Re: [slim] What happened to communitysqueeze.org

2014-06-02 Thread GeeJay
Well, I bet they don't feel any better about the way things turned out than you do. And do we really know how things would have worked out had Logitech not bought Slim? Who knows what their (Slim's) financial viability might have been? It's quite possible they were at the point that they couldn

Re: [slim] What happened to communitysqueeze.org

2014-06-02 Thread captain-insano
I wish we could go back and look at the threads when people where predicting the demise of the squeezebox when Logitech purchased them to hear the fanboys rant that nothing will change. Crow tastes like SHIT! ---

Re: [slim] Problem connecting one Touch to the LMS/Vortexbox

2014-06-02 Thread donmacn
thanks guys, I have a spreadsheet too - with all the MAC addresses, IP addresses, device names and so on - it's not that I'm hopelessly disorganised!:D Just to recap though on some things above. I did set the router DHCP and static ranges to avoid conflicts, but I'm increasingly convinced that s

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-06-02 Thread PasTim
cparker wrote: > On LMS on the web page, click the Help in the bottom left corner and > then select Remote Streaming :) there is also a ton of other technical > data for some late night reading Yes, thanks. I found it once bpa pointed it out. Unfortunately it doesn't give me a good enough answ

Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices

2014-06-02 Thread cparker
PasTim wrote: > Thanks! I learn something every day. I wonder whether is documented > anywhere. I don't recall ever reading anything about it. > > On LMS on the web page, click the Help in the bottom left corner and then select Remote Streaming :) there is also a ton of other technical da

Re: [slim] Powered Speaker Recommendations?

2014-06-02 Thread Apesbrain
TheLastMan wrote: > Anybody have any recommendations or pointers to good review sites? Nice thing about the Audioengine A2+ is the onboard USB DAC. Just run the included USB cable from the RPi to the "master" (left) speaker. They are available just about anywhere online and there are lots of re

Re: [slim] Problem connecting one Touch to the LMS/Vortexbox

2014-06-02 Thread TheLastMan
True static IP addresses are set on the device, not on the router. These must not be set with IPs that are inside the router's DHCP pool. IP addresses attributed to particular devices on the router are "reserved" out of the DHCP pool and will not be allocated to any other device. It is really

[slim] Powered Speaker Recommendations?

2014-06-02 Thread TheLastMan
I am about to buy one of my sons a Raspberry Pi kit with case, WiFi and PSU with the project to build himself a PiCorePlayer based Squeezebox clone - he has been lobbying for a Squeezebox for his bedroom or the kid's den for a while. This is not hi-fi so he will just be using the audio out from t

Re: [slim] Cannot connect to server - anyone want an original squeezebox?

2014-06-02 Thread chenrikson
dyson wrote: > Craig, I emailed you. Did you get the message? --Dale No -- I don't think so -- try me again as I am still interested. Craig chenrikson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22407 Vie

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-06-02 Thread DJanGo
JohnB wrote: > For a while I've been periodically extracting the LMS db tables using > sqlite3.exe before importing them into Access (which I am more familiar > with). However, before I do that I always clear the cache and do a > complete rescan to ensure that all the data in the db is "live" an

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-06-02 Thread JohnB
For a while I've been periodically extracting the LMS db tables (to CSV format) using sqlite3.exe before importing them into Access (which I am more familiar with). However, before I do that I always clear the cache and do a complete rescan to ensure that all the data in the db is "live" and curr