[slim] A new know-nothing looking for help (please)

2013-05-20 Thread dtw3
Hello all, I’m new to all this and the first port of call was FAQs which drew a blank, then the “new member and some tips please” discussion started by mônman. The thing that impressed me most was that mônman seemed to understand what he was being told; “macro variables”, “crossfade”, smart

Re: [slim] A new know-nothing looking for help (please)

2013-05-20 Thread castalla
First, you need to separate out the various issues you have into smaller posts! I gave up reading all your issues as I too lost the plot! Mp3tag is a great program for editing the tags on your mp3 files. You need to play about with it a bit to get a feel for the various features. Before you

Re: [slim] Automatically connect to squezzecenter when server sleep

2013-05-20 Thread aubuti
You want the Server Power Control plugin. Here's the mega-thread from the 3rd Party Software forum: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?48521-Announce-Beta-version-of-SvrPowerControl aubuti's Profile:

Re: [slim] A new know-nothing looking for help (please)

2013-05-20 Thread garym
Hi and welcome to the world of digital music. It will all become much clearer once you dive in. You really have 3 major topics to explore: 1. File organization and tagging 2. using LMS and your Squeezeboxes 3. learning your way around the VB 1. Your first steps should be to correct/edit/manage

Re: [slim] Using playlists to make moods, suggestions? alternatives?

2013-05-20 Thread garym
+1 on trying the smartmix plugin. You can set certain parameters with it that can create the mood you seek. garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread:

[slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread xvlun
it seems there already are quite a few projects on the way to help compensate for the lack of squeezebox compatible hardware since logitech decided to cancel the product line, but either the replacement hardware is scarce and hard to come by (pogoplug) or the price seems to be quite on the high

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread bpa
Sync depends on the player h/w having an accurate RTC clock. LMS makes sync decisions based on the clock values return by player. Have you tried adjusting the sync params for the player in the LMS Settings/Player/Synchronize page and also looking at the LMS log to see why LMS is making

Re: [slim] Using playlists to make moods, suggestions? alternatives?

2013-05-20 Thread w3wilkes
Seems like the best way to tackle it would be to just add another Genre that is your mood. Squeezebox server supports multiple Genres so if you add Genre Mellow in addition to what's already in the Genre you could do a Dynamic playlist for Genre Mellow.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread pippin
But the biggest impact on timing is actually in the driver, isn't it? If it dynamically buffers and you get an unpredictable delay between queuing up samples and the time they are actually being played, you've got no chance to stay in sync while a driver with a small internal buffer playing out

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread xvlun
bpa wrote: Sync depends on the player h/w having an accurate RTC clock. LMS makes sync decisions based on the clock values return by player. but which one? the one integrated into the mk808? or the one on the pcb of the external usb dac? bpa wrote: Have you tried adjusting the sync

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread xvlun
pippin wrote: As I understand bluegaspode, there's a pretty wide variety between implementations on different Android devices so there's probably no way to answer the question on the basis of some Android PC my question rather is, which part of the android pc (e.g. mk808) + dac

Re: [slim] Napster Not Playing

2013-05-20 Thread allgonepetetong
Thanks guys, I'll look into upgrading my NAS box to something appropriate. In the meantime, how do I connect to MySqueezebox.com on my Duet? It's dead easy on the Boom - just select my squeezebox, but when I do that on the Duet it doesn't actually do anything. Thoughts?

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread pippin
And my answer is: it depends on the driver, not on the hardware. If the driver is able to sync the output on the DAC side, it will work. Me are not talking about synchronization in microsecond levels, the maximum allowed delay is 10ms and as soon as the delay is constant, it can be even much

Re: [slim] SiriusXM - GlobalServiceFailedLogin

2013-05-20 Thread Dogberry2
It was working OK for me as of yesterday (19 May). Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98784

Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066

2013-05-20 Thread bpa
xvlun wrote: haven't found anything in server.log regarding the skip aheads though... Did you enable player.sync to DEBUG ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Usage of local music libraries in your family ?

2013-05-20 Thread cadfish
Hi Erland, here my opinion ... We are 4 people 2 adults, 2 kids (9 11 y). There are 2 players for the home stereo and me and the kids have separate players. All media is stored on a central server. Individual favourites would be nice but is not that important. Individual playlists can easily

Re: [slim] SiriusXM - GlobalServiceFailedLogin

2013-05-20 Thread garym
Dogberry2 wrote: It was working OK for me as of yesterday (19 May). just tried a couple of stations and working fine (I'm in the US). garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this

Re: [slim] SiriusXM - GlobalServiceFailedLogin

2013-05-20 Thread garym
philomath wrote: I've been using Sirius for quite some time, but started getting this error recently and can no longer listen. I think it may have started around the time they reorganized their channels in their 'spring cleaning', but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. Does

Re: [slim] Using playlists to make moods, suggestions? alternatives?

2013-05-20 Thread sander
MeSue wrote: I don't think you can specify a playlist as always shuffled, but you can just play it through the Dynamic Playlists plugin as random songs from a playlist, and then you don't have to turn shuffle on. That is an awesome idea. I will try that. And with yours and Gary's