Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;577350 Wrote: Anyone here speaking Japanese ? Got my first AppStore Comment over in Japan ... but how should I now what it means ? Google Translate is not a big help on this one ;) ... As it happens I can help here, being married to a Japanese translator. The comment you got the App Store said: I guess there aren't many people who are using SqueezeBox in Japan, but this is something I recommend to those few. If you are a SqueezeBox user and are complaining that there is no iPad version of iPeng, here is the one for you. I've been using this since the previous version. It wasn't bad in terms of ease of use, although the appearance wasn't very nice at all. This new version is a success because they added a more detailed appearance whilst keeping the basic layout as before. An image of your SqueezeBox is shown on the selector of the player. This was also a function iPeng of 2 generations before the current one, but probably because of a problem with the patent or something it's now more of a stylised image. This has led to a better review for SqueezePad, but it's a worry for the future. Even allowing for such an unknown for the future, I believe this one is worth the high price. Only if you are a SqueezeBox user, that is. Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to stay? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 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
Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store
Could you possibly implement a cancel function for the cache refresh? I rebuilt my library (just under 2 albums) a few days ago, which meant that when I next fired up Squeezey it tried to re-add everything to its cache (and yes, I have seen the entry about this in the FAQ :-)) The problem I encountered was that the program crashed part-way through the refresh. I re-booted the iPad, just to make sure that memory was freed up, and restarted Squeezey, which started refreshing its cache, but it just hung, displaying 32333/19853. I left it for a long time, but it didn't change. I tried quitting restarting, but to no avail. And, of course, while the cache is being refreshed you can't do anything else. In the end, the only thing that I could do was uninstall the program re-download it from the app store, which seems a bit of a drastic solution. What I would have liked to have done is cancel the refresh, then go into the settings dialog empty it. So is there any chance that you can implement a cancel function for the refresh? Alternatively, how about not starting the refresh immediately, but having a dialog pop up with two options, allowing you to choose whether to add new items to the cache or rebuild it from scratch? If the user didn't select an option within a short time (3 - 4s, maybe) it would default to adding new items (i.e., the current behaviour). Cheers, Tony -- tonysawford tonysawford's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1908 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81618 ___ 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 !
davep;577533 Wrote:
Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to
stay?
Who is going to complain ? Logitech ?
Because it makes their hardware look too good ?
If I've understood it correctly, iPeng removed its icons because people
thought they were ugly but I might have missed something ?
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=567014#post567014
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Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?
peterw;577454 Wrote: I don't have a good answer (I haven't tried it myself), but please note that 1) SB Radio and SB Touch cannot use JVC codes and 2) you can use/modify .ir files to make a local Squezebox Server instance recognize codes that aren't quite right. I'm aware of the limitation with respect to controlling the newer devices. However, there are only two rooms which I need to do this for, and in one of the rooms I have a Radio and a SB3 so I can control the SB3 using JVC codes, the other room has a Boom and a SB3 so there I can also control the SB3 with JVC codes. I have Harmony remotes for both these rooms. I spend to many hours on this yesterday and have found a good set of codes, but not all satisfied yet. I've used codes from various JVC equipment and used two Harmony remotes to learn a common set from other devices. I would wish there was an easier way, but I seem to be getting closer to a workable solution. As for the .ir files, I'm aware of those, but I have no idea how I could use them, given that I'm also trying to do this with Harmony remotes for which I cannot manually enter codes. -- Terje //Terje.tel Terje's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82084 ___ 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 !
davep;577533 Wrote: Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to stay? davep Hi davep, many thanks, so much better than google translate! The images are going to stay. They were drawn from scratch. No copyright or trademark problems to be expected, just because there is a certain similarity with some known devices. iPeng to my knowing even used original footage, but also was allowed to do so. At least pippin felt very confident about that, when I talked to him about that once. -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your AppStore: *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com) *! 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. 2xSB-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=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
I finally worked out the difference, and why this happens. When my 7.5 server retrieves the apps, I can see it is connecting to test.mysqueezebox.com (from the apps it shows). When I tell my squeezeboxes to connected to mysb then they actually connect to the main mysqueezebox.com. Is there anyway to force the 7.5 server to connect mysqueezebox.com instead of test.mysqueezebox? The latter does not seem to correctly recognise I'm in the UK for some reason, and gives the last.fm subscription message. I am unable to upgrade my QNAP to 7.6. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81280 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
Swimmerbird123;577371 Wrote: Yes, i've tried the use folder structure option and it doesn't seem to make any difference. I've attached some screen shots to illustrate: The first (exampl5: Ligeti Vol. 6) shows the first situation I mentioned. This CD is stored with Tracks 1-9 in one folder, Tracks 10 and 12 in a second folder, Track 11 in a third folder all by itself, and Tracks 13,14,15 in a fourth fodler. ACC incorrectly displays Tracks 10 and 12 here as two albums, even though they are stored in the same folder. The other folders are shown correctly. The second (exampl1: Robert Levin plays Mozart) shows the second situation I mentioned. On the CD, Tracks 1-3 are one piece, Tracks 4-6 are a second piece, and Track 7 is an alternate version of the movement in Track 2. I have stored this CD as two folders, with Tracks 1,2,3,7 in one folder and Tracks 4,5,6 in the other. Yet ACC breaks out Track 7 as a separate album, even though it is stored in the same folder with 1,2,3. The third (exampl4: disc 2 of a collection by Richter) shows a final situation. The CD contains pieces by various composers, and I have created a separate folder for each composer's tracks. I've grouped the three Chopin tracks 10, 15, 16 in one folder, but ACC shows them as two albums. Does this help? Swimmer ACC determines when to start a new album based on: 1. If the track resides in a different folder (this requires you to select the 'Use folder structure...' option in ACC) 2. If the album ID is different. I haven't tested it myself as it is not a common practice to split up an album over different folders but it appears that SBS assigns a different album ID for tracks in a different folder or the problem is tagging related. Can you post a screenshot of the tagging of one album? Is there a difference in a particular tagging field that can be related to this problem? -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator' (http://acc.vanholt.nl)- for Squeezebox'_' (http://www.badkamerpech.nl)Server . 1xTouch, 1xSB3, 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
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
I like the idea and congratulate you on it. Only problem is, I don't think I can stand the idea of re-tagging all my music for the third time! I currently use the composer tag, artist tag, in which I put everything (orchestra, conductor, individual artists, choir), album (which I preface with composers name) and title (usually movement). It is not such an elegant solution as yours but thanks to scrolling, all the information gets displayed on the now playing screen. I also find it useful to have orchestra, conductor etc in the artist tag when searching. It's all very much a case of using 'what works for you'. If I was starting from the beginning I would certainly consider your solution. -- JerryS JerryS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38998 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store
@Tony - the cancel option is a good idea - I will look at putting that into the next version. I guess a slightly less drastic action would be to disable the network on the ipad - that way you would have been able to get into the interface and clear the cache. -- jimbof jimbof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17907 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81618 ___ 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 !
I have multiple Squeezeboxes running in my home (different zones). The boxes sync just fine but it would be nice to have a master volume for all the boxes that are synced. Right now I have to jump from box to box to control the volume.(unless I'm missing something) Other then that I love the new look and how your product performs, keep up the good work !! Thanks -- moochman moochman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19098 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
moochman;577610 Wrote: I have multiple Squeezeboxes running in my home (different zones). The boxes sync just fine but it would be nice to have a master volume for all the boxes that are synced. Right now I have to jump from box to box to control the volume.(unless I'm missing something) Other then that I love the new look and how your product performs, keep up the good work !! Thanks Hi moochman, thanks for this suggestion. watch out for a new poll like this one (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80575) after I finished the reworked playlists. Better syncing features are on the roadmap and it just depends how my customers prioritize stuff. As I'm a sole developer unfortunately one thing has to come after the other :D -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your AppStore: *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com) *! 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. 2xSB-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=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
Yes, in your case it would only show the composer separately, whom you already have in the album title. Unless you have followed the composer name by a unique separator character, it will be a lot of work to re-tag everything. I was not that happy with the three lines of information from the beginning, so I used tags as atomic as possible; I have COMPOSER, WORK, MOVEMENT, OPUS, COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, BAND, and ARTIST. I could have split up the artists further, e.g. giving each a solo instrument, etc., but I am too lazy for that. Until I made the new screen, I composed the TITLE and ALBUM from those ingredients, using MP3tag. -- Co1 Co1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] IPAD users - 2nd app appears in store
jimbof;577604 Wrote: I guess a slightly less drastic action would be to disable the network on the ipad - that way you would have been able to get into the interface and clear the cache. Doh! I never thought of doing that... -- tonysawford tonysawford's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1908 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81618 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
Co1;577274 Wrote: To use the Now Playing screen with classical music, the COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, and BAND tags are used. The various ARTIST tags should be used for soloists. The ALBUM tag is used to show the Work, but can also be used for a collection of short pieces. Then the piece, and movement should be tagged in the TITLE tag. I'm using exclusively FLAC file and I'm therefore using the FLAC standard to tag my classical music, i.e. ARTIST for Beethoven and PERFORMER for Karajan. How difficult would it be to modify your screen to support that ? By the way, the FLAC tagging standard : http://xiph.org/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html http://flac.sourceforge.net/faq.html#general__tagging Regards, Jean -- jean2 jean2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
Co1;577621 Wrote: Until I made the new screen, I composed the TITLE and ALBUM from those ingredients, using MP3tag. That's clever, didn't know you could do that. I got carried away with the excitement of the SB experience and rushed into the tagging without sufficient research. Some of us never seem to learn from experience.. -- JerryS JerryS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38998 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
I like iPeng and Squeezepad; I purchased both as the price is very reasonable. I will purchase iPeng for iPad when it comes. Cheers to the developers! -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net Ripper: dBpoweramp Router: Lynksys WRT54GL Server: SBS 7.5.1 - dedicated Atom-based nettop - Windows XP SP3 Music: 2 Booms, 1 Radio, 1 Duet, 1 Touch, Control: 1 extra controller, 1 iPod Touch w/iPeng, 1 iPad w/iPeng SqueezePad Files: 79,000+ FLAC/MP3 files - 2TB external HD x 2 Logitech: Harmony One x 2, Wilife Home Security jimzak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74581 ___ 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 !
I just downloaded this app. It's a great replacement for the controller which is not user friendly. One feature that needs to be there though is the ability to click on the album cover and see all the available songs to play. -- mskvarenina mskvarenina's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17717 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
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
Co1;577368 Wrote:
BTW, I have a custom tag OPUS, which I would like to add to the album
title in the NP screen. How do I go about retrieving a custom tag in
the Controller?
jean2;577634 Wrote:
I'm using exclusively FLAC file and I'm therefore using the FLAC
standard to tag my classical music, i.e. ARTIST for Beethoven and
PERFORMER for Karajan. How difficult would it be to modify your screen
to support that ?
PERFORMER and OPUS isn't supported by standard SBS as far as I know, I
think you need the Custom Scan plugin to scan those.
With Custom Scan you can configure these to be available as a title
format.
If you also install the Custom Clock Helper plugin you can configure
it to forward customclock/titleformatsupdated events to the
Controller.
To use these events you will need to subscribe on them, I'm not sure if
that's possible in the Now Playing screen but if you like to give it a
try you can take a look at the Custom Clock applet code, you will
find a section that looks like this that sets up the subscription:
Code:
player:subscribe(
'/slim/customclock/titleformatsupdated',
function(chunk)
if not chunk.data[1] or chunk.data[1] ~= customclock or not chunk.data[2]
or chunk.data[2] ~= titleformatsupdated then
return
end
local player = appletManager:callService(getCurrentPlayer)
if player then
self:_updateCustomTitleFormatInfo(player)
end
end,
player:getId(),
{'customclock','titleformatsupdated'}
)
In the same way, you can look in the _updateCustomTitleFormatInfo
function of the Custom Clock applet code if you like to see how to use
the 'customclock titleformats' command to get the values of the
configured title formats, for example those provided by Custom Scan
plugin.
The Custom Clock applet code can be found here:
http://erlandplugins.googlecode.com/svn/CustomClock/trunk/src/
Of course, if you just want a user defined Now Playing screen, you can
also design own without any programming at all using Custom Clock and
Custom Clock Helper. See the wiki for more information:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Custom_Clock_applet
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
I've appended a screen shot of the tagging for the Robert Levin CD that I showed earlier. It looks correct to me. So I still suspect it is something in ACC. When I do a fresh SBS scan of my library, I get an album count of 2553. When I then run ACC, I get an album count of 2566, with a track count that matches SBS. So ACC sees 13 more albums than SBS does. By comparing the ACC Quick Reference with the SBS Music Folder display, I have identified exactly 13 situations where I have non-consecutive tracks from the same CD in the same folder, and ACC displays the non-consecutive tracks as separate albums. So this would account for the discrepancy in statistics. Using the Use folder structure to determine albums does not affect this non-consecutive track issue, but it does correctly handle the situation where a folder contains tracks from 2 CDs is displayed. (That happens when a long piece is split over two CDs and I re-combine the two parts as a single folder): When I set the Use folder structure option in ACC and ran it again, now I get an album count of 2550, so 16 less than without that option. All 13 of the 'non-consecutive tracks' folders are still displayed incorrectly as multiple albums, so the new lower album count is not due to that being corrected. However, comparing the two Quick Reference printouts, I can identify exactly 16 situations where I had tracks from two separate CDs in the same folder. These 16 two-CD folders are displayed as two albums in the 'regular' ACC (because the tracks are tagged as coming from two CDs) but with the use folder structure option, they are correctly shown as one album. So that option generally works right but still has the non-consecutive track problem. This is not a big problem for me, so don't waste a lot of time on it. I'm sure you have more important tasks to tackle. I just thought that it may be a simple coding thing where you break out a new album when the track number sequence is interrupted. If you can fix it, great, and if not, ACC is still a great program. Thanks, Swimmer +---+ |Filename: tags.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10627| +---+ -- Swimmerbird123 Swimmerbird123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17285 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] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
mskvarenina;577642 Wrote: I just downloaded this app. It's a great replacement for the controller which is not user friendly. One feature that needs to be there though is the ability to click on the album cover and see all the available songs to play. Thats available already. When you are in the menu and touch the album text (not the cover) then you'll see the album titles. Also when an album is already playing you can long-touch the big coverart on the right and a context menu will appear. There is an option to show the album (and its titles) as well. -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your AppStore: *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com) *! 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. 2xSB-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=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
jean2;577634 Wrote: I'm using exclusively FLAC file and I'm therefore using the FLAC standard to tag my classical music, i.e. ARTIST for Beethoven and PERFORMER for Karajan. How difficult would it be to modify your screen to support that ? You must be using Custom Tags (like I do). I have not figured out a way to get those data from the server to the Now Playing applet on the controller. So I worked with what data fields are available in Squeezeboxserver without 3rd party plugins. Do you see Performers in the current Now Playing screen? I know they can be shown in the browse menus. But those would look the same if you would copy all Artist tags to Composer, Performer tags to Artist, and change the mapping of tag names to names shown to the user in the Mixed Tags settings. Another way to look at this is to merely consider the Squeezeboxserver Artist and Composer fields as internal (and confusing) representations of the Performer and Artist FLAC tags. But anyway, I'd love to find a way to show Custom tags in the Now Playing screen of the Controller. Regards, Co -- Co1 Co1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
erland;577644 Wrote: With Custom Scan you can configure these to be available as a title format. If you also install the Custom Clock Helper plugin you can configure it to forward customclock/titleformatsupdated events to the Controller. Thanks for the pointer. erland;577644 Wrote: Of course, if you just want a user defined Now Playing screen, you can also design own without any programming at all using Custom Clock and Custom Clock Helper. Hm, I thought that Custom Clock was only about showing clocks. I have overlooked a lot of possibilities. I'll have a look to see if the same Now Playing screen can be realized in this way. regards, -- Co1 Co van Winsum Co1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82062 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing screen for classical music
Co1;577664 Wrote:
Hm, I thought that Custom Clock was only about showing clocks. I have
overlooked a lot of possibilities. I'll have a look to see if the same
Now Playing screen can be realized in this way.
It started as a customized clock, thus the name. After some more work
it got enhanced to be a generic configurable screen on
Controller/Touch/Radio. The current version can even be configured to
replace the standard Now Playing screen. I would like a different name
on it today but it feels a bit late for that.
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Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?
Terje;577547 Wrote: As for the .ir files, I'm aware of those, but I have no idea how I could use them, given that I'm also trying to do this with Harmony remotes for which I cannot manually enter codes. Once you get Harmony to send some code, you can use Squeezebox Server logging to find the hex string that is reported by the Squeezeboxes and use that in an .ir file. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'DenonSerial' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/DenonSerial.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay is
Squeezebox radios are pretty darn expensive, and I can imagine how nice they are, but at the expense the burden is on the seller to move them. With player, I can try it out and imagine how nice it would be to have the whole thing in a nice encapsulated consumer experience. Free player doesn't cannibalize a $150 radio or $200 or $250 device, it sells it like a free demo, or like your first joint free. VMware *gives* away their VMware player and their VMware server and they do that to get you to buy their more sophisticated products. Lots of others have figured that out too. -- ja2038 ja2038's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40583 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?
I spent the weekend playing with squeezebox server and player and trying to figure out which of the squeezebox devices I might want to buy. And I guess I understand that at some level there is no real difference, or not intended to be, between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com. But there clearly are differences if only in the UI and general level of ease. For instance, at mysqueezebox, it seems very easy to configure or change the logins of the various plugins. At the home server, it's very difficult. So... 1. Which devices need a home server, and which can use mysqueezebox? 2. If I run a home server, how do I configure the plugins? Specifically, how do I configure Pandora on a home server? 3. What is synchronized between home server and my squeezebox? and 4. How do I tell Squeezebox player to CONNECT to mysqueezebox to get various sync updates? -- ja2038 ja2038's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40583 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82107 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point
I'm invoking the kitchen sink subtitle of this forum to ask a question about networking that is only tangentially about SBs, because I know a lot of the folks here will know the answers. I have a Linksys WRT54GL running Tomato firmware as my router. I also have a Netgear WGR614v3 router that has been repurposed as an access point. For this I've connected the Linksys to the Netgear via ethernet using one of the Netgear's LAN ports, turning off DHCP on the Netgear, etc. etc. This setup connects a mixture of computers, SBs, internet tablets, etc. Most of the devices are G devices, but we do have a couple N-capable laptops, which are currently connecting via G. The Netgear is starting to flake out, so I'm going to replace it. I see two options. Option 1 is to replace it with another router that can run Tomato or DD-WRT, and use Wireless Distribution System to use the second router as an AP, though I'm not clear yet whether it would be bridging or repeating. Given that I have the ethernet in place to wire the two together, I'm not sure of the advantages of WDS to me in this setting, since I understand that for wifi devices WDS effectively halves the bandwidth. Option 2 is basically to replicate the setup I have now, using the second router as a simple access point. In fact, for this option I could buy an AP, except they usually cost more and are useless as backup routers in case my router suddenly dies. For either option, I would seriously look at getting an N-capable router so that the current -- and now doubt future -- N devices can take advantage of it. It appears that there is at least one N-capable router out there (WRT160NL) that supports DD-WRT, so Option 1 would still be a possibility. Any advice? Thanks. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?
1. All SB players can use both SBS and MySB.com (except the long discontinued SB1) 2. Pandora is an App not a Plugin and is configured on MySB.com, Plugins are only on SBS 3. Very little is synced between SBS and MySB and is limited to basic player settings, mostly related to SB3 and Boom 4. Switching to MySB varies by player, but it is very easy to do. Getting back to SBS is as simple as navigating the player to My Music in the main menu. Updates can be obtained through both SBS and MySB, not required to switch to MySB for updates. SBS requires a computer and uses MySB in the background and can do everything that MySB can do, but SBS is much more customizable. MySB needs no computer but has limitations, like no access to your local music and cannot see AAC streams in the Internet Radio menu section and cannot Sync Last.fm to players. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82107 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Control Squeezebox Server from other computer
Just picked up a SB Boom, and loving it so far. When the Squeezebox is connected to mysqueezebox.com I like that I can easily control it from any computer. But, I don't have access to my MP3s this way. (correct me if I'm wrong) When it's connected to Squeezebox Server can I easily control it from another computer? The answer must be yes, since so many people run dedicated media servers...but how?! Thanks! -- gjb gjb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82109 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the relation between squeezebox server and mysqueezebox.com?
Is there any way to have a SB (Boom) automatically switch to MySB if the computer running SBS is down? Thanks! -- gjb gjb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82107 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Control Squeezebox Server from other computer
Open a web browser on the other computer, and point it to http://serverip:9000/ , except you have to substitute the IP address of the computer that is running Squeezebox Server in place of serverip. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82109 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?
My JCV dvd seems to be supported. Will try to remember to post the model number here when I get home. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point
aubuti;577716 Wrote: I'm invoking the kitchen sink subtitle of this forum to ask a question about networking that is only tangentially about SBs, because I know a lot of the folks here will know the answers. There is no right answer, it's only about options ;-) aubuti;577716 Wrote: Option 1 is to replace it with another router that can run Tomato or DD-WRT, and use Wireless Distribution System to use the second router as an AP, though I'm not clear yet whether it would be bridging or repeating. Given that I have the ethernet in place to wire the two together, I'm not sure of the advantages of WDS to me in this setting, since I understand that for wifi devices WDS effectively halves the bandwidth. I don't see any point in using WDS if you already went through the trouble of laying out an Ethernet cable. WDS is more complicated, more brittle and lower performance, and you may potentially run into compatibility issues. aubuti;577716 Wrote: Option 2 is basically to replicate the setup I have now, using the second router as a simple access point. In fact, for this option I could buy an AP, except they usually cost more and are useless as backup routers in case my router suddenly dies. If you find something compatible with OpenWRT/DD-WRT/Tomato, any router can be configured as an Access Point trivially. The difference between an router and an access point is only in the software running on top of it. I have not tried that, but if you configure your two router with the same ESSID on different channel, your clients should be able to roam between the two. It used to work with 802.11b and WEP, but WPA may get in the way. aubuti;577716 Wrote: For either option, I would seriously look at getting an N-capable router so that the current -- and now doubt future -- N devices can take advantage of it. It appears that there is at least one N-capable router out there (WRT160NL) that supports DD-WRT, so Option 1 would still be a possibility. Any advice? Thanks. If I were to buy a device, I would pick one of the two options. I'm not overall impressed by the quality of the hardware out there, no point in paying 802.11n money to get 802.11g performance and range. First option is another WRT54GL, because it's cheap and very well supported by all the alternate firmware, and I could swap it trivially with all my other WRT54GL. Second option is a NETGEAR WNDR3700, because it's one of the few 802.11n routers to get very good review, because it support 5GHz, has good range, and because it's supported by OpenWRT. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/30925-start-your-buying-netgear-wndr3700-reviewed http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr3700 At then end, it really depend on *your* usage patterns. If your usage is mostly toward the Internet, your broadband provider (DSL, Cable...) is likely the bottleneck so no point in getting beyond 802.11g. If you have lot's or internal traffic (file sharing, backup...), then install CAT6 Ethernet cable or get the best 802.11n router you can get. Personally, I'm a cheap guy and I salvaged another WRT54GS in the trash. But I promised myself to install CAT6 one day. Have fun... Jean -- jean2 jean2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm plugin started asking for a subscription
I finally worked out the difference, and why this happens. When my 7.5 server retrieves the apps, I can see it is connecting to test.mysqueezebox.com (from the apps it shows). Last.fm will soon enforce new rules, which include playback for subscriptions only, no playback outside the countries where you actaully can subscribe. Part of these changes are alread implemented on test.mysb.com. You shouldn't be using it. Is there anyway to force the 7.5 server to connect mysqueezebox.com instead of test.mysqueezebox? Lift the enforcement of connecting to test instead of production systems ;-). Shut down SBS, remove the use_sn_test line from your server.prefs file and restart. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OT: extending wifi via WDS vs. simple access point
+1 on the Netgear. The signal strength on my Duet went from 40-50% to 90-100% with the switch from my old D-Link (how I hated that thing!) and I didn't change the location of anything by even a millimeter. And, the router's downstairs and my SB stuff is upstairs. For $150 and about 10 minutes to install it, days of Duet frustration evaporated. The N-band works great with my new laptop while the SB stuff continues to run flawlessly on G. I actually have the SB set up on the guest network and our laptops run on the primary. YMMV, I'm sure, but my experience was that the Netgear solved all my vexing Duet connection/dropout, etc. issues that I had experienced (and we read so much about in these forums). Even using MySB.com, I can listen for hours and hours with not so much as a hiccup. -- rgro Rick System information Duet SBC running 7.5.1 r9009, an SBR running firmware V 65. Controller and receiver configured in all-wireless set-up using Netgear WNDR 3700. Running Squeeze Server 7.5.1 r30836 on Windows 7 64 bit/ HP Pavillion w/Intel i7 processor Marantz PM8003 integrated amp, Cambridge Audio DacMagic, Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand speakers, REL Acoustics R305 sub-bass, PS Audio Quintet. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
