bpa wrote:
> What is your network setup ? Are there multiple APs ? How do the APs
> connect to the router ?
I have a Netgear R7000 Nighthawk router towards the front of my house;
it's connected to a Netgear Nighthawk range extender/ap in the back of
my house via a cat6 run. The extender has a
BreakTheStatic wrote:
> Yes it's easy to temporarily connect them to ethernet but the location
> is not someplace where I'd ever want to actually run a permanent cable.
> Even if the cause is related to the WiFi, that doesn't actually help me
> resolve anything since I won't ever be running a
What is your network setup ? Are there multiple APs ? How do the APs
connect to the router ?
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Yes it's easy to temporarily connect them to ethernet but the location
is not someplace where I'd ever want to actually run a permanent cable.
Even if the cause is related to the WiFi, that doesn't actually help me
resolve anything since I won't ever be running a cable to that location
and, and
BreakTheStatic wrote:
> I haven't tried ethernet, as I don't have any wired connections
> close enough to do so..
Temporarily move players close enough to try it.
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BreakTheStatic wrote:
> I haven't tried ethernet, as I don't have any wired connections close
> enough to do so.
Hang on a minute! In your opening post you said these players are within
5ft of routers/APs. Last time I checked, routers tend to have ethernet
ports, and APs tend to be hooked into
Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I did rule out syncing w/ other
players, as it happens when playing by itself, so it doesn't seem that
another lagging player is causing it.
I haven't tried ethernet, as I don't have any wired connections close
enough to do so. I guess I could add a
I've had buffering issues when synching two players where one is WIFI
and one is ethernet connected. 99% of the time all is fine. But once
in a while, my Radio (on wifi) has some sort of connection issue and the
synched (ethernet) player starts buffering. Rebooting (or simply
turning off) the
cliveb wrote:
> Like all problems, the key to diagnosis is to be logical and systematic.
> The first thing you must do is connect these players with ethernet and
> see if the buffering stops. If it does, then you know it's a wi-fi
> issue.
+1 . A signal strength of 95-100% is just that -
Like all problems, the key to diagnosis is to be logical and systematic.
The first thing you must do is connect these players with ethernet and
see if the buffering stops. If it does, then you know it's a wi-fi
issue.
Transporter -> ATC SCM100A
BreakTheStatic wrote:
> I've been having this problem for a while now and finally decided to
> reach out and see if anyone else has come across this. Roughly every
> week or so, my duet/receiver and a classic start perpetually buffering
> regardless of quality (flac down to 128kbps mp3 - all
are your players synced? for me it was worse when two or more was
synched and one had marinal wifi strength. if they are, try them
unsynched
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i have had alot of struggles with receivers on wifi (duet = receiver and
controller) and have experienced exactly the issue describe, and done a
similar test process of backing off trying to identify if its isp,
network, bandwidth etc. I have not had the same issues with booms,
touches, or
I've been having this problem for a while now and finally decided to
reach out and see if anyone else has come across this. Roughly every
week or so, my duet/receiver and a classic start perpetually buffering
regardless of quality (flac down to 128kbps mp3 - all local files). The
players are
First rule of networking. Check the cables.
OP says Duet is wired. Can it be pinged from another wired machine?
What is the server IP and what's the Duet's wired IP?
*Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* -
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*Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally
d6jg wrote:
First rule of networking. Check the cables.
OP says Duet is wired. Can it be pinged from another wired machine?
What is the server IP and what's the Duet's wired IP?
Yes and actualy check that it really is wired, if it was previusly on
wifi at some piont in it's life just
4lex wrote:
. If the controller runs out of batteries the duet player loses
connectivity.
Something is wrong with your setup if this is happening. Many use
player (Receiver) by itself absent any Controller, or use Controller
only for player setup.
There are numerous ways of controlling
4lex wrote:
I'd sooner not have the controller at all frankly, wondering if I can
make it work without.
Use Net::UDAP to configure receiver without controller - it is a bit
little bit complicated t setup especially if your LMS is in Wundows but
it remove the controller.
See
This seems wrong. My setup has a duet and two devices using
squeezeplay. I can control any of the devices either with my duet
controller or the squeezer app on my phone.
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DJanGo wrote:
What did you mean by this line?
The OP means he has the Receiver wired and the Controller is wireless.
What we don't know is if the Receiver creates its own wifi network (for
the Controller to connect to) or if the Controller uses the home wifi
network.
I have used the 1st option
The receiver itself has some DHCP issues in some rare configurations (
see bugzilla about that ) .
If you use static IP anyway or for other reasons too ( I do 2 of my
players and the server connect directly to switches so I can fudge with
my router without losing local music ) .
Use the router
epoch1970 wrote:
The OP means he has the Receiver wired and the Controller is wireless.
What we don't know is if the Receiver creates its own wifi network (for
the Controller to connect to) or if the Controller uses the home wifi
network.
Hmmm i asked the :mad:P, but thanks i never seen or
Mnyb wrote:
That would be really bad , can it actually work at all ?
Since i had a Duet and do little know about the spanning Adhock Wlan -
it can run as long the Remote Acts as a Router between ..
And if the remote is off . (would match his description)
But thats talking about
DJanGo wrote:
Is the Player IP the same as the one thats used by the server?
That would be really bad , can it actually work at all ? In any shape or
form , would it not be 100% dysfunctional ?
Other thoughts if you use static IP ( not reserved DCHP in router ) you
should exclude these
4lex wrote:
The Duet player part of my 7 node LMS setup (with all others being RPis)
is the least reliable by a stretch. If the controller runs out of
batteries the duet player loses connectivity. I'd sooner not have the
controller at all frankly, wondering if I can make it work without. The
4lex wrote:
The player is hardwired to my switch and has a fixed ip address the
server's IP address.
What did you mean by this line?
Gruss
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The Duet player part of my 7 node LMS setup (with all others being RPis)
is the least reliable by a stretch. If the controller runs out of
batteries the duet player loses connectivity. I'd sooner not have the
controller at all frankly, wondering if I can make it work without. The
player is
leon28 wrote:
Hi There, need some help here, may i know how to set the duet controller
to display chinese character correctly?
help
LEON
MALASYIA
The Font Replacer applet is what you need. See
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Third_Party_Apps_for_Radio_and_Touch.
I have just upgraded my OS and reinstalled LMS 7.7.2 - r33893.
Initially I couldn't get LMS to see the Duet and did a hard reset.
Since then I have been unable to get the Duet to retain its name
whenever the server is rebooted - it keeps switching to Squeezebox
Receiver. This is the same
Shellness wrote:
I have just upgraded my OS and reinstalled LMS 7.7.2 - r33893.
Initially I couldn't get LMS to see the Duet and did a hard reset.
Since then I have been unable to get the Duet to retain its name
whenever the server is rebooted - it keeps switching to Squeezebox
Receiver.
Hmm, I can't get the Duet to connect to mysqueezebox.com. My SB Radio
is connected to mysqueeze.com and I can see this in mysqueezebox.com on
my PC but the Duet won't connect when I go to
SettingsaAdvancedNetworking, the screen just jumps a little and its
name remains greyed-out in
Shellness wrote:
Hmm, I can't get the Duet to connect to mysqueezebox.com. My SB Radio
is connected to mysqueeze.com and I can see this in mysqueezebox.com on
my PC but the Duet won't connect when I go to
SettingsaAdvancedNetworking, the screen just jumps a little and its
name remains
Yes, I put the mysb data in when I reset the Duet. Also, the Classic
connects freely to mysb.com with the remote, but not with the handset,
so this has the same handset connectivity issue as the Duet.
As for the Duet not retaining its name? Do you think that mysb.com
is essential?
Thanks.
Success. I reset the Duet and its Controller. Then I managed to get the
Duet to connect to mysb.com. I changed the name and it has held through
two server reboots.
This seems odd, though. Why won't it hold using the LMS of the
Controller?
Success. I reset the Duet and its Controller. Then I managed to get the
Duet to connect to mysb.com. I changed the name and it has held through
two server reboots.
This seems odd, though. Why won't it hold using the LMS or the
Controller?
Shellness wrote:
Success. I reset the Duet and its Controller. Then I managed to get the
Duet to connect to mysb.com. I changed the name and it has held through
two server reboots.
This seems odd, though. Why won't it hold using the LMS or the
Controller?
no clue, but I'm glad it is
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[Summary: Duet remote had been down with a bad battery while the home
WLAN had changed from WEP to WPA2, and with a new password, but with
the same old SSID. Initially it showed the available WLANs with the
home WLAN checkmarked. When I tried to select that I was
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[Summary: Duet remote had been down with a bad battery while the home
WLAN had changed from WEP to WPA2, and with a new password, but with
the same old SSID. Initially it showed the available WLANs with the
home WLAN checkmarked. When I tried to select that I
I thought the battery on my Duet hand control had died, but when someone
dusted it this weekend it started charging again. So it was probably
just a bad connection.
However, while it was dead I had changed my WLAN from WEP to WPA2. Same
SSID, but different encryption and different key/password.
My Duet Receiver dropped off my network a while ago and I can't get it
to reconnect to my LMS music server (running LMS v7.7.2). So far I have
done the following:
- Factory reset the Duet Controller
- Factory reset the Duet Receiver
- Reconnected the Controller to my wireless network
- Attempted
Are you sure you're getting the factory reset on the receiver? There are
2 resets, the first is just a network reset which I've found to be next
to useless. To do the full factory reset on the receiver you must press
and hold the front button on the receiver for about 20 - 30 seconds. You
should
w3wilkes wrote:
Are you sure you're getting the factory reset on the receiver? There are
2 resets, the first is just a network reset which I've found to be next
to useless. To do the full factory reset on the receiver you must press
and hold the front button on the receiver for about 20 - 30
I had this recently and a full reset of my router solved the issue.
Fortunately I had exported configuration settings so it was a simple
reset and upload of config.
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That's what I figured here, too, having the same experience. With the
Boom and Controller never having problems and with five other wireless
devices not complaining about connectivity, it had to be the Duet.
But replacing the router has made the Duet as reliable as everything
else, even
Got the blue light on mine yesterday after rebooting it, as it happens.
Rebooting my router seemed to fix the problem as I noticed some of my
other devices connected via wifi were also behaving strangely and this
fixed their issues too ...
I seemed to always have these intermittent connection problems, and also
assumed it was the Duet. A few weeks ago the router itself gave out
completely, and I had to replace it. The Duet has performed flawlessly
ever since. I have to wonder whether the router was marginally flaky
all along,
Since no other device has ever complained about the wireless routers
(and I have had 3 different ones sincde the Duet was caled top duty),
no, it is the Duet, not the wireless access point.
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...this is my least fav product ever. I regreat the day I got one.
Now, again, it refuses to connect to the server. Every time I end up in
the try again screen. Every other device in the house (several SB3s,
Booms, Radio and Touch) are very happily connected to the server
(7.7.2). The Duet has
Do the factory reset on the receiver. I recently had a issue with one of
my receivers where it would go as far as getting the blue LED (it has a
IP on my network but wouldn't connect to my server). Ended up having to
use UDAP to fix it, but it's been good since then.
I did the factory reset, and of course it worked (as I knew it would).
This happens about 2-3 times a year with the Duet. I will probably put
it on Ebay in the next few weeks, I have a spare multipurpose SB3 that I
will use for bedroom duty.
*Technical question:* does the Squeezebox Receiver have some set
streaming rates? I ask this because I have been trying to optimise the
position of my Receiver relative to my wireless router and using the
Network signal graph utility on the Controller. It seems to me that the
Duet will stream
Daily Steals has the Duet for $179.99 + $4.99 shipping:
http://www.dailysteals.com/
December 1st only.
Bill
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..., so for those who haven't got a smart-phone this might be
interesting at 170.
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I have a Squeezebox Duet that refuses to connect to my server.
My server is a Readynas Duo connected into an Asus RN56T W-Lan Router
and my Squeezebox connects wirelessly. Wired not an option.
My WLAN is password protected and the Controller connects to the
network but when I chose my music it
Generally, it's helpful to say how you solved your issue so others can
benefit as well.
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Hi all,
My duet remote was stolen last night in a burglary. They didn't take
the receiver, though. I would like to use the android squeezebox app as
a remote control, but it can't find the receiver as it is configured to
use a local squeezebox server. Any ideas on either (1) how to config
the
maybe you should contact logitech support all squeezeboxes have unique
macadresses so if it apears on mysqueezebox.com they may be able to
help or at least not allow anyone else to register it
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Main hifi: Touch + CIA
done, but really don't have much hope for recovery. more looking for a
technical solution of how to associate an orphaned receiver to
mysqueezebox.com instead of a local server.
Thanks,
sheff
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You can reset a Receiver by holding down the button until it flashes
quickly.
Speak to Flattermann about using his 'SqueezeConfig UDAP Tool'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76584) to configure the
Receiver, then you can use his 'SqueezeCommander'
If you have an iPod Touch or an iPhone, then the iPeng app allows you to
select mysqueezebox.com as the music source for the player it is
controlling. I just tested this just now and it works fine.
I thought I could do the same with the Beta of Squeezeplay, but
although there is a menu item
sheff;633826 Wrote:
done, but really don't have much hope for recovery. more looking for a
technical solution of how to associate an orphaned receiver to
mysqueezebox.com instead of a local server.
Thanks,
sheff
Hmm cant you open the web-UI for the local server chose the reciver on
the
Mnyb;633831 Wrote:
Hmm cant you open the web-UI for the local server chose the reciver on
the rigth side and on the left side choose extras and then Music Source
and here you have mysqueezebox.com as an option ?
Ace reply, this worked perfectly. Thanks.
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bitstopjoe;623790 Wrote:
... BoomII, or whatever it is called ( son of Boom? :) .
That would make for great abbreviations in here. The SOB won't
connect to SBS via WiFi, should I wire the SOB? :)
I concur with the others, go with the Touch.
This will also get you a lot more available
Thank you for all of your input..Touch it is
One more question... I assume the touch works with MYSB??
Until I get more HD space for my system ( I have 4 Fast SCSI III 10k
RPM right now but only 32 gig each)I rather use MYSB instead of SB
Server.
Thank you all again for your help!!
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Yes, Touch uses MySB same as your Boom did.
But if running the Touch's inbuilt mini-server you don't even need to
switch to MySB, Touch server will use MySB in the background just as
the full SBS server does on your computer.
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See also the 'Touch vs. Duet'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85717) forum thread.
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death may die.-
touch + duet + boom + radio / wrt160n/dd-wrt / sbs 7.5.1 or
higher/win7(32b)/avira free
All good info ( great thread on the Duet vs Touch. Thanks all again,
LOVE this forum :)
I will call Logitech today and have them send me a Touch.
One last question ( until I think of another that is :) ) I can use a
USB Thumb drive in the USB port on the Touch, correct?
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Joe
w3wilkes;623828 Wrote:
The controller is responsive and it's great to have total control of the
music without having to go to the stereo or the PC.
You don't need to go to the stereo of the PC to control the Touch,
either. The infrared remote (included) gives you full control, although
bitstopjoe;623869 Wrote:
. I can use a USB Thumb drive in the USB port on the Touch, correct?
Yes, but there are quirks with using the USB or SD in the Touch. Most
will work fine.
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Thank you.. Just something to play with and try to get to work..
Trust me when I get the Touch and have any questions, I will look here
first for answers..
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Joe Sica
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Since I sent my Boom back to Logitech, and they no longer make it, I
have a choice of waiting for the Booms replacement ( could be MONTHS)
or take a Touch or a Duet in its place. From what I have seen online I
am leaning towards the Touch because of the USB and SD card input.
Since I am Boomless
Touch all the way. The sound quality is better than the Duet and it is
less finicky to set up. If you're gunshy about EOL, you should know
that the Duet Receiver will be the next to go, as after the Boom it
will be the last SB based on the ip3k platform.
For controlling the Touch there is the
+1. What he said:-). As a player, the touch is rock solid and it is
most current. I can't blame you that you don't want to wait for boom
II. Good luck.
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Rich
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Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch, iPeng on iPod
Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running
+1 on the Touch.
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maggior;623815 Wrote:
+1. What he said:-). As a player, the touch is rock solid and it is
most current. I can't blame you that you don't want to wait for boom
II. Good luck.
+1 Touch , much better format support and sound ,setup is better wlan
is better
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I guess someone has to go against the grain here. I run a Duet on a
older Sony amp to some old ADS L810 speakers and the sound is
excellent! Once set up I've found that the Duet is rock solid and I run
it WiFi. The controller is responsive and it's great to have total
control of the music without
w3wilkes;623828 Wrote:
I guess someone has to go against the grain here. I run a Duet on a
older Sony amp to some old ADS L810 speakers and the sound is
excellent! Once set up I've found that the Duet is rock solid and I run
it WiFi. The controller is responsive and it's great to have total
Hello all
Installed my first Duet some day ago, looks good but a few issues. One
is that on the Duet controller i dont see the same info on my recently
scanned library (on Netgear NAS) that i see if i look from the
remotecontrol view from the web. What i see on the Duet controller is
the
culdesac;523291 Wrote:
.
Problem 2 i have is that mysqueezbox.com thinks my receiver is offline,
even if its not. The connection to internet is ok since i can play
internet radio. Any suggestions?
tia/jm
If you are playing radio while your player is on SBS server then
MySB.com will
Ok that make sense i guess. So next stupid question, how do i connect to
mysqueezbox.com? Under Advanced-Network i got a menu item Switch to
Mysb..com but nothing happens when i choose that.
Regarding my first question, its actually like this: It shows artists
under Artists, albums under Albums
culdesac;523327 Wrote:
Ok that make sense i guess. So next stupid question, how do i connect to
mysqueezbox.com? Under Advanced-Network i got a menu item Switch to
Mysb..com but nothing happens when i choose that.
Regarding my first question, its actually like this: It shows artists
under
deals.woot.com is featuring the Duet at
http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/f480417c-ae80-4e42-bd66-49a6ebfa4e46/squeezebox-duet-dented-box#14
This is a dented box sale-- but if you enter the codes woot_30110 and
then
MIR15, the cost, with free shipping is $186.95. Not a bad deal.
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Clever folks can you help? I have a number of Duets/SB+ around the
house all connected via an ethernet network. I'm interested in using
the new Radio (with rechargeable battery pack) in the bathroom but
obviously have no socket to connect to. There's a boom and duet
receiver in the rooms next
The Duet receiver acts as a hidden wifi ad-hoc bridge when configured to
allow the controller. However I don't know what the WEP key is. I
don't know if it's randomly generated or documented somewhere.
Personally I don't suggest using this mode since WEP is very insecure.
You are much better
Would love to see this fixed...
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lord_squeeze;512194 Wrote:
Would love to see this fixed...
Vote on the bug:
https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7462
SBC looks really weird with bright white or red covers, then it gets
all blocky and pixelated.
Only twelve voters ? even if its pretty obvious that the screen does
Mnyb;512196 Wrote:
Vote on the bug:
https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7462
Only twelve voters ? even if its pretty obvious that the screen does
not render colors correctly ? or I'm I picky and expects to much ?
Voted.
You are not picky. I noticed the bug during the first two
lord_squeeze;512209 Wrote:
Voted.
You are not picky. I noticed the bug during the first two minutes of
using the Controller. I was shocked -- *SHOCKED!!*-- ;) to see it has
been around since 2008 and still not fixed.
Baah there are 9 year old bugs in the system ;) targeted for future,
Since the Controller uses the same display as the Radio, shouldn't that
effect be visible there, too?
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usch;512229 Wrote:
Since the Controller uses the same display as the Radio, shouldn't that
effect be visible there, too?
Different cpu and probably other system differences on the hardware
level, I can not compare have no radio yet.
But if they solved it on the radio and NOT backported it to
But the problems is clearly visible in this pictures:
Note: forum prevent to large pictures so I've resized,but you can still
see the artifacts
+---+
|Filename: making_movies.JPG|
|Download:
Hi
I must agree, that the display quality of album art leaves much to be
desired.
Overall the display quality of the user interface looks good, the
letters are good and sharp, but this is not the case with album art,
which has too many artifacts.
running SBS 7.4.2-r29959 on WinXP with SBC on
Hi,
I recently got a Duet and HP server and set it up on the Benc and all
appeared OK. I then unplugged the receiver to move it to it's proper
home, re-powered it, and all seemed to re-connect, but I get no audio. I
can access my music library, select a track, on the controller it
appears to play
Try resetting the ip address of the receiver if it isn't fixed. Easiest
is to power down and come back 10 mins later and switch back on (router)
or do this with your router confing screen
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Squeezcenter running on ACER R1600 Windows XP
Fileserver ReadyNAS Duo
Main Listening
I did a factory reset of the controller and no help. I took
SqueezeCenter (7.3.3) off my computer and reinstalled it. No help. I
upgraded SqueezeCenter to 7.4.1 and the problem goes away, but I get
real bad buffering issues so it's back to 7.3.3 and the Duet Controller
not displaying the
It says welcome to 4.7 each time it boots. I've never intentionally
upgraded it; it arrived about a month ago.
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bump
help :)
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Hi
I have seen this a couple of times a long time ago.
Reboot SBC fixes the problem.
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Which firmware are you using ? Did it become after upgrade ?
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Same here...
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