Re: [slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point

2010-09-19 Thread rgro
+1 on the Netgear. The signal strength on my Duet went from 40-50% to 90-100% with the switch from my old D-Link (how I hated that thing!) and I didn't change the location of anything by even a millimeter. And, the router's downstairs and my SB stuff is upstairs. For $150 and about 10 minutes to

Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription

2010-09-19 Thread Michael Herger
> I finally worked out the difference, and why this happens. When my 7.5 > server retrieves the apps, I can see it is connecting to > test.mysqueezebox.com (from the apps it shows). Last.fm will soon enforce new rules, which include playback for subscriptions only, no playback outside the countri

Re: [slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point

2010-09-19 Thread jean2
aubuti;577716 Wrote: > I'm invoking "the kitchen sink" subtitle of this forum to ask a question > about networking that is only tangentially about SBs, because I know a > lot of the folks here will know the answers. > There is no "right" answer, it's only about options ;-) aubuti;577716 Wrote:

Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?

2010-09-19 Thread lrossouw
My JCV dvd seems to be supported. Will try to remember to post the model number here when I get home. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Control Squeezebox Server from other computer

2010-09-19 Thread aubuti
Open a web browser on the other computer, and point it to http://:9000/ , except you have to substitute the IP address of the computer that is running Squeezebox Server in place of . -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://foru

Re: [slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?

2010-09-19 Thread gjb
Is there any way to have a SB (Boom) automatically switch to MySB if the computer running SBS is down? Thanks! -- gjb gjb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40074 View this thread: http://forums.sl

[slim] Control Squeezebox Server from other computer

2010-09-19 Thread gjb
Just picked up a SB Boom, and loving it so far. When the Squeezebox is connected to mysqueezebox.com I like that I can easily control it from any computer. But, I don't have access to my MP3s this way. (correct me if I'm wrong) When it's connected to Squeezebox Server can I easily control it f

Re: [slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?

2010-09-19 Thread toby10
1. All SB players can use both SBS and MySB.com (except the long discontinued SB1) 2. Pandora is an App not a Plugin and is configured on MySB.com, Plugins are only on SBS 3. Very little is "synced" between SBS and MySB and is limited to basic player settings, mostly related to SB3 and Boom 4.

[slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point

2010-09-19 Thread aubuti
I'm invoking "the kitchen sink" subtitle of this forum to ask a question about networking that is only tangentially about SBs, because I know a lot of the folks here will know the answers. I have a Linksys WRT54GL running Tomato firmware as my router. I also have a Netgear WGR614v3 router that ha

[slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?

2010-09-19 Thread ja2038
I spent the weekend playing with squeezebox server and player and trying to figure out which of the squeezebox devices I might want to buy. And I guess I understand that at some level there is no real difference, or not intended to be, between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com. But there cle

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay is

2010-09-19 Thread ja2038
Squeezebox radios are pretty darn expensive, and I can imagine how nice they are, but at the expense the burden is on the seller to move them. With player, I can try it out and imagine how nice it would be to have the whole thing in a nice encapsulated consumer experience. Free player doesn't ca

Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?

2010-09-19 Thread peterw
Terje;577547 Wrote: > > As for the .ir files, I'm aware of those, but I have no idea how I > could use them, given that I'm also trying to do this with Harmony > remotes for which I cannot manually enter codes. Once you get Harmony to send some code, you can use Squeezebox Server logging to find

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread erland
Co1;577664 Wrote: > > Hm, I thought that Custom Clock was only about showing clocks. I have > overlooked a lot of possibilities. I'll have a look to see if the same > Now Playing screen can be realized in this way. > It started as a customized clock, thus the name. After some more work it got e

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread Co1
erland;577644 Wrote: > With Custom Scan you can configure these to be available as a title > format. > If you also install the "Custom Clock Helper" plugin you can configure > it to forward "customclock/titleformatsupdated" events to the > Controller. > Thanks for the pointer. erland;577644 Wro

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread Co1
jean2;577634 Wrote: > I'm using exclusively FLAC file and I'm therefore using the FLAC > standard to tag my classical music, i.e. ARTIST for Beethoven and > PERFORMER for Karajan. How difficult would it be to modify your screen > to support that ? > > You must be using Custom Tags (like I do). I

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread bluegaspode
mskvarenina;577642 Wrote: > I just downloaded this app. It's a great replacement for the controller > which is not user friendly. One feature that needs to be there though > is the ability to click on the album cover and see all the available > songs to play. Thats available already. When you

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-09-19 Thread Swimmerbird123
I've appended a screen shot of the tagging for the Robert Levin CD that I showed earlier. It looks correct to me. So I still suspect it is something in ACC. When I do a fresh SBS scan of my library, I get an album count of 2553. When I then run ACC, I get an album count of 2566, with a track c

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread erland
Co1;577368 Wrote: > > BTW, I have a custom tag OPUS, which I would like to add to the album > title in the NP screen. How do I go about retrieving a custom tag in > the Controller? > jean2;577634 Wrote: > I'm using exclusively FLAC file and I'm therefore using the FLAC > standard to tag my cl

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread mskvarenina
I just downloaded this app. It's a great replacement for the controller which is not user friendly. One feature that needs to be there though is the ability to click on the album cover and see all the available songs to play. -- mskvarenina

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

2010-09-19 Thread jimzak
I like iPeng and Squeezepad; I purchased both as the price is very reasonable. I will purchase iPeng for iPad when it comes. Cheers to the developers! -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net Ripper: d

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread JerryS
Co1;577621 Wrote: > > Until I made the new screen, I composed the TITLE and ALBUM from those > ingredients, using MP3tag. That's clever, didn't know you could do that. I got carried away with the excitement of the SB experience and rushed into the tagging without sufficient research. Some of

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread jean2
Co1;577274 Wrote: > > To use the Now Playing screen with classical music, the COMPOSER, > CONDUCTOR, and BAND tags are used. The various ARTIST tags should be > used for soloists. > The ALBUM tag is used to show the Work, but can also be used for a > collection of short pieces. Then the piece, a

Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store

2010-09-19 Thread tonysawford
jimbof;577604 Wrote: > I guess a slightly less drastic action would be to disable the network > on the ipad - that way you would have been able to get into the > interface and clear the cache. Doh! I never thought of doing that... -- tonysawford ---

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread Co1
Yes, in your case it would only show the composer separately, whom you already have in the album title. Unless you have followed the composer name by a unique separator character, it will be a lot of work to re-tag everything. I was not that happy with the three lines of information from the beg

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread bluegaspode
moochman;577610 Wrote: > I have multiple Squeezeboxes running in my home (different zones). The > boxes sync just fine but it would be nice to have a master volume for > all the boxes that are synced. Right now I have to jump from box to box > to control the volume.(unless I'm missing something)

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread moochman
I have multiple Squeezeboxes running in my home (different zones). The boxes sync just fine but it would be nice to have a master volume for all the boxes that are synced. Right now I have to jump from box to box to control the volume.(unless I'm missing something) Other then that I love the new l

Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store

2010-09-19 Thread jimbof
@Tony - the cancel option is a good idea - I will look at putting that into the next version. I guess a slightly less drastic action would be to disable the network on the ipad - that way you would have been able to get into the interface and clear the cache. -- jimbof

Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music

2010-09-19 Thread JerryS
I like the idea and congratulate you on it. Only problem is, I don't think I can stand the idea of re-tagging all my music for the third time! I currently use the composer tag, artist tag, in which I put everything (orchestra, conductor, individual artists, choir), album (which I preface with co

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-09-19 Thread SilverRS8
Swimmerbird123;577371 Wrote: > Yes, i've tried the "use folder structure" option and it doesn't seem to > make any difference. > > I've attached some screen shots to illustrate: > > The first (exampl5: Ligeti Vol. 6) shows the first situation I > mentioned. This CD is stored with Tracks 1-9 i

Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription

2010-09-19 Thread menno
I finally worked out the difference, and why this happens. When my 7.5 server retrieves the apps, I can see it is connecting to test.mysqueezebox.com (from the apps it shows). When I tell my squeezeboxes to connected to mysb then they actually connect to the main mysqueezebox.com. Is there anywa

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread bluegaspode
davep;577533 Wrote: > > Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to > stay? > > davep Hi davep, many thanks, so much better than google translate! The images are going to stay. They were drawn from scratch. No copyright or trademark problems to be expected, just be

Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?

2010-09-19 Thread Terje
peterw;577454 Wrote: > I don't have a good answer (I haven't tried it myself), but please note > that 1) SB Radio and SB Touch cannot use JVC codes and 2) you can > use/modify ".ir" files to make a local Squezebox Server instance > recognize codes that aren't quite right. I'm aware of the limita

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-09-19 Thread erland
davep;577533 Wrote: > Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to > stay? > Who is going to complain ? Logitech ? Because it makes their hardware look too good ? If I've understood it correctly, iPeng removed its icons because people thought they were ugly but I migh

Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store

2010-09-19 Thread tonysawford
Could you possibly implement a cancel function for the cache refresh? I rebuilt my library (just under 2 albums) a few days ago, which meant that when I next fired up Squeezey it tried to re-add everything to its cache (and yes, I have seen the entry about this in the FAQ :-)) The problem I en