Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?

2011-04-25 Thread mflint
Yes, I was aware there would be issues as it was a very quickly hacked-together proof of concept. Thanks for the feedback :-) The hairtunes pipe support was added specifically for SBS integration... -- mflint mflint&#

Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?

2011-04-25 Thread mflint
srcshelton;627462 Wrote: > Airplay works, and I'm listening to iTunes via my Squeezebox right now: > > http://blog.stuart.shelton.me/archives/762 > > :D Great write-up! I started putting together a plugin, so will incorporate your instructions into it :) https://github.c

Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?

2011-04-19 Thread mflint
x27;s been that way since 2005." > > Unless I'm very much mistaken Squeezeboxes have also been able to do > that for a long time. That's very cheeky, and they must know it's lies... -- mflint

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-16 Thread mflint
My mistake, I re-ordered the instructions and didn't read them properly. The "rawpipe" file appears *after* starting "shairport.pl", so maybe start shairport and then edit the path in "cust

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-15 Thread mflint
Milkman In The West)' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_(The_Fastest_Milkman_in_the_West))" :-D Here's the GitHub repo if anyone's feeling brave... ;-) https://github.com/mflint/SquairPlay -- mflint

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-15 Thread mflint
Eric, I believed that Waveinput was a Windows-only thing. Let us know how you get on. I hope to have a proof-of-concept plugin uploaded to GitHub later today. Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile:

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-13 Thread mflint
tomate the conversion (either to wav, flac or mp3) using the "custom-types.conf" file in a similar way to Wave Input. I'll stick the code on github if I get a proof-of-concept working. You're right about

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-12 Thread mflint
play crashes as soon as it tries to write any data to the output. I'll attach gdb to it tonight - hope that'll tell me what I'm doing wrong with "libao". I'm not even sure whether libao will be necessary at all..? Matthew -- mflint --

Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked

2011-04-12 Thread mflint
to push to a named pipe instead, similar to what the "wavin2cmd" program does for the Wave Input plugin. (I'm guessing that it's already a raw PCM stream) (See function "init_output" in "hairport.c") I'd really like to see this working! -- mflint -

Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?

2011-04-11 Thread mflint
r plugin appears... http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/2011/04/08 (initial announcement) https://github.com/bbhoss/shairport (unofficial github mirror) -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [slim] SB2 with no remote

2008-11-18 Thread mflint
Another solution would be to post a new thread with title "Hey! Does anyone live near ?" ;-) You may get lucky, and be able to borrow a remote! M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=LiveDepartures) - &#x

Re: [slim] SB2 with no remote

2008-11-18 Thread mflint
o that you need to go back to setup, and > for that you need a working remote. I think I assumed you could use a JVC remote to configure the "auto update"? Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=LiveDepartures) - 'Goal

Re: [slim] Welcome pack for new Developers

2008-05-22 Thread mflint
Me, I'd love to do a few janitorial tasks as a way of getting a broad overview of the codebase. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin

[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-05-07 Thread mflint
to a shiny new 'Popcorn Hour' (http://www.popcornhour.com/). (For some reason, Net-UDAP couldn't discover the SBR unless it was hard-wired to my router) Thanks again (and thanks to Robin B for the Net-UDAP utility!), Matthew :) -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (

[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-05-07 Thread mflint
e job? I thought I'd read that the SBR is auto-sensing (so a crossover isn't needed) - How to enable bridging on the SBR? I tried Robin's Net-UDAP tool, but struggled with the settings... should I persevere with Net-UDAP, or is there an easier way? Thanks folks

Re: [slim] QTFaireUse - cease and desist

2008-02-25 Thread mflint
settle for lower quality lossy tunes. Ironically, they'll happily perform the 'remove-DRM' task if possible, which is weird... Another reason iTunes will win is because of tie-in. Buy and iPod? Use iTunes. Buy Apple TV? Use iTunes. Buy any Mac? Get iTunes -- mflint 'LiveDe

Re: [slim] Newbie questions on SB2 playing songs from PC

2008-02-22 Thread mflint
t) is shown instead, If you enable 'shuffle', tracks in the current playlist will be shuffled - you need to make sure the playlist has more than one track. (Forgive me if I've got this completely wrong though!) Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insig

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

2008-02-22 Thread mflint
nd they need to get the CDs back in the correct box! M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wik

Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music

2008-02-21 Thread mflint
It's funny that he identified both a problem, and found a set of solutions. Then he discounted the solutions because he couldn't be bothered implementing them. His loss... -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - &#x

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-13 Thread mflint
djfake;268947 Wrote: > Also, why doesn't the old remote for the Squeezebox not work with the > SBR? The SBR has no infra-red detector. And even if it did have one, there's no screen to get any visual feedback from your IR remote's commands. -- mflint 'Li

Re: [slim] Some observations from a non-geek

2008-02-13 Thread mflint
and things are quickly fixed. Compare that to a lot of threads recently where someone's just said that something is sh*t. Given the amount of effort that SlimDevices (and us third-party development folk) put into the product, you shouldn't be surprised if someone takes offense. :-) Matt

Re: [slim] Party Mode for Squeezecenter

2008-02-11 Thread mflint
ot;Sucks" thread. Agree with your other suggestions though :-) M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-11 Thread mflint
SBR and SBC together). Even with community involvement, there are still finite development resources - but the incremental software updates will surely continue. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (

Re: [slim] Why Squeezebox sucks...

2008-02-11 Thread mflint
hange the default Play behaviour, present a customized main menu, remove access to 'settings', etc... But, whether it's intuitive or not, it doesn't make the Squeezebox "suck". A silly start to (yet another) thread. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin&

Re: [slim] Controller

2008-02-10 Thread mflint
this (SB3) from purchase through enjoyment! I love > this thing!!! It will be available for purchase, but Logitech are currently concentrating on putting the Duet (ie, Controller + Receiver) into the distribution channels first. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insi

Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity

2008-02-09 Thread mflint
a Squeezebox, I'd rather have a 15 watt NAS running, than have a virtualized (or even non-virtualized) Microslop O/S running on a machine which consumes ten times that. Horses for courses mate! A single headless low-power box does it for me. :-) * rsync.net is -very much- recommended, by the

Re: [slim] Audioengine 5

2008-02-07 Thread mflint
d to the same power supply with a physical switch, so I've never needed to use the auto-power-off feature) Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this t

Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity

2008-02-07 Thread mflint
: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Waaah, cross-post madness! -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] SBR Signal Strength

2008-02-07 Thread mflint
cruel. Suggest that delivery times after 4pm would allow for more concentration on the day job ;-) -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??

2008-02-06 Thread mflint
;if we can get away with charging more, we will" - because that makes the bean-counters happy. 'msherman' put it better than me when he said > If you want your message heard by people who might actually be able to > do something about it, posting here won't help. -- mfli

Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??

2008-02-06 Thread mflint
ll, good luck with that. I'm not sure it'd be the right strategy for me. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre

Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??

2008-02-06 Thread mflint
it I'm used to similar pricing differences) then you need to target the right people: email Logitech and pester your local distributors. Alternatively, get a friendly US resident to ship you one. Buy one on Ebay US. Or buy a €10 return flight to the States and buy your trans

Re: [slim] Any plans on Jive desktop application?

2008-02-01 Thread mflint
ailable is a good idea, but it would be better as a companion to SoftSqueeze, not a replacement. Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://

Re: [slim] Squeezebox update without a remote control

2008-01-31 Thread mflint
There is a setting somewhere for "automatic firmware updates", so no need to press 'Brightness'. Don't remember where the setting is though... (Hope that was vaguely helpful!) Matthew -- mflint SB3 - SB2 - SBC - 'Audioengine' (http://www.audioengineusa.com

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-31 Thread mflint
t; And where do I find squeeze centre 7? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/7.0/ -- mflint SB3 - SB2 - SBC - 'Audioengine' (http://www.audioengineusa.com/) A5 - Also MiscellaneousCrappyAmp - SimilarSpeakers - 'Beer' (http://www.roosters.co.uk/) - 'IrishWhis

Re: [slim] Play this album?

2008-01-28 Thread mflint
Just like the others have said... but if you don't want to interrupt the currently-playing track, press and hold "Add". The album will be added to the playlist after the current track. When the album completes, random play will continue. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRus

Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers

2008-01-25 Thread mflint
ucts_id=79) which is smaller but apparently "duplicate[s] the signature sound of the Audioengine 5's in a much smaller package". I suspect these may fit well in the study, when the SBR arrives! :) Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-17 Thread mflint
Robin Bowes;259445 Wrote: > mflint wrote: > > > > I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox > > Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my > > collection of approximately 4000 tracks. > > > > It also has gi

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-16 Thread mflint
; very fast. I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matt

Re: [slim] Play Commodode 64 SID music in slimserver

2008-01-15 Thread mflint
ow of any sid-to-wav conversion tools for Windows, your best bet might be to find a friendly linux user who would be willing to convert your sids into mp3s or flacs. You linked to a post which allows SlimServer to perform sid-to-wav conversion on the fly. I wonder whether a one-off conversion might

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

2008-01-14 Thread mflint
only thing lost is incremental improvements to firmware. Which ain't that much of a loss, considering its maturity. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wi

Re: [slim] Uh Oh

2008-01-10 Thread mflint
nicely and > above all it has a strong vision for the future," he said. > > Thursday, 10 January 2008 11:39:50 > Also, looks like the trading community isn't convinced that this is any more than speculation and they'

Re: [slim] Uh Oh

2008-01-10 Thread mflint
"Uh Oh" indeed - that would be horrid, unless Logitech SMS could retain some autonomy with respect to open standards and DRM, etc. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/in

Re: [slim] Is there a 'no GUI' SoftSqueeze client?

2008-01-08 Thread mflint
'squeezeslave' (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169) -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) -

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-01-07 Thread mflint
zeCenter 7. It may be that the SB Receiver will work with 6.5 (anyone?) but you'd then have to control it via the web interface... Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignifica

Re: [slim] SC7 Nothing shows up in music folder.

2008-01-02 Thread mflint
x or a Mac) that folder permissions are correct. More info would be useful... what platform are you using? Has 7.0 ever worked? Has 6.5 been working previously? Where is the music stored? Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignifican

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

2007-12-31 Thread mflint
For playing audio CD thru mplayer, I've had some success with: Code: mplayer -cache 1024 cddb:// where the cache setting is necessary (on my machine) to prevent stuttering. And this performs a CDDB query too -- mflint 

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

2007-12-31 Thread mflint
7;s probably the best way to go. Would it be possible to get metadata from CDDB too? Incidentally, I'm currently listening to Aerosmith using the CDDFS method. It just works... :-) -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist

Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...

2007-12-31 Thread mflint
titles would probably be something non-descriptive like "track001.wav" [1] http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems [2] http://castet.matthieu.free.fr/cddfs/ -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.

Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?

2007-12-18 Thread mflint
escan still takes a while, but I do run SC7 on a KuroBox, so it's not SqueezeCenter's fault! Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) --

Re: [slim] Squeezebox question before i buy

2007-12-14 Thread mflint
rience (sorry, Mr Titmuss!) it's not been quite as sturdy in its operation as the real thing, but Softsqueeze will certainly give you a chance to give the user interface a test-drive. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 starts playing on its own

2007-11-28 Thread mflint
Strange... this happened to me last night (for the first time). There I was, quietly hacking Ruby On Rails at 10:30pm, and started to hear Scissor Sisters drifting my way from the kitchen. Spooky... -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins&#

Re: [slim] Added Second SB3 - now stuttering & other issues

2007-11-22 Thread mflint
Have you tried running the SB3's wired (temporarily)? This would allow us to rule out wireless config and/or interference issues. M -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.p

Re: [slim] Added Second SB3 - now stuttering & other issues

2007-11-21 Thread mflint
Is this when you're playing both SB3's? The same, or different stuff? If when both are playing, does the stuttering stop when the other player is stopped? Are you transcoding the music on the server? If so, does your server have enough 'grunt' for the job? Matthew -

Re: [slim] Vote of thanks

2007-10-15 Thread mflint
w quite what to make of it. But they loved it, I could tell. And I sit here now writing Perl into the early hours. On a work night. In between placing bids on SlimP3's on eBay. (Damn!) Keep up the good work lads and lasses... Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-13 Thread mflint
Peter;234857 Wrote: > Empgamer wrote: > > Personally, being a new convert I think it's excellent VFM. > > > > I hate it when I miss out on another buzzword. > What's a VFM??? > > P. I guessed "Value For Money". Matthew -- mflint &#x

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-10-09 Thread mflint
meltingrobot;233832 Wrote: > A way to play music from a certain decade. I like the ability to pick > by Genre, but it would be cool to also be able to play just 80's music. Erland's "CustomBrowse" plugin will do decades. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , Li

Re: [slim] Router issues

2007-10-08 Thread mflint
ption enabled out-of-the-box. As to the original poster's specific problem, are there other sources of interference nearby? Other routers, microwave ovens, neighbours using electric drills, etc? Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (h

Re: [slim] Spam Attachements on Wiki Homepage

2007-10-01 Thread mflint
That's disappointing. I removed half-a-dozen spam attachments from the home page about two weeks ago. I hoped they wouldn't come back... M :-( -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/in

Re: [slim] router problems

2007-09-24 Thread mflint
ver at its old IP address. If that's the case, you might like to try holding down 'left' button, to search again for the SlimServer on the new network range. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (h

Re: [slim] Can't create tunnels in PuTTY

2007-09-11 Thread mflint
It's worth remembering that the "Tunnel Destination" setting (either "Remote" or "Local") is from the perspective of the SSH Server, not of the PuTTY client. (It caused me much head-scratching when I first tried tunnelling) Matthew -- mflint 'Goal

Re: [slim] AComData Hybrid drives to run SlimServer

2007-09-10 Thread mflint
d Part Hardware" section of these forums. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forum

Re: [slim] Can I get a consistent volume?

2007-08-31 Thread mflint
lso seem to remember someone (possibly Sean) explaining at some length about how insignificant it is... -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins)

Re: [slim] Can I get a consistent volume?

2007-08-31 Thread mflint
volume to be adjusted so the peak volumes are consistent, it's not the same as normalising -my perception- of volume. I don't understand why :( -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.

Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?

2007-08-09 Thread mflint
Ecodigital get the thumbs-up from me. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?

2007-08-07 Thread mflint
Well that depends what you're comparing it to... ;-) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimde

Re: [slim] Interest in developing a low complixity SS

2007-08-02 Thread mflint
en maybe the community itself needs to find a way. I bet there are digital picture frames with ethernet, which can be controlled externally. I'm sure some enterprising folks could hack together a SlimServer plugin solution to control one of those... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky'

Re: [slim] Going from a PC to a Mac

2007-08-01 Thread mflint
400Gb library on there! (Sure there are external firewire drives, but it just wouldn't feel right to me) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins -

Re: [slim] sorting FLAC & MP3 files

2007-07-31 Thread mflint
the "lossy" part of the tree up to date. Someday I'll hack the script to have it also copy mp3s to the target location... or I'll raise an enhancement request ;-) Best of luck with those girls, Ashmore! ;-) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (htt

Re: [slim] Internal hard drive?

2007-07-23 Thread mflint
You may find that the USB or firewire enclosure may not expose all of the drive's powersaving capabilities compared to fitting the drive internally. But whether that has good or bad effects on reliability is open to debate! -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insigni

Re: [slim] Which speakers?

2007-07-04 Thread mflint
t they'd burst your budget, coming in at £200. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-21 Thread mflint
I use a pair of Audioengine 5's with an SB2 in my kitchen. They sound pretty good, to a non-audiophile ear. The only thing that bugs me is the audible "thump" as they're turned off... Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index

Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech

2007-06-19 Thread mflint
I can recommend the service from _'Ecodigital' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cpath=8&products_id=52)_. (I have no connection to Ecodigital) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?

2007-06-13 Thread mflint
% on SqueezeNetwork - e) 100 % of the time on SqueezeNetwork mrfantasy;208495 Wrote: > I mean 100% rounding up. It's like 99%. I haven't looked at > SqueezeNetwork in quite a while. Yep, me too. -- mfl

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

2007-05-30 Thread mflint
OK, I'm now feeling really bad about the threadjack... so started a new thread: _'RadioShark_etc' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35720)_ Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins)

[slim] RadioShark etc

2007-05-30 Thread mflint
Shark. I'd guess it could use similar concepts to the good work already done by the AlienBBC crew. If any other RadioShark owners would like to collaborate in a proof-of-concept hack, I'd be very interested. (I'm making no promises about success, obviously!) Matthew -- mflint

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

2007-05-29 Thread mflint
The _'RockBox_firmware' (http://www.rockbox.org/)_ supports flac as far as I know... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins -

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

2007-05-29 Thread mflint
quot;. (For your info, trinloc didn't reply to my emails) Unfortunately, my slimserver lives on a small PowerPC linux box (the "KuroBox") so I'm very reluctant to invest in a new Windows box just for USB DAB hardware support... HEY LOGITECH! Have you ever considered m

Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market

2007-05-29 Thread mflint
ould be happy to collaborate on this if you have the time and inclination! Matthew ps: Kaizen28> apologies for the thread-jack! -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins --

Re: [slim] Delays from Amazon UK

2007-05-17 Thread mflint
I'd highly recommend _'ecodigital' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?manufacturers_id=9&main_page=index)_... but it appears that they're completely out of stock too! :-O (I have no connection to Ecodigital, of course) M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky&#

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

2007-05-16 Thread mflint
CatBus;202449 Wrote: > leaving [CDs] unattended gives me the willies) That made me giggle like a girl, imagining international readers of this forum trying to make sense of it. But thats probably because I'm British. Or drunk. Or both. :) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo

Re: [slim] Wireless can't connect to slimserver, wired can

2007-05-10 Thread mflint
ight be helpful to describe exactly how / when it fails. When I switch on my SB2 and SB3, they go through a set process... connecting to wireless, getting IP address, etc. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins)

Re: [slim] Audioengine 5 Query

2007-05-03 Thread mflint
ten over the weekend and report back. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] SB3 power consumption

2007-04-27 Thread mflint
ng a new one? Probably - but there's no time component here either ;-) Chances are that your old refrigerator isn't very efficient, so a new one will use less juice... so it will save you money eventually, but you might have to wait a while before the electricity savings are greater than the

Re: [slim] New Remote

2007-04-26 Thread mflint
killie99;197677 Wrote: > Did you get hit with import duty/vat? If so how much was it? It might be a little early to ask that question when I bought my Kurobox from the US, the import duty bill didn't arrive until a month after the Kuro itself! Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo

Re: [slim] Do you run SlimServer on XP or Linux?

2007-04-24 Thread mflint
brary of approximately 2500 tracks. Besides SlimServer, it only does NFS, SSH, NTP and (occasionally) BitTorrent. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web pag

Re: [slim] Looking for a used SB2 wireless

2007-04-13 Thread mflint
I successfully bought one on eBay and had it shipped to the UK from Oz. It did require a little patience, but they do appear on eBay every so often :-) M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of

Re: [slim] wavefinder/dvb help

2007-04-11 Thread mflint
of two hours looking for a USB DAB radio thingybob with Linux support, and failed completely to find anything that wasn't "Windows only". -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wik

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

2007-04-11 Thread mflint
. I'm not ashamed to say I've taken copies of music from friends. If I like it, I'll buy it. If I don't, it gets sent to /dev/null. Everyone's a winner surely? M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php

Re: [slim] Slimserver service no longer starts automatically

2007-04-05 Thread mflint
Are there any tell-tale messages in the Windows Event Viewer? Does the SlimServer service depend on other services which may not be starting in time? -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of

Re: [slim] WTB: SB3 wireless

2007-04-05 Thread mflint
I successfully bought a SqueezeBox on ebay after setting up an email alert. That way you don't need to search every day. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web pag

Re: [slim] Slimserver won't start!

2007-04-05 Thread mflint
Which version of slimserver? Which operating system? -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [slim] While I wait to get my SB3 - External Hard Drives

2007-04-04 Thread mflint
rg/wiki/Wake-on-LAN)_? Congratulations on the new purchase - welcome to the club! :-) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint&

Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?

2007-04-03 Thread mflint
It could be that both SlimServer and your Squeezeboxes have new IP addresses, but the Squeezebox is still looking for the server at its old address... I'd set up networking again on the SB, by holding the [Left] button on the remote. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http:/

Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?

2007-04-03 Thread mflint
... What happens if you press and hold [Left] on your SB remote, to set up networking again? My SBs will scan the network for available servers... Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of

Re: [slim] look familiar?

2007-04-01 Thread mflint
What's the date? (I particularly like _'this_one' (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/lebedev.shtml)_!) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins)

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Original - no sound output through rca jacks

2007-03-21 Thread mflint
For what it's worth, I recently picked up a bargain SB2 on ebay. Keep your eyes peeled there if you didn't want to buy new... (The SB2 has a more 'kitchen-friendly' shape than my SB3 and I've performed the "display-fli

Re: [slim] Bye bye Squeeze Box, sob, sob, sniff, sniff...

2007-03-02 Thread mflint
2. The wireless appeared to be faulty, but in fact the Mac address had changed to FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF and my wireless router had Mac address filtering turned on... Easily fixed, but I was concerned for a while! Matthew -- mflint -

Re: [slim] Kitchen Design help

2007-02-14 Thread mflint
aubuti;180471 Wrote: > I'm thinking along similar lines for later this year. Me too - so I've subscribed to this thread! I was thinking of putting a power switch for the amp underneath the wall unit, next to the SB2... but I'm open to ideas! Ma

Re: [slim] My Garage SB3

2007-02-12 Thread mflint
seanadams;179815 Wrote: > I even saw them grind one up and put it in a x-ray spectrometer to look > for lead, mercury, chromium etc. Fun stuff! You won't be laughing when the pile of dust lands on your desk for repair.

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