[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Can't see any new hardware for a few months what with the launch of the Transporter. But then maybe we'll see: - SB4 - SB Boombox - Touchscreen (I wish) -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.3.1 on QNAP(1.2)~(160GB Maxtor) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12 (Alpha) to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.36 Artwork - Album Cover Art Downloader v1.6.0 ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Patches are most welcome. I know this is the conventional thing people say here for this kind of comment. It's just so boring: everybody's complaining (It's done by nerds and it shows) and knows so much better, but nobody takes the time to do anything. BTW: I totally disagree with that statement. Just because it isn't flashy as mediaplayers have to be today it isn't nerdy. In fact (and I'm repeating myself): the web interface was the first thing I ever saw from SlimDevices (I didn't want to buy a device), and that's what draw my attention some years ago. It's simple and nifty. Default is still my favorite though eg. Fishbone offers so much more functionality. However, in this case, the things that most people don't like about the web interface will need more than patches. Ok, from know on I'll ask where can I download your solution? :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Okay, how about this: mockups welcome. Draw what you want to see and post a picture. Everyone who complains says something similar to substantial rethinking, but no one has said what they want, Thanks. Exactly what I meant - but in English :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
POINT: Squeezebox needs to become a full portable media player with it's own storage. I love the interface. It should also work on it's own internal storage without having to stream from PC, NAS, or Squeezenetwork. Ahm... you want a laptop with Softsqueeze's fullscreen skin? :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Security of Remote Streaming
Hello. I am new to this concept of remote streaming my music over the web and since Slim Server allows this, my question is how safe is this if I open the port on my PC? Will this leave me open to hackers..etc? Would most people suggest not doing it for the vunrebility it might cause to my PC? Any insight, advice or help would be much appreicated. I primarily would use the streaming to listen at work. -Blue -- Urmaboyblue Urmaboyblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7451 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Security of Remote Streaming
Hello. I am new to this concept of remote streaming my music over the web and since Slim Server allows this, my question is how safe is this if I open the port on my PC? Will this leave me open to hackers..etc? Potentially, yes. Even more annoying might be the casual visitors who are changing your playlists, starting songs in the middle of the night etc. Would most people suggest not doing it for the vunrebility it might cause to my PC? You can do it safely if you're using some kind of tunneling or VPN. Search the forums for eg. ssh tunneling. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
http://www.hamachi.cc is the way to go. There is a HowTo install as service on the Hamachi forum. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate song listing again
Given how close 6.5 is to release, you might want to consider trying it out now to see if it fixes this problem... I wouldn't have thought that 6.3 is going to get a lot more attention, whereas if this is a bug that appears in 6.5 then NOW is the time to raise it! Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27211 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] AIFF files don't play, why?
Why don't AIFF files play on the Squeezebox or Softsqueeze? I have them selected in server settings. This is posted on the audiophile forum but no response. -- octavian octavian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2161 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27380 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album Art Images in Browser Interface
Turn on Look for artwork, shut down slimserver, delete the db file from the slimserver cache directory and restart slimserver. Your library should now be rescanned. Make sure the Look for artwork setting is still turned on after the restart. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27348 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
If it weren't Elgato might also have something to say about it, given the name of their own EyeTV product. Is the iTV so very different from the Elgato EyeHome? Seems to do much the same to me. If so, the only exciting things about it seems to be that it's being produced by Apple and that it looks neat (or even neater - EyeHome isn't unpleasing). EyeHome, which enables media content (including music, photos and TV recorded on the EyeTV) held on a Mac to be transmitted wirelessly to a television has been out for several years. Unless there's an agreement between the two companies going on behind the scenes, Elgato won't be too pleased. On 13 Sep 2006, at 14:20, Kyle wrote: Grumpy_Git;135766 Wrote: well they're calling it the iTV then are they? Not in this country they won't, theres no way that the venerable working class tv channel we have over here will lie down and let that happen, it should be a fun court case to keep an eye on anyway. Nick. Jobs said in his presentation that iTV was, in effect, a working title until they come up with something better. -- Kyle -- -- Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AIFF files don't play, why?
On 14-Sep-06, at 12:22 AM, octavian wrote: Why don't AIFF files play on the Squeezebox or Softsqueeze? I have them selected in server settings. This is posted on the audiophile forum but no response. potentially many reasons. AIFF is native, so it shouldn't be due to any trancoder. but, you should check the server settings-file types, just to make sure you haven't accidentally disabled the type. depending on the server version (which you haven't supplied) you may need to check the setting for file types to ignore while scanning (though since you are able to try to play them, it's very likely not the problem. Also go to server settings-debugging, check d_source then open up http://serverip:9000/log.txt. When you try to play the track, that window will show you the steps that the server is taking in order to play the track. it may show errors there. Last step, run command line in case there are any system errors involved that are too low level to make it into a server log. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
I'm quite happy with the web interface as it is in 6.5, particularly Fishbone. The performance issues that dogged it in 6.3 are all better, and the gallery view option is just what I wanted. Nokia770 is also a nice skin, but not really to my taste (too clearly designed for small screen). I'm curious, what's the gallery view? -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
On 14-Sep-06, at 12:40 AM, Nostromo wrote: I'm quite happy with the web interface as it is in 6.5, particularly Fishbone. The performance issues that dogged it in 6.3 are all better, and the gallery view option is just what I wanted. Nokia770 is also a nice skin, but not really to my taste (too clearly designed for small screen). I'm curious, what's the gallery view? the gallery view replaces browse artwork. The advantage is that now any album listing can be shown as a list of album titles, or a grid of album covers. A cookie stores the choice, so it persistent per-browser, per-server, and per-skin. it also means that they both use the same code, so no more mistakes keeping the two album lists in sync. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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[slim] Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
Hi, The bug/request to playback gapless MP3s which have been encoded with Lame has been open more than 18 months now. Anybody have any clue when its going to be fixed, its set into the distant future at the moment even beyond release version 7??? Even Apple/iTunes have fixed this now but Slim seem more interested in churning out new products instead of making the basics of the software work!! How funny that would be, buying a Transporter for thousands of dollars and it still wouldnt play your mp3 gapless, though I assume you wouldnt play lossy on it ;) Please vote for it and see if we can get it pushed up the priority list the gaps are driving me crazy! http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1026 Yes I know Vog Orbis already does gapless.. and yeah I guess I will get flamed, but I'm not asking for miracles! Thanks -- cparker http://www.pembrokeshireretreat.co.uk/ cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
On 14-Sep-06, at 1:06 AM, cparker wrote: Hi, The bug/request to playback gapless MP3s which have been encoded with Lame has been open more than 18 months now. Anybody have any clue when its going to be fixed, its set into the distant future at the moment even beyond release version 7??? when someone provides a patch, it will be in a build. you can search the forum or the web for reasons why mp3 gapless isn't something that 'just works' -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
If this were so easy every player (software and hardware) in the world would support mp3 gapless - but only a handful do and only very few can actually do it right. Mp3 just isn't made for gapless playback, any attempt to solve the problem will always be a workaround. And workarounds for flaws in certain encoding formats is certainly not the basics of the software! If the gaps are driving you crazy why don't you switch to a format that does support gapless? There are alternatives to mp3 as you said yourself. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
From the lay person it doesnt seem so hard, LAME encoded MP3s have the detail of the padding required. Many players dont, because companies cant be bothered to update their firmware to support it and want you to buy the latest and greatest, hence these guys; http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/FeatureComparison So I do consider it the basics when its encoded in the file. If it meant that you had to write a bit more code to read the genre tag would you leave that out?? -- cparker cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Mediamax
hey everyone, just a question who produces the squeezebox because i came across this hardware and it looks very like the squeezebox plus it is cheaper here is a link for an image http://www.axonix.com/images/audiodeck.jpg AudioDeck An Affordable alternative to the MediaDeck when you want to only play music/ Plays all of the music stored on your MediaServer and from the Web. Unique features include same song, multiple synched-room party mode and Jukebox on-the-fly palylist creation. Control via the MediaDeck and any web enabled device such as PCs, Macs, PDAs, PocketPCs plus advanced control system such as Crestron© and AMX©. Use an AudioDeck for every room or zone that you want to listen to CDs, Downloaded music, iPOD and other Digital music formats along with personalized Pandora: internet radio stations. Specifications: Digital Audio Outputs - Analog Audio Outputs - Dimensions - (H x W x D) 3.7x7.6x3.1 Weight - 1 lbs. Included - IR Hand Held Remote Controller Wired Connetion - 10/100Base TX Ethernet Wirless Connection - 802.11g Power Input - 5 VDC. 1amp (min.)via 120 VAC 60H -- hughesie89 hughesie89's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27391 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Michael Herger;136010 Wrote: It's just so boring: everybody's complaining (It's done by nerds and it shows) and knows so much better, but nobody takes the time to do anything. It reminds me of an old line from Mark Twain: Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Michael Herger;136010 Wrote: I totally disagree with that statement. Just because it isn't flashy as mediaplayers have to be today it isn't nerdy. In fact (and I'm repeating myself): the web interface was the first thing I ever saw from SlimDevices (I didn't want to buy a device), and that's what draw my attention some years ago. It's simple and nifty. Default is still my favorite though eg. Fishbone offers so much more functionality. I'm not part of the crowd that thinks flashy = good. In fact, I think flashy often = bad (for example, flash itself can be misused to be very bad, as I pointed out in another thread). (and I too like default - despite the extra functionality of fishbone, I find the colours not relaxing, almost jarring). But *my* problems with the web interface are not layout issues, not skinable issues, but responsiveness issues. I wouldn't particularly want to change the look of Default, or perhaps only a bit - one or two things from Fishbone are quite nice, modulo the colour scheme. But the fact that every interaction takes 5 seconds puts it in the same class as the Audiotron - which was slower than the second coming. And that takes more than a few cosmetic skin patches to change. I gather 6.5 is better - I haven't had a chance to download it yet. So maybe I'd better wait and see. Maybe this weekend if time permits. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mediamax
According to this page: http://www.axonix.com/howToBuy/basePricing.php ...the AudioDeck starts at $600 (US dollars I suppose) for a wired version. That's quite a lot more than the SB3 price, isn't it? -- smst smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27391 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
I second Michael's suggestion regarding SSH, although hamachi is interesting so I will take a look at that. My suggestion would be to go the SSH route, although that does have some overhead for encrypting/decrypting the stream. It is easy to set up though. If you are running Linux make sure you have OpenSSH installed, if you are on Windows installed Cygwin with the OpenSSH package (http://www.cygwin.com), then you just need to open port 22 inbound to your SSH server (probably the same as your slimserver machine). With that up and running, you have a couple of choices for streaming your music remoteley: 1. Use SoftSqueeze, which has an SSH client built in, and supports SOCKS proxying, 2. Open an SSH tunnel yourself using an SSH client on port 9000, and stream your music as MP3, and listen to it using winamp, xmms, whatever. Hope that helps! Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Mediamax
...the AudioDeck starts at $600 (US dollars I suppose) for a wired version. That's quite a lot more than the SB3 price, isn't it? you can't get those ugly stickers they put on the front for free, do you? :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
chris.mason;136075 Wrote: I second Michael's suggestion regarding SSH, although hamachi is interesting so I will take a look at that. My suggestion would be to go the SSH route, although that does have some overhead for encrypting/decrypting the stream. It is easy to set up though. If you are running Linux make sure you have OpenSSH installed, if you are on Windows installed Cygwin with the OpenSSH package (http://www.cygwin.com), then you just need to open port 22 inbound to your SSH server (probably the same as your slimserver machine). With that up and running, you have a couple of choices for streaming your music remoteley: 1. Use SoftSqueeze, which has an SSH client built in, and supports SOCKS proxying, 2. Open an SSH tunnel yourself using an SSH client on port 9000, and stream your music as MP3, and listen to it using winamp, xmms, whatever. Hope that helps! Chris. I used OpenSSH for a year or so but had a lot of connection problems. Had to restart Softsqueeze several times per day. With Hamachi I can leave it on Random all day. Take a look here for encryption and security. http://www.hamachi.cc/security/ No, I have nothing to do with Hamachi. ;) -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
On 9/14/06, cparker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,The bug/request to playback gapless MP3s which have been encoded with Lame has been open more than 18 months now.Anybody have any clue when its going to be fixed, its set into thedistant future at the moment even beyond release version 7???Even Apple/iTunes have fixed this now but Slim seem more interested in churning out new products instead of making the basics of the softwarework!!How funny that would be, buying a Transporter for thousands ofdollars and it still wouldnt play your mp3 gapless, though I assume you wouldnt play lossy on it ;)Please vote for it and see if we can get it pushed up the priority listthe gaps are driving me crazy!Why not just encode your CD's to FLAC and be done with it? At least for those albums which drive you crazy. I have only a handful of albums myself that benefit from gapless transitions. It would be nice if they could add this but if I were running the show I don't think I would devote much attention to this either. Regardless, if you are patient you will notice that they are slowly working their way through the backlog of enhancement requests (you call it a bug, but it's not). Anyway, the truth is not that many people are asking for this and those that are do have a better option -- FLAC.Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
On 9/14/06, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I gather 6.5 is better - I haven't had a chance to download it yet. Somaybe I'd better wait and see. Maybe this weekend if time permits. Michael,You really should -- and soon! It's been in development for a long time and is a bigger leap forward than the 0.19 bump in decimal version number would indicate, in my opinion. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Your player cannot be found message
I turn it off by pressing clicking Off on the SS web page. I then put my computer into standby. Thanks for looking into this. -- bgriffis bgriffis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: power supply upgrade
Way, way, way more than you ever needed to know here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7 Also some stuff here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16 Just conduct a search and you'll have days and days of reading. Go to the Search link on the top of the page. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27373 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
I don't agree with the internal storage part. People knock SlimServer, but it's really the reason why the Squeezebox is so flexible and powerful. I'd be disappointed in something whose feature set is fixed from day 1 and that can't be customized. Plus in terms of storage, why not use the huge capacities offered by hard drives? Why not use the vast untapped computing power of most PCs? And finally, I don't want to maintain yet another music library for a Squeezebox portable! All that transferring music back and forth and regularly refreshing the internal storage card as I get sick of what's on it will get old really fast. What would be neat is if the internal storage could be synched to SlimServer over wireless. Perhaps a designated low bitrate subset of your SlimServer library could be transferred over. I don't see why mini USB instead of Ethernet either. In fact, maybe no wired networking at all would make more sense. It would be a shame to lose the VFD - even the Roku SoundBridge Radio uses one. However if it was to be battery powered there may be no choice. Personally I'm looking for more of a Squeezebox boombox with its own speakers but not 100% portable. It could be that there are two potential products here - a Squeezebox boombox and a Squeezebox portable. There are different needs here - internal storage would be absolutely essential in a portable device while it would not be desirable in a boombox still within wireless range. A boombox could likely be plugged in so a VFD could be used while a portable might benefit more from an LCD. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!
Updated my Ubuntu/breezy server to the latest nightly with apt-get. No hiccups. Synch'd music on 2 SB2s and a Softqueeze client without problems. Based on the above setup please PM me if you want me to try anything else. Bob -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Michael Herger;136010 Wrote: BTW: I totally disagree with that statement. Just because it isn't flashy as mediaplayers have to be today it isn't nerdy. In fact (and I'm repeating myself): the web interface was the first thing I ever saw from SlimDevices (I didn't want to buy a device), and that's what draw my attention some years ago. It's simple and nifty. Default is still my favorite though eg. Fishbone offers so much more functionality. I agree. Call me easily impressed, but when I first saw SlimServer it seemed like the coolest thing ever. You mean this is a webserver running on my own PC that I can see from other PCs on my network AND I can use it to control a Squeezebox AND it will play streams to a streaming client?!? That first time that I used it to control a media player in another room seemed like voodoo. That was a few years ago when I was a little more naive, a little inexperienced about PCs and especially about LANs, but still. I guess kids today are jaded. :-P -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote screen view
@tomjtx: Did you mean the Sonos remote? I never noticed it before, but at the Olive web site there's no sign of any remote, which I find odd. Anyway, in addition to wr420's suggestions, you can also use a wifi-capable PDA or web-tablet like the Nokia770 to see your library and control the SB. There are skins specially developed for these devices, plus the slimremote app for PDAs. too busy making out to get up to read SB but not too busy to read a macbook or remote? Nah, I won't go there g -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27372 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Question for the Experts
On 12/09/06, Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you be willing to share the commands in this bat file? That sounds like a good idea. I'm at work right now and my SS has apparently died at home so I'm SOL the rest of the day. Running from a batch file is pretty simple.. * Firstly, make sure you've got the latest ActivePerl installed from http://www.activestate.com/ * Shut down slimserver and make sure it's service is either 'manual' or 'disabled' in control panel-admin tools-services * Run your batch file. My main batch file's pretty basic. If slimserver crashes, it restarts it with lots more debugging turned on. I've got more 'starts' before the pause so if it's just a random crash it restarts ok.. The file E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt gets written with various dates and times.. E: cd E:\SlimServer\server echo - E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt echo Slimserver Started E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt DATE /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt TIME /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt start /B /WAIT perl slimserver.pl --d_server echo Slimserver Crashed E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt DATE /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt TIME /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt start E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt start /B /WAIT perl slimserver.pl --d_server --d_cli --d_plugin --d_source --d_remotestream --d_scan --d_artwork echo Slimserver Crashed again E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt DATE /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt TIME /T E:\SlimServer\server\crash.txt pause -- - Dr Lovegrove Free Moose for all at: http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Streaming bitrates, multiple settings?
Go to Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate Limiting. This is a per-player setting so it won't affect your other players. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27394 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can my PC and SB3 access my networked music library remotely?
Ross, Thanks for your reply. The shuttle looks enticing (the absolute divinity of elegance as shuttle's website says) and I may go this route ultimately, especially considering that I probably will find more uses for a dedicated server on my home LAN (LAN #1) once I have one. For the time being, though, can I infer from your reply that if I take my laptop (server) with me wherever I go, it is not currently possible to use my laptop as a SlimServer at another location to stream or access my music from LAN #1, even if I have a SB at the remote location (LAN #2)? I've described these two locations as LANs for simplicity, but really they are both residences and I currently only have one computer (aside from a WIN95 laptop and a Nokia 770), that I always have with me, and was hoping to avoid duplicating my music library at LAN #2 in the interim between now and buying a dedicated LAN #1 server. -- jz1 jz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27360 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
What about SSH on a Mac? How easy/difficult is that? Thanks for the great help regarding my original question. -Blue -- Urmaboyblue Urmaboyblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7451 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3/Windows Experience/Reseller Plug
I was in Rochester, NY, visiting with the in-laws recently, when my father-in-law asked me if I could set up one of those black boxes for him. He hasn't ripped a CD in his life, but the ability to listen to a Farsi radio station on the house stereo (on a different floor and _wing_ of an ~1820s building) is the KillerApp. I wasn't going to get one shipped in time, so I found the folks at HouseDigital (myhousedigital.com) and drove over [the other group in Rochester wasn't as helpful]. They were extremely nice, hung out with me for a while discussing the relative merits of the slim vs. Sonos, and offered to help with any post-installation issues. I returned to home base, downloaded the Windows server for the first time, and fired it up. Insert 60 minute distraction here while also fiddling with the Powerline adaptors for the first time. Got them working after agreeing not to use the powerstrips. I was surprised at how 'kind' the Windows installation was and the SB3 picked up right away. Awesome. It's always nice to have something work right out of the box. During our attempt to run things wirelessly, I used the SB3 as a wireless detector as I walked around while watching the Signal Strength indicator (20' makes all the difference, as we know). So, just a 'thanks' to Slim and a plug for the friendly folks at HouseDigital. -- Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got Smarter. Your Practice Just Got Healthier. -- Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got Smarter. Your Practice Just Got Healthier. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Duplicate song listing again
I don't think this is solely an MP3 issue because I've had the same problem with a 500-album library that is entirely WMA-lossless. I recently upgraded from 6.21 to 6.3x and the dupes reappeared shortly after I rescanned my entire library. (I'm using XP Pro sp2.) A while ago, I thought it might be related to having two sets of my library on the same (network) drive, even though they were in two separate partitions on the drive, but I now only have one copy on the entire drive, and still run into the bug. (I still have two partitions on the drive. Could this be causing it, or is this just a coincidence?) AndreasG, are your MP3s co-mingled with your ALACs, or somehow distinct within your overall library? -- jz1 jz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27211 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Mark Lanctot;136090 Wrote: It would be a shame to lose the VFD - even the Roku SoundBridge Radio uses one. However if it was to be battery powered there may be no choice. How about OLED... -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
What about SSH on a Mac? How easy/difficult is that? IMHO it's pre-installed (OpenSSH, I guess). http://www.panix.com/help/sw.macosx-ssh.html -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Security of Remote Streaming
Urmaboyblue;136117 Wrote: What about SSH on a Mac? How easy/difficult is that? Thanks for the great help regarding my original question. -Blue Well there you're in luck, assuming you are running OS-X. OpenSSH is installed by default, and there are a number of OS-X SSH clients available as well: http://www.openssh.com/macos.html Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27379 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Streaming bitrates, multiple settings?
Hi, Thanks for that, I've changed it, and I guess it must be working as I am getting smooth streaming now although curiously the player is still displaying stream 320kbps for the track information so it must still send that even though it's downgrading.. This is working with windows media player which I don't really want to use. I'd like to use itunes or better still softsqueeze. However I still get continual re-syncing and hesitating through itunes? I can't get softsqueeze working for some reason. I know it has SSH built in now, but I want to use my own PuTTY sesion as I use it for remote desktop and other things. Can anyone tell me exactly what I put into the softsqueeze config to make it work? I've tried localhost, localhost:9000 localhost:9000/stream.mp3 etc but to no avail. Thanks ! -- alextegg alextegg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27394 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Album Art Images in Browser Interface
Will try that. Deleting the db may work since I have only done complete rescans but on whatever file exists at the time. Thank you for the suggestion. msandover -- msandover msandover's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3825 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27348 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
d_anders;135998 Wrote: POINT: Squeezebox needs to become a full portable media player with it's own storage. I love the interface. It should also work on it's own internal storage without having to stream from PC, NAS, or Squeezenetwork. Sorry if I'm being dense here, but what do you have in mind for the output? If it's portable (battery powered and all) then are you thinking headphones? If so, what's the major advantage you see over existing personal players like Sansa, Rio, or those pod things? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
the gallery view replaces browse artwork. The advantage is that now any album listing can be shown as a list of album titles, or a grid of album covers. A cookie stores the choice, so it persistent per-browser, per-server, and per-skin. it also means that they both use the same code, so no more mistakes keeping the two album lists in sync. Interesting. Are the album covers labeled now? The name of the album should be underneath the album cover, IMO. Or it should be an option. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Dynamic Transition Updater
Has anybody managed to get this plugin working with the latest version of SlimServer 6.5b? I have tried and failed. -- ceepan ceepan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27397 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Ben Sandee;136082 Wrote: You really should -- and soon! It's been in development for a long time OK, OK. I've been working between 60 and 80 hour weeks at work, trying to keep my little company afloat, so at the end of the day I haven't had time to download the latest and greatest. I'm still running 6.2.2 at home. Like I said, I'll give it a whirl this weekend if time permits. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
On 9/14/06, Nostromo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are the album covers labeled now? The name of the album should beunderneath the album cover, IMO. Or it should be an option. They are labeled. It's quite nice now.Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
CardinalFang;135586 Wrote: http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/live-from-the-steve-jobs-keynote-its-showtime/ At the end, the iTV, plays music, video, photos etc and plugs into your stereo and TV. Just goes to show that the Transporter was a good strategic move... Paul 640x480 on a flat panel plasma/lcd tv? This is progress? If the cable/dish companies can start streaming inDemand HD movies, the iTV will go nowhere. But I really wish the cable/dish companies would be a little like Slim Devices and understand that their box should be network friendly so families can play their home-made he-res videos through the cable box. -- earthbased earthbased's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=334 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB Volume
So I found a thread on here that said when you are using a preamp you should turn the volume on the SB up to 40 but when I do that I get distortion in the music. It sounds like clipping but I use replygain in foobar for all my files and they don't clip on other systems. It seems to effect certain frequencies more than others. Ozzy's voice for example. The gains on my amp where set using the CD player and when I turn down the SB volume I get noise in the system. So I'm just curious what the proper settings would be when using a SB to preamp to Amp setup. -- blkwrx blkwrx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can my PC and SB3 access my networked music library remotely?
why not run slimserver on the extra (win95?) laptop at the location your library is? not sure if slimserver runs on 95 but you can install another operating system on the laptop? -- lrossouw lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27360 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
Ben Sandee;136081 Wrote: Why not just encode your CD's to FLAC and be done with it? At least for those albums which drive you crazy. I have only a handful of albums myself that benefit from gapless transitions. Ben Because I bought them from mp3 commerical sites and they are LAME encoded, so I dont want to have to buy them again! :( I hope they fix it soon, I was looking at installing another 2 slim boxes next year, but I might look at other offerings, maybe the new Apple device. Cheers anyway :) Dont forget to keep voting ;) -- cparker http://www.pembrokeshireretreat.co.uk/ cparker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2083 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Ben Sandee;136157 Wrote: On 9/14/06, Nostromo Nostromo.2e4u6z1158250501 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Are the album covers labeled now? The name of the album should be underneath the album cover, IMO. Or it should be an option. They are labeled. It's quite nice now. Ben Since this thread is largely derailed from discussions of Fruity Tech companies, a further question on gallery view. Anyone know why you can't use gallery view when browsing by artist? Well, you can once you drill down to the individual artist, but not when you are viewing, say, artists that start with R. I've added the new gallery view stuff to Nokia770, and I mostly love it, but it bothers me that it's not available for Browse-Artist. If I want to select an album by cover artwork, artist is the logical top-level grouping I'd want to do my browsing. Seeing R.E.M.'s Life's Rich Pageant next to the soundtrack to Life Aquatic doesn't make much sense to me... This might be better asked in the dev forum, but I'll start here... #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
d_anders, you are right in that a portable squeezebox/boombox/squeezebox radio is a great idea, and something that many of us are crying out for. Slimdevices are tied up with the Transporter, but i think its the next logical (and good business) step. But you are s wrong about the internal storage issue. Thats not what Slimdevices are about and not what people who buy squeezebox's want. At the end of the day, if i wanted a portable device with onboard storage i would by an iPod. You are missing the whole point. I dont want multiple compies of my music all of the place, i want a single central server with all my music in high quality lossless form. It's nicer to manage, allows for 'zoneing' you house and syncing players and it's potentially a much cheaper model. I think this is the way forward (along with online storage/subscription services). I would also be interested in seeing how battery life compares between running a HDD and just wifi. A non-HDD device would also be far more robust. But a portable squeezebox is badly wanted, just look how well the soundbridge radio thing has gone down. Just in case they are planning one, how about some sugestions for a name? I will start the ball rolling; 'Squeezio' (squeeze/radio, geddit?) 'Squeezebox Radio' (too boring?) 'Squeezebox Lite' Of course if any of these names are used, i wont charge too much :) -- autopilot *SlimServer Version:* 6.5b1 - Windows XP. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Demon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom). *Remote:* T-Mobile MDA Vario / Sony PSP / Cambridge Audio Explorer (IR). *Clients:* 1 Squeezebox3 + Softsqueeze. autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mediamax
This has cropped up before. Slim Devices make them, but sell them as OEM devices to that company who rebrand them. Mind you, i fell sorry for anyone who buys one, downloads the software, visits the SD website and see the real price lol. -- autopilot *SlimServer Version:* 6.5b1 - Windows XP. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Demon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom). *Remote:* T-Mobile MDA Vario / Sony PSP / Cambridge Audio Explorer (IR). *Clients:* 1 Squeezebox3 + Softsqueeze. autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27391 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Kyle;135783 Wrote: Jobs said in his presentation that iTV was, in effect, a working title until they come up with something better. The iTV name is destined to be replaced with something else, because Apple can't trademark it. (No company can claim exclusive use of the term.) -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
bklaas;136166 Wrote: Anyone know why you can't use gallery view when browsing by artist? It's a bit counter-intuitive, especially at first, but if you start browsing by album there's a drop down menu that let's you select sort order. There's various combinations of artist, album, year, and genre -- including the ever-popular artist/year. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone know why you can't use gallery view when browsing by artist? Well, you can once you drill down to the individual artist, but not when you are viewing, say, artists that start with R. simple answer, an artist doesn't have cover art. However, what you CAN do is change the sorting for Browse-Albums. Have them sort by Artist, Year if you like. The Nokia skin needs to add the galleryselect pulldown. As a workaround, setting the sort from another skin will set a cookie that will still affect the nokia skin. -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
On 9/14/06, cparker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because I bought them from mp3 commerical sites and they are LAMEencoded, so I dont want to have to buy them again! :( I understand -- but I think you are a rarity. How many people these days who care about gapless audio are satisfied with a lossy codec? Maybe you can convert the mp3 to flac preserving the gapless information. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if foobar2000 would do this in a few mouse-clicks. Have you considered this? Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
1) Ok, inline storage I could give up on it, but I think some additional internal memory would allow the unit to buffer a stream for period of time, so that any intermittment drops in network performance could be handled better. 2) Those of you asking, why not just get a RIO, sandisk, etc?? I guess my request on inline storage confused matters. 3) Why not a softsqueeze link via a laptop?laptops are too big...I want a truly portable, put in my pocket, squeezebox that I will listen to with earphones, or super easy to plug into boom boxes, etc Microsoft's ZUNE devices are going to have this. And they will be able to link to media centers and other services via the devices. They will be able to do both inline storage and connect to outside services. I want Slim Devices to come out with a portable unit to do the same, which should be able to wirelessly connect to slimdevices servers, squeezenetwork, and hopefully online music lockers. -- d_anders d_anders's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3947 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
If you can do MP3 streaming with a Zune, you could get a lot of what you want by attaching to SlimServer that way. Then if there's some way to write a web interface for it. . . -- mrfantasy --Mike mrfantasy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Noise
Nope. Updated to beta 3 and it's still doing it. In fact, closer investigation reveals even more randomness. Sometimes the sound does disappear when the SB is shut off from the remote and sometimes it doesn't. I've tried shutting it off with a song playing, with a song paused and with the playlist cleared. In all 3 cases, somtimes the sound comes back and sometimes it doesn't. The only constant has been that the sound is never there when the SB has been turned on from the remote. More data points: With the SB off and the sound there, unplugging the SB power makes the sound stop (not surprisingly). Plugging it back in, the sound returns even before it reconnects to the SlimServer. On a hunch, I tried making changes to the Power On Resume setting of the player, to no effect. I'm currently using Stop at power off/Remain stopped at power on Curiouser and curiouser. -- GregF GregF's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4384 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
A portable player would be great but lets not forget that Rio had a great portable audiophile player that still couldn't compete with the iPod. If SlimDevices makes a portable play I would envision it as one that you can plug any usb hd into. -- blkwrx blkwrx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
mrfantasy;136185 Wrote: If you can do MP3 streaming with a Zune, you could get a lot of what you want by attaching to SlimServer that way. Then if there's some way to write a web interface for it. . . Perhaps, even with a port of softsqueeze to a pocketpc would do this too. I'm making the suggestion to Slim Devices to consider as one of their next hardware products. They don't make money supporting and developing an opensource environment...they make money by making useful and more capable hardware products that take advantage of the open source environment... -- d_anders d_anders's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3947 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Noise
I see you're using the digital coax out. Can you try the optical, or analog out, just for kicks? -- jeffluckett jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Using FLAC files
Hi all, running a couple of SB1's on a RedHat 8 server and Slimserver 6.3.1 .. been using mp3's for years and it's fine, but I thought I'd give FLAC a go. So I ripped a CD using EAC and FLAC, replaced the mp3 files in my music directory with the new flac files (tested with FLAC frontend), but when I rescanned the server, the files disappeared from the browse list. So, currently, I have a directory full of .flac files that Slimserver does not see. I've double checked the permissions and they're ok (555). Is there anything I can do to check the files and/or work out why Slimserver doesn't like them? -- Jig Jig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Taking on the iPod would be corporate suicide. Microsoft can do it - they can afford to throw $100 million at the market and then say oh well at the end of the day when it just doesn't catch on. They're not the type to just say oh well and call it quits though, they have the money to be able to enter the market by brute force. Though I don't know the particulars of Slim Devices' financial situation, I can safely say they don't have the financial clout of Microsoft. ;-) Everyone who wants an iPod already has one. The holdouts either just hate Apple and everything they do or they just don't want a portable player, period. Slim would only be able to go after the Apple haters. That's a niche within a niche. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
Doing gapless with mp3 used to be hard, but with LAME encoded stuff it's now pretty easy - just read the tag. Other formats are gapless, so the infrastructure to do seamless transitions is there, all that needs adding is the code to the firmware's mp3 decoder. I'm aware it's an issue of priorities, and I'm aware that as a non-contributor myself my voice is weaker, but I consider this a significant issue. People coming over from other platforms frequently have large existing libraries in mp3, and certain genres of music really require accurate gapless playback (while others, of course, make no use of it). Being able to answer yes, the SB3 will playback your files as intended rather than sure, just transcode to flac/rerip from cd/whatever strikes me as a big selling point. As for the issue of whether people who care about gapless would still use mp3 - you betcha. For me it's not about getting total fidelity, it's about not having one of the most important part of the album (the track transitions) destroyed. If you listen to mixed music, as many people do, having a gap in there is like having someone hit you with a frying pan every 5 minutes. Case in point, for the last 2.5 years I've used an increasingly scratched up and flaky Rio Karma as my portable device for the sole reason that plays Vorbis gapless. Yesterday I bought an iPod because Apple finally realised gapless matters. I would never have bought my first SB if it didn't do gapless from at least Vorbis FLAC - and if I had a large mp3 library at the time (I didn't) I'd have wanted that to be gapless too. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
Can you see/play the files if you use Browse Music Folder? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
good hit - yes, I can... -- Jig Jig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
Now once you've done that do they now show up in the regular browsing modes (Artist, Album, etc) ? Using Browse Music Folder _should_ add the tracks data to the db as a side effect. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
yep, you're right - they're there now. What's my next step to get the rescan to work correctly? -- Jig Jig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
I think comparing the Squeezeboombox idea (which has been discussed dozens of times on this forum) to an iPod is apples-to-oranges. My dream goes something like this: wireless SB3 hardware T-Ampish kind of thing to drive the speakers Speakers of reasonable but affordable quality One electrical cord to power it Ability to run on batteries (9 Ds, I don't care, just cut the cord) A case for it all there'd be a headphone jack, but that's not it's primary purpose. I want it to look like a thumpin' boombox, not a wee tiny ipod. Personally, I think inline storage would be a major misdirection, but then I want it for carrying into my backyard, still within my slimserver's LAN. The fact that a device such as this would be largely useless outside of slimserver range probably makes it a sketchy business decision to develop such a product. But I'd buy it. #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
Ben Sandee;136179 Wrote: On 9/14/06, cparker cparker.2e4wqn1158253801 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Because I bought them from mp3 commerical sites and they are LAME encoded, so I dont want to have to buy them again! :( I understand -- but I think you are a rarity. How many people these days who care about gapless audio are satisfied with a lossy codec? Maybe you can convert the mp3 to flac preserving the gapless information. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if foobar2000 would do this in a few mouse-clicks. Have you considered this? Ben Gaps between sequential tracks sound just as bad on a $10 pair of speakers on 64KHz MP3s as they would on an audiophile system with FLACs. The demographic that gets annoyed by gaps is much larger than the demographic that gets annoyed by a 16KHz lowpass filter. I don't think it's fair to assume that those who prefer gapless playback would always use FLACs. While I opted for Vorbis myself, at a bitrate I considered to be transparent, I can see why someone would choose LAME MP3, and even choose a bitrate that was not always transparent. Regardless of the encoding choice, gaps are obvious to untrained listeners on even the lousiest equipment, and some of those folks are going to be annoyed. Transcoding at the server is a great workaround for gapless playback, and I'm very grateful we have it. But true client-side gapless MP3 playback support would be a very good feature--and not just a feature only a few rare cases would take advantage of. -- CatBus CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Noise
My guess is that it's your Creek DAC's clock freewheeling. With 6.5 firmware the SB3 doesn't put out an SPDIF signal until it powers on, and it turns it off again when it's switched off. IIRC this was a feature request so that DACs with multiple digital inputs can correctly autosense. Presumably once the Creek has locked on to something after it's first powered up, it's then OK - so the solution is just not to turn it off! -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
I think I want something like this too. I could build it now with an SB3, T-Amp, and speakers (and ideally, a salvaged vintage boombox), but can't figure out how to do it for less than $400-$500. What would be the price point for such a box? I guess you could get the price down by ditching the VFD display (probably would want to for battery life too), and perhaps using some cheaper components (but Slim has a rep to uphold). It also would work anywhere you can get a Wi-Fi signal if you have access to your SlimServer (perhaps a firmware mod to support SSH tunneling will be necessary?) bklaas;136208 Wrote: I think comparing the Squeezeboombox idea (which has been discussed dozens of times on this forum) to an iPod is apples-to-oranges. My dream goes something like this: wireless SB3 hardware T-Ampish kind of thing to drive the speakers Speakers of reasonable but affordable quality One electrical cord to power it Ability to run on batteries (9 Ds, I don't care, just cut the cord) A case for it all there'd be a headphone jack, but that's not it's primary purpose. I want it to look like a thumpin' boombox, not a wee tiny ipod. Personally, I think inline storage would be a major misdirection, but then I want it for carrying into my backyard, still within my slimserver's LAN. The fact that a device such as this would be largely useless outside of slimserver range probably makes it a sketchy business decision to develop such a product. But I'd buy it. #!/ben -- mrfantasy --Mike mrfantasy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
Ahh... the million dollar question :) The first thing I'd try is deleting the db file. I'm not sure where it is on redhat but someone else (or the forum search) should be able to help. Delete that, restart, and do a full rescan. See what happens. If that doesn't work there are debug options we can try. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
kdf;136178 Wrote: Quoting bklaas bklaas.2e4wqn1158253801 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com: Anyone know why you can't use gallery view when browsing by artist? Well, you can once you drill down to the individual artist, but not when you are viewing, say, artists that start with R. simple answer, an artist doesn't have cover art. However, what you CAN do is change the sorting for Browse-Albums. Have them sort by Artist, Year if you like. The Nokia skin needs to add the galleryselect pulldown. As a workaround, setting the sort from another skin will set a cookie that will still affect the nokia skin. -k I'll look into adding the pulldown. FYI-- setting a cookie from a different skin for album sort order doesn't do the trick. Hopefully I can get something in place to make that a moot point. thanks for the input! #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27325 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Noise
I believe it still sends a signal, but it this does not include spdif framing so the dac receiver will loose lock. If this is a problem then I would raise a feature request to make the new operation optional. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27367 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
No, I just rescanned for changes... I've just kicked off a clear and rescan... -- Jig Jig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using FLAC files
Just checking - you did do a clear and rescan rather than just scanning for changes? Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27400 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'll look into adding the pulldown. FYI-- setting a cookie from a different skin for album sort order doesn't do the trick. Hopefully I can get something in place to make that a moot point. ah, how odd. its sorted for me. I guess I must have put the pulldown in there during a fit of experimentation and ended up with the right path for the cookie :) -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Boy, I like where you are going with that idea, esp. the built-in tunnelling option via firmware. Do you know how to deal with the AC-DC thing? Forgive me, I'm an electrical idiot, but isn't providing power with batteries vs. AC a non-trivial issue? Has this been componentized (that a word?) to the point where you can just buy the necessary hardware to be able to switch between the two power sources seamlessly? I know there's some upstart companies that are now doing fully custom fabrication of cases and the like, so I think it would be possible for someone that wanted to hack a solution together to do it in a reasonably polished manner. Making something like this is WAY out of my league, but fun to bounce around ideas once in a while. #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
bklaas;136220 Wrote: Do you know how to deal with the AC-DC thing? Forgive me, I'm an electrical idiot, but isn't providing power with batteries vs. AC a non-trivial issue? Has this been componentized (that a word?) to the point where you can just buy the necessary hardware to be able to switch between the two power sources seamlessly? Yes, this is trivial. Such units are designed internally to run on DC. You merely have to provide an adapter that converts 120 VAC to the required DC voltage. That's why wall-wart adapters for battery-powered devices usually come in 1.5 V steps for output voltage. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
On 9/14/06, CatBus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Transcoding at the server is a great workaround for gapless playback,and I'm very grateful we have it.But true client-side gapless MP3 playback support would be a very good feature--and not just a featureonly a few rare cases would take advantage of.I realize anyone can hear the gaps -- I certainly can hear them (although they are VERY short, almost inaudible). But I'm also able to contain my rage at them and still enjoy my music. If gapless MP3 were added I would certainly use it. On the other hand, if gapless were important to me I wouldn't hesitate to migrate to a format that supported it more uniformly, rather than waiting for the feature to be added to my player. You're not going to get SlimDevices to commit to this, or any other unannounced feature improvement, so you just can't know how long it might take. Life is too short to sit on the sidelines and complain.By the way, thank you for correctly identifying this as a feature and not a bug. Ben ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
bklaas wrote: My dream goes something like this: wireless SB3 hardware T-Ampish kind of thing to drive the speakers Speakers of reasonable but affordable quality One electrical cord to power it Ability to run on batteries (9 Ds, I don't care, just cut the cord) A case for it all there'd be a headphone jack, but that's not it's primary purpose. I want it to look like a thumpin' boombox, not a wee tiny ipod. Yes. YES! One final thing I'd like to add to this wishlist is some buttons. It doesn't necessarily need the full suite of buttons from the remote (perhaps you could drop the number keys, if buttons onboard raise the cost), but at least some of the buttons to allow control without the remote. This would fit the boom-box market well, and also allow this device to serve well as a clock-radio, too. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??
kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 14-Sep-06, at 1:06 AM, cparker wrote: The bug/request to playback gapless MP3s which have been encoded with Lame has been open more than 18 months now. when someone provides a patch, it will be in a build. Wouldn't this need to be done in the firmware? Can we get the firmware source to create a patch against? :-) greg ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Chinese music still skipped
I found a workaround. Go to control panel - Regional and Language Options - Advanced, and set the langauge to Chinese (PRC). Then you should be able to see your Chinese, Japanese or Korean songs in slimserver or slimbox. -- raylpc raylpc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3914 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Mark Lanctot;136222 Wrote: Such units are designed internally to run on DC. You merely have to provide an adapter that converts 120 VAC to the required DC voltage. But is the existing squeezebox hardware designed to run on DC? If not, could it be converted to run on DC easily? I guess I was thinking in terms of leveraging existing hardware (either by Slim or by an enterprising modder). #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
bklaas;136230 Wrote: But is the existing squeezebox hardware designed to run on DC? If not, could it be converted to run on DC easily? I guess I was thinking in terms of leveraging existing hardware (either by Slim or by an enterprising modder). #!/ben Yes, 5vdc. -- blkwrx blkwrx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4664 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Marc Sherman;136225 Wrote: One final thing I'd like to add to this wishlist is some buttons. It doesn't necessarily need the full suite of buttons from the remote (perhaps you could drop the number keys, if buttons onboard raise the cost), but at least some of the buttons to allow control without the remote. This would fit the boom-box market well, and also allow this device to serve well as a clock-radio, too. - Marc What if there was just a slot in the case to put the remote? I know that doesn't look as polished as having onboard buttons, but I'm keen on not reinventing things (you can tell I come from the Linux school of thought). Of course, now with the transporter there is the possibility of squeezeboom box not only having on-board controls but a BIG HONKIN' KNOB as well. love knobs. love 'em. #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Quoting bklaas [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mark Lanctot;136222 Wrote: Such units are designed internally to run on DC. You merely have to provide an adapter that converts 120 VAC to the required DC voltage. But is the existing squeezebox hardware designed to run on DC? If not, could it be converted to run on DC easily? it runs on 5V DC already. It's the current draw that makes it impractical for batteries. You could mod up a series stack of 3 or 4 D cells (depends on if it will run at 4.5 and/or accept as high as 6V in) and see how long it lasts. I expect the power hungry VFD would have to go. -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can my PC and SB3 access my networked music library remotely?
lrossouw, I don't think I can run Slim on Win95. (I tried, unsuccessfully, though maybe not correctly.) I'd thought about installing XP but I don't think my P90 laptop can handle it (not to mention the 700MB HDD). I hadn't thought about a non-WIN OS since I don't know anything about them, but I'm game for that if it will work since I no longer use the P90 laptop. I don't want to mis-direct my own thread (unless the answer to my original question is no), so I'll search the forums over the next few days for info on this. Thanks for suggesting another alternative. -- jz1 jz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27360 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
bklaas;136230 Wrote: But is the existing squeezebox hardware designed to run on DC? If not, could it be converted to run on DC easily? I guess I was thinking in terms of leveraging existing hardware (either by Slim or by an enterprising modder). #!/ben As blkwrx said, 5 V DC. Note you couldn't do this with standard A-C-D batteries, the closest you could come is 4.5 V. BTW the device is not entirely DC, I believe the VFD requires AC so there's an inverter. The power supply is 2 A. At first I was going to say that's a fairly heavy demand for a battery but look here: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/WilliamCruz.shtml A single D cell has a capacity of 15 A*h. That means it could power a Squeezebox for 7 hours, and a Squeezebox doesn't draw a full 2 A. Not bad! -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Quoting Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A single D cell has a capacity of 15 A*h. That means it could power a Squeezebox for 7 hours, and a Squeezebox doesn't draw a full 2 A. Not bad! Also highly theoretical. Battery life isn't linear. Draw a consistently higher current you may find that it lasts less than the stated Ah. There can sometimes be sweet-spots, plus the voltage drops over time. This can mean the device drops off before the battery is used up, or the device draws more than the usual curent and runs the battery down even faster. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
bklaas wrote: What if there was just a slot in the case to put the remote? I know that doesn't look as polished as having onboard buttons, but I'm keen on not reinventing things (you can tell I come from the Linux school of thought). Then they'd need two IR receivers -- one in the recessed slot, and a second out in the open for regular remote usage. If that's workable, and makes things easier/cheaper to build, it's fine by me. Of course, now with the transporter there is the possibility of squeezeboom box not only having on-board controls but a BIG HONKIN' KNOB as well. love knobs. love 'em. #!/ben Well, yeah, I'd love the transporter knob on a squeezeboombox, too, but I was assuming that the knob was one of the things that differentiated the transporter. Is the transporter knob clickable? If so, I'd love it on the squeezeboombox even more, because for the clock-radio application, it'd make the perfect snooze button. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
Quoting Marc Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is the transporter knob clickable? yup. it serves the same function as pressing the right arrow. -k ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
kdf;136243 Wrote: Also highly theoretical. Battery life isn't linear. Draw a consistently higher current you may find that it lasts less than the stated Ah. There can sometimes be sweet-spots, plus the voltage drops over time. This can mean the device drops off before the battery is used up, or the device draws more than the usual curent and runs the battery down even faster. Hmm, good point. It would be nice to keep the VFD but as GoCubs Greg and wikipedia mentions, a high-intensity OLED might be in order. The data did originally come from Duracell - I'm sure they wanted to be as optimistic as scientifically possible. ;-) Also wireless cards suck a lot of power as well - otherwise my laptop wouldn't have so many darn settings to keep it at low power or powered down entirely. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27378 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Wanted: New Hardware - Squeezebox Portable
kdf wrote: Is the transporter knob clickable? yup. it serves the same function as pressing the right arrow. Oh. I want one. I'm no audiophile, so not $1999 worth, but I really want one. :) - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
