[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread Phil Meyer
Having disliked the Boom knob=control volume functionality, I was very happy to see a dedicated volume control on the Radio, so the navigation knob could now be used solely to navigate and control the player. But no, after some seconds, the knob changes to control the artwork display size on

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread toby10
It does feel laggy, but I use and like the knob = art resize for several reasons: - some album/logo colors can make artist song text difficult to read - some station logo's are quite small In fact, I'd like (and have suggested) that this be enhanced to three incremental increase/decrease in

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] synch problems with the SB Radio?

2010-02-07 Thread Mezzaluna
Ikabob;514715 Wrote: At mysqueezebox.com under player/network there is a category called Radio Station Buffer Seconds. I am not sure if it makes a difference with syncing or not. Mine are all set at 10 seconds. Also below that is Maximum WMA Stream Bitrate. Again...I am not a guru. Good

[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Paradise..... almost!

2010-02-07 Thread richardc
Hi - I'm an habitual listener to Radio Paradise on my squeezebox radio. One of the reasons I like RP is that they somehow change their station logo to the album art for whatever track is playing. I find this a really great feature. Often though, the album art disappears, reverting to the grey

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Paradise..... almost!

2010-02-07 Thread aubuti
It seems to be a problem, possibly intermittent, on RP's end. See this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72338 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Paradise..... almost!

2010-02-07 Thread richardc
Agreed - but it seems strange that pressing the preset button restores the image - temporarily at least. -- richardc richardc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36390 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Dimming Dilemma

2010-02-07 Thread erland
Rikk;514618 Wrote: well, for sure it would be nice to be able to put the cover wherever I want, adjustable in size, obviously. Then, the more infos available (alarm, wifi strength, battery, shuffle on/off, repeat on/off, song number, number of songs, ...), the better. The rotating thing is

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] A Prairie Home Companion 3rd party app.

2010-02-07 Thread davein
Thank you, adding Playreal and mplayer did the trick. For whatever reason, the link would play in the tune-in via HTML link, but not from the PHC app. until now. I did have to give permission via the firewall as it installed mplayer. All is well in Lake Wobegon again thanks to you ;-) --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Faster way to browse through many artists?

2010-02-07 Thread JPEG
The Audiotron uses the Fast Forward and Reverse buttons to jump to the next letter in the alphabet. If you are on Abba, press FWD to get to the beginning of the artists that start with B, press FWD again to get to the beginning of the artists that start with C, etc. This dramatically reduces

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Dimming Dilemma

2010-02-07 Thread Rikk
this is the png of the 35 with a transparency in the place of the cover art. But even the last jpg I posted had the transparency: didn't it work? About the applet, it's ok, I'll wait for the new enhancements you're putting into it.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread Phil Meyer
And to complete my dislike of player knobs, I've just discovered that the functionality of the Transporter knob is now broken. If I am playing a track, and leave the player untouched for 30 secs for the MIS screensaver to display, and then try to rotate the knob to see the next song in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;514922 Wrote: And to complete my dislike of player knobs, I've just discovered that the functionality of the Transporter knob is now broken. If I am playing a track, and leave the player untouched for 30 secs for the MIS screensaver to display, and then try to rotate the knob

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread loonlistener
Albright, I am also experiencing the problem regarding CBC Radio feeds. As a Canadian living in the U.S., one of the main reasons for purchasing this radio was to enable listening to news from Canada. In any case, I have searched for the new URLs but to no success. I have noted, however, that if

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Want to make an applet or screen saver ?

2010-02-07 Thread bpa
On my 7.5 Radio there is a ImageViewer menu under Setting and it seems to display photos from a user defined location but it needs a simple HTTP server to server the photos to the Radio. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread albright
I think you are right that the changes are not finalized. Even the correct feeds are somewhat intermittent (the annoying message referred to above mentions possible outages). To find the new URLs go here: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html if you start a stream in your browser a player window

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread Phil Meyer
That feels like a bug. It feels very strange if simply rotating the knob is supposed to change currently playing song. Yes, I raised a bug report. ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread Phil Leigh
toby10;514832 Wrote: It does feel laggy, but I use and like the knob = art resize for several reasons: - some album/logo colors can make artist song text difficult to read - some station logo's are quite small In fact, I'd like (and have suggested) that this be enhanced to three

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread loonlistener
Thanks for the link. I was aware of it and have used in the past. Yesterday, when I clicked on it via my computer, I still could not access various stations. My test stations are CBC Sudbury and CBC Victoria. Just now, however, when I clicked on CBC Sudbury, the connection via my computer was

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread loonlistener
Albright, a few minutes ago I searched on my radio for CBC stations via World and all that I clicked on are now functioning. I added a number of stations to my presets. They are working fine, complete with graphics. It appears that the problem, at least for me, is solved. Enjoy the day. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread aubuti
albright;514912 Wrote: Is there any reason to think that radiotime will update their URLs any faster than logitech? But perhaps I am misunderstanding something about radiotime. So - pardon my ignorance - how does one configure and use radiotime? The reason to believe that RadioTime will

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread albright
Yes, radiotime seems to have updated at least some of the CBC URLs. I'm still having a lot of trouble but that is because of the CBC itself - the streams seem to be intermittent. I expect they will sort things out eventually. -- albright

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What happens when source changes URL

2010-02-07 Thread loonlistener
Aubuti, thank you for the update. I have not installed that particular app but will do so. At this time, CBC Radio One Sudbury, St. John's, Halifax, and Victoria are working fine. Although I enjoy listening to numerous American stations as I sit in my Chicago area home and travel about, I relish

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Chinese Font for the Radio

2010-02-07 Thread Honva
Just want to report back that symlink works in the Radio and everything is working fine. Here is what I did to enable international language support in the squeezebox radio: Warning: Make sure you have both FreeSans.ttf and FreeSansBold.ttf fonts before you reboot the radio. Otherwise, the

[SlimDevices: Radio] How to change the HH:MM format ???

2010-02-07 Thread sSNICKERSs
With my Boom I can have the clok in 24:00 format (europe) but I don't see it on my Radio. Dis i miss something ? Will it be available later ? -- sSNICKERSs sSNICKERSs's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to change the HH:MM format ???

2010-02-07 Thread bpa
On Radio Settings/screen/Dat Time -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75026

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio knob != change artwork size

2010-02-07 Thread Phil Meyer
Any default functionality will never please everyone. Ex: If Boom's knob = volume were something else, inevitably some would say why can't knob be volume instead of x? Undoubtedly so. What annoys me more than anything, is that Boom, Radio and Transporter all have knobs on the front panel,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to change the HH:MM format ???

2010-02-07 Thread sSNICKERSs
Thank you very much !!! I didn't look in the radio menus because I have a Boom and I use to configure it using mysqeezebox on the web. Every parameters are availbale on the web. For the SQRadio these parameters only exist on the radio, it's the first time I see that on a Squeezebox, it't a new

[SlimDevices: Radio] Playlist bug ?

2010-02-07 Thread squishy
Suspect this is a small bug. Wonder if anyone else has seen this I created a playlist called Favourites which contains 50 or so tracks from my SBS (running on a NAS). However, it has somehow been automatically renamed to an internet radio station name (Eagle Radio...) If I open the playlist

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Playlist bug ?

2010-02-07 Thread usch
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74614 perhaps? -- usch usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75032