Re: [slim] Adding a DAC to Transporter

2021-11-20 Thread mftech
cliveb wrote: > Are you aware that Sean Adams explicitly stated that the AES output is > technically inferior to the COAX? (Not that you'll notice any audible > difference). > He said that it was just included for completeness sake. I tried both...the protocol is the same between AES and SPDIF,

Re: [slim] Adding a DAC to Transporter

2021-11-20 Thread mftech
I'm using the AES output of the Transporter with the Merging NADAC. The DAC inside the Transporter is excellent quality, Sean Adams was smart enough to do an excellent implementation with the AKM DAC. Rpi + Picoreplayer is also an very inexpensive solution. Tête à FLAC 2 X SB Classic 2 X SB2 1

Re: [slim] primephonics.com

2021-08-31 Thread mftech
Primephonic acquired by Apple https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/30/22648604/apple-acquires-primephonic-classical-music-streaming-service Tête à FLAC 2 X SB Classic 2 X SB2 1 X SB Boom 1 X SB Touch 1 X Transporter 2 X Duet + Remote 3 X Rpi+Picoreplayer 2 X Chromecast 1 X Chromecast Audio 1 X Ato

Re: [slim] Transporter digital signal transfer question

2021-04-14 Thread mftech
cliveb wrote: > Thanks for the replies: > > > Yes, I already use that, but it's not relevant to this issue - which was > whether there's a way to feed the selected digital input to the digital > outputs. > > > Shame. I don't want transcoding - just have whatever digital input is > selected to

Re: [slim] Transporter digital signal transfer question

2021-04-14 Thread mftech
cliveb wrote: > As an experiment I tried feeding my TV's toslink output into the > Transporter's optical input and expected the signal to appear at the > coax digital output. > It didn't. > (It DOES appear at the analogue outputs, so it's not that the toslink > input isn't working). > > I had (p

Re: [slim] Call for testers! Daphile

2021-03-02 Thread mftech
mftech wrote: > Hi to all, > yesterday I updated Daphile on different music server: > > Server 1: > Daphile 20:12 Update goes straight whitout any problems > Daphile start correctly. > But LMS didn't start and finally crash. > I reset three times Daphile to the

Re: [slim] Call for testers! Daphile

2020-12-31 Thread mftech
Hi to all, yesterday I updated Daphile on different music server: Server 1: Daphile 20:12 Update goes straight whitout any problems Daphile start correctly. But LMS didn't start and finally crash. I reset three times Daphile to the latest firmware defaults and start over with the same results. I

Re: [slim] New Classical Music Streaming Service IDAGIO - an opportunity for ICKSTREAM ?

2020-06-20 Thread mftech
redil wrote: > Otto-Wilhelm > > how do you feed your squeezebox from IDAGIO? > > thanks > > Tred Idagio is now compatible with BlueOS and SONOS, any news if someone is working to integrate it with LMS ? Tête à FLAC 2 X SB Classic 2 X SB2 1 X SB Boom 1 X SB Touch 1 X Transporter 2 X Duet

[slim] Update firware: nb alloc failed in slimproto

2019-07-17 Thread mftech
mftech wrote: > Xylinx and Factory reset didn't help. > > But using a different Daphile installed on a different motherboard, > works right away... > Both Daphile are running the same version, it's now time to investigate > on Daphile... > > > 27367 Prob

[slim] Update firware: nb alloc failed in slimproto

2019-05-18 Thread mftech
bpa wrote: > Try Xilinx reset. > Also make sure no items in playlist before Transporter is powered on > > IR usually refers to a remote control - make sure no other IR controller > (especially non Slimdevice) nearby sending strange commands Xylinx and Factory reset didn't help. But using a dif

[slim] Update firware: nb alloc failed in slimproto

2019-05-18 Thread mftech
My Transporter, don't connect with my Daphile Server. It goes strough the connexion process but failed and report: Nb alloc failed in slimproto It works using Wireless connection but failed to connect when using LAN. Daphile run LMS 7.9.2 LMS Logs report: [19-05-17 02:05:06.1406] Slim::Network

Re: [slim] Using Transporter TOSLINK out for bluetooth adapter

2018-12-26 Thread mftech
This product should do the trick: https://www.amazon.com/Avantree-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-Simultaneously/dp/B07BQYYDNJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1545862435&sr=8-3&keywords=avantree+aptx+hd Tête à FLAC 2 X SB Classic 2 X SB2 1 X SB Boom 1 X SB Touch 3 X Rpi+Picoreplayer 2 X Chromecast 1 X C

Re: [slim] Roon, a SqueezeBox ecosystem alternative ?

2015-12-24 Thread mftech
audiomuze wrote: > Strongly disagree. The first warning screen is very clear. There comes > a point we as users need to take responsibility for our own actions and > decisions. Strongly disagree...considering that this action will alter your music collection. At least a mention to back-up your

Re: [slim] Roon, a SqueezeBox ecosystem alternative ?

2015-12-19 Thread mftech
Otto-Wilhelm wrote: > I assume that you selected the wrong kind of folder. See > https://community.roonlabs.com/t/whats-a-watched-folder-whats-an-organized-folder/119/2 > > "Watched Folder" is the kind of folder to be selected, not "Organized > Folder" Yes...I understand my mistake...considerin

Re: [slim] Roon, a SqueezeBox ecosystem alternative ?

2015-12-17 Thread mftech
I installed Roon yesterday, btw I found very offensive that you need to provide your credit card for an evaluation. I set-up Roon to connect with my NAS (VB 2.3), at first I found the indexing to be pretty slow...even after several hours Roon was still indexing... Checking LMS I found out the L

Re: [slim] My new Squeezebox: a SB2!

2012-05-22 Thread mftech
TiredLegs wrote: > Nice SB2. I still have one that I use on a shelf above my workbench. The > form factor of the SB2 works better than an SB3 in that spot. I bought two SB2 lately, they work like a charm, the second one was supposed to b defective and finally work (connected to LAN). Also the sm

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2012-03-18 Thread mftech
the MiND use vTuner Radio, as I mentioned before the control software is still in development and for now only the MiND is offered. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2012-03-17 Thread mftech
ftware the album navigation is fluid and theactual interface is minimalist but quite friendly. For the test we used Vortexbox 2.0 as a Network Attached Software with various flac files mostly 44.1Khz, but also 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96

Re: [slim] ACK! I dropped my SB3!

2010-10-01 Thread mftech
ing takes place with the SB. Did you try to control your SB from Squeezecenter ? The VFD is very fragile and maybe broken, I got this problem with my first SB, the VFD gently fade away after my SB fall on the floor. Hopefully Slimdevices replace it. -- mftech Tête à FLAC

Re: [slim] Need help replacing IC on a Squeezebox 2

2010-03-10 Thread mftech
After more investigation my SB is V1 model not a SB2. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

[slim] Need help replacing IC on a Squeezebox 2

2010-03-10 Thread mftech
the PC Board used for the fluorescent display, the part number is not readable but the part number is identified as U5, the part is manufactured by Fairchild. Any help will be appreciated. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech&#

Re: [slim] I am leaving Logitech!

2009-05-25 Thread mftech
Good luck Sean, Hoping that you could re-invent the same open-source business model with others fine audio products. As many others on this forum I considered the Squeezebox as the best audio product I never bought in my life. Period. -- mftech Tête à FLAC

Re: [slim] Time for Slim Devices to get partnering up and licensing?

2008-06-16 Thread mftech
Maybe Logitech is more interested at selling remote, and they may want to sell and make compatible the Duet Remote with other music servers, that will be interesting... -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile:

Re: [slim] Radio Canada Espace Musique ogg stream broken?

2008-05-03 Thread mftech
mms://direct-risq.radio-canada.ca/premierechaine This is the link for Premiere Chaine (in french) -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada

2007-11-23 Thread mftech
Try this merchant located in Montreal: http://www.cdfaudio.com/slimdevices.html Not sure if they could ship it to you but they will provide you the proper information to order one trough the Canadian reseller. -- mftech Tête à FLAC

Re: [slim] Scanner.exe error, incomplete library

2007-05-30 Thread mftech
o far so good...hoping that Slimserver will get more reliable in future release. Thanks to everyone associated with this thread. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [slim] Scanner.exe error, incomplete library

2007-05-25 Thread mftech
2007-05-25 23:56:08.5075 SlimServer scanner cleaning up. Thanks for your help. You could contact directly me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if necessary. Regards Michel -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.s

[slim] Scanner.exe error, incomplete library

2007-05-25 Thread mftech
iated. Hoping that new version of Slimserver will be more stable and robust... -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View thi

[slim] Transporter review in Hi-Fi World, April 2007

2007-04-06 Thread mftech
standards across the board make this ideal for high end wireless music fans, but whether there's a market for it remains to be seen. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [slim] How to upgrade firmware whitout using the remote control ?

2007-03-12 Thread mftech
Do you think I should create a feature request in Bugzilla ? It may be useful to add a function to force the firmware upgrade whitout having the remote. I'm calling -Coup de Foudre- in Mtl to check the status order. -- mftech Tête à

[slim] How to upgrade firmware whitout using the remote control ?

2007-03-11 Thread mftech
that could mimic the pres/hold Brithness button ? Regards Michel -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

[slim] SB3 Review in HiFi World Magazine (July 2006)

2006-08-16 Thread mftech
alone choice. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

[slim] Re: Frequent SS crash after upgrade to 6.2.2

2006-05-12 Thread mftech
time slimerver start the plugin turn off the service. I was able to access rapidly the config menu on the SB3 and un-select the weather plug-in in the screensaver. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Pro

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

2006-05-09 Thread mftech
Library size: 674 albums with 7796 songs by 394 artists All encoded in FLAC Hardware: Via M1, with 300G external drive/USB Software: Slimserver: 6.2.2 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 Portable: Rio Karma (compatible with Flac) -- mftech Tête à FLAC

[slim] Re: Short, very positive SB review out today

2006-05-08 Thread mftech
No mention about FLAC support...but yes the SB3 design look nice beside nice girls in bikini :-) -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Y a t'il un français dans la sal le ?

2006-05-07 Thread mftech
regrette de ne pas voir plus de français ! > Si vous passez par ici, merci de vous manifester ! > Jean Claude - Jura - St Amour > PS : La version 6.5 du serveur affiche la date en français Bienvenue Michalon ! Tu ne regretteras pas ton choix. La qualite sonore du SB3 est exemplaire, surtout a

[slim] Re: Slimserver pref. and SlimServer 6.2.2

2006-04-28 Thread mftech
Thanks for the info. I un-install Slimserver 6.21 first that maybe the problem. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

[slim] Slimserver pref. and SlimServer 6.2.2

2006-04-28 Thread mftech
ences. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23409 _

[slim] Re: No sound from Squeezebox after reflash

2006-04-09 Thread mftech
try several time to reset to default value but necessarly in this order. I`m now back to 6.2.1, I got sound output now. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15

[slim] Re: No sound from Squeezebox after reflash

2006-04-08 Thread mftech
h the same problem after several power off. I want my MTV...sorry my SB3 FYI Everything is working fine with Softsqueeze the problem seems to originate from the xilinx. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Pro

[slim] Black Magic Firmware: firmware 37

2006-04-06 Thread mftech
didn't work properly ? I'm puzzled and open to suggestions... -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr

[slim] Re: New QA Manager

2006-02-27 Thread mftech
Hi Chris, it’s good to observe the seriousness of Slimdevices as a company to hire an experienced person like yourself in the role of Quality Assurance manager. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile:

[slim] Re: No sound from Squeezebox after reflash

2006-01-25 Thread mftech
operly in the Xilinx, that's my theory. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevi

[slim] Re: Burst of white noise on startup?

2006-01-10 Thread mftech
>Behringer DCX2496 AES In. I'm going trought the Sphinx to reference my signal via wordclock or a video reference. The Sphinx is set to 44.1Khz You could also refer to this thread: http://tinyurl.com/au98q Re

[slim] Re: Extremely loud "white noise" from Squeezebox?!

2006-01-04 Thread mftech
5: PerlSvc::Startup (perlsvc.pl line 1481) frame 6: PerlSvc::_startup (slimserver.pl line 0) frame 7: (eval) (slimserver.pl line 0) -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

[slim] Re: No sound output !

2005-12-27 Thread mftech
ichel -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19454 ___ Discu

[slim] Re: No sound output !

2005-12-26 Thread mftech
, I need to move my SB around the house. regards Michel -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Re: No sound output !

2005-12-26 Thread mftech
e procedure don't change anything in the Squeezebox menu for playing back my file. On the other hand Softsqueeze on my PC could playback my file. That's sound like a Xilinx flashing problem to be... Any suggestions or tips to try ? Regard

[slim] No sound output !

2005-12-26 Thread mftech
7;m out of ressources...I try calling Slimdevices but i guess they are close today. Any help or suggestion will be appreciated...I want my SB3 back ! -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices