Re: [slim] Sveriges Radio 192 kbps Radio Channels BETA TEST

2010-04-16 Thread strindberg
The streams seem very unreliable. Troubles connecting, drop-outs, interruptions. Often one stream works OK, but repeated attempts to connect to another doesn't work for an hour. -- strindberg strindberg's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sveriges Radio 192 kbps Radio Channels BETA TEST

2010-04-16 Thread bernt
Did stream without any problem last night. The sound compared to wma 96kbs is richer with more bass. It think it's a bit louder than the wma stream. Please don't destroy the sound quality by ading to much loudness like Radio Venus has done. I get tired of listening to Radio Venus after 15 min

Re: [slim] connectivity issues with 7.5, possible solution

2010-04-16 Thread alfista
sharpnine;535943 Wrote: I found this started happening after upgrading to 7.5, which immediately required my SB3 to have a firmware update. When I went back to 7.4.2, the other problem (apple lossless crashes) went away, but the Pandora/radio problem continued. I have noticed that my

Re: [slim] Sveriges Radio 192 kbps Radio Channels BETA TEST

2010-04-16 Thread Soulkeeper
bernt;535961 Wrote: Please don't destroy the sound quality by ading to much loudness Agreed. The first casualty of the 'Loudness war' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness war) is the sound. The second casualty is our ears. -- Soulkeeper

Re: [slim] Is there any way to turn off the update nag?

2010-04-16 Thread toby10
Adam;535920 Wrote: I'm wondering if what I am experiencing is the update nag or some type of malware. I'm on OS X (snow leopard), and every day when I get home, something is prompting me to open the 32 bit version of the systems preferences for Squeeze center. But when I do get to the

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-04-16 Thread Kvaks
I bought this last night for my new HTC Desire. Looks and works great, except for one fault: It does not seem to recognize Erland's various browse plugins, Custom Browse, Dynamic Playlists and so on. I have installed a few of those in my My Music menu, for quick access to its great features.

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

2010-04-16 Thread bappe
This is great!! Run like clockwork and i am using my Android phone to control both the SB and Spotify!! /Anders -- bappe bappe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37596 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread jbird21
michael123;535743 Wrote: Just downmix with Sox, pass '-c2' Code: # FLAC output starts here flc flc * * # FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=-r %d} [flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.995 --buffer 32768 -q -t

[slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread herbman
Hey all, I've had a slimp3 since sometime in 2003, running some late 4.x server and updating regularly to my current 7.5 install on linux. I've been keeping my eyes open for quite a while, thinking about when to upgrade. I've been considering the boom, the radio, the touch for a bit, but I hold

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread MadScientist
If you really do want to play 5.1 FLACs, then the Dune players are the only devices I've seen that provide native MC FLAC support. You would need a processor/amp with HDMI input of course. http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/111-dune-bd-prime-3.0.html MS -- MadScientist

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread michael123
Just add the content above as-is to custom-convert.conf (in server/plugins directory), modifying r96000 by r44100. I think it shall work -- michael123 michael123's Profile:

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread snarlydwarf
herbman;536092 Wrote: I know back in the day (slimp3, sb1(no g, g), etc.) that many people would have issues with the server responses, etc.. but as an experienced user/sysadmin-type I could always work with whatever. With the motion towards the player-side thicker logic, it seems that the

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread Pat Farrell
herbman wrote: I know back in the day (slimp3, sb1(no g, g), etc.) that many people would have issues with the server responses, etc.. but as an experienced user/sysadmin-type I could always work with whatever. With the motion towards the player-side thicker logic, it seems that the general

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread herbman
I guess my primary concern is that I seem to get some willies about depending on a squeezeplay device, since everything seems so shaky right now. I know with the boom i'd get my reliable and familiar experience, but the newer features of the GUIs tempt. I think if I had to make a purchase right

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-04-16 Thread pippin
flattermann is working on it, I'm sure :) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread andynormancx
I have a couple of Booms, a Radio, a Receiver and a Controller. I don't find my Radio to be any less stable/reliable than the others. However I don't use the alarm or a direct connection mysqueezebox.com, which seems to be where most of the pain occurs. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread pippin
Radio was very shaky when it came out and so was the 7.4 server release. To me, 7.5 looks much more stable and I've been using the Touch for a long time now without experiencing any serious issues for some months. Radio is still a little bit less stable but the unit I mainly use is a beta one

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread Goodsounds
herbman;536113 Wrote: I guess my primary concern is that I seem to get some willies about depending on a squeezeplay device, since everything seems so shaky right now. I know with the boom i'd get my reliable and familiar experience, but the newer features of the GUIs tempt. I get the

Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?

2010-04-16 Thread sully1971
My computer(s) are nowhere near my CAV6.6 Is there any other way to connect the computer that is running the VSPE to the CAV6.6 besides that RS-232 serial cable? Is there some sort of way to connect via ethernet? My home is LAN wired down to where the CAV6.6 is located in the basement closet.

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread herbman
Goodsounds;536131 Wrote: I get the willies thinking about having to listen to music through a device that arguably was obsoleted 5 years ago. For many people, the relevant quality factor is sound quality. While you've been waiting on the sidelines, many increasingly capable and excellent

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread snarlydwarf
herbman;536135 Wrote: I'm detecting a small note of hostility in some of these responses. I'm really just asking some questions and expressing some concerns; there's no need to jump on me for it. I was an early supporter and will likely be a future supporter, I'm just trying to get a grasp

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread jbird21
michael123;536096 Wrote: Just add the content above as-is to custom-convert.conf (in server/plugins directory), modifying r96000 by r44100. I think it shall work thanks for your reply I see this in: convert.conf(/etc/squeezeboxserver) my plugins directory looked empty I didn't see a

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread jbird21
michael123;536096 Wrote: Just add the content above as-is to custom-convert.conf (in server/plugins directory), modifying r96000 by r44100. I think it shall work thanks for your reply I see this in: convert.conf(/etc/squeezeboxserver) my plugins directory looked empty I didn't see a

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread BigPotato
Come on in the water is fine! I've never used a slimp3, but I'm still using my original SB1 along with a couple of SB3's and 3 Radios. A Touch is on the way. I've had very little serious trouble with any of them. I'm very picky about household technology, if it requires too much futzing or my

Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?

2010-04-16 Thread someonewho
Sully, Yes, there is a way to do this. I recently learned that there are IP-to-serial devices that can effectively replace what VSPE does. Two such products are the Elk IP232 and the Startech NETRS2321E. You should find these for around $130 to $140. In the SqzRuss.ini file you just replace

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread DigitalMitch
pippin;536124 Wrote: The only real glitch I'm still seeing in all SqueezePlay devices is one related to having more than one server in the network all of which use authentication when switching devices between them. If you don't have such a setup, this probably doesn't apply to you if

Re: [slim] How to play 5.1 Flac files? SB3

2010-04-16 Thread michael123
yes, it is not there. You need to create it. -- michael123 michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77395

Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?

2010-04-16 Thread sully1971
That's a bit steep, though your quick reply is much appreciated. Do you think -any- ethernet to serial bridge would work? I saw one for $35 here: http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Detail.aspx/LA126?CAWELAID=415403267 but I don't know anything about these things.-- -- sully1971

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread Goodsounds
No hostility intended. Snarly's response captures my thoughts. You realize that the device you are holding with a death grip is little more than a proof-of-concept prototype that was developed by a seat of the pants, under-financed start-up. The DACs and other components have in stages been

Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?

2010-04-16 Thread someonewho
Sully, That product looks like a simple cable pin-out adapter. It's possible you could put one of those at each end of the cat 5 cable to make it essentially a long serial cable (if the cat5 cable is not too long to carry the signal). You would *not* connect the cat5 cable to your network and

[slim] Squeezebox Classic - Screen Problems

2010-04-16 Thread Merlin
Hi all, My 2 year old SQ Classic has a problem with the screen. A horizontal strip about about 1cm high will not display any pixels at the centre of the screen, across the width of the screen. This is temporarily resolved by removing the power, waiting, and re-connecting, but it always

[slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread rodymary
Hi all, I'm trying to wake up my PC using an other remote and its appropriate .IR file, setting the power fonction to the power toggle button of this remote The original SB remote works fine of course and wakes up correctly my PC, but not able to do it with this other. I think that .IR files

[slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread rodymary
Hi all, I'm trying to wake up my PC using an other remote and its appropriate .IR file, setting the power fonction to the power toggle button of this remote The original SB remote works fine of course and wakes up correctly my PC, but not able to do it with this other. I think that .IR files

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread Soulkeeper
I have a Duet. I find the Receiver to be flawless. The Controller is not quite as stable (no surprise, as it's much more complex), but it's usable, and it's a fun nerdy gizmo. The Duet in effect gives me two players in one... or two, YMMV. Today I just bought myself a 3 months old secondhand

Re: [slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread usch
Does the Power button as such work with the other remote, i.e. turn the SB on or off when the server is already running? -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread:

Re: [slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread rodymary
yes, when server is running, this remote acts like the original, power toggle on/off -- rodymary rodymary's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1887 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread pippin
DigitalMitch;536164 Wrote: is this just a switching issue or could it destabilise the STS into rebuffering, stalling andother music performance issues? No, this only affects moving players between servers with a SqueezePlay user interface. The bug is in the user interface for the

Re: [slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread andyg
Nope, not possible, because the .ir file you have edited is on your server that is asleep. The only IR codes that can trigger WOL are the one(s) hardcoded in the player firmware. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

Re: [slim] WOL with an other remote possible ?

2010-04-16 Thread rodymary
andyg;536299 Wrote: Nope, not possible, because the .ir file you have edited is on your server that is asleep. The only IR codes that can trigger WOL are the one(s) hardcoded in the player firmware. that's what I was also thinking ! thanx -- rodymary

Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality

2010-04-16 Thread Mnyb
SqueezePlay was introduced in the controller, so the majority of pain was with that release. It's now 2-3 years later and it is much better. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and assorted amps SiriuS,

[slim] SqueezePlay problems

2010-04-16 Thread oivindi
Trying the latest SqueezePlay nightly build (16. April) for Mac, but have two problems/questions: 1) Audio is playing through the internal speakers no matter what (OS X 10.6.3 on a MBP), even if the Macs Sound preferences is set to go through my USB sound card; any idea why? 2) Is it possible

[slim] Upgrade to 7.5, then Player Not Found

2010-04-16 Thread Oppala
SB3 and WinXP. Had the upgrade nag for a few weeks, finally relented on Wed. SB3 hasn't worked since, Player Not Found. I've checked diag in Control Panel, all seems ok. I've changed Security in SBS Advanced\Network to address 198.127.1.* and I've rebooted everything. I've checked the Ports,

[slim] Presets Favorites in 7.5

2010-04-16 Thread damon8er
I'm struggling a bit with presets and favorites in 7.5. I've got three radios and one touch (another touch on the way). I like to access presets from my remote control on the radio in the bedroom. Since upgrading to 7.5 this isn't working. The hard buttons on the radio work. In searching

[slim] Presets Favorites in 7.5

2010-04-16 Thread damon8er
I'm struggling a bit with presets and favorites in 7.5. I've got three radios and one touch (another touch on the way). I like to access presets from my remote control on the radio in the bedroom. Since upgrading to 7.5 this isn't working. The hard buttons on the radio work. In searching

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

2010-04-16 Thread ralphy
ralphy;526693 Wrote: Things have finally stabilized in the portaudio dev tree for wasapi at r1483. I've been working on adding WASAPI support to squeezeslave. I'm currently having issues when attempting to open the audio device. I finally have a working WASAPI squeezeslave binary. It

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-04-16 Thread fphredd
SilverRS8;535949 Wrote: Can you: 1. post the contents of your my.tt or my.cfg file 2. Post the path where the file is located and the filename (my.tt or my.cfg) /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/MySQL/my.tt # $Id$ # # Squeezebox Server specific MySQL Server config. [mysqld] innodb

Re: [slim] Upgrade to 7.5, then Player Not Found

2010-04-16 Thread snarlydwarf
Oppala;536345 Wrote: SB3 and WinXP. Had the upgrade nag for a few weeks, finally relented on Wed. SB3 hasn't worked since, Player Not Found. I've checked diag in Control Panel, all seems ok. I've changed Security in SBS Advanced\Network to address 198.127.1.* and I've rebooted everything.

Re: [slim] Upgrade to 7.5, then Player Not Found

2010-04-16 Thread peterw
Oppala;536345 Wrote: I've checked the Ports, these seem to be ok ... Thoughts anyone please? Firewall software configured to allow connections to specific EXEs, and the new EXE having a different path or checksum? -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet'

Re: [slim] Upgrade to 7.5, then Player Not Found

2010-04-16 Thread pski
Oppala;536345 Wrote: SB3 and WinXP. Had the upgrade nag for a few weeks, finally relented on Wed. SB3 hasn't worked since, Player Not Found. I've checked diag in Control Panel, all seems ok. I've changed Security in SBS Advanced\Network to address 198.127.1.* and I've rebooted everything.