Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2009-11-03 Thread andrek
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2009-11-03 Thread SilverRS8
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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Server on PS3

2009-11-03 Thread hungarianhc
MrSinatra;480990 Wrote: > wow, i wouldn't want to kill a ps3 by putting linux on it, but i guess > you could. sounds time intense tho as well. > > you could consider a sheevaplug: > > http://www.plugcomputer.org/ > > very cheap, runs linux, and people have got SBS on it already. i'm > consid

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

2009-11-03 Thread DigitalMitch
eyeball, well done for fixing artistsort - are you sharing this code back to Frank for wider distribution? at the same time, have you considered albumartistsort which SBS has started supporting since 7.4 cool tool though - thanks, Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio c

Re: [slim] No Forums for non-SqueezePlay Based Devices?

2009-11-03 Thread indifference_engine
snarlydwarf;480967 Wrote: > The subject line is a bit off: Booms don't use Squeezeplay... OK, you got me! > cheers for the explanation. I guess I'll start browsing the boom forum for any nuggets that could be relevant to the SB3. -- indifference_engine ---

Re: [slim] update firmware without remote

2009-11-03 Thread toby10
There is a way to setup the SB3 to Auto Update (no remote needed) but ironically this requires a remote to select this setting. Any chance of borrowing a JVC DVD player remote one time to do so? Or borrowing a universal remote with a JVC DVD code input? Other than that I think you are out of luck.

Re: [slim] No Forums for non-SqueezePlay Based Devices?

2009-11-03 Thread aubuti
indifference_engine;481116 Wrote: > OK, you got me! cheers for the explanation. I guess I'll start browsing > the boom forum for any nuggets that could be relevant to the SB3. Of course, you'll find plenty in the General Discussion forum as well. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?

2009-11-03 Thread Khuli
Moonbase;400080 Wrote: > Why "Moonbase"? > Actually from a 1969 U.K. TV series called "UFO". My parents scolded > me, I loved it. The "Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation" > (SHADO) was located beneath a movie studio in England, and they had a > -Moonbase- – all the girls had pink ha

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Chris Moore
Hi, how is the development going so far? Its been a couple of months and so I was curious about how 0.98 is progressing??? Is this tracked on another thread? Cheers, Chris. -- Chris Moore Chris Moore's Profile: http://f

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Locuth
Thanks for asking. It's going rather well. I intend to upload 1.0 beta later this evening. There are several new features. SQ.Center player settings and alarms. A better looking Miniplayer/Multiplayer view. A context menu in the current playlist. Right now I am implementing a smoother Standby-w

Re: [slim] I've just got it. I have the best music system in the world.

2009-11-03 Thread Ikabob
Yes, I did create an account with last.fm. Is there a difference between the free acount and the subscriber account? The Last.fm app seems to be a very worthwhile app and one that I might be interested in having all the ammenities. Thanks. I cannot believe how cool the Squeeze stuff is. I love

[slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread hungarianhc
Hi All, So I LOVE my new Squeezebox setup in my apartment. I have a couple Squeezebox Radios, and i'm just totally in love with these things. I'm upgrading my home server to a SheevaPlug next week, and I'm pretty excited to set this thing up :-). In any case, I'd like to set my parents up with a

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread hungarianhc
After some research, looks like the duet is the way to go... right? but then i just have the duet plug into the receiver... so I lose the ability to control multiple zones - the whole house will just be one "zone," but it will still work. -- hungarianhc -

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Locuth
Yes. -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote -- http://sc.sciatec.de Locuth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62486

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Leahcim
Locuth;481161 Wrote: > Thanks for asking. > It's going rather well. I intend to upload 1.0 beta later this > evening. > > There are several new features. > SQ.Center player settings and alarms. > A better looking Miniplayer/Multiplayer view. > A context menu in the current playlist. > > Right

[slim] A Radio is supposed to play music, not silence...

2009-11-03 Thread spyhunter
Why is the top feature of this Internet Radio not the ability to reconnect to an internet radio station when the internet signal drops in speed or hiccups? Who wants to listen to silence? Did the designers expect everybody to have screaming fast broadband? I have to press play on this thing 20

Re: [slim] I've just got it. I have the best music system in the world.

2009-11-03 Thread snarlydwarf
Ikabob;481198 Wrote: > Yes, I did create an account with last.fm. Is there a difference between > the free acount and the subscriber account? The Last.fm app seems to be > a very worthwhile app and one that I might be interested in having all > the ammenities. Thanks. I cannot believe how coo

[slim] Rhapsody and Napster web remote frustration...

2009-11-03 Thread spyhunter
I believe this started when the website was redesigned recently, but when you want to play an entire album with these services via the website remote control, the squeezebox refuses to do so. So you are stuck with playing individual tracks that will repeat themselves. I could make a playlist, ho

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread pippin
hungarianhc;481385 Wrote: > There's wifi throughout the entire house... How about this... > > My mom is going to get an iPod Touch from my dad for Christmas. I love > iPeng, and I'm sure she could get used to that interface. Could I just > get a squeezebox duet receiver for her w/ iPeng? There's

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-11-03 Thread alto63
I have found that rebuffering problem can be partly cured by setting up Artwork resizing instead of Artwork resampling in Squeezebox Server - Advanced - Performance tab. Also the Classic skin seems to be less demanding of bandwith than the Default skin. -- alto63 http://www.bartimexaudio.hu Ba

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread JeffHart
The easiest way would be go with either a Duet (Receiver), Classic or Touch connected to the reciever AUX inputs and then control the speakers from the central location. Otherwise you'd need to place Receivers, Booms, Classics, Touch's or Radios every where you want music. The Boom and Radio a

Re: [slim] A Radio is supposed to play music, not silence...

2009-11-03 Thread amcluesent
>better yet reconnect as soon as a signal is detected< Make your radio station a favourite, then start playing that favourite. Add the favourite again to the end of the playlist (so that the stations appears twice in the playlist). Set the player to repeat playlist. When your 'broadband' dro

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Locuth
Unfortunately 320x320 is the one thing that never worked out right. I've made several attempts in 0.98 to properly handle 320x320 screens. Plus I implemented a new GUI layout. But SControl does not recognize this resolution. Thanks for reminding me of the 0.98 release note. . -- Locuth Use y

Re: [slim] Runaway LAME

2009-11-03 Thread wakey
Yeah, that's why I installed it. I just wish I could make it let go of my system when it's not being used. Thanks. -- wakey wakey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4936 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread deriksen
On your site you refer to 320x320 as a new feature in 0.98. Since you're releasing 1.0 beta, does that mean you've added 320x320 support? /D -- deriksen deriksen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] Scan Terminated Unexpectedly - MySQL Error

2009-11-03 Thread Lobotomizer
Same error here. I used to run AVG and have not seen the problem then (but: had my Squeezebox Duet for only 2 weeks so it has only run very briefly with AVG). Now running MS security essentials and see the exception all over the place, scan terminates prematurely in the Merge various artists step

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-11-03 Thread Locuth
Hello guys SlimControl 1.0 beta is online and ready for you. Be kind if you discover any bugs - I'll fix them. As to the usability - I'd like to give three important hints: 1. Whenever you are in a list (players, current playlist, albums, etc.) Swipe-right on the list to go 'back', if applicabl

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread ajkidle
Keep in mind you need a Controller to configure the Receiver, it can't be done with iPeng. You can also use the net udap tool, but it's not very user friendly. If you're comfortable with nerdy computer stuff there are guides available within the forums. I don't think this tool is officially suppor

Re: [slim] SB3 - fonts - polish chars

2009-11-03 Thread usch
It looks like it is taking the Latin-1 characters from the bitmap font, and the rest from the Code2000.ttf font. https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10168 How does one set a different fallback font? Or would it be possible to drop the bitmap fonts altogether and use only TrueType? --

Re: [slim] Phone support

2009-11-03 Thread erland
This might be the explanation: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70908 Have you looked at the following wiki pages to see if there is something that will help you ? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/NetworkProblemsBeginnersGuide http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/NetworkProble

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-03 Thread Locuth
Hello guys SlimControl 1.0 beta is online and ready for you. Be kind if you discover any bugs - I'll fix them. As to the usability - I'd like to give three important hints: 1. Whenever you are in a list (players, current playlist, albums, etc.) Swipe-right on the list to go 'back', if applicab

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread hungarianhc
There's wifi throughout the entire house... How about this... My mom is going to get an iPod Touch from my dad for Christmas. I love iPeng, and I'm sure she could get used to that interface. Could I just get a squeezebox duet receiver for her w/ iPeng? There's an iMac upstairs with all of her mus

Re: [slim] Scan Terminated Unexpectedly - MySQL Error

2009-11-03 Thread snarlydwarf
In addition to convincing AV software to leave MYD/MYI files out of the scan, you may also need to convince it to leave C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\MySQL or whatever the directory MySQL shoves stuff in on Windows out of the scan. >From comments on various MySQL mailing lists some AV software

Re: [slim] Phone support

2009-11-03 Thread chinaski
Thanks. I managed to resolve the connectivity issue on my own with a bit of persistence. I had to get the controller to do a factory reset, which proved tricky in this case, but once it reset I was in business. The phone issue with support was completely weird. I was impressed that I got a real

[slim] Sumoh TinyAmp S30

2009-11-03 Thread robert6920
Thanks to the combined efforts of Post Danmark and An Post, I am now listening to Smooth Jazz on my SR via a wonderful little Sumoh TinyAmp S30. I am currently trying it on an SR in the study, playing though an old pair of Morduant Short speakers (previously driven by an old NAD C320) prior to fi

Re: [slim] Runaway LAME

2009-11-03 Thread bpa
If you are playing a stream it will run as long as the a stream runs. If you are playing tracks - it will start with each track do a big burst of encoding and then stop when track is finished. Are you sure it is not stopping when playing tracks - check the process id to see if it changes ? --

Re: [slim] A Radio is supposed to play music, not silence...

2009-11-03 Thread ghostrider
I'm running backlevel sofware so I don't know about Squeezebox Server but there is a timeout value that you can specify which determines how long the Squeezebox will attempt to reconnect before timing out. Upping that value may help. By the way, 100K is no where near "broadband". -- ghostrider

Re: [slim] Scan Terminated Unexpectedly - MySQL Error

2009-11-03 Thread brucegrr
I know switching from Microsoft Security Essentials to AVG fixed the problem for me. I have not had a scanning error since. -- brucegrr brucegrr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3964 View this th

Re: [slim] Phone support

2009-11-03 Thread kanoot
I've waited over 1 week now to get some sort of answer to my dead SB... even with the explanation they posted, one week is obnoxious. -- kanoot kanoot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4324 View th

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread Ikabob
I think that your parents would love having their very nice stereo system hooked up with the Touch (when it comes out). I know that there will be some new bugs with it but they will be ironed out in time , I am sure. I have a similar setup as you described for your parents and I love the fact that

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread iPhone
If it were me, I would start them with an SB Classic (SB3). You didn't say what kind of computer and WiFi setup they have so a wired SB3 would make things easy. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vander

Re: [slim] Rhapsody and Napster web remote frustration...

2009-11-03 Thread ghostrider
I agree it's frustrating but at least the remote or controller will allow you to start play so you are not totally down. I prefer to use the Rhapsody or Napster clients to search for music and create playlists, faster easier to use than mysb.com. -- ghostrider --

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

2009-11-03 Thread eyeball
DigitalMitch;481106 Wrote: > eyeball, well done for fixing artistsort - are you sharing this code > back to Frank for wider distribution? > > at the same time, have you considered albumartistsort which SBS has > started supporting since 7.4 I'm still using version 7.3.3. It seems thet 7.4 is not

[slim] Delays in e-mail support response time

2009-11-03 Thread Devans
Please accept my apologies to anyone who has suffered long delays lately after contacting Logitech Support via e-mail. We've been going through some transitions within our support organization and have run into unexpected problems resulting in a poor customer experience. See this note from Pat B

[slim] SB3 - fonts - polish chars

2009-11-03 Thread rafalson
Hello, is there any way to improve displaying of polish chars in SB3. They look like they are of different font type and size than chars of latin alphabet (see attachments). Thx for any advice +---+ |Filename: tyt2.jpg

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread epoch1970
I won't ask about the age of your parents. But it looks that their setup is reliable. I suggest a reliable server, this means either the Touch (fingers crossed !) or something like a SheevaPlug. Low power, single purpose, always-on, that will give them excellent quality of service and no second t

Re: [slim] Runaway LAME

2009-11-03 Thread Nonreality
If you have a good network you can turn off lame in the settings and force flac instead. It's under settings and audio under the players settings I think. You may have to look around. You can try that and see if that helps. I'm not up on macs so you'll have to use trial and error. Hope it help

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread hungarianhc
pippin;481413 Wrote: > Do her (and yourself) a favor and use a Classic instead. > You need the controller or Net::UDAP to set up the receiver and that's > not for non-techies. > Plus the display is nice and you can currently get a Classic at almost > the same price as the Receiver. So I don't mi

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread Nonreality
I agree with Pippen and Iphone, the classic seems to be the most reliable. I've had one for over 2 years without any problems other than when I've created the problem. I really like it and I am really sad that it's being phased out. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS,

[slim] Slim Online Shop

2009-11-03 Thread WSLam
It seems like now that the Slim Devices website has been 'swallowed' by Logitech, I can no longer place an international order online?! Or am I missing something? Could someone please tell me? ws -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter -> Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC -> dartZeel NHB-18NS -

Re: [slim] Slim Online Shop

2009-11-03 Thread kdf
This is old news. If you want to buy, you need to either use the Logitech site near you or contact one of the dealers. If you want more detail, a forum search will come up with a few threads. -kdf On 2009-11-03, at 8:15 PM, WSLam wrote: > > It seems like now that the Slim Devices website has

Re: [slim] Slim Online Shop

2009-11-03 Thread WSLam
Such sad news. I will contact the local retailers. I don't think the reseller network is very well established in Hong Kong though... -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter -> Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC -> dartZeel NHB-18NS -> darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Trans

Re: [slim] Scan Terminated Unexpectedly - MySQL Error

2009-11-03 Thread Phil Leigh
Lobotomizer;481367 Wrote: > Same error here. I used to run AVG and have not seen the problem then > (but: had my Squeezebox Duet for only 2 weeks so it has only run very > briefly with AVG). Now running MS security essentials and see the > exception all over the place, scan terminates prematurely

Re: [slim] What device(s) would you recommend for my parents' setup?

2009-11-03 Thread pippin
hungarianhc;481454 Wrote: > So I don't mind doing the initial techy setup. I'm quite the nerd, and > I'm sure I could figure it out... > > So here's the question - She will likely be using iPeng to control the > audio, regardless of the device I buy. Does she gain or lose anything by > going wit

Re: [slim] Slim Online Shop

2009-11-03 Thread lrossouw
WSLam;481468 Wrote: > Such sad news. > I will contact the local retailers. > I don't think the reseller network is very well established in Hong > Kong though... Spotted a boom, duet and squeezebox in one of the IT malls\markets in Singapore. Pretty sure you'd be able to find one in HK. --