Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
I can only talk for myself but IMHO the Radio and the Touch is the best
Squeezeboxes I've ever had. The Duet(including Controller) is the only
disappointment I've seen recently.
- Classic is great but a bit boring with the monochrome display after
you've seen Touch/Radio
- Duet was a disappointment for me but that's mainly because I want a
central display
- Transporter was probably excellent but a bit expensive for my taste
considering the equipment I would be connecting it to.
- Boom is great but a bit boring with the monochrome display after
you've seen Touch/Radio
- Radio is excellent besides the buggy alarm handling
- Touch is the best Squeezebox I've ever seen (I'm not using the
built-in server which clearly have some issues yet).
We should also remember that all these Squeezeboxes was created while
Slim Devices people was in charge and took the decisions. It's going to
be more interesting to see where Logitech plans to go after this when
all the old Slim Devices managers are gone. I suspect we are going to
see more mass market related devices, with more focus on simplicity and
less focus on audio quality, but that's just my personal guess.
There are some possible new hardware versions that would make sense
because they could be supported with minimal software changes:
- Boom with color touch display
- Receiver based on SqueezeOS
- Controller with touch display (but I doubt they will do this as it
will be extremely hard to compete with iPhone/iPad/Android hardware)
However, personally I suspect Logitech will focus on selling existing
products a while longer, the old devices shouldn't cost them too much
in maintenance so there isn't any reason to get rid of them as long as
they are able to sell the units they produce.
It's easy to complain on Logitech but to be honest, can anyone mention
one product from a competitor that beats the price/performance/features
of the Squeezebox products, assuming you care about good audio quality ?
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Re: [slim] Nancy Grace- is it available on some Internet station?
They probably block the Nancy Grace stream. I'd pay for access to a radio stream from the Nancy Grace show. I could lie in bed listening and maybe fall asleep. -- Ikabob Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora via BlackVPN in Europe
empascalsismammi;567861 Wrote: > how did you manage to do that? Does Pandora work in Europe as default or > do you have to use your vpn service? Yes, you need a VPN service to get it work. I'm using BlackVPN. -- th80 th80's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80947 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
mherger;567953 Wrote: > > > > > > 4. Discontinued useful functions when their programmer cannot solve > > their own problem. eg. Remote number keys for favorites; constant > > digital out level while having variable analogue out, etc. > > If you were following these forums you'd know that a.) the remote keys > are still fully functional, though probably not the way you like it, > and b.) is being added for the next major release. > [color=blue] > > Michael Eh actually how not you are going to get 100% fixed output on the Touch but not 100% fixed digital at the same time as variable analog, Andy said so in another tread. And the SB3 had this feature removed the SB3 only has the setting: "You can fix the volume control at 100% if you are using the volume control on your amplifier to control loudness or need perfect digital passthrough. This affects both digital and analog volume." Older SB3 firmware had the option to fix digital out while still using the analog volume . Why this had to go nobody had told us. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
On 5. I disagree, slightly. Never version are very stable for me, but the old ones was to. I have no big problems with sbs(I see things in the 7.6 beta,but it's the purpose of beta). A problem is that upgrading sometimes takes a completely clean install to function, just upgrading is not always cutting it (hence i slightly disagree). On 2. I simply don't understand the receiver has digital out and the Touch ?? Receiver is by far the cheapest thing they ever produced it has digital out. Touch is giving you 24/96 digital out at price that is a fraction off what a transporter costes you. So under logitechs flag digital out has gotten cheaper and better, you are wrong on this. Digital out on boom or radio would not make sense, they are standalone players with their own speakers not meant to plug in to your stereo, you want digital out on your car stereo to ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE for the rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Miscellaneous use: Radio (with battery) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
While I as an employee have not always been happy with what decisions were taken, your list of criticism isn't fair. And it's a very personal list of issues too. Let's look at it another way: > 1. Unnecessarily changed the devices to linux computers to increase > complexity that their company's programmers can't handle. - users were asking for more codec support on the device - users were asking for artwork display - users were asking for a simple streaming solution - ... A change was needed because users wanted a lot which the old platform couldn't do any more. It's probably not the changes _you_ wanted, but a large part of our customer base did. > 2. Dropped the important digital out on most of their products except > top of the line. Consumers ended up with not much choices. What's your bottom of the line? Radio or the now dropped Classic? There are different products: with or without speakers. Those without speakers have digital out. Those with speakers don't. It's a different use case with different features. Not much choices? There used to be two products (Classic, Transporter). Today there are five (Transporter, Duet, Radio, Touch, Boom). > 3. In this age of global village, Logitech dropped support to display > international character sets. It's unfortunate that support for _some_ international characters was dropped. But others were added at the same time. And it's for sure not dropping all of them. > 4. Discontinued useful functions when their programmer cannot solve > their own problem. eg. Remote number keys for favorites; constant > digital out level while having variable analogue out, etc. If you were following these forums you'd know that a.) the remote keys are still fully functional, though probably not the way you like it, and b.) is being added for the next major release. > 5. Newer software even less stable than older version. Again your POV, no facts. Numbers of support cases prove different. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
As a user, I was very disappointed with the product line in the last couple of years. My feeling is that Logitech is destroying the very good slimdevices line in the last few years. To we end users, we just want a device with good audio quality, simple user interface and reliable software. The old classic dump squeezeboxes just did the job well. What Logictech did was: 1. Unnecessarily changed the devices to linux computers to increase complexity that their company's programmers can't handle. 2. Dropped the important digital out on most of their products except top of the line. Consumers ended up with not much choices. 3. In this age of global village, Logitech dropped support to display international character sets. (need users to do their own mods to fix) 4. Discontinued useful functions when their programmer cannot solve their own problem. eg. Remote number keys for favorites; constant digital out level while having variable analogue out, etc. 5. Newer software even less stable than older version. I was a happy user when I bought my first squeezebox feeling the product was so much better than competition. My recent purchases ended up with a lot of time spent on finding workarounds. -- Honva Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
The past few years have been tumultuous. Product completion and release delays, supply disruptions (which are still ongoing), etc. I wonder what the after-the-fact internal conclusions and action points are, if any? Or, are we looking at orphans, products lacking champions within the grand scheme of things at Logitech? On the embedded linux comment, people who have expertise and experience in such matters tell me that most companies are agnostic concerning which embedded OS's to use in products. Decisions are made based on many factors, including cost and timing considerations. "Cost" can involve many things, including development resources, specialized needs of the software, costs of tools and licenses, etc. Embedded linux can often be the right choice, and oftentimes not. If there were people who worked for nothing to make free construction-grade lumber available for construction, many houses would be build using it. It wouldn't have to be better than other choices if it were free, because "good enough" is often all that is needed. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store
I can't seem to find the wake on lan setting in ipeng . I dont see it in settings. -- jhonsber...@msn.com jhonsber...@msn.com's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4438 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80940 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Backing up Flac files to external hard drive
paul44birch;566959 Wrote: > Thanks for all the replys. May have gone a little to much to Mp3 > copying but my initial question was about best way to get the flac > files copied across to external hard drive as flac files plus artwork > etc (ie just copy and paste, or drag across?). > > I will check out SyncToy. I regularly rip using the multi-encoder facility of dbpoweramp, making one flac file and one mp3 file (for use on portable devices). As far as I can tell, there is no barrier to using the multi-encoder to rip to two separate flac files in separate places. I don't know whether this would appreciably slow the process, though it might. There doesn't seem to be a significant slow-down with the dual format (flac and mp3) process. As others have pointed out, though, if you are going to have to do some tweaking of the tags or artwork, you will then have to do the tweaks twice -- if you do the tweaking after each rip, then you just need to copy the flac files to your external drive. The problem then is to set up a system for incrementally copying the new files to your external drive. I find Second Copy to work very well (http://www.secondcopy.com/). It allows scheduled or manual backups, using a variety of settings. I use it for several purposes -- the two main ones being copying changed files in my master folder (on an external drive that is permanently connected to my main computer) to my music server on the network, and copying the music files to a set of external hard drives that are rotated out to a safety deposit box at my bank. In effect I have three complete copies of my music -- 1. My main music folder to which all new music is ripped, and occasional lossy downloads stored; 2. the hard drive on my dedicated music server (a FitPC2); 3. the backup drives stored in the safety deposit box at the bank. If my house burns down, I'll still have the latter, and will lose only the most recently ripped music. I rotate them out of the safety deposit box every couple of months. R. -- RonM RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80953 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
flattermann;567868 Wrote: > > Your server is connected through *wired* LAN? > If yes, maybe you could capture the network traffic (Protocol UDP, > Broadcasting to 255.255.255.255) and see if the packets arrive in your > LAN? > The packet is sent as broadcast, therefore you should be able to catch > the packet on any device in your LAN. (Try e.g. Wireshark as Network > sniffer) Yes, my server and my SB3 are connected to a Wired LAN. I'd not have it any other way. I ran Wiredshark and I can see ARP requests from my phone (.112) for my server IP address (.100) every time I click connect from Commander or when I try to send a WOL packet from the WOL app in my phone. I do not see WOL packets coming from the phone. 26 5.418603SamsungE_ad:1x:5x Broadcast ARP Who has 192.168.1.100? Tell 192.168.1.112 When I send them from my laptop (.101) connected via WiFi using Fusion WOL I can see the WOL packets arrive. 162 33.584576 192.168.1.101 255.255.255.255 WOL MagicPacket for 3Com_6x:4x:1x (00:0x:0x:6x:4x:1x) (x inserted to hide MAC address) I think I read something about Android 2.1 having issues with masks other than 255.255.255.0 could this be an issue? I thought WOL only relied on MAC addresses, but I could be wrong. Can you WOL your server using a phone with Android 2.1? -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
I just played around with it and the behavior depends on whether or not you have album art shown in the playlist. It may even depend on the title format that you use, but I didn't spend too much time with it. I tested 7.5.2 in Firefox 3.6.8 and Google Chrome 5.0.375.125 beta. With artwork shown, in both browsers I can grab anywhere within the item, including links, to drag the item. With artwork hidden, if I grab within the track title link or album name link then the item won't drag. Firefox displays a circle/slash mouse icon. In Chrome the mouse icon switches from a hand to an arrow. So yeah, it can be a little tricky. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
maggior;567840 Wrote: > I wonder why coupon codes keep popping up for fantastic deals on the > Touch. That's worrysome because the Touch isn't ready for a > replacement anytime soon. The Touch not being available any longer at Amazon (even through third-party sellers) makes one wonder as well. -- bwaldron bwaldron's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
MusicMonkey;567880 Wrote: > I have album art hidden so just a list of tracks is shown in the play > list. But, I tried it on 2 separate machines, both using the latest > IE8, got the same result as before (i.e. only works if I click/hold on > "from", by", or Artist Name). I did notice, however, that if I moved > my mouse pointer just slightly below the album name (below where the > underline is indicating it's a link) then it also works, but again only > if the mouse is off the link by a pixel or two... Sorry don't have access to a Windows computer, but I suspect it is a browser based issue. Do you have any limitations with how cookies can be set in IE? I'm using Firefox 3.6 with no issues. Maybe someone else will chime in with something useful. -- johnas johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store
Is anyone else having issues with MySqueezeBox.com and iPeng ? Players on MySB.com are not shown for me anymore. If I press the right arrow to see the config screen I get an endless circle. Tried to remove the 'Player'-player on MySqueezebox.com as well, but iPeng doesn't ask for the credentials again after restarting (and reinstalling). -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your AppStore: *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/squeezepad/id380003002) *! Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? => why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? => why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) Setup: 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet), 1xSB-Boom. 1xSB-Radio Server (7.5.1) running on SheevaPlug (Ubuntu) with attached Western Digital MyBook Essential. bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80940 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Let's make the Squeezebox to the ultimate music discovery device!
1. HOW DO YOU FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY ? About 50% of the time, I know what album I want, and get there via Artist/Album. If it's a "various artists" compilation thing, I go directly to it by Album. Perhaps 40% I use a playlist. Most of my playlists are created with a specific mood and/or genre in mind, so I can pick one that suits me pretty easily. On rare occasion I use the standard Random play by genre. Even more rarely, I use the Search, if I want to find all the different recordings of a particular song or something like that. The other 10% or so of my listening time is not from my own library, but from the Internet; almost all of my "outside" listening is from XM or Pandora. I have Duets and a Boom, and I also use SoftSqueeze on occasion, usually with wireless headphones when I'm not near any sort of receiver. I use the Controllers to control the Duet Receivers and SoftSqueeze, and sometimes for the Boom, but usually when I'm using the Boom it's near enough that I can use the front panel or the IR remote. It's very rare for me to use a browser to control my Squeezeboxen. If I'm sitting at a computer anyway, I am more likely to use J. River to play music directly on the PC, say in my office. To browse, select and play on the SB devices, the Controller is a much better way for me to go. I don't use any custom add-ons for browsing, and haven't felt a need for them. I know my library pretty well, and can find what I want very quickly using the standard My Music browse features. (My library is just over 1000 albums. I can see where a much larger library might necessitate other search/browse options.) 2. HOW DO YOU USUALLY FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO GET BUT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IN YOUR LIBRARY ? I discover new music primarily from three sources: Stuff I hear on Pandora or XM, and recommendations from friends. On rare occasion I might listen to samples from an album recommended by Amazon. I don't listen to broadcast, commercial radio stations, either over the air or on the Net. My wish list of albums I haven't yet got generally numbers around 250, so there's not much danger of running out of ideas for new music for awhile. I've pretty much always heard at least a track or two before I buy an album. This doesn't always guarantee I'll like the entire album once I get it, but I can usually be sure I'll like at least some of it. 3. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY IN THE FUTURE ? I'm very satisfied with the standard browse/search/select funtionality in the existing Controller and Boom interfaces, so I haven't really felt like I'm missing anything. If I happened to read a suggestion for a new method that I thought I might find useful, I'd express an interest, but since I have never even felt the need to install any custom search/browse add-on, I must be pretty happy with the way it works out of the box. 4. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO BUY/GET IN THE FUTURE ? Having such a large backlog of music I still don't have, I'm not hurting for new sources of music. 5. WHAT KIND OF TAGGING/MANAGEMENT DO YOU DO ON NEW MUSIC YOU ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND STUFF LATER ON ? When I rip a CD, I always check the tags dbPoweramp grabbed. About 98% of the time, I have to fix spelling, punctuation, genre or something. I'm very meticulous and fussy about my tags. I've never found a need to use any non-standard tags or anything that SBS doesn't currently handle. I suppose the only area that I think could use improvement is in the classical stuff, but I can't imagine that ever getting a wide enough user base to make it much of a priority. Folder structure is important only to me, obviously not to SBS (well, apart from the all-under-one-master-folder restriction, which has never been a problem for me). I organize the folders in a fairly standard way (MainFolder/FileType/Artist/Album), to make it easier for me to find a particular album or song from outside of SBS. I do keep my FLAC (vast majority of my library) separate from MP3 stuff, and I also keep a parallel library of all the FLACs converted to MP3 for use in portables and so forth. I don't do ratings; I know what I like, and if I don't like it, it probably isn't in my library anyway. 6. DO YOU SYNCHRONIZE THE DATA IN SBS WITH SOME OTHER APPLICATION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND INTERESTING MUSIC ? Don't use statistics or ratings. I do use J. River as a player on PCs, and it uses the same library that SBS does. It keeps in sync via its normal scans. I also use it pretty much exclusively to create and maintain playlists, which I then export as M3Us, run through a text editor macro to convert the path structure, and save into the SBS playlist directory. Then I just do a rescan of the playlists in SBS. -- Dogberry2 Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread: http://forums.slimd
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
I tried it on 2 separate machines, both using the latest IE8, got the same result as before (i.e. only works if I click/hold on "from", by", or Artist Name). I did notice, however, that if I moved my mouse pointer just slightly below the album name (below where the underline is indicating it's a link) then it also works, but again only if the mouse is off the link by a pixel or two... -- MusicMonkey MusicMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
Just tested this in IE and the only place I could drag it was on albumart I'm a Firefox user and where you can drag it anyware in the gray field -- T-bird T-bird's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38434 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
I'm running the latest of everything, Squeezebox Server v7.5.1 and Internet Explorer 8.0.6001. Do you think there might be an option I should set in IE to properly enable the ability to click/hold anywhere on the track for drag-and-drop? Right now, if I click/hold in those areas I noted earlier, I get the circle/slash "do not" sign. -- MusicMonkey MusicMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
tamanaco;567854 Wrote: > After playing with Commander for a week I'm very happy with the way I > can navigate my server library and squeezenetwork services. The only > things I wish I had is access to the "Extras" menu. This way I can use > plugins like Server Power Control to put my SB Server to sleep and like > Sugarcube to turn on/off my dynamic MusicIP playlist. It would also be > nice if one could create MusicIP mixes from the Music Library and to > view Album Reviews. I know... I know... it takes time. Extras/Plugins will work as soon as SqueezePlay menus are implemented (that's probably included in the next big update). > The only thing I noticed that's not working for me is WOL. I have to use > my laptop to wake up my server. Pressing "Connect" to my server (already > configured for WOL with the correct MAC) fails to wake up the server. Am > I missing a button somewhere to send the WOL packets? Btw, I'm not sure > if it is an issue with my Captivate Running Android 2.1. I also > downloaded an App called WOL and it also fails to wake up the server. > The WOL tool is configured to send 5 wake up packets every 5 seconds, > but it does not do anything either. My laptop is connected via WiFi to > the same router. I use Fusion WOL to send the WOL packets to my server > and it works just fine. I would be nice if I didn't need to use my > laptop to wake up the server or use the IR remote to put the server to > sleep. If you click on a server in SqueezeCommander, a connection attempt is made and if this fails, a WOL packet is automatically sent. Your server is connected through *wired* LAN? If yes, maybe you could capture the network traffic (Protocol UDP, Broadcasting to 255.255.255.255) and see if the packets arrive in your LAN? The packet is sent as broadcast, therefore you should be able to catch the packet on any device in your LAN. (Try e.g. Wireshark as Network sniffer) > One more thing... it would also be nice if there was an option to clear > the playlist "except" for the currently playing track. Hmm, I could add a second option to the confirmation dialog... -- flattermann Christian Home of 'SqueezeCommander' (http://www.squeezecommander.com) - The SqueezeBox Remote Control App for Android flattermann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora via BlackVPN in Europe
how did you manage to do that? Does Pandora work in Europe as default or do you have to use your vpn service? -- empascalsismammi empascalsismammi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80947 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
After playing with Commander for a week I'm very happy with the way I can navigate my server library and squeezenetwork services. The only things I wish I had is access to the "Extras" menu. This way I can use plugins like Server Power Control to put my SB Server to sleep and like Sugarcube to turn on/off my dynamic MusicIP playlist. It would also be nice if one could create MusicIP mixes from the Music Library and to view Album Reviews. I know... I know... it takes time. The only thing I noticed that's not working for me is WOL. I have to use my laptop to wake up my server. Pressing "Connect" to my server (already configured for WOL with the correct MAC) fails to wake up the server. Am I missing a button somewhere to send the WOL packets? Btw, I'm not sure if it is an issue with my Captivate Running Android 2.1. I also downloaded an App called WOL and it also fails to wake up the server. The WOL tool is configured to send 5 wake up packets every 5 seconds, but it does not do anything either. My laptop is connected via WiFi to the same router. I use Fusion WOL to send the WOL packets to my server and it works just fine. I would be nice if I didn't need to use my laptop to wake up the server or use the IR remote to put the server to sleep. One more thing... is there a way to clear the current playlist? I would like to add several tracks/albums while there are no tracks playing (Blank Playlist) But... it would also be nice if there was an option to clear the playlist "except" for the currently playing track. -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
On 08/09/2010 02:46 PM, JJZolx wrote: >> With zero facts to back up your opinion. > > The Radio has had major problems since day one and they continue nearly > a year later. That has not been my experience. My Radio has worked since very early in the beta process. Granted, I have never been tempted to use it as a clock radio with alarms, so I have skipped a lot of pain that others see. From what tea leaves I can see, the Radio was rushed when the Touch missed the Christmas sales cycle. Not a lot of news that it was not a smooth effort. But I have zero problems with mine. > Touch's development was a freaking nightmare. That's > all. That is your opinion and your words. The Touch as a SlimDevice came together fairly quickly. The UI was rough, but the basics worked from early on. It was the damn TinySBS that has been a schedule killer. Not a lot of news here, embedded systems are a lot harder than normal computer/consumer applications. I will argue that if they left the "server reads from USB disks and thumb drives" off the advertising copy, they could have had a successful product nearly a year earlier. I personally have zero interest in TinySBS. It does not solve any problems that I have. Again, whether or not it is called a "SqueezeOS platform", all modern devices like the Touch have an embedded Linux in them. Its how its done for low volume stuff, which included these days 40 inch TVs, that sell far more units than any SqueezeBox ever will. There are bathroom scales with Bluetooth or WiFi, they have embedded Linux in them. Perhaps they had too many features on the checklist, perhaps the engineers were bad, or the engineering management was bad, that is water over the damn. If there is a follow-on product, its going to be built using a touch screen and an embedded Linux base. The smart phone industry (do I need to mention that the most popular smartphone has a linux embedded system in it) has driven the market to demand touch screens. And the volumes seen in smartphones have driven the prices for touchscreens down to levels that could not have been imagined when the Touch was first created. Pat -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
pfarrell;567839 Wrote: > Any one who has been on this forum for more than a minute knows that > you, Jim, think that the line is doomed. You keep repeating this claim. > > With zero facts to back up your opinion. The Radio has had major problems since day one and they continue nearly a year later. Touch's development was a freaking nightmare. That's all. They could bring out a new player based on the SqueezeOS platform under the premise that there's a lot of work already in the bag, but it remains unstable and such a move would only be compounding their support costs. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
pfarrell;567839 Wrote: > > The current Boom is pretty old in consumer electronics age. I love the > > sound of mine, but its about time to refresh it to keep it current. Old > > consumer electronics just don't move, and as Dire Straits sang, you > gotta move these refrigerators, gotta move these color TVs > ...moola moola... Great song and a good point. I wonder if the the great deals at logitech.com (via coupon codes) and Amazon on the Boom are a reflection of the need to "move product" to make way for a replacement. If they need to provide that steep of a monitary incentive to sell product, it seems like they need to have something new and compelling. This makes sense for the Boom, but I wonder why coupon codes keep popping up for fantastic deals on the Touch. That's worrysome because the Touch isn't ready for a replacement anytime soon. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 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=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
On 08/09/2010 01:29 PM, JJZolx wrote: > Given all the difficulties with the Radio I'd be really surprised to see > another SqueezeOS based player. I think the Touch is the end of the > line until something more robust and easier to program can be > developed. Any one who has been on this forum for more than a minute knows that you, Jim, think that the line is doomed. You keep repeating this claim. With zero facts to back up your opinion. Why are you crying wolf? Did you not learn that story as a little kid? Whether it is called SqueezeOS or not, I don't care. But if there is to be any followon products, they will be built on an embedded, programmable platform, with some sort of Linux hidden under it. I'm not saying this with any claim of inside information, but rather that is how nearly all consumer products are being built these days. At least all moderate volume consumer products, from routers to access points to TVs to cell phones. The current Boom is pretty old in consumer electronics age. I love the sound of mine, but its about time to refresh it to keep it current. Old consumer electronics just don't move, and as Dire Straits sang, you gotta move these refrigerators, gotta move these color TVs -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge
Thanks Ralph. I made more progress last night and was able to get pandora to work with SS when I changed the MAC. I think I need to make a batch file with the new MAC address, is that correct? Otherwise I need to start from a command line every time I start windows. Is there another way to save the squeezeslave.exe with a different MAC address? My goal is to have squeezeslave start automatically when I turn on the computer and not have to turn on my TV. I will control SS with squeeze commander. Currently I have this working now, but pandora doesn't work with the default address. -- johsti johsti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63966 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
Given all the difficulties with the Radio I'd be really surprised to see another SqueezeOS based player. I think the Touch is the end of the line until something more robust and easier to program can be developed. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
mherger;567821 Wrote: > > No, it isn't. Project name was "baby boom", not "boom 2" > > -- > > Michael Yeah, I bloody hope it's not. Would need stereo speakers to be considered the "next boom". -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
> Isn't the Radio already the new Boom (at least from Logitech's point of > view)? No, it isn't. Project name was "baby boom", not "boom 2" -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
Isn't the Radio already the new Boom (at least from Logitech's point of view)? -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
If anyone knows, they aren't going to reveal it on these forums.
Logitech usually don't comment unreleased products. A new upgraded Boom
is a logical step and Logitech would probably be able to release one
without any major software changes compared to the Radio. However, it
would still be a surprise to me if they released any new Squeezebox
hardware during the next month.
So my recommendation would be that if you want one now, get one of the
existing products.
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Re: [slim] Backing up Flac files to external hard drive
TiredLegs;567564 Wrote: > You can edit the tags and substitute other versions of artwork right in > dbPoweramp before ripping, and everything will be applied to both the > FLAC and MP3 files created. True, I just find that work flow works will for me. -- funkstar '[project log] funkstars digital lifestyle' (http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-lifestyle/179882-project-log-funkstars-digital-lifestyle.html) - 'hexus.community' (http://forums.hexus.net/) *in use:* *1*x touch, *1*x boom, *2*x sb3, *1*x controller *in a box:* *1*x radio, *1*x (beta) controller, *1*x receiver, *1*x sb2 wired (silver), *1*x sb (black), *1*x slimp3 (with rear shield) if you have any others, let me know, i'm interested!! funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80953 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Non-LAN IP address used by SBs?
Hello Felix thanks for the explanation! In deed, the information about the player always seems to reflect the current internet connection. If that connection is cut, the information submenu is not available. Cheers Malte -- maf maf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30870 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81039 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
MusicMonkey;567797 Wrote: > I had tried drag-and-drop but it wasn't working for me, but after your > suggestion I did it with renewed determination. The trick seems to be > to WHERE you position the mouse pointer when you try to drag-and-drop. > It only works for me if I click/drag on non-link words such as "from", > "by" or the artist name itself. However if I click/drag on the track > title or album title, it won't drag-and-drop successfully...which seems > odd because the logical place you would clic/drag is on the track title > itself. It should not matter where you click, drag and drop should work whether it is link/non link words or the space where there are no words, or even the play or delete button. Are you running an older version of the server or an old browser? -- johnas johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
I had tried drag-and-drop but it wasn't working for me, but after your suggestion I did it with renewed determination. The trick seems to be to WHERE you position the mouse pointer when you try to drag-and-drop. It only works for me if I click/drag on non-link words such as "from", "by" or the artist name itself. However if I click/drag on the track title or album title, it won't drag-and-drop successfully...which seems odd because the logical place you would clic/drag is on the track title itself. -- MusicMonkey MusicMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
MusicMonkey;567784 Wrote: > Might somebody be able to tell me how to display the Move Up/Down > buttons in the SqueezeBox Server Web UI for playlists (on both the > current playlist and any saved playlist)? These buttons appear in the > Classic Interface, but I can't get them to appear in the Default > Interface...is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? Hi, in the default view you can just drag and drop the tracks to where you want them in the playlist. -- johnas johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Boom on the Horizon?
Hi, Does anyone know if there are any plans to update the Boom design so that it has the colour display that is used on the Radio? I have a radio already,and love it, but now want one for the kitchen too so that I can keep the first one just for the bathroom/bedroom. BUT...I don't want to go ahead an buy one only to find out that a stereo version is available a couple of weeks later! I don't fancy the current design of the Boom as I think I will miss the colour display too much. Thanks for your help, Michelle -- MichelleUK MichelleUK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37120 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlist Move Up/Down Buttons?
Might somebody be able to tell me how to display the Move Up/Down buttons in the SqueezeBox Server Web UI for playlists (on both the current playlist and any saved playlist)? These buttons appear in the Classic Interface, but I can't get them to appear in the Default Interface...is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? -- MusicMonkey MusicMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3875 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81043 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Let's make the Squeezebox to the ultimate music discovery device!
1. HOW DO YOU FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY ? Usually My Music > Albums (which are sorted by Artist / Year / Albums, so it's a lot like browsing by artist), and sometimes My Music > New Music. - most of the time I use the SBC, but sometimes also web ui and player menus (be it Boom's front panel, Touch's touchscreen, or IR remote). - I don't use ratings, play counts, history at all, and don't really have any interest in doing so - I use MusicIP _a_lot_ - I do use album art when selecting, mostly because it's faster - Yes, often I search/browse by artist and want to find something related to that 2. HOW DO YOU USUALLY FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO GET BUT CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IN YOUR LIBRARY ? - friends, music press, Internet radio, Pandora, Napster, Last.fm - Artist stations, similar artists, etc. - I use Napster and Amazon web sites. I also often read up on artists at allmusic.com - I use both SBs and computer to search for music. - When possible I "preview" music on Napster, on my main systems, for days or weeks before purchasing. In this case "preview" means playing the whole album, not only clips. I buy the CD when it's something I think I'll want to keep, at true CD quality. 3. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FIND MUSIC IN YOUR OWN LIBRARY IN THE FUTURE ? I don't use search much in my own library. It's only 6k tracks, and I know most of what I have. What I've forgotten I usually rediscover via MusicIP random playlists. What browsing functionality is missing today? A "similar artists" or "similar music" type function that pulls up a list of suitable albums and artists. Something like MusicIP that generates a browse list instead of a playlist. That would be great! 4. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND NEW MUSIC YOU LIKE TO BUY/GET IN THE FUTURE ? Through SB, computer, reading reviews in newspapers and magazines, friends' recommendations. On SB, it would be great to have a similar artists type function that would work both within my library and outside my library. I think Pandora (seed it with something from your library), Napster automix, last.fm, and probably Rhapsody do this pretty well (though each slightly different), so for SBS it would require doing something better. 5. WHAT KIND OF TAGGING/MANAGEMENT DO YOU DO ON NEW MUSIC YOU ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND STUFF LATER ON ? The tags I add are "handled" by standard SBS, but they aren't part of standard browsing. Such as COMPOSER, though I don't think I'd use that much. - I almost never use BMF, but folder structure is important to me for overall file management. - I don't use Custom Scan. I don't manually add ratings because they would change too much over time, it's too much work, and it's not very helpful to me at all. 6. DO YOU SYNCHRONIZE THE DATA IN SBS WITH SOME OTHER APPLICATION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND INTERESTING MUSIC ? I don't use any play statistics. I do use MusicIP fingerprints extensively. -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 10.04) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen 1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and SB Radio; Backyard deck: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; In limbo:SBR http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge
>From a command prompt change to the directory where you unzipped squeezeslave and type; squeezeslave-wasapi-0.9-173 -h Displays all the command line options squeezeslave supports. To change the mac address of the player use something similiar to this option. -m00:00:00:00:00:02 Note that squeezeslave does not work with many of the online music services and I haven't used it with pandora. See the 'squeezeslave wiki' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave) for more info. -- ralphy Ralphy *4*-Classics, *1*-Boom, *11*-Squeezeslaves 'Squeezeslave' (http://code.google.com/p/squeezeslave/) 'donations' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=LL5P6365KQEXN&lc=CA&item_name=Squeezeslave¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted) always appreciated. ralphy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63966 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Non-LAN IP address used by SBs?
Hello Malte Information in this screen is populated by the server and in case your player is connected to mysqueezebox.com this is what mysqueezebox.com 'knows' about your player. And to answer your question. No, this isn't interfering with your routers NAT functionality. This IP address is only displayed here but not used for anything else. Cheers Felix -- fcm4711 Focus means saying "no". - Steve Jobs fcm4711's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81039 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which NAS?
hvb83;567760 Wrote: > I feel some nuance is in order. The TO starts his post by asking what > NAS would suite his needs. > > Simply implying a NAS is unsuitable to run SBS is just not true... > [snip]... > there are alternatives that are faster, there are alternatives that use > even less power, there are alternatives that are more flexible in the > future. But at the same time, for most people, a NAS that offers the > ability to install SBS on it is probably a very nice solution that will > live up to their expectations just perfectly. Very well put, that is -exactly- my experience too. I find my Synology extremely reliable so my wife, children and guests can happily choose and play music to their hearts content, and I don't need to worry. It is a doddle to set up and run and is minimal maintenance. Since I installed the 7.5.0 update I have not had to touch the Synology at all. It has run 24/7, cool, quiet and almost invisible. In that time I have added about 30 albums and run 10 rescans. We use Napster, BBC iPlayer and other internet radio without a hitch. For the casual and non-techie user it is the easiest installation of SBS to maintain. Normally I would not recommend SqueezeBox stuff because of SBS and MySB issues, but if they bought a Synology NAS to go with the player then I would be happy to set it up for them, knowing that there would be no major issues to deal with. -- TheLastMan Matt *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology Diskstation 107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.0 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. LPs ripped usingBehringer UCA202 USB into Windows XP PC TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Let's make the Squeezebox to the ultimate music discovery device!
The following 2 topics are on top of my whishlist: 1) Much better way to create and manage playlists 2) Handling of more than one library (ex.: separation of pop and classic) -- boxowl SB3 Classic Squeezebox server on Ubuntu 9.04 server boxowl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16016 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80910 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ipeng stuff
Perhaps he meant a wifi-connection? Considering the fact that he's talking about QoS in the same post. -- hvb83 hvb83's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39615 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81035 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which NAS?
I feel some nuance is in order. The TO starts his post by asking what NAS would suite his needs. Simply implying a NAS is unsuitable to run SBS is just not true. In my opinion it's ok to post alternatives that could better suite his situation. But at the same time, we must realize not everybody who owns a Squeezebox is a computer-enthousiast that knows how to build his own server and install, configure and maintain a linux-distro on it himself. Or like myself, have the time at hand and feel like Googling for a few hours in order to solve a problem that might arise over time. I'm perfectly happy with the Synology DS210+ I have now. It's probably slower than most dual-atom systems out there, not as flexible either. But it suits my needs perfectly; it's fast enough to run SBS in a way that it lives up to my expectations, it's power-consumption is low, it's reliable so that my girlfriend doesn't encounter problems during everyday use and that I don't have to go through embarracing moments when a demonstration to friends goes up in smoke when showing off my fancy music-system and the server is posing problems, Synology takes care of preparing updates that offer new features and for me as a linux-nono I can install them without worrying about having to fiddle with the configuration the entire afternoon. So yes, there are alternatives that are faster, there are alternatives that use even less power, there are alternatives that are more flexible in the future. But at the same time, for most people, a NAS that offers the ability to install SBS on it is probably a very nice solution that will life up to their expectations just perfectly. -- hvb83 hvb83's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39615 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80747 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Non-LAN IP address used by SBs?
Hi, Could someone please explain an observation I mode both with a SB Duet and SB Radio regarding the IP addresses used? In the extended settings, there is an entry providing diagnostic informationen. I can see, amongst other things, the IP address of the SB, the DNS server's IP address, and the gateway's IP address. These values are the ones provided by my local DHCP server. But then there is also a submenu entry providing information about the selected player. Under IP it lists my internet router's "outside" IP address, the one assigned by my provider. What are the SBs using that IP adddress for? Does that interfere with my router's NAT functionality? Thanks, Malte -- maf maf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30870 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81039 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ipeng stuff
Err.. No! Only if you want to use it with MySB or for artwork for remote services. I test a lot without an internet connection, what are the issues you are seeing? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81035 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;567745 Wrote: > No I'm sorry. > I'm not supporting setting up a Receiver right now (and also don't plan > to). > > As there is a ready tool for PC I think it would be too much work for a > too little target audience. > Does anyone know if SqueezePlay can do UDAP too ? It can DO UDAP but no network setup so it's no help here. SB Touch and Radio, too. Only the Controller, Net::UDAP and SqueezeConfig can set up a receiver right now. With Net::UDAP: you are aware the Receiver needs a wired network connection? -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
