Re: [slim] Looking for the truth

2007-02-02 Thread P Floding
chiefersone;176847 Wrote: > Should I continue to use SB3 with my WINXP platform successfully or can > you tell me that this new WIN Vista works too? Surely Slim Devices (Logitech) should have the resources to test SS on Vista? -- P F

[slim] Re: The ultimate remote control?

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
gt; > TD Very nice! I'm tempted to do something like that, since my laptop is a bit noisy. How much noise does that tablet PC generate, subjectively? I still have no cover art.. And my directory structure is not helping it seems. I need a program that reads the tags inste

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
P.S: I wouldn't want to lose the cross platform ability of today, that allows even my Nokia N80 to control the SB.. So any new slick interface is hopefully backed up by the good old web interface.. -- P Floding -

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
Ajax seems very reasonable for this type of stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) interesting. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this t

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
nt-server app will look just like any stand-alone app. The confusion is in associating client-server with the "web browser" experience. A client server app has the major advantage of allowing multiple GUIs on multiple platforms controlling the same thing. -- P Floding -

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
if there are problems. I suggest Logitech employs you to do a proof-of-concept! (So it's AJAX now? ;-) Glad I passed on the "beans" and what have you..) -- P Floding P Floding&#

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
Peter;174490 Wrote: > P Floding wrote: > > Skunk;174474 Wrote: > > > >> I use web interfacing 85% of the time. My server is wired to the > router > >> and player, so responsiveness is as snappy as any application, for > me. > >> > >> &

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
proving sync speed between GUI and what's going on, and making it a bit slicker and more responsive is all it needs. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
like iTunes, BTW. I haven't found a way to see albums instead of a massive "tunes" listing..) -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://foru

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

2007-01-26 Thread P Floding
and it run slim server. Uptime is counted in months, and slimserver usually just works. (If it was initially developed for Linux, as someone claimed, it should just work.) General note: Just hide the bl**dy server and don't mention it

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-25 Thread P Floding
Marc Sherman;174256 Wrote: > P Floding wrote: > > > > I stream uncompressed WAV over my WLAN and it works just fine. I > don't > > even notice it. (But then I don't do time critical things like > gaming > > on the WLAN.) > > > > Anyway, FL

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-25 Thread P Floding
denly blowing our speakers with Windows "boings".) Whatever you do, don't save pennies on the sound quality, or I (and I'm sure most here) might as well get a Roku or whatever.. (In fact, I'd still use my CD player.) Sean knows best! ;-D Can we have a Transpor

[slim] Re: Getting rid of slimserver

2007-01-25 Thread P Floding
hings like gaming on the WLAN.) Anyway, FLAC's compression ratio is only about 1:2. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slim

[slim] Re: SB2/3 power usage: 4-6 watts; display on/off is biggest factor

2007-01-21 Thread P Floding
r turning off the > device and using raw fossil fuel for heating. > > I am posting in the UK and most houses use gas, even my 8 year olde > non-condensing boiler is 75% efficient. However, electricity can be generated by nuclear power plants, which do not contribute to any increase of C

[slim] Re: Night terrors caused by SqueezeBox

2007-01-14 Thread P Floding
y neighbor is angry. I will definitely > be bringing suit regarding this. Thank God the message wasn't truncated just before " cat"... -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] Re: SB3 and Transporter IR codes

2007-01-14 Thread P Floding
Marc Sherman;170175 Wrote: > P Floding wrote: > > > > OK, thanks! Quick response! > > That was a bit unfortunate. > > Perhaps the SB can be reconfigured to look for other codes. I have a > > faint memory of reading about something like that.. > > It&#x

[slim] Re: SB3 and Transporter IR codes

2007-01-13 Thread P Floding
ceejay;170065 Wrote: > Same remote, same codes. OK, thanks! Quick response! That was a bit unfortunate. Perhaps the SB can be reconfigured to look for other codes. I have a faint memory of reading about something like that.. -- P Flod

[slim] SB3 and Transporter IR codes

2007-01-13 Thread P Floding
Does anyone know if the SB3 and the Transporter are using separate IR codes so I can use both in the same room at the same time? (I can't test since I only have an SB3 at the moment.) -- P Floding P Floding'

[slim] Re: Is it FLAC, MP3 or ???

2006-11-18 Thread P Floding
limdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29822 > > > > If transcoding is going on you can't FF or RW. At least this is true if transcoding from FLAC to WAV. -- P Floding P Flodin

[slim] Re: I had to resort to using Media Player!!! :(

2006-10-30 Thread P Floding
Other symptoms include SB3 and softsqeezes locking up (again on the > same machine as the server as well as wired and wireless) the screen > going blank. Sometimes it counts on the screen 32xxx 64xxx. > > I have run out of ideas, am assistance would be

[slim] Re: Is the hardware really as bad as the software?

2006-10-30 Thread P Floding
something wrong, feel free to jump in with any tips to get it all > working correctly. Thanks, Lee I have had quite a few problems with softsqueeze, but being free I can't really complain. The hardware is way more stable. No comaprison. -- P Floding -

[slim] Re: Atomic Squeeze Box

2006-10-28 Thread P Floding
prietary manufacturing techniques, the innerTUBE Audio Manufacturing Facility is closed to the public and is located in a secret underground bunker." LOL -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: Atomic Squeeze Box

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
niche than the SB (is today). I'm sure it is up to Sean what happens now.. no? -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] Re: Atomic Squeeze Box

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
the clout to go after these pitiful small guys.. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

[slim] Re: So Farewell Then, Slim Devices

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
jonheal;150231 Wrote: > Well, the SB is a two "rubber feet" and a "rubber tube" device. > > ;-) Yup, but the tube counts as many rubber feet! ;-) (Infinitely many?) -- P Floding -

[slim] Re: Open Source Dream Falls Apart?

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
User self-help is pretty much standard nowdays in the industry. I can understand the feelings of "betrayal", especially if one is a major contributor, but there was never any guarantee of longevity. SB could have gone bust tomorrow. -- P Floding ---

[slim] Re: So Farewell Then, Slim Devices

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
ot of companies, with a lot of bean counters to shoot..) -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.sli

[slim] Re: So Farewell Then, Slim Devices

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
iTunes on your server PC while sitting at your laptop in another room, or even on your PDA or Smartphone? Answer: You don't. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

[slim] Re: So Farewell Then, Slim Devices

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
gt; are". > That's correct! We already know what Logitech is (reasonably) good at, and it sure as heck is not audio. This means an SB3 (or derivative) will have to cost about $150 to sell as a Logitech. And that, in turn, might mean a lot when it comes to quality. -- P Floding -

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
ted on > Logitech > > support. Staffed by people who know nothing and care less. > > > > > > -- > > Mark Norton > > > > > Mark Norton's Profile: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4722 >

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
we might as well have been competing as ourselves. Even if stomped it wouldn't have made much difference -apart from the owners' bank balances, admittedly. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-27 Thread P Floding
Mitch Harding;150093 Wrote: > I, on the other hand, would purchase Microsoft hifi if it sounded good. > The > label doesn't affect the sound. > > On 10/26/06, P Floding < > P.Floding.2gb86n1161907801 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote: > &g

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-26 Thread P Floding
ut it, no matter how logical their arguments are. I would NOT want a Microsoft hifi. Period! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-26 Thread P Floding
customer interaction, you deserve a big cheque -and congratulations on that! I hope you prove us sceptics wrong. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-14 Thread P Floding
ong, as I haven't explored Slimserver much yet.) -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19961 ___

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-14 Thread P Floding
ll needs to be done in firmware the picture is different. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19961

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-14 Thread P Floding
tom permutt Wrote: > Mainly I was trying to make sure I understood mathematically what we > were talking about. Thanks, P Floding and Michaelwagner, for > clarifying that. > > I can see that it would be convenient to be able to listen to both > versions (faster than by swi

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-14 Thread P Floding
have never heard of any CD being released with such a gross error. The sound degradation due to -both- channels being inverted is much more subtle, and can be hard or impossible to hear on a simpler system. -- P Floding P Flo

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-13 Thread P Floding
h more sense to do polarity switching as a processing stage. -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-13 Thread P Floding
Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Wrote: > On Fri 13 January 2006 01:57, P Floding wrote: > > JJZolx Wrote: > > > I've added the following comment to bug/request #1976. Hopefully > it > > > would cover all needs in this issue: > > > > > >

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-12 Thread P Floding
cks were recorded correctly, but some late stage in the mixing/mastering inverts the ready-mixed signal inadvertently. It is true that you system has to be pretty good to hear the difference. I had difficulty hearing it before i got the TacT RCS. I imagine headpho

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-12 Thread P Floding
by including a feature such as this. The SB has a good following at least amongst TacT users -as the TacT room correction system (pre amp) has digital inputs. Regards -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.sl

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-12 Thread P Floding
nd > track by track, has not been addressed yet. > > So people can vote for it ... OK, thanks for you help! It is not exactly what I'm proposing, but in the same realm. I will open a new "bug" report detailing my request. (Or maybe I should just ame

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-12 Thread P Floding
afblaster Wrote: > I have a 'high-end' system and would like to be able to switch the > signal polarity. ok, I'm glad I'm not alone! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdev

[slim] Re: Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-12 Thread P Floding
P Floding Wrote: > Hi all! > > I request a feature to control signal polarity on a per-album basis, as > well as on a per-song basis. (Polarity specification for a song would > override any album polarity.) > > A overall-polarity switch directly from the remote would also

[slim] Feature request: Polarity control

2006-01-11 Thread P Floding
sy to forget what you concluded was the best setting. I might implement this feature, unless it turns out to be very difficult. However, I'd like to check if anyone here has done it already, or is working on it! Regards --

[slim] Re: Native AAC Support

2005-12-23 Thread P Floding
mand or even expect that it works! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___

[slim] Re: A thank you to Slim Devices

2005-12-23 Thread P Floding
ptop's original XP version.. Thanks for mentioning it though! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: htt

[slim] Re: A thank you to Slim Devices

2005-12-23 Thread P Floding
! I found the DLL in a folder and did move it to System32 (is System used much nowdays?) -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

[slim] Re: Native AAC Support

2005-12-23 Thread P Floding
presenting the song. (Like on the iPod). Being able to actually hear anything while moving is almost useless anyway, I think -and is what would be the hard part to implement, I believe. Please excuse me if some of the things I have comment

[slim] A thank you to Slim Devices

2005-12-22 Thread P Floding
erver, doing transcoding on the fly from AAC while communicating via wifi (11 Mbit!) between both laptop and SB3, and it all works fine. Most impressive! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.