Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread erland
dasmueller wrote: > > One of the big drawbacks to the new UE Radio from what I have read is > its inability to play a random mix of tracks. This is a very nice > function of the Squeezebox line. Let's hope they integrate that > function into future versions of the software and also come out w a

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread dasmueller
garym wrote: > I only know one other SB user (in physical life...) that uses local > music files (and he uses mp3 files connected via USB drive to a TOUCH). > All other users (maybe only 6 in total) use only mysqueezebox.com. Two > have radios, one has TOUCH, two have Booms, and one has duet rec

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread garym
Mnyb wrote: > That would explain it ,cut the dead meat out , if mysqueezebox.com only > radios makes up the bulk of the current users base why not just dump > those fringe users with complicated issues and demanding use cases that > fills the bugzilla with iretating reports ;) I only know one ot

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread Mnyb
alfista wrote: > And even if they did, it's not obvious that any of us would be able to > draw any conclusions about the business case for the SB stuff. That's > finance, which relates to mathematics in about the same way as > audiophilia relates to physics. > It would however be fun to see some

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread alfista
toby10 wrote: > They would never give such numbers, nor should they. ;) And even if they did, it's not obvious that any of us would be able to draw any conclusions about the business case for the SB stuff. That's finance, which relates to mathematics in about the same way as audiophilia relates

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread erland
carp wrote: > Does anyone know how many users are using the Squeezebox system (maybe > by analyzing statistics of mysqueezebox.com)? If this number is only a > small multiple of the number of users of this forum, then it might have > been too little users at all to keep the Squeezebox system - as

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread erland
nervoteso wrote: > is it impossible to imagine a jailbreak for new smart radio to open it > to squeezebox system??? > For someone with the right development skills, there is no problem at all to hack it and turn it into a Squeezebox. Hopefully Logitech will open it up to third parties so we don'

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread toby10
carp wrote: > Does anyone know how many users are using the Squeezebox system (maybe > by analyzing statistics of mysqueezebox.com)? If this number is only a > small multiple of the number of users of this forum, then it might have > been too little users at all to keep the Squeezebox system - as

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread carp
didjean wrote: > (...) It creates confusion, it makes good old client pissed off. (...) Does anyone know how many users are using the Squeezebox system (maybe by analyzing statistics of mysqueezebox.com)? If this number is only a small multiple of the number of users of this forum, then it might

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread nervoteso
is it impossible to imagine a jailbreak for new smart radio to open it to squeezebox system??? nervoteso's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30262 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showt

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread DaveWr
onlyconnect wrote: > Now that I have tried SSH into the Smart Radio and got the message about > "only joking ... enjoy" I can see that at least some of the spirit of > Squeezebox lives on here. > > Tim Well I for one won't be buying it for that level of Spirit of Squeezebox! -

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-27 Thread onlyconnect
didjean wrote: > This is NOT a squeezebox. It's a fakebox. Now that I have tried SSH into the Smart Radio and got the message about "only joking ... enjoy" I can see that at least some of the spirit of Squeezebox lives on here. Tim -

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread didjean
Once again, I don't understand the logicals behind all this. I can understand they want to simplify the user experience I can also understand the rebranding from Squeezebox to UE But having exactly the same piece of hardware, having a cut-down LMS that is not compatible with Squeezebox is so st

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread erland
JJZolx wrote: > The L/UE Radio doesn't work with LMS? > It depends, officially it doesn't work. Unofficially, if you run it from source code from the 10.0 branch and start it with the slimserver.pl instead of ueml.pl, it seems to work at least partly to play music from it both using a Squeezebo

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread JJZolx
Then there's probably no reason to encourage continued discussion in these forums about a product that isn't a Squeezebox and doesn't use Squeezebox Server. JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread onlyconnect
aubuti wrote: > Other than the UE logo on the front, how is the UE Smart Radio different > from the SB Radio? In other words, is there anything besides the > branding that makes them not "physically identical"? Unknown. The presence of the undocumented infrared receptor makes me wonder if, for r

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread aubuti
onlyconnect wrote: > No, it says "physically similar". I said it was smaller than the Boom. Other than the UE logo on the front, how is the UE Smart Radio different from the SB Radio? In other words, is there anything besides the branding that makes them not "physically identical"?

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread aubuti
kidstypike wrote: > SB1 > SB2 > SB3 > Squeezebox Duet > Squeezebox Boom > Squeezebox Radio > Squeezebox Touch > > all the above can connect to my*squeezebox*.com > > Then we have Ultimate Ears Smart Radio, which connects to > ue*smartradio*.com ... notice a difference? Don't forget the Transpor

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread m1abrams
I did not think the sb1 could connect directly to mysb. m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96555 ___

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread verypsb
onlyconnect wrote: > ... side by side with LMS and it works fine, no conflict. So it's not possible to synchronize... verypsb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17295 View this thread: http://forum

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread onlyconnect
No, it does not work with LMS. However, you can install the new UE Music Library (really a cut-down LMS) side by side with LMS and it works fine, no conflict. Thinking about it, I wonder if Logitech wanted greater reliability as well as simpler config? I find LMS fairly robust but now and again i

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread kidstypike
SB1 SB2 SB3 Squeezebox Duet Squeezebox Boom Squeezebox Radio Squeezebox Touch all the above can connect to my*squeezebox*.com Then we have Ultimate Ears Smart Radio, which connects to ue*smartradio*.com ... notice a difference? --

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-26 Thread JJZolx
The L/UE Radio doesn't work with LMS? JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96555

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread onlyconnect
m1abrams wrote: > You say in your review that the squeezebox radio is physically smaller > than the UE radio. Sure about that? No, it says "physically similar". I said it was smaller than the Boom. Tim onlyconnect's Pr

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread m1abrams
You say in your review that the squeezebox radio is physically smaller than the UE radio. Sure about that? m1abrams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=850 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread dasmueller
aubuti wrote: > And I see what you mean, but if I can't sync it with my Squeezeboxes, > then imo it's not a Squeezebox. It's a distant cousin that speaks a > different language. Agreed. However frustated some purchasers may have been w the Squeezebox system/SBS-LMS it was and is a pretty nice n

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread aubuti
onlyconnect wrote: > I see what you mean, but my point is that this is still the Squeezebox > system, although in cut down and slightly modified form. And I see what you mean, but if I can't sync it with my Squeezeboxes, then imo it's not a Squeezebox. It's a distant cousin that speaks a differe

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread onlyconnect
kidstypike wrote: > According to Ben Klauss, the UE Smart Radio is NOT a Squeezebox. > > Full post here: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96188-New-Squeezebox-Radio/page7 True, but he also says it is "a rebranding project and little more" ... You can argue it either way but it ha

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread kidstypike
onlyconnect wrote: > I see what you mean, but my point is that this is still the Squeezebox > system, although in cut down and slightly modified form. It now the only > "Squeezebox" product Logitech do, and it is not clear whether there will > be any more, hence the title. > > Tim According to

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread onlyconnect
aubuti wrote: > Thanks for that. Good review, but I think the title is wrong. It seems > to me that the Touch is/was the last Squeezebox. This is the first Smart > Radio. > > Doesn't have the same ring to it I see what you mean, but my point is that this is still the Squeezebox system, alt

Re: Review: Logitech UE Smart Radio � the last Squeezebox?

2012-09-25 Thread aubuti
Thanks for that. Good review, but I think the title is wrong. It seems to me that the Touch is/was the last Squeezebox. This is the first Smart Radio. Doesn't have the same ring to it aubuti's Profile: http://forums.s