Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams

2010-03-17 Thread erland
Mark Miksis;525992 Wrote: > FWIW, these forums have both thread rating and user reputations enabled. > They could possibly benefit from some tweaking and publicity, but they > are there. Almost no one ever uses them. > Where is the user reputations seen ? To make it useful it feels like it at l

Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams

2010-03-17 Thread Mark Miksis
FWIW, these forums have both thread rating and user reputations enabled. They could possibly benefit from some tweaking and publicity, but they are there. Almost no one ever uses them. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread snarlydwarf
erland;525983 Wrote: > > - Logitech management can easily shut down this forum if all they see > is a lot of complaints and angry users that gives their products bad > reputation. I'm not saying that we should be silent, but sometimes > something that 10 people has already said doesn't have to b

Re: [slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread dundon00
I've also attempted to uninstall SqueezeCenter including all preferences and re-install to no avail. Might it help to disconnect or delete the players from mysqueezebox.com? -- dundon00 dundon00's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread erland
DaveWr;525905 Wrote: > The real problem for those that follow these forums, is that there is no > Logitech involvement. What remains is a small, very committed bunch of > ex Slim Devices employees, trying their best. but where is the steering > comments of Logitech business management - the equ

Re: [slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread dundon00
Doesn't quite usually mean connected and blue mean not connected? At any rate, when I login to mysqueezebox.com I do see the players listed. Is there some setting in particular I should look for on that site? -- dundon00

Re: [slim] Squeezebox phased out

2010-03-17 Thread snarlydwarf
djfake;525959 Wrote: > > the second part of my question regards the slimserver software. who > maintains the repo? logitech? should it be forked away from them? does > it even matter? It doesn't matter and would only be a waste of time. Grab tarballs of the nightlies if you're that worried.

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread Goodsounds
DaveWr;525905 Wrote: > The real problem for those that follow these forums, is that there is no > Logitech involvement. What remains is a small, very committed bunch of > ex Slim Devices employees, trying their best. but where is the steering > comments of Logitech business management - the equ

Re: [slim] Saving Search As Favorite: Any Hope?

2010-03-17 Thread JJZolx
Pretty sure you can't save a search or its results. How about adding each station to the current playlist, saving the playlist, then marking the playlist as a favorite? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimd

[slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams

2010-03-17 Thread pfarrell
We seem to be attracting a lot of, er, unfounded and uninformed postings about the audio quality of various SD/Logitech devices, the brains or lack thereof of Logitech management, etc. The Touch seems to bring out nearly as many as the Audiophile forum does. I'm a fan of reputation based systems

Re: [slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread Mnyb
dundon00;525956 Wrote: > Yes, I've tried that. I have absolutely no idea what to do. There are > white lights and everything on the sqeezeboxes themselves, which usually > indicates things are hooked up, so I have no explanation for what is > going wrong. white lights ? they are not hooked up

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-03-17 Thread fphredd
fphredd;525789 Wrote: > I'll try putting 7.4 on that machine and see if it works; will report > back. > > thx No good. Also, tried on the ReadyNAS unmapped, positive I'm doing something wrong. Do I need to do the OBDC install there as well? Made the change mentioned in the instructions, but I

Re: [slim] Squeezebox phased out

2010-03-17 Thread djfake
thanks for all your replies. and may my SB3 last at least another five years. the second part of my question regards the slimserver software. who maintains the repo? logitech? should it be forked away from them? does it even matter? -- djfake --- www.itjerk.com www.progressiverock.com ---

Re: [slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread dundon00
Yes, I've tried that. I have absolutely no idea what to do. There are white lights and everything on the sqeezeboxes themselves, which usually indicates things are hooked up, so I have no explanation for what is going wrong. -- dundon00

Re: [slim] Updated Plug-Ins: Radio Froze, Had To Reboot

2010-03-17 Thread peterw
PeteCress;525951 Wrote: > > Bug or feature? Bug, clearly. KidsPlay would only ever change the preset behavior, and then only if you had previously installed it and configured it. You didn't have Radio in a Pandora menu, or with Pandora in the playlist when you did this, did you? It's hard to im

[slim] Updated Plug-Ins: Radio Froze, Had To Reboot

2010-03-17 Thread PeteCress
Using http://127.0.0.1:9000/settings/index.html Squeezebox Server | Plugins: - un-checked "Pandora", - checked "KidsPlay", - Clicked "Apply" Got the usual, "This will take a minute... " message while the service shut down/restarted. But the radio stopped working and froze: no presets work

[slim] Saving Search As Favorite: Any Hope?

2010-03-17 Thread PeteCress
For instance: Home | Internet Radio | Search | (specify "WHYY") That search will return a whole list of hits - mainly the names of shows. Click on a show like "Voices in the Family" and it will return a list of recent episodes. Both searches would be very useful to save as favorites. Not the

Re: [slim] Doubled up playlists

2010-03-17 Thread Cockeye
Bump. -- Cockeye Cockeye's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22798 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76236 ___ discuss mail

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread Pat Farrell
DaveWr wrote: > the equivalent of Sean or Dean coments / actions. > In this climate, the loyal customer base starts to question the future > commitment, but even then no Logitech management comment. In the real world, a large company such as Logitech will never have the connection to the user

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread seanadams
DaveWr;525905 Wrote: > The real problem for those that follow these forums, is that there is no > Logitech involvement. What remains is a small, very committed bunch of > ex Slim Devices employees, trying their best. but where is the steering > comments of Logitech business management - the equ

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2010-03-17 Thread orcocan
thank you very much for your help. I haven't got a DLink so the procedure was different but I think I've done it in the end... unfortunately it doesn't seem to make any difference, rebuffering still fails :( -- orcocan orc

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread DaveWr
The real problem for those that follow these forums, is that there is no Logitech involvement. What remains is a small, very committed bunch of ex Slim Devices employees, trying their best. but where is the steering comments of Logitech business management - the equivalent of Sean or Dean coment

[slim] Bitperfect playback with Squeezeplay?

2010-03-17 Thread manzoku
I'm new to the forum, so hope this is the right place to ask. I've installed Squeezebox Server 7.4.2 on my media PC (running XP SP3) in preparation for a Squeezebox Duet that I'll be getting next week. The PC is already set up for bitperfect playback, which I check by confirming that I can play

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2010-03-17 Thread OppfinnarJocke
orcocan;525023 Wrote: > Hi Lorimar thanks for your response, to be honest I'm not too sure what > you mean? Could you be so kind to give me a dummy's guide of what you > did to fix it? Thanks again Apparently he did this: http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/D-Link-Port-Forwarding-s/286.htm -- Oppfi

Re: [slim] Transporter Freezes and Hangs

2010-03-17 Thread ghostrider
You say that other Squeezeboxen on your network continue to work. What are they and what do they connect to... a local SB server or mysb.com? Do you have a network drive on which your music library is installed? There is a reason I'm asking this because my Transporter freaked out once with symptom

Re: [slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread ovonrein
Now that the SB3 and SBR use proxied streaming, the SLIMP3 stutters when subscribed to the same stream. Any idea what that's all about? -- ovonrein ovonrein's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2130

Re: [slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread ovonrein
Oh really? Didn't know that. Suits me. Was just thinking (as I saw my core put on +1C in temperature to facilitate the proxying) that if proxy streaming were a Server option, one could also specify LAME settings in the same breath which would save my box running 3x socketwrapper processes all d

Re: [slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread andyg
Right, slimp3 always uses proxied streaming, that's why. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76295 __

Re: [slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread toby10
Did you try rebooting the router as well? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76298 __

Re: [slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread ovonrein
Darned. Reason I couldn't find it there is that I looked at the one SLIMP3 player that I have (yep, been loyal to Slim for a LOOONG time), and it seems that it doesn't feature that option. Found it on the SB3 and SBR. Tried synch'ing earlier - didn't work at all between the SLIMP3 and SBR. Nee

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread tcutting
Unfortunately for those of us on this forum, the problem seems to be much larger than one product: SB3 obsolescence, replacement product Touch. Touch announced, pre-orders taken... SEVERAL months later, no firm date on when it will be available. Radio released, battery coming "soon". After severa

[slim] Everything stopped working

2010-03-17 Thread dundon00
Sometime last night, all of the sudden, all music ceased playing and my players are no longer discoverable by SqueezeCenter. When I go to the players section in the web settings, it says it can't find any. I've tried rebooting my computer, unplugging/replugging my squeezeboxes themselves, refres

Re: [slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread andyg
If you sync players, proxied streaming is used automatically because sync is impossible otherwise. If you want to have a single player use proxied streaming, the setting is in Settings -> Player -> Audio -> MP3 Streaming Method (it also applies to WMA, Ogg, and AAC, we should fix the text here to

Re: [slim] Transporter Freezes and Hangs

2010-03-17 Thread oskare
Phil Leigh;525830 Wrote: > You should try a Xilinx reset... * Disconnect the power * Press and hold "1" on the remote * Reconnect the power * Release the "1" button when you see "Programming xilinx" on the screen I tried. No help. Still the same. It says NOW PLAYNING. No countdown of song time

[slim] Proxy streaming - where has it gone in 7.4.2

2010-03-17 Thread ovonrein
I'm having some issues with radio streaming around the house and remember that there used to be an option somewhere that allowed me to have SqueezeSvr map all the players subscribed to the same stream on to one proxy stream. I cannot locate this option anywhere. Is it still around? Thanks. --

Re: [slim] Logitech

2010-03-17 Thread linvale
Sean, It's really good to see your post and give a very reasonable explanation of what is an inevitable chain of events. From the time the information on the touch leaked out and pre-orders were accepted we've seen a team struggling to matching customer expectations with what is techniocally pos

Re: [slim] Transporter Freezes and Hangs

2010-03-17 Thread Phil Leigh
oskare;525823 Wrote: > I am quite new here. Recently I bought SB Transporter for good price. I > used it for 2 days. Then suddenly device stoped to play music. It has no > problem with connection (wireless, ethernet). Main problem is that it > shows the name of the song which I choose but it has

[slim] Playlist URL with credentials

2010-03-17 Thread csmig
I am unable to get either my Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox 3 to play a URL in the format: http://username:passw...@www.site.com (Had to display this on multiple lines because the forum thinks I'm trying to post a URL!) This is a perfectly legal URL, but it seems the Squeezebox is unable to per

[slim] Transporter Freezes and Hangs

2010-03-17 Thread oskare
I am quite new here. Recently I bought SB Transporter for good price. I used it for 2 days. Then suddenly device stoped to play music. It has no problem with connection (wireless, ethernet). Main problem is that it shows the name of the song which I choose but it has no sound. Also VU Meter and ti

Re: [slim] Adding "All Stations" To Home Screen?

2010-03-17 Thread PeteCress
toby10;525790 Wrote: > Seems rather silly to me. Why would I want to sift through many > thousands of of unrelated stations to find the few that are of interest > to me? > Four *clicks* from the Home Menu and I'm presented with a list of > related stations. I'll take four *clicks* over thousand

Re: [slim] Cheap(ish) UK Squeezebox Classic at PC world

2010-03-17 Thread colincliff
the pcworld ones are only instore, not online. They're just getting rid of stock i guess. I contacted Richer sounds for the reciever a while ago but they are store specific too and there aren't many left. Ended up getting a Duet from CEX for £140 which was basically new when it arrives and has th

Re: [slim] Cheap(ish) UK Squeezebox Classic at PC world

2010-03-17 Thread trouty00
kitecarl;525767 Wrote: > Richer Sounds (another UK store) is showing Squeezebox Receivers for > sale for £79.99, a fantastic price. If you don't have the controller to > configure it, there is a 3rd-party developed program that allows you to > configure it from your PC. Once configured, it'll fu

Re: [slim] Adding "All Stations" To Home Screen?

2010-03-17 Thread toby10
Seems rather silly to me. Why would I want to sift through many thousands of of unrelated stations to find the few that are of interest to me? Four *clicks* from the Home Menu and I'm presented with a list of related stations. I'll take four *clicks* over thousands of *clicks* sorting through th

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-03-17 Thread fphredd
I'll try putting 7.4 on that machine and see if it works; will report back. thx -- fphredd fphredd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [slim] Adding "All Stations" To Home Screen?

2010-03-17 Thread bpa
> In the interest of placating a technophobic user I would have thought showing a list of 10k stations would intimidate and not placate such a user. All you need to do create a text file with list of station names and their associated URLs and then use a text editor to change it into an OPML fil

Re: [slim] Adding "All Stations" To Home Screen?

2010-03-17 Thread garym
why not just add your favorite 100 or so stations to your FAVORITES list. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=762

Re: [slim] Cheap(ish) UK Squeezebox Classic at PC world

2010-03-17 Thread kitecarl
Forgot to post the URL: http://www.richersounds.com/product/wireless-streaming/logitech/squeezebox-receiver/logi-sque-duet-rec -- kitecarl kitecarl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3017 View this

Re: [slim] Cheap(ish) UK Squeezebox Classic at PC world

2010-03-17 Thread kitecarl
Richer Sounds (another UK store) is showing Squeezebox Receivers for sale for £79.99, a fantastic price. If you don't have the controller to configure it, there is a 3rd-party developed program that allows you to configure it from your PC. Once configured, it'll function the same as an SB3. I'm

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-03-17 Thread SilverRS8
fphredd;525663 Wrote: > Any other solutions/suggestions/'way out there' ideas? This thing is too > good not to be able to use. No not really. It may be a 7.5 issue. I don't know if they changed the remote access method already. Remote access is not possible anymore when they move to SQlite but i