Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-09-28 Thread stevedresden
stevedresden wrote: > Nice work - testing this now > Not sure why, but it was working OK until I guess it lost connection - and wouldn't reconnect When I rebooted the radio it refused to connect at all saying it couldn't get a DHCP address from the server So not sure what ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-09-28 Thread stevedresden
aidy_w wrote: > I came up with a work around: > Essentially a simple ping based bidirectional forwarding detection > mechanism, that regularly pings the squeeze server according to the info > in the server config file, and if pings fail, it unloads the entire > atheros driver, reloads again

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-05-18 Thread stevedresden
Well this seems strange - running wlanpoke on my previously mentioned troublesome radio/location and it was showing resets at least once every hour or so I then upgraded to the latest community radio firmware version and since then wlanpoke has shown no resets at all and stats that are as

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-05-12 Thread stevedresden
Incidentally, have upgraded one of my players to the latest SB Radio community firmware to test it out - is this supposed to improve stability of the network connections, or do I still need to install wlanpoke afterwards?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-05-11 Thread stevedresden
POMdev wrote: > Any shielding that reduces the interference could help. My radio in the > center of the basement rarely drops out. > > You are correct: the report shows 0 quick and 7 full resets. A couple of > your full resets are taking a while to restore the connection. This is > likely

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-05-11 Thread stevedresden
Paul Webster wrote: > Nearby neighbours? > > If yes, try putting a large metal saucepan lid between the radio and > neighbour ... Well I live in a terrace, so yes - and the troublesome radio is by the wall, so a deflector shield could work! Meanwhile, having set up and run the wlanpoke on

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] WiFi connection unstable/lost on three Radios

2021-05-10 Thread stevedresden
I have started seeing the same problem Running LMS 8.2.0 - 1620025123 max2play on a Raspberry Pi4 5 x SB Radios all running v7.7.3-r16676 The Radio by my bed keeps losing connection - get a red icon, and a "Repair Network" briefly brings it back white but then it still can't connect to the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio turns itself on when power strip is switched on

2011-11-21 Thread stevedresden
I've also noticed this - and it is an annoyance. -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91760

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2011-08-06 Thread stevedresden
Yup that's it - I was about to post that I found the bug - but seems you beat me to it! Took me a while to figure it out, as removing the space only worked after doing a full scan. Is it the formatting of the SQL that the plugin creates being different in SQL Lite to MySql? -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2011-08-04 Thread stevedresden
is exclude e:\music\folder1 Multi library 2 is include only e:\music\folder1 Multi library 3 is include only e:\music\folder1 and e:\music\folder2 -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2011-08-01 Thread stevedresden
/artists etc Library 2 is NOT FOLDER A FOLDER B FOLDER C Library 3 is NOT FOLDER A NOT FOLDER B FOLDER C I’ve done a full re-scan with no joy. Any other ideas? I’ve not tried deleting and starting from scratch but I fear that will be the next step -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2011-08-01 Thread stevedresden
Many thanks my friend - will give that a go! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83613

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Speed of Boot-Up

2011-06-15 Thread stevedresden
Thanks The slow boot up is my main annoyance with the device. Anyone who did some tuning would be a hero in my book. Is there an official route to raise it with Logitech? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Speed of Boot-Up

2011-06-14 Thread stevedresden
Just bumping this as it didn't get much of a response. Any one with any clues as to what affects the speed of boot up? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Another static IP question

2011-05-23 Thread stevedresden
As it's essentially a linux OS in the SBR - it should be by no means impossible :) http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/setting-up-an-network-interfaces-file/ This suggests something like auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static but you might have to play about -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SB Radio keeps losing server connection

2011-05-18 Thread stevedresden
and not a wireless issue? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86812

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio shows splitting some albums into two albums

2011-04-01 Thread stevedresden
the tags, but I have to say that even downloading paid content from online shops is no guarantee that they have tagged stuff right! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to change wireless password in Radio (and Touch)?

2011-02-25 Thread stevedresden
on the radio it must store the fact it's a WEP connection and I couldn't get it to change that I ended up having to do a factory reset - then it let me connect fine. -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] I won a trip to see Paula Abdul using my SqueezeRadio

2011-02-22 Thread stevedresden
My commiserations. If my Radio had won me that I'd have chucked it in the bin! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2010-12-06 Thread stevedresden
:( All I really want to do is be able to do a song mix on each library - is that even possible? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2010-12-03 Thread stevedresden
Cool - many thanks Erland. That makes perfect sense. I will give it a go and let you know how I get on! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http

[SlimDevices: Radio] Multi Library on SBR?

2010-12-02 Thread stevedresden
an idiot.. Can anyone explain the process in laymans terms? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: Radio �100

2010-10-28 Thread stevedresden
Are people mocking me now? I click the DABS link less than 24 hours after you posted it and that too has now gone back up to £119.99! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SBR Advice please

2010-10-28 Thread stevedresden
at all and no need to post anything I love my SBR - best bit of tech kit I've bought all year PS I don't use the alarm :) -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View

Re: Radio �100

2010-10-26 Thread stevedresden
erm..fair enough! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82846

Re: Radio �100

2010-10-25 Thread stevedresden
erm - how is £114.99 less than £100? I bought mine for £114.99 on Amazon back in January and the price doesn't seem to have got any lower -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Speed of Boot-Up

2010-10-21 Thread stevedresden
Sounds about right - probably 40-60 seconds Pretty sure it was booting in 20-30 seconds when I first got it Maybe the number of plugins etc have an effect? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

[SlimDevices: Radio] Speed of Boot-Up

2010-10-14 Thread stevedresden
thing to know -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82639

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Basic ON/OFF broken. Will this work soon?

2010-07-14 Thread stevedresden
I'm on the latest firmware for the radio and server and I've seen issue #2 happening on my radio thought i was cracking up! -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-14 Thread stevedresden
Glad it's sorted - I have to say my initial reaction when you said you were on a Mac was that would be the problem but I get tired of abusing poor mac users :) -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-12 Thread stevedresden
seem to help, but can that be right? Everytime I add a new album to my library I have to do a full scan in order to get the cover art to show consistently? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-12 Thread stevedresden
) and it seems to have picked up the artwork OK for most - but the way it renumbers changed and new files means that it could quite easily get itself in a twist. I guess that is what happened -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Does anyone recommend the SB Radio?

2010-05-12 Thread stevedresden
I love my SB Radio too. I don't use the alarm as it's usually in the kitchen or out in the garden when it's BBQ weather -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-12 Thread stevedresden
are you able to interrogate the MySql database to see what is being stored for an example album that is exhibiting the problem? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-12 Thread stevedresden
I don't embed my art but that does sound a weird problem. I take it you have deleted the cache etc before doing a full rescan? Are you saying that it's messed up in the SB server screen or on the SB Radio screen (or both?) -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-06 Thread stevedresden
screen not always displaying the jpg can anyone explain to me how album art works in relation to the SBS database? Is there a flag that tells is a jpg exists in the directory or does it actually scan the artwork and save it as a blob in the database table?? -- stevedresden

[SlimDevices: Radio] Inconsistent Album Art Appearing

2010-05-05 Thread stevedresden
. Anyone have any ideas as to what might cause this behaviour? (I'm on the latest 7.5 release of server and radio - not the nightly builds) -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Update

2010-04-09 Thread stevedresden
The new release also finally activates the small/large album art change When a track is playing - give the radio dial a hard spin and the artwork changes from huge to small. I was expecting it to be stepped, but it really does just seem to be the two sizes available -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio not connecting to server

2010-04-07 Thread stevedresden
Interstingly there is a DHCP fix listed in the 7.5 release notes It seems that the software wasn't checking whether an IP address was already in use when connecting to it. Maybe this will fix some of the connectivity problems we've seen with DHCP -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can't Connect

2010-03-24 Thread stevedresden
see the other thread about intermittent connection problems. -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] intermittant wifi connectivity issues

2010-03-23 Thread stevedresden
that they connect) Not really sure why the radio / server should get so upset at having ever-changing IP addresses as you'd like to think that was part of the design - but since fixing the IP's I haven't had a single connectivity problem -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to set static IP address?

2010-03-19 Thread stevedresden
interfaces file and the original DHCP interfaces file in the /etc/networks directory. Does a Factory Reset wipe and recreate the file system completely? Would I lose these backup files? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to set static IP address?

2010-03-19 Thread stevedresden
horribly wrong then you'll need to either move the interfaces.orig back (which may not be possible if you have screwed the radio connectivity - you might not be able to SSH!) do a factory reset -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Mute the navigation beeps?

2010-03-18 Thread stevedresden
Cheers for the tip re: SCP - I was stumped as there was no FTP daemon running on the radio. I'd connected fine via SSH using PuTTY -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Mute the navigation beeps?

2010-03-17 Thread stevedresden
stevedresden;525206 Wrote: is the wave file for the boot-up/shut-down sound located in the radio file structure somewhere? If so - you could SSH to the radio and replace it with a sound of your choice The standard radio sounds are all here ./usr/share/jive/applets/SetupSoundEffects

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Mute the navigation beeps?

2010-03-15 Thread stevedresden
is the wave file for the boot-up/shut-down sound located in the radio file structure somewhere? If so - you could SSH to the radio and replace it with a sound of your choice -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can't connect to Music Library

2010-03-08 Thread stevedresden
a while to find them -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75867

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Album Art NAS Problem

2010-03-05 Thread stevedresden
with album title.jpg -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75642

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can't connect to Music Library

2010-03-05 Thread stevedresden
mysqueezebox.com could always connect while SBS couldn't. -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75867

[SlimDevices: Radio] Can't connect to Music Library

2010-03-03 Thread stevedresden
this problem? -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75867

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

2010-02-12 Thread stevedresden
Do you have to have a setting somewhere in the config to allow the transporter knob to change the artwork size? I can't find it anywhere and when I turn the knob whilst a track is playing - nothing happens to the artwork size -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-10 Thread stevedresden
Is Pandora not available in the UK or something? It's not in my App Gallery.. -- stevedresden stevedresden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Last.fm scrobbling only half working

2010-02-02 Thread stevedresden
Many thanks - got the scrobbling wokring perfectly now from my music library and from the Last.fm app (ie if I'm listening to my station, or a friends station etc) I notice that listening to internet radio stations though doesn't seem to scrobble - is that usual? -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can't connect my SB Radio wireless

2010-01-29 Thread stevedresden
to Automatic rather than Shared - hey presto it worked and I've had no problems since Whether the Firmware upgrade made a difference I don't know - it may just have been that one setting on my router that was the issue? -- stevedresden

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Last.fm scrobbling only half working

2010-01-29 Thread stevedresden
Is it possible to scrobble tracks to my Last.FM account as they are played on the SBR from my media library? I thought I had selected options to do this but it doesn't seem to be working -- stevedresden stevedresden's