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haunyack;268225 Wrote:
Mark,
You are correct sir.
I have been uncharacteristically grumpy as of late.
My recent rants have been off the mark. (no pun)
Trouble is, when I get mad and kick the dog...he kicks back.
I'll try to be a bit more involved in the process going forward and
jsprag;267855 Wrote:
Unless I'm missing something in the settings page, this requires me to
ssh to my headless server, open up the file in a text editor, make the
changes, and then re-start Squeezecenter.
Please tell me if I'm overlooking something.
You are kind of right ... you need to
haunyack;267563 Wrote:
No...I have not filed a bug report and do not intend to.
Well then how do you expect your problems to go away? Do you think
they'll become aware of your problem through psychic divination?
It's obviously working on their machines. Rant as you will, they
wouldn't put
I like the idea of a party plug-in, but am thankful to Kevin (for only
about the thirteenth time today) for the remapping remote solution for
party mode. Change the play button to play next, add stays add.
Invoke the custom party.map and then remove settings from the SB menu
during the party, and
hellesangel;268114 Wrote:
At a first glance I'd say that thing is not worth it. It's expensive
partially because they've got 1Tb of flash memory in there which is a
very odd choice.
I'm not sure about the main storage being flash. The Stereophile
article quotes the Sooloos honcho as saying
Khuli;268109 Wrote:
Wow - you're not kidding
http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2007/107sooloos/
At a first glance I'd say that thing is not worth it. It's expensive
partially because they've got 1Tb of flash memory in there which is a
very odd choice. Well, it's a great choice if you've got
I too have frustrations with the squeezebox but overall I think it's a
heck of a satisfying product. However, some of your frustrations could
be avoided by preparing playlists prior to having people over and/or
just not letting others touch the remote control. I'm a bit perplexed
as to why you'd
gbruzzo;268066 Wrote:
I sympathise (see the sooloos solution on www.sooloos.com) with this
approach.
I don't think you will sympathise with the prices for sooloos stuff ;)
You can buy about 6 transporters for the price of a complete sooloos
system...
--
servies
There are 10 kinds of people
gbruzzo wrote:
I would love to see a larger, portable touch
screen interface (larger than the controller - which I have ordered and
am waiting for eagerly): this is something Logitech might very well do
one day, and it makes more sense to me than some of the fat player
solutions people have
Mark Lanctot;268050 Wrote:
Well then...?
Mark,
You are correct sir.
I have been uncharacteristically grumpy as of late.
My recent rants have been off the mark. (no pun)
Trouble is, when I get mad and kick the dog...he kicks back.
I'll try to be a bit more involved in the process going
amcluesent;267596 Wrote:
Funny how posters have problems at 'parties', maybe there should be a
'designated squeezebox user' allowing everyone else to get hammered?
Hide the remote where those pesky guests can't find it? Doesn't work
if you have a Transporter, but would do great for the
Metoo;267556 Wrote:
So you're having a party demonstrating how easy to use Squeezebox and
Slimserver is, or just getting comfortable, browsing the collection and
adding what you want to hear with the Add + button like any old juke
box.
Then somebody goes and presses the Play instead, and
jeffmeh;267807 Wrote:
I suppose that I have been using the Squeezeboxen long enough that I am
used to the remote interface. However, I do remember making the same
mistake numerous times in the early days (hitting play and clearing
out a playlist that I had spent a bunch of time putting
amcluesent;267596 Wrote:
Funny how posters have problems at 'parties', maybe there should be a
'designated squeezebox user' allowing everyone else to get hammered?
Too funny. Carrying this line of thinking further, for further
security a breathalyzer plug-in could be developed to disable the
servies;268093 Wrote:
You can buy about 6 transporters for the price of a complete sooloos
system...
Wow - you're not kidding
http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2007/107sooloos/
--
Khuli
http://www.last.fm/user/khuli
amcluesent;267596 Wrote:
Funny how posters have problems at 'parties', maybe there should be a
'designated squeezebox user' allowing everyone else to get hammered?
A Party PlugIN would make sense in my setup.
I love my Squeezeboxes (all 4 of them) but when my non Squeezebox
friends stop by
exile;268107 Wrote:
I too have frustrations with the squeezebox but overall I think it's a
heck of a satisfying product. However, some of your frustrations could
be avoided by preparing playlists prior to having people over and/or
just not letting others touch the remote control. I'm a bit
Pat Farrell;267811 Wrote:
jeffmeh wrote:
I suppose that I have been using the Squeezeboxen long enough that I
am
used to the remote interface.
I never used the normal remove on my SquuezeBoxen or Transporter.
I use a laptop with a web browser. Have for years.
Just getting used to
amcluesent;267596 Wrote:
Funny how posters have problems at 'parties', maybe there should be a
'designated squeezebox user' allowing everyone else to get hammered?
Yep, need a 'i'm drunk' button or plugin to protect against stuff like
this!
Or yes, you could just save your playlists. I do a
Funny how posters have problems at 'parties', maybe there should be a
'designated squeezebox user' allowing everyone else to get hammered?
--
amcluesent
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I'm sure we've been here before, or is it deju vue all over again? I
think there is a clear need for a party-mode plugin which would disable
all setting changes and only allow you to add tracks to the end of the
playlist.
Have access through the web UI (password protected) for fixing the
ceejay;267598 Wrote:
I'm sure we've been here before, or is it deju vue all over again? I
think there is a clear need for a party-mode plugin which would disable
all setting changes and only allow you to add tracks to the end of the
playlist.
Have access through the web UI (password
Whilst agreeing that a party mode would be useful, perhaps this thread
could legitimately be re-titled Why my ability to properly operate my
Squeezebox sucks? ;o)
--
Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics
Metoo;267556 Wrote:
So you're having a party demonstrating how easy to use Squeezebox and
Slimserver is, or just getting comfortable, browsing the collection and
adding what you want to hear with the Add + button like any old juke
box.
Then somebody goes and presses the Play instead, and
haunyack;267563 Wrote:
Yes..I agree.
My rant was a bit off the cuff as I have been fighting the software
lately.
A recent post of mine (deleted by the lord of the web) explained
(with a few expeltives sprinkled throughout) the embarrassment I
endured during a dinner party featuring the
Well at least I know it's not just me that thinks this is a major flaw
in Squeezebox's UI :)
For all those that say I should learn how to use the Squeezebox
properly, go through 20 keypresses to save the playlist everytime a
track gets added (not simple to get to, is it?), teach my guests or
Man, I don't even know how to save a playlist with the remote. I use
Squeezecenter/Slimserver for that. But I see your point. Maybe it could
be a little more user-friendly and fool-proof (with the possibility for
more advanced users to opt out) But they made great strides with SC 7.
And
SilverRS8;267619 Wrote:
he made a perfect good decision of removing your thread.
I agree.
If he had not, I would have given edit to clean it up.
While the software is officially beta, it's late stage development
that is primarily focused on the new Logitech toy Duet.
I've been using the
Nostromo;267682 Wrote:
Man, I don't even know how to save a playlist with the remote. I use
Squeezecenter/Slimserver for that. But I see your point. Maybe it could
be a little more user-friendly and fool-proof (with the possibility for
more advanced users to opt out) But they made great
Maybe there could be an option to automatically save playlists, like
save the previous playlist whenever playlist changes and call them
temp1.m3u, temp2.m3u, etc up to 5 playlists.
or
an option to save current playlist every x minutes
Maybe even date and time stamp the filenames, like:
Metoo wrote:
Nostromo;267682 Wrote:
Man, I don't even know how to save a playlist with the remote. I use
Squeezecenter/Slimserver for that. But I see your point. Maybe it could
be a little more user-friendly and fool-proof (with the possibility for
more advanced users to opt out) But
Most media players allow you to define the action taken by double
clicking on a song. It can either be played immediately or added to
the end of the Now Playing list.
How about an option in Squeezecenter that allows you to define the
action taken when you press the play button? It could do one
On 10-Feb-08, at 8:52 AM, jsprag wrote:
Most media players allow you to define the action taken by double
clicking on a song. It can either be played immediately or added to
the end of the Now Playing list.
How about an option in Squeezecenter that allows you to define the
action taken
Metoo;267709 Wrote:
Fair comment, and sorry if it comes across too strong. But painful as it
may be to hear, for Squeezebox to be sucessfull, it has to comepete in
the real world, and the sentiments expressed are those of real users.
You guys have the power to change that, by perhaps
haunyack;267698 Wrote:
I've been using the beta releases for about 2 years now and have NEVER
been stumped (although thoroughly frustrated) as I was the other
night.
Then you should be happy that you're so lucky. It doesn't matter
whether it's late beta or whatever else, if it's not an
radish;267738 Wrote:
If I were having a big party which I wanted to use SC for the first
thing I'd do is downgrade back to 6.5.4.
That was my first mistake.
My second mistake was venting on the forum before I gave myself a
chance to get over it.
.
--
haunyack
Transporter - BK 200.2 -
Doesn't Press and hold Play - save the current playlist? I've not had
reason to use it for a while so I guess this functionality might not
exist anymore...
Not quite the same as 20+ key presses if it is still there though.
Nic
--
DrNic
ceejay;267598 Wrote:
I'm sure we've been here before, or is it deju vue all over again? I
think there is a clear need for a party-mode plugin which would disable
all setting changes and only allow you to add tracks to the end of the
playlist.
Have access through the web UI (password
I suppose that I have been using the Squeezeboxen long enough that I am
used to the remote interface. However, I do remember making the same
mistake numerous times in the early days (hitting play and clearing
out a playlist that I had spent a bunch of time putting together).
I agree with the OP
I would vote for the Undo option, I actually been having this problem
since before I used Squeezecenter/Slimserver, I used Winamp and I would
add music from Windows Explorer and occasionally by mistake I choosed
the Play function and wiped all my playlist, and every time I shout,
there should be
kdf;267729 Wrote:
On 10-Feb-08, at 8:52 AM, jsprag wrote:
Most media players allow you to define the action taken by double
clicking on a song. It can either be played immediately or added to
the end of the Now Playing list.
How about an option in Squeezecenter that allows you to
ceejay;267598 Wrote:
I'm sure we've been here before, or is it deju vue all over again? I
think there is a clear need for a party-mode plugin which would disable
all setting changes and only allow you to add tracks to the end of the
playlist.
Have access through the web UI (password
So you're having a party demonstrating how easy to use Squeezebox and
Slimserver is, or just getting comfortable, browsing the collection and
adding what you want to hear with the Add + button like any old juke
box.
Then somebody goes and presses the Play instead, and all the previous
requests
Metoo;267556 Wrote:
Or am I doing something wrong?
No...the software sucks.
.
--
haunyack
Transporter - BK 200.2 - Vandersteen 3A Signature
C.G. Conn New York Wonder - circa 1898.
haunyack's Profile:
Add does add to a *temporary* playlist, but the moment that you press
Play rather than Add you zap the old playlist and start a new
one...note the emphasis on temporary. However, there is a Save
feature for playlists, so use this next time you line up a long
playlist and then it will be visible
haunyack;267557 Wrote:
Why can't the experts make it work as advertised?As far as I'm aware it
doesn't say anywhere that temporary playlists
will be saved (unless you explicitly press Save), so I have never
expected it to behave other than the way it does in this regard.
--
smc2911
smc2911;267562 Wrote:
As far as I'm aware it doesn't say anywhere that temporary playlists
will be saved (unless you explicitly press Save), so I have never
expected it to behave other than the way it does in this regard.
Yes..I agree.
My rant was a bit off the cuff as I have been fighting
I have accidentally wiped out playlists before by pressing play instead
of add. It would be nice if there were some kind of confirmation for
this. Maybe everyone wouldn't like it, so it could be an option in
setting such as Confirm actions which would replace the current
playlist. That way you
SuperQ;267576 Wrote:
When I was working on a bookshelf I drilled holes in the wrong place on
several boards and had to re-make the boards. This took 3 more days to
sand, stain, and varnish the wood. Of course I bitched at myself for an
hour or so, but the drill press never asked me are you
I prefer the UNIX way of doing things personally. If I type do this
thing I want you to do I don't want endless Are you sure prompts.
Computers are tools, they should act like tools and not nannies.
When I was working on a bookshelf I drilled holes in the wrong place on
several boards and had
SuperQ;267576 Wrote:
I'd rather have the Slim guys working on new real features and fixing
bugs than making every last bit of the system idiot proof. If I do an
idiotic thing, it's my fault, I should pay attention and be less of an
idiot.
I largely agree with your sentiment and I like
Seems to me that an undo feature to get back playlists accidentally
wiped out would satisfy both groups. Those who want to use it can.
Those who don't want to use it can kick themselves for accidentally
clearing their playlist. And it won't get it anyone's way...
--
Timothy Stockman
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