CJS wrote:
> For minimizing (almost) any program to the system tray you can use a
> little program called 'RBtray'
> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/rbtray/). When you have this program
> running in the background, right click on any program's minimize button,
> and it minimizes to the system
I get much of the third party stuff and all the little bits of abandoned
Squeeze software mixed up and really haven't been paying much attention
in recent years.
I often use SqueezePlay and LMS to play music on my Windows machines. If
anyone is still developing this, or has an interest in
garym wrote:
> Hi, I just tried that link and it played on my Transporter
Thanks.
> showed 128kbps AAC stream
In the web interface, it shows that it's being transcoded to FLAC,
though, doesn't it?
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Re-examining this... (I just gave up last year.)
Here is the radio stream I'm trying to play on the Transporter, but get
no audio. It shows about 3 seconds of progress in the web UI, then the
counter resets to 0:00. Maybe someone else could try it?
http://kuvo-ice.streamguys.org/kuvo-aac-128
I have a three album box set that is comprised of several individually
released albums. I'm sure most of you have seen sets like this. I'm
wondering if I can keep the set intact and playable in its entirety as
"The Complete Sessions", and also have the individual albums show up as
albums in LMS,
garym wrote:
> makes sense. I've never changed my file type settings (all at default).
> AAC files play fine on transporter.
What are the default settings you have for AAC in Settings > Advanced >
File Types? This is what I have currently. The problem is either here or
(more likely) in my
garym wrote:
> odd problem. I haven't seen this. My first step would be to do a xlinx
> reset. May not help, but can't hurt anything.
> http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Transporter_xilix_reset
Thanks.
Made no difference.
But I examined the streaming codec of the stations and
My main stereo system with a Transporter was down for a while as my
preamp was being repaired. Today I noticed that streaming radio doesn't
play on the Transporter. The only other Squeezebox set up in my house
right now is a Radio, and streaming radio plays fine on it.
I've tried both direct
d6jg wrote:
> Now I think about it I can see the logic as to why it wouldnt but also
> how you could be fooled into thinking that even at 100% it could /
> should work.
Does this mean that's ReplayGain is disabled by LMS when a player's
volume is fixed at 100%? Is that actually in the code?
The web interface (HTTP) usually runs on port 9000. If you've changed
that (say, to port 80) then it won't matter to SqueezePlay, as it
doesn't use HTTP.
The -only- way I'd consider port forwarding to LMS through a home
firewall is if it's restricted to a single remote IP address, and you
know
Sound familiar?
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95219-Recurring-playlist'
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EEYORE wrote:
> However, as you indicated, this is pretty much a complete redo of LMS
> which I am trying to avoid.
It's far from a complete redo of LMS. It's only a redo of the settings
for those two -players- and that screensaver. I'd do that long before
completely reinstalling and
Here's what I'd do, short of reinstalling everything from scratch
(actually, it should be pretty much the same thing):
- While LMS is running, go the Settings > Information page in the web
interface.
- Note the players listed on this page and find the MAC Addresses of
the two players.
You say you've checked the display settings. Have you also checked the
screensaver settings, which are on the Basic Settings page in the web
interface?
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I don't call it Logitech Media Server.
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Ah, I found it. And yes, it does record local tracks.
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Thanks. That looks like it may do the trick.
* Where is the output found?
* Does it record tracks played from the local library, or only radio?
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drmatt wrote:
> I am depressed to say that there's a secondary problem. Due to loudness
> wars so many CDs are so badly mastered that they probably benefit from
> the softening and flattering bass of an LP playback system.
"LP playback system" ... A turntable? You can play CDs on a turntable
Are there any plugins that track the history of tracks played through
LMS? Increasingly I find myself playing something, usually from Random
Albums, then trying to remember the artist a couple days later.
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SlimChances wrote:
> Is $10 a reasonable price for an lossless album download or are we being
> ripped off. I would think the costs of producing and distributing an
> album for download are far lower than the costs of yesteryear.
With CDs you were never really paying for the physical media
backball wrote:
> * I'm stuck at the "Software update" section. I need to press and hold
> the "brightness" button which of course I don't have on a Boom remote
Does it -need- a firmware update? A Classic would have had to have been
taken out of service many years ago to not have the latest
Ok, I see it. Thanks.
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mherger wrote:
> > As I understand it from some of the previous discussion, something
> has
> > been added to a recent LMS to require a password to change settings
> if
> > coming from the router/gateway address. Is that right? If so, which
> > password is that?
>
> I tried to explain this
How do you require a password if one hasn't been set in the options?
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Does Noritake sell individual units in any of those markets? I'm
skeptical. I'm also skeptical that you'd be able to find many (or any?)
distributors who would be buying those to stock and sell to the public.
Now, if you want to buy 1500 of them, I'm sure you'd have no problem.
Whoa, I just got what I think is the same thing after clicking a result
link from a google search. Looks like the mobile style/theme of the
forum gets set and and stays set. It can be reset in your forum
settings, under General or by using a link with a styleid.
This:
ButC wrote:
> desktop version of the forum. Tiny text.
I don't know what that means, but if you're talking about something in a
web browser, try hitting -Ctrl+0- (control zero).
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Interesting. Does look cheap and easy. I still say the $2000 price tag
that Sean Adams slapped on the Transporter is still one of the best
practical jokes anyone with disdain for audiophiles has ever played. I
bet he still gets a chuckle out of it.
Replacing the PSU in the Transporter is a cheap and "easy" fix? How so?
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You might have had better luck (less work) resetting or reconfiguring
the wifi access point/router. I'd suggest you backup its configuration
if possible once you have things stable again. Then you'd just need to
reload the backup configuration if this happens again.
Tex wrote:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/lms-udap-utility/files/
SourceForge is having problems. Can you post the download somewhere else
until they straighten things out?
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jimzak wrote:
> Is running a full scan still necessary? I'm on 7.9 beta.
My scheduled new & changed scan ran a little slower than normal this
morning, but it did not see all the files as changed. Looks like this is
fixed and a full scan following a time change is no longer necessary on
There's very little difference between on and off with these devices. At
best, it's the state of the display. Install the BlankSaver screensaver
and that's the best you can do - to have the screens completely blank.
What's the reason you want to replace the old server? If I were to run a
desktop version of Windows on a new server, I'd go with Windows 7
Professional, as licenses are still available. If you're just looking to
upgrade the OS, maybe that's all you'd need to do - install a new OS.
Squeezemenicely wrote:
> Well, I will see what I end up doing. Backing up to Amazon looks like it
> is gonna take 12 full days - slightly crazy...
Are you sure about that number? How fast is your internet connection's
upload speed and how much music data do you currently have? You should
run
Why would anyone bother to encrypt media files to store them in the
cloud? More sensitive data, sure.
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Squeezemenicely wrote:
> Sure, drives are cheap. Good thing about online backup is, that it is
> constantly synced.
That's only really a consideration while you're originally ripping your
CD library. IMO. After that, most people might buy one CD or a few CDs
each week. Losing the work involved
That actually has to be dome manually every time a full library rescan
is done???
There must be a way for Squeeze Commander to detect that (all of) its
data is stale. No?
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Jeddie wrote:
> I am considering using either Orange Squeeze or Squeeze Cntrl. My LMS is
> Ver 7.9.
>
> When I go to google play for Squeeze Cntrl, it says tested up to Ver
> 7.8? So I guess I can't use Squeeze Cntrl?
>
> And on google Play for Orange Squeeze, there is no mention of LMS
>
Haven't tested the "fall back" situation, but so long as you're
adjusting the timestamps by the opposite amount when it occurs, I would
call it fixed.
Thanks!
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Yeah, they're all cover.jpg files.
So, you're able to reliably detect that a DST time change has occurred
since the last scan?
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It looks like a New & Changed scan did NOT see any music files as
changed following the time change. But, it did see all of the covers as
having changed and resized and re-cached all of them.
Discovering files/directories: D:\Flac (48390 of 48390) Complete
00:00:40
Discovering
mherger wrote:
> > Reminder to do a complete rescan when the time changes
>
> Hopefully not. I applied a change which should deal with it a year ago.
> When is the time change up?
This coming Saturday night. I'm not sure I ever really tested the fix,
but I've disabled my nightly auto-rescan,
What actually happens during playback? Do you get noise or nothing at
all? In the web interface, does the progress bar advance or stay at
zero?
Is there any possibility that the Odroid just doesn't have the
horsepower to transcode and re-sample those files?
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Not sure why it would try multiple times on a single file (even though I
always found that transcoding logging to be nearly indecipherable), but
just checking to see whether the flac and sox binary executables are
installed sounds like a very good idea.
bpa, If you try it on your own system with default settings and no
custom-convert file, you'll likely the same in your server log. I just
tried it myself and get much the same log output.
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Paden wrote:
> Should the downsampling of 24-bit/96kHz material to 24-bit/48kHz occur
> automatically or does something need to set?
> I've been trying to play a 24-bit/96kHz vinyl rip but get nothing, not
> even through LMS>
> File plays fine through Foobar2000?
Yes, it should play
Paden wrote:
> Thanks for the replies :-)
> I haven't altered any of the File Format Conversion settings & I'm
> running LMS on a max2play Odroid U3, going to a Classic.
> Do you think my best bet is to downsample it myself rather than trying
> to get LMS to?
Did you say what type of files
garym wrote:
> Just curious, why is LMS downsampling 24/96 file for your Transporter?
> Because your synched with another SB? Or did you mean 24/192 file.
> Transporter handles 24/96.
Hmm... Good question. :)
It's a 24/96 file. I have the Transporter synced with a Radio. If I
unsync the
garym wrote:
> aha. That's it. The Radio can only do 24/48. So if synched, it would
> downsample to 24/48. Only Touch and Transporter can do 24/96.
Ah, Ok. I guess my memory isn't very good today.
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I'm playing an album in 24/96 on my Transporter right now and it's being
downsampled. If you want to debug it a little you can enable debugging
for conversions from the web interface by going to:
Settings > Advanced > Logging > (player.source) - Player Source Audio &
Conversion Logging
and
kidstypike wrote:
> They all do.
>
> They get their menus from LMS.
Thanks. As pippin said, Squeezer does not. It's the only one I have
loaded right now.
I see from the menu that must be Orange Squeeze on the far right. The
oddball icons, I'm guessing, are what it uses for menu items that
Does anyone know the current status of Squeeze Commander? According to
the Google Play store, it's currently at version 0.9.6.4 and hasn't been
updated since November 24, 2011.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.cedata.android.squeezecommander
Do any of the Android apps support the relatively new "Random Albums"
menu item?
I take it all these apps have hard-coded menus?
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The Logitech app no longer works (at least with Android 5 and above). I
never bought the Orange Squeeze app, but from the looks of it, it
doesn't seem terribly user-friendly. It also appears that the author
hasn't visited the forum in over a year.
To be honest, the Transporter was an inside joke by Sean Adams, who
chuckled under his breath at audiophiles and the little rarefied world
that they live in. He designed a very nice sounding device, and gave it
an arbitrary price tag. ("Hey Tony, how does $1000 sound? That's
expensive, right?"
Does Orange Squeeze offer the Random Albums browse mode of LMS 7.9?
Is there a limited time/functionality demo, or must it be purchased to
try it out?
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ashleyw wrote:
afraid in my world (which only consists of RPI2s and hifiberry DACs) -
there are several issues with sync;
- Adding a player to a sync group while a track is playing results in a
stutter on all players.
It does that when you add any player. Always has. Unless you're talking
jimzak wrote:
The Boom sounds better, particularly the low end. As was previously
mentioned the bass response isn't too great. After all the Boom cost
2-3 times as much.
$300 vs $200. Check your math.
JJZolx's
Ubicom, maker of the ip3023 processor in those devices, is now history.
From what I can find, Qualcomm bought what was left of the company in
2012. I somehow doubt that the SDK for a 12 year old processor still
costs anything like that.
OT, but... Can you explain how you used the rubbing alcohol and mineral
oil to remove the sticky rubber coating from the SB2? I've heard of
using isopropyl alcohol, but wonder how the mineral oil was used.
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Worst comes to worst, you can always spray paint it like you would a
model car. I have two of the silver SB2s. Always wanted an orange one.
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Wait a minute... I was under the impression that the Aries Mini could
function as a Squeezebox client. But as I read about it, I don't see any
mention of that. Since it's running Linux, I suppose it could be done
with some tinkering, but if the product doesn't function natively as a
Squeezebox,
riffer wrote:
I think it will all come down to the interface. Can their Control App
match LMS?
It may be that the control app is used mostly for setup. With no
native user interface, this would pretty much be a requirement in a
commercial product.
Looks promising. Essentially functions like
cliveb wrote:
I do have one of the later remotes, and I can assure you that it does
NOT open up in the same way as the Boom remote. It isn't remotely
(pardon the pun) like the Boom one.
Are you talking about something more than just opening up the battery
compartment? The Boom remote is the
Is it this one? All of the others have a clearly defined springy latch
on the back that you just push down and lift the hatch off.
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I believe the one above is just a larger version of the style that came
with
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pippin wrote:
Which assets? There are no assets besides maybe the brand name.
I imagine there's a fair amount of tooling for producing the Radio,
Boombox and Touch cases, schematics for boards, etc.
As to whether or not anyone could make a go of it with Squeezebox as a
retail project (we've
That's great news. Michael, what was the workaround?
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benybrady wrote:
Looking to power up 5 touches to different rooms in the house with a
central location for the wiring for the in ceiling speakers. I assume a
multizone amplifier correct?
Depends on exactly what you're trying to do and how you intend to do it.
Are the five Touches going to be
I just loaded Playlist Manager and it doesn't appear to do anything in
the web interface. In fact, the M button for tracks in the web
interface appears to do nothing. It behaves the same as clicking the
track link itself and just brings up the trackinfo page (as wcndave
said).
roggae wrote:
it's not the clicking thats a problem it's the gap in the middle of a
dead show thats annoying. i guess i'll live with it because i'm not
going to bypass the DAC. it makes sense though that the DAC could be
the culprit. it's mildly irritating and seems like a software issue,
Pascal Hibon wrote:
Common man, just let it go.
The people involved who have asked to drop this discussion will have a
very good reason. To continue nagging about it will not help and for
sure you want get any further answers due to the reasons already
mentioned several times by those
garym wrote:
It may be the DAC causing a problem. Try with analog outs, bypassing
DAC, just as a test.
Agreed. Please try without the external DAC. You may be running into the
problem discussed in the thread below. If it's an issue with the
Bifrost's muting circuitry kicking in between
erland wrote:
I think the important lesson for anyone that want to release a hardware
product/DIY-kit in the future is to make sure to do it through a company
instead of an unofficial community group or individual. Also, make sure
to use a name and thread that isn't closely related to the
Other than possibly the Radio, the Squeezebox players were all too
pricey to gain much of a foothold in the market of consumers who were
interested in only music streaming services. If the SB were introduced
today, it would flop even worse due to all of the competition in the
market.
In fact, a
cliveb wrote:
But on reflection perhaps it will be easier to just replace the whole
shooting match. Problem is my tower is very rarely used - only for audio
and video processing, all my day-to-day stuff is on a laptop, so buying
a whole new setup just for that seems extravagant. I'll have a
Thank you Michael. Good advice, although I suspect it's far from the
last we'll hear on the subject from the guy who doesn't want to talk
about it.
John Swenson:
I hope you haven't gone back into hibernation. Just a couple of days ago
you seemed very excited about moving on with the hardware
Added all together, what is the combined total of the disk space you
have on your IDE hard drives?
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You keep making this about you. The point you can't seem to get through
your head is that people are past caring about you or your problems.
They care about what happened to the community Squeezebox project, and
what issues are keeping it from happening.
If you're under a non-disclosure
Yes, that's exactly where I was going. What is the motherboard and CPU
that you currently have? I think your best bet to do it inexpensively
would be to find a used motherboard of the same model for sale on ebay
or similar. Otherwise, you may have to replace the CPU and the memory,
maybe the
doctor_big wrote:
I'd imagine the maker of mice and small computer speakers (who else
could it be?) has deep pockets and razor-sharp rat-like lawyers. If they
were swarming up my trouser leg, I'd likely say whatever they told me to
say in order to stop them suing me into oblivion.
Mr.
I doubt that any retailers would allow you to return a CD if you claimed
you couldn't rip it. You could try claiming that it would play and
seeing if they'll exchange it for another copy. Few, if any, places will
give you a refund for a CD or DVD that can easily be copied.
Getting XP installed on _any_ modern hardware will fall somewhere
between a major headache and impossible. More likely the latter. They
stopped writing XP drivers for hardware years ago. Most chipsets and
peripherals produced in the last five years or so have no XP drivers.
If you really think
dasmueller wrote:
Some of the posts over the last several days have made many of us
curious without a doubt. It appears that no further information of
substance will be forthcoming in the near future.
I suggest we let it drop and perhaps at some point in the future we will
learn more. For
Mnyb wrote:
What is mysterius to me is why resurrecting the hardware part a wand
board compatible DAC is such a problem .
it locks just like any of the other solutions around this forum , with
diverse hardware conected to PI boards or odroids and similar .
Software to make it a
JackOfAll wrote:
Was it? The reason I asked for the thread to be closed was that the
subject being discussed has already been subject to legal action last
year. And as of today, it is in the hands of lawyers again. If that
makes me a microcephalic pillock, in your no doubt, humble opinion,
Mnyb wrote:
The LMS compatibility is not even mentioned on brystons website ? it's
ofcourse very easy to add just install squeezelite . Is the whole LMS
server also preinstalled ? it can use external storage and play files
from usb sticks and hard drives .
The manual mentiosn MPD as the
Squeezemenicely wrote:
Wow, so the BDP-2 is simply a Squeezelite player on a sort of Raspberry
card in an elegant case?!? Not bad.
Not really a player. It has only digital outputs, so requires a DAC. For
just $3000 you can't have -everything-. :rolleyes:
For Bryston, installing Squeezelite, which they didn't pay a penny to
develop, on the BDP-2, with its bog-standard motherboard running Linux,
is a pretty low risk proposition. They didn't develop the system to be a
Squeezebox emulator; it's an afterthought. It may generate a few
additional
JackOfAll wrote:
I respectfully ask people not to discuss this in any way, shape or form.
Unless it's fully explained why, that's not very likely to happen.
What was John Swenson threatened with?
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Three people don't make up the SB community. It only takes one dick in
a closely held project like that to fuck it up for the rest. I suspect,
as usual, that money is involved. Of course, if someone wants to deny
that, this is an open forum.
doctor_big wrote:
But the BDP2 is still a commercial product that fits into the LMS/SB
ecosystem. It's a good sign.
The Bryston BDP2 is a horribly overpriced box containing an
off-the-shelf Atom motherboard running Linux. They tossed Squeezelite on
it as an afterthought. Because they could.
Lem wrote:
The bulk of LMS is open source is it not (from the old Slim Devices
days)?, and still being developed upon by users of this very forum.. I
don't see why it would be such an issue if you were to bundle LMS into a
streamer.
Somebody with some balls and a little moral integrity
d6jg wrote:
I believe there is a market for a mid priced non-techie player but I
don't think it would be commercially viable unless it could handle LMS
DLNA.
I have a Pi but aesthetically it isn't a Touch or an SB3 so I can't site
it in my Living Room set up. It's WAF is far too low!
Hide
Here we go again...
LOL!
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Benefactor wrote:
So the system still hangs up.
This is happening during music playback? Are you doing anything on the
server when this happens? Browsing music, for instance.
Don't really know much about interpreting server logs, but the system
got hung up again tonight while accessing Wes
Have you tried restarting LMS itself when the problems begin? That would
tell you whether its LMS rather than something happening elsewhere
within the computer that is the source of the problem.
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Wikipedia is the only place I see that. Nothing in the news anywhere.
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