Re: [slim] better windows app to control squeezebox

2010-10-22 Thread Skinny
rcampbel3;584540 Wrote: > Just install squeeze play on windows and I believe you need a plugin to > allow switching control targets... Then you can use squeeze play just > like a controller Do you mean the Choose Player function to control players other than SP itself? That is readily available

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

2010-10-22 Thread bluegaspode
Hi talvola, which version of the server is installed? SqueezePad officially only supports 7.4 and 7.5. Maybe you have an older version on your NAS ? But I'm pretty sure one of my Beta-Testers also had 7.3 and the playlists worked (he only had trouble with context-menu) If not even the covers a

Re: [slim] Radionomy web radio service now available on the Squeezebox !

2010-10-22 Thread isaacc7
Aha! I will indeed mention it. I've found another, similar station although it seems to lean a little more on the country side. It would be good to have both :-) I'll pop over there and mention it... -- isaacc7 isaacc7's P

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread erland
mortslim;584512 Wrote: > Networks Block Web Programs From Google TV > > http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/10/22/networks-block-web-programs-viewed-google-tv-wsj/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxbusiness%2Flatest+(Internal+-+Latest+News+-+Text > I suppose this

Re: [slim] better windows app to control squeezebox

2010-10-22 Thread rcampbel3
Just install squeeze play on windows and I believe you need a plugin to allow switching control targets... Then you can use squeeze play just like a controller -- rcampbel3 rcampbel3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

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

2010-10-22 Thread talvola
bluegaspode;584025 Wrote: > hi talvoa, > > that should not happen, the playlist should populate itself right after > the big cover has been loaded. Are you using MySqueezebox.com ? Or do > you have a local server ? > Did you try restarting the server, maybe it's got some issues ? > > How big is

Re: [slim] Utility for downloading album art

2010-10-22 Thread pski
Freddy;583768 Wrote: > Hi, first post! > > I created a little tool for downloading album art and put it in the > corresponding album folder. So far is it only working with MP3 files. > > I did this to get album art available in iPeng. > > This is the functionality: > * Scans a root directory f

Re: [slim] LAME header scanner?

2010-10-22 Thread MrSinatra
b1ackmai1er;438974 Wrote: > MP3Diags does this sort of stuff and fixes other MP3 issues. > > Works sweet on ubuntu linux but there is a windows version as well i > think. > > Regards never found that, prob should look again. did find this: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showto

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread mortslim
Networks Block Web Programs From Google TV http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/10/22/networks-block-web-programs-viewed-google-tv-wsj/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxbusiness%2Flatest+(Internal+-+Latest+News+-+Text) This is the end. http://www.youtube.com/wa

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
johnny baby;584500 Wrote: > Thanks guys for your responses; this is helpful info. > > At the time that XM started carrying the MLB broadcasts, I remember > reading in the paper that they were paying MLB $660 million over 11 > years for the satellite radio broadcast rights. So perhaps that's an

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread Ron Thigpen
Nah, this is different. Sirius/XM is paying for the right to deliver the content to their subscribers, and charge their subscribers for that content. MLB only gets paid by Sirius/XM, not the subscribers. That's why the big money is required. Logitech wouldn't be buying the content and resell

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread mortslim
toby10;584481 Wrote: > think positive Nothing lasts forever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bjBAez9cm4 -- mortslim mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://foru

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread johnny baby
Thanks guys for your responses; this is helpful info. At the time that XM started carrying the MLB broadcasts, I remember reading in the paper that they were paying MLB $660 million over 11 years for the satellite radio broadcast rights. So perhaps that's an indication of the kind of $$$ that ML

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread Ron Thigpen
There is an existing enhancement request here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3280 Log in and vote your preference. --rt ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[slim] MOG Support

2010-10-22 Thread Ron Thigpen
I'm a happy user of the MOG streaming service at mog.com. I'd love to see a Squeezebox app supporting MOG playback on our devices. So I filed an enhancement request: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16626 If you'd like to see this too, please vote for this bug. If you're intereste

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread bpa
spindoctor;584477 Wrote: > The other issue I have currently - is that with locally held files > (MP3s) no matter how I choose to play them; (I normally put everything > on random) > even if I play by genre, artist, album, etc etc... the first track on > the playlist repeats, even though on the we

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread Ron Thigpen
On 10/22/10 3:03 PM, johnny baby wrote: > Does anybody know the story on this, or care to speculate? Any MLB player for SB would require a subscription to the MLB Audio service. Because of this, I don't really think it competes with SiriusXM in the way you imagine. There are already loads of

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread aubuti
Using the forum's search function will tell you more than I can summarize here. This is what I got from a search on "mlb": http://forums.slimdevices.com/search.php?searchid=4114665 My uneducated guess is that it's unlikely, even though there's no need for XM to raise holy hell. It's easy to limit

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread bpa
spindoctor;584442 Wrote: > It _seems_ to be with one controller (n.b. they are all wireless) Wireless is usually the cause of intermittent problems. Is the PC/server wired to router/broadband modem ? > This is the latest of the two SB3s I have and this is logitec branded as > opposed to the old

Re: [slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
MLB requires licensing that Logitech (rightly) does not want to pay. File an enhancement request at http://bugs.slimdevices.com/ and get others to vote on it. Maybe Logitech would write an App for MySB to support such a paid subscription service as they do for other subscription services currentl

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread spindoctor
Ok - just becuase I'm here and I may have your 'ear' The other issue I have currently - is that with locally held files (MP3s) no matter how I choose to play them; (I normally put everything on random) even if I play by genre, artist, album, etc etc... the first track on the playlist repeats, eve

[slim] Any prospect of an MLB app?

2010-10-22 Thread johnny baby
Y'all, I'm a relative newcomer to this sub-forum, so perhaps this issue has already been discussed. Is there any prospect down the road of an app for Major League Baseball broadcasts. For 15 bucks a year, I can log in to the MLB site and listen to games on my Mac, but of course the problem with

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread pippin
...if they can finally make it work reliably. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http:

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
mortslim;584453 Wrote: > .. > I thought Logitech makes money off of Napster and Rhapsody and the > other subscription apps on the squeezebox. If Logitech doesn't, they > should. Maybe just enough to keep the Logitech cloud servers humming so > one day we don't all wake up and find there

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
snarlydwarf;584456 Wrote: > If what the people in Engineering tell me downstairs is accurate, > they -must- provide local TV stations unscrambled, so just need a > tuner.) > > Add in the "cable card" chaos, and I really don't see a reason to get > an alternative cable box... keeping the pr

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread erland
snarlydwarf;584456 Wrote: > > Add in the "cable card" chaos, and I really don't see a reason to get > an alternative cable box... keeping the price down is crucial. Why pay > $300 for what I can get for free from Comcast? I don't want to see > Facebook on a 42" screen. Comcast's "On Demand" w

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread snarlydwarf
erland;584455 Wrote: > > Removing the cable box integration means that they remove everything > that makes it unique as a video device compared to the competition. > MySB integration might be of interest but probably in the $300 Revue > version to make it look better compared to similar products

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread erland
mortslim;584453 Wrote: > > Actually the squeezebox flickr app would be a good feature to see on a > TV with the Logitech Revue. > Aren't Revue based on Android ? In that case I suspect there are a lot of Flickr apps already available which you just can install and use, no need to use the Sque

Re: [slim] Near Total Squeezebox Meltdown

2010-10-22 Thread snarlydwarf
Mark White;584443 Wrote: > I'll post my results in taking your several reset suggestions. It's > heartening to hear that there's hope. Plenty of hope.. sometimes (very rarely for me.. I think 3 times in the 5 years I've been watching my SB's breed) the Xilinx gets confused. Since it does all th

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread mortslim
I like the squeezebox flickr app as seen on the new iPeng for iPad app (would like to see the pix full screen like on the original iPeng for iPhone). Actually the squeezebox flickr app would be a good feature to see on a TV with the Logitech Revue. Maybe Logitech could make a cut down version

Re: [slim] Near Total Squeezebox Meltdown

2010-10-22 Thread Mark White
I'll post my results in taking your several reset suggestions. It's heartening to hear that there's hope. -- Mark White Mark White's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41113 View this thread: http://f

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread spindoctor
It _seems_ to be with one controller (n.b. they are all wireless) This is the latest of the two SB3s I have and this is logitec branded as opposed to the older Slimdevices branded one. I even moved the bedroom to the lounge and vice versa to see if the signal was to blame, but the issues appea

Re: [slim] Utility for downloading album art

2010-10-22 Thread apn
MillmoorRon;584148 Wrote: > Another Album Art Downloader recommendation. A bit awkward to set up to > your liking but once sorted works very well. I second that motion... -- apn 1x Duet 4x BOOM SBS on WHS w/ 8TB storage

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread pippin
I bet the reason for the integration of the facebook and flickr apps was to be able to print the logos on the box. Flickr also makes some sense on the touch. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
apn;584421 Wrote: > I think some people are missing the point on Revue vs. SB integration. > > IMHO, the Revue was driven largely by Google as device to find/play > ONLINE, not locally-stored content. I find this to be the fundamental > difference between the Revue and other devices such as Boxe

Re: [slim] Near Total Squeezebox Meltdown

2010-10-22 Thread snarlydwarf
Mark White;584383 Wrote: > > --Whenever I unplug or "jiggle" the RCA cords at the ports, the device > powered off > In addition to resetting the Xilinx as others posted, the above is usually as simple as pressing the power plug in all the way. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread bpa
You should also consider network problems - such as bursts of interference or faulty network equipment / cables. Run the network test and check what is the max you can get 100% for at least 15 mins since your problem may relate to bursts of interference rather than weak or poor signal strength.

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-10-22 Thread apn
I think some people are missing the point on Revue vs. SB integration. IMHO, the Revue was driven largely by Google as device to find/play ONLINE, not locally-stored content. I find this to be the fundamental difference between the Revue and other devices such as Boxee Box etc. If that assumptio

Re: [slim] Radio streaming stops intermittently

2010-10-22 Thread spindoctor
Hi guys I spoke too soon I think after two days of radio streaming and sync-ing appearing to be ok, I now have the same problem back again. This time the fault appears within a few mins (or even a minute) of starting the stream off. It's a real shame, because I've owned and been a few of SB

[slim] Are there any Logitech Promo Codes around?

2010-10-22 Thread Sike
I want to buy the Squeezebox Radio White and it's only availible on the Logitech site. Does anyone have a Logitech Promo code? -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Near Total Squeezebox Meltdown

2010-10-22 Thread toby10
I'd try two different resets: SB3 Factory Reset: Unplug power, press and hold down the add (+) button on the remote, plug power back in (whilst continuing to hold down the add button) SB3 Xilinx Reset: Unplug power, press and hold down the one (1) button on the remote, plug power back in (whil

Re: [slim] Near Total Squeezebox Meltdown

2010-10-22 Thread alfista
You might want to try doing a Xilinx reset. Power off (pull plug) and then when powering up agin you press the "1" button on the remote. -- alfista alfista's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32396 V