Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread soundcheck
Just a comment from my side. iPeng is still my reference SB control from a functionality perspective. I don't think it has to fear any competition, neither from Squeezepad nor from Logitech. Those are just copying that IMO basic feature set, which is all but user-friendly, especially if your

Re: [slim] Whs 2011

2011-07-19 Thread bonze
And CCL for those on this side of the pond: http://www.wegotserved.com/2011/07/18/newegg-drops-price-windows-home-server-2011-5999/ -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.6.0 3 x wireless SB3, and 2x Touch

Re: [slim] Kindle SB Controler

2011-07-19 Thread elision
Labarum;641487 Wrote: Can a Kindle be made to control an SB? Yes, I've successfully used the web interface with my Kindle mainly for searching in Spotify - it's easier to use the Kindle's keyboard than the Radio's scroll wheel. As other people have said, the Kindle is fantastic for what's it

[slim] Problem: Cannot resolve IP address

2011-07-19 Thread Rhyan
Hi, Having a few problems with my current setup and wondered if anyone had any experience with this. Basically, my setup comprises two SB3s accessing the Squeezebox server running on a ReadyNAS duo. Until last Wednesday (the day we moved), the SB3s were wirelessly connected to the ReadyNAS via

Re: [slim] Ripping to FLAC and making a copy that works with ITunes

2011-07-19 Thread MrClive
Thanks all for your advice -- MrClive MrClive's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48176 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88774

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread pippin
soundcheck;641551 Wrote: Just a comment from my side. Thanks :) If you'd ask me. I'd say. No I wouldn't need those social media functions. Probably I'm not in that addressed target group though. Lot's of programming effort and money goes into those from my perspective rather

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread soundcheck
No need to defend anything. ;) I guess I spreaded my message. I don't see any arguments from your side which would change my mind. Good to see that you're working on a GUI redesign. On an iPad you don't want to see a boring blue-white PC like surface. You want to see a cool shiny control

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread pippin
soundcheck;641592 Wrote: On an iPad you don't want to see a boring blue-white PC like surface. You want to see a cool shiny control panel. A mix of squeezepad and ipeng plus a little more coolness or call it innovative control functions. Ah. OK. Wasn't aware that you were referring to

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread 05mattjax
Following update the artists no longer appear on the artists tab.h I have to search via albums only! Also I cant one touch press for a song to play anymore. I have to press and hold it. Then choose what I want to do. If I do one touch the music stops and the playlist clears now - I dont like

Re: [slim] Spotify (U.S.) Problems

2011-07-19 Thread maggior
maggior;641502 Wrote: If/When I get this figured out, I'll post here. Rich It's now working both on my iPod Touch and through the official plugin on my Squeezebox Touch. Over the weekend I sent an email to Spotify about the problem. Last night I sent another one since I hadn't received a

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-07-19 Thread gtcharlie
Just wanted to chime in with my appreciation for both the sale you are currently conducting and the quality of your app. Just purchased squeezepad yesterday and spent a good part of the day playing with it. I should start by saying I have had ipeng on my iphone for quite some time now and have

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread pippin
05mattjax;641594 Wrote: Following update the artists no longer appear on the artists tab.h I have to search via albums only! Also I cant one touch press for a song to play anymore. I have to press and hold it. Then choose what I want to do. If I do one touch the music stops and the playlist

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread 05mattjax
pippin;641602 Wrote: There's nothing really changed WRT that UNLESS you use an old build of Squeezebox Server 7.6 beta.In this case, please update your server SW. Otherwise, please try Settings-iPeng Settings-Flush Cache and please restart iPeng after force-quitting it through the task

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread pippin
05mattjax;641606 Wrote: Thanks. I updated SBS at the sametime as iPeng, to the latest version from the logitech website, on my Netgear ReadyNas Duo. It's 7.5.5. Will try the reset you suggest and report back. I have definitely flushed it since but not force quit it. Also, please check

Re: [slim] Ripping to FLAC and making a copy that works with ITunes

2011-07-19 Thread 4mula1
dBpoweramp + mp3tag here. I use dBpoweramp to rip to both flac and aac simultaneously (I make sure the tags are correct to begin with before I rip so I don't have to modify them twice afterwords) then use mp3tag to add special tags and artwork to the aac copy. -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.3.3 +

[slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Phil Karn
I accepted the package update on both of my Linux servers, and squeezeboxserver stopped working on both. The logs showed only that the wrapper was continually restarting the daemon, so I invoked it manually and got this very cryptic message. What should I make of it? I'm not a perl hacker, I just

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread aubuti
You would be much more likely to get a helpful response if you indicated (a) which Linux distro and version you are using, (b) which version of SBS you are using, (c) what version of SBS was previously working on the server, (d) what method you used to install SBS, and (e) what hardware platform

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread 05mattjax
pippin;641611 Wrote: Also, please check whether everything works as expected through the web interface, sounds like some people are having issues here with 7.5.5. Done as you suggested and the artists appear for about a second then all disappear, strange. Done it a few times now. More

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-07-19 Thread bluegaspode
gtcharlie;641600 Wrote: The speed and simplicity of squeezepad is certainly very much appreciated. Essentially involved zero learning curve for myself and the rest of the family. Within 5 minutes of looking at the app my 10 year old son had mastered it and was rocking the house with his

Re: [slim] iPeng update: Let your Squeezebox get Social

2011-07-19 Thread 05mattjax
05mattjax;641629 Wrote: Done as you suggested and the artists appear for about a second then all disappear, strange. Done it a few times now. More concerned about the playback feature. Hopefully its not just me. I will check web interface. Web interface not working correctly either. same

[slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic

2011-07-19 Thread hokie
Yesterday I tried playing songs from Rhapsody on my SB3. The display denotes buffering of the song, then appears to stop (no progress shown on the music advancing). I've tried playing Rhapsody through Squeezebox Server and while the server shows the music time advancing (and even goes on to the

Re: [slim] Problem: Cannot resolve IP address

2011-07-19 Thread garym
Rhyan;641580 Wrote: Hi, Having a few problems with my current setup and wondered if anyone had any experience with this. Basically, my setup comprises two SB3s accessing the Squeezebox server running on a ReadyNAS duo. Until last Wednesday (the day we moved), the SB3s were wirelessly

Re: [slim] Problem: Cannot resolve IP address

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
Sometimes, the can't resolve IP address problem is due to Squeezebox Server starting before the network connection has come up. Restarting SBS after the network is up fixes this issue. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile:

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-07-19 Thread gtcharlie
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately it was what I had anticipated. Just posted my review on the app store pretty much restating my post here minus the Rhapsody part. I realize that is out of your control as it was with the ipeng app. -- gtcharlie

Re: [slim] Jailbreak my squeezebox?

2011-07-19 Thread TiredLegs
You could run Squeezebox Server on a Network Attached Storage device or similar bare bones computer that would only consume about 10 watts at idle. But if you have a Squeezebox Touch, why don't you just plug in a USB drive and run the tiny server built into the Touch? -- TiredLegs

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread lhquam
I have the same problem on Fedora Core 14, X86_64, which contains perl v5.12.3. I am trying to run squeezeboxserver-7.5.5-1.noarch.rpm. I attempted to build the CPAN libraries but encountered the following errors: ./buildme.sh ... chmod 644 blib/arch/auto/Audio/Scan/Scan.bs PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1

[slim] How to export all my music as a text file?

2011-07-19 Thread johan73
During a recent flooding of my basement my +1,000 LPs and CDs were damaged by water :-( I now need to file a claim with the insurance and need a list of all titles. I have ripped most of my music to FLAC so I can use it with Squeezebox. Is there a clever way whereby I can export a text/excel

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
Problems with CPAN in SBS 7.5.5 are affecting many Linux distributions: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88741 A bug report has been filed against SBS 7.5.5 on Fedora 14: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17309 Please add your comments (and votes) for this bug, or file a

Re: [slim] How to export all my music as a text file?

2011-07-19 Thread toby10
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/My_Music_Collection -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=0

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Phil Karn
On 7/19/11 9:47 AM, aubuti wrote: You would be much more likely to get a helpful response if you indicated (a) which Linux distro and version you are using, (b) which version of SBS you are using, (c) what version of SBS was previously working on the server, (d) what method you used to

Re: [slim] How to export all my music as a text file?

2011-07-19 Thread aubuti
They want you to list all your CD and LP titles on the claim?! I guess I shouldn't really be surprised that the strategy of wearing down the claimant is practiced by insurance companies around the world, but really Sorry to hear about the flooding. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] How to export all my music as a text file?

2011-07-19 Thread Gerry123
DOS prompt (assume you are using windows), navigate to the root of your music collection (i.e. d:\music\albums) type dir *. collection.txt /b /s Creates a text file with the list of albums, again assuming you have them in folders with the album name as the folder name. If not then use one of

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Danny8
I have the same problem. Currently, I'm trying out Funduntu Linux, which is based on Fedora 14. (Not the latest Fedora, which is 15.) I downloaded three .rpm packages, all with the same issue. In order: - Latest 7.6 nightly build, -squeezeboxserver-7.6.0-0.1.32741.noarch.rpm- - Latest

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
If you want a working SBS 7.5.5 rpm for Fedora 14, try the VortexBox rpm: http://yum.vortexbox.org/releases/14/i386/RPMS/squeezeboxserver-7.5.5-1.fc14.noarch.rpm Andrew Gillis rebuilt this rpm with working CPAN libraries. It's designed for use on VortexBox, but it should work on other Fedora 14

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Pank
Please check whether you are using Perl 5.14. Squeezebox does not work with Perl 5.14. I have had to hold Perl updates on my Archlinux box for some time now. It is mildly annoying to say the least. -- Pank Pank's

[slim] Controlling Spotify on SB Touch via browser

2011-07-19 Thread jclyle
Hello- Signed up for Spotify Premium today. I'm able to play on my Touch without any issues :) I can browse using the remote, and also using iPeng. What i'd like to is browse using my laptop and a browser. Searching using the remote is frustrating. Is this possible? Browsing on an Ipad or

Re: [slim] Controlling Spotify on SB Touch via browser

2011-07-19 Thread jclyle
FYI, I had Spotify on my Touch playing in another room. Opened the Spotify app on my Macbook Pro and started streaming a song. The Touch stopped playing. As soon as I paused the song on my Macbook I was able to resume playback on the Touch. -- jclyle

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Danny8
Thank you, Ron and Pank. My Fuduntu setup has Perl 5.12.3. I'll install the 7.5.5 download Ron suggests. I'm leery of installing Vortexbox itself, but hopefully that download contains just the SBS portion. Again, thanks. I'm curious about the version numbers. I'm probably missing something. Or

[slim] 7.6 and MusicIP: empty mixes?

2011-07-19 Thread bobkoure
Well, I decided I'd try 7.6 yet again. Having learned from the last attempt, I uninstalled the previous version, made sure all caches, conf files, etc. were removed, then installed 7.6. Scanning was... a bit balky. the first time the scanner found only around half the files (25K of 70K).

Re: [slim] Jailbreak my squeezebox?

2011-07-19 Thread Dontz
erland;641232 Wrote: I'm not sure I understand what you like to accomplish ? Are you having a Touch with a USB drive but want to be able to use it without having an Internet connection/mysqueezebox.com account, or ? Yes, the objective is to use a USB (no external server) with the Touch.

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread pablolie
I am running 7.5.5 on Ubuntu 11.04 - it works. Info: Version: 7.5.5 - r32671 @ Mon Jul 11 11:57:27 PDT 2011 Hostname: ubuntuserver Server IP Address: 192.168.1.150 Server HTTP Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: i686-linux Perl Version: 5.10.1 -