Re: [slim] Disconnects from SBS after a while

2010-02-28 Thread johndoe_2009
my SBC just hast started this last week - after a couple of minutes of sleep (screen is blank) it won't re-connect to SB Server (diagnostics says no ping), but it stays in WLAN. I have already updated to the newest SBS 7.4.2, newest SBC firmware. What can I do? -- johndoe_2009

Re: [slim] Controller vs ipod touch

2010-02-28 Thread andynormancx
Brian Ritchie;521260 Wrote: I borrowed an iPod Touch just to try iPeng. At first, I couldn't get on with it all, because I couldn't get the swipe gesture to work - often, instead of changing screens, it would select a different track, sometimes wiping my playlist completely. Then I took

[slim] Duet receiver/boom as wireless bridge

2010-02-28 Thread egertmic
Clever folks can you help? I have a number of Duets/SB+ around the house all connected via an ethernet network. I'm interested in using the new Radio (with rechargeable battery pack) in the bathroom but obviously have no socket to connect to. There's a boom and duet receiver in the rooms next

Re: [slim] Controller vs ipod touch

2010-02-28 Thread pippin
Brian, Are you probably still using iPeng 1.1.2? The scrolling got much easier with 1.2 and I don't think you can still get confused about the sync direction. The iPeng update is free but you'd need the iPod firmware update to 3.0 or later which is $5. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2010-02-28 Thread pippin
From a develop perspective, Nokia's strategy is too much of a mess to get into this. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2010-02-28 Thread liffy99
Thanks Peter Well, I've logged a call with Logitech . . . . Tried again yesterday - just repeated what I'd done before and used the static IP address route to input all the parameters again - it worked ! Came down to the kitchen this morning and back to square one - no connection (I just get

Re: [slim] SlimCtrl 1.3 out now

2010-02-28 Thread Locuth
So after deleting the file you saw more albums. And then it went down to 15? Or after deleting it went down to 15 ? -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote -- http://sc.sciatec.de Locuth's Profile:

Re: [slim] Controller vs ipod touch

2010-02-28 Thread andynormancx
Ah yes, good point, I hadn't considered that he might be using the older version. Does the app store still offer up the old version to people who haven't updated their firmware to match the one needed by the current version ? -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as

Re: [slim] Disconnects from SBS after a while

2010-02-28 Thread Mnyb
johndoe_2009;521307 Wrote: my SBC just hast started this last week - after a couple of minutes of sleep (screen is blank) it won't re-connect to SB Server (diagnostics says no ping), but it stays in WLAN. I have already updated to the newest SBS 7.4.2, newest SBC firmware. What can I do?

Re: [slim] SlimCtrl 1.3 out now

2010-02-28 Thread Muele
Locuth;521325 Wrote: So after deleting the file you saw more albums. And then it went down to 15? Or after deleting it went down to 15 ? EDIT: You probably have a NAS and found that loading albums is rather slow? What version of SC are you using? Went directly down to 15. -- Muele

Re: [slim] Adding Station

2010-02-28 Thread toby10
bgrn198;521288 Wrote: Hi, I've been trying to add two stations to listen to on my Squeezebox Duet and can't seem to add them. http://www.oldies1079honolulu.com/ http://www.khuiradio.com/ Internet Radio Search KKOL oldies1079 (Kool 107.9) Internet Radio Search khuiradio (Jewel

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2010-02-28 Thread liffy99
Well, it's started again - but keeps dropping out and returning to a blank screen. Signal strength varies every few seconds from a low of 54% to a high of 70%. I've run a Network Test and again the results are all over the place - as early as 500kbps it starts to vary - one moment it's 100%, the

Re: [slim] Save on Logitech stuff

2010-02-28 Thread rocketdmc
gcurrie;521206 Wrote: I would have sprung for two Receivers - if they only had a buy button active... You and me both! -- rocketdmc Dave Boom ~ Radio ~ Classic ~ Controller rocketdmc's Profile:

Re: [slim] Uploading music

2010-02-28 Thread toby10
Gergor;521293 Wrote: I use the mp3tunes app for a few days. The app is free and the account is free for 2GB. It works ok for me. However, it seems to only play 50 tracks max on squeezebox I wish it'd play all tracks. I don't use MP3Tunes but their website says... - the free 2gb

Re: [slim] Save on Logitech stuff

2010-02-28 Thread cunobelinus
Doesn't work for UK either. Nice thought, though. On 28 Feb 2010, at 11:42, rocketdmc wrote: gcurrie;521206 Wrote: I would have sprung for two Receivers - if they only had a buy button active... You and me both! -- rocketdmc Dave Boom ~ Radio ~ Classic ~ Controller

Re: [slim] Skipping Over Music Folders

2010-02-28 Thread Siduhe
Have a look at Erland's plugins in the wiki - Multi Library or Custom Browse can probably do what you want but you may need to alter your directory structure or tags to get the best results. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the

Re: [slim] Adding Station

2010-02-28 Thread avta
Or go to www.mysqueezebox.comFavoritesAdd URL -- avta avta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75749

[slim] playlist woes

2010-02-28 Thread tawulf
hi, I'm a happy user of the SB classic for almost 2 months now and after ripping my entire collection of CDs to a 1.5TB drive I finally come back to clear up some basics. The most urgent question is this: DO PLAYLISTS WORK AT ALL (outside the playlist folder) ??? I can copy a PL, that works

Re: [slim] playlist woes

2010-02-28 Thread garym
Hmmm, I'm confused. Why would a playlist need to show up in the ALBUM folder. If your playlist simply relates to a specific album, you'd navigate to the album and play that. A playlist is simply a file that points at various music files. I'm meticulous about my tags and directory structure, but

Re: [slim] Save on Logitech stuff

2010-02-28 Thread mdconnelly
Nice - Thanks! -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75722

Re: [slim] Skipping Over Music Folders

2010-02-28 Thread peterw
You could use OS permissions on the directories -- if the Squeezebox Server process/user can't see the files, it won't scan/index/list them. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay'

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2010-02-28 Thread ghostrider
Sounds like you have some sort of wireless interference issue. Swap the SB's to see if the problem follows the unit. -- ghostrider ghostrider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18959 View this

Re: [slim] playlist woes

2010-02-28 Thread tawulf
OK, I had hoped to get answers not questions but since you wrote so quick and nice here are A FEW uses for playlists: - exclude tracks eg 1: I usually do not want to hear Obladi-Oblada from the White Album so I'd like to have a PL my_white_album eg 2: Often I'd like to not hear the bonus tracks

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2010-02-28 Thread liffy99
I wonder if its because the SB3 in the kitchen is nearer the neighbours network (but that's where its always been and it used to be OK). I remember you can change channels somewhere but can't remember where - would that be on the router (BT Home Hub), NAS or SB3 ? -- liffy99

Re: [slim] playlist woes

2010-02-28 Thread garym
Aha. Understand. And I do some of the same things you do (reorder the tracks to get back to the real playing order of Allman Brothers Live at the Filmore, including tracks from Eat a Peach). The only difference is that I don't really care where the playlists themselves sit (so long as they have

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2010-02-28 Thread garym
liffy99;521404 Wrote: I wonder if its because the SB3 in the kitchen is nearer the neighbours network (but that's where its always been and it used to be OK). I remember you can change channels somewhere but can't remember where - would that be on the router (BT Home Hub), NAS or SB3 ?

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox now possible?

2010-02-28 Thread andyg
As has been said many times, libspotify is also x86-only which makes it even more useless to us. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

[slim] Problems with squeezebox classic

2010-02-28 Thread Michael Herts
I've been running a squeezebox classic with no problems for a few years now. I thought I'd buy a squeezebox radio a few months ago and so upgraded the server software so that both systems can run. Since doing so, my squeezebox classic has become temperamental; it often freezes, has problems

Re: [slim] Problems with squeezebox classic

2010-02-28 Thread jjoonnaass
I'm having exactly the same problem after upgrading to 7.4.2. Before this I never had a drop out but now I can't seem to play more than a song or two without drop outs. All my music is apple lossless - could it be that the encoding/decoding has changed and now require more bandwidth? --

Re: [slim] Duet receiver/boom as wireless bridge

2010-02-28 Thread SuperQ
The Duet receiver acts as a hidden wifi ad-hoc bridge when configured to allow the controller. However I don't know what the WEP key is. I don't know if it's randomly generated or documented somewhere. Personally I don't suggest using this mode since WEP is very insecure. You are much better

Re: [slim] Microsoft Security Essentials - any news?

2010-02-28 Thread Steve Baumgarten
Same for me. Windows 7 64-bit, Squeezebox Server 7.4.2. I have to turn off realtime protection in order to do a rescan -- MSE seems to ignore the exclusions list, that's something that appears to a be known bug.

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-28 Thread Nonreality
Phil Leigh;521081 Wrote: Nonreality - check the dns setings in your router and xp network settings - tcp/ip properties and also in your sb's Could my SB3 have an old router setting stuck in it so that it is trying access that when my computer is off? If so how do I tell or fix it? --

Re: [slim] Lounge music station changed it's url.

2010-02-28 Thread Roger66
@loungingsound: Are you dead again ? -- Roger66 SB classic SB Boom Win XP Pro SP3 Thinkpad X60s Roger66's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29812 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2010-02-28 Thread Mnyb
Nonreality;521504 Wrote: Could my SB3 have an old router setting stuck in it so that it is trying access that when my computer is off? If so how do I tell or fix it? check current settings , hold left arrow for a while then the SB3 enters Squeezebox Setup Then you have Current Settings (2

Re: [slim] Announce: Desktop Gadget for Windows

2010-02-28 Thread vdeknock
Hi Great addition I run Slimserver on port 9001 not 9000. Everytime I restart my computer I have to reenter the 9001 port as it remembers 9000 as the default. How do I make the port change permenant? -- vdeknock

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

2010-02-28 Thread the_arm
hi - I'm considering purchasing a Harmony One for my living room setup...I've confirmed it works with all of my equipment, which is pretty cool. One question remains: I have a SB3 in the living room that I want to control with the Harmony One and noticed earlier in the thread that someone

Re: [slim] Uploading music

2010-02-28 Thread Gergor
Huh, I only have the squeezebox for about a week, so I guess it's possible that I am only having a trial service. But during the setup process I didn't get any explicit warning about it being a trial service... I guess I'll know after a month. Every time I try to play it'd only load 50 tracks

Re: [slim] Adding Station

2010-02-28 Thread bgrn198
avta;521383 Wrote: Or go to www.mysqueezebox.comFavoritesAdd URL Do you add the stations website url? or something else cause i've tried adding the stations website url and it doesn't work. -- bgrn198 http://www.live365.com/stations/meldrew6468

[slim] Internet radio - disappears??

2010-02-28 Thread Kieran
Hi Everyone, have searched the forms to no avail - just trying to figure out what i have done wrong or if i have overlooked some sort of setting Current setup Mac 10.6.2 (SL) Squeezebox Classic Software Version: 7.4.1 - r28947 @ Tue Oct 20 08:13:22 PDT 2009 Player Model: squeezebox3 Firmware: