PasTim wrote:
> JohnB's approach is a lot easier to manage (it's just that my brain
> can't handle Album = Work when it doesn't!).
>
Sorry for this very late comment but I thought it worth mentioning that
when I want to play a ripped CD as a 'CD' I use browse the music
folders. When I want to p
Mnyb wrote:
> Sorry for being late if you don't want to install certain tweaks of
> questionable value .
>
> You can turn off wifi if your familiar with SSH and have turned on
> remote access in the Touch .
> Some familiarity with the vi editor , but just google how to use it and
> keep commands
DC227 wrote:
> Does anybody know if Logitech said something about further updating the
> Touch? I'm currently on the latest firmware. Just curious if somebody
> knows something.
>
> And, as it should be easily answered I will not make an extra thread for
> this:
>
> Is there a way to disconnect
PasTim wrote:
> If you are prepared to accept a number of other modifications see
> http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/touch-toolbox-30.html .
> Version 1 of the toolbox disables wi-fi.
>
> I'm sure there's another way without taking on the other mods if you
> don't want them. Howev
DC227 wrote:
> I've got a pair of headphones that use the DSSS technology. It uses the
> 2,4GHz frequency to transmit. If I'm in the same room with the Touch I
> sometimes hear some flaws. I want to avoid that by disabling wifi.
If you are prepared to accept a number of other modifications see
ht
JJZolx wrote:
> What does that mean, and why is it a concern?
I've got a pair of headphones that use the DSSS technology. It uses the
2,4GHz frequency to transmit. If I'm in the same room with the Touch I
sometimes hear some flaws. I want to avoid that by disabling wifi.
nekomatic wrote:
> Thanks for the replies! I'm wedded to iTunes and ALAC (because I want to
> use iTunes Match) so I can't add extra tags like you can with FLAC. I'll
> have a look at that wiki page and compare it against the various guides
> to tagging classical music in iTunes I've seen.
>
>
Thanks for the replies! I'm wedded to iTunes and ALAC (because I want to
use iTunes Match) so I can't add extra tags like you can with FLAC. I'll
have a look at that wiki page and compare it against the various guides
to tagging classical music in iTunes I've seen.
A lot of people seem to advise
My music collection is mainly classical and, some years ago when I first
started with Squeezebox, I made up my own tagging system (which turns
out to be a variant on "Beginners Guide to Classical" on the Squeezebox
Wiki).
I don't currently use Erland's plugin but the following system works for
me
nekomatic wrote:
> Ooh, this is interesting. Can you tell me briefly how you've chosen to
> tag your classical collection please?
I started with this -
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Setup_browse_menu_for_classical_music
I have the following extra tags, on FLACs (I don't use any other
fo
PasTim wrote:
> For me, one of the biggest benefits of LMS is the ability to have menus
> based on additional tags. Classical music without something like this
> can be very hard to handle, particularly if you have several versions of
> the same piece, and the piece is made up of several (someti
DC227 wrote:
> Is there a way to disconnect from wifi? I don't need it disabled
> completely but my network is always marked as activated. I just want to
> disconnect.
What does that mean, and why is a concern?
JJZolx's P
Does anybody know if Logitech said something about further updating the
Touch? I'm currently on the latest firmware. Just curious if somebody
knows something.
And, as it should be easily answered I will not make an extra thread for
this:
Is there a way to disconnect from wifi? I don't need it di
audiofi wrote:
> Looking on the firmware listings, there is one from 2006 for the SB2
> (which was pre-Logitech?)
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I imagine the SB2 was mostly off the shelf
> components, add on the firmware and the Open Source software...
>
>
> now there's a Kickstarter projec
Looking on the firmware listings, there is one from 2006 for the SB2
(which was pre-Logitech?)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I imagine the SB2 was mostly off the shelf
components, add on the firmware and the Open Source software...
now there's a Kickstarter project!
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DrNic wrote:
> Could you please direct me to where you have grabbed your backup copies
> of the software and firmware please?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Nic
For the current system:
Touch firmware from http://update.slimdevices.com/update/firmware/7.7.2/
- fab4_7.7.2_r9663.bin - put it on a USB stick
This wiki page is to th point I guess:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Category:Downloads
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Precise "instructions for dummies" would be useful.
Which files should be downloaded, where may they be found, and how would
a personal repository be created and used.
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PasTim wrote:
>
> I have also taken spare copies of LMS (for both Linux & Windows), the
> Erland plugins I use, and the Touch firmware.
Could you please direct me to where you have grabbed your backup copies
of the software and firmware please?
Many thanks,
Nic
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garym wrote:
> No. It can work forever until hardware breaks.
Even new hardware should be not too much of an issue, maybe a bit more
crude then the original but it could easily be made with off the shelf
components:
- an ARM SoC board with an ethernet connection like Raspberry,
Cubieboard, Beag
garym wrote:
> No. It can work forever until hardware breaks.
Even new hardware should be not too much of an issue, maybe a bit more
crude then the original but it could easily be made with off the shelf
components:
- an ARM SoC board with an ethernet connection like Raspberry,
Cubieboard, Beag
Well for me the question is not 'what will your next system be' but
'what will your first system be'?
I had been planning on setting up a system with a couple of Squeezebox
Touches, and getting a secondhand Mac Mini to run LMS on. That's after
previously considering a Sonos setup but disliking th
I'm looking into the PS Audio Perfect Wave DacII plus the bridge option.
I don't know what the software interface is like, but you can use an
iPad to control the streaming.
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Jeff Flowerday wrote:
> I've been running J River on a dead silent Atom based PC. JRemote on
> the iPad to control it.
>
> Really happy with the results, only missing feature for me is playlist
> management from JRemote. A limitation of the J River web service
> apparently.
I love and have us
I've been running J River on a dead silent Atom based PC. JRemote on
the iPad to control it.
Really happy with the results, only missing feature for me is playlist
management from JRemote. A limitation of the J River web service
apparently.
autopilot wrote:
> Putting the fact that we can still run our hardware in the short term
> aside for now; To me, it seems like the only real alternative solution
> is Sonos. Opinions? What would you buy now and why?
My solution is to go the Airport Express/iPeng route in conjunction with
LMS. I
erland wrote:
> Which functionality do you feel is crucial that the UE Smart Radio adds
> to make you upgrade your whole system to the UE Smart Radio platform ?
MusicIP
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PasTim wrote:
> If mysqueezebox.com died, is there any reason why my home system
> (Vortexbox, LMS 7.7.2, Touch) would not carry on working as it does now,
> using the music stored on my own system?
>
> I realise the hardware may die sometime (I have a spare Touch and LMS
> can run on a PC if ne
garym wrote:
> No. It can work forever until hardware breaks.
Thanks. That's what I thought, but then I began to think, for other's
comments, that the system needed to be able to contact mysqueezebox on
the Internet for some reason.
I have also taken spare copies of LMS (for both Linux & Window
PasTim wrote:
> If mysqueezebox.com died, is there any reason why my home system
> (Vortexbox, LMS 7.7.2, Touch) would not carry on working as it does now,
> using the music stored on my own system?
>
> I realise the hardware may die sometime (I have a spare Touch and LMS
> can run on a PC if ne
If mysqueezebox.com died, is there any reason why my home system
(Vortexbox, LMS 7.7.2, Touch) would not carry on working as it does now,
using the music stored on my own system?
I realise the hardware may die sometime (I have a spare Touch and LMS
can run on a PC if needs be) but apart from that
GeeJay wrote:
> It would have to retain the ability to run random playlists based on a
> variety of factors, such as genres, years, ratings, etc.
>
I doubt you will ever get anything more than random for genres from
Logitech, but if they decided to open UE Music Library to third party
plugins t
GeeJay wrote:
> It would have to retain the ability to run random playlists based on a
> variety of factors, such as genres, years, ratings, etc. I would have to
> be able to control it with a full functioning remote or iPhone app such
> as iPeng. ReplayGain support and cross fade are important a
erland wrote:
> Which functionality do you feel is crucial that the UE Smart Radio adds
> to make you upgrade your whole system to the UE Smart Radio platform ?
It would have to retain the ability to run random playlists based on a
variety of factors, such as genres, years, ratings, etc. I would
erland wrote:
> Which functionality do you feel is crucial that the UE Smart Radio adds
> to make you upgrade your whole system to the UE Smart Radio platform ?
Moving from Sqeezebox to UE "Smart" Radio is not an upgrade.
erland wrote:
> Which functionality do you feel is crucial that the UE Smart Radio adds
> to make you upgrade your whole system to the UE Smart Radio platform ?
A 100% discount coupon ? Ah, nevermind.
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GeeJay wrote:
>
> If I could get back all the important functionality I currently enjoy, I
> could get over the backwards compatibility issues (meaning I'd
> eventually have to buy 4 new devices), and could even live with having
> to access all my local music through the Internet (although I sti
bobm wrote:
> I think I am optimistic. If Logitech comes out a a UE touch, I assume I
> will be able to play my local flac files with the new LMS (forget the
> name) and stream online content? I wish they were backward compadablie
> with the current LMS but at least the road won't end for me.
nervoteso wrote:
> maybe are we having too many worries about the future? actually,
> logitech told us we'll keep to enjoy SB and they've never told us
> mysqueezebox will die one day, at least so far. so why should be so
> worried? today i feel optimistic!:-)
I think I am optimistic. If Logite
maybe are we having too many worries about the future? actually,
logitech told us we'll keep to enjoy SB and they've never told us
mysqueezebox will die one day, at least so far. so why should be so
worried? today i feel optimistic!:-)
Also, if anyone (erland?) is considering creating a new hardware, maybe
through Kickstarter or some similar approach, you already have a
buyer/supporter.
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+1 to being ready to pay a fee to somebody that would carry on the
torch.
One question: are there limitations in the server software that stops it
from streaming multichannel FLAC material? Or it's just a matter of the
hardware connected having an appropriate HDMI output?
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yeomanspc wrote:
>
> As a video player there is nothing out there to touch them for format
> capability.
Sure there is. HDI Dune. More reliable and better designed than PCH.
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bpa wrote:
> When I referred to "small communities" it was to communities of users of
> the specific hardware players not XBMC. Within XBMC - the number of
> users on playing with these media players is also quite small (compared
> to other hardware) and as such support for specific hardware pl
TheLastMan wrote:
> How well do Vortexboxes Synchronise with each other?
> And will they do gapless playback?
> If you only have one soundcard, how do the 5 players work?
Although I have 3 Vortexbox Appliances, I've never used the VB Player in
the software (feeding the soundcard or USB out).
Was this one already mentioned ? 'Cubox as an SBS server'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96068-No-one-running-LMS-off-a-Cubox).
In server role it offers e-sata which is far better than USB for an
external drive. As a potential player platform, this one has SPDIF out
and an IR sensor
GeeJay wrote:
> I just spent a bit of time looking over the XBMC forums and wiki. It's
> no small community
When I referred to "small communities" it was to communities of users of
the specific hardware players not XBMC. Within XBMC - the number of
users on playing with these media players
wellington wrote:
>
> http://www.jactek.com.tw/Products_jm400_M.asp
That reminds me of something, can't quite put my finger on it...
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pallfreeman wrote:
>
> My geek personality said "wow, yes, I want one", so I got one. Then the
> rest of me said "ugh, that thing is *ugly*". Bah.
That was funny. Yes, I see your point.
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pallfreeman wrote:
> True, but they're amazingly enthusiastic and making incredible progress.
> XBMC rox.
>
I just spent a bit of time looking over the XBMC forums and wiki. It's
no small community...in fact, it appears to be bigger than ours. They
just released AudioEngine in May, and it incl
bpa wrote:
> The user communities supporting these products are often quite small.
True, but they're amazingly enthusiastic and making incredible progress.
XBMC rox.
> There are a few Linux alternatives (which generally have a better user
> community) such as this plug computer with analoguie
wellington wrote:
> You mean XBMC for Android? I am not thinking to use that.
XBMC was only an example of a 3rd party application having difficulty
with audio on the digital outputs of these media players. I would
expect a developer of a SB player app (e.g. ported Squeezeplayer) to
encounter sim
bpa wrote:
> Android media players look attractive as they often have a video output
> as well as audio output and so end users may add a display
>
> Many of the latest batch of Android media players run older version of
> Android such as 2.2 and 2.3 and on some system where users have XMBC
> lo
wellington wrote:
> I know.
> By the way I am italian not spanish so that means "grazie".
>
> ciao
> Marco
Yea, I nearly left the 's' off for that reason, but I'm no Latinist!
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Android media players look attractive as they often have a video output
as well as audio output and so end users may add a display
Many of the latest batch of Android media players run older version of
Android such as 2.2 and 2.3 and on some system where users have XMBC
loaded have noticed that a
Labarum wrote:
> Ta
>
> (That means gracias)
I know.
By the way I am italian not spanish so that means "grazie".
ciao
Marco
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wellington wrote:
> Hi
> there are some:
>
> http://www.jactek.com.tw/Products_jm400_M.asp
> http://www.androidinabox.com/mygica-r5-android-tv-box.html
>
> ciao/Marco
Ta
(That means gracias)
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Labarum wrote:
> Can you name them, please?
Hi
there are some:
http://www.jactek.com.tw/Products_jm400_M.asp
http://www.androidinabox.com/mygica-r5-android-tv-box.html
ciao/Marco
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>
> I have noticed the appearance of android-based media players [which]
> have S/Pdif interface.
>
Can you name them, please?
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V
I have my music files inside a TS-210 QNAP NAS. My Squeezebox touch gets
FLAC files from the NAS and then digitally feeds a DAC Magic by
Cambridge Audio.
I have noticed the appearance of android-based media players who have
S/Pdif interface.
One of these players with "Squeese Player" will likely m
firedog wrote:
> The whole point of the new software is to eliminate the local server. So
> features like local synch of local music files, and random play go out
> the window. I think for the future customers of Logitech this makes
> sense; it just doesn't work for the existing SB customers. If
agillis wrote:
> VortexBox has 5 built in players so there is no need for hardware
> players. I can keep my system running forever.
How well do Vortexboxes Synchronise with each other?
And will they do gapless playback?
If you only have one soundcard, how do the 5 players work?
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dennis55 wrote:
> i will continue to use my SB products, which have given such enjoyment
> over the years
>
> my next system already sits alongside my digital
> brethren.the mighty Linn Sondek LP12
>
> I considered purchasing Linn's digital offerings years ago, but they
> we
VortexBox has 5 built in players so there is no need for hardware
players. I can keep my system running forever.
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johnas wrote:
> Sonos has discontinued their dedicated controller. The cr200 suffered
> from widespread touch screen failures (see their forums).Two families I know
> with Sonos systems have long since replaced any
controllers they had with apps on their iPads. Neither regrets the move.
Two othe
After much deliberation and reading of this forum - my strategy is to
continue to use my SB Receivers and Controllers until either they break
or Triode's Spotify and BBC iPlayer plugins stop working. By that time
I am hopeful that there will be a decently functional alternative.
I cannot see a r
isr2002 wrote:
> I just bought a SBR, now I have two of them :(
Use them ...
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I'm intrigued by the Simple Audio gear, but it's not exactly cheap down
here in NZ. And they don't have a 'Boom' type integrated device either.
Raspberry Pi is an interesting yet primitive idea but my Mrs uses the
SB'S as well so geeky MacGyver stuff wouldn't appeal. Simple Audio point
out the gea
Sonos has discontinued their dedicated controller. The cr200 suffered
from widespread touch screen failures (see their forums).
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qirex wrote:
> The one thing I don't like about Sonos and most AirPlay-based solutions
> is the lack of a dedicated controller
It's definitely dated by now, but for Sonos there is this:
http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/control
Many, myself included, would say that the SB Controller was a direc
The one thing I don't like about Sonos and most AirPlay-based solutions
is the lack of a dedicated controller, when my alarm goes off in the
morning and I want to skip a song and turn the volume down a bit the
idea of unlocking my phone, switching apps, etc. just becomes incredibly
unappealing. I'
Having invested time and money in several SB units and a proper linux
server, I'm not about to switch systems! Got a touch to upgrade the
living room duet and a spare one for good measure. I'l initialize both
at once.
Oh - and I'll never buy another logitech product. Ever.
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TheLastMan wrote:
> On the presumption that Logitech produces a Touch-like player under the
> UE brand (standalone, unamplified, high sound quality, RCA analogue and
> digital out, multi-room sync) there is nothing to stop anybody running
> both the SB and UE systems side-by-side if necessary. M
On the presumption that Logitech produces a Touch-like player under the
UE brand (standalone, unamplified, high sound quality, RCA analogue and
digital out, multi-room sync) there is nothing to stop anybody running
both the SB and UE systems side-by-side if necessary. Most amplifiers
have more th
terjehaa wrote:
> But, if i'm not mistaken, doesn't a Touch require communication with
> mysqueezebox.com during initial setup?
> How do we initiate a new Touch if that site goes down?
Some one will solve that and I think you can "left swipe" that screen
and get out of it as it is now.
But if y
mitch...@gmail.com wrote:
> Likewise. I'm more than happy to contribute financially to keep SB
> maintenance going, if not new development. I'm a software engineer
> professionally, so I'd also be willing to contribute that way as well,
> if someone else is organizing things
>
> > [/color]
i al
firedog wrote:
> I had been planning on getting another one anyway so I could add another
> room synched to my main stereo.
>
> Yes, if MySB goes down, some features will be lost,
But, if i'm not mistaken, doesn't a Touch require communication with
mysqueezebox.com during i
I had been planning on getting another one anyway so I could add another
room synched to my main stereo.
I figure as long as I have copies of LMS and Touch firmware, there is no
reason a SB system can't work off a Local LMS server for many years.
Yes, if MySB goes down, some features will be lost
I plan on using my SLIM DEVICES TRANSPORTER for as long as long as it is
operational.I have a spare that is rarely
used to replace this one .The Transporters will run LMS for as long as
the devices are operational for my local library
which is about 600 GB's and climbing.
I have bought a Sonos C
Likewise. I'm more than happy to contribute financially to keep SB maintenance
going, if not new development. I'm a software engineer professionally, so I'd
also be willing to contribute that way as well, if someone else is organizing
things
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Mitch!!!
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"I don't want
My next system will be the replacement Touch I just ordered in case my
current one dies. ;)
I don't use any online services, don't even do multi-room syncing; just
play my local library. The only features I use are new music and
random. I reckon I've got years before I need to worry about a
rep
> Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
It is not dead yet, just has been told it has only two years to live and
that it won't be able to have any more children!
Two years is a long time in technology, not only will new products come
along but Logitech have time to
i will continue to use my SB products, which have given such enjoyment
over the years
my next system already sits alongside my digital
brethren.the mighty Linn Sondek LP12
I considered purchasing Linn's digital offerings years ago, but they
were in an early stage of developme
garym wrote:
> I would definitely pay a one-time or annual fee for future squeezebox
> related services. This would include helping (financially) to maintain a
> squeezebox community forum on the web.
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Would a next system be some combination of:
1. Raspberry Pi or similar small footprint computer on the cheap
2. Squeezeplay to support hi-res, gapless and synchronized playback
options
4. USB DAC support
5. HDMI support for display
3. LMS on local server
Just some thoughts...
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JohnSwenson wrote:
> As an interesting aside on this issue Triodes EDO applet is distributing
> some significant changes to the firmware by a third party, it works and
> Logitech has not been trying to shut him down.
>
My EDO app only updates the kernel partition of the filesystem - which
as Li
alfista wrote:
> None of the firmware for the real slim devices have ever been open
> source I believe and it's not likely to change, for the fatter devices
> (Touch, Radio and possibly Controller) some source is available, some
> isn't. For the older products we can pretty much forget a third pa
Imagine LMS with only the Control Panel, no web UI, no plugins, no
player or library settings. That is the UE server. ;)
There are library settings, of course. You can choose your music folder.
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Labarum wrote:
> Thank you, you state the general issues. I asked how the proposal
> affects the older and newer products differently.
>
> I think the older and newer products depend differently on
> mysqueezebox.com, and I think the older products have more elements of
> the firmware that would
Imagine LMS with only the Control Panel, no web UI, no plugins, no
player or library settings. That is the UE server. ;)
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Labarum wrote:
> Thank you, you state the general issues. I asked how the proposal
> affects the older and newer products differently.
>
> I think the older and newer products depend differently on
> mysqueezebox.com, and I think the older products have more elements of
> the firmware that would
Labarum wrote:
> Thank you, you state the general issues. I asked how the proposal
> affects the older and newer products differently.
The Radio can be "upgraded" to UE status ,so everything else is stuck in
the past nedding the old server software and mysqueezebox.com .
You can not connect any
Thank you, you state the general issues. I asked how the proposal
affects the older and newer products differently.
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Labarum wrote:
> Have I picked this up right?
>
> Logitech's announcement has slightly different consequences for the
> Classic, the Duet Receiver and the Boom on the one hand and the Touch
> and the Radio on the other?
>
> If I have heard correctly could someone please explain simply, but in
>
Have I picked this up right?
Logitech's announcement has slightly different consequences for the
Classic, the Duet Receiver and the Boom on the one hand and the Touch
and the Radio on the other?
If I have heard correctly could someone please explain simply, but in
more detail.
For now and a couple of years forward i'll use my squeezeboxes . I
already have all players i need so don't need to expand my system rigth
now
I'll investigate the options if necessary , may depend on how long
mysqueezebox.com keeps working .
Labarum wrote:
>
> A software with all the ability of Logitech Media Server and able to
> send media streams to any Apple compatible (Airplay) device would be a
> boon. Apple would hate it, and the software would no doubt have to be
> constantly modified to dodge spoiling tactics, but that's one
drgn95 wrote:
> Does anyone have experence with Popcornhour products. I'm looking at the
> newer A300 model.
dborod wrote:
> This is pretty close to what I do, although I use squeezeslave instead
> of squeezeplay . . . In my perfect world . . .
A software with all the ability of Logitech Medi
Labarum wrote:
> The Apple Airport Express (£79) has all the hardware in it to do the
> work of a Squeezebox Receiver.
>
> I am guessing that running LMS, Squeezeplay and Airfoil
> http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/windows/
>
> would achieve all; but a single Squeezebox-Airplay App would be ne
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