[slim] Re: Ripping speed
Eric - I have now set itunes aiff to automatic with error correction. First disc ripped at between 15 to 20 x. Second disc dropped to 5 x. Does high speed ripping effect quality? SuperQ - I'm running Panther and the Max ripping program needs Tiger. Thanks for the replies. Keith -- KeithL KeithL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9272 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31319 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
I would suggest letting joe blow do his thing, as it's hard to add to the convenience factor of 60 Gig MP3 players, not to mention that some of them look good enough to eat (or is that a new cell phone). OTOH the a reputation for audio quality is an advantage SD holds over the competition, and that could be quickly lost by catering to joe. My favorite thing about the Transporter is that it raises the benchmark. I just don't want to see it *remain* the benchmark while R+D is poured into a candy bar. With a slick interface and touchscreen (thanks ben!), I'm pretty sure I could sell a squeezebox to a deaf person who never used a computer.. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Hang when zapping currently playing song ?
I just noted that SoftSqueeze seems to hang when I try to move the currently playing song to the zapped playlist by holding Add down in the Now Playing screen. Does anyone else have the same problem or is there something with my setup that is causing this ? I'm running latest 6.5 nightly (2007-01-05) on Ubuntu Linux. No third party plugins installed. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist), 'Custom Browse' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-custombrowse),'Custom Scan' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-customscan) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wireless connection
I have had my squeezebox for some time, but finally moving it into another room where I will have to connect to the wireless network in my house. For testing, I decided to just connect while it was set up right next the wireless router. I can get it to connect and start playing a song, but it will only play for about 15 seconds or so and then it disconnects and I have to power cycle everything (yes, the router too) to connect again, only to have it get dropped after 15 seconds of play. Any ideas? I have searched the FAQ and not seen anything helpful. I haven't updated the firmware (version 55) since I got it. Do I need to upgrade that? Any help (or even sympathy) would be appreciated. -- oconnellc oconnellc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Peter;167582 Wrote: JimC wrote:[color=blue] Cool. Can you open up a few hundred more houses for me to send prospective customers to? On a less facetious note, WHY do they realize it's great? Exactly, because in my experience, it's not an easy sell at all. Regards, Peter Never underestimate the network affect! I saw the slimp3 on slashdot many years ago and thought damn, that's cool.. but I had just got my empeg, so it seemed kinda lacking. A few years later, I don't drive to work anymore, so I don't listen to music in the car so often, and spent more time at home listening via the linux box I kept in stereo cabinet. A friend of mine said hey, check out this new toy I got this was my introduction to the squeezebox.. pretty cool, so i got one for my parents to listen to music with. Another move, and I end up in Mountain View, and discover the SD office is near by.. neat, I should get the new box SB2. I ended up getting 2, so I can stream to 2 rooms. I show it to a few co-workers, and a few of them get them. I do a bit of check it out, it's handy and a bit of oh.. play around a bit I've also sold a couple via softsqueeze demos. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
Thank you bpa and danco. I have got as far as step 8, and the ./mplayer --version command returned the following: MPlayer 1.0pre8-3.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team AltiVec found CPU: PowerPC Creating config file: /Users/tonybacon/.mplayer/config Unknown option on the command line: --version Error parsing option on the command line: --version How am I doing? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Skunk wrote: I would suggest letting joe blow do his thing, as it's hard to add to the convenience factor of 60 Gig MP3 players, not to mention that some of them look good enough to eat (or is that a new cell phone). A software client is just an add on, technically and audiophilically. Most top end car makers know that they need good looks as well as technical excellence. OTOH the a reputation for audio quality is an advantage SD holds over the competition, and that could be quickly lost by catering to joe. That's the advantage of the split between the Transporter and the Squeezebox. You can do both. My favorite thing about the Transporter is that it raises the benchmark. I just don't want to see it *remain* the benchmark while R+D is poured into a candy bar. If a slick Windows client (one skilled programmer can do that) is what it takes to get considerable extra sales, SD/Logitech would be would be fools in a commercial sense to do that. You don't get to be as big as Logitech by being a commercial fool... With a slick interface and touchscreen (thanks ben!), I'm pretty sure I could sell a squeezebox to a deaf person who never used a computer.. You must be a better salesman than me. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
SuperQ wrote: Peter;167582 Wrote: JimC wrote:[color=blue] Cool. Can you open up a few hundred more houses for me to send prospective customers to? On a less facetious note, WHY do they realize it's great? Exactly, because in my experience, it's not an easy sell at all. Regards, Peter Never underestimate the network affect! I'm living proof of the fact that the network effect doesn't work that well in this case. I saw the slimp3 on slashdot many years ago and thought damn, that's cool.. but I had just got my empeg, so it seemed kinda lacking. A few That was different for me, I was waiting for the thing even before it was announced, check out my 2001 news post: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.home.automation/msg/b99c1b2d71ec5f27?hl=en; years later, I don't drive to work anymore, so I don't listen to music in the car so often, and spent more time at home listening via the linux box I kept in stereo cabinet. A friend of mine said hey, check out this new toy I got this was my introduction to the squeezebox.. pretty cool, so i got one for my parents to listen to music with. Another move, and I end up in Mountain View, and discover the SD office is near by.. neat, I should get the new box SB2. I ended up getting 2, so I can stream to 2 rooms. I show it to a few co-workers, and a few of them get them. I do a bit of check it out, it's handy and a bit of oh.. play around a bit I've now got 4 SB3's, an SB1 and a SliMP3. I loaned my SB1 to 3 co-workers, they liked it but only one of them bought one. It's to complicated to give one to my mum, I fear. She won't want to keep her PC switched on. I've also sold a couple via softsqueeze demos. That's good to hear. I was one of the people who persuaded Richard to write SoftSqueeze (I even invented the name) partly because it would be a great way to show people how the SS/SB combo works in practice. I'm glad to see it actually worked out that way in practice. I must have at least some commercial sense, then... ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Mr_Smiley wrote: The squeeze boom box has been dicussed a number of times and I thought about trying my hand at one (since I'm an Industrial Designer). A squeeze walkman has also been mentioned.. It seems to me that the satellite radio concept could work. Where you have a reciever that plugs into your car or your stereo or a boom box with speakers. Just plug your SB3 into place and it's ready to go. The boom box itself would just need to have the interface, the battery and the speakers. Some controls and a wi-fi booster might be nice as well. Don't forget my car Squeezebox (with external USB disk) based on the free Rockbox firmware. That would fit great in the community concept. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: External Hard Drives -- Most reliable (least likely to fail) brand?
Hercules wrote: I've had a Maxtor one (albeit 160GB) for a few years. Never had any problems with it, and they seem to have a good reputation. (Maxtor have been taken over by Seagate I think) I second that. I've had two Maxtor One Touch external 300 GB drives connected thru firewire to my Linux box/slimserver. They've been on permanently and they haven't failed me yet. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
I guess the --version option is just irrelevant to on the Mac. Anyway we know what version it is. Next thing is to try to run mplayer on a BBC stream and see whether that works. Run mplayer in the terminal with the options -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.rpm That should produce the Radio 4 live stream. If that works, you just need to move mplayer into a suitable place. If it doesn't work, we need to see the log to find out why. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WiFi frustration! (But happy ending... for now)
Brian Ritchie wrote: Since then, all has been fine. (For an hour now, at least.) I still have no idea what really went wrong. Maybe the router was generating a load of junk; maybe something else was. Clearly, Signal Strength does not equal or even necessarily correlate with Actually Useful Information Bandwidth. I probably need some better diagnostic tools. Next time, turning the router off and on again will be the FIRST thing I try. And if that doesn't work, then I *will* smash the little fecker off the wall. I don't buy these things just to waste my days trying to get them to work! It's probably a whole different story, but some weeks ago (after years of trouble free wifi-ing), my SB3 started to hiccup. My laptop became pretty slow too, so, even though the wifi bars in the docking area showed full strength I checked the speed. It had switched to 2 Mbit for no apparent reason. My slimserver is on a wired server, so it seemed obvious the problem was in the (Asus) access point. I power cycled that and all was well again. I don't lose much sleep over things that occur so rarely. AFAIC the WAP just had a moment of weakness after years of reliable service. I find the SB3's wifi pretty good. I even used it to replace my webcam's marginal wifi connection (by turning the SB into a bridge) which helped quite a bit. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: on the question of speaker cable
drewe181 wrote: i made my own cables using CAT6 wire. details can be found here www.tnt-audio.com there are a few different configurations and designs, and also an article comparing the different configurations sound and technical wise Direct links are always appreciated. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: The Ultimate In-Car System
Beann50 wrote: One of my reasons for stuffing the SB2 in the dash of my car was to be consistent with all the other places I listen to music. Now if I go in my living room, bedroom, office, or car I can listen to anything in my music collection in the same way. I don't have to stop and think what button to press to do a certain task, or is a certain song available. The only thing I ever have to think about is what song to play. I also only use flac files. You can argue that you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between flac and mp3 in a moving car, but at least this way if I listen to older music that wasn't recorded that well I know the limitation is the actual music and not a poorly encoded mp3. Actually, I shouldn't say older music since lots of recent music is not recorded very well either. I don't expect to ever see a system designed to work in a car that will support lossless files, have a large amount of storage, and sell for a reasonable amount of money. Too many people have embraced the whole buy a crippled song with DRM and no physical media for just as much money as a CD idea. I agree. I have an iRiver H140 40GB mp3 player running Rockbox in my car. Rockbox is a free replacement firmware for iRiver and iPod players that supports Ogg and Flac and most of the other stuff: http://a213-84-196-8.adsl.xs4all.nl/auto/full.jpg http://a213-84-196-8.adsl.xs4all.nl/auto/console.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H140 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox I've been trying to sell my idea for an economic ( $100? ) and practical car player for a while, but no-one seems to be buying it. The idea is to create something like an H140 without the (expensive) tiny hard disk. Just a (cigarette box sized but flatter) display with some buttons. It has 12v power in, line audio out and a USB connection to add a commodity external USB drive (the type that costs next to nothing, can be synced with you main library easily and fits in your glove box). The hardware must be easy and cheap to put together, since the components are shared with lots of other players. The software is taken from the Rockbox project, where people are enthousiastically developing it. Adapting it to the Squeezebox navigation can't be that hard (if that's really needed). Add a $100 USB 100GB harddisk and you'll have your FLAC/WAV/MP3/OGG player for a lot less than the price of a new SB3. The free and open software will give it the same kind of appeal to third party developers and the community as the other SD devices. I would buy one in a second! Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
Well done - hope it wasn't too painful. There is no version option in mplayer but it stops it trying to do silly things and proves that the basic executable is OK. Follow Danco's advice - if Radio 4 works, then all you need to do install mplayer in the right place - in your case I think it may be a case of replacing the version of mplayer which doesn't work. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
JimC;167482 Wrote: Hi there. My name is Jim Carlton. I'm a Virgo. I like long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, and dancing under the stars. Shame listening to music didn't figure in there ;-) -- 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=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Odd search/browse behaviour
Ah, of course you are right, the simple search does return tracks - I wasn't thinking clearly, for some reason assuming song titles were different from tracks... However, the problem still remains, but I don't think I've explained the issue clearly. If I search for Vivaldi using the simple search, I get one artist retrieved, no albums and no song titles. This is correct. If I click on the returned artist (Antonio Vivaldi), three Albums are listed. However, these are not the only three albums that Vivaldi appears on. There is another which happens to be a compilation album. If I search on Artist using Advanced Search, *all* the tracks from *all* the albums are in returned, i.e. including the compilation album tracks. And just to re-iterate, all my tracks have Artist populated - in the case of my classical music, the artist is the composer, but I have also populated the composer tag, as a duplicate of the artist tag, just to make sure...! Jim, In answer to your question, I get the same behaviour whether I have the Composers behaviour switched on or off. When I browse by artist, I see all the composers that don't have compilation albums, as they are listed under Various Artists. This is because as mentioned above, the Artist tag is populated as composer as well. Hope I'm not confusing everyone...! 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=31294 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: on the question of speaker cable
peter, try this: http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/diycables.html a small list of diy speaker cables, mains cables, and interconnector cables. the comparison test i mentioned is on another site (i thought it was on tnt-audio) I'll try and find it and post the link -D -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31297 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: on the question of speaker cable
got it!! http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/interconnects/DIYSpeakerCablesp1.html fairly lengthy read but it just goes to show that just because some cables are quite expensive doesn't mean they they're worth it enjoy -D -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31297 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Hang when zapping currently playing song ?
SoftSqueeze also seems to hang if I hit play on the SoftSqueeze remote 2-3 times on the same album or track. The strange thing is that it only seems to happen on flac tracks while mp3 tracks works fine. Is anyone else seeing these problems with SoftSqueeze ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-trackstat) , 'SQLPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-sqlplaylist) , 'DynamicPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-dynamicplaylist), 'Custom Browse' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-custombrowse),'Custom Scan' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-customscan) and 'RandomPlayList' (http://erland.homeip.net/download/do/viewapplication?name=slimserver-randomplaylist) plugins) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to enable standby and resume?
Dear All! First my configuration: Slimserver: Via Epia with Windows XP SP2 (MediaCenter edition) Slimserver V 6.5.0 100MB wired network Squeezebox 2 connected with network cable, no wireless network used Now my question: How can i configure slimserver, so that the server goes into standby (S3) some minutes after (or immediatelly after) the squeezebox was powered off? And also that the server wakes up when i switch the squeezebox on again? Can I configure the sqeezebox to send a WOL (magic paket) to the server? (If yes, i would be able to set the Only managed stations can wake the system in the device manager.) But up to now i think the squeezebox didn't sent any IP paket to the server, because the server even doesn't wake when this option is disabled and only this device can wake the system is enabled). Any ideas? Regards Erich -- erichabg erichabg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9442 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
Thanks for your speedy and helpful responses, bpa and danco. I do feel I'm in safe hands, even if stuff is whizzing over the screen that means nothing to me. And, well, it was pretty painless, as you ask. Only three cups of tea. I can't get mplayer to run in terminal, mainly because I can't see where it is. Do I not have to 'install' it first, and then run a test? Or is it staring me in face? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
When you are in the terminal window, to run mplayer type ./mplayer Note there is a dot and slash before mplayer - this says use the mplayer in this directory So to run the test ./mplayer -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.rpm If you a few more diagnostics ./mplayer -v -playlist http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.rpm -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter broken?
My brandnew Transporter also is dead/won't start anymore... This not enough I can't open the case (for checkig the fuse) as I don't have a 1/13'' hex key. (metric system here) -- Lost Viking Lost Viking's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9290 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29777 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone running AlienBBC on Mac OSX 10.3.9?
Fantastic. I did what you said and ran the test: fine. I put it in the usr/local/bin folder, where the errant one used to live, and bingo! Lovely streaming BBC and all the AlienBBC benefits on my Squeezebox. Thank you both for all your help. I really do appreciate it. Would you like me to send this build of mplayer to you so others might be able to use it, bpa, as you suggested earlier? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30903 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My squeezebox won't start at all
Any ideas what's wrong? Did you check the brightness setting (brightness button on the remote control)? Do you still see it in the slimserver web interface? If yes: can you still play music? -- 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] SB3 has arrived and how good?
Brilliant is the answer! I am as pleased as a very pleased person could be. Technology for me is only as good as it is usable. So having set up the SB on the network I handed the remote to my wife, who is a confirmed technophob. It is a testament to the design of this system that my wife was able to select albums, artists, internet radio stations in seconds. She was thrilled with music being so accessible! At least her reaction lets me off the hours I've been sweating and swearing over the linux build problems I had! She now understands. All that remains is to sort out the NFS connectivity problems, so I can get more music on to the server. -- steve4586 steve4586's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7928 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Skunk wrote: I would suggest letting joe blow do his thing, as it's hard to add to the convenience factor of 60 Gig MP3 players, not to mention that some of them look good enough to eat (or is that a new cell phone). I agree 100%. The people in this community are _not_ in the least experts on what it would take to sell Slim Devices products to a mythical Joe Blow. Logitech has a professional marketing and product development team for that. What this community is an expert at, and what I hope Jim pays more attention to in this thread, is what it would take to sell _more_ Slim Devices products to us. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Hitachi Terabyte hard Drive
Skunk;167477 Wrote: Did anyone see Wired on PBS HD last week? Something about viruses as storage, and memory that can be injected into a being. I think Panasonic has taken over or is funding research now. I didn't catch it all so sorry about lack of details. Google wasn't much help. Wow, so eventually we could just store the FLACs directly in our brains and then we wouldn't need to listen to them at all :) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
I bought two Squeezeboxes a year ago, and now a Roku Soundbridge, which probably is the competition. And to be honest, when I show both around to friends, the Roku clearly wins - hope I am allowed to say this here - I'll try to explain what people like more about it, and why two of those I showed bbought a Roku as well. Soundbridge wins over Squeezebox: * Setup: plug in the Soundbridge, and it'll show your PC (see next topic), every dummy can do that. Plug in the Squeezebox, you've got to enter your IP (DHCP didn't work well back then, and home users often don't have DHCP), enter the server IP (otherwise I had problems as well)... the first, I can give to my mother, the second I can only recommend to friends who know their network, which is about 5% of them. * Connecitivity: plug in the Soundbridge, and you'll see iTunes, Windows Media Player or a dedicated Firefly installation. Plug in the Squeezebox, and you have to install its special server software. Having it connect to something existing, I can again give even to my mother, telling people they need to install this special software, I hear oh well, nice idea, but with my luck, I'll spend days getting it to run... * Speed: having the PC running all the time? Few people I know would want that. The alternative: an old PC in a corner where the noise won't harm, or for people who also think about energy consumption (a 24/7 PC can use up a few hundred Euros here in Germany), a NAS. But while using a 200 Mhz NAS with Firefly and a Soundbridge is lightning fast, a Squeezebox connecting to Slimserver on that machine is s slow. And Firefly is a good proof that platform independent code is possible even in C and doesn't need that slow Perl stuff. Squeezebox wins over Soundbridge: * Display: visualisation and progess bar are advantages; sadly no t ones that weight a lot imho, since the size allows to choose songs from about the same distance. * Plugins: quite nice to have the weather on it in standby mode, for example. But to be honest, Plugins are geek features for a small percentage of possible users. * Web interface: Slimserver has a nice web interface. I like the ability to browse (even though on the NAS its quite slow) and create playlists that way. But then... the point of a stand-alone player is to NOT switch the PC on to manage. A dedicated remote with display like the earlier mentioned one could be a very nice advantage, but the web interface in itself, while being quite nice, is something for people who sit too much in front of their PC, not for casual PC users. Neutral: * Sound: lets be honest, this is still mostly about MP3s. Audiophiles may gain something from the Transporter etc., but the big consumer market won't hear any difference. * Security: WPA for the Soundsbridge took a long time - and that SD was caring about WPA security is in my personal eyes a very important thing... but then, I'm more thinking about security than most people. To me and my recommendations to others, that weighted more than all the Soundbridges advantages... until now that Roku has WPA. Summary: Within a year of having Squeezeboxes, people looked at them, liked them, but found them too complicated once I explained the additional work. Within a week of having a Soundbridge, I had someone buying himself one as well (and that guy knew the Squeezeboxes). So if you want to hear my opinion what could be made better: have a server thats available as native bytecode (can still be OS and multiplatform), and make those boxes able to connect to iTunes and WMP at least (in the worst case with some kind of really easy to one-click-install proxy software) to give users instant success. Or in shorter words: improvements that would allow you to give one to your mother with the confidence that you won't need to help her. Competition has proven that it's possible ;) -- CCRDude CCRDude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8478 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox the name...
See also: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24859 for more on the history of the name. -- Nickok Nickok's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5114 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31332 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Hitachi Terabyte hard Drive
If that 50Tb prediction in 10 years relates to hard disk type storage, what about solid state memory? RAM sizes at the moment seem to lag behind HD type storage by a factor of about 1/100, i.e. currently 4Gb RAM is readily available versus 400Gb HD's. So are we looking at 500Gb RAM (or possibly 1Tb) within 10 years? I like the idea of not having little HD's wizzing away in the attic for my server. -- Andyoz Andyoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4864 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31314 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
I've never understood the whining by some about horrible out-of-box experiences. Maybe it is the 80/20 rule in effect. I am neither a Joe Blow nor a Ted Techie. I don't like products that insult my intelligence (e.g., Microsoft Office, Clippy, you have unused icons on your desktop, etc.) nor do I try to out-think a company's product. I found SB/SS to be very intuitive for me. My SB experience 1. Spring 2005 saw Roku Radio Paradise web site. 2. Began reading Roku forums and found references to Slim Server software. 3. Researched SD web site and bought SB2, intending to compare SB2 (30-day return) with Roku at Fry's. Never did. 4. SB2 arrived two days later. I opened the box, hooked it up, installed the SlimServer software, and successfully played a few MP3 files. 5. Later, I learned more about .flac, EAC, file tree organization, etc. 6. I have upgraded SS, and the firmware, flawlessly about three times. Pretty darn close to ridiculously simple. Enhancements 1. Knob, fat server, larger screen, display menu on TV, Sonos style remote, etc. might help you sell more units. Just dont' abandon any of the current features we also love: no knob, slim server, small form factor, etc! :-) 2. Stick with a web-browser UI... along the lines of the Yahoo! Mail beta which is crazy quick and slick. 3. Add support for streaming video and displaying images onto TVs. I know this is primarily a sonic device but how hard could it be to add flix/pix? I suspect the majority of homes still use the 'entertainment center' concept in their living rooms. Evangelism == 1. What's that?! my friend mocked when I showed him the web site. After I explained the concept he thought it was cool. Another friend still doesn't get it. 2. I tried describing my system to another guy who does home audio wiring and he went off on me about how X Box kicks ass and can find any media on any networked PC and play it. Oh, well. -- fathom39 fathom39's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
tyler_durden;167577 Wrote: When was the last time you bought an item at the store and and had to jump through hoops for a week to get it working and were satisfied with the purchase? The whole system is too complicated for your average Joe Blow. People see/hear the SB3 and think it's great, but then they find out what is involved in setting it up and they balk at the ripping/tagging, network setup, server setup, and etc. I think if you want to go mass market you will need to do some sort of server hardware as someone said in a previous post. If it doesn't work right out of the box it will never become a consumer item. You might even have to start your own itunes' type operation (or make a deal with one of the existing ones) where you supply CORRECTLY tagged flac files, either a disc or song at a time, that can be ordered via the SB remote control. Maybe set up your own web radio station to play new releases and have a purchase button on the remote. Leave out the DRM (digital restrictions management) or forget the whole idea. You may need to think about streaming video, too. I don't think there are many audio only systems left in the world except among audio maniacs. I agree with all aspects of this post: The hassle of setup will alienate many people. You need to have a properly set-up wireless network, and it took me an hour to get anything at all, and longer to get it working well. Part of the problem was a rather duff wifi access point, so it's not a problem that Slim Devices can solve, but it was grief. Tagging and general navigation through (especially large) libraries is an issue too - I agree that the web front end needs work, although I actually quite like it myself. And the video point is well made: as it is, the SB3 is limited to audiophiles that are computer fans too - probably a big enough market, I guess, but... So my ideas: - Release a mini-server box, that has basic server software and a 300GB HD for less than the price of a Squeezebox. It needs ethernet and just enough oomph to run SlimServer, probably on linux. It needs to be small - the size of the SB2, maybe - and quiet. - Consider releasing a mini-server that can operate completely without a PC (i.e. has a CD drive and a display so you can rip directly into this). - Put some more cleverness in the SB4 so that it can access USB drives. - Release a video SB that can access the video files and TV cards in the server PC. But I wouldn't buy it ;) - Release a SB that comes with a HomePlug adapter built-in, and offer a complete package with a HomePlug for your computer too. Support this entire package. - How about a HomePlug adapter built into the server mentioned above? - Release a Sonos-like remote. I've tried using my HTC Universal and it's flaky; I'd like the interface to look better too. (The 770 skin doesn't work well. Handheld works, but boy it's ugly!) My in-laws have recently bought a Sony thing that has an HD; they feed in their CDs, and it looks them up on the internet, and rips them (in ATRAC...). They want a simple solution - not a computer that's on all the time. The Sony works, and they like that. Shame it sounds so c**p! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: LAN/WLAN issue
torwinen;163164 Wrote: Dont know if this is already discussed here but: I just bought a WLAN version of Squeezebox and I am very happy with it. Just one problem (or an improvement idea) about LAN and WLAN. My PC is connected to Squeezebox via LAN and Squeezebox to internet via WLAN (via AP and ADSL). PC is accessing internet via Squeezebox which has LAN bridged to WLAN. Now, my problem is that I dont have the WLAN always ON in my house. Whenever this is true, I have to change the settings in the Squeezebox to connect to server via LAN instead of WLAN. I wish Squeezebox could sniff the available networks and change to the one that is available (would need a setting which one to prefer is both are available). One option would be if Squeezebox could have easier way to change between connecting profiles. Now I have to go through all the settings to change from one to another. How about an ability to save the settings to settings 1 and settings 2? Until that, I guess I have to keep the WLAN always ON. Or do I have some other options? Marko I have the same setup as this - slimserver on Wired and Internet on Wireless, but the music does not stream through the WLAN. My reason for putting my slimserver PC on the wired Ethernet port of the SB was to get more bandwidth for streaming FLAC files and making the SB display scroll smoothly. The walls in my house are thick and the wireless router is upstairs so the signal strength is not great. The setup works perfectly, the only drawback is I have to have the wireless access point switched on in order to make Wake On LAN on the slimserver work. Once the slimserver is booted the wireless access point can be turned off and the music still streams at 100Mbit/s. I wish the Squeezebox would attempt Wake On LAN using both the wireless and the wired connection as that would complete the setup. -- sdenner sdenner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30709 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ripping speed
The quality of AIFF will not change. It is an exact copy of the original AIFC file on the CD. Once you've got your songs as AIFF you can ALWAYS re-encode them later to anything else, including FLAC. I hope you've got lots of storage space! AIFF files will rip at a size of 10MB/minute of music. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31319 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My squeezebox won't start at all
1. I pressed all the buttons on the remote, but nothing happens on screen. There is clearly a red infrared light coming from the top of the remote so it's not the faulty part. 2. Slimserver does not find the player, but it never did when I had the player connected to the squeezenetwork/pandora. Squeezenetwork seems to say the player is connected. Where is the reset button? :) Michael Herger;167643 Wrote: Any ideas what's wrong? Did you check the brightness setting (brightness button on the remote control)? Do you still see it in the slimserver web interface? If yes: can you still play music? -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR -- xpics23 xpics23's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31349 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: My squeezebox won't start at all
Where is the reset button? :) Unplug your SB, press and hold the ADD button on the remote while you plug it in again. Almost as intuitive as ctrl-alt-del :-) -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
On 1/5/07, tyler_durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome! Here are my thoughts. When was the last time you bought an item at the store and and had to jump through hoops for a week to get it working and were satisfied with the purchase? Straw man. You're trying to simplify the purchase of a complex system into the terms of a simple system. Besides which, you're still incorrect -- I'll bet you, like most people, have a junk drawer full of simple items that didn't work out but are too inexpensive and unimportant to bother returning. The whole system is too complicated for your average Joe Blow. People see/hear the SB3 and think it's great, but then they find out what is involved in setting it up and they balk at the ripping/tagging, network setup, server setup, and etc. I think if you want to go mass market you will need to do some sort of server hardware as someone said in a previous post. If it doesn't work right out of the box it will never become a consumer item. Another straw man, and a familiar one from the OS fanboy arguments... first the argument never takes into account people's willingness to take action for an outcome (how many Joe Blow types are able to successfully work their VCRs or Motorola phones, both of which could take UI tips from Slimserver), and second the argument assumes that 99% penetration of the electricity-using population is in fact a reasonable goal. You might even have to start your own itunes' type operation (or make a deal with one of the existing ones) where you supply CORRECTLY tagged flac files, either a disc or song at a time, that can be ordered via the SB remote control. Maybe set up your own web radio station to play new releases and have a purchase button on the remote. Leave out the DRM (digital restrictions management) or forget the whole idea. That seems insane to me. You may need to think about streaming video, too. I don't think there are many audio only systems left in the world except among audio maniacs. By that logic, there should also be a games console. Quite frankly, by that logic the thing should make cake. I've asked for it a number of times now, and my wishes are being ignored... come on, LogiSlimTechDevices I want a cake maker in my SqueezeBox! -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can't connect to Internet Radio
My SB3's timeout when trying to load a radio stream, but when I click on the URL in the Slimserver UI, Windows Media Player pops up and plays them just fine. This tells me the firewall and network are just fine, and the problem must lie between the SS SB? Running on an Infrant by the way with 6.5.1 -- wodehouse wodehouse's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26294 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Memory not being written error - HELP!!!
I get the following error part way through the scanning process for my Squeezebox: The instruction at 0x28089994 referenced memory at 0x0004. The memory could not be written. The scanning process ends at this point and my entire music library is not scanned and therefore it is not accessible. Does anyone have a solution??? Please!!! Thanks, Scoop. -- Scoop Scoop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31356 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Memory not being written error - HELP!!!
On 1/6/07, Scoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get the following error part way through the scanning process for my Squeezebox: The instruction at 0x28089994 referenced memory at 0x0004. The memory could not be written. The scanning process ends at this point and my entire music library is not scanned and therefore it is not accessible. Does anyone have a solution??? Please!!! Thanks, Scoop. Sounds like bad RAM to me. -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Peter;167602 Wrote: If a slick Windows client (one skilled programmer can do that) is what it takes to get considerable extra sales, SD/Logitech would be would be fools in a commercial sense to do that. You don't get to be as big as Logitech by being a commercial fool...[color=blue] My point was that the niche market of high quality streaming should continue to be SD's domain, while logitech could market anything of subpar audio quality under their name- just like car manufacturers. Why ruin a good thing when unit sales could stay the same through ppl buying the logitech product instead? If you want to drastically increase the niche then audio should go to the back burner and you should be working on getting an hdmi out into one of the new products... -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to enable standby and resume?
On 1/6/07, erichabg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Squeezebox sends a WOL packet when it powers on and finds that the server isn't around. It must be on the same wired LAN for that to work; routers block the magic packet. Make sure you've enabled WOL in the BIOS of your server. As for your other question, check out the PowerSave plugin. -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Another niche market that I hope is not abandoned is the whole house audio crowd. While the majority of Squeezebox sales are 1 or 2 units used wirelessly, there are some folks who use several players in sync to provide distributed music. Most find that once you go above 8 or 10 players that keeping things in sync with wireless players becomes a challenge and switch to hardwired networking. I'd like to see a slightly less expensive player without the wireless functionality targeting the distributed audio crowd who need to sync a large number of players. It would also be nice if it had some additional mounting options such as a way to mount it to the underside of a kitchen cabinet. A shorter form factor would also help with this type of mounting. -- upstatemike upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
upstatemike wrote: Another niche market that I hope is not abandoned is the whole house audio crowd. While the majority of Squeezebox sales are 1 or 2 units used wirelessly, there are some folks who use several players in sync to provide distributed music. Most find that once you go above 8 or 10 players that keeping things in sync with wireless players becomes a challenge and switch to hardwired networking. Absolutely, the music distribution stuff is great. I'd like to see a slightly less expensive player without the wireless functionality targeting the distributed audio crowd who need to sync a large number of players. It would also be nice if it had some additional mounting options such as a way to mount it to the underside of a kitchen cabinet. A shorter form factor would also help with this type of mounting. I'm sure you must be aware of the present cheaper wired variety (not available in all black)...? Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Cannot connect to network
I had the exact problem and this fixed it instantly. I had been in contact with support and they didn't mention this. I wasted a month trying to disable firewalls, reinstall software etc. -- JKC JKC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31156 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver, Shoutcast and Winamp
Executive Summary: Winamp (v5.32 basic)has no problem playing Shoutcast Internet radio streams on my system; Slimserver hardly ever manages a connection (although it does OK on Alien BBC, for example). The full story: I have been lurking and reading other people's threads on similar issues here for months; I'm the kind of guy who tries everything he can think of and more himself before asking others. I have SlimServer running on Win XP2 (have tried it on 2 different machines) and an SB3. SlimServer has no problems streaming mp3s from my computer to the SB3, works great. However, when I try to use Slim to connect to even the most obvious of Shoutcast stations, such as SomaFM or Digitally Imported, at best it connects for a few seconds or maybe minute or two before the buffer exhausts and rebuffering never works. I have been downloading nightly updates of 6.5.1 for months in the hope that it might get solved, but it never does. Here's some of what I've tried: - Increasing the buffer size, all the way up to 30 seconds, in stages - Increasing the timeout, up to 60 seconds - Uninstalling SlimServer and reinstalling (but note that I see the same issue on two machines) - Deleting the cache - Disabling anti-virus scanning There are a number of ways in which the issue can arise - most often the stream never starts (with an Error no items found in playlist showing on the SB3) or at best it plays for a few seconds or minutes, runs out of buffer and does not rebuffer. My current settings are 20 secs on radio station buffer and 45 secs on radio station timeout. The important thing to note here is that Winamp (plain vanilla default install) never has a problem, never drops or jitters. I am very disappointed, I bought the SB3 in major part to listen to Internet radio. BTW, FWIW, Alien BBC works fine, but the Sirius plug-in gets as far as showing the track info but never plays the music. The only unusual thing about my setup is that I'm on a satellite broadband connection, with typical d/l speeds of 2Mb (plenty of bandwidth) and 150-400kb up. Problem (insoluble, due to laws of physics and where I live) is the latency, which is between 800 and 1200ms. BUT I would have thought that the buffer and timeout would take care of this - and again, Winamp never has a problem. I'm not trying to laud Winamp here - I'm trying to get SlimServer to work. But worst case scenario might there be a way to capture and send the Winamp audio to the SB3? All suggestions will be read with interest. Any useful ones will be rewarded with praise and acknowledgment! SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11099 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Server IP address: 192.168.0.100 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt -- jamullian jamullian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9452 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31359 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Peter;167722 Wrote: I'm sure you must be aware of the present cheaper wired variety (not available in all black)...? Regards, Peter No longer available in any color. -- upstatemike upstatemike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Cannot connect to network
Glad to be of service. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31156 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
fathom39;167661 Wrote: 2. I tried describing my system to another guy who does home audio wiring and he went off on me about how X Box kicks ass and can find any media on any networked PC and play it. Oh, well. I own an Xbox 360. My entire mp3/aac library is accessible via my 360, and the fullscreen visualizations on my 50 plasma are awesome in HD. And it worked out of the box without much issue the first time I turned it on...the moment I installed WMP11 on my PC that is. Oh, and a codec that allows it to see my iTunes library. And another codec that allows it to see the id3 info embedded in those files. Sometimes. And - woops - doesn't play FLAC or Ogg? And I can't save playlists on it unless the media is actually on the 360's own hard drive? Well that would be fine and dandy if the anemic hdd wasn't a crappy 20 gig.. *grumble* The Xbox is a mediocre media server front end at best, IMHO. I still prefer my Squeezebox over the 360 for music. Video is kind of cool on the 360, though...if it's in WMV format that is. *grumbles* -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
I think there might be a big market in bars and restaurants for an SB juke-box type system. Put a connector on the side of the thing to allow a bigger display to be plugged in and when it isn't playing music it can display RSS feeds of sports scores, weather, stock quotes, and etc. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Patrick Dixon;167615 Wrote: Shame listening to music didn't figure in there ;-) It'd be quite unusual to be dancing without music though. :-) MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Jim, I've been a Slim customer for several years, and have purchased a total of 5 Squeezeboxes for myself and for gifts. Suffice to say, I'm a fan. Things I like... - Support for FLAC - and overall attention to sound quality - Incredibly powerful, flexible server software (thanks to all!) - Ability to sync multiple Squeezeboxes - Direct access to Internet radio and other music sources - The sleep alarm clock functions (I have an SB at my bedside) - The ability to browse music by folder (I wish my iPod could!) - The ability to rescan a library (another iTunes shortcoming) - All the things I can easily do with the remote. What I don't like... - The UI. Despite the power of the software, it really fights back when I try to manipulate music. The process of changing the position of a song in a relatively long playlist is awful. Having to return to HOME for everything and then stepping through all the screens to browse for songs is cumbersome. (I have a large music library.) The UI desperately needs a complete makeover. Things I'd like to see... - An iTunes-like interface, where you can drag/drop music; re-order columns for artist, song, etc.; scroll to anything; change song filenames and tag info; find and delete duplicates. A sliding progress bar for Fast Foward and Rewind would be very cool. - The ability to play iTunes playlists without adding the iTunes library to the Slim library. Since I use FLAC on Squeezebox and MP3 for everything else, I can't play iTunes playlists without having two of everything in the Slim library. I've tried re-creating the same playlist in Slimserver, but it just makes me angry. - The ability to create a playlist that isn't now playing. This would allow, for example, the ability to preview a song before adding it to a playlist. It would also help prevent wiping out a nice list in progress when accidentally hitting Play. As with iTunes, it would be nice to just drag a song to a playlist. - Changeable remote codes. When I lower the volume on my Squeezebox, the drawer on my DVD player opens. - Better control of fast forward and rewind via the remote. It would also be a nice touch to pop up a large progress bar on Squeezebox during the operation. Bottom line, I think this music system is awesome - except the poor UI. Throw some good talent at this aspect and you'll have a system with widespread appeal for anyone who truly appreciates music (not just hard-core geeks and audiophiles). Good luck and best wishes for huge prosperity! Cheers - Mike -- Mike New Mike New's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
It's obvious that the web GUI is the main gripe for most people. I tend to alt/tab when I am doing anything with Slimserver web GUI so I can get on with something else whilst it is loading or going to the next menu. I can't think of any other programs I have to do this with. However, I don't care too much as the web GUI is not a major part of my SlimServer experience. The remote is much (much) more important. I suspect this is the case with most Squeezebox, and especially Transporter, users. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Jack Coates;167696 Wrote: Straw man. You're trying to simplify the purchase of a complex system into the terms of a simple system. Besides which, you're still incorrect -- I'll bet you, like most people, have a junk drawer full of simple items that didn't work out but are too inexpensive and unimportant to bother returning. The whole system is too complicated for your average Joe Blow. Another straw man, and a familiar one from the OS fanboy arguments... first the argument never takes into account people's willingness to take action for an outcome (how many Joe Blow types are able to successfully work their VCRs or Motorola phones, both of which could take UI tips from Slimserver), and second the argument assumes that 99% penetration of the electricity-using population is in fact a reasonable goal. You may need to think about streaming video, too. By that logic, there should also be a games console. Quite frankly, by that logic the thing should make cake. Actually, I'm an engineer and I don't have anything sitting in a drawer that doesn't work. I fix most of my stuff when it croaks, and other people's stuff, too. When I buy something that doesn't work it goes back immediately. If something dies and is unrepairable, I throw usually it away, unless I can harvest some interesting parts before I throw it away. I make a lot of my own stuff. You can see some of it here: http://mark.rehorst.com I had no trouble setting up my SB3 system, but I have maintained computers for other people for years, so I am familiar with Joe Blow's ability to deal with computer networks, software to rip, compress, and tag music files, and his ability to fix it when something goes wrong. I am also familiar with the effort he is willing to expend to get that cool sound system up and running. Most are not willing to do so. Streaming video is obvious, making cake isn't. I think what is needed here is to separate the SB audio system from the home computer system. That means a box that works the minute you plug it in because that is all that Joe Blow can handle. That means plug in an internet connection, a CD player/ripper (or have one built in), all the software to rip, compress, and tag the music, a big HDD to store it on, and preconfigured wireless networking. Essentially a Sonos or similar competitive system without the amps built into the remote receivers and hopefully without the high prices, too. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My squeezebox won't start at all
I've tried that reboot thing but the screen still remains blank. I can't imagine what's wrong with this thing. -- xpics23 xpics23's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9445 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31349 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is Top 500 Shoutcast broken in nightlies?
Hi, Is the Shoutcast top 500 broken for anybody else? When I click it, I get the following error: There was an error loading the remote feed for : ( unclosed token at line 24, column 0, byte 2496 at /disks/shared/bigmotherfucker/slimservers/SlimServer_6.5_v2007-01-06/CPAN/XML/Parser.pm line 187 ) Thanks, Ben -- bennyTHEshap bennyTHEshap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9432 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31360 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
upstatemike wrote: Peter;167722 Wrote: I'm sure you must be aware of the present cheaper wired variety (not available in all black)...? Regards, Peter No longer available in any color. I didn't know that. Can't say I'm surprised, though. I bet they weren't selling very well compared to the wireless version and it's always extra hassle to keep up different models. It would've been nice if they'd lowered the wireless price to the wired to mark the occasion. I'd always spend the extra $50 for he wireless option, you never know when you might need it. It would be interesting to know how well the other stuff is selling in comparison. White, black and all black models and of course the Transporter. But they're not *that* open, are they...? ;) Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help !
For Christmas my fiance bought me a Squeezebox 2. This is an excellent bit of kit and considering what it is and the price it doesn't sound half bad in my system either ! I do however have a couple of issues that I hope you'll be able to assist with. For your information: I am using a G5 Apple Mac as the server and streaming the data down to the Squeezebox through a Cat5 UTP cable through a Linksys Wireless Router. All of the music has been ripped to AAC (192 over 44) m4a. Problems: 1. The server occasionally locks up while in use causes blips in the music and very occasionally locks up the entire machine and I have to switch it off at the power button. (Surely not ... this is a Mac ;) 2. The Slim Devices network system doesn't appear to be able to find all of the albums that I have converted. These seem to be primarily Greatest Hits albums. Could this be anything to do with the way that I have ripped them ? Any help would be most apprciated. Thanks Paul. -- pjdowns pjdowns's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31361 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] sound level seems too low
I recently set up my nifty new SB3 and followed the directions as best as I could to RIP some CDs to FLAC with EAC/AccurateRIP/freedb. Everything I play - including my wifes iTunes playlists created earlier in some other format - all plays very softly on my stereo. If I turn the volume up it sounds fine - but the volume is double or more what I would set if I was just playing a CD directly. I connected the SB3 to the MD/DAT inputs on my Sony. Should I use another jack? Use digital cables? Thanks in advance for the help. -- tintin tintin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9455 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: My squeezebox won't start at all
xpics23 wrote: I've tried that reboot thing but the screen still remains blank. I can't imagine what's wrong with this thing. Well, believe it or not, it could actually be broken. When you get over the disappointment you might contact support to get it fixed. I had one of my 4 SB3's break on me, so they seem to do that sometimes. I hope the phenomenon is limited to the first year of ownership, though... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sound level seems too low
Have you set the SB3 volume to full? And yes, if you have digital inputs on your reciever/preamp it's no need for one extra D/A and one A/D conversion. -- tommypeters SB3--Meridian G68--NuForce Ref8--Bc Acoustique ACT A3 tommypeters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to enable standby and resume?
Jack Coates wrote: On 1/6/07, erichabg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Squeezebox sends a WOL packet when it powers on and finds that the server isn't around. It must be on the same wired LAN for that to work; routers block the magic packet. Make sure you've enabled WOL in the BIOS of your server. As for your other question, check out the PowerSave plugin. Why wouldn't it work on a wireless LAN bridged with a wired LAN? That's the usual configuration for a network isn't it? Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to enable standby and resume?
On 1/6/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Coates wrote: On 1/6/07, erichabg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Squeezebox sends a WOL packet when it powers on and finds that the server isn't around. It must be on the same wired LAN for that to work; routers block the magic packet. Make sure you've enabled WOL in the BIOS of your server. As for your other question, check out the PowerSave plugin. Why wouldn't it work on a wireless LAN bridged with a wired LAN? That's the usual configuration for a network isn't it? If the computer side is wired and the Squeezebox side is wireless and it's a bridge, not a router, then yes, it should work. -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help !
On 1/6/07, pjdowns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For Christmas my fiance bought me a Squeezebox 2. This is an excellent bit of kit and considering what it is and the price it doesn't sound half bad in my system either ! congratulations! ... 1. The server occasionally locks up while in use causes blips in the music and very occasionally locks up the entire machine and I have to switch it off at the power button. (Surely not ... this is a Mac ;) Yes, they do suck just as much as much as any other computer :) In particular, they tend to be slow. How much RAM, is it busy doing other stuff? The network health plugin might be useful too (use this from the Squeezebox's remote). Also, do you have iTunes integration turned on or are you using the music folder? 2. The Slim Devices network system doesn't appear to be able to find all of the albums that I have converted. These seem to be primarily Greatest Hits albums. Could this be anything to do with the way that I have ripped them ? It's probably a tagging issue -- how are the tracks organized and tagged? -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Reading emails on the Squeezebox
Hi, Having owned the SB for 2 weeks now, I have already created some nice scripts for it. Now I have got the idea that it is possible, in fact quite easy, to read emails on it. But before I make the scripts I would like to hear if such a thing already exists? Regards, Martin -- marlar marlar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reading emails on the Squeezebox
Probably the easiest thing to do is create an RSS feed from your email, and you're done. You can already do this for Gmail, there's a previous thread about it if you search for it. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Naming added radio stations.
Millwood, thanks for the tip. I've been annoyed by this limitation for a while, and I appreciate having a workaround that allows me to name my favorites. I saw a bugs.slimdevices.com ticket for naming Favorites on SqueezeNetwork (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1953), but nothing obvious for SlimServer, so I just opened a feature enhancement ticket for this: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4641 -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31227 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
... Actually, I'm an engineer and I don't have anything sitting in a drawer that doesn't work. I fix most of my stuff when it croaks, and other people's stuff, too. When I buy something that doesn't work it goes back immediately. If something dies and is unrepairable, I throw usually it away, unless I can harvest some interesting parts before I throw it away. I make a lot of my own stuff. You can see some of it here: http://mark.rehorst.com Cool stuff -- so okay, you don't have a junk drawer, but I still think that it's not that unusual :) I had no trouble setting up my SB3 system, but I have maintained computers for other people for years, so I am familiar with Joe Blow's ability to deal with computer networks, software to rip, compress, and tag music files, and his ability to fix it when something goes wrong. I am also familiar with the effort he is willing to expend to get that cool sound system up and running. Most are not willing to do so. Correct -- and that's okay. The same fellow doesn't have an RJ-45 crimper, either, and is more inclined to replace his wireless router than to change its default channel to one that doesn't conflict. He is not the target consumer for this product. If you want to make a product for him, fine, but changing this one into his product is a Bad Idea(TM). Streaming video is obvious, making cake isn't. Correct -- it's a reductio ad absurdum argument, used in order to point out that streaming video is outside of the functionality that the Slim Devices product line is currently targeted at. A video streaming product would be kinda cool, but it's not a Squeezebox+Slimserver, and I don't think it should be. I think what is needed here is to separate the SB audio system from the home computer system. That means a box that works the minute you plug it in because that is all that Joe Blow can handle. That means plug in an internet connection, a CD player/ripper (or have one built in), all the software to rip, compress, and tag the music, a big HDD to store it on, and preconfigured wireless networking. Essentially a Sonos or similar competitive system without the amps built into the remote receivers and hopefully without the high prices, too. There is only one reason to go into a market with a well-defined owner, and that is to trounce them by doing a better job. Sonos wins the turnkey solution folks, Slim wins the hackers. -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help !
Hi stinkingpig, Thanks for your prompt reply; The locking up thing I have now found is actually the rubbish Logitech software I have installed for the mouse I am using. When I go back to the wireless Mac mouse everything works a treat again. 1. Thanks. Damn good little machine. Not quite as good as my CD player, but considering the original price difference I am not exactly surprised. 2. Although it has to be said that the blips are sometimes there. I have just upgraded the Squeezebox's version by holding down the brightness button. Hopefully it will be better now. The Mac doesn't do anything else other than this at present. It does however seem to get a bit confused if it is downloading something else on the network or if I am using one of the other computers I have and downloading something on the internet, but then again that makes total sense. The Mac has 2GB RAM so should be enough and it is one of the last True Macs, being a G5 and using the Motorolla Chip rather than the Intel. I am using the Music Folder rather than ITunes. Felt this was slightly better, am I correct ?. One note, When you look in the music folder rather than under Artists I can find all of the albums correctly. It is only when looking under either Albums or Artists that there appears to be an issue. 3. I used ITunes to burn them all, that is as far as I know ?? Sorry I am now slightly lost ! -- pjdowns pjdowns's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7909 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31361 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: sound level seems too low
If you tweak the SB3 output to be just right with the SB3 volume control and want to keep it there, you might try my VolumeLock plugin. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html I haven't tried it with digital outputs (my hifi gear is older), but you might find it useful. -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reading emails on the Squeezebox
There are some email plugins listed here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginCommunication If you do roll your own, please consider releasing it and adding it to that list. :-) -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reading emails on the Squeezebox
andyg;167761 Wrote: Probably the easiest thing to do is create an RSS feed from your email, and you're done. Yes, that was my idea. I will take a look at Peter's link and see what I find. -- marlar marlar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reading emails on the Squeezebox
I have found that the email addons are plugins for SlimServer. I would rather prefer simple scripts to put on any web server as I don't really like being dependent on having my computer turned on. I will return with more info when I have made the script. -- marlar marlar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Memory not being written error - HELP!!!
Suspicious looking memory location - possibly some other error. Suggest you enable the d_scan debug flag and repeat the process. This will show which track the scan failed on. I have seen corrupted tags cause this (on linux). Best solution is to move the entire directory in which scan failed outwith your music path and re-scan. If this then completes it is time to fathom out what SS doesn't like about the file(s) in that directory, fix them and move the directory back into the music path. -- DasGutHerrDoktor DasGutHerrDoktor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5214 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31356 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Peter;167584 Wrote: A professional version of something Moose would do. Agreed, if you add local playback that doesn't rely on softsqueeze. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
EnochLight;167730 Wrote: I own an Xbox 360. My entire mp3/aac library is accessible via my 360, and the fullscreen visualizations on my 50 plasma are awesome in HD. And it worked out of the box without much issue the first time I turned it on...the moment I installed WMP11 on my PC that is. Oh, and a codec that allows it to see my iTunes library. And another codec that allows it to see the id3 info embedded in those files. Sometimes. And - woops - doesn't play FLAC or Ogg? And I can't save playlists on it unless the media is actually on the 360's own hard drive? Well that would be fine and dandy if the anemic hdd wasn't a crappy 20 gig.. *grumble* The Xbox is a mediocre media server front end at best, IMHO. I still prefer my Squeezebox over the 360 for music. Video is kind of cool on the 360, though...if it's in WMV format that is. *grumbles* And the Xbox sounds like a jet aircraft taking off... Even my 14 year-old nephew complains about that!!! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
CCRDude;167653 Wrote: Squeezebox wins over Soundbridge: You made some excellent points in your post, but missed one that made the choice easier for me: 802.11g rather than 11b. -- morberg morberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8757 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Since I bought my SB3, two work colleagues have bought based on my raves. The things I like:- Sound quality / native flac support The ability to browse your whole music collection really easily. The 3rd party pluggins are great. Pandora is fantastic, though it needs the ability to use it via Slimserver as well as through Squeezenetwork so you can log your tunes on LastFM ;) The display is great, and the overall look is very easy on the eye. I don't like:- Playlists / integration with iTunes. I have an iPod, as do an awful lot of potential customers. This means I have 500 odd albums ripped as MP3 and another 150 or so ripped as FLAC. All the FLACs have MP3 duplicates so I can listen to them on the iPod. I want Slimserver to ONLY play the best quality of song it can, so if there is a FLAC version I don't want it to bother with the MP3. At the moment, it causes a terrible amount of faffing around that I still haven't really got to grips with. The web interface isn't so good. I use a Harmony 895 remote. As you're all the same company now, better 895 support should surely be pretty easy? It works fine, but it should be bang on out of the box. Thanks Gary -- Gary_W Gary_W's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4483 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Introducing..... me!
Quoting tyler_durden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I had no trouble setting up my SB3 system, but I have maintained computers for other people for years, so I am familiar with Joe Blow's ability to deal with computer networks, software to rip, compress, and tag music files, and his ability to fix it when something goes wrong. I am also familiar with the effort he is willing to expend to get that cool sound system up and running. Most are not willing to do so. But how many of those people are serious music listeners? In my opinion, the Squeezebox is not a product for people that are content listening to FM radio in their cars or are content with the storage capacity of their Nano. Most people in my experience that are serious enough music fans to accumulate large collections are technologically savvy enough to deal with a Squeezebox. They may be audiophiles, dealing with highly complex systems and concepts, or they've already been involved for some time in downloading music to accumulate the collections they've built. Just look at the size of the music collections that people on these forums have. I haven't seen many (any?) posts from people that have 200 songs in their iTunes library and are interested in Slim products. The slimserver market, again in my opinion, is comprised of passionate music fans that aren't going to be daunted by the minor complexities of setting up a server. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RSS Feed with links to streams - how to play?
WFMU has an RSS feed with links to their most recent shows. An entry from the XML file looks like this: WFMU MP3 Archive: Michael Shelley's show from Jan 6, 2007 http://wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=21658archive=32469 I can load it into the SlimServer RSS reader but pressing play doesn't hook to the stream. It can also be viewed from the podcast plugin but can't be played. Manually entering the .m3u url in a playlist text file will play the stream but then it doesn't update of course. I feel like there is a way to do this but I can't figure it out. Any guidance? Thanks. -- asteinmetz asteinmetz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4847 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31368 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live 365 problem
Hi Ross, the IP address checked out fine and I rebooted my Mac and now the radio options seem to be working. So fingers crossed it was just a reboot or restart of server issue. Many thanks for you prompt support on this issue. Great. Regards Brett. -- kyle1bre kyle1bre's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9412 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31143 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Broken Slim
Matt Shaw;9646 Wrote: Hiya, I posted in here earlier about problems with play back with my slimp and it making popping noises when playing songs. Which suddenly started out of the blue. I have since taken it to a friends house and tried it on his system (as he has one as well) and it seems it is my Slim. So the question is where in the UK can I send it to be fixed? (Not best pleased as I only bought it back in October) Matt. Just happened about 2 weeks ago...check this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31188highlight=popping Still haven't found the culprit. I just wrote Slimdevices customer service this morning. I will try to stay in touch. -- empty99 empty99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3488 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless connection
oconnellc;167755 Wrote: Problem not related to the squeezebox. I found a firmware update for my wireless router and things are working (so far)? Glad we could help ;) Are you running Slimserver 6.5? There is a great wireless data test that you can run under Plugins - Network Test Once the network test is running press the down arrow till it hits 2000kbps, that should be able to stay at Avg 90%. My little d-link 802.11g can do 99% at 5000kbps no problem. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31344 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Broken Slim
3 years old post! But my problem is similar and still current...Any help much appreciated. TN -- empty99 empty99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3488 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Broken Slim
If you only bought it in October then it's a warranty job and should go back to your dealer. Craig -- Craig MC2Slim - Windows Shell and J River Media Center Integration for Squeezebox. http://www.duff-zapp.co.uk Craig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=96 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=3371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Help !
... 2. Although it has to be said that the blips are sometimes there. I have just upgraded the Squeezebox's version by holding down the brightness button. Hopefully it will be better now. The Mac doesn't do anything else other than this at present. It does however seem to get a bit confused if it is downloading something else on the network or if I am using one of the other computers I have and downloading something on the internet, but then again that makes total sense. The Mac has 2GB RAM so should be enough and it is one of the last True Macs, being a G5 and using the Motorolla Chip rather than the Intel. I am using the Music Folder rather than ITunes. Felt this was slightly better, am I correct ?. One note, When you look in the music folder rather than under Artists I can find all of the albums correctly. It is only when looking under either Albums or Artists that there appears to be an issue. That all sounds fine... the firmware upgrade probably will help, especially if you go to a 6.5.1 nightly from http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/ One other thing to try is to use your remote to go to Plugins Network Test, then press down until you see problems. 3. I used ITunes to burn them all, that is as far as I know ?? Sorry I am now slightly lost ! I don't like iTunes or Mac myself, but basically you need to modify the tags for those albums. Are the tracks present when you browse by artist? Do you have your music in Artist Album folders? -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WiFi frustration! (But happy ending... for now)
Recoveryone;167539 Wrote: I was about to ask you some question about your provider, but I notice your in the UK, and from some other posting from people form across the pond I come to learn your providers are like night and day from ours in the US. Our provider is NTL (broadband cable); they supplied a cable modem. However, the wireless router that it plugs into (Linksys WRT54G or something like that) is entirely ours. For once, I don't think NTL have anything to do with the problem! There was another failure today... my wife was listening to a long playlist, randomised, when after a couple of hours it suddenly stopped. I had gone out for a few minutes, and was surprised to return to silence. It stopped mid-track, and when it came on again, it started the playlist from scratch, so I stopped it. I assumed it was another WiFi glitch, until I went upstairs and discovered that the PC had crashed and rebooted! No idea why; I'd left MediaMonkey converting a ton of FLACs to mp3 for the iPod, but this was nothing unusual. -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31330 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] radioio Failed to Parse Error
When I try to connect to the radioio menu the squeezebox is giving me a Failed to Parse... error after it tries to fetch the menu...Any ideas? I am running 6.50 on Windows XP. -Chris -- ChrisNY ChrisNY's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31370 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] radioio Failed to Parse Error
There are some known parsing problems with 6.5.0. You'll want to try the latest nightly builds of 6.5.1 here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Is it better to wire the server or the SB? One has to be on wifi...
For quality - is it better to have the server wired in the network and the SB on wifi? or the server on wifi and the SB on the network? should one choice be better than the other? -- bigmdime bigmdime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is it better to wire the server or the SB? One has to be on wifi...
If you're using Internet radio or SqueezeNetwork, it would be better to make the Squeezebox wired so it has the best connection ot the internet. If you're streaming from the computer, it doesn't really matter - if you get dropouts one way, try it the other way. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is it better to wire the server or the SB? One has to be on wifi...
seanadams;167833 Wrote: If you're using Internet radio or SqueezeNetwork, it would be better to make the Squeezebox wired so it has the best connection ot the internet. If you're streaming from the computer, it doesn't really matter - if you get dropouts one way, try it the other way. Thanks - i's not for squeezenetwork but for streaming from the computer. moving the cable box/router isn't insignificant for me. right now both are wfi and i'm getting drop-outs. so i have to move the wire to one or the other. which is more likely to fix the problem? i'd rather just move it once. -- bigmdime bigmdime's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4956 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Is it better to wire the server or the SB? One has to be on wifi...
bigmdime wrote: Thanks - i's not for squeezenetwork but for streaming from the computer. moving the cable box/router isn't insignificant for me. right now both are wfi and i'm getting drop-outs. so i have to move the wire to one or the other. which is more likely to fix the problem? i'd rather just move it once. It is impossible to say remotely. It can depend on wires and pipes in the walls, neighbors with microwaves or wireless telephones, etc. just test it. Drag cable from each to your switch/router. Make sure that fixes it. (sure, it has lousy WAF, but this is just a test). Then unplug one, test, plug it back, unplug the other, retest. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is it better to wire the server or the SB? One has to be on wifi...
bigmdime;167832 Wrote: For quality - is it better to have the server wired in the network and the SB on wifi? or the server on wifi and the SB on the network? should one choice be better than the other? Like Pat says, for quality it could go either way. What exactly does your network look like, including the physical layout, locations of the Squeezebox, the server, router/switch, etc? Do you have any other PCs on the network? I'm curious why you say you can only move the wire to one or the other - does your router only have a single Ethernet port? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Another new music site supporting DRM
I've tried soundtaxi. It converts well on the DRM from musicmatch. I converted with no problem and the songs play well on slimp3. Files from Itunes seem to skip. I've now tried to convert with a lower level quality and some of them seem to convert fine but not all of them. It's not a bad deal. -- LULU LULU's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9163 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Another new music site supporting DRM
LULU;167842 Wrote: I've tried soundtaxi. It converts well on the DRM from musicmatch. I converted with no problem and the songs play well on slimp3. Files from Itunes seem to skip. I've now tried to convert with a lower level quality and some of them seem to convert fine but not all of them. It's not a bad deal. But back to Michael's question...how does it work? If it's actually stripping the DRM then sound-quality wise you're ok, but if it's transcoding back to a lossy format or doing something along the lines of what Boywonder suggests then you're losing sound quality. -- azinck3 azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
