Re: [slim] SB3 analog output broken ?

2010-09-14 Thread jo-wie
Check in the Squeezebox Server Settings - Player - Audio the pre-amplifier damping level (0 = non). Wording could be different, I recall it from mind and a German version. -- jo-wie 2 * Classic, 1 * Boom, SC 7.5.2 auf GigaByte STA/C mit VIA C7 1GHz, 1GB RAM, 250 GB 2,5 HD, Ubuntu Desktop

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread JonWill
Goodsounds;576353 Wrote: No doubt it's important to many customers, but I'd bet that most (your word) couldn't explain what open means. Unusually for most open software, I think that end users of SBS would notice an immediate lack if Logitech stopped operating in that way - whilst I assume

[slim] Newbie question about server and client versions

2010-09-14 Thread hgpuke
Hi! I am new to squeezebox and squeezebox center. I bought two TOUCH's and they are great, however, ideally I would like them to connect to my Pogoplug running slimserver/squeezecenter/squeezebox server (what's the next name???), but am running into problems. The problem seems to be that the

Re: [slim] A new look for SqueezePad

2010-09-14 Thread hvb83
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[slim] Squeezebox player app available in BETA for the Palm Pre (webOS)

2010-09-14 Thread wt0
Squeeze Control Player is available in the BETA app catalog. It's a software Squeezebox player for the Palm Pre/Pre+. It's meant to be a companion to Squeeze Control, so there are no playback controls. Use your Squeezebox Server's web interface or Squeeze Control on a second phone (the reason

Re: [slim] Newbie question about server and client versions

2010-09-14 Thread TheLastMan
You will probably get better help in the 3rd Party Hardware forum. http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 -- TheLastMan Matt *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology Diskstation 107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.0 on

Re: [slim] Let's make the Squeezebox to the ultimate music discovery device!

2010-09-14 Thread TheLastMan
Erland in bold:- 1. HOW DO YOU FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY? Artist - Album or Composer - Album (using multi-library and custom browse) - WHICH TYPE OF REMOTE/INTERFACE DO YOU USE ? DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ? Mostly Controller, sometimes iPeng, rarely web interface. - DO YOU FIND

Re: [slim] Squeezebox player app available in BETA for the Palm Pre (webOS)

2010-09-14 Thread wt0
Opps. Forgot to post the link, here it is: http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.angrygoat.sqzctrlplayer -- wt0 -- SqueezeControl for webOS, http://www.angrygoatapps.com wt0's Profile:

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread funkstar
Here's my take: The Boom and Receiver are based on the same platform as the SB3/Classic/SB2 so as long as those are available, the other IP3K players will also be supported. Then you have the two year warranties on the Boom and Radio, I can't see them honouring the warranties and dropping the

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread amey01
Goodsounds;576353 Wrote: Most businesses cut off support of superceded products. Most businesses certainly do not cut off support - certainly not in such a short time! The Squeezebox 3/Classic was released in 2006? That is only FOUR short years. Take my preamp (Copland CTA-305) - it too was

[slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread loosetooth
Today I heard that the shop that I bought my abortive Seagate BlackArmor NAS from is accepting return. Yay me, the money should be back with me tonight - A word to people researching NAS... Seagate's Blackamor works great... as long as you do not have a Mac, or are running Vista or want to

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread loosetooth
Also would Sqeezebox server work on a Qnap NAS? -- loosetooth loosetooth's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81980

[slim] Does Rhapsody require MySB.com?

2010-09-14 Thread ajkidle
During a recent outage of MySB.com I was unable to access Rhapsody, as well as any of my other internet based apps. Essentially during the outage, I was limited to my local FLAC library. I didn't realize Logitech servers were an active in-between when accessing Rhapsody, Pandora, Sirius, etc.,

[slim] Logitech LS21 2.1 speakers and Duet

2010-09-14 Thread paul44birch
Can the Logitech desktop speakers LS21 2.1 work with the Duet? I have a spare Duet (having just bought the Transporter)and a set of these speakers, but they are designed for plugging into a laptop and don’t seem to have the right connections for the duet. Anyone tried this? If not I assume I

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread garym
I bought a readynas duo. Yes it will run SbS. But it is extremely SLOOW in terms of the user inferface (Web GUI or ipeng on Iphone). It was too painful. I quit using it for SbS. I went to a vortexbox appliance and couldn't be happier. Also cheaper than a READYNAS. I think the readynas Pro

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread toby10
amey01;576393 Wrote: . Heck - even in IT - Windows XP was still current four years after release and is still being supported today, nine years later! Keep in mind out of warranty hardware repair of SB3's was discontinued in less than four years. Warranty hardware repair is still

Re: [slim] Logitech LS21 2.1 speakers and Duet

2010-09-14 Thread paul44birch
I think I've figured out the answer to my own question: I need a male RCA to female jack! -- paul44birch paul44birch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37318 View this thread:

Re: [slim] music through headphone jack on duet remote?

2010-09-14 Thread sx00237
Go to Settings Advanced Beta Features Audio PlayBack Enable this Then Choose Player Controller -- sx00237 sx00237's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40488 View this thread:

[slim] SB Function in Revue???

2010-09-14 Thread chenrikson
Seems as tho the upcoming Revue (Google TV set-top box) from Logitech may have some interesting features. I an wondering if the Revue (or any of the other similar devices) are going to have full SB functionality. There is a SB player for the ROKU box but I'm not sure how full-featured it is.

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-14 Thread Peter
pippin wrote: nathan_h;568975 Wrote: This is interesting. What does the Sonos interface not let a user do? Seems like every Sonos feature is available. One might call that ro ust but elegant, rather than primitive :-) Well, the Squeezebox web interface also let's you do

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-14 Thread pippin
peter;576452 Wrote: I want to give you my money, but it seems iphone/ipad developers sell their ipad offerings as a separate app. If that's the case with ipeng I'll end up paying for two apps when I really only want the ipad version. Well, there's a lot of difference and additional

Re: [slim] Showing CD Inserts (album notes)

2010-09-14 Thread cunobelinus
See Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like? thread 17:51 on 14 March 2010 and following. On 6 Sep 2010, at 15:46, JerryS wrote: Thanks Gilles, glad someone likes it, was beginning to anticipate the 'nerd of the month award' from the apparent lack of interest! -- JerryS

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread cphan
Vortexbox seconded. I've been using mine for a year now and it so much better than my previous Ubuntu implementation. Just plug and play... -- cphan Server: VortexBox Appliance v1.4 Remote: iPod Touch running iPeng 1.2.5 Living room: SB3 Alesis M1 Active MkII Bedroom: Boombox

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread erland
If you like something new, the best options are: - Vortexbox appliance - Custom built mini-itx machine - An old computer - Sheevaplug Regular NAS boxes aren't optimized to run server software like Squeezebox Server. It works on some of them but the performance is usually poor unless you get a

[slim] Small problem with VortexBox appliance

2010-09-14 Thread stef13
I have installed a VortexBox distribution on a PC, it works fine. However I have a problem :VortexBox directories (flac, mp3) are not always visible from Explorer of Windows machines,sometimes I need to reboot VortexBox appliance in order to be abe to see VortexBox directories from Explorer of

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-14 Thread erland
peter;576452 Wrote: I want to give you my money, but it seems iphone/ipad developers sell their ipad offerings as a separate app. If that's the case with ipeng I'll end up paying for two apps when I really only want the ipad version. Get them all and encourage the developers to

[slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread Rick B.
Simple request, I thought - I want to listen to my Contoller through some kind of wireless headphones. As the Controller is not Bluetooth, this seems to be harder to accomplish than I thought. I tried to find some sort of a kit with a doohickey that I could plug into the headphone jack of the

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread Soulkeeper
Why? The Receiver is already wireless. Plug your headphones into it and listen away! -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even death may die.- duet + boom + radio (+touch on the way) / wrt160n/dd-wrt / sbs 7.5.1 or higher/win7/avira free

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread erland
toby10;576408 Wrote: If, hypothetically, SBS 8.0 (Win 7 compatible) were to stop support for SB3's, going forward you could never update your Windows server beyond Win 7 if you want to keep using the SB3. Sure you can, you can upgrade it to a real operating system instead of continue

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread Rick B.
Good question - didn't realize how silly my request looks! Because I'm shaving and drying my hair in the bathroom. I keep getting the Contoller wet, or covered in shave cream, or pulling the cord and knocking it on the floor. -- Rick B.

[slim] Synchronization between SBS and mysqueezebox.com

2010-09-14 Thread pablolie
Is there any information on what is synchronized and how? So I have enabled the enabled, keep player settings in synch tab in server settings. I'd like to think I can use mysqueezebox.com to always back up both my player settings as well as my favorites. However, what I notice is that the

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-14 Thread Peter
erland wrote: peter;576452 Wrote: I want to give you my money, but it seems iphone/ipad developers sell their ipad offerings as a separate app. If that's the case with ipeng I'll end up paying for two apps when I really only want the ipad version. Get them all and encourage the

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread toby10
erland;576483 Wrote: Sure you can, you can upgrade it to a real operating system instead of continue encouraging MS to produce its crap. ;-) LOL :) Well, pick whatever flavor OS you prefer (MS, MAC, Linux, other?), eventually some future SBS version would not be supported on XYZ OS, in the

Re: [slim] Let's make the Squeezebox to the ultimate music discovery device!

2010-09-14 Thread cphan
1. How do you find music in your own library ? I browse via the SB3 and Boom interface, I also do text match search in the web browser and I use the fast iPeng remote to flip through artists and albums. I sometimes use SBS random play feature, but I think that musicIP is the best thing about

Re: [slim] Does Rhapsody require MySB.com?

2010-09-14 Thread spedinfargo
ajkidle;576402 Wrote: During a recent outage of MySB.com I was unable to access Rhapsody, as well as any of my other internet based apps. Essentially during the outage, I was limited to my local FLAC library. I didn't realize Logitech servers were an active in-between when accessing

Re: [slim] Does Rhapsody require MySB.com?

2010-09-14 Thread ajkidle
spedinfargo;576506 Wrote: I don't think you'd be out much except a Rhapsody subscription... still worth it in my opinion... Worth it, except that I'm spending $10 a month in subscription fees instead of spending $10 a month building a CD library. It's the danger inherent in paying for

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread funkstar
amey01;576393 Wrote: Most businesses certainly do not cut off support - certainly not in such a short time! The Squeezebox 3/Classic was released in 2006? That is only FOUR short years. Take my preamp (Copland CTA-305) - it too was released in 2006 and not only is it still supported - IT

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread yannyb
Like garym I used to use my ReadyNAS Duo as my SB server. However, having recognised how slow it was and consequently how many excellent plugins I wasn't able to use properly I decided to take a different approach. I now still use my readynas as my network storage but I have a new Mac Mini

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-14 Thread pippin
There's too much work that has already gone into the iPeng iPad app to not finish it. Plus I start to like it (took a while). If you can live with SqueezePad for a few more weeks I would also recommend to wait for iPeng for iPad - it will be worth it :) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the

Re: [slim] Thrills, pills and NAS headaches.

2010-09-14 Thread iPhone
loosetooth;576398 Wrote: Today I heard that the shop that I bought my abortive Seagate BlackArmor NAS from is accepting return. Yay me, the money should be back with me tonight - A word to people researching NAS... Seagate's Blackamor works great... as long as you do not have a Mac, or

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread garym
I see a SB boom or SB radio for the bathroom in your future ;-) -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81989

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Classic and obsolescence

2010-09-14 Thread amey01
funkstar;576515 Wrote: Audio products are quite different to consumer IT products, so I guess it depends on how you classify the SB line. It certainly does! And that is an interesting question. I personally view them as an -audio- product, but that is why I chose an example from BOTH audio

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread Soulkeeper
I think most wireless non-Bluetooth headphones come with a 3.5mm jack plug on the sender. That would solve your problem. Some wireless headphones -with- Bluetooth also come with a sender that has a 3.5mm jack plug input. 'Here'

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread bluegaspode
garym;576563 Wrote: I see a SB boom or SB radio for the bathroom in your future ;-) haha - I thought the same. Then we need to dig for the threads again about how to make the remote waterproof to be used under the shower. -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your

Re: [slim] How can I listen to my Controller through wireless headphones?

2010-09-14 Thread copperstate
Soulkeeper;576571 Wrote: I think most wireless non-Bluetooth headphones come with a 3.5mm jack plug on the sender. That would solve your problem. Some wireless headphones -with- Bluetooth also come with a sender that has a 3.5mm jack plug input. 'Here'

Re: [slim] Showing CD Inserts (album notes)

2010-09-14 Thread Bryan Jan
Jerry, I like the idea. -- Bryan Jan Regards, Bryan SB3+EMM Labs DAC2 Bryan Jan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81716