Re: [slim] SB forum Stats

2017-02-17 Thread Paul Webster
jfo wrote: > It's interesting that even though the SB line was discontinued quite > some time ago, the Community here continues to grow. Interest in > visiting and participating also keeps growing with the forum stats at > the bottom of the home page showing that the "Most users ever online was >

[slim] SB forum Stats

2017-02-17 Thread jfo
It's interesting that even though the SB line was discontinued quite some time ago, the Community here continues to grow. Interest in visiting and participating also keeps growing with the forum stats at the bottom of the home page showing that the "Most users ever online was 2,083, Yesterday at 0

Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

2017-02-17 Thread d6jg
jfo wrote: > Here are comments I copied from Ron Olson. It's essentially the same, > using the command DNF to replace YUM. DNF is used in the VB2.4 Fedora > version, but YUM still works too. > One important thing to note is the last comment about updating VB using > command line rather than the V

Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

2017-02-17 Thread jfo
d6jg wrote: > As the VB forum hasn't yet re-appeared and the Wiki doesn't tell you how > to do this I have examined my bash history and the steps are as > follows: > > This is to upgrade from VB 2.4 with LMS 7.8 to the nightly 7.9.xx > version > > Replace - > http://downloads.slimdevices.com/ni

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread drmatt
Jim Pattison wrote: > After I posted my comment and read it over, I began to wonder if perhaps > I'd shared a little too much... Sounds like BS need to modify network timeouts to tolerate slightly less perfect networks.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
mherger wrote: > > so i can either get artwork and no music w/mysqueezebox.com, or no > > artwork and sometimes music w/vortexbox...lovely! > > No, you have to correctly configure your setup: > > - on mysb.com you have to enter your username/password > - on mysb.com again you have to activate y

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
bb1959 wrote: > It is entered on mysb.com and it is activated. I don't have tridode's > plugin anymore. I use the official spotify app w/sph. Just to make sure I just deleted the account on mysb.com and added it back in and configured it. Still getting the error msg. ---

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread Jim Pattison
Apesbrain wrote: > Thanks Jim for sharing your experience... After I posted my comment and read it over, I began to wonder if perhaps I'd shared a little too much... I assume that if I could connect my Pulse 2 - as well as potential future Bluesound purchases - directly to my router, then my p

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
mherger wrote: > > so i can either get artwork and no music w/mysqueezebox.com, or no > > artwork and sometimes music w/vortexbox...lovely! > > No, you have to correctly configure your setup: > > - on mysb.com you have to enter your username/password > - on mysb.com again you have to activate y

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
When I switch to mysqueezebox.com, slacker, tidal, pandora work fine...just not spotify (invalid username or password). bb1959's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24793 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
so i can either get artwork and no music w/mysqueezebox.com, or no artwork and sometimes music w/vortexbox...lovely! No, you have to correctly configure your setup: - on mysb.com you have to enter your username/password - on mysb.com again you have to activate your account by following the lin

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
so i can either get artwork and no music w/mysqueezebox.com, or no artwork and sometimes music w/vortexbox...lovely! bb1959's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=24793 View this thread: http://forums.sl

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
kidstypike wrote: > On your Touch, Settings > Advanced > Networking > Switch to > mysqueezebox.com I switched to mysqueezebox.com and now spotify won't play (invalid username). Before on vortexbox, spotify played (sometimes it worked, sometimes, not) but no metadata, etc. when I just switched

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread kidstypike
bb1959 wrote: > I know this may sound stupid because it has been so long but how do I > connect my squeezebox touch to my squeezebox.com? On your Touch, Settings > Advanced > Networking > Switch to mysqueezebox.com LMS 7.9 on a Raspberry Pi 3/piCorePlayer 3.10, playlists and LMS cache on a US

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
d6jg wrote: > Obviously the equipment is aging but given decent up to date hardware no > tweaking should be necessary. > Does your SBT misbehave if you connect it to mySB.com instead of your > server? If it doesn't and your router and/or Vortexbox is ancient > consider changing them for somethi

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread d6jg
bb1959 wrote: > Thanks for sharing Jim. I have had two SBT's since they came out and A > duet before that. It seems as though the last year or so I have had > nothing but problems with my system. I am having to constantly reboot > either my squeezebox touch or the vortex box or the whole syst

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread bb1959
Thanks for sharing Jim. I have had two SBT's since they came out and A duet before that. It seems as though the last year or so I have had nothing but problems with my system. I am having to constantly reboot either my squeezebox touch or the vortex box or the whole system itself including the

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread Apesbrain
d6jg wrote: > Power line adopters aren't really "unusual". They comply to Tcp/IP > standards. Nonetheless, I've had some brands work and others not. I've had sudden and unexplained network issues which disappeared when the powerline adapters were removed from the picture and reappeared when they

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread Apesbrain
Thanks Jim for sharing your experience. It should be noted that Squeezebox and Bluesound work somewhat differently. SB devices are clients to LMS server running on a PC or NAS. BS has no server. Instead the app seeks out and indexes compatible music files across your network. The app tells the BS

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread d6jg
Apesbrain wrote: > Thanks Jim for sharing your experience. It should be noted that > Squeezebox and Bluesound work somewhat differently. SB devices are > clients to LMS server running on a PC or NAS. BS has no server. Instead > the app seeks out and indexes compatible music files across your > n

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread Jim Pattison
I don't have any experience with the Node 2, but I purchased a Pulse 2 recently and am disappointed with the results. I've been using LMS and Squeezeboxes for a number of years now. My current setup consists of a Transporter, a Squeezebox Touch and a pair of Raspberry Pis running PiCorePlayer. I

Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

2017-02-17 Thread d6jg
As the VB forum hasn't yet re-appeared and the Wiki doesn't tell you how to do this I have examined my bash history and the steps are as follows: This is to upgrade from VB 2.4 with LMS 7.8 to the nightly 7.9.xx version Replace - http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/6b4ee63/logitechme