Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

2011-10-25 Thread undret
Hi Bluegaspode. I have been away travelling in my work for some time, but now I am back. I was thinking what state we left this question in? I think my original posting was this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=650467postcount=236 And the problem was when I move into an area with

[slim] The perfect Squeezebox remote?

2011-10-25 Thread Gadgety1
We just got a SonyEricsson Xperia Mini Pro generation II Android phone. Running the official Logitech android app it is just the perfect remote control. I've got two Duet controllers to compare with. The Mini Pro is small enough to carry with you at all times, and it has an excellent keyboard

[slim] Exchanging spotify playlists

2011-10-25 Thread gruntwolla
Hi folks, Anyone fancy posting a few Spotify playlist urls here? I've recently started using Spotify again,and thought maybe these forums might be a good place to exchange playlists and find new music that way. Trev -- gruntwolla Debian sheeva plug running sbs 7.5.4 SB3 + my hifi Duet +

Re: [slim] The perfect Squeezebox remote?

2011-10-25 Thread pippin
Gadgety1;665263 Wrote: The previous generation called X10 Mini Pro is on sale everywhere. Quite cheap, and ought to be just as useful, NO! Don't recommend the old one for that! You can use it with SqueezeCommander, and it's usable yet slow. But for use with the official Logitech App it's

Re: [slim] Exchanging spotify playlists

2011-10-25 Thread pippin
There are nice sites like http://spotimy.co.uk/ http://www.yourspotify.com/ and many more for which I would have to dig out URLs. Most of them either promote a certain theme or they allow exchange of playlists. If you're using iPeng you can play the playlists right from the browser (in iPeng).

[slim] SB server will not understand m3u lists

2011-10-25 Thread Hans Heintz
SB2: Had this problem before and solved it by downgrading my squeezebox/server to about 6 years ago. Then HAD to upgrade back because I bought iPeng on my iPhone and it needed that. Last week I had a strange problem where my server would not see my player, but the network could still ping it. I

Re: [slim] SB server will not understand m3u lists

2011-10-25 Thread pippin
Your playlist folder (setting below music folder in the web interface) is probably not pointing to a folder containing your playlists or subfolders with playlists. Playlists show up empty in that case. Which server version do you use? Generally I'd say set the playlist folder to the same folder

Re: [slim] Exchanging spotify playlists

2011-10-25 Thread gruntwolla
pippin;665270 Wrote: There are nice sites like http://spotimy.co.uk/ http://www.yourspotify.com/ and many more for which I would have to dig out URLs. Most of them either promote a certain theme or they allow exchange of playlists. If you're using iPeng you can play the playlists right

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread flattermann
Henry66;665229 Wrote: Here's another wish ... If the volume is set to locked at 100% then the volume control at the bottom of the now-playing screen is a bit useless. I would like to have the option to replace the volume control with the progress bar. In the next version, the volume

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread sebp
flattermann;665291 Wrote: In the next version, the volume control will be hidden in this case. If you go this way (which I'd be perfectly fine with, as far as I'm concerned), you'd better provide an option to get the volume slider back, so that people out there using some plugins that *rely* on

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread flattermann
sebp;665308 Wrote: If you go this way (which I'd be perfectly fine with, as far as I'm concerned), you'd better provide an option to get the volume slider back, so that people out there using some plugins that *rely* on the (dummy) volume control events sent by the player to control their

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread sebp
flattermann;665311 Wrote: E.g. for IR-Blaster, the Volume Slider will not be removed but replaced by Vol+/- buttons. Neat! -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB server will not understand m3u lists

2011-10-25 Thread aubuti
Hans Heintz;665277 Wrote: I HAVE TO use playlists because my collection contain both flac and mp3 versions of the songs (latter for my ipod) and technology will only advance to the stage where songs by mediaplayers are not played twice in about 200 years I guess. I can't help you with your

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread Henry66
flattermann;665291 Wrote: In the next version, the volume control will be hidden in this case.Nice! So the volume control is hidden, but the prev|pause|next buttons are still at the bottom? Does the progress overlay still obscure the artwork? -- Henry66

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread jimwillsher
My 3 x SB3 and my Boom are the most-used appliances in my whole house! I'm absolutely delighted with them, and can't believe others are looking to replace them! Please, if you find an alternative, sell me your SB3! I want another SB3 but can't find them for love nor money. I've no need for Touch,

Re: [slim] The perfect Squeezebox remote?

2011-10-25 Thread AndrueC
Harmony One :) Logitech at its best in my opinion although I imagine most of their Harmony line are good. -- AndrueC AndrueC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6612 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread verypsb
Well, it looks there's no (real) compitition to Squeezebox! :-) -- verypsb 1x Boom, 1x Classic, 2x Controller, 2x Receiver, 1x Touch Please vote for bug 17205: Artists with accented characters not correctly sorted in pagebar. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17205

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread gruntwolla
Forgive me if I'm being naive here, but if paranoia becomes reality, couldn't a third party take over the running of mysqueezebox.com. If the new third party were seen to be committed to rd, then would people not be willing to pay a modest annual subscription?, Trev -- gruntwolla Debian

[slim] Logitech's first AirPlay device ?

2011-10-25 Thread andynormancx
Not a Squeezebox though, looks like a pure AirPlay speaker. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20125156-233/logitech-set-to-release-apple-airplay-speaker/?tag=mncol;posts -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread flattermann
Henry66;665332 Wrote: So the volume control is hidden, but the prev|pause|next buttons are still at the bottom? Does the progress overlay still obscure the artwork? Yes and yes. -- flattermann Christian Home of 'SqueezeCommander' (http://www.squeezecommander.com) - The SqueezeBox Remote

Re: [slim] SB server will not understand m3u lists

2011-10-25 Thread Mnyb
also playlists use the absolute path to the file so if you moved the files to a sligthly different path the playlist scan would not locate files where the list say they are. this is easilly fixed by some search and replace in a text editor followed by a rescan of playlists. Check the setting

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread erland
gruntwolla;665343 Wrote: Forgive me if I'm being naive here, but if paranoia becomes reality, couldn't a third party take over the running of mysqueezebox.com. Sure, but it would require patched firmware as I think the hostname to mysqueezebox.com is hard coded in the device firmware at the

[slim] Philips to offer 50% discount on select docks to celebrate Spotify in Denmark

2011-10-25 Thread finnbrodersen
Hi I think this is a good move from Philips side, what is your opinion ? -- finnbrodersen Some version of SBServer running on a HP EX490 home server SBReceiver -- NAD C162+C272 -- DALI IKON 6 (let's call it MidFi)

Re: [slim] Logitech's first AirPlay device ?

2011-10-25 Thread andyg
Yeah, we can't build an AirPlay-compatible Squeezebox due to Apple licensing issues (no Linux allowed for example). -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-10-25 Thread ralphy
I've uploaded a 'combined ASIO, Direct Sound and WASAPI windows binary' (http://squeezeslave.googlecode.com/files/squeezeslave-1.1-299-win.zip) and an 'OSX Univeral binary' (http://squeezeslave.googlecode.com/files/squeezeslave-1.1-300-osx.tar.gz) to googlecode for testing. Server discovery is

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread gruntwolla
erland;665356 Wrote: Sure, but it would require patched firmware as I think the hostname to mysqueezebox.com is hard coded in the device firmware at the moment. Which is easy to do on the Radio, Touch but a bit more complex for the older models. Unlikely, people are expecting it to be

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread JJZolx
gruntwolla;665378 Wrote: As to the cost of actually running it, and what the annual/monthly charge would have to be, I have no idea, but if the open source ethos of the original slimdevice could be maintained, then it could be affordable, and actually be a selling point. It can't be cheap,

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread erland
gruntwolla;665378 Wrote: OK lets assume 2 things a the complexity issue can be resolved b Logitech want out. Logitech could then offer all current and potential squeezebox users the choice of using the players to purely play music from local libraries, or signing up to a ( hopefully)

Re: [slim] Logitech's first AirPlay device ?

2011-10-25 Thread pski
See here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972highlight=airplay p -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless pski's Profile:

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread pski
I balk at the possibility that the only competition is Apple TV. p -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless pski's Profile:

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread oldfolkie
I bought SqueezeCommander a while back and I'm really liking it--except for the volume slider (which I use a lot). I seem have a hard time getting a fix on the volume control button itself and usually end up sliding the screen sideways instead. If you're going to be making modifications to

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread GlenL
oldfolkie;665398 Wrote: I bought SqueezeCommander a while back and I'm really liking it--except for the volume slider (which I use a lot). I seem have a hard time getting a fix on the volume control button itself and usually end up sliding the screen sideways instead. If you're going

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread Mnyb
verypsb;665342 Wrote: Well, it looks there's no (real) compitition to Squeezebox! :-) I agree :-) I'm hovewer more unsure on what to think about the possibility of some else ( or logitech ) running mysb.com for a fee . *I think erland is correct, you can't sell that. *I also think that is

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread gruntwolla
erland;665386 Wrote: The scenario you describe is a nice dream, I would be extremely surprised if it becomes anything more than that, but the assumption was that Logitech really would like to abandon it and I'm pretty sure this is not the case at the moment. My feeling is that if someone

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-25 Thread castalla
In my opinion, if Logitech want to charge for plugins/apps then so be it where a commercial option is normally available (eg. Spotify) but charging simply for other 'free' services, such as the BBC, etc. would probably kill off user allegiance. Why pay for something which is free elsewhere?

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread flattermann
oldfolkie;665398 Wrote: I bought SqueezeCommander a while back and I'm really liking it--except for the volume slider (which I use a lot). I seem have a hard time getting a fix on the volume control button itself and usually end up sliding the screen sideways instead. If you're going

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-25 Thread oldfolkie
Actually I did mean the slider on the NowPlayingScreen. I just tested it and you're right, moving the slider button doesn't move the screen anymore. It does pop into the PlayerServerScreen when I hold my finger on the slider area (trying to make sure I'm hitting the control), so that's why I

[slim] AOL Radio -

2011-10-25 Thread jrbdmb
I used to have a number of AOL Radio stations set up as Favorites pointing to the streaming URL http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/CBS_R20_xxxP_F128.pls where xxx is the stream number for the station. Unfortunately AOL Radio has terminated their partnership with CBS and has now teamed

[slim] Playlist menu item missing from devices...

2011-10-25 Thread muski
I customize menus to include Playlists at the top level of the menu structure. For some reason, this menu item doesn't display on any of my devices (SB3, Transporter Boom) -- scroll through the top level menu and it just jumps from 'New Music' to 'Pandora'. It's there in the player settings

Re: [slim] Playlist menu item missing from devices...

2011-10-25 Thread aubuti
I am also running 7.6.1, but I haven't set Playlists as a top menu item on my ip3k players (SB2, SB3, Boom, etc). What I find strange -- and probably related to your case -- is that Playlists is not even among the items I can add to the home menu via Settings Player Menus. So it sounds like a