFi for themselves, I am up for it. -- dsdreamer -- Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

Mnyb;473368 Wrote: And this one https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14198 loks like a dupe of 13315 to me ? That bug is different. It basically states that when you add artwork for an _existing_ album that it's not found by a new changed scan. I don't recall for certain, but

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

Yeah i'm clueless :) but you're spot on it is a business decision ultimately. I'm actually glad that the controller in 7.4 now tries to emulate the touch/radio, thus sharing code ? squeezeplay it is (clueless remember ). Therefore the controller gets some development and improvement too, nobody

Re: [slim] 7.4 scrolling on the SB3

At the moment we have BBC on - mysqld.exe is running at 5% to 10% CPU Nothing else running apart from Firefox (2gb memory) New server software was installed yesterday Scrolling through menus is very very s .. l .. o .. w -- hornseaey

[slim] Some odd issues SB3

Hi all. I have a couple of problems here that I am struggling to work out. 1) It seems when my rescan runs it seems to initiate I-Tunes and then itunes crashes with an error. I am guessing it is something to do with the artwork scan. - Anyone seen this/know how to fix it? 2) If I right click the

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

That is very cool! I've often wondered why SD/Logitech does not offer similar such add-ons to their SB players. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Some odd issues SB3

Both these issues should be fixed in 7.4.1. Please give it a try -- mherger Michael - http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

There'll be a lot of people saying want one of those. Well, there's one here, anyway. I hope Logitech comes knocking. On 17 Oct 2009, at 10:00, toby10 wrote: That is very cool! I've often wondered why SD/Logitech does not offer similar such add-ons to their SB players. -- toby10

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

I'm still confused. I'll get my coat. -- autopilot Cheers, auto. *lounge:* squeezebox 3, squeezebox controller, cambridge audio 640a, mission 701's *kitchen:* squeezebox touch, trends ta-10.1, kef cresta 1's. *bedroom:* squeezebox boom *bathroom/garden:* squeezebox radio *car:* ipod classic

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

? this years most confusing post ? I don't get a thing -- Mnyb No it can NOT be controlled with iTunes Mnyb's Profile:

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

I think he means that sometimes forum admins will move posts to the more appropriate forum based on the subject matter and issue. So when properly categorized people are more likely to find answers to their related issues. I think it all just adds to the fun of our current state of confusion

Re: [slim] Excessive buffering and tracks that wont play

I re-ripped a cd that was not playing with error correction and it still did not play? -- RussT RussT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22735 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Some odd issues SB3

Thanks mherger, I'll give this a go. Stay happy, Noodles -- NoodlesSmash NoodlesSmash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14742 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69902

Re: [slim] 7.4 scrolling on the SB3

Have just installed the latest build of 7.4.1 (28887) and the scrolling is almost back to how it was before. The main menu on the SB3 is also more responsive but not quite as fast as it used to be (XP SP3) -- hornseaey

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

To help categorize thread/entries - users can add tags to posts. I think it is better than moving threads. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

[slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

Hi Im new around here, and loving the products but at the moment do not want to buy the dedicated remote as I always have my iPhone in my pocket. I know there are a couple of Squeezebox apps on the iphone App store, but are there any plans for an official app like Sonos do? Thanks -- tcdv

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

But mods don't move enough of them the whole duet forum is filled with sc/sbs questions ? they should be moved instantly and not allowed to fester in the wrong forum and the moved link linger to long. Btw pski made this post to ? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69890 Almost as

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

you will not go wrong with the iPeng remote app. Just search these forums and you'll see lots of positive feedback. If there ever was an official iphone app (which is doubtful), we'd be lucky if it was half as good as ipeng. -- garym

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

Mnyb;473464 Wrote: But mods don't move enough of them the whole duet forum is filled with sc/sbs questions ? they should be moved instantly and not allowed to fester in the wrong forum and the moved link linger to long. . I think that is his point. -- toby10

[slim] Pandora / QuickMix / ThumbsDown

Hi, I'm noticing that on my Squeezebox, when listening to a QuickMix on Pandora, there is no way to say Thumbs Down to a song. I really really have to make one particular artist disappear forever from Pandora (all of pandora, not just quick mix), but I can't because I don't know when it's going

Re: [slim] 7.4: control of SB3 text size?

Oh - OK. I was looking for text size on that same panel (which is still what shows for my squeezeslave 2 player. Looks like the fonts I want are in the dropdowns. D'oh! Thanks! -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile:

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

Hi, i would be glad also for an official iPhone remote. But, there is no, and I think this is because Logitech wants to sell the cotroller. Right now with the non fuctional audio through the controller, I think there is no reason to buy one. So if you are interested in a good and functional

Re: [slim] 'Now Playing' not updating....

BumpAnyone -- mpc mpc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69649 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] K92 FM (rlando) Web Stream?

Under internet Radio - use Search and search for WWKA -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69916

Re: [slim] 7.41 art scan on 'look for new and changed'?

So... speaking as a software engineer who hasn't looked into the architecture (so I could be really off base): The problem is that the artwork scan is too deeply connected. Make it a separate product (i.e. data/process hiding). All the artwork scan needs to know is the sizes to cache and how to

Re: [slim] K92 FM (rlando) Web Stream?

Ah ok, can you tell me if you play this station does the track info change each time the track does? For some reason it doesn't on mine, it just stays showing the track info of the track that was playing when first turned on!! Very frustrating, it alsways used to change the track data each time

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

Tcdv, Do you mean official as in free? ;-) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Problem with playing AAC on Slimp3

I am now having this problem. I had it working on windows vista 32 bit a long time ago using the Lame encoder. and I cant get it to work on my new computer using vista 64 using either slimserver 6.5.2 or squeezebox server 7.4. 6.5.2 uses mov123.exe to decode mov,aac,mp4 amd m4a. I read

Re: [slim] Problem with playing AAC on Slimp3

In 7.4.0 there is a bug in convert.conf for AAC-MP3 (the $BITRATE$ is missing the trailing dollar sign). Either edit the conf file and restart or better still upgrade to 7.4.1 -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] Nonflac files being skipped after a few secs

I have exactly the same problem. SqueezeCenter works also fine with mp3s, the only problem seems with Musepack (mpc) files. -- mll mll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13074 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

i would be glad also for an official iPhone remote. But, there is no, and I think this is because Logitech wants to sell the cotroller. Right I can't say what the officials think about this. But I personally would consider it a waste of time trying to come up with something in par with iPeng.

Re: [slim] Worst customer service ever!

Altec;473298 Wrote: Yes, good to see that someone cares - apology accepted. You do get frustrated when you spend your money on a product that should make your life more pleasant but instead steals your time and energy. I hope I will regain my trust in Logitech real soon... this is a good

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

Another vote for iPeng - and I have a Controller! Since the last upgrade it's become my favourite remote app for controlling my players. No connection to either SD or pippin, just a happy user of both their products. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe

Re: [slim] K92 FM (rlando) Web Stream?

92K's metadata (artist, song) seems messed up. It does not change on MySB Remote Control nor on the player itself. As you say, only displays the first song info. Says it's 48k MP3 so it's a mms problem which can have metadata issues. -- toby10

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

cool, thanks for the advise Its not that I mind paying a small amount for a well made application, I just though an official app may be faster and better built with having direct 1st hand knowledge on how Squeezecenter works and is built. Ill get iPeng now, and give it a go. -- tcdv

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

If you do, then I suspect that before long you'll be wondering how you could think that an official app could be faster and better built. iPeng is very well made indeed, and a lot faster than the native SB interface. You'll also find that this forum sometimes turns into an iPeng feedback

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

Thanks to Jon, here's a link to buy the frame on Amazon: 'Pandigital PAN7000DW 7-Inch Digital Picture Frame (Black)' (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B001T9N9JU/ref=;tag=petesstuf-20) And this seems to be the wifi dongle: 'Pandigital PANWF01 WiFi Dongle with USB Adaptor'

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

jonheal;473247 Wrote: I've just completed a kludgy but gratifying project whereby I display current track information on a digital frame sitting next to our Squeezebox. I've described the project in detail here: http://www.theheals.org/miscellanea/sb_visuals_1.asp Wow, that's really

[slim] Where are the 7.3 files?

http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/index.php?ver=7.3 There is no links to files any more at the above url. I am looking for SqueezePlay for 7.3.3 Chris -- iisfaq iisfaq's Profile:

Re: [slim] K92 FM (rlando) Web Stream?

toby10;473565 Wrote: 92K's metadata (artist, song) seems messed up. It does not change on MySB Remote Control nor on the player itself. As you say, only displays the first song info. Says it's 48k MP3 so it's a mms problem which can have metadata issues. Hi Toby10, what does this mean in

Re: [slim] Spotify taking bandwith in pausmode

andyg;472792 Wrote: Spotify is a peer-to-peer service and works sort of like BitTorrent, so you are uploading music to others while it is running. This is a fact that Spotify definitely does not advertise... Their About Spotify page doesn't mention this aspect at all and their long FAQ page

Re: [slim] Where are the 7.3 files?

here is all of them: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/ For example: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeCenter_v7.3.4/ http://downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeCenter_v7.3.3/ http://downloads.slimdevices.com/SqueezeCenter_v7.3.2/ Firmware for the controllers and more could be found here:

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

I tried this...It's awesome!! I have a friend who wants to try this as well, but they are on a Mac. Where would they find the file on a Mac? Thanks! -- Keymaster Keymaster's Profile:

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

/Library/PreferencePanes/Squeezebox.prefPane/Contents/server If you are using Finder, you'll have to right-click Squeezebox.pref and choose show contents to get to the next level. ~/Library/Application Support/Squeezebox should also work, but these things change too often for me to keep

Re: [slim] Labelling transporter digital inputs....possible?

this is handy to know, thanks -- audiomuze audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54831

[slim] delete a playlist

I forgot how to delete a playlist. can someone help? thanks -- adclaims adclaims's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69938

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

autopilot;473603 Wrote: Wow, that's really excellent. Could be get some more info, photos please :) The link in my post points to more info and photos. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ ~~~ SB3 (wired - 6.3.1) | DELL OptiPlex PC running XP Pro | DENON

Re: [slim] Custom Squeezebox Visuals

Very, very cool!!! -- Keymaster Keymaster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30281 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69888

[slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

...and it was a major embarrassment for the product. My main SB3 now disappeared. It is not playing music even though it claims it is. But is is not showing up on SBS or my mySB.com. It's in limbo. This is the worst SB showing ever. It never ever behaved this weirdly before. With a *cough*

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

I had to power off the SB3 and power it back up. Utterly and totally unacceptable. I have spent a lot of money of SB products, and I am now going to plan a migration strategy to another product. This is totally *^%$$! ridiculous. This is NOT the way to my audio future, to have my main audio

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

For the record, this was my only time ever being so pissed off I knocked the SB3 to the wall with no regard as to whether it would ever work again. When it started playing again after I just powered it down I was disgusted with the fact that until that point of time it had claimed to be active

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

And in case anyone thinks I am an irrational hater, I keep track of the fact that exactly 49 households I know got SB products based on my endorsement. And they may in turn have converted other people. So I am NOT the enemy. I just resent the fact for the first time EVER I was made to look like a

Re: [slim] Where are the 7.3 files?

Thanks for letting me know. Chris -- iisfaq iisfaq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32756 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69929

Re: [slim] Problem with playing AAC on Slimp3

thanks, I edited the convert.conf file in 7.4. At first it did not work. It turns out I had both lame.exe and lame-enc.dll in the Squeezebox\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\ directory. I removed the dll file and it now works beautifully. The slimp3 lives on. Thanks again -- fluffhead

Re: [slim] Nonflac files being skipped after a few secs

This is a regression with version 7.3. I had to go back to version 7.2 and everything works fine. -- atici atici's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11352 View this thread:

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

pablolie;473714 Wrote: I had to power off the SB3 and power it back up. Utterly and totally unacceptable. I have spent a lot of money of SB products, and I am now going to plan a migration strategy to another product. This is totally *^%$$! ridiculous. This is NOT the way to my

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

toby10;473481 Wrote: I think that is his point. Sanks. Hands off is not working. I try to help but The Folks With The Knowledge are not participating. P -- pski real stereo (can almost weld) pski's Profile:

Re: [slim] In other forums, I see moved

Mnyb;473464 Wrote: But mods don't move enough of them the whole duet forum is filled with sc/sbs questions ? they should be moved instantly and not allowed to fester in the wrong forum and the moved link linger to long. Btw pski made this post to ?

Re: [slim] Poll: Do you have a Dual-Band Airport?

I can only get my Duet to connect to my dual-band Airport Extreme if I switch the Wireless security to None. Logitech probably need to change their firmware. Has anyone logged a bug report? Nicholas -- nicholasg

[slim] Choose Player Disappeared

I have two players and one remote, which were all working fine until this week. However, the Choose Player option now no longer appears on my remote home page, so I can only use the remote with one of the players. When I go to my squeezebox on my PC, both players are shown as connected, and I

Re: [slim] delete a playlist

There are various ways. I usually just delete it using the usual file management tools in the computer's OS (eg, Windows Explorer or Nautilus). Or with the SC/SBS web ui you can select My Music Playlists [select playlist] press Delete button. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] Official iPhone/iPod Remote App?

tcdv;473576 Wrote: Its not that I mind paying a small amount for a well made application, I just though an official app may be faster and better built with having direct 1st hand knowledge on how Squeezecenter works and is built. Because SC/SBS is open-source, anyone who understands Perl can

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

pski;473733 Wrote: Thank you for your posting so many messages to yourself.. Over and out. Perhaps you will acquire a measure of technical ability. P You are a fool. I have been a customer for years and have configured more boxes than you ever have on both Windows and Linux. I can live

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

pablolie wrote: Something is very broken in the guts of 7.4 for this to happen. I had a lot of problems with my Debian server during the upgrade from 7.3 to 7.4, but since I am a beta tester, I could deal with it. But even with that, I was a bit surprised at the transfer. I expect that for more

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

Please maintain a proper amount of respect and decorum. If you are having problems and want to ask other users for help, that's what the forums are here for. Even if you just want to vent about something that doesn't seem to be working for you, that's fine. Personal attacks however will lead

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

pfarrell;473763 Wrote: The Radio requires 7.4, but if you don't have one, I would recommend waiting a bit for things to settle down.As a long time SB3 user I've learned the hard way to stay away from upgrades until they've had a good few months in the field. When it comes to enjoying your

Re: [slim] I officially declare my HATE for 7.4...

I am sorry I had to vent. I had to. What I experienced was shockingly frustrating. In many years, and with all the devices I have, I had never ever seen an SB3 claim ti was playing music when in fact the SBS didn't even know it was active. Anyone's troubleshooting activity is going to be around