Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread sherington
If yoiu can find one, the newer UE radio is also supported by LMS too. Next time I need an LMS 'box' of any kind, I am going to build one - its all plug, install & play so even I can do that. Worth reseraching some of these options, not least because they are really, really cost-effective soluti

Re: [slim] Advice Please - FLAC to MP3

2016-05-17 Thread OleHB
a deteil, that is very useful for me with foobar: i tag my music carefully and when i convert good tagged flac-files into mp3, foobar copy also all tags. normally i have to tag all mp3's again. with foobar all tags are copied too and i don't have to tag all files again. ---

Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread sherington
Go here too - really solid advice. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104222-Squeezebox-Touch-functionality-and-Kodi-the-All-In-One-Mediaplayer-with-Max2Play sherington's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [slim] Need advice on a hardware player

2016-05-17 Thread Alex Wood
Thanks fellows. I go know that I can easily adopt Raspberry PI for it, more over, I also use software players any kind... However it's all pretty difficult for experienced users. So original devices from Logitech were really convenient from that point of view Thanks again for the feedbacks

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-17 Thread Redrum
My original query was if the receiver had an particular "optimal" orientation. Thanks for all your thoughts, the findings for my specific situation: 1) It didn't seem to improve flipping the horizontal plane of the receiver vertically, in any rotation. 2) With the help of a 25' RCA cable I had in

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-17 Thread drmatt
Redrum wrote: > Something else but on topic, Through squeezebox information, I can only > get a snapshot of the signal strength. Has anyone, through a SB app, or, > say SqueezeCntrl (which I use) or similar, created a "live" display of > the % that the SB sees? Just curious. It seems like it woul

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-17 Thread RonM
Although it would require more outlay, you could try an upgraded router. I had some problems with a series of basic and better routers - the router is in the basement along with my music server, and the signal to the deck off the main floor is on the other side of the house (farthest possible loca

[slim] Guy Clark Dead at 74 - RIP

2016-05-17 Thread garym
One of the best songwriters of his genre (or any genre). http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/05/17/guy-clark-dead-74/80932338/ *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-17 Thread Redrum
drmatt wrote: > > > Assuming, of course, that you have a Linux machine to run it on. Thank you for the input, but alas, not a Linux guy yet, maybe someday RonM wrote: > > > I upgraded to an Asus RT-N66U (branded as "Dark Knight", weirdly), which > is a robust dual-band router. Thank you.

Re: [slim] Guy Clark Dead at 74 - RIP

2016-05-17 Thread dasmueller
He will be missed, listened to Old No 1 today. Number of live shows at dime dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105617

Re: [slim] Guy Clark Dead at 74 - RIP

2016-05-17 Thread garym
dasmueller wrote: > He will be missed, listened to Old No 1 today. Number of live shows at > dime Old No. 1 may be one of the best all time debut albums. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchma

Re: [slim] Guy Clark Dead at 74 - RIP

2016-05-17 Thread TomAmes
What a songwriter! RIP TomAmes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27792 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105617 ___ discu