Re: [slim] Must firmware match between squeezebox devices and squeezebox server?

2013-03-05 Thread Mnyb
w3wilkes wrote: > Was wondering if it's just the server that ignores upgrades or does this > also affect the receiver and controller. ie; receiver and controller > might decide they need FW if the server has different versions even if > the server itself is set to ignore updates? It is the serve

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread Mnyb
GlenL wrote: > No, that will continue to work with Sonos. > > What I was referring to is Squeezebox's support for multitagging within > the ARTIST, ALBUMARTIST and GENRE tags. > > For example, if you owned a Travelling Wilbury's CD you could have the > ARTIST tag set to Travelling Wilburys;Bob

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread w3wilkes
Really, mine will also list under Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne... :-) w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98235 _

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread GlenL
banned for life wrote: > Does Sonos support remote streaming? > > BFl Not 'out of the box' so to speak. Sonos relies on UPnP broadcasts to locate devices on the network and as UPnP broadcasts only work on a single subnet you wouldn't be able to connect to another Sonos device in a remote locati

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread GlenL
ajkidle wrote: > This might be a question for the Sonos forums, but does anyone happen to > know how Sonos deals with soundtracks or compilation albums? As an > example, in the SB world I use Album Artist to group all of my > soundtracks together, and then Artist to keep track of who is playing

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread SamS
dasmueller wrote: > No, it's a menu item under My Music. W the LMS Control panel click on > Advanced, Web remote Control, My Music. You should be able to access it > from your player as well under My Music Thank you. However it is not where you described. Rather, it's under the Advanced->Playe

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread dasmueller
No, it's a menu item under My Music. W the LMS Control panel click on Advanced, Web remote Control, My Music. You should be able to access it from your player as well under My Music dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread ajkidle
GlenL wrote: > The only 'gotchas' I can think of which would prevent me personally from > switching are ... > > 1. No multi tagging support (as mentioned by Mnyb in post #6). > If you use multitagged artists, albumartists or genres, they won't work > as you hope with Sonos > This might be a qu

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread SamS
GlenL wrote: > > 3. No 'New Music' option. > Sonos does not have the equivalent of the Squeezebox 'New Music' menu > option. > In other words, you cannot quickly browse the latest 100 or so CDs added > to your collection with Sonos. Whoa. I've been using Squeezeboxes for years, yet never heard

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread banned for life
GlenL wrote: > The only 'gotchas' I can think of which would prevent me personally from > switching are ... > > 1. No multi tagging support (as mentioned by Mnyb in post #6). > If you use multitagged artists, albumartists or genres, they won't work > as you hope with Sonos > > 2. No support for

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread garym
Blotto wrote: > I might be able to get it running with Ethernet, but due to location > issues, it wouldn't work as a solution. consider something like ethernet over powerline adapters. They often work very well for bringing ethernet to a player.

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread Blotto
I might be able to get it running with Ethernet, but due to location issues, it wouldn't work as a solution. Blotto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Must firmware match between squeezebox devices and squeezebox server?

2013-03-05 Thread w3wilkes
Mnyb wrote: > Yes but ,try to upgrade first then turn of upgrades , I think LMS > ignores all fw files if you turn of upgrades . Was wondering if it's just the server that ignores upgrades or does this also affect the receiver and controller. ie; receiver and controller might decide they need FW

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
It's (supposedly) 100k hours for the SB3 VFD's. toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98225 ___

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread SFuser
Blotto wrote: > Mine never corrects. Mine has also survived the reset, but unplugging > mine doesn't correct even temporarily. As a result, I can't read the > screen to join network, etc., so I can't use it. This is a bummer - I wonder if there is a way to plug it into the network via ethernet

Re: [slim] More bad news re the future of mysqueezebox.com

2013-03-05 Thread bpa
JackOfAll wrote: > I wasn't aware of that. Can you point me in the direction of the T&C's > concerning the firmware? In the License.txt file of the server Code: - Squeezebox firmare may not be redistributed under any circumstances. It is (c) Slim Devices, and a

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread Blotto
Mine never corrects. Mine has also survived the reset, but unplugging mine doesn't correct even temporarily. As a result, I can't read the screen to join network, etc., so I can't use it. Blotto's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread GlenL
The only 'gotchas' I can think of which would prevent me personally from switching are ... 1. No multi tagging support (as mentioned by Mnyb in post #6). If you use multitagged artists, albumartists or genres, they won't work as you hope with Sonos 2. No support for the YEAR tag. Sonos does not

Re: [slim] More bad news re the future of mysqueezebox.com

2013-03-05 Thread JackOfAll
bpa wrote: > IIRC Logitech used to not allow this as it breaks the T&Cs (no > redistribution of Logitech binaries) of a player. I wasn't aware of that. Can you point me in the direction of the T&C's concerning the firmware? --

Re: [slim] More bad news re the future of mysqueezebox.com

2013-03-05 Thread bpa
Mnyb wrote: > +1 > > But I sugest simply packing all the fw with the server download IIRC Logitech used to not allow this as it breaks the T&Cs (no redistribution of Logitech binaries) of a player. bpa's Profile: http://

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Media Server to Work with Mac OSX Mountain Lion

2013-03-05 Thread TurnipFarmer
I have read some of these before but just want to check that some of these issues have gone and people are running it fine atm. TurnipFarmer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17883 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Media Server to Work with Mac OSX Mountain Lion

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
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Re: [slim] Must firmware match between squeezebox devices and squeezebox server?

2013-03-05 Thread JackOfAll
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > Is there definitely different firmware for 7.7 and 7.8? jive/fab4 are r16739 with 7.8.0, baby is r9663. All are r9663 on 7.7.2. JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread garym
bluegaspode wrote: > What I'm missing most with Sonos boxes is knobs. There is just volume > and mute. >From what I can tell, there is no SONOS that really functions well as a bedside radio. I can't see waking in the early morning and wanting to listen to internet radio and having to fumble for

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread ModelCitizen
As someone who uses only My Music, iPlayer, Spotify, MusicIP, Random Mix and Smart Mix and a few other Herger and Triode plugins I'm feeling pretty smug. :-) ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?

[slim] Squeezebox Media Server to Work with Mac OSX Mountain Lion

2013-03-05 Thread TurnipFarmer
I have an iMac currently running 10.7.5 Lion but want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, will this not be compatible with my Squeezebox? I want to double check before I do it today. TurnipFarmer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevic

Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
ajkidle wrote: > T no one outside of Logitech really knows. I highly doubt even they know. :) The majority of my SB usage is online streaming with four SB players, and I'll bet I am in the majority for SB usage. So when MySB shuts down or just becomes so unreliable because it is not b

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
Do the bottom two lines disappear while just displaying menu's? Or only while a Now Playing screen saver kicks in? These VFD's are "rated" to 100,000 hours. Though I'm beginning to question that figure with so many SB3 owners reporting screen problems. My SB3 and Boom are set to show a blank sc

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Re: [slim] More bad news re the future of mysqueezebox.com

2013-03-05 Thread callesoroe
w3wilkes wrote: > The MySB dependencies they DO NEED TO GET RID OF are the ones that are a > b*tch to get past in the Duet factory reset setup process when MySB is > no longer available! You must dowload the controller firmware and install from a SDCARD, that can be inserted in the controller:

Re: [slim] Essential Internet Radio URLs to bookmark before mysqueezebox.com goes away?

2013-03-05 Thread jimbobvfr400
You could try blocking mySqueezebox.com on your router or in the hosts file on your server to test which favourites work. Or alternatively just wait til the next outage that lasts a couple of days (which seems to me is probably inevitable) Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk 2 -

Re: [slim] Must firmware match between squeezebox devices and squeezebox server?

2013-03-05 Thread jimbobvfr400
Is there definitely different firmware for 7.7 and 7.8? I also believe you can cancel the firmware. Another factor after reading the op is that the mac running 7.8 is to be used for streaming to an iPhone so the firmware thing is not relevant for that at least, do you also want to connect your har