Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95
Locuth;515582 Wrote: Steffen - yes I am pursuing this project. A friend of mine is developing a WM-based player. It runs already but has still some stability issues. Plus the CPU-usage in conjuntion with SlimCtrl is ~60-80% Cheers Sebastian wow sounds great :-) -- kober kober's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC App or iPlayer plugin?
The BBCiPlayerExtra can be used to generate a list for any of the BBC feed so perhaps this one may be more certain of including Elain Paige http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bbc_radio_two/music/easy_listening_soundtracks_and_musicals/list You can try the URL in your browser to see what programs are included in this easy listening soundtracks and musicals list. All you need to is change the URL in the favorite you have just created - it will list all programs in category not limited to top 10. The plugin is necessary for two reasons: 1. The URL in the RSS list (which is the source feed for BBCiPlayerExtra) is not playable by SBS - it needs the plugin to get the playable URL. 2. The default playable URL will be Flash/AAC which needs to be transcoded for Boom to play. This may change. 1. For new products such as Radio and Touch - there is an Applet in development which will enable these players to find and play Listen Again programs while connected to mysb.com. 2. For Boom and older players - the BBC now have WMA versions of all programs so what is needed is a list of the URLs of the BBC programs in WMA which can be read by mysb.com(i.e. opml or RSS format). So far there is a list of BBC WMA program here http://beebotron.org/index3lite.php?reload but it is not immediately usable by mysb.com. There is also iplayerconvertor ( http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk/reciva_instructions.aspx ) which provides an RSS list of programs (which is unable by mysb.com) but for RealAudio. I expect there will be some sort of suitable list available soon just not sure how complete it will be. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Have you tried a factory reset? Perhaps something isn't being cleared properly with the new network setup, more likely to happen if it has the same name as the previous wireless network. Perhaps the gateway address is different, but the players are trying to use the old one on the new network. -- funkstar my collection: *1*x squeezebox radio *1*x squeezebox touch *1*x squeezebox 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=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Television manufacturer Vizio adding streaming music
dsdreamer;515705 Wrote: You don't need the TV on for the audio routing in most cases, but to get any kind of UI (to see what's now playing, enjoy album artwork etc.) some of us may be inclined to keep it on. It's also a bit awkward to Love or Ban tracks if you've switched the TV monitor off, for example. Very true. A workaround is to buy a small, cheap LCD screen and connect it to one of your AVR's video outs to perform this function. S-video or Composite will do, it's just menu navigation and low-res album art. It looks cool in your setup and I'd guess if used regularly it would likely pay for itself in a year with lower energy consumption vs a big 40+ screen. I used this cheap LCD option for several years on my Yamaha AVR for digital cable music and Yamaha's (overly simplistic) Internet Radio and USB input functions. It is still used sparingly today since my graduation to a REAL streaming device, thank you SqueezeBox. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75063 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What is favoruite colour?
Tell me. -- bilalamjad3 'Career Tips' (http://careertips.blogliterature.com/) | 'MS Office Guru' (http://officeguru.blogliterature.com/) bilalamjad3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36317 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75104 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Yes I did reset both as I also went from WEP to WPA encryption so I had to walk through the whole thing. I do have the boom seeing my computer now but it still will not connect to the squeezebox.com server and I can't get access to Pandora. The Duet has a blue light but it still will not work for some reason. I'm guessing the new routers security is tighter by default so I need to figure out what to change on it to relax it a bit. -- TivoManiac TivoManiac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Television manufacturer Vizio adding streaming music
dsdreamer;515376 Wrote: I noticed a lot of devices are doing this; my $99 Roku box has Pandora and MediaFly on it, which is fine if I want to leave my 40 LCD TV on just to stream music. A lot of multi-media boxes, also do music, but not very well. For example, I had a Western Digital TV box that played flac and ogg, but sold it when I found out it didn't even manage gapless album playback. I've been noticing this myself. I think this is an area of competition for Logitech that will keep them trying to differentiate themselves. Gapless playback always seems to be at the bottom of the priority list with media streamers and mp3 players. Logitech differentiate themselves here, but the fact is that most people don't care and don't even know what it is. Somebody else had an interesting view on this - that devices like this will bring audio streaming out of its niche status and bring it to the masses, thus keeping the market viable for Internet Radio stations and companies like Logitech. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 30,015 songs, 2,448 albums, 451 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=75063 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Okay I opened up a couple TCP ports and the Boom is connecting to the squeezebox.com server now but it still will not play from Pandora. It comes back right away with an error saying I have skipped the maximum number of songs for the hour but I haven't skipped anything. I didn't have time to retry the duet this morning after setting the router ports so that will be done tonight. -- TivoManiac TivoManiac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
TivoManiac;515782 Wrote: Yes I did reset both as I also went from WEP to WPA encryption so I had to walk through the whole thing. I do have the boom seeing my computer now but it still will not connect to the squeezebox.com server and I can't get access to Pandora. The Duet has a blue light but it still will not work for some reason. I'm guessing the new routers security is tighter by default so I need to figure out what to change on it to relax it a bit. In theory this should not matter. I've taken my Boom and SB3 to numerous other WiFi networks with varying security encryption types and settings, never had a problem. If you have not tried already I'd suggest a complete network reboot: - unplug router (leave unplugged) - turn off computer (leave off) - unplug all SB players (leave unplugged) - turn off any/all devices on the network (leave off) Now bring your network back up and in this order: - plug router back in, wait for it to COMPLETELY reboot - turn computer on, wait for it to COMPLETELY reboot - Launch SC/SBS, wait till it COMPLETELY loads and is running - plug SB players back in - best to not power on other networked devices just yet before SB players are functioning -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
VortexBox stores the music under albums not artists. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Also, check firewall settings and be sure you are able to log in to mysqueezebox.com -- avta avta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
I am using SB3 wireless , 7.4.1, firmware 130 and play 24/96 AIFF files (heck even tried 24/352 and its fine) with FLAC stream format + SOX decoder. But, 24/96 WAV files using FLAC stream format + SOX decoder will not play--constant rebuffering. The AIFF and WAV files are the same size, so it shouldn't be a file size or streamimng problem. Is there a known bug or problem with WAV to FLAC to SOX? Thanx. -- audioch audioch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33636 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] professional grade router
I think I'd use a Snapgear 300 series for a firewall, something wireless for a wireless access point, and a separate modem. I put these in at client sites, where they're rock solid, plus I've personally been using a Snapgear 560 for quite a few years now (this one does fail-over - I have multiple connections to the internet -, and, as well, has a separate processor for doing encrypt/decrypt on multiple busy IPSEC connections). Snapgear's been successively acquired by a number of increasingly-larger companies over the years, but, through all that, they've continued to provide free firmware updates. They're also really good about supporting open source work. If you check out s/wan, for instance, you'll see snapgear engineers working there. I've had to reboot once in eight (nine?) years. I think that may have been a power surge. Got a power conditioning UPS and haven't had an issue in the last five or six. What else? IPSEC's easy to setup, PPTP (server and client) rock solid. Ditto L2TP. Built-in SNORT, plus intrusion detection. (you can go dark for a particular address if you detect they're port probing). I'm a DD-WRT fan, too, but, compared to these boxes it isn't even close. However, WRT may be enough for your needs. -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75074 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Television manufacturer Vizio adding streaming music
garym;515476 Wrote: The new blueray player I purchased is internet capable. I bought it so I could watch instant netflix moviesWhich player is that? -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75063 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does digital volume control cost resolution?
Seems like maybe the gist of Sean's response should go into the wiki? -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Commercial Idea
I was posting this in a different thread, but I thought I'd post it here too... I really wish they smacked you in the face more with the fact that you can sync rooms in their ads. The videos I've watched don't nearly exemplify how cool a squeezebox system is. I think it'd appeal to a crowd at my age group (I'm 23) moreso, especially if you touted integration with ipod touches and itunes.. Here's my idea: What they need is a good party scene- tons of people, where everybody in one room is listening to a song, but it gets too crowded, so they open the door to another room, and jam in there, but it's silent... The host picks up the duet, clicks the sync button, and suddenly the music continues in both rooms. A quick camera flythrough could show two synced zones, and then the kitchen with somebody fiddling with a radio playing seperate music altogether.. That alone is why you should get squeezeboxen, not just an mp3 player. The videos I've seen on amazon and such just look like a varied bunch of players, and although they sometimes illustrate sync abilities, it doesn't always make sense. Sometimes the visible stream of music flying through the air doesn't make the connection for me- and the music I hear I assume is commercial music. Also- I think commercials that concentrate on one strength at a time would be good. Have a series of commercials. Just putting that out there.. -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Commercial Idea
http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/how-it-works/multi-room-system.html The website briefly mentions it. I think (in the UK) Logitech needs to get the products in the high street shops before they do the marketing! -- dave77 Boom - Controller - Touch (on order) dave77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Commercial Idea
dave77;515843 Wrote: http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/how-it-works/multi-room-system.html The website briefly mentions it. I think (in the UK) Logitech needs to get the products in the high street shops before they do the marketing! Yeah, I guess I was referring more to the video ads they've placed throughout the internet (and maybe tv? I haven't seen any). Every person who sees my system in my house drools and wants one... I feel like with proper marketing, there's no reason this shouldn't be in every house. -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything was working fine. Can't find library now?
This is an issue that our technical support team can assist you with. I recommend sending an email to support for additional assistance with this matter. Please follow the link below the click on the Email Support link. Please be sure to select the correct product in the product selection drop down menu. Audio Network Music Players then select the correct Squeezebox product you are requesting support for. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/cl=US,EN http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/cl=US,EN -- osama osama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
I was looking at this thread here ... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75064 ... and began to wonder if I'm missing out with the settings for the Apple Lossless files that I stream from iTunes on my desktop Mac to my SB3. At present in SC 7.3.3 I have these settings in Advanced/File Types for Apple Lossless: FLAC: alac/flac MP3: alac/lame WAV: alac To be honest, that lot doesn't mean much to me, but I noticed in the thread that some posters seemed to be saying that the settings could affect quality. Can anyone advise me? I'd be grateful. -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicMagic Server refresh problem and ?
This is an issue that our technical support team can assist you with. I recommend sending an email to support for additional assistance with this matter. Please follow the link below the click on the Email Support link. Please be sure to select the correct product in the product selection drop down menu. Audio Network Music Players then select the correct Squeezebox product you are requesting support for. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/cl=US,EN http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/cl=US,EN -- osama osama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74628 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Factory Reset on Sbox V2
You should hold the add button on the remote for 5 seconds. -- osama osama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
Those settings are fine. Apple Lossless will be transcoded to FLAC and then sent to SB. No loss, just a lot of software work. Just make sure you don't have bit rate limiting turned on in the Web Interface: Settings-Player-Audio menu. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Who or what is Osama?
Is this an automaton, or person? Anybody have a clue, seems to be some sort of support robot. Whatever, the suggested help approach does seem a little bland, skills lacking etc. In many cases downright incorrect. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75112 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Everything was working fine. Can't find library now?
Never mind. I couldn't wait any longer for help so I did a clean re install of everything and now it's working properly again. -- Todd R Todd R's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27209 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
Thanks Dave, that's reassuring. I wouldn't like me quality to dip. I have Bitrate Limiting in Settings/Player set to 'No Limit', which I presume is OK. While I was there I noticed the three settings below that one are: Lame Quality Level '6' Volume Adjustment/Replay Gain 'Track Gain' MP3 Streaming Method 'Direct Streaming' Are they significant? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
Volume adjustment can be - it will try and alter all tracks to similar levels, based on Replay Gain, or iTunesNorm tags. For max quality I would turn it off. If you are having a party put smart gain on. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Commercial Idea
dave77;515843 Wrote: http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/how-it-works/multi-room-system.html The website briefly mentions it. I think (in the UK) Logitech needs to get the products in the high street shops before they do the marketing! They or Slim did have: John Lewis, PC World etc. But slowly they seem to have been dropped, usually in favour of Sonos. Now it appears to be eTailers only. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
So in my root music directory it would just look like this, with all albums mixed together? Code: And All That Could Have Been (Disc 1) And All That Could Have Been (Disc 2) Closing Time Deep Cuts Nevermind Presence Real Gone Ten Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets Yes That seems odd. That root directory would be huge and it would be impossible to browse. What would one do with album name collisions (e.g. Closer for both Nine Inch Nails and Joy Division?) Maybe VB isn't for me... In my current scheme, the above would look like this, adding in the two instances of Closer, which are unrepresentable otherwise: Code: Joy Division +- Closer Jules, Gary +- Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets Knife, The +- Deep Cuts Morphine +- Yes Nine Inch Nails +- And All That Could Have Been (Disc 1) +- And All That Could Have Been (Disc 2) +- Closer Nirvana +- Nevermind Pearl Jam +- Ten Waits, Tom +- Closing Time +- Real Gone +- Presence -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
Hi Frank, Giving another go with the new version, same track count issues... Music stored on ReadyNAS. ReadyNAS built-in SBS 7.42: Total Tracks: 43,202 Windows XP Desktop Running SBS 7.42: Total Tracks: 43,202 Media Monkey: 43,202 Files ACC on Windows XP desktop (not really sure how to set it up on ReadyNAS): Total tracks: 41707 Hmm... -- fphredd fphredd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Who or what is Osama?
I believe he works in tech support. Many forum visitors don't understand that these forums are not intended for tech support communications. Looking at some of Osama's recent posts, he's trying to direct people to the normal tech support channels for help with their problems. I found your comments to be unnecessarily harsh. His actions and comments are likely what he has been directed to do. How do you like it when someone at work who knows mostly nothing about what you do, or how you do it, offers unknowledgeable criticism? I'd suggest that's what you've done. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75112 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Who or what is Osama?
Yes fair comment. Apologies to Osama But I don't expect people with problems with Music Magic to be referred to support, They will just state not Logitech supported software, goodbye. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75112 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does digital volume control cost resolution?
Phil Leigh;514804 Wrote: The SB3 uses a 24-bit internal implementation for it's level control. Provided you keep the volume fairly high you shoudn't notice too much loss of resolution. I can't find the post where Sean addressed this but I just want to be sure I understood... Since for each 6db of attenuation one loses 1 bit does that mean that I can afford 48 db of digital attenuation (in the SB3) on a 16 bit source before I lose resolution? -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does digital volume control cost resolution?
gdg;515891 Wrote: I can't find the post where Sean addressed this but I just want to be sure I understood... Since for each 6db of attenuation one loses 1 bit does that mean that I can afford 48 db of digital attenuation (in the SB3) on a 16 bit source before I lose resolution? It's got nothing to do with losing resolution in an absolute sense - you still have 16/20+ bits. It's the value in them that is changing and thus the max SNR and dynamic range. You really need to read this thread fully - especially Sean's comments. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=164666postcount=1 In practice you can wind the volume down to 70/80 out of 100 without suffering any noticeable effects. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (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 Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does digital volume control cost resolution?
gdg;515891 Wrote: I can't find the post where Sean addressed this but I just want to be sure I understood... Since for each 6db of attenuation one loses 1 bit does that mean that I can afford 48 db of digital attenuation (in the SB3) on a 16 bit source before I lose resolution? I hope this helps, if you want further details search for Patrick Dixon + Volume http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28834highlight=Volume+control Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Russound Keypad Interface - Interest Level?
Anyone tried this yet? Questions? Problems? I've posted a new version v02 to the site referenced above. Improvements in this version include: a. The program now supports multiple Squeezebox players as sources to the Russound controller(s). Each player can be controlled independently. b. The program's configuration settings are now contained in a separate SqzRuss.ini file. c. Stability and error handling have been improved, particularly for fatal errors such as lost connections to the Russound controller or Squeezebox Server. I'd be glad to help anyone that wants to try it. -- someonewho someonewho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32247 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Warner quits free music streaming
Warner quits free music streaming By Ian Youngs Music reporter, BBC News Record label Warner Music has said it will stop licensing its songs to free music streaming services. Companies like Spotify, We7 and Last.fm give free, legal and instant access to millions of songs, funded by adverts. Warner, one of the four major labels, whose artists include REM and Michael Buble, said such services were clearly not positive for the industry. That raises questions over the future of free streaming, which is popular with fans but not lucrative for labels. Spotify has seven million users in six European countries and is in negotiations to launch in the US. Ninety-five per cent of those fans use its free service, hearing adverts between songs, while 250,000 pay a monthly fee to get it on a mobile and with no ads. [It] is not the kind of approach to business that we will be supporting in the future Edgar Bronfman Jr, Warner Music Two-and-a-half million people use We7's free offering, while Last.fm is also free in the US and UK. Other popular audio services include Deezer, Pandora and Grooveshark. Warner chief executive Edgar Bronfman Jr said: Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry and as far as Warner Music is concerned will not be licensed. The 'get all your music you want for free, and then maybe with a few bells and whistles we can move you to a premium price' strategy is not the kind of approach to business that we will be supporting in the future. It is not clear whether Warner will remove its music from existing services or decline to do deals with new outlets. He said the focus would be on promoting streaming services that require payment, which he said could appeal beyond those who currently pay for downloads in stores such as Apple's iTunes. The number of potential subscribers dwarfs the number of people who are actually purchasing music on iTunes, Mr Bronfman said. Fans could pay a monthly fee direct to a streaming service, as with Spotify, or get access to the music as part of a deal for a mobile phone, broadband connection or another gadget. Such subscriptions could be taken up by hundreds of millions if not billions of people, most of whom are not today either buyers or certainly heavy buyers of music, Mr Bronfman said. And they would be much more profitable than per-track downloads in the long term, he added. The main legal streaming services have deals with most major and independent record labels and pay royalties for each song played. But the amount is far less than a label would earn if that song was downloaded or if they got a slice of a listener's monthly subscription. It would definitely be a tremendous blow to a service like Spotify if Warner were to withdraw their catalogue from the free service Paul Brindley, Music Ally Mr Bronfman's comments come just weeks after another major label, Universal, said Spotify was well on the way to proving its commercial viability. Spotify is a very sustainable financial model - full stop, Rob Wells, senior vice president of Universal Music Group International, said in January. Paul Brindley of digital music consultants Music Ally said the other major labels were unlikely to follow Warners' lead. There's a fairly widespread suspicion that free streaming services just aren't ever going to make enough money, he said. But it does seem to be that Warner is taking a firmer stand than the other major labels in terms of opposing a free ad-funded model. It would be an absolute tragedy if they were to adhere to that to such a degree that in their renegotiations with Spotify, they withdrew their content without even giving them a chance to see how well they could convert their users to the premium version. The consumer is in a world where they want things right here, right now, and if you don't give it to them they'll steal it Jon Webster, Music Managers' Forum It would definitely be a tremendous blow to a service like Spotify if Warner were to withdraw their catalogue from the free service. A Spotify spokesman declined to comment. We7 chief executive Steve Purdham said Warner and the other major labels had always been consistent in their concerns about ad-funded and free services. But they have also been very supportive of us. I think Edgar's comments are more a reflection that subscription services is currently the key focus for the industry and I strongly support that view, especially in the mobile arenas. Jon Webster, chief executive of the UK's Music Managers' Forum, which represents artist managers, said the industry must support services that tempt fans away from piracy. Anything that's going backwards is denying where the world's going, he said. New media has to give the consumer what they want and the consumer is in a world where they want things right here, right now - and if you don't give it to them, they'll steal it. There are new business
Re: [slim] Warner quits free music streaming
Luckily in the USA, free services can still stream it and pay the default royalties instead. They just will have worse restrictions. -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75120 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Warner quits free music streaming
Update: We got in touch with Tom Conrad, the CTO of Pandora, who had this to say regarding the effect this would have on the company. He writes: This all started with Edgar Bronfman's comment on the Warner conference call where he was addressing free on-demand services such as Spotify that are directly licensed. Pandora operates under a different licensing structure and won't be impacted by Warner's apparent decision with respect to free, on-demand services. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/warner_dams_up_free_music_stream.php?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29 -- mortslim mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75120 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
What does 'smart gain' do? -- whitman whitman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9053 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WMA format not playing
I just wanted to say a big thankyou to trickl for posting the message about fixing my problem. I have finally got it working! For anyone else having the same problem heres how I fixed it: I am using a Qnap 209 II with Linux (Ajax 3.1) I updated ssots to version 4.4 so I could update the squeezecenter software to 7.4.1 But everytime I tried to log into mysqueezebox.com I kept getting an error saying invalid username and password. After about a week of trial and error I installed ssots 4.1 (which came with 7.4.0 which I updated to 7.4.1 from the logitech website). I then downloaded the audio::scan 044 which I downloaded from the link in trickl's suggestion. Extracted this and renamed it scan.so I used Winscp to get inside the Qap and find the original scan.so (by searching for it)Renamed it to scanold.so and copied the new one across. After rescanning my library I can now see my wma files! Thanks for all your help Trickl, Parky, cees and everyone who helped :) -- pchomecall pchomecall's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74725 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Harmony One/SB Classic+Radio conflict
I have a SB Classic and a SB Radio which I've tried to control with my Harmony One remote. It works fine, except that when I try to control one of them, I conrol both (they are in the same room). I installed the Classic and Radio as two separate activities. Any suggestions? -- Eivindz Eivindz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
whitman;515935 Wrote: What does 'smart gain' do? uses track gain value if playing tracks from different albums and uses album gain value if playing an entire album. Neither of these matters unless you have added replaygain tags to your files. p.s. I really like smartgain because of the above -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
Smart gain, uses the album replay gain tag, rather than the track gain tag, if the playlist has tracks from the same album. On a mixed album playlist it uses track gain tag. The idea is that the relative volume levels of tracks from an album is maintained. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice please on settings for Apple Lossless
Replay Gain is also quite handy if you play your music loudly (for whole house listening perhaps). Massive Attack's Angel (from the album Mezzanine) blew my speakers when it came on (my Squeezebox was set to random play and I was rummaging around on a different storey at the time). Cost me £500 to get the woofers replaced. Smart Gain is always on now. :-( MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech - please work with Pandora for 192kbps streaming!
Rather than wait for Pandora or Logitech to blink, try this work around - Use the Pandora One desktop applet (a very nice impovement over Open Pandora). Because it's coming off your PC and not SqueezeCenter your Pandora stream should be 192. Pipe it to the SB via your wave input entry in Favorites, using the WaveInput plugin (a pain to configure, but worth the effort): http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/WaveInput_plugin This should take the Pandora stream right off your sound card, with whatever quality level you have set for wav in your SC/SB Settings - enjoy. -- Fleury Fleury's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9783 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71602 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC App or iPlayer plugin?
Many thanks indeed bpa...you are a great help and it is most appreciated. I will now spend some time exploring all of this. :-) -- Ponzy Ponzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Harmony One/SB Classic+Radio conflict
Tape over the IR sensor on one of them? Or use your hand to block the signal depending on which one you want to control. I did the blocking thing for a while, but it was a pain. I ended up replacing the SB in my living room with a Receiver, which does not have IR. I can still control it via IR because I keep it synced with the Boom in the same room. -- MeSue SUE 1 Duet | 2 Booms | 1 Radio | 1 Touch (beta) | 1 SB2 HP MediaSmart EX470 | Squeezebox Server 7.4 | iPod Touch w/ iPeng Find me on 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue) | 'Twitter' (http://twitter.com/suechastain) MeSue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=985 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Trying to get Squeezebox to send Now Playing to Trillian Astra without writing a app
It seems everywhere I look there's a plugin for apps Astra, MIRC, Aim, Yahoo, MSN, etc to accept Winamp, WMP, MPC currently playing song. Several years after asking for a feature request in Slimserver, Squeezecenter, Squeezebox to provide a clever way to support feeding multiple apps with some kind of Now Playing status, without success, I thought it might be just easier for squeezebox to pretent it's Winamp or Windows Media Player when providing the currently playing song for at least having some way of getting now playing to *Trillian Astra* I spent a lot of time figuring out a way to do something with Last.FM's audioscrobbler RSS feed; but, since I'm not a software engineer, I can't make an app which simply updates Currently Playing to all social networking, chat apps via audioscrbler. I think that would be a great idea; and, probably the best way to do it. Perhaps there are other people here who use trillian or Astra which would love to have their Squeezebox specific clients' playback show up in their status. Trillian Astra developers seem to feel WinAmp, Windows Media Player, Itunes, even Media Player classic to have native support for now playing. Does anyone know have an easy way to get this working in Astra? Its hard to believe Logitech Squeezebox isnt popular enough for Trillian Astra to support it. I even tried something ridiculously desperate by putting my audioscrobbler RSS link under Trillian's status, custom message... but doesnt accept URLS. I dont know, maybe what I'm asking is still a little too ahead of it's time and need to be patient for Squeezebox to become even more popular for people like Trillian to be excited to support natively I searched some kind of tool that support Trillian Astra, but -- mkanet mkanet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7965 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does digital volume control cost resolution?
Phil Leigh;515894 Wrote: It's got nothing to do with losing resolution in an absolute sense - you still have 16/20+ bits. It's the value in them that is changing and thus the max SNR and dynamic range. You really need to read this thread fully - especially Sean's comments. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=164666postcount=1 In practice you can wind the volume down to 70/80 out of 100 without suffering any noticeable effects. Thanx Phil, I followed the discussion and Sean gives the best layperson explanation I've heard in the many years I've been trying to sort this out. The biggest problem (I think) is that people don't clarify that there are 2 issues: 1) signal to noise (dynamic range) which goes down with any level of attenuation and... 2) bit resolution Sean clarified this nicely. Thanx again for the patient guidance. -- gdg gdg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1122 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Okay I opened ports 3483 and 9000 to UDP and TCP and I can play music from my system but I still cannot get connected to mysqueezebox.com. What am I still missing? And ADVthanksANCE! -- TivoManiac TivoManiac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
The directory structure is Artist - Album like this. Billy_Joel_-_52nd_Street I have over 1000 albums and find it much easier to have them all at the root level. Plus I don't really go into the directory tree much since SBS has them all organized for me. But you can arrange them any way you want after they are ripped. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
agillis;515972 Wrote: The directory structure is Artist - Album like this. Billy_Joel_-_52nd_Street I have over 1000 albums and find it much easier to have them all at the root level. Plus I don't really go into the directory tree much since SBS has them all organized for me. But you can arrange them any way you want after they are ripped. Sure, it makes little difference to Squeezebox Server, but who in their right mind wants to deal with a folder with (potentially) thousands of subfolders in it? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trying to get Squeezebox to send Now Playing to Trillian Astra without writing a app
mkanet;515965 Wrote: Its hard to believe Logitech Squeezebox isnt popular enough for Trillian Astra to support it. SBS usage accounts for only a tiny slice of all media player usage, and Trillian is similarly (un)popular. The intersection of users of both applications is vanishingly small. If you're willing to switch IM clients, I believe there are plugins for Pidgin that will pull info from Last.fm and apply it to your profile. -- cooppw02 cooppw02's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
Can you log in to mysqueezebox.com with your browser? You should be able to go to your Favorites, open the Remote Control window etc. -- avta avta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
JJZolx;515976 Wrote: Sure, it makes little difference to Squeezebox Server, but who in their right mind wants to deal with a folder with (potentially) thousands of subfolders in it? It's easy to change the VortexBox default and have CDs ripped to a directory structure where albums are placed in separate artist directories: artist1 album1 album2 ... artist2 album1 album2 ... This is what I do on my VortexBox Appliance. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trying to get Squeezebox to send Now Playing to Trillian Astra without writing a app
Thanks for your suggestion. I upgraded from Pidgin to Astra as soon as Astra become available via beta. I used Pidgin for longer than you might guess; and, definitely prefer it over the last generation Trillian because of the active plugin support... Please dont beat me up for saying this... because it might make you pretty upset, but lets face it, Pidgin badly needs a complete overhaul to update itself for modern OS's; and, also really could use the ability to run in a browser without having to install a client... even Meebo does that. I'll definitely consider switching back to Pidgin; but, waiting for a completely renovated, next generation version (the same way classic Trillian evolved to Astra may take years to catch up. Below is a screenshot of my desktop with Astra... blending into all modern day apps... However, no matter how great Astra is, it still doesnt have Squeezebox support damnit! :) Astra: [image: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/mkanet/2324553.jpg] Pidgin: [image: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/mkanet/eeb527f1ec7a-1.jpg] cooppw02;515979 Wrote: SBS usage accounts for only a tiny slice of all media player usage, and Trillian is similarly (un)popular. The intersection of users of both applications is vanishingly small. If you're willing to switch IM clients, I believe there are plugins for Pidgin that will pull info from Last.fm and apply it to your profile. -- mkanet mkanet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7965 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
Ron Olsen;515982 Wrote: It's easy to change the VortexBox default and have CDs ripped to a directory structure where albums are placed in separate artist directories: artist1 --- album1 --- album2 --- ... artist2 --- album1 --- album2 --- ... This is what I do on my VortexBox Appliance. That's about perfect. Back to my original question (I really didn't mean to hijack this thread, but I guess we're past that), is it possible to use for the artist1, artist2, etc. what would go in the ARTISTSORT tag? This would make the artists actually sort properly when directly browsing the music directory. If you can't do this, then the directory ends up looking like iTunes got a hold of it, which is just wrong. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
eq72521;515984 Wrote: That's about perfect. Back to my original question (I really didn't mean to hijack this thread, but I guess we're past that), is it possible to use for the artist1, artist2, etc. what would go in the ARTISTSORT tag? This would make the artists actually sort properly when directly browsing the music directory. If you can't do this, then the directory ends up looking like iTunes got a hold of it, which is just wrong. I have never even heard of the ARTISTSORT tag. So VortexBox doesn't create it. How do you decide what goes in the ARTISTSORT tag? -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changed routers and now
I can log in but it shows both recievers as not connected yet from my squeezebox server webpage I can get them both to start playing remotely just not from mysqueezebox.com. Hopefully that information helps. :) -- TivoManiac TivoManiac's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75099 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance
eq72521;515984 Wrote: That's about perfect. Back to my original question (I really didn't mean to hijack this thread, but I guess we're past that), is it possible to use for the artist1, artist2, etc. what would go in the ARTISTSORT tag? This would make the artists actually sort properly when directly browsing the music directory. If you can't do this, then the directory ends up looking like iTunes got a hold of it, which is just wrong. VortexBox uses the ARTIST and ALBUM tags that are returned by FreeDB or MusicBrainz (the two online CDDB databases it checks) to create the directories where the encoded music files are placed. These databases do not have ARTISTSORT information. So the answer to your question is NO. The ripping/encoding/tagging program used by VortexBox is ripit. You can find more information at http://www.suwald.com/ripit/news.php -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Trying to get Squeezebox to send Now Playing to Trillian Astra without writing a app
mkanet;515983 Wrote: Please dont beat me up for saying this... because it might make you pretty upset, but lets face it, Pidgin badly needs a complete overhaul to update itself for modern OS's; and, also really could use the ability to run in a browser without having to install a client... even Meebo does that. Why would I be upset? I'm a Linux guy. I use ugly software all the time, and I like it that way. :) As for a fancier default interface for Pidgin... that's not going to happen. See: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#LookFeel They have the typical open-source attitude of If you don't like it, the source config files are located over there. Open source developers are also hostile toward scope creep, which is why you probably won't see them doing a web service like Meebo. All that being said, you can probably change GTK themes to make Pidgin blend in with your desktop a lot better. -- cooppw02 cooppw02's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75125 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Warner quits free music streaming
I wonder if with Spotify they will still allow their songs on the paid service but just removed from the free service. Unfortunately, we don't have Spotify here yet in Germany (we often lag behind oddly enough) but as soon as it came out I was considering the paid option. I hate ads and yet would love this type of service. -- Justme Justme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75120 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
fphredd;515887 Wrote: Hi Frank, Giving another go with the new version, same track count issues... Music stored on ReadyNAS. ReadyNAS built-in SBS 7.42: Total Tracks: 43,202 Windows XP Desktop Running SBS 7.42: Total Tracks: 43,202 Media Monkey: 43,202 Files ACC on Windows XP desktop (not really sure how to set it up on ReadyNAS): Total tracks: 41707 Hmm... I thought you'd do some investigation on a smaller subset to see if there are differences and where they actually are? ACC performs a query with the following joins: join contributors AS album_artist on albums.contributor=album_artist.id left join tracks on tracks.album=albums.id left join genre_track on genre_track.track=tracks.id left join genres on genre_track.genre=genres.id join contributor_track ON tracks.id = contributor_track.track and contributor_track.role in (1,6) join contributors AS track_artist on contributor_track.contributor = track_artist.id So this also means that if certain tags are not used, they will not be included in the query results. So I suspect that you have a number of tracks (43,202 minus 41707 to be exactly) which are not tagged fully. Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for SqueezeCenter '_' (http://www.badkamerpech.nl) SlimServer. 2xSB3, 1xDuet, 1xRadio, 1xiPhone iPeng, Ubuntu NAS + SBS SilverRS8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
