pedz;165797 Wrote: 
> sorry, just a couple more questions.  I downloaded slimserver and
> softsqueeze as you suggested and it is a great way to try out the
> interface, thanks for the suggestion.
> 
> A couple of things seem strange and may be specific to the softsqueeze
> program.  When playing a playlist or album from my rhapsody library i
> cannot skip to the next song, the forward button does not work, is this
> a limitation of the rhapsody server or the softsqueeze software?  That
> would proabably be a non-starter if you couldn't skip songs (i don't
> want to create playlists evertime just to skip some songs.)
> 
> Also, when i try to play songs that stream it says 'connection no
> longer' and the rest of the error is cut off.  it does let me play my
> local music through the rhapsody server, but not the streamed tracks.
> 
> Final question, when i do play local tracks they play for about 15
> seconds and then restart, so i never get past one track.
> 
> Sorry to bother you with all of these questions, but the device looks
> great and i want to make sure it will meet my needs before jumping in. 
> any answers you can give will be much appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
> peter

Short answer:  none of the problems you're experiencing will be issues
with the squeezebox.

I just had a more extensive play with softsqueeze (it's been a while
since I've messed around with it) and you're right, it doesn't support
Rhapsody streaming.  It must be some sort of licensing restriction or
something.  If you can browse your Rhapsody library (which it sounds
like you can) then I'm sure you have everything setup properly and it
will just work when you get a squeezebox (or transporter).  You CAN
skip tracks.  I'm going to guess that you're probably only cueing a
single track to the playlist, so when you try to skip tracks it won't
go anywhere--there's nothing to skip to.  The whole softsqueeze
interaction with Rhapsody is rather botched up.  Don't take it as
representative of the real device.  I'm sorry I pointed you there... I
should have checked it out better first.

I am, however, a bit perplexed by your problem of only being able to
stream 15 seconds of a local track.  I really don't have an answer to
that.  I just streamed an entire local Rhapsody track through
softsqueeze without issue.  I am inclined to believe it's another
softsqueeze anomaly, but can't be entire sure.  It really doesn't make
any sense.


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