[slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-07 Thread Rikk
Finally it arrived! I spent some hours to get used and now I got it almost completely. I have to say that I like it a lot, even if I found some weaknesses that, in my opinion, if removed, would make of the SB3 the perfect living room companion. One of these weaknesses is that if no internet conne

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-07 Thread mooblie
You turn your router on and off? That's unusual! I'm sure most people leave it on all the time. -- mooblie Martin at 'HeadSpin' (http://www.headspin.plus.com) mooblie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-07 Thread Rikk
mooblie;404094 Wrote: > You turn your router on and off? That's unusual! I'm sure most people > leave it on all the time. Well, yes. I'm at home (awake) for no more than 5 hours a day, so I turn it on only when I need to use the pc. Since I got the SB3 (few days) I turn it on when I want to he

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-07 Thread damager
I totally get why people want to turn off a PC, but a router? That cant cost more than a nickel a month to leave on - why in the world to you want to deal with the hassle of turning it on and off, let alone the wear and tear on the router of all those power cycles? -- damager -

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-07 Thread Mnyb
Rikk;404109 Wrote: > Well, yes. I'm at home (awake) for no more than 5 hours a day, so I turn > it on only when I need to use the pc. Since I got the SB3 (few days) I > turn it on when I want to hear music, too. That is still a couple of > hours a day. Sometimes some more, but... Why not just tu

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-08 Thread Peter
Rikk wrote: > Finally it arrived! I spent some hours to get used and now I got it > almost completely. I have to say that I like it a lot, even if I found > some weaknesses that, in my opinion, if removed, would make of the SB3 > the perfect living room companion. > > One of these weaknesses is tha

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-08 Thread Rikk
peter;404318 Wrote: > > The SB-family is really designed for an always-on network. It works in > > other configurations, but not really that well. That's the whole point > > of thin clients. > > Regards, > Peter actually I have to admit that you're right. Even if the discussion about the clo

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-08 Thread aubuti
Rikk;404505 Wrote: > So what you said gives more strenght to my second point: plugins on SN! > Or not? Plugins on SN are technically possible, because SN is really just a bunch of computers out on the internet running SC. But here's the catch: how do you decide *which* plugins to include? Every d

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
aubuti;404527 Wrote: > Plugins on SN are technically possible, because SN is really just a > bunch of computers out on the internet running SC. But here's the > catch: how do you decide *which* plugins to include? All those in the "standard" list in SC with a similar list on SN aubuti;404527 Wro

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Bryan Jan
even better if the SB3 can switch to SN when the pc is turned off. Right now the user still has to manually switch the SB3 to connect to SN otherwise the display cannot show the clock. -- Bryan Jan Regards, Bryan SB3+PSA DL3

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread moley6knipe
SvrPwrCtrl plugin should do what you want -- moley6knipe WinXP Pro SP3 > dBpoweramp Reference 13.1 > SqueezeCenter 7.4 24614 > Squeezebox 3 > ears moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=100

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
Bryan Jan;404677 Wrote: > even better if the SB3 can switch to SN when the pc is turned off. > Right now the user still has to manually switch the SB3 to connect to > SN otherwise the display cannot show the clock. this would be a nice feature moley6knipe;404680 Wrote: > SvrPwrCtrl plugin shou

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread toby10
Rikk;404683 Wrote: > this would be a nice feature > > > I cant find it, would you post a link to that, please? > Does it connect back to SC when it's back up? No, it's still a manual event. Once your SB3 is no longer connected to SC then you have no access to plugins. -- toby10 ---

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
toby10;404713 Wrote: > No, it's still a manual event. Once your SB3 is no longer connected to > SC then you have no access to plugins. Right! Do you know the link to download SvrPwrCtrl ? -- Rikk Rikk's Profile: http://f

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread toby10
Rikk;404714 Wrote: > Right! Do you know the link to download SvrPwrCtrl ? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter_Plugins Just make sure any plugin is compatible with your current version of SC7. -- toby10 t

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
thank you guys! -- Rikk Rikk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25652 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61048 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread aubuti
toby10;404734 Wrote: > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter_Plugins > > Just make sure any plugin is compatible with your current version of > SC7. I'm not sure it's in the wiki plugin listings yet, but here is the main support thread from the 3rd Party Plugins forum, which includ

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread aubuti
Rikk;404676 Wrote: > All those in the "standard" list in SC with a similar list on SN Well, then that would exclude SuperDateTime, which is one you said you specifically wanted in your original post. Which is it? Oh, and one correction to toby10's post about SrvrPowerControl. It *can* be configu

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
aubuti;404762 Wrote: > Well, then that would exclude SuperDateTime, which is one you said you > specifically wanted in your original post. Which is it? The opposite: I meant that one in particular. Superdatetime is in the list of those plugin you can install via SC. You find it in advanced setup,

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread aubuti
Rikk;404764 Wrote: > The opposite: I meant that one in particular. Superdatetime is in the > list of those plugin you can install via SC. You find it in advanced > setup, download extension utility (or something like this, I'm using > the italian version). Anyway: the tab before the last one (sho

Re: [slim] Amazing SB3

2009-03-09 Thread Rikk
aubuti;404767 Wrote: > Okay, mixup in terminology. Most of us understand the "standard" plugins > to be those that are included with SC package, *and* officially > supported by SD/Logi. SuperDateTime is neither of those. Ah, ok, my ignorance. Got it. aubuti;404767 Wrote: > If you want to includ