Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread JJZolx
BobHelms wrote: > OK so I'll hold off on 7.8 for the time being. But this does raise the > question of how easy/difficult a new release is to install? Can it go > right over top of the currently installed version? Do I lose any custom > settings or setup parameters? Yes, it just installs over to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread BobHelms
OK so I'll hold off on 7.8 for the time being. But this does raise the question of how easy/difficult a new release is to install? Can it go right over top of the currently installed version? Do I lose any custom settings or setup parameters? Correct me if I'm wrong but you're telling me that my D

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread JJZolx
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > Added in 7.8 i think. > > It's in the player menu in LMS settings, I don't have a Duet myself but > see no reason why that won't have the same options. > > Its a per player setting so needs setting for each player if you have > more than 1 Ok. I see it, but only for the T

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread jimbobvfr400
It's in the player menu in LMS settings, I don't have a Duet myself but see no reason why that won't have the same options. Its a per player setting so needs setting for each player if you have more than 1 Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk --

[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio seems to be getting loose connection of power plug

2014-03-15 Thread reinholdk
My 4-5 year old SBRadio seems to be getting a loose connection of the power plug. It happened two or three times during the last weeks that I've heard the Radio playing a sound (as if it has booted up? - not sure) while it should be in standby. It then displays that it's on battery while the powe

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread JJZolx
garym wrote: > is "defeat destructive play" an option somewhere that is set? Don't see > it. Or maybe it just becomes standard with 7.8? I've never seen it either. Is it a SqueezePlay option? JJZolx's Profile: http://foru

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread garym
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > It might also be worth trying the beta 7.8 version of LMS. That has an > option for "defeat destructive play" which instead of clearing a > playlist and plating a track if you accidentally single tap it gives you > a pop up to add to playlist, play next or play > > Sent fro

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread garym
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > It might also be worth trying the beta 7.8 version of LMS. That has an > option for "defeat destructive play" which instead of clearing a > playlist and plating a track if you accidentally single tap it gives you > a pop up to add to playlist, play next or play > > Sent fro

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread jimbobvfr400
It might also be worth trying the beta 7.8 version of LMS. That has an option for "defeat destructive play" which instead of clearing a playlist and plating a track if you accidentally single tap it gives you a pop up to add to playlist, play next or play Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread garym
good advice for making playlists within the LMS webGUI. Once you're happy with the basics described above, you might want to add the plugin (LMS > SETTINGS > Plugins, tick the "show all 3rd party plugins" and then tick "Playlist Manager (v6.0)" by Phillip Meyer. This will give you a few more playl

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread JJZolx
Unlike some other systems, LMS has a "Current Playlist" that is an ad hoc play list to which you can add single tracks, multiple tracks, albums, even radio stations, to at any time. I don't have a Duet with Controller, so can't really tell you how to add tracks using the Controller, but I'm sure

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Beginner Needs Advice.

2014-03-15 Thread BobHelms
Hi garym; Thanks for the reply. I am implementing your suggestions. The crossfade thing was already set to none. I don't have "LAME" installed (yet?) so the 'bitrate limiting' parameter is greyed out. Before I get into how little I know about LMS & Squeezebox let me tell you about my .flac music l