Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-01 Thread Pascal Hibon
It’s true that some “alien devices” such as TV extenders etc use the 2.4GHz band as well. Especially the TV extenders can be a source for interference since they use directional antennas with relatively high gain. In most cases, it is possible to keep your home wireless network free from interfer

Re: [slim] Help! Trying to buy a SB Receiver in NZ

2010-02-01 Thread timbonz
I just got a Boom from pbtech, their listing most devices I thought... -- timbonz timbonz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36283 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

2010-02-01 Thread eeagle
thewebgal;512602 Wrote: > Great tip, thanks! > My friend showed me his mac mini based system with a Duet last weekend, > > and it seemed VERY nice - sold me on the whole Squeezebox tech! Yes, and if you have an iPhone or iTouch the iPeng app can act the same as the controller for only about $10

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2010-02-01 Thread Locuth
Muele;512462 Wrote: > Good. I can test it for you if you like. You can PM me a link to the > file or whatever you prefer. Muele, Spumanti - I uploaded an update of SlimCtrl, with the following errors fixed: 1. Cover flipside, Album-Tracks: Cut-off popup window when tapping the two bottom tracks

Re: [slim] Jazz FM 91 from Toronto Canada

2010-02-01 Thread norderney
bpa;512706 Wrote: > RTMP is a Adobe Flash protocol - so it is a Flash/AAC stream which is > not natively supported by Logitech. > > That said, BBCiPlayer plays streams from BBC which are Flash/AAC (i.e. > rtmp URLs) but the implementation is set up to only play RTMP streams > from BBC source so

Re: [slim] Jazz FM 91 from Toronto Canada

2010-02-01 Thread bpa
RTMP is a Adobe Flash protocol - so it is a Flash/AAC stream which is not natively supported by Logitech. That said, BBCiPlayer plays streams from BBC which are Flash/AAC (i.e. rtmp URLs) but the implementation is set up to only play RTMP streams from BBC source so you cannot just enter the URL i

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-01 Thread bpa
This video indicates that some cars can be a source of Wifi interference. Not sure how valid the test is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0oF0eq6mPI -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1

[slim] Jazz FM 91 from Toronto Canada

2010-02-01 Thread norderney
I have been listening to Jazz.FM 91 from Toronto via the URL: http://216.123.189.13:8000/ but this stream is only 48k CBR The station has e-mailed me another URL which is for their AAC+ feed, but it does not appear to work. The exact URL they sent me was: rtmp://streamerdelta.jazz.fm/livejazz/li

Re: [slim] Wireless Headphones - Views/Recommendations ?

2010-02-01 Thread epoch1970
I think I've had these for a while. It says HDR 130 on the headpiece. Battery life is ok, but I think it is far too noisy for music use. I use it when watching movies, exclusively. -- epoch1970 Daily dose delivered by: 2 SB Classic (fw 130), 1 SB Boom (fw 50) • SqueezeCenter 7.3.4 (Debian 5.0)

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-01 Thread snarlydwarf
wonder boy;512693 Wrote: > > Annoyingly any rebuffering I get is intermittent, I think the neighbour > must be hammering the microwave meals...HTH Many if not most 'baby monitors', cordless phones, 'tv extenders' and wireless alarm systems spew junk on 2.4Ghz. It's unlicensed because it is not

[slim] Transporter Volume Control

2010-02-01 Thread xcraft
I would like to hook up the transporter directly to an amp but I know there are issues with this due to line level balancing. Not exactly an audiophile amp but I'm considering the Cerwin Vega Pro Cv-1800. It has XLR inputs which should work nicely. I would like to use the volume control on transpo

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-01 Thread wonder boy
On 7.4.2 with 3 wifi players. Reasonably stable at the mo, though can't believe what the microwave does to the signal. I have found that increasing the minimum sync adjustment (as well as making sure all are the same which they weren't) and also the sync players start up delay has helped. Annoyin

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic and 24-bit FLAC

2010-02-01 Thread amey01
Mnyb;512664 Wrote: > My Rebeca Pidgeon "Spanish Harlem", Mighty fine demonstration track that is! -- amey01 amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] "No Album" problem

2010-02-01 Thread usch
No, this is normal. I just try not to leave the album field blank. -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74773 _

Re: [slim] backspace/delete on classic remote?

2010-02-01 Thread usch
Try the "+" button. -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74774 ___ disc

Re: [slim] Will old Slim Devices work with new Duet system...

2010-02-01 Thread usch
I have a Boom and two SB1, and while synchronizing them is possible and works fine most of the time, there are massive problems that keep popping up, such as playback stopping with no apparent reason, or players going mute until I power cycle them to recover. This is probably a server problem that

Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge

2010-02-01 Thread Line
Does portaudio now support WASAPI? http://www.portaudio.com/trac/browser/portaudio/branches/v19-devel/src/hostapi/wasapi/pa_win_wasapi.cpp?rev=1107 Keep up the great work Ralphy, thanks for all you've done! -- Line Line'

[slim] backspace/delete on classic remote?

2010-02-01 Thread gregh
This is probably a dumb question, but I cannot work it out!! I've changed my wifi password and have entered an extra character which I now cannot work out how to delete using the remote control. I guess it's very easy, but I cannot work it out, can anyone put me out of my misery please!! thanks

Re: [slim] Announce: Desktop Gadget for Windows

2010-02-01 Thread MeSue
Thanks for the small mode, but how do you access the additional options when you have it set to small mode? Or is opening the WebUI the only option you get when you have it set to small mode? -- MeSue SUE 1 Duet | 2 Booms | 1 Radio | 1 Touch (beta) | 1 SB2 HP MediaSmart EX470 | Squeezebox Se

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic and 24-bit FLAC

2010-02-01 Thread Mnyb
alZmtbr;512578 Wrote: > I have two FLAC files of Rebeca Pidgeon doing "Spanish Harlem", one is > 24/96 the other us 24/88.2. But in both cases they are down sampled to > 44.1KHz -- or should I say, the sync light on my DAC indicates 44.1KHz. > I would have expected for the 96KHz file for the 48KH

[slim] "No Album" problem

2010-02-01 Thread MillmoorRon
I have a lot of songs that are not actually part of an album - EPs, singles, session tracks, freebies from band's sites, etc - so they have a blank album tag. Squeezebox server doesn't seem to handle this very well! When browsing by artist (mostly with iPeng these days) I then get a 'No Album' en

Re: [slim] Wireless Headphones - Views/Recommendations ?

2010-02-01 Thread socistep
socistep;476492 Wrote: > Hi Sue > > Thanks for the reply, I was actually looking at a Sennheiser pair, the > 130's, so its good to get some positive feedback. > > Ian I received a pair of Sennheisers over the weekend and am impressed, was pleasantly surprised by the sound quality - would recom

Re: [slim] Can't open file for....

2010-02-01 Thread Eserim
Hi - I'm not sure exactly how to enable logging, it's been a while since I delved into the setup. Cheers Eserim -- Eserim Eserim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1932 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Will old Slim Devices work with new Duet system...

2010-02-01 Thread aubuti
If the old style 'original' is a SliMP3 or SB1, then you may not be happy with sync performance. Those models have very small buffers, which sometimes causes sync problems. On the other hand, a SB2 should work fine. The SB2 looks a lot like the SB1. The best way to tell the difference is to look o

Re: [slim] Will old Slim Devices work with new Duet system...

2010-02-01 Thread Siduhe
Yes to all your questions: All the hardware players run on the current software (though the old SB1 is getting a bit clunky I understand due to hardware/buffer limitations). You can control all of them with the duet remote. You can sync them using the remote. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM'

[slim] Will old Slim Devices work with new Duet system...

2010-02-01 Thread robbpaul
I've got a Duet and a Boom, which I love now i've got working. The question above is because I want to buy a cheap old style 'original' squeezebox and use it as part of my current system and synch it with the duet and control it via the remote?? Answers appreciated! Thanks guys. -- robbpaul

Re: [slim] How do I search...

2010-02-01 Thread Siduhe
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32613 Found using Google.com and the search term [site:http://forums.slimdevices.com "your player was not found"] - without the square brackets obv. Only relevant thread I could see and only way I know to get round the search limitations on the foru

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-01 Thread Pascal Hibon
I’m also on one of the nightly builds of 7.4.2. Until now I haven’t experienced rebuffering anymore. In my case, 7.3.3 was the source of rebuffering. -- Pascal Hibon __ 2 x SB3 - both wireless, ReadyNAS NV+ running SBS, iPeng on iPod Touch. -

Re: [slim] How do I search...

2010-02-01 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting OppfinnarJocke (oppfinnarjocke.45pwfz1265049...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): > > My SBS gives me the message "your player was not found". So I tried to > search the forum for posts including this message, but the search engine > insists that "was" is too short a word, and "not found" m

[slim] How do I search...

2010-02-01 Thread OppfinnarJocke
My SBS gives me the message "your player was not found". So I tried to search the forum for posts including this message, but the search engine insists that "was" is too short a word, and "not found" means I want to find post that do not include the word "found". And this is the same whether I put

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

2010-02-01 Thread thewebgal
eeagle;512593 Wrote: > The Duet was $249 on Amazon BF so keep a lookout for one...the > controller alone is worth the price. It is very handy to have full > access including album art and track details at your fingertips. The > amazing thing for me is that it controls all my devices radio, duet

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

2010-02-01 Thread matka
I'm not a vortexbox user as I'm comfortable with dyi linux server, but my friend expressed interest and the following might increase the appeal for the appliance: 1. easily configurable rsync backup to usb or a network drive. By easy config, I mean a page with combination of cron and options (rem

Re: [slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop

2010-02-01 Thread sydsfloyd67
bpa;512521 Wrote: > I think the moniker SqueezeBox Desktop is a typo by someone. Yeah. :) It's like you have to make a study of their terminology just to find/get software needed to begin exploring some of the potential of 'the box'. Logitech probably needs to get mysqueezebox.com fixed and im

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

2010-02-01 Thread eeagle
thewebgal;512554 Wrote: > I nearly bought a used Duet via Craigslist over the weekend, but decided > I wanted a warrantee - > so I was going to wait for the Touch - but this hits my price point > very well. With this I can shake down this Squeeze technology and if I > like it, maybe I'll buy a t

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

2010-02-01 Thread jrbzzz
I took advantage of this offer when it was available in December. I have not regretted the purchase one bit. One other question to ask yourself - where will the unit be located? As mine is located in my home theater cabinet on a lower shelf, the touch interface would be of little use to me. Th

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic and 24-bit FLAC

2010-02-01 Thread alZmtbr
I have two FLAC files of Rebeca Pidgeon doing "Spanish Harlem", one is 24/96 the other us 24/88.2. But in both cases they are down sampled to 44.1KHz -- or should I say, the sync light on my DAC indicates 44.1KHz. I would have expected for the 96KHz file for the 48KHz sync light to show activity.

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

2010-02-01 Thread agillis
mbonsack;511728 Wrote: > 1. A way to specify an alternate path for both ripping and music > directory for SBS. Right now it's hard-coded to /storage/music. > > 1a. A way to tell the ripper to use a character set that is supported > by the mounted target filesystem -- i.e. no accents like thos

[slim] Lost radio station WFMT in Chicago

2010-02-01 Thread sherlock2010
In the last few days connection to WFMT has been lost. Anyone know how to repair this problem. Thanks! -- sherlock2010 sherlock2010's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36265 View this thread: http:

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

2010-02-01 Thread thewebgal
lynnvin;512023 Wrote: > http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/promotional_items/devices/6408&cl=us,en&ci=0 > > Should I take the plunge or wait for the Touch? Wowoo - thanks for the heads up! I thought about this ov3rnight and just snapped down my VISA card! Nice deal! I nearly bought a used Duet

Re: [slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop

2010-02-01 Thread luuk
Thanks for the help. Sorry for giving the impression that Squeezeplay is a replacement of SoftSqueeze. I was looking at it from the user point of view and am well aware that we are dealing with two different products. I hope the error in the Wiki will soon be corrected. As to the rebranding ... yo

Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge

2010-02-01 Thread ralphy
rommel Wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm running squeezeslave via launchctl and it does work for normal > playlists of audio files. > > However if I start streaming a last.fm radio stream, after the first > song (or when pressing the skip to next-button) the audio stops and I > have to restart the pro

Re: [slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop

2010-02-01 Thread bpa
Squeezeplay is a replacement and a totally different player to Softsqueeze - not a renaming. In summary SqueezePlay is written in Lua - implements new Controller and player. Softsqueeze is written in Java - emulates SB2,SB3, Boom and Transporter displays Squeezeslave is written in C - original

Re: [slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop

2010-02-01 Thread Siduhe
Lots of the names have changed with recent rebranding, and yes it takes a bit of getting used to. However, Softsqueeze and Squeezeplay are very different programs - and Softsqueeze is still available. This recent thread should have all the info you need: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

[slim] Madness: Softsqueeze, SqueezePlay, Squeezebox Desktop

2010-02-01 Thread luuk
Have the developers gone raving mad? I tried to find Softsqueeze, then discovered it is now called SqueezePlay, so I go to the wiki, where I am told under the heading of SquuezePlay: "SqueezeBox Desktop is a replacement for SoftSqueeze and is based on the SqueezeOS software platform." To make the

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2010-02-01 Thread Muele
Locuth;512350 Wrote: > Ok - I found and fixed the keyboard bug - thanks Muele. Good. I can test it for you if you like. You can PM me a link to the file or whatever you prefer. -- Muele BR Mogens 1 Radio, 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Served by an old 800 mhz IBM T21 Thinkpad.