Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-16 Thread dean blackketter
Moonloop: Have you tried the latest pre-release version of SqueezeCenter (7.0.1), which includes a number of connectivity fixes? http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Unable to Update Controller

2008-03-22 Thread dean blackketter
If that doesn't do it, please get in touch with the technical support folks. There could be a hardware failure there. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Thanks for the pictures. I'm playing with it in photoshop and put your image up on the Controller screen. I see a couple of things: 1. The color banding effects are strong with this particular image. I was able to reproduce the color pattern closely in photoshop with 32 levels of posteri

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-08 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 8, 2008, at 4:56 PM, pnielsen wrote: >> Can you file a bug on http://bugs.slimdevices.com and attach the >> original image that you are having problems with? > > Thanks. I will do that. Obviously the software is doing some really > bad > things with the image before it's sent to the SBC.

Re: [slim] Duet has Wireless Birdging or not?

2008-03-08 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 6, 2008, at 10:02 PM, WSLam wrote: > The good old SB3 has Wireless Bridging function. Does the Duet have > the > function or not? The spec does not have the function listed as it does > on the SB3 spec. Any Duet owner can confirm? Thanks. The current setup software on the Controller doesn

Re: [slim] Duet release date?

2008-02-05 Thread dean blackketter
The product is on hold from the distributors until the software is ready for release, which will be when 7.0 ships. Those of you who are testing 7.0, we're in the home stretch now, so please file those bugs! Thx, dean ___ discuss mailing list discu

Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers

2008-01-30 Thread dean blackketter
That's true. We were working with the AudioEngine guys early on to explore building some companion speakers for Squeezebox, starting with the A5s and trying to scale down. We got distracted with our new friends at Logitech, and later on the A2s have arrived. I haven't heard them personally

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-30 Thread dean blackketter
Speaking from the Logitech regional office in Mountain View, California, I can tell you that the hardware is being manufactured in China right now, but there are some slow downs there due to snow that the region rarely sees. (A couple of our guys nearly got stuck at the factory last week!)

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-29 Thread dean blackketter
An earlier design used a 6.8v power supply, and there were some prototypes made that used that voltage. The final design uses 9V. -dean On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:55 AM, Michaelwagner wrote: > > I'm not sure where the idea came from that it is a 9Vt power supply. > Mine says 6.8Vt on it. > > Hmm..

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-29 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:22 AM, Peter wrote: > > > Pale Blue Ego wrote: >> >> Uh...maybe. When connected via ethernet, the SBR *appears* to act >> as a >> wi-fi access point for the SB Controller. Not sure if this currently >> works or is supported. I ran into this when troubleshooting the Due

Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers

2008-01-27 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 27, 2008, at 6:01 AM, Peter wrote: > Patrick Dixon wrote: >> You might also like to consider the Logitech X-10 speakers, which >> sound >> pretty good with or without a PC. >> >> They aren't huge, and won't do much bass, but what they do do, >> they do >> very well. >> >> At around £80

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:20 PM, smc2911 wrote: > One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered > elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? When the Receiver comes out of the box it's waiting to be set up. First, you set up the Controller to connect to the netw

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-20 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: > Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 >> >> It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech >> is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its >> wireless controller. It's true, you can plug hea

Re: [slim] Duet videos

2008-01-18 Thread dean blackketter
Very nice work, jonbauer! It took me a couple of moments to figure out that the Flickr page had a link to this video on YouTube. Here it is directly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64HwO6bxRro ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-15 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 15, 2008, at 5:09 PM, theta wrote: > My current Slimserver 6.5.4 and SB3 can show Traditional Chinese > chracters without any problem (Windowns XP Traditional Chinese > Version), can duet controller show Traditional Chinese chracters > without any issue? The initial release of the software

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-12 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Peter wrote: > I sincerely hope we won't be turning some virtual scroll wheel with > our > mouse pointers... :( The scrolling already takes advantage of your mouse wheel (if you have one), otherwise cursor keys do the scrolling... __

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-12 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 12, 2008, at 9:21 AM, tamanaco wrote: > Just had to ask... Is there... or will there... be a Controller > software > "functional" Simulator? Yes. The Controller software is called SqueezeOS (formerly known as the Jive software) and also runs on Mac, Windows and Linux, though there ar

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-10 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 10, 2008, at 12:55 PM, tamanaco wrote: > What Mark says is right on the mark... I also just found out that the > Controller might have a on/off switch. (I did not see it in any of the > pictures... Where is it?) So, if this is the case, network degradation > can be avoided by flipping the s

Re: [slim] Slimserver, Slimcenter, Duet, Jive - I'm confused!

2008-01-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 9, 2008, at 10:40 AM, aubuti wrote: > > gerph;256491 Wrote: >> Um... Maybe I'm missing something, but... it's not an OS. The OS is >> Linux and it's just an application on top of that. > Well, Dean did say that they were doing it "to further confuse > things" > That's our strategy and

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 9, 2008, at 8:20 AM, 4mula1 wrote: > Does/will the Controller support SHDC cards? With 32GB nearly here > that will easily hold my library if transcoded into mp3. That would > make my entire library ready to travel. Now I'm interested in buying > one. Yes, I've tried it with a 4GB card,

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:41 AM, 4mula1 wrote: > > It seems Logitech might've been very close to indeed making a portable > Squeezebox. From the pictures of the controller it doesn't look like > it has an accessory connector at the bottom between the charging pins, But it does have such a connector,

Re: [slim] Slimserver, Slimcenter, Duet, Jive - I'm confused!

2008-01-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:57 AM, SuperQ wrote: > > Skunk;256403 Wrote: >> You'll also see SBC (Squeezebox Controller) and SBR (Squeezebox >> Receiver) used here and there. >> >> Maybe the Jive forum should be renamed the Controller or Duet >> forum to >> avoid some confusion. > > I wouldn't rename t

Re: [slim] Controller and SB3

2008-01-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 9, 2008, at 4:47 AM, Gibbo wrote: > Maybe this has been covered elsewhere but is there any plan to > release a > "box set" duet type discounted thingy, with a controller and a SB3 > rather than a receiver? That's something that's been considered along with a Transporter/ Controller bundl

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-08 Thread dean blackketter
Some news from CES: Squeezebox Duet won a CES Innovations 2008 award. Details here: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/172/4177&&cl=us,en Also, according to this (http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/? tag=ces2008_rnav) in the Home Audio category we're up against Neosonik's no-speaker wires technolo

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-08 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Mark Lanctot wrote: > konut;255304 Wrote: >> Am I corect in assuming that a router isn't needed? That the >> controller >> can connect directly to my laptops WiFi? > > I believe that a router isn't needed in that the controller can > connect > directly to the -Sque

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-08 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 8, 2008, at 10:16 AM, tforce wrote: > Will the Duet be available in stores or only on the internet? Duet will be available in both retail and online stores around the world, though the specific retailers haven't been announced yet. The individual Receiver and Controller units will also b

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-07 Thread dean blackketter
I've just put some placeholder pages in http://wiki.slimdevices.com/ for the new Duet, Receiver and Controller products. If anybody has a free moment, feel free to fill in the details from what you've learned here... Thanks! -dean ___ discuss mai

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 2:27 PM, dem wrote: > mvalera;254692 Wrote: >> The switch on the front is multi function, more for connection reset >> and/or factory reset. It also changes colors to reflect it's >> connection >> status. Like the Squeezebox the Squeezebox Receiver it's always >> "on" or >>

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Ian_F wrote: > First of all, congratulations on the announcement of the new product > (s). > I've no doubt there are some very worried people over at Sonos HQ! > > Looking through the specs (under the System requirements > '_on_this_page_' (http://www.slimdevices.com/p

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:30 PM, slimkid wrote: > Now, I'm confused, I was unde the impression that controller works > only > wirelessly, other than doing the initial set up. So, if there is no > wireless network available, how would controller control 'next song' > for example. Not to mention how w

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Fifer wrote: > But not one -per- SBR? (Can you have a setup with one controller and > multiple receivers?) Right. One Controller can set up and control any number of Receivers. -dena ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.s

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 10:14 AM, IRJ wrote: > I need some clarification. > > If I have say an existing SB1 or 2 or 3, can I add a new SBR and > control both from my existing WiFi PDA? At this time you need a Squeezebox Controller to set up a Squeezebox Receiver. ___

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 8:43 AM, mortslim wrote: > "For the time being, you'll need to have at least one Controller to > set > up a Receiver. That's a limit of the current software." > > The above quote indicates that eventually (when?) you won't have to > buy > the controller if you just want to g

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 9:12 AM, erland wrote: > mortslim;255077 Wrote: >> I don't undertand what the sd card slot is for on the controller. >> > I can see two usages: > 1. Emergency upgrade/installation of new firmware if the firmware > can't > be downloaded from SqueezeCenter due to some technical

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 9:08 AM, bradjudy wrote: > I'm hoping there's a new SoftSqueeze coming to emulate the remote and > try it out first. A replacement for SoftSqueeze is coming that will use the same software platform (called SqueezeOS) that's on the Controller. > I've heard it lacks iPod style

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezbox Duet

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 6, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Phil Meyer wrote: > How long will the Controller's full battery charge last? That depends on the usage. Constant usage is around 3 hours now, but that's without any power management at all. When the screen dims and the wireless goes in to power-saving mode, the l

Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Peter wrote: > How does the controller communicate with the SBR when the network > connection is not yet up? Over wifi or infrared? Over the wireless. When the Squeezebox Receiver is first powered up (or after pressing and holding the button on the front to put it

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:56 PM, pichonCalavera wrote: > Wow!, congratulations on another product release! Thanks! > So I see that both are not very diferent in terms of arquitecture / > functions, so I guess a SBR can be synchronized with a SB3 or maybe > even a SB2 for music playback from Squeezecen

Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Mitch Harding wrote: > Also noticed that the Duet has 32 Mb of RAM, versus 64 Mb on the SB3. The Squeezebox Receiver has 64 megabits (aka 8 megabytes) of SDRAM, the same as SB3. The Squeezebox Controller has 64 megabytes of SDRAM.

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezbox Duet

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
On Jan 5, 2008, at 5:11 PM, upstatemike wrote: > This looks great but I am not clear about the controller... do you > need > a wireless network to use it? I have 14 Squeezebox players but they > are > all wired. Would I have to put up a wireless network to use this > remote? If you buy the

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
To clear up a little bit about the new product announcement. There are two new hardware products, the Squeezebox Receiver and the Squeezebox Controller. These are available separately, but when bought together the bundle is called Squeezebox Duet. Squeezebox Receiver is based on the existing

Re: [slim] So... are we going to see a new Squeezebox at CES?

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
See http://www.slimdevices.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-05 Thread dean blackketter
As you surmised, the Squeezebox Controller (the remote formerly known as Jive) will list for $299US, and the Squeezebox Receiver (formerly known as Ray) will be $149. The bundle of the two is called Squeezebox Duet and will list for $399US. For the time being, you'll need to have at least one Cont

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-10 Thread dean blackketter
On Dec 10, 2007, at 1:55 AM, gandt wrote: > I have a SB2 and a reciva radio. Undoubtedly the SB2 wins hands > down but > the Reciva radio occasionally has the Internet Radio advantage. The > reciva website now has quite a few new interesting stations I have to > add manually to the SB2. I assume

[slim] Welcome Felix, Michael and Ben!

2007-08-01 Thread dean blackketter
Just a brief note to welcome Felix Mueller, Michael Herger and Ben Klaas to the Logitech/Slim Devices engineering teams. All three of these guys are long-time, active members of our community who have already made terrific contributions. Felix is known for a huge number of hardware and softwa

Re: [slim] look familiar?

2007-04-02 Thread dean blackketter
THIS IS TERRIBLE! 0UR [EMAIL PROTECTED] W1LL PWN THEM. More information here: ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: New 6.5.0

2006-09-21 Thread dean blackketter
Can you give us some details about your system (operating system, etc.) and what kind of music format you are using (MP3, WMA, etc...)? On Sep 21, 2006, at 8:33 AM, neguentropia wrote: Well... I think I made a mistake because it seems nobody have the same problem I have. I upgrade to 6.5.0

Re: [slim] 6.5 won't stay running

2006-09-20 Thread dean blackketter
Old downloads are available from http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ But I'd love to understand and fix the problem you are having. Can you tell us what operating system your computer is running? If it's a windows machine, it would be great to know what your System Event log has record

Re: [slim] 6.5 Internet Radio - Connection Timed Out

2006-09-20 Thread dean blackketter
Is it possible that the new installation requires you to reconfigure your firewall? It looks like from the log that your player can't make an outgoing connection for internet radio. Note that in 6.5, the player directly connects to the radio station in most cases. __

Re: [slim] Crestron for Transporter?

2006-09-20 Thread dean blackketter
There's at least one Crestron module in development now: I also heard from Patrick that there was some interest from other Crestron developers he spoke to at CEDIA. I'll post more when I hear some details. Also, the RS-232 port can be

Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Greg Klanderman wrote: b6662966;137269 Wrote: fact is that MANY people desire gapless, even winamp and itunes support the LAME tag now, you guys need to catch up. "Us Guys" here in the forum are enthusiasts who help others out. I don't support b6662966's atti

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137196 Wrote: faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a That should work. Well, something happens. A bunch of nonsensical stuff is output to the terminal (accessing server via SSH connection). If I use "FAAD -i mytrack.m4

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 9:46 AM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137184 Wrote: Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? Bit of a nix newbie. So I would try... faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a That should work. Does slimserver use FAAD during the scan to

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? On Sep 18, 2006, at 4:02 AM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137041 Wrote: These are Apple AAC files ripped on a PC using iTunes 7? What platform are you running SlimServer on? Apple AAC (M4A 128kbps

Re: [slim] Re: Volume Adjustment with iTunes 7.0

2006-09-17 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 17, 2006, at 12:53 PM, tigershark wrote: I have installed iTunes 7 and cannot scan my library for new music. I tried a full rescan and it messed it up even more so it looks like even existing files are being altered. I'm not sure what triggers this. I considered that the problem might

Re: [slim] iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-17 Thread dean blackketter
These are Apple AAC files ripped on a PC using iTunes 7? What platform are you running SlimServer on? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Infrared command "f20a40bf" stops Slimserver

2006-09-17 Thread dean blackketter
What kind of remote is it? We'd like to try to reproduce that here... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Sean demoing Transporter on Gizmodo

2006-09-11 Thread dean blackketter
Sean took a trip to the Gizmodo offices and gave a nice demo of Transporter, which they videotaped and posted on their site via YouTube. Check it out here: ___

Re: [slim] Squeezebox causing interference

2006-09-10 Thread dean blackketter
How far apart are the Squeezebox and the wireless phone adaptor? Can you move them apart a bit and see how that affects the behavior? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Draytek Vigor 2800VG Do they work OK now?

2006-09-04 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 4, 2006, at 2:02 AM, Siduhe wrote: Can only speak from personal experience, but my Belkin pre-n has been rock solid from day one and has required very little in the way of reboots or tweaks. I second this about the Belkin Pre-N. Amazing range, very stable, works great with everything I

Re: [slim] Wireless connection temperamental

2006-09-03 Thread dean blackketter
I suggest you get in touch with [EMAIL PROTECTED] to troubleshoot. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] SB3 display always active

2006-09-03 Thread dean blackketter
Just to document for folks who are coming upon this post: Press BRIGHTNESS when the player is powered off to dim the display all the way down. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] A few questions/comments about Transporter

2006-08-19 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 17, 2006, at 1:59 AM, cliveb wrote: 1. It's not clear from the info published so far whether it will be possible to switch between the digital inputs from the remote. The photo of the remote is just a little too small to be able to read all the buttons' labels. Yes, by navigating to a men

Re: [slim] Mac SlimServer 6.3.1 Exits on Start

2006-08-10 Thread dean blackketter
Look for Home -> Library -> Logs -> slimserver.log and open that file. The last thing in there should be a log event with some information about why the server wouldn't start up. Feel free to post it here for help. -dean On Aug 10, 2006, at 3:36 PM, alberg wrote: I am trying to install

Re: [slim] Blue & White Mac G3 400 Mhz Slimserver

2006-08-10 Thread dean blackketter
You should be able to install 10.3 or 10.4 on that computer, but it'll be pretty slow. Consider buying a Mac mini, it'll be a lot faster and will come with a current version of MacOS on it... On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:01 AM, Jazz1 wrote: I'm thinking about pumping up this old Apple Tower wi

Re: [slim] Radio stream and Bandwidth consumption

2006-08-07 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:27 AM, yeomanspc wrote: 1. If, when listening to internet radio, you simply turn the SB off, does it stop the streaming into the server? - I appreciate it stops streaming to the SB. (I assume it does). It does. 2. If a radio station is already being streamed to one player

Re: [slim] Dead squeeze3, what to do?

2006-08-07 Thread dean blackketter
Please get in touch with our support team at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to help diagnose the problem. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] I Want That: Tech Toys

2006-08-07 Thread dean blackketter
Yes, this is something that Patrick set up with the folks at HGTV. Sounds like it came off well! -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter Input / Output configurations - Eliminate cost of a Pre Amp?

2006-08-07 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 5, 2006, at 9:21 PM, daniels5 wrote: An additional use of the "tape loop" function would allow one to connect an equalizer or room correction device to the Transporter. In other words, when using the "tape loop" mode for a pair of output/inputs would loop the signal being decoded by the

Re: [slim] Re: Philips RC9800i

2006-08-05 Thread dean blackketter
The 9800i does have WiFi, but no we browser. It does have a UPnP client, but it's a weak implementation. If you are used to browsing your music with a Squeezebox, you'll be disappointed. As a universal remote, I couldn't get halfway through the setup before I gave up and went back to my Ha

Re: [slim] Re: Switching between SlimServer and Squeezenetwork

2006-08-04 Thread dean blackketter
It will, but only if the alarm is also set on SqueezeNetwork. There are two separate alarms. On Aug 4, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Jazz1 wrote: If your turn the Squeezebox off for the night, connected to the Squeezebox network, and have the alarm set, won't it wake up and play music for an alarm? --

Re: [slim] Re: Switching between SlimServer and Squeezenetwork

2006-08-04 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 4, 2006, at 10:17 AM, ChrisOwens wrote: I expect Dean will pop up here before long, but until then I'll just jump in. POP! There are a couple of things we're hoping to do for SqueezeNetwork/ SlimServer integration: 1. Sync settings & favorites. Things like alarm clocks, display s

Re: [slim] Re: Third-Party Remotes

2006-08-04 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 4, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Pale Blue Ego wrote: dean Wrote: The new, backlit remotes are really nice looking and feeling. We'll be selling them online soon, so you may be interested in upgrading to that. -dean Do you know what the price of those will be, dean? At the risk of getting whac

Re: [slim] Re: Third-Party Remotes

2006-08-04 Thread dean blackketter
That button got dropped when we stopped shipping the sony universal remotes and started shipping the semi-custom remotes. The new, backlit remotes are really nice looking and feeling. We'll be selling them online soon, so you may be interested in upgrading to that. -dean On Aug 4, 2006,

Re: [slim] Transporter Input / Output configurations - Eliminate cost of a Pre Amp?

2006-08-03 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:40 PM, daniels5 wrote: 1) How will we be able to select, say a DVD player, that is connected using the Transporter's Coax input? Or an SACD player connected to the S/PDIF input? Yes. There will be a menu choice in SlimServer and the top-level setup menu to switch betw

Re: [slim] Re: help needed: explicit path to iTunes XML file

2006-08-03 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:36 PM, twylie wrote: fast switching for me would be the ability to switch slimservers (running on different machines) via the web interface, even if it required an auto reboot of the SB3 and associated delay. This should be possible via a plugin, though I don't think one has

Re: [slim] SBv3 shots down after 5min of playing

2006-08-02 Thread dean blackketter
Please get in touch with our support team at [EMAIL PROTECTED], you may have a hardware problem. On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:56 AM, tureby wrote: Hey. Just bought a SBv3. Did a firmware update, because the slimserver told me that. After playing music for about 5 minutes the SB shuts down and I he

Re: [slim] Re: The remote is crap!

2006-08-01 Thread dean blackketter
On Aug 1, 2006, at 5:25 AM, jonheal wrote: Just because it's useful does not negate the facts that it is flimsy and damage-prone. I'll agree that it's not the most attractive remote in the world, but despite years of abuse, I haven't seen one of the remotes break. The new remote that comes

Re: [slim] Re: Boombox to plug SB into?

2006-07-30 Thread dean blackketter
The PAL does sound remarkably good for its size. Good things can come in small packages. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Backlit Remote

2006-07-29 Thread dean blackketter
On Jul 27, 2006, at 1:54 AM, rick's cafe wrote: Any chance that you can post a picture of the remote showing how it looks when illuminated?? It's kind of tricky to photograph, but I'll give it a shot this week. -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss

Re: [slim] Backlit Remote

2006-07-26 Thread dean blackketter
On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:15 AM, rick's cafe wrote: Can Slim please post more pics of the new Transporter remote so we can all take a closer look... Look on our press page: The graphics have changed since those pictures were taken, but it's essentially t

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter!

2006-07-24 Thread dean blackketter
On Jul 24, 2006, at 6:43 PM, el payo wrote: Is there any way to pre-order a Transporter w/o the Squeezebox - I really don't need another one... Yes. Call our offices and talk to one of the nice sales guys. They'll take your order via the phone. It'll still cost $1999, though. -dean _

Re: [slim] Transporter!

2006-07-24 Thread dean blackketter
This should be fixed now. Thanks for your interest! On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:19 PM, el payo wrote: Holy cow. Kudos to SlimDevices. Transporter is HOT. If the damn order page wasn't getting slammed right now I'd already have bought one. -- el payo

Re: [slim] Slim Server won't start

2006-07-08 Thread dean blackketter
Check your Library -> Logs -> slimserver.log file. There should be an error message at the end indicating what went wrong. Alternatively, get in touch with [EMAIL PROTECTED] to walk you through this... On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:57 AM, holderlin wrote: I have Slim Server set to start at star

Re: [slim] Re: Getting a lot of 404s on the forum tonight

2006-07-08 Thread dean blackketter
Should be fixed now. Dan upgraded our web servers and moved a few machines around yesterday. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Anyone here know anything about ad hoc wifi networks?

2006-07-02 Thread dean blackketter
On Jul 2, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Michaelwagner wrote: Ah, that makes sense. You might be right - 2 devices that self- assign in the same address range might well talk properly, if they self- assign to different addresses but in the same subnet. How odd. Not that odd. :) There's actually a stan

Re: [slim] Squeezebox?

2006-06-20 Thread dean blackketter
I came up with "Squeezebox". It's musical, has a subtle reference to compression and a not-so- subtle dash of innuendo. The song is a definite bonus. Mostly, it just made me smile. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://list

Re: [slim] Re: Replaygain info in Slimserver but not SB3

2006-06-18 Thread dean blackketter
That's not strictly true. They are read during the scan and then the modification date is checked and the file tags may be reread upon playing. Also, if you navigate right into the song in browse music folder, you can see much of the tag info metadata. On Jun 18, 2006, at 6:34 PM, radis

Re: [slim] You have got to be kidding Me!

2006-06-10 Thread dean blackketter
That's a $300 discount off buying all those items separately. It's a good deal, we've been impressed by the interest and the offer won't last long. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/dis

Re: [slim] Re: Shuttles New "Slim" PC

2006-06-10 Thread dean blackketter
I'm confused. Why would you buy the X100 instead of a Mac Mini? The only deal-killer I can imagine is the limit in the size of the internal disk... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/

Re: [slim] Re: Live365 Rant

2006-06-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Dead365 wrote: radish Wrote: I don't use live 365 so I can't comment on what you said about it, but this: is entirely false. You just need to know how to open port 9000 in your firewall, for which you should consult the fine manual. Sorry, but I've been

Re: [slim] Live365 Rant

2006-06-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jun 6, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Dead365 wrote: *Live365 stations cannot be stored and then accessed via Favorites - even for VIP accounts. *If you do try to access a station immediately after saving it using the remote, SB will produce the "cannot access remote URL" error message. Same deal if you

Re: [slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 feedback

2006-06-06 Thread dean blackketter
On Jun 6, 2006, at 8:25 AM, nicketynick wrote: dean Wrote: We've got a special available on our web site now to buy a 1TB ReadyNAS and two wireless Squeezeboxen for $1499. A really good deal. Wow, that's a significant savings by my calculation! Any chance you'll do something with o

Re: [slim] Re: Help! SlimServer won't start

2006-06-06 Thread dean blackketter
This sounds like a bug in the installer that we've had a heck of a time reproducing where the SlimServer service doesn't get installed properly. It's fixed by running the installer a second time. On Jun 6, 2006, at 4:41 AM, tenwiseman wrote: Had the same problem with 6.2.2 offical releas

Re: [slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 feedback

2006-06-06 Thread dean blackketter
We've got a special available on our web site now to buy a 1TB ReadyNAS and two wireless Squeezeboxen for $1499. A really good deal. On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:47 AM, bossanova808 wrote: I'm extremely happy with my Infrant readyNAS with slim - it works an absolute treat, has done for ages now.

Re: [slim] Rhapsody support coming very soon?

2006-06-05 Thread dean blackketter
On Jun 5, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Ben Sandee wrote: Very cool! This will truly be the summer of Slim. We hope so! There will be an official announcement of Beta support for Rhapsody in SlimServer and Squeezebox tomorrow, once the nightlies are available for folks to try. Rhapsody support is t

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezbox always using wireless

2006-06-02 Thread dean blackketter
When you switched the network setting, did you continue right and go through setup, or did you press left and back out? If you back out, then the setting doesn't take effect. I just tested it here and moving right does switch (and reboot the player in the process) and no connection is made

Re: [slim] 6.2.2 scan needs hours and hours to complete

2006-05-29 Thread dean blackketter
Ok, but do note that 6.5 is still unstable. Check out the other threads on the beta forum about it's current state. On May 28, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Ken wrote: Thank you! I'll pick up 6.5 right away :) dean blackketter wrote: On May 28, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Ken wrote: The fact tha

Re: [slim] 6.2.2 scan needs hours and hours to complete

2006-05-28 Thread dean blackketter
On May 28, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Ken wrote: The fact that scanning makes the server useless is, IMO, the number one problem with SlimServer. I don't mind the length of time it takes to scan, but I should be able to access the server and listen to the music while this is occurring. I'd like to

Re: [slim] likely upgrade/next version?

2006-05-24 Thread dean blackketter
On May 24, 2006, at 2:32 AM, Peter Nõu wrote: What is Sean working on right now? ;-) His taxes. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

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