That URL is for a BBCiPlayer console which would play on a browser. The
playable URL for a BBCiPlayer program using Flash /Audio will
typically start with RTMP:// and even then it will only be valid for
at most 7 days.
If your intention is to have a favorite where the latest Elain Paige
Is that possible?
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Hi There
I'm looking at the google nexus one as my next phone, just waiting for
it to become available in the uk.
[...]
So I did a search on the forums and was pleased to see this app, I'm a
big fan of iPeng on the iPhone so good to see there is an app
Makes me think that bitrate limiting might have been turned on, and set
to a low quality mp3. Seems I recall that LAME V9 (very low quality) was
the default on bitrate limiting when I installed SbS. So perhaps he was
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BlueScreenJunky;514829 Wrote:
+1
I might switch to android in a few weeks/months when the nexus one is
released here in France, and if I do that will probably be one of the
first apps I'll buy (actually the ability to control my SBs is even one
of the reasons I'm considering buying an
macsband;515384 Wrote:
Something I've never read in the Squeezebox literature or in this forum
is that there must be a significant loss that takes place when
SqueexCenter Server converts Apple Lossless to FLAC when sending Apple
Lossless music files to Squeezebox.
You've never read it
It is encouraging to see more consumer applications and platforms
offering such streaming services.
Internet Radio and related Music Services are still so *niche* that I
question their long term viability without such mainstreaming of the
whole concept into more basic consumer devices (like
The new blueray player I purchased is internet capable. I bought it so I
could watch instant netflix movies, but noticed that it also connects
me to my pandora account, youtube, and blockbuster instant movies. I
don't use the pandora function (given that I also have an extra SB
connected to my
Having tried about 4 different consumer grade models in my time I am
rather fed up of dodgy DHCP implementations and routers that overheat
and/or need rebooting once a week or so.
Can somebody suggest a professional grade, bullet proof and stable
router / switch / firewall with decent firmware?
snarlydwarf;515288 Wrote:
I think the big hangup would be religious: tagging correctly is a very
personal issue.
People should be able to tag however they want, but submissions to a
shared database should follow some standards.
Anyway, this is getting off-topic, but if anyone is interested
I'd suggest a Draytek - probably the 2820. Very reasonably priced too.
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music? That's the obvious answer to this problem.
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With the web gui you just select + when at the album level, may be the
same with the remote. Have you tried it?
Steve
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Hi there
I connect a Squeezebox receiver wired to a wlan access point. I disable
wlan on the Squeezebox receiver. There is also a Squeezeserver connected
wired to this access point.
Now I establish a connection between my iPhone with iPeng and my wlan
access point. Is it now possible to control
My intention was not to improve sound quality because the literature
states that lossless = lossless. I did not anticipate a change in sound
quality. My intention was to get away from Apple's proprietary way of
doing business. However several people have listened to the system
before and
TEW-639GR
Mine has been running without a reboot for over a year. Plus it's the
only router I could find that can keep up with my 15mb/15mb internet
connection.
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rip, tag, get cover artÂ… All you do is insert the CD!
How do I delete tracks that I have duplicated on my squeeze network?
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wimpf;515524 Wrote:
Now I establish a connection between my iPhone with iPeng and my wlan
access point. Is it now possible to control the Squeezebox receiver over
the wlan connection between my iPhone (iPeng) and my wlan access point.
Nothing, not even the Squeezebox Controller, controls the
dsdreamer;515386 Wrote:
you've just pre-converted the files off-line instead of having them
converted on the fly.
I guess I didn't make myself clear. This was the whole point of my
post: pre-converting the files off-line instead of on the fly made a
HUGE difference in sound quality.
Mac
macsband;515528 Wrote:
My intention was not to improve sound quality because the literature
states that lossless = lossless. I did not anticipate a change in sound
quality. My intention was to get away from Apple's proprietary way of
doing business. However several people have listened to
If the Apple Lossless files were definitely streaming to the player as
Flac (and not MP3) then there *should* be no difference all.
It is a bit worrying that you have heard some. A perceived difference
in sound quality can sometimes come as a result of a volume change. It
does seem unlikely, but
AlexDa;515532 Wrote:
How do I delete tracks that I have duplicated on my squeeze network?
Dunno, how do you delete multiple posts you made in the forums?
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What funkstar says is correct but missing a small point: Yes that
works.
As long as...
You need to be able to have a connection between iPeng and the server
(Squeezebox Server or MySqueezebox.com) AND the Receiver and the
server.
If you use MySB, it's enough that both, Receiver and iPhone have
There's been a spate of similar posts recently and in all cases I
believe something odd is going on with transcoding... can't get to the
bottom of it yet...
It looks like usual suspects can be ruled out (prefs, lame). Seems to
mostly involve some cross platform issue like mac formats on PC or PC
macsband;515384 Wrote:
A year ago, I ripped my CD collection in Apple Lossless format via
iTunes. With Squeezebox sending the music to a $2,000 amp+speaker
system via digital connection, I expected beautiful music. I was
disappointed. The sound was muffled and vague.
A couple days
iPhone;51 Wrote:
Important: When you stream Apple Lossless, what are your settings for
that in the settings section of SBS? Is the Apple Lossless converted to
MP3 or FLAC for playback? If they are being converted to MP3, that is
why they sound inferior.
The default setting is
The ALC files were ripped with iTunes using its default settings for
Apple Lossless. Over time, various CDs, (old and newly procured) were
ripped using the current version of iTunes (most recently, version 9).
The FLAC files converted from ALC were converted by MediaMonkey using
the default
TheLastMan;515477 Wrote:
Having tried about 4 different consumer grade models in my time I am
rather fed up of dodgy DHCP implementations and routers that overheat
and/or need rebooting once a week or so.
Can somebody suggest a professional grade, bullet proof and stable
router / switch /
macsband;515558 Wrote:
MP3 files, even those at high bit rates (192 and above) sound less full
than FLAC files, which is expected.
Very, very few people can testably, reliably hear the difference
between high bit rate MP3 and FLAC. If you aren't doing a double blind
test (with a thorough
miniwaites;515498 Wrote:
I'd suggest a Draytek - probably the 2820. Very reasonably priced too.
I wouldn't.
I moved to a Draytek 2820 after trying a series of other consumer level
routers. They all suffered from similar issues, with DHCP not working
reliably when using a large number of wifi
iPhone;51 Wrote:
Important: When you stream Apple Lossless, what are your settings for
that in the settings section of SBS?
The documentation I've read says that Squeeze Box Server converts ALC
to FLAC for streaming to the Squeeze Box player. According to my
understanding, this is
andynormancx;515560 Wrote:
Very, very few people can testably, reliably hear the difference between
high bit rate MP3 and FLAC.
Come by and listen for yourself. When played sequentially, the
difference is obvious.
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Phil Leigh;515557 Wrote:
The default setting is stream alac native... isn't it?
Is there any way to get hold of an alac test file?
Yes the default is Native, but that doesn't mean that is what it is set
to now. If it was changed to Disabled (for whatever reason) then the
ALAC could be
macsband;515570 Wrote:
Come by and listen for yourself. When played sequentially, the
difference is obvious.
Not unless there is either something badly wrong with your high bit
rate MP3s or you are one of those very few people who are blessed/cursed
with an unusually exceptional ability to
iPhone;515571 Wrote:
Yes the default is Native, but that doesn't mean that is what it is set
to now. If it was changed to Disabled (for whatever reason) then the
ALAC could be streaming as MP3 which was my point for asking to check
the actual settings. This setting would only affect the ALAC
Bert57;515501 Wrote:
With the web gui you just select + when at the album level, may be the
same with the remote. Have you tried it?
Steve
I'd like to see the playlist as an album view, not track view. For
example, I have a playlist 'Audiophile remasters' from ITunes. So no
individual
Phil Leigh;515573 Wrote:
Understood.
Now you are going to think I'm bananas, but I've just converted a FLAC
to ALAC and played them side by side (Touch, SBS 7.5 nightly standard
convert.conf)
... and the ALAC is clearly quieter by about 2-3dB.
I have Replaygain OFF, but I notice that
Slate - thanks. You have mail.
Steffen - yes I am pursuing this project.
A friend of mine is developing a WM-based player.
It runs already but has still some stability issues.
Plus the CPU-usage in conjuntion with SlimCtrl is ~60-80%
Cheers
Sebastian
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Use your PDA/Phone as
iPhone;51 Wrote:
Important: When you stream Apple Lossless, what are your settings for
that in the settings section of SBS? Is the Apple Lossless converted to
MP3 or FLAC for playback? If they are being converted to MP3, that is
why they sound inferior.
Squeeze Box Server Settings
iPhone;515581 Wrote:
Hey Phil,
If you have time, run those same to files against the Diff Program and
see if the graphs line up or if there are slight differences. If you
have time.
Yes I will do that - I've saved the ALAC file away for later. I may be
imagining things... ADM will tell
You're not going to find anything remotely professional grade with
router, firewall, switch, and ADSL modem all in one.
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I don't think it is possible at present, though it may be possible for
someone to write a plugin to do this.
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I just upgraded from a Linksys WRT54G to a Linksys WRT610N, ver 2. I am
very pleased with the upgrade. I highly recommend this router.
The version 2 is the currently shipping version from Amazon.
I had some weak points in my G network before the upgrade. Now it is
all solid.
This new
FWIW: I've started a wiki article about the sync behaviour.
Thanks Michael. When I get a moment, I'll look into trying out some prefs
synching scenarios and update the wiki with more details.
Phil
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No, not saying that. I'll probably need to take more English lessons if my
last paragraph wasn't clear :-)
My bad - I wasn't concentrating too well (it was one late night too many)!
Phil
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Are those all _player_ preferences? If so, it's worth mentioning.
Does a player have to be actively connected to an SbS server for the
settings to sync, or will the settings of any player in the SbS prefs
file be synced?
If a player exists in settings on only one end of the SbS/mysb
macsband Wrote:
What difference would it make if the computer were particularly low
spec?
Your SqueezeServer in your computer transcodes an Apple file to a Flac.
With a flac file it does no transcoding and streams the file as is. The
transcoding could take a reasonable amount of the capacity
ModelCitizen;515612 Wrote:
The transcoding could take a reasonable amount of the capacity of a very
low spec machine, perhaps not leaving sufficient resources for other
tasks.MC
Dell Dimension 4600 with Intel Pentium 4 running at 2.8GHz
As this is the only task this computer performs,
I've reported a bug in the OS priorities used on the Windows platform
that I think contributes to this problem.
Please vote for it:-
https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15650
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iPhone;515559 Wrote:
A Linksys WiFi Router that can have outside firmware loaded on it
something like Tomato should work.
Specifically, the Linksys WRT54GL. The trailing 'L' denotes
compatibility with 3rd party firmware. I have mine loaded with DD-WRT,
and it's been rock-solid for years.
ghostrider;515341 Wrote:
Backlit remote is stock with the Transporter, also works with the other
SB's.
Good information. I was about to ask if other SB's included the Radio,
but instead just gave it a try using my Classic remoteworked fine
and can be a good substitute till the Radio
seanadams;514725 Wrote:
5v 2a (higher amp rating is OK)
[edit: weird - forum decapitalizes (decapitates?) my 'V' and 'A']
And the capital is important because it implies DC rather than ac.
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I have the Sennheiser RS 130 Wireless Surround Sound Headphones.
We use them for private television listening.
They are the best most comfortable wireless headphones I have owned.
Great range and dead silent unless I get totally out of range...like
outside.
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From http://www.olive.us/products/olive4hd/specs.html:
The Olive 4HD Hi-Fi Server is designed and custom-built in San
Francisco, expressing the innovative energy of the Silicon Valley and
the music passion of the Bay Area.
They're careful not to come out and say it, but I love it when SF
ghostrider;515341 Wrote:
Backlit remote is stock with the Transporter, also works with the other
SB's.
I thought for a while the backlit remote was also shipping with SB3s,
but I could be wrong.
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Just rename it Vortexbox Day. You know you want to.
Quick question if you don't mind. Ignore if you do and I'll stop being
lazy some day and try out the software myself. Does VB use whatever
goes into the ARTISTSORT tag for the artist directory name into which it
saves the files? I ask
How are custom titleformats set on SbS supposed to be handled? I set
one for a Boom player about an hour ago on SbS 7.5 embedded, but haven't
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Jim
thanks! this helps a ton!
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My boom and duet both get IP addresses and appear connected but I cannot
get either to access either my PC here or the mysqueezebox server. Any
quick idea what I'm missing?
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bpa;515430 Wrote:
My alternative suggestions would be to use my BBCiPlayerExtra plugin
and create a Favorite for a Radio 2 Highlights or Radio 2 Most Popular.
These favorites would then return a list of 10 programs and I think
Elaine Paige's program is often there.
I think that would be
I went into the setup and let it select its own IP address. This seems to
have solved the problem. Thanks.
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mortslim;515383 Wrote:
Actually you don't have to leave your TV on just to listen to audio
from an attached box. I have the audio outs of my cable TV box and my
AppleTV routed to my stereo receiver and only the video cables are
connected to the TV. That way the TV can stay off and I get
OK, got BBCiPlayerExtra installed and working - great. Now, a very basic
question. I am assuming that I can only access this plugin (and the
Squeezebox BBC plugin) via my local Squeezebox server...so, I have to
leave my PC running? Or buy a standalone server that can be left
running?
Would be
Thank you for your answers. So I will try to setup this configuration.
Greetings,
Wimpf
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