Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread Mnyb
Bizarre I've never heard of computers with this kind of bios limitation ? live and learn . mobo must have been old design even back in the day ? 137GB does not acount for much for music storage but this is more than enough for the OS . If you got no SATA interface USB may be the only option left

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread epoch1970
Mnyb wrote: > You are old if your current phone outperforms your first computer :) ( > and I do suspect that my controller does to ). I was lucky enough to have my father bring an Apple //e in the family. My first computer can be emulated in javascript inside a web browser… CharlieG wrote: > Ok

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread CharlieG
epoch1970 wrote: > On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first > 137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger > desktop drive. > I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB > drive… Those were the days. Okay, how w

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread Triode
Klaus wrote: > 9005 ist free. > > port 9005 is free and running. i tried to move it to 9011, then i could > telnet 9011 and not 9005. so i assume the service is running. the > firewall is open, i can connect from remote servers to telnet 9005. but > the tester says: "Helper App not running". Wh

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread Mnyb
epoch1970 wrote: > On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first > 137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger > desktop drive. > I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB > drive… Those were the days. +1 You are

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread Klaus
Triode wrote: > So is 9005 being used by another application - try changing the helper > app port setting. What does the self test say?9005 ist free. port 9005 is free and running. i tried to move it to 9011, then i could telnet 9011 and not 9005. so i assume the service is running. the firewa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] OSX Mountain Lion sleep issues

2012-09-08 Thread danco
nonnoroger wrote: > The main problem I have found with WOL in ML is that OSX goes back to > sleep after 30 sec unless some application sets a power assertion to > prevent it. The attempts to use ReallyPreventStandby I proposed earlier > in this thread, and also the new version of PreventStandby i

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread Triode
Klaus wrote: > Hello > > I'm trying to figure out why the plugin is not working. First to my > setup. > 1) I have 4 sqeezebox players (models, sb3, duett, radio, touch) > 2) the server is running in a hosted environment in the internet, this > means, that i access through the public ip of that s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread Triode
spike99 wrote: > I installed Triode last night... and I do like this plugin :) > > I do like the option to get radio... which is not available in LMS. > Once in a while I don't want to listen to my playlists... sometimes I > want some more variety... This is nice !! > > I will continue to try

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread Triode
DannyKudos wrote: > Hi Triode > > Very relieved to read that your plugin doesn't rely on msb.com. I now > almost exclusively use my squeezebox to listen to Spotify, so as long as > your plugin continues to work, I'll be a happy camper. I guess the only > threat is that the spotify API will st

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread epoch1970
On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first 137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger desktop drive. I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB drive… Those were the days. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Erland's Plug-ins, Large Collections, and Hardware Requirements

2012-09-08 Thread sander
prabbit wrote: > I'll turn on the MusicBrainz option to get the restore done Adding more thread drift, albeit in a new direction, what do you gain from the musicbrainz tags? I'm experimenting with the mirror sever for stuff like jaikos, but I've found anything interesting in their tags. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Announce: Spotify Premium Plugin (Beta)

2012-09-08 Thread trouty00
Is there anyway in this plugin to do a artist based radio from a search rather than just by genre? trouty00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Converting an old PC to VortexBox

2012-09-08 Thread Mnyb
CharlieG wrote: > I guess you are right about the drive not lasting much longer. It was > the only computer in the house for eight years, and ran 24/7 for the > last two. At one point I researched (on the Dell site) getting a larger > drive, but none was available for this model. I may look in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] OSX Mountain Lion sleep issues

2012-09-08 Thread nonnoroger
Munroe wrote: > Perhaps one could just move to a dedicated server for the Squeezebox > library. I have had an awful time getting ML and before that Lion to > work WOL since Snow Leopard. In my house, we just purchased a WD > MyBookLive for streaming movies/photos etc, and apparently one can > i