Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Just to speculate wildly some more. Anyone else noticed that the Linux nightly builds of Squeezeplay haven't been updated since June 23rd? Maybe the guys are adding loads of new features for the Touch (assuming its running a modified Squeezeplay)and don't want to pre-release this modified Squeezeplay? CW -- Chunkywizard *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Lounge and Kitchen) *Squeezecenter:* 7.4-27xxx for Windows Home Server (HP EX-475 MediaSmart Server with 2GB RAM upgrade) *Plugins:* Dynamic Playlists 2.8 | SQL Playlist 2.5 | Music Information Screen 4.42 | Custom Scan 2.7 | TrackStat 2.9 | SettingsManager 2.1.12 | SyncOptions 2.1.24 | AutoDimDisplay 2.1.7 | Biography 2.7.0 *Remote:* iPod Touch Gen. 1 running 'iPeng' (http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2008/11/25/ipeng-application-now-on-app-store/) Chunkywizard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Different number of artists
I've got two instances of slimcenter on my LAN, one on the HTPC the other on the NAS. Both running 7.3.3, with Erland Custom Browse and the same xml files and options in slimcenter/behaviour. But the two have different number of artists after the scan Your music library contains 1742 albums with 27349 songs by 380 artists. Your music library contains 1742 albums with 27358 songs by 520 artists. Any idea of the massive discrepancy? -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66266 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A Cautionary Tale..
Hi All, Thought I'd share with the board my big error over the weekend and also to highlight the importance of backup! I recently bought a 1tb external HDD to mirror my /storage folder on my server (running vortexbox), its got about 450gb worth of music, photos etc, I set this backup to run using rsync and it ran daily. Over the weekend I travlled to my to parents house and brought the server with me, on Sat I couldn't get Squeezecenter to run, I worked out this was a space issue and from that noticed that the previous nights rsync job had run without the External HDD plugged in and had filled the 20gb root partition on the server. I navigated to /media/externalHdd to delete the storage folder there which had incorrectly been created with the backup job, however I made a fatal mistake and instead of rm -rf storage/* I did rm -rf /storage/* This then deleted the entire 450gb worth of music etc. it was too late to change it once I realised. Thankfully when I return home on weds my External HD will be there with the server backed up from thurs (I hope nothing has happened to it!) however I have been kicking myself ever since for the error ! Does anyone with Linux experience know of a smarter way of doing the backup, I'm presuming something like a shell script which checks for the external HDD being mounted before running the backup ? Secondly is there a way of protecting the /storage part of the server to stop running commands like the above, I log in as root when ever I'm doing work on the server Thanks Ian -- socistep socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66269 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
Chunkywizard;445305 Wrote: Just to speculate wildly some more. Anyone else noticed that the Linux nightly builds of Squeezeplay haven't been updated since June 23rd? Maybe the guys are adding loads of new features for the Touch (assuming its running a modified Squeezeplay)and don't want to pre-release this modified Squeezeplay? CW I'm pretty sure that one of the Devs commented recently that their build systems for those are actually dead right now, and the team are busy working on SC 7.4/8.0 right now which is taking priority. I don't have any inside knowledge, but I would say that there is definitely work going on that we don't know about. I would be extremely worried for the future of the Streaming Media Division of Logitech if there wasn't. A business that relies on selling a product, be it hardware or software, won't last long if they aren't constantly working on the next product, or even the next two or three product generations at the same time. That's just how things are. Do you think that MS finish Windows 7 and then go Right, lets start Windows 8 now? No, they will already have a Windows 8 team in place and now that Windows7 is RTM, a bunch of those devs will no migrate onto the Windows8 team. Others will be working on the next set of updates, bug fixes and service packs for Windows 7. That's how large developments work. Oh and MS will probably have a small team working on technologies for Windows9. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x boom *2*x controller, *1*x receiver *2*x sb3 (sliver/black, *1*x sb2 wired (silver), *1*x sb (black) *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) interested in any others if you have them! funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Cautionary Tale..
I would suggest a look at rdiff-backup (http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org) for a similar rdiff-like solution but which will also efficiently maintain a number of previous backup snapshots as well. It's easy to script and automate, and has worked well for me for a while. I run it nightly to an internal disk (automated, only mounting that disk when needed so I couldn't accidentally delete the files on it), and weekly to one I take off-site. That way if I make a mistake such as yours I'd have an backup close to hand. To prevent accidentally backing up without the drive mounted a poor-mans way is to make sure the backup is to a directory under the root of the mount-point (eg /storage/ext/backup), rather than to the mount point root itself (/storage/ext). That way the backup should immediately fail since the target directory isn't there (ie /storage/ext/backup won't exist unless the drive is already mounted). Alternatively, wrap the backup with a short script that checks that directory is there, is present in /proc/mounts, or something similar. The obvious answer to avoiding this kind of error is not to run as root - make your media owned by a group (eg media) and put yourself in that group. Of course you'll still be able to quickly delete everything available to that group, but the consequences wouldn't be as bad if you accidentally ran it on the root directory, for example. Other alternatives are to make 'rm' prompt for your approval (alias rm to rm -i, which you can add to a login script) - according to the man page it'll then prompt if there are more than three files or a recursive rm is being performed, which would have saved you in this situation if you'd read the prompt. Also, some other shells (eg fish or zsh) can be better at catching classic errors such as this - I can't remember for sure but I recall one or both of these having some special protection. There are as many ways of backing up as there are people who reply to threads such as this, so you'll be unlikely to hear of a 'best' way...! My only other advice is to also encrypt your backups as an external drive is easy to lose or have stolen - Linux makes that easy with dm-crypt/LUKS (and it's easily scriptable). Stuart On 03/08/2009 10:16 AM, socistep wrote: Hi All, Thought I'd share with the board my big error over the weekend and also to highlight the importance of backup! I recently bought a 1tb external HDD to mirror my /storage folder on my server (running vortexbox), its got about 450gb worth of music, photos etc, I set this backup to run using rsync and it ran daily. Over the weekend I travlled to my to parents house and brought the server with me, on Sat I couldn't get Squeezecenter to run, I worked out this was a space issue and from that noticed that the previous nights rsync job had run without the External HDD plugged in and had filled the 20gb root partition on the server. I navigated to /media/externalHdd to delete the storage folder there which had incorrectly been created with the backup job, however I made a fatal mistake and instead of rm -rf storage/* I did rm -rf /storage/* This then deleted the entire 450gb worth of music etc. it was too late to change it once I realised. Thankfully when I return home on weds my External HD will be there with the server backed up from thurs (I hope nothing has happened to it!) however I have been kicking myself ever since for the error ! Does anyone with Linux experience know of a smarter way of doing the backup, I'm presuming something like a shell script which checks for the external HDD being mounted before running the backup ? Secondly is there a way of protecting the /storage part of the server to stop running commands like the above, I log in as root when ever I'm doing work on the server Thanks Ian ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Cautionary Tale..
socistep;445326 Wrote: Hi All, I navigated to /media/externalHdd to delete the storage folder there which had incorrectly been created with the backup job, however I made a fatal mistake and instead of rm -rf storage/* I did rm -rf /storage/* This then deleted the entire 450gb worth of music etc. it was too late to change it once I realised. This form of the rm command is VERY dangerous, as you've discovered, and should always be use with great care. If you use the wrong form of it, you can delete every single file on your hard drive with a single command! I would suggest in the future using some form of the find command to validate what you are passing to the rm command. If this shows what you expect to see, then use the string with the rm command. Another solution would be to call your back up directory something completely different (i.e. ServerBackup). If you can't do this directly, you could create a symbolic link of this name to what you want to back up. At least you learned your lesson without causing any damage that you cannot recover from. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,462 songs, 2,276 albums, 434 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66269 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!
funkstar;445336 Wrote: A business that relies on selling a product, be it hardware or software, won't last long if they aren't constantly working on the next product, or even the next two or three product generations at the same time. Time for me to start the New Logitech MM Stream Squeezebox Thought dreamt of!! Thread!!! -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: Polarity control
chevvies;445196 Wrote: Thanks, I double checked that cables were the right way around and they were so I presume it's the DAC at fault after all! :) So... did you swap the cables over? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19961 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Cautionary Tale..
A long time ago, well before sudo came to existence, I did, as root: rm -rf . /foobar where I wanted ./foobar. Oh well, homedir gone, ridiculed by colleagues etc. - never work as root. never. - always use . to prepend your path when expressing relative paths - prefer developing a small wrapper to often-used commands. alias rm='rm -i' in your .bashrc (or equiv.) is a simple solution. Writing a shell script called mybackup.sh or something is usually the way I go. After my mishap, I had a colleague who shared with me his personal trick: alias rm to his version of rm, which was in fact a move command to a specific trash directory. The trash being emptied via cron every so often. In the specific case of backing up to USB, you could use the /etc/udev/ rules files to recognize the brand of bridge that gets connected, and if this is the backup drive, then run a script: - mount to a specific location, with specific rights, - stat the filesystem, - launch the backup as a specific user, - auto-dismount at the end. This is a bit stringent, as plugging the drive will automatically command a long, uninterruptible process. Personally I prefer running a custom command at will. -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66269 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Hello one and all, I'm intrigued, what are the chances of SC being able to run on the 'C-200' (http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspecitem_id=12)? It'd make my year if it were possible. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
It has been talked about before here: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=7180 Nut shell: I believe you would first need to port mySQL, PERL and what ever else was necessary to run SqueezeCenter to the PopcornHour (aka MediaTank) platform (which uses a SigmaDesign chip/processor). Recall, SqueezeCenter is written in PERL and is highly dependent on software packages that are just as or much more complex than its self. It's not impossible - I just don't know if anyone has done it yet (last I checked months ago it had not been done). Of course, unless PopcornHour boxes are sold differently now, you would also have to add a mass storage device like a hard drive to store all this software and your media files. Gibbo wrote: Hello one and all, I'm intrigued, what are the chances of SC being able to run on the 'C-200' (http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspecitem_id=12)? It'd make my year if it were possible. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!
So what's the answer for the relatively non technical? When will SB stream http://radio.cesnet.cz:8000/cro-d-dur.flac I have just set up my new Beresford Caiman to use Foobar with WASPI from my laptop into the USB input. Foobar will stream http://radio.cesnet.cz:8000/cro-d-dur.flac and that station is amazing. When, O when Squeezebox gurus? -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen. Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Gibbo;445415 Wrote: Hello one and all, I'm intrigued, what are the chances of SC being able to run on the 'C-200' (http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspecitem_id=12)? It'd make my year if it were possible. To get SC running on a C200 will be possible. Just from hardware aspect. I did follow this idea some time but if you include it all in all its a very expensive solution. Additional Sigma the producer of the chip have problems with GPL licensed stuff. I saw it with the MPD. Someone who have the libaries of the Sigma chip, did compile MPD but didn't give back the tools to compile it again and make changes. So in fact, after it was shure that it was a GPL violation Moderators still support in their forums to find the Violation file. I think its better not to start at this point. Anyways to compile player or or to write a application is not the best with this background. Additional if you see it all in all its a very expensive solution for a chip with arround 600 MHZ. In Germany including harddisc you are very fast more than 500.- Euro. I have a A110 and the Audio still sucks. -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: Polarity control
Yes thanks, and now the soundstage is correct but the red positive phono is now of course in the black socket. -- chevvies Meridian GO6, Squeezebox 3, Oppo DV980H, Pro-Ject Debut III Phono USB, MacBook Pro, MacBook, iBook G4, Cambridge Audio DacMagic, Sony VTX D800 Grover Huffman SC Wyred4Sound ST 1000 + Cyrus PreXVS Ecosse ES 4.45 bi-wire ATC SCM19, Atacama SL500, FlexyTable, Panasonic 37PX80B. Earth - go figure. chevvies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9152 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19961 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
chp;443577 Wrote: I haven't been able to spend much time on this project currently, but I'll revisit it shortly. Things I'll be looking at: - Linux compatibility (If possible, haven't looked at why Wine isn't loading the DLL yet) This would be my favourite! I tried by myself and at least got the dsbridge icon to show under linux with wine. But trying to listen from a squeezebox leads to spotify crash :( nickname777 -- nickname nickname's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Thanks for the responses. ST2000, I already own an A-110 and am well aware of it's lack of capability in this matter. that thread is in reference to the A series, a totally different kettle of fish to the C-200, the model I posted a link to. It seems to be powerful enough to do the job, and may have the ability to do it. You wouldn't need a battery of external drives to do the job, you can install 2 2.5'' drives and 1 3.5'' drive, but I do also have a 3TB soon to be 4.5TB DAS which the C-200 would have access to. Just think, rather than buying a £300+ NAS, you could buy a £240 media and blu ray player, and you could have the best of all worlds... -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Gibbo;445450 Wrote: Thanks for the responses. ST2000, I already own an A-110 and am well aware of it's lack of capability in this matter. You wouldn't need a battery of external drives to do the job, you can install 2 2.5'' drives and 1 3.5'' drive, but I do also have a 3TB soon to be 4.5TB DAS which the C-200 would have access to. Just think, rather than buying a £300+ NAS, you could buy a £240 media and blu ray player, and you could have the best of all worlds... I'm not thinking about using the C-200 to play music, but as a server for my 2 SB's As its so think that SC needs a lot of power of the main processor. Maybee its better to wait for the next generation of Multimediaplayers, when they have arround 1.2 - 1.6 GHZ. You can read in different threads when People change SC from their NAS to a mini PC like EEE-BOX. Its not noisy, take only arround 8.- Euro/Year of Energy if its runs 7/24. I did placed mine in the kitchen and have an additional Squeezeplayer. In fact with a little monitor and cheap boxes like xtreamer you have realy a multimedia solution, what fits your needs. 500 GB harddisk in each and integrate in the network let you things like a NAS forget. In the main room than a solution like transporter and you are in a high definition quality and do not need to make a lots of compromise with quality and navigation of a A110 or a C200. For me i did decide no more to make any compromise just to have all in all in one solution. -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Duet Remote battery
Just a note to say that my Remote battery is mostly dead after less than a year of use. This is not a good result. However, tech support readily agreed, and since the device is still under warranty are replacing the battery. Kudos to support, but no kudos to whoever speced and/or sourced the battery, assuming (as I can given other posts on the same subject) that my problem is not unique. R. -- RonM RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66285 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My personal thoughts on Squeezebox concept.
Finally, after a long trip my new Squeezebox arrived at home. I thought I had to inform you all here about my process. After unpacking it, it tool me two minutes to set it up playing...It showed me its pin, so I updated my account on squeezenetwork with this new player and I even turned off my Vortexbox and Squeezebox rocks my world... Thank you for such a great product. It really ROCKS ! ! ! -- YanniG YanniG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!
Yeah this is really interesting to me too, but we just don't have time to work on it right now. I have filed an enhancement though: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12893 -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!
Thanks Andy. I will have to be patient! -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen. Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Well, since you haven't tried the C-200 I find it intriguing you already deem it not good enough platform to use the SC on. I've got SqueezeCenter running on my old NAS with less resources available (apart from storage) than the C-200. It's not good performance at all, but it runs. We might look into using the old 6.5.4 with sqlite or so too, anything to get the extra performance - if needed - to make it run. And what does GPL violations and mpd got to do with anything concerning running SqueezeCenter on on the NMT platform? That's totally mixing apples with pears. SC will not interact with any closed/secret/proprietary library on the NMT as we are talking about -serving Squeezebox clients-, not NMT's, for audio out. Just like running SC in Windows. And there's no compromise in audio quality whatsoever. The only thing I can think of is the usability with slow navigation of big media libraries. You are entitled to your opinion about NMT's, but it will not change the minds of those who will have a C-200 and is looking for a way to serve their Squeezeboxes/Transporters/Duets/whatevers from it - as the original post is about. -- dc11ab dc11ab's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8190 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Just to add one more plea for anyone who is clever enough to get something like this to work on a Mac. This really does sound like it is just what I have been waiting for... tempted to shift my whole server system to a PC just for this if there is no way of easily achieving this on a Mac. WhaleOil -- WhaleOil WhaleOil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5227 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
Would love to stream spotify to my SB, but this seems to be a bit complicated. Is there another plugin or is this the one ?! -- Joaquin Joaquin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9247 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
Well, since you haven't tried the C-200... I did try. But i wouldn't like to tell here the circumstance. It was an early firmware on it and not a final release. So i can say only final release should be better. It's not good performance at all, but it runs. We might look into using the old 6.5.4 with sqlite or so too, anything to get the extra performance - if needed - to make it run. I did say exact this in my first posting here in this thread from technical point... And what does GPL violations and mpd got to do with anything concerning running SqueezeCenter on on the NMT platform? That's totally mixing apples with pears. I agree. Because i know also PCH Mods read inside here :-) was just a sidekick to the things what make sence. To buy a new C200 machine and let SC run to keep it run. Expensive Solution. If you have a C200 and no other possibilities for SC ok, do it. What can make sense is a player for the SC. But here it can not be Open Source, because of Sigmas restrictions. And there's no compromise in audio quality whatsoever. The only thing I can think of is the usability with slow navigation of big media libraries. Sigma Chips are known for not the best Audio Quality. Analog audio output of the A110 is well known. Digital output goes direct through the Sigma chip. I prefer SB3 and Duet Sound Quality You are entitled to your opinion about NMT's, but it will not change the minds of those who will have a C-200 and is looking for a way to serve their Squeezeboxes/Transporters/Duets/whatevers from it - as the original post is about. I beleave your promisses it will be made possible... Somehow. When C200 is available i am awaiting your instalation instruction... If it comes. Ok i must tell others that i personally was never so dissapointet with a product like the A110. I do not own a TV and did bought it because i did beleave of the promises it can play audio via network. But i did beleave in their promisses to make a reasonable audio possible. So i mix to much negative emotions inside this. The best i was done after this i bought a Squeezebox and here i have to say thanks to the PCH forums to make me attention to it. -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug or intended behavior?
Sounds more like a last.fm function than a Squeezebox or Slacker one. You've given last.fm permission to track your local and internet listening habits, and it seems they are using your likes/dislikes in other places to tailor your future selections on last.fm. Actually, I use both, too, and it sounds like a good idea to me. If I tell Slacker I like or dislike a song, that keeps me from having to tell last.fm the same thing. (I wonder if they also have a way to know about my Slacker Portable favorites and bans when I refresh?) -- kc5f kc5f's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19652 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66224 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Headphone Socket on SB3
Is there a software switch to turn the headphone socket on and off? I seem to remember one, but cannot find it. -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen. Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
While I compliment your honesty, you still seem to mix some things up. The OP/first post is not asking to use the NMT as a player, like you seem to imply. The OP is asking for the possibility of running a SqueezeCenter installed on a C-200. That has nothing to do with the closed source Sigma libraries, just as there is Realtek libraries on the Xtreamer, or Microsoft kernel on Windows, AIX libs/drivers on some IBM servers etc. The Sigma libs and the issue with mpd is totally unrelated to this thread and I have no idea why you are still there. In the scenario Gibbo (and I) is arguing for, there will be no audio quality issues at all since the decoding is done on the Squeezebox itself. Our ambition is to get SqueezeCenter running on the C-200 to serve Squeezebox(es), not for playback on the NMT itself. If it's possible, we really want to try even though there are far better solutions. But we are not discussing the best and most optimal solution: this thread is about the feasibility of running SC on a C-200. Like Gibbo, I already own a Squeezebox. Happy user since several years enjoying music and radio streams playback. The current generation of NMT's are really far behind in comparison, allthough the Music Jukebox and the SqueezeNMT project has some minor potential. I also use my Squeezebox as a wireless bridge for my NMT, apart from when I need to use CAT6 for really high bitrate movies. Judging from the NMT forum, there seems to be at least a couple of more Squeeezebox users in a similar situation. Since the Squeezebox does not do video as the NMT does, these two products compliment my A/V environment very well. I will get the C-200 for BD-ROM playback apart from my SD DVD rips - and the better performance to go. Having the two products, I want to try to use them together as much as I can, without the need for extra equipment. I don't want an Asus EeePC or anything like it to run SC. THAT would be a waste in my scenario, but maybe not yours and others. I have not made any sort of promise anywhere that it will work to setup the SC on the C-200. I have implied that it could work, but that will have to be tested once there is an actual C-200 available to try it on! I don't have one so obviously I'm not entitled to any promising. But I can speculate, given the released specifications. Most people apart from reviewers at some magazines have no idea how poor or good playback performance is on the C-200 - this product is not yet even released to public and the people that do have seen it in live action should be under NDA. But again, we really don't care since it is the C-200 SqueezeCenter setup we are looking for, not any playback on this product. If am able to do the setup successfully, once I get my hands on a C-200 and a working toolchain, I'll be very glad to post the instructions for you and anyone interesting to read it. By now I hope I've made the objective of running SC on the C-200 understood? Sorry for the ranting if that was already clear. (Small note for anyone who cares: I am NOT affiliated with Popcorn Hour or Syabas Inc, but I do own a Popcorn Hour A-100 -purchased with my own money- and I am an honorary moderator -not paid or endorsed- at the NetworkedMediaTank.com; an NMT owner's forum sponsored through hosting by Syabas Inc.) -- dc11ab dc11ab's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8190 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Headphone Socket on SB3
AFAIK it is always on, and not switchable. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify
The installation procedure looked simple enough but I can't get it to work, perhaps someone can help me. When starting spotify, dsbridge fires up and a blue dot appears in the task bar with hoover text dsbridge, HttpServer. http://localhost:8124/ If I add a favourite http://192.168.1.4:8124 (I am certain of the ip) and click on it, the blue dot turns green but unfortunately for me, no music through my SB. Also, the music in my computers speakers also dissapears at this point. Squeezecenter complains, after some time, (Error on HTTP socket: Bad file descriptor). It seems that something is streamed though. I tried directing my web reader at http://192.168.1.4:8124 and I got music through some quick time plugin. Any thoughts or suggestions what to do? I use lame_end.cll version 3.98.2 and I have not modified dsbridge.ini -- frisk frisk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29802 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Popcorn hour C-200
As an interesting project? Yes it would be worth a shot. As a practical solution for everyday running of SC? I'd rather listen to death metal for 12 hours a day. The C200 is woefully underpowered to run SC. -- shake-the-disease Players: Boom, SB1 Server: QNAP TS-239 w/ SSOTS 3.18, SS 7.3.3, MusicIP 1.8, 7k+ tracks (formally running SS 6.3.1 on a QNAP TS-101) shake-the-disease's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=698 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66276 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
The sad thing for me is, even the Homeplugs don't always work well. One problem is my router and computer are in separate rooms, so I have a potential bottleneck right there. I've thought about getting a small minitower or NAS to tuck into the stereo cabinet and connect directly to the router, but haven't wanted to shell out the bucks. The Homeplugged devices normally work ok, but I've recorded speeds in the low single digits from one location (as a result this is my only wifi connection in the house...but even with 90% signal strength I still have rebuffering issues with flac). My advice to those considering making the Homeplug investment: buy just two and check the speeds from each outlet you're considering connecting an SB before you make a large investment. -- GeeJay GeeJay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork for files with no artwork
No ideas? Barking up the wrong forum? -- sebage http://www.last.fm/user/sebage/ Main system; SB3 - Bel Canto S300 - BW 703 In the study; SBG - Beresford TC-7510 - T-Amp - BW DM600 Sony Sub For the hard to reach places; SBB sebage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2617 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork for files with no artwork
Put the image of your choice in the album's folder, and name it cover or one of the other operative names. I presume you know how to explore and download from the variety of available sources for cover art (like Amazon). Good luck. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Headphone Socket on SB3
It used to be the case that you could fix the output level of the digital outputs at 100%, but leave the analog outputs (headphone jack and RCA outputs) with variable volume control. That would give you a rough way of turning the headphones on or off. But firmwares for SB2/SB3 since last summer now have all outputs -- both digital outs and both analog outs -- always using the same output level. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49694 I've had pretty good luck running *slightly* wrong firmware version from time-to-time (I tend to switch between the lastest stable release and the current beta), but I think you'd probably be stuck at SqueezeCenter 7.2.x or older if you really wanted that old capability. I wouldn't expect to run firmware from the 7.1 release with SqueezeCenter 7.3 or newer. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver ContextMenu FuzzyTime KidsPlay KitchenTimer PlayLog PowerCenter/BottleRocket SaverSwitcher SettingsManager SleepFade StatusFirst SyncOptions VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork for files with no artwork
Just use the image of your choice in those albums ? put in a folder.jpg in the folder that has the album. If there only a few this is quickly done. -- Mnyb No it can NOT be controlled with iTunes Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool
I am having a problem figuring this out. I have a wired setup with the following specs IP Address = 192.168.0.105 Gateway = 192.168.0.1 Squeezecenter address=192.168.105 So I reset the SBR and entered the following: discover conf 1 set interface=0 lan_ip_mode=0 lan_gateway=192.168.0.1 lan_network_address=?? lan_subnet_mask=255.255.255.0 primary_dns=192.168.0.1 squeezecenter_address=192.168.0.105 save_data reset I assumed that the lan_network_address became the static IP. Is this correct? If not, how do you assign a static IP address? Thanks for the help. -- daviseh daviseh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8828 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
