Re: [slim] iPod, FLAC and Music Managers

les as lossy, encoded as you choose. Would make a nice assignment for a comp. sci. undergrad! -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http:

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

>I could have sworn that the Telegraph was published throughout Britain.< Yep, to be purchased by English people in Wales and Scotland :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

Rhapsody's massive music library, and listen to whatever tracks you like. With a subscription, you might never need to buy any more music again." 8/10 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slim

Re: [slim] Programs supporting SqueezeBox?

t does require a functioning Slimserver that can access the music library drive, but needn't have scanned it. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View t

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

>I remember the first time I set eyes on the squeeze box web pages< So does the Way Back Machine - http://web.archive.org/web/20020726222416/http://www.slimdevices.com/ -- amcluesent amcluesent's Pr

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

h market will bear. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39223

Re: [slim] Server requirements

>Or am I missing something< Yes, unless the Slimserver gets to process (nearly) all the actions, then send appropriate commands out to devices(s), lots of functionality would be broken/harder to do. -- amcl

[slim] iTouch/iPhone support?

Anyone porting Softsqueeze/Jive to the OS X environment on iTouch/iPhone? These boys, http://www.dottunes.net/, giveaway a server for iTunes, then charge you for the streaming player plug-in on your Wii/iTouch/PSP/whatever. -- amcluesent

[slim] Exporting library info to ipod notes?

ng a notes info system is http://developer.apple.com/ipod/iPodNotesFeatureGuideCB.pdf Any plugins able to do this? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 Vi

Re: [slim] Squeezebox distributors UK

>Just wondering if there is a reason that ebuyer don't stock the squeezebox?< They used to. Maybe too many calls to the helpdesk asking for assistance in setting it up? Or they couldn't agree a wholesale price that would let them discount?

[slim] Support for 'resume' on Audiobooks?

As title really, is there any means (plugin etc.) of having slimserver play material with the genre tag of 'Audiobook' and then resume later from the point playback ceased? -- amcluesent amcluesent'

Re: [slim] Artist vs. composer

of the time I want to browse classical by the composer, but I could easily add a "Classical Artists by Letter" Browse Menu with a suitable genre filter. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Interface and Operation: A Dog's Breakfast (Rant)

CustomBrowse and MusicInfoScr plugins', I can't remember what the out-the-box UI for SB/TB looks like ;) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 Vi

Re: [slim] Interface and Operation: A Dog's Breakfast (Rant)

>You think something would have been learned < Well, the V7 beta interface is different... -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this t

Re: [slim] SlimServer won't index AAC files

begins it's scan? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37991 _

[slim] Album Art broken in 6.5.4?

sometimes "forgotten" and new album art is randomly loaded in. :( -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

Re: [slim] Transporter Price

LOL. I await the Logitech corporate PR team having this thread killed ASAP. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] SB3, active speakers and subwoofer issue

Connect using the speaker-level inputs? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

[slim] Using RS232 on Transporter to send commands?

/down to the Amp, not the TP. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Newbie with couple questions

Well, everyone will have an opinion, but I suggest you try OrangeCD by firetongue software. The music manager can scan FLAC files and, as the developer has a squeezebox, it has proper built-in support for the slimserver to send music to be played. -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] Dutch channel Sky Radio on squeezebox

Sky Radio 101 FM can be streamed from http://sradio.tv/stream/789.m3u, certainly works in RealPlayer. I guess you can try adding the URL to slimserver. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

[slim] Protecting library with NTFS permissions

force return of ownership, but that's not going to happen by accident). Anyone done this and got a simple NTFS permission strategy to hand? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [slim] Logitech being absolutely OTT ?!

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Re: [slim] Logitech being absolutely OTT ?!

>the SRP in the UK will be going up to £1699 inc VAT< The 2nd hand one I picked up for less than a bag of sand a few weeks back now looks like a bargain :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Pr

Re: [slim] Logitech being absolutely OTT ?!

UK for a TP when the US:GBP rate is 2:1! -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

[slim] Making simple change to Extended Text Display

ode hasn't found anything 'obvious' to change. Otherwise, I suppose it's the MusicInfo screen saver route... -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?

Re: [slim] Think System

>My transporter and/or SB3 just locks up. The remote (and buttons on the Transporter) do not function. < Oddness like that is, IMHO, usually down the to slimserver being starved of CPU. -- amcluesent amcluesent

Re: [slim] How about a for sale section

>am beginning to feel corporate culture in these forum lately.< Yep, Logitech corporate lawyers will have killed the idea due to worries about liability for stolen goods, frauds etc. if they facilitate the trades. -- amcl

Re: [slim] Internal hard drive?

IMHO it's heat that kills drive. An internal drive with a fan placed to put airflow over the casing is best -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this th

[slim] [FS] UK White Squeezebox 3, wi-fi, Slim Devices logo

lver on the front. They don't make them like this anymore! Excellent condition, complete with UK 3-pin standard power-pack, cables, instructions and in original box. Am selling on UK ebay, but will post worldwide. -- amcluesent -

Re: [slim] Transporter - how do I open it?

It's a 1/16" hex key you need (American's haven't gone metric :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [slim] I really like my Squeezebox, but...

You can always connect to the Slimserver mp3 feed from http://:9000/stream.mp3. Try you have to use the web-interface to set-up the playlist... -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Genre tagging not working

>and retagged the genres< What tool? Could be you have a mess of ID3v1, ID3v3 and APE tags. Check out mp3tag and use it to remove all but one type of tag - instructions in the Wiki. -- amcluesent amcluesent

Re: [slim] How do you control your SqueezeBox ?

main hi-fi, mostly the web-interface using the laptop. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Legality question... boo... hiss......

>but I feel guilty.< That feeling reduces after the first 100 rips :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slim

Re: [slim] SB without wireless

The wired only SB3 has been discontinued, assumed it wasn't cost effective to produce and stock. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this th

Re: [slim] Very annoyed and disappointed (not with SD - read on...)

>I'm furious about this >:(< Of course, regardless of what SB3 you get, all firmware updates now have Logitech branding on the boot-up display. N...my eyes! -- amcluesent amcluesent&#

Re: [slim] New Device - Headless SB & Remote Display/Control

and Transporter. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36169 ___

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

7;ll get network congestion. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36324 ___

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

>I want my music back< Softsqueeze on the Macbook? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

Re: [slim] Why is Transporter Soooooo $Expensive$ ?

can tell, on this basis, whether the Transporter is gouging? Thne again, if 'audiophiles' will pay top $$ for cryogenic dipped directional cable, maybe they deserve to get ripped off? -- amcluesent amcluesent&#x

Re: [slim] Computer audio out to squeezebox?

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35718 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

After the 6.5.2 upgrade, I'm sure the SB3 is blinking subliminal messages when playing..."You love Logitech" over and over :( -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [slim] Firmware download

>I do not want the new 6.5.1 , just the firmware< Maybe the firmware is written to use new features of the slimserver? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1028

Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

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Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

I love to hate big oil, big tobacco, big music streaming :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Slick Squeezebox/Transporter Google Ads

>Whoa - slick!!! Nice extension!< Yep, that one plus AdBlock, Remove It Permanently and NoScript - make the web as it was meant to be... -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [slim] Quality of Slimserver

>Ah yes, the lovely open source ethos: "Blame the User". < Then again, some of the people who post questions here are obviously utter numpties... -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://f

Re: [slim] What the hell with the license change on Slimserver? It's not GPL anymore?

features you actually need are proprietary. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] Where does everyone buy their online music from?

Magnatune, good source of FLAC encoded (plus MP3 etc.) music -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Suitability for use in professional installations

or using a proprietary 'mesh' for their wireless? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Audio Libary Management

Dapper http://www.dapper.net/ is a tool that claims to able to extract structured content from a web-site and make it available as a web-service -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

Re: [slim] Suitability for use in professional installations

ch And OrangeCD http://www.firetongue.com/screens.html. OK it's a client app. but nothing that couldn't be done with Web 2.0 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Suitability for use in professional installations

I think the jury will be out until slimserver 7.x appears. 6.5.x wasn't properly tested IMHO and has left that ragged edge of bugs and flaky plug-ins which only informed users find acceptable. -- amcluesent amclues

Re: [slim] Audio Libary Management

Plus, must handle classical music properly! >To my knowledge there's nothing like this out there< Wait until slimserver 7 ships, then start coding! -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] Please help - Newbiw connect to Slimserver!

www.progressiveav.com/ts101_update/ -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] Any New Squeezebox coming soon?

t an audiophile favourite. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [slim] Stubborn Artist

>Ideas anyone< I'd guess there remains another tag. Have you really used mp3tag to show all the tags (ID3v1, ID3v2, APE,...) in the file. Failing that, try using foobar2000 to rewrite the tags. --

Re: [slim] Any New Squeezebox coming soon?

t the Logitech expertise and have 2-way Harmony remotes with displays like the Sonos. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Attention Aussies and Brits!

>If you find anything I've missed, please let me know!< Have you changed "Welcome to Squeezebox" to "G'day cobber!" :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

[slim] RAID with XP Pro?

Vista? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34845 ___ discu

[slim] Softsqueezing on a train :)

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Re: [slim] Shortcuts in Music Folder Not Working

Have a look at this thread on using NTFS Junction Points - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33286 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this t

Re: [slim] How about a for sale section

Maybe a forum to announce items going on Ebay? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Squeezbox and other new breed of music server solutions

These one-box systems are all very well as 'lifestyle' accessories, loaded up with a few 100 tracks. The real asset is your library of ripped & tagged music; no way would I allow the lock-in from a vendor with my 1,500 albums on their closed system.

[slim] As good as a Transporter (almost...) :-)

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Re: [slim] Certain artists not appearing in Slimserver library with itunes...

Maybe the metadata tags are muddled - try using mp3tag (look for the howto in the wiki) to re-write them. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SlimServer:Browse:Music Folder

Have a look at this thread on using NTFS Junction Points - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33286 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this t

Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...

I'm the last person to hold onto 1970's gender stereotypes, but perhaps if Slimdevices shipped an SB3 in a pretty pink the ladies would take to it? (Hey, it worked for the Zune!) -- amcluesent amcluesent'

Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...

>Slimserver runs off our kitchen machine< Hmm, how about a recipe database plug-in for the wives to consult when they're cooking? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] SlimServer MP3 tags don't Match Mp3Tag's

and make it delete all but the ID3v2 when you save tags on MP3 Also upgrade to mp3tag 2.37h -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums

[slim] Vote the Transporter as Home Entertainment Device of the Year

Cast your vote now for Engadget Awards Home Entertainment Device of the Year: http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/11/the-2006-engadget-awards-vote-for-home-entertainment-device-of/ So far the Transporter is, well, in last place at 2.3% of the vote :-( -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?

You could buy some non DRMed, FLAC encoded music from Magnatune and, as they encourage, give it away to three friends - http://www.magnatune.com/info/give -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Transporter broken?

>Seems to indicate that this is a weak part in the system?< This is to give a market entry to the 'tweakers' to offer cryogenically processed on the dark side of moon PSUs at a very reasonable $750. One hand washes the other.

Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization

Given the the speed of sound in air is 345 m/s, even a 10m separation of Squeezeboxes (one upstairs, one downstairs) would result in the distant sound being delayed ~29ms to someone at the local player. -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the files? ;-) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

ALL thoughts I had of buying one would go out the window at £1700. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.

Re: [slim] Logitech Branding

>If they are smart, they will do a major interface fix on Slim Server < There's one flaw in the strategy to monetise Slimsevices - it can't play DRMed music. Maybe they'll take a payoff from Microsoft to join the Zune 'social', in return for dropping native sup

Re: [slim] Problems Organizing Music Library - Suggestions Most Welcome

ckly. NB. I only really got tags sorted out by using mp3tag and following the instructions in the Wiki here on how to set it to remove all but one sets of tags for each mp3/flac/wma/og file. ID3v1, ID3v2 and APE tags in an MP3 file were very confusing to slimserver. -- amclue

Re: [slim] Why is the Squeezebox so dependant on the server?

>The home server just becomes a non issue.< It would be good if SB4 allowed you to plug-in an iPod and the SB firmware let you navigate it's music and take an analog signal from the iPod's docking connector.

Re: [slim] Why is the Squeezebox so dependant on the server?

>You can't rely on the computing power of an arbitrary server< Has anyone told Google? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View t

Re: [slim] Best quality CD-R

Links to the other forums discussing making coasters would probably get modded off as supporting the competition, but I've found Verbatim disks with the Pioneer drives (111-d) consistently reliable. -- amclu

Re: [slim] Philips SRU9600 remote control: how to get it work with SB3?

Try Remotecentral for the Krell codes. http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/files/rcfiles.cgi?kw=krell&fc=--&area=pronto&db=&br=&dv=&dt=&so= -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://

Re: [slim] UK retailer for Transporter?

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] "do not use itunes" but link one album from itunes music?

>is there a way around this issue without linking my whole itunes library< Check out my previous post on using NTFS Junction Points to pull different directories into a single library for slimserver to scan. -- amcl

Re: [slim] Transporter broken?

>I got it back yesterday, and funnily enough two hours after setting it up again it died again.< Harsh. I'd bell Citizens Advice and look at rejecting it as not fit for purpose and getting a refund. --

[slim] Using NTFS Junction Points to unify Music Folder

d the junction points fine and located all the music across the disks. Junction points can't cope with UNC mappings, but it seems that NTFS symbolic links in Vista can. -- amcluesent amcluesent'

Re: [slim] itunes / tags

sort out loads of tagging problems. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

[slim] Just what is the Slim Devices USP?

antage as media server s/w become a commodity offering on NAS boxes and the rumoured Windows Home Server. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View thi

Re: [slim] For the $2000 Transporter, are Slim Devices serious about the user interface?

Perhaps Slimdevices could upgrade the SB3/Transporter firmware to include UPnP MediaServer ControlPoint capability to give users a choice of which MediaServer to use? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

uld wager that a non-trvial number of Squeezebox buyers aren't even aware they need to run slimserver. Looking forward to slimserver 7. :-) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

[slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

U*nix and there is a closed source Win32 binary for the man-in-the-street? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

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