[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-20 Thread docbee
Adding the obvious doesn't mean it to me. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-20 Thread docbee
d and even the sd dev team just partly controls! I guess that the tonality in this forum will change a lot in short time! -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View th

[slim] Re: Transporter vs. SB3

2006-07-25 Thread docbee
Sorry for the silly question. I just directly go the forum without visiting the home section. Anyway, thanks for the answer :-) Looks much like a studio gadget, but the price is somehow out of bounds... at least for my impression. -- docbee

[slim] Re: Transporter vs. SB3

2006-07-25 Thread docbee
I can't find any info about the mentioned "transporter" device via google. Any good link as a starting point would be welcome. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: Poll: What is your library size and hardware

2006-07-16 Thread docbee
My music library contains 3230 albums with 39877 songs by 1448 artists. Server is a quite outdated P3 800 MHz, 384 KB RAM, 1.3 TB Raid 5 (6x250GB sw raid), SuSe 8.2 -- docbee docbee's Profile:

[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?

2006-06-11 Thread docbee
docbee Wrote: > Putting some effort on the server side might also be an option. A ready > to go server device for the not so computer savvy user and some nice > bundeling might attract the more non-techhie music lover. At the moment > slim devices leaves this market to system in

[slim] Re: SB4 and/or a high-end model, when?

2006-06-05 Thread docbee
If you want it really big, an included laser device that projects the text to a nearby wall might be great. I have seen a couple of cheap alarm clocks, that do this... of course just 4 digits... dont know if there are laser projection devices that can do 2x40 characters ;-) -- docbee

[slim] Re: SlimDevices Squeezebox 2/3 and Sonos ZP80

2006-05-01 Thread docbee
Nikhil, thanks for this very interesting comparison. Do you keep the sonos as well? -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

[slim] Re: SB2 as wireless bridge

2006-04-30 Thread docbee
Hi Nikhil, please write a few words about how the SB compares to the ZP80 from your point of view/experience. People like me just know the ZP80 from the specs and the sonos forum. Would be great to listen to someone who really owns both systems. -- docbee

[slim] Re: SB vs Sonos

2006-04-22 Thread docbee
Hi, Mark and Patrick gave an excellent and unbiased comparision of the two systems. What hold me back from getting a sonos was mainly cost and the title limit (40.000 tracks at the moment). -- docbee docbee's Pr

[slim] Re: Why doesn't Slim have a "VS the competition" page as part of it's sales propaganda?

2006-02-28 Thread docbee
a former owner of an audiotron and actual owner of a sbwm, a slimp3 and a sb3 this might have completed my collection ;-) However, at the moment I am completely happy with my sb3. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http

[slim] SB3 alu beezle falling off - how to fix it?

2005-12-27 Thread docbee
ccess before? -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19464 ___ Discu

[slim] Re: Alpha testers wanted for Java-based server

2005-12-18 Thread docbee
my archive just uses v2 as v1 is far too limited. drop v1, as you can automatically convert v1 to v2, no one out there should have a severe problem with that. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

[slim] Re: Alpha testers wanted for Java-based server

2005-12-18 Thread docbee
current drill down logic doesn't make good use of the 2 lines of the display. Any approach to get rid of this perl mess is a step in the right direction. Good luck! -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimd

[slim] a friendly SB3 review on thinkcomputers

2005-12-14 Thread docbee
They like it :-) http://www.thinkcomputers.org/v2/index.php?x=reviews&id=305 -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 Display failure!!!

2005-12-10 Thread docbee
il the next day. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18958 ___ Discuss

[slim] Re: Did The Boys At Slim Do A Bad Thing By Being So Customer Friendly?

2005-12-06 Thread docbee
enduser Wrote: > They sent me here. They told me I had not suffered enough abuse from > nasty morons. Enjoy your trip... -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View

[slim] Re: Did The Boys At Slim Do A Bad Thing By Being So Customer Friendly?

2005-12-06 Thread docbee
Mr enduser, I don't know what kind of problem you exactly have, but it is obviously a quite serious one. Did you consider to request some professional help? -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimd

[slim] Re: Slimp3 doesn't work with Netgear WGT624

2005-12-04 Thread docbee
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16213 my "no connection" thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18723 -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 Vi

[slim] Re: slimp3 has problems with quite a few 10/100 switches

2005-12-02 Thread docbee
yes, it is 2.3 One of the switches it doesn't work with is a level one FSW-0507TX (5-port 10/100 desktop switch). -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this th

[slim] slimp3 has problems with quite a few 10/100 switches

2005-12-02 Thread docbee
ction problems, keep this in mind. Looks to me as the never cheapo switches don't really take care of 10 Mbit. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View th

[slim] SB3 review on THG

2005-11-30 Thread docbee
s fosters x-mas business for slim devices, which in turn allows them to put some more price cuts on the agenda for the beginning of next year... just kidding ;-) -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

[slim] Re: Headless Linux DIY contra turnkey NAS

2005-11-28 Thread docbee
Up to now I did not experience this type of error with my raids. But may be I just had luck :-) The advice to copy the whole stuff to a second drive is a bit hard to realize when you have 3 TB to move around. But may be that is my specific problem as well :-)) -- docbee

[slim] Re: Headless Linux DIY contra turnkey NAS

2005-11-27 Thread docbee
drives also raises the chance to see a drive failure. If these drives are on raid 5 I would have lost my media archive each year. This may be different on a baby NAS with 4 drives that only runs a few hours a day, but in larger setups raid 5 is a must, from my point of view. -- docbee

[slim] Re: Headless Linux DIY contra turnkey NAS

2005-11-27 Thread docbee
into the living room. In order to get rid of the heat will certainly not work very well (at least if you are in the TB space). Find a place for them to run behind a door in a room where you can afford some airflow noise. just my $0.02 -- docbee ---

[slim] Re: Can SlimServer Take Input?

2005-11-21 Thread docbee
transfered via shoutcast in my lan. The slimp3 was tuned to this shoutcast stream by means of a playlist, voila... worked great, but with alienbbc i directly get the wma stream of this station into the slimp3 and the sb2 doesn't even need alienbbc anymore. -- d

[slim] Re: SB3 works "sluggish"

2005-11-20 Thread docbee
Are you connected by wire or wireless? May be the unit works on wireless mode with your AP while you think it uses the ethernet... just guessing. -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

[slim] Re: Squeezebox 3 @ MPH'05 Earls Court London

2005-11-19 Thread docbee
radish Wrote: > I would have thought a black SB3 was the perfect dungeon accessory. in serious black leather... -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thre

[slim] Re: Powered speaker hum

2005-11-16 Thread docbee
I think the sb is grounded indirectly by the ethernet. You should use a not-shielded ethernet-cable to avoid this. Have a look at the ethernet-cable, if there is metal around the plug it is shielded. -- docbee docbee&#

[slim] Re: When will version 6.5 be released?

2005-11-14 Thread docbee
After having experienced some more problems than expected with 6.2 I would very much appriciate if we don't push too hard to get 6.5 out soon. I hope they take the time they need to make it right this time ;-) -- d

[slim] Re: Audiotrons?

2005-11-04 Thread docbee
they did with a loyal community. I always wondered how one having such a fine product in place in very early days could waste years without improving the product. When the whole thing starts, the audiotron was a good product (compared to the rio receiver, for example). -- docbee

[slim] Re: My SB3 shipped today

2005-11-04 Thread docbee
when did you order? I got no shipping info up to now. -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: 6.2 & SLIMP3 (original)

2005-10-31 Thread docbee
does make such a trouble for some users while it works like a charm to me and other slimserver 6.2 users. No idea at all... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Audiotrons?

2005-10-31 Thread docbee
y closed product approach are not what I am looking for. -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: 6.2 & SLIMP3 (original)

2005-10-31 Thread docbee
r the slimp3 in the 6.2 distribution, but may be I just overlooked these... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Is anyone running SlimServer on a Linkstation2?

2005-10-31 Thread docbee
@agentsmith: the system behaves like this when it is still doing the scan for music and the build-up of the database. Are you sure that this has been completed? The web interface is giving you a notice message in the upper left area when the scan is still running. -- docbee

[slim] Re: Audiotrons?

2005-10-30 Thread docbee
inner values of our so loved slims. Just my $0.02 -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Searching for SB2 in Germany

2005-10-27 Thread docbee
Mark, you have a privat message from me. Please give me some indication if you are interested. Thanks! -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-26 Thread docbee
>{'album_count'} = 'any'; and voila, now the startpage comes without waiting for the next coffee break ;-), which is extremly handy when working with the web interface. >From my perspective this stats information is never worth the performance d

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-26 Thread docbee
efore the stats computing should clearly be related to this function. But may be I didn't get it... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-26 Thread docbee
Ben, if you don't had an issue before it is no surprise to me that you don't see an improvement. Just put another 2000 albums on top an join the club... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimd

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-26 Thread docbee
only way these values could change is by doing a rescan, don't they? :-( -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-26 Thread docbee
That is good news. I will try this. Too good to be true, or to take it the other way round: argghhh! -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-25 Thread docbee
ssing. @meyergru: Interesting, that at least gives some indication that the database runs wild. Is there an option to tell slimserver not to use sqllite but to hold everything in memory? If so, I would like to test this. -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing

[slim] Is it me or is the web interface getting slower on every new release?

2005-10-25 Thread docbee
application or the underlying perl itself doesn't handle the given amount of data too good. When I do the same things quite fast again and again on the web interface it significantly speeds up - for the moment. Very strange... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing

[slim] Re: my good old slimp3 has gone silent :-(

2005-09-07 Thread docbee
Don't worry, I already have a nice squeezebox 2, but for the kitchen I prefer the slim form factor of the slimp3. As our kitchen is by far not under my command, expanding the footprint of the music client will hardly pass the necessary approval procedures... -- d

[slim] my good old slimp3 has gone silent :-(

2005-09-07 Thread docbee
ly thing I hear is very silent a high frequency tone which gets louder when the vfd is getting brighter. I didn't heared that hiss before. Did someone experience this before? Any standard procedures you can recommend? I love the unit so much.

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-30 Thread docbee
g I really like when I look at my ipcop, for example. just my $0.02 -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: How much demand for an audio rack sized Squeezebox?

2005-08-06 Thread docbee
ance to step in with more special and innovative housings as an after-market with housings for the pool, garden, childs, wall installed, with amplifier, with batteries, etc. just an idea... -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimd

[slim] Re: Sean Adams caught red handed!

2005-08-04 Thread docbee
Hi, if it's Sean's car we should no longer worry about slim devices financial situation as done in a separate thread :-))) -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: LinkStation as SlimServer... Performance Issues?

2005-05-01 Thread docbee
Hi, the linkstation or kurobox could be an ideal slimserver. I just ask myself if these little gadgets have enough resources in terms of RAM and CPU to provide a flawless music streaming and a responsive web interface for slimserver. Any experiences on this? -- docbee

[slim] Re: Beat my setup

2005-05-01 Thread docbee
. -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Building a house server?

2005-04-18 Thread docbee
. The hardest thing was getting the necessary approvals from my wife to occupy half a square meter for that in the utility room she is in command of ;-) -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: "complete mail quoting" makes some threads a pain to read

2005-04-17 Thread docbee
on't understand your complaining case. May be this is a kind of humor that doesn't reach me as a non native speaker. -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] "complete mail quoting" makes some threads a pain to read

2005-04-17 Thread docbee
, at least in the forum branch? -- docbee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss