Or Sooloos by Meridian :-
http://www.sooloosbymeridian.com/
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If money is no object you/we could also go for Bang & Olufsen
BeoSound 5 and BeoSound 5 Encore
At least they are a company that have had multiroom solutions for
decades... if not the first... back when Sean was not even born
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beosound5
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beosou
I forgot to add that the entire music library has been rescanned. And
"playlists" does show in the menu selection panel in the SB
preferences. It just will not show on the SB menu panel itself. Random
Mix does, and works. Most odd.
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Kaizen28;647137 Wrote:
> Okay, so can someone tell me how the online services find and stream a
> song to phenomenally quickly?
>
> I mean, they decimate my SqueezeServer and it's local!
>
Probably because they have better hardware than you have and they
probably also have more optimized softwa
I think that in hi-end audio there will continue to be 'network' music
players developed, but most or all of them will be DLNA based. Very few
audio companies can afford to develop software on the scale of
Squeezebox Server.
Some of them may play internet radio or music services, but that's
mostl
With MacPro, OS 10.7. SS ver 7.6. iTunes 10.4
I have two SBs, one SB3 connected by wireless. One SB2 connected by
ethernet.
SB3 can access playlists. SB2 cannot
Have upgraded firmware.
Any ideas most welcome
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Okay, so can someone tell me how the online services find and stream a
song to phenomenally quickly?
I mean, they decimate my SqueezeServer and it's local!
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I had a lot of issues the first few days after it came to the US, but it
has been pretty good lately. Only time I have issues now is when my
internet connection is poor during "prime time" hours (my ISP is on the
case, though). Usually when I see it skipping and stopping, I can do a
speed test and
maggior;646951 Wrote:
> When the scan occurs, where is the data being stored - on the
> controller? Since there is no server, I'm thinking it has to be stored
> there. What if you have multiple controllers in the form of Andriod,
> iOS, or Sonos devices?
>
The metadata are stored on the zone
atrocity;647119 Wrote:
> Ubuntu 11.04 here. 7.6.* doesn't work (OK with a small subset of FLACs,
> won't scan my full library) and I lack the time and energy to fight with
> it, so I'm happily using 7.5.5
Thanks,
I'm sure there are a few major things and then stuff will smooth out.
This has b
pablolie;645956 Wrote:
> Are all problems Windows and perhaps specifically Vista OS related?
> Things seem to run OK in Linux land, the usual quirk or two excepted
> here and there...
Ubuntu 11.04 here. 7.6.* doesn't work (OK with a small subset of
FLACs, won't scan my full library) and I lack
I am a Roku Soundbridge user. Sadly, this device has been abandoned by
Roku in favor of their streaming video players. However, I was able to
use these excellent instructions to stream Spotify to my Roku
Soundbridge, which is connected to a stereo system in my living room.
After placing the dsbrid
If clearing the cache solved the problem then it suggests that scanning
after you changed your music folder must have failed somehow. Along
with your original problem, something obviously isn't right.
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I was able to fix the Rhapsody non play issue by plugging my SB3 Classic
into my wired network, disabled "bridging", went back to wireless and
fine. This needs to be fixed as I use this feature. However, I also own
an Integra DHC 40.2 which is connected to my wireless network via a
Linksys wrt54gs
I am a Roku Soundbridge user. Sadly, this device has been abandoned by
Roku in favor of their streaming video players. However, I was able to
use these excellent instructions to stream Spotify to my Roku
Soundbridge, which is connected to a stereo system in my living room.
After placing the dsbrid
I'll edit this post with results. The beginnings were ugly since I had
to manually edit server.pref to get the SBS to scan the shared folder.
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real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is
truly the Golden Age of Wireless
Many thanks Erland for the instantaneous reply, were you watching me
type? ;-)
You are indeed correct, as usual! Clearing the cache has solved it
Thank you :-)
Jim
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Sounds like you either:
- have some playlists in the playlist folder that refers to other
files
or
- have the iTunes integration activated under SBS
Settings/Advanced/iTunes
or
- have the MusicIP integration activated under SBS
Settings/Advanced/MusicIP and set to "Import all song data from
MusicI
Hi all
I'm getting duplicates in my track listing, one showing
/mnt/Music/Watermark and one showing /mnt/music/Watermark (capital M).
However there is only one file, confirmed by SSH to the server.
So I thought I'd clear down the library. No can do. I've tried changing
the music folder to a fodl
> jaaen :
> steinarb;646604 Wrote:
>> Does a full wipe and rescan have any unpleasant side effects? (apart
>> from taking time, that is...?)
> I also use iTunes to rip my CDs and I have almost always done a full
> rescan - for at least a couple years, and never had any problems -
> other th
yep, good for you! :)
I tried it also but still didnt work. still get hung on the pre-caching
artwork. once again went back to 7.5.6.
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I also just tried the aug 4 nightly build and I got the same results, -
pre-caching artwork hang. I aborted it. Here is the end of the
scanner log. I'm once again going back to 7.5.6 as I need my music. :)
Mine has the same error as Pski and as before - "Warning: Image::Scale
libjpeg error: U
pski;646988 Wrote:
> Hi erland,
>
> This looks like bug 17207:
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17207
>
> Since I have another machine now loaded and a working backup, I'll go
> back to the box that wouldn't scan and try the latest nightly.
>
> P
So here we go:
Uninstall 7.5.6-
Now playing art doesn't show for the "Not So Sirius plug in" either.
Though if you hold you mouse over the placeholder it does popup with a
bigger picture of the actual art.
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The "real art" never shows up no matter how many other stations I play,
even after being able to see "real art" on last.fm. Is there a way to
clear the cache? Shutting down entirely, pulling the plug and
restarting don't seem to do it.
Ziza
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> Touch/Radio on MySB > Internet Radio > Music > Internet Only > 181.fm >
> 25+ Stations > (note thumbnail art for all 181.fm listed stations) >
> now select any station
> Result on NP screen: No station art nor default art.
> The station art is obviously there (as a thumbnail), no?
That's workin
erland;646818 Wrote:
> Are there bug reports at http://bugs.slimdevices.com for the stuff
> that's still not working for you ?
>
> See the community troubleshooting page for 7.6 for more information
> about how to find open and solved 7.6.0 bugs and how to register new
> ones if your problem isn
At the moment I personally don't think there needs to be a future for
streaming devices. Squeezebox is the best and there is nothing out
there that competes with it in terms of scalability.
The fact is that there is nothing new in audio that will change things
drastically in future at least unti
Same with Apps like Sky, RadioIO, DI, none have NP station art nor
thumbnails in the station listings menus.
The Soma App does have thumbnails in the station listings menu, but no
NP station art.
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mherger;646817 Wrote:
> > An example of a missing tower station is
> > http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s31426&partnerId=16
>
> Interesting: this wouldn't give me the tower neither, but some "real"
>
> station artwork instead. Working as expected for me... Is this
> something
> you're
Bump
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Kaizen28;646749 Wrote:
> Hi All
> - My taste in music. Try to find "Change your mind" by Gary Numan or
> "Thunderbirds are Go" by MC Parker. (I'm not too sure what this says
> about me though.)
I've got "Thunderbirds are Go" on cassingle, if you want a copy ;)
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Muele;646948 Wrote:
>
> I think the new CEO will be key in "our" fate. And I also think the
> ill-fated product called Revue will greatly influence what happens.
>
The interim CEO was in charge when Logitech purchased Slim Devices:
http://www.dailytech.com/Logitech+Buys+Slim+Devices/article4633
Nikhil;646941 Wrote:
> Yes they do, but since the only requirement for the server is to have an
> SMB share, it is a lot more flexible than SBS. Also the scanning has
> always been a gazillion times faster. They are obviously not storing as
> much metadata as SBS, but I've always wondered since t
erland;646931 Wrote:
>
> It's hard to know what Logitech is going to do, your guess is as good
> as mine.
My guess is one of these three:
1. The SB line of products will continue their slow fade-away, until
the point of no existence.
2. Logitech will sell off the product line to someone who w
Hi Michael,
thanks for the repsonse.
I would assume that was a part, where i played music. However, there
are also parts when you receive similar results for MusicinfoSCR,
Custombrowse or just from standard functions.
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2 x Squeezebox 3 - SSOTS 4.12 - Squeezecenter 7.6.0 - QNAP TS4
erland;646882 Wrote:
> Don't they do some kind of scanning when you add a SMB folder to the
> library ?
> Sounds kind of similar to how SBS works.
Yes they do, but since the only requirement for the server is to have
an SMB share, it is a lot more flexible than SBS. Also the scanning has
always
Great to hear!
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Kaizen28;646749 Wrote:
>
> So, what are the next pretenders to the throne? What's the hardware?
> What's the software?
>
If we are talking big companies, I believe the companies which might
release something are:
*Apple*:
They soon have the iCloud and since before they have the iTunes Music
S
toby10;646927 Wrote:
> if Logitech really pulled the plug on the entire SB concept as I'd guess
> that would also mean shutting down support forums for a defunct
> product.
>
If this forum shut down today, someone else would start a new one
tomorrow. And if they didn't, I'd start one on the day
andy,
Yeah, could be. Software is not my strong point. ;)
I'm just basing that on the fact that every PC/Mac OS update creates
new issues with SBS for some users. How much of the fix for these
update glitches are resolved on the SBS end vs the user making tweaks
on his end I dunno.
But even use
MeSue;646771 Wrote:
> At least in the US version, you can not even browse by genres, which
> makes discovery very difficult. It takes a lot of effort and third
> party services to find out what you might like.
>
I find this to be a hassle myself. You seem to have to know what you
are looking f
After lurking around in the forum seeing many many others having the
same problem with 7.6.n with cover art missing from large parts of the
music collection I thought I'd today post something positive instead
:-)
I've tried a couple of nightly builds but always the same thing, just a
few random a
toby10;646903 Wrote:
> So if the last SBS version is for Win7, you could not update your SBS
> server computer to Win8 and expect it to function. I'm just using Win
> as an example, pick your OS.
The likelihood of the current version of SBS not working in Win8 is
fairly low, Microsoft go to gre
Blue_Arsed_Fly;646906 Wrote:
> A mate runs an awesome service for anyone interested.
>
> 46 Sky channels including Sky Sports 1-3, all the movie channels, TV
> guide & huge resource of radio channels FOR A TENNER A MONTH. No
> messing about with proxys or any catch.
>
Yes, that sounds totally
Thanks ... but NO thanks.
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A mate runs an awesome service for anyone interested.
46 Sky channels including Sky Sports 1-3, all the movie channels, TV
guide & huge resource of radio channels FOR A TENNER A MONTH. No
messing about with proxys or any catch.
Mate who runs the site is generally always online to answer any que
SBS would continue to work as now, but you could not update your OS
platform. So if the last SBS version is for Win7, you could not update
your SBS server computer to Win8 and expect it to function. I'm just
using Win as an example, pick your OS.
Internet Radio would work but on a very limited
danull;646695 Wrote:
> Not sure it's only the scan...my scan worked but half my albums are
> failing to use the cover.jpg and just have broken images. 7.6.0 is
> garbage...
You should try the latest 7.6.1 and take it from there
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.6
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Yes you could use your SB Touch indefinitely if Logitech vanished
tomorrow. Only the mysqueezebox.com side of things would stop working.
You could still use it for local music playback and internet radio.
You would lose the various services like Naptser, Pandora etc Some of
those could be restore
umapati;646880 Wrote:
> Just a silly question being newbie using SQ touch..What will happen if
> worst come worst Logitech people shutdown their SQ support..will we
> able to play Internet radio OR PC music with the server installed on
> our PC or SQ touch (tiny sbs)..?
> I am asking this questi
bluegaspode;646863 Wrote:
> When you point a Sonos to a new SMB folder - is the user aware of some
> scanning process as well (i.e. some "please wait until I can show you
> all artists") ?
>
> Without scanning (on I guess a rather slow SMB connection) how would
> they be able to fill their menus
Just a silly question being newbie using SQ touch..What will happen if
worst come worst Logitech people shutdown their SQ support..will we
able to play Internet radio OR PC music with the server installed on
our PC or SQ touch (tiny sbs)..?
I am asking this question as we have already lost money
Touch/Radio on MySB > Internet Radio > Music > Internet Only > 181.fm >
25+ Stations > (note thumbnail art for all 181.fm listed stations) >
now select any station
Result on NP screen: No station art nor default art.
The station art is obviously there (as a thumbnail), no?
Try the same for the 1
At last got my SQ touch today..Started it playing Internet radio..Its
amazing..Superb products..I have still not connected it to Sq sever on
my PC..I think I will wait for few days to get stable server
version..But I am unable to save my favorite stations independently..Do
I need SQ server OR Mysq
I think the initial question has been answered pretty good. So I will
continue the slightly off topic comparison between Sonos and SB.
I think one of the biggest differences is that Sonos is pretty much
plug'n'play that just works out of the box for most people. You can
hardly say the same about
When you point a Sonos to a new SMB folder - is the user aware of some
scanning process as well (i.e. some "please wait until I can show you
all artists") ?
Without scanning (on I guess a rather slow SMB connection) how would
they be able to fill their menus?
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Sike;646842 Wrote:
>
> For commercial use I think the Sonos will be better, but time will
> tell...
For "real" commercial use (beyond your small scale) Sonos doesn't work
at all because you can't automate it.
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see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and
*New: iPeng for iPad*,
Nikhil;646845 Wrote:
> I have been using both Squeezebox and Sonos for about 5 years now, and
> even though I'm much more of a SqueezeBox fan myself for use in the
> home, for the usage scenario you describe, I think Sonos is the way to
> go. Setup is dead easy, it can be maintained by folks with
I'm using the 7.6 beta's on Win7 for months now with no problems. I
updated to 7.6 final also with no problems.
It's not all bad for everyone. I have a lot of single file flac images
with embedded cuesheets and album art that work great too.
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I have been using both Squeezebox and Sonos for about 5 years now, and
even though I'm much more of a SqueezeBox fan myself for use in the
home, for the usage scenario you describe, I think Sonos is the way to
go. Setup is dead easy, it can be maintained by folks with little tech
savvy, the networ
erland;646813 Wrote:
> How does the browsing on Sonos work, does it only allow you to browse by
> music folder or does it have same possibilities as Squeezebox to browse
> "by artists", "by genre", "by year" ? Is it only the sorting
> possibilities that differs compared to Squeezebox ?
The menus
Soulkeeper;646558 Wrote:
> The sync problems sound like a network issue. Did you terminate the
> cables yourself? If so, how experienced are you with stretching
> Ethernet?
>
> On the wireless side, have you scanned for hidden networks that use
> channel 11? Do the squeezeboxen have line of sig
Regardless of all other (valid) advice, I would make a clean
installation of version 7.5.3. In my opinion the most trouble-free and
stable version since "forever". I have just returned to it myself.
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There's an mflow app in the works, according to their twitter.
http://beta.mflow.com/
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pallfreeman;646730 Wrote:
> Do keep up at the back, there. 7.6.1 is the work-in-progress. It's a bit
> better. No, really.
>
Are there bug reports at http://bugs.slimdevices.com for the stuff
that's still not working for you ?
See the community troubleshooting page for 7.6 for more information
> An example of a missing tower station is
> http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s31426&partnerId=16
Interesting: this wouldn't give me the tower neither, but some "real"
station artwork instead. Working as expected for me... Is this something
you're seeing all the time, or intermittently o
Nikhil;646806 Wrote:
> I've been using both platforms ever since, but I find that I use my
> SqueezeBoxen a lot more.
>
How does the browsing on Sonos work, does it only allow you to browse
by music folder or does it have same possibilities as Squeezebox to
browse "by artists", "by genre", "by y
JJZolx;646358 Wrote:
> I have a feeling that stuff may have been added to logging by whoever
> ports SBS to the QNAP. He probably forgot to disable it.
Not sure, rather looks like the SugarCube plugin causing endless errors
and warnings due to undefined variables.
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