Re: [slim] Fixed buffer?

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb

Also the buffer is not in seconds it is a full as it can be .

So the buffer is an eternity on low bit rate mp3 compared to 24/96 FLAC
, so it would not be easy to fix at at constant time.


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

You can get in contact with me via supp...@squeezepad.com.
There is no way to change the name of the iPad player other than
changing the name of your iPad directly. 
I'll look into your issue, but I'm not sure what is causing this. You
are also the first to report problems with the name. For me the ' works
in the name.

What language is your iPad, on what type of computer and OS have you
installed your server and what is the language setting on your
computer?


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread slayne40

Hello,

Spotify offers three types of account.
Two of them are paying, and I do not understand why a premium account
is necessary.
Why an Unlimited account is not enough ?

Why the mobile support is needed to listen music on a squeezebox ?

The Linux version of Spotify client support Premium and Unlimited
account

Squeezebox not use the same API ?

Thanks.


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[slim] Looking for a SB Boom alternative / replacement

2011-01-11 Thread BlueScreenJunky

Hi everyone !
First I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of Slimdevices and I loved my
squeezeboxes (one Boom and one Classic), I recommended them to some
of my friends and will probably do it again.
However, every good thing comes to an end, and for various reasons I'd
like to replace them. The Classic in my living room is in the process
of being replaced by an HTPC (which used to host the squeezebox server)
with xbmc and spotify.

However, I can't seem to find a decent replacement for the Boom, so I
thought maybe you guys would have some ideas, here's what I need :
- Something with good sound quality (I could live with slightly lower
SQ than the Boom)
- Which can play music from the network, preferably using uPnP.
- Which can reliably serve as an alarm clock to wake me and my gf up
(so several alarms needed, snooze button, unobstrusive screen...)

Thanx !


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread pippin

Ask Spotify, I would say..


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread pippin

You should be able to change the name in iPeng and it would then change
in SqueezePad, too :)


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

pippin;601602 Wrote: 
 You should be able to change the name in iPeng and it would then change
 in SqueezePad, too, I believe.
That is possible in SqueezePad too, but would only be temporarily. When
a player registers with the server it has to provide its own name and
thus the iPad name is used (again).


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread pippin

bluegaspode;601603 Wrote: 
 When a player registers with the server it has to provide its own name
No, it doesn't have to.
 
 and thus the iPad name is used (again).
Ah... They are the same no for my player so I didn't notice.
But originally it was named differently (SqueezeCast which is.. you
name it). I thought SqueezePad also kept that name but I might be
wrong.


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Re: [slim] Looking for a SB Boom alternative / replacement

2011-01-11 Thread Soulkeeper

Why don't you replace the Boom with a new Boom?

(Or tell us what those various reasons for replacing it are, so that
we may understand where you're coming from?)


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Re: [slim] My SBS Seems Busted

2011-01-11 Thread Soulkeeper

If entering IP addresses doesn't work, it's beyond DNS. But your
troubleshooting -/fixing trick is worth trying anyway. It might be a
hangup in a switch, router or network card.


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Re: [slim] SlimCtrl 1.3 out now

2011-01-11 Thread studkiram

Sebastian,

Thanks for this very nice app!

I just installed on my Sony Aspen (win mobile 6.5.3) and it is working
as expected. Reactivity is really fine.

I just have a couple of questions, as win mobile newbie :-)

- when the app is running, how can you close it? In the menu, the power
button appears to be designed to power off the squeezebox, not
slimcontrol. in fact, I just would like to close the app. Sorry if
supid question :-)

- once installed, can I delete the 2 installation files I downloaded on
the phone? Are all filed already copied in the program files of the
device? Or would I create a mess by deleting these files?

Thanks again for the app!


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[slim] Can SBS stream FLV?

2011-01-11 Thread ovonrein

My wife's favourite commercial radio station has just turned off its MMS
feed and wants listeners to listen on their computer so that they may be
bombarded with the latest messages from their sponsors.  Just great.  Is
there any way to handle the Flash audio stream?


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Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2011-01-11 Thread TiredLegs

peterw;601544 Wrote: 
 Have you had a chance to try the Sleevetown mylar sleeves out yet? I was
 just about to order from jazzloft, but I'm intrigued by the mylar
 option, as I almost never access my CDs, not in the years since I got
 caught up ripping them for my Squeezeboxes.
Yep, over the past couple of months I've loaded nearly all my CDs into
the Sleevetown mylar sleeves. (I keep box sets intact.) The sleeves
work perfectly for what I wanted to do. A small number of my CDs (e.g.
with special booklets or extra artwork) were too thick to fit into the
standard sleeves, so I also bought a pack of different mylar sleeves on
eBay that are large enough to hold fatboy double CDs in their cases.
Seven shelves worth of CDs now fit in about two and a third shelves.


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

pippin;601604 Wrote: 
 No, it doesn't have to.
There is no clear indication, whether there is a name set at all for
the player, nor if it's the 'wrong' name like SqueezeCast or
SqueezePlay.
So in the end this boils down to setting the name each time to not
confuse users.

Happy implementing some more sophisticated algorithm.


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Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2011-01-11 Thread TheLastMan

sadglad;601404 Wrote: 
 Thanks for your help, but I don't think that's the problem. I have
 http://192.168.1.12:8124/ in my favourites, and the IP is my computers
 IP. I have another favourite with localhost too but it isn't working
 either. 
 
 I'm running my squeezebox server on the same computer as Spotify and
 connect the SB Radio with wifi. The Spotify app works fine but if I can
 get the dsbridge to work, I would buy more Squeezeboxes for my home :) 
 
 If I put that adress in my Opera webbrowser I get sound for a second.
 Could it be a port problem? That's the only thing I haven't been able
 to check (don't know how, I've looked but can't find it in Norton).
 
 Edit: I think I've found the port thing in Norton but it didn't solve
 the problem :/
 
 Edit2: I did a port forward in my router, I used my PCs IP adress,
 that's correct isn't it? Didn't work with either IP adress though :/
 
 Edit3: I can connect and get sound on my iphone if I connect to
 http://192.168.1.12:8124/ no problem at all...

You have correctly diagnosed that this will be down to a software
firewall on your computer (Norton or the Windows firewall).

I think you will find this will work if you disable the Norton firewall
and the Windows firewall completely.  I don't use a software firewall as
the one in my Router is enough to block any external attacks. All the
Norton firewall is doing in your system is stopping your computer from
connecting to other computers and SqueezeBoxes in your network.

Software firewalls are pointless for fixed computers sitting behind a
router.  They have a use in a laptop where you are connecting to wi-fi
hot-spots but not otherwise.

If you have a Radio or Touch, as of yesterday, you can now get Spotify
Premium as a supported SqueezeBox App (hurray!).  However, if you want
the free version you will still need to sort out DSBridge.
Unfortunately those, like me, with older SqueezeBoxes still have to use
either DSBridge or Triode's Spotify plugin.

Get rid of the Norton and Windows firewalls, they really are a
pointless resource hog and causes more problems than they solve (unless
you have a laptop).


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread ralphy

bobkoure;601547 Wrote: 
 Same issue with 0.9-155. I don't have a copy of 09-133 anymore.
 There's 0.9-95 on sourceforge. I'll test against that.
 
 Thanks again!
The 0.9-133 release is available 'here'
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/softsqueeze/files/squeezeslave/squeezeslave-0.9.133/).


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Re: [slim] Looking for a SB Boom alternative / replacement

2011-01-11 Thread johnas

Sonos S5 would seemingly fit the bill, though it does not have a screen
at all or a snooze button so you will need a remote of some kind
(iDevice or Sonos remote). 

I used to own an S5 but sold it as I preferred the boom. If you like
the boom, IMHO you will lose more than you gain by getting the S5.


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[slim] Screen visualisations

2011-01-11 Thread ROBBIE BURNS

have a squeezebox classic set up as part of my hi fi, and ive just
hooked this lot up to a 37 lcd tv/monitor can you tell me if there are
any screen visualisations available(similar to windows media player i
guess) for the sb classic

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Re: [slim] Looking for a SB Boom alternative / replacement

2011-01-11 Thread TheLastMan

BlueScreenJunky;601600 Wrote: 
 Hi everyone !
 First I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of Slimdevices and I loved my
 squeezeboxes (one Boom and one Classic), I recommended them to some
 of my friends and would probably do it again.
 However, every good thing comes to an end, and for various reasons I'd
 like to replace them.

Why?  Reasons Please! What was wrong with SqueezeBox and the Boom?  You
can get Spotify on the Boom with Triode's plugin running on your HTPC
and / or if you replace your Classic with a Touch then it is, as of
yesterday, available on MySqueezeBox.com.  Initially this is a beta and
only available if you have SBS, but once it is fully released in the
next month or so you can get it without SBS.

Nobody makes an acceptable alternative to the Boom, except perhaps for
some people the SqueezeBox Radio - which will also play Spotfiy via
MySqueezeBox.com.

Only Sonos offers the same networked multi-room facilities as
SqueezeBox, and they do not offer a portable, self-contained, radio
type device at all. The S5 is very expensive, big and heavy and
requires a separate controller.

As Maggie Thatcher used to say - TINA
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread ralphy

bobkoure;601546 Wrote: 
 Yup, same issue with non-ASIO
Good that rules out an ASIO specific issue.

bobkoure;601546 Wrote: 
 BTW, I keep getting basically 'thread is stopped' when I have a dropout.
 Almost like the server just stopped talking (that possible?).
 
 output_thread ETIMEDOUT-PLAYING: 73633792
 proto_stat: code=STMt decoder_buffer_size=2097152
 decoder_buffer_fullness=2091400 rbytes_high=0 rbytes_low=277656506
 output_buffer_size=2822400 output_buffer_fullness=83968
 elapsed_seconds=22 elapsed_milliseconds=22000 server_timestamp=0
 proto_send: cmd=STAT len=53
 proto_recv: cmd=vfdc len=174
 pa_callback: STREAM_END:output_STMu:1
 output_thread STMu-PLAYING: 73633792
 proto_stat: code=STMu decoder_buffer_size=2097152
 decoder_buffer_fullness=2091400 rbytes_high=0 rbytes_low=277656506
 output_buffer_size=2822400 output_buffer_fullness=0 elapsed_seconds=22
 elapsed_milliseconds=22476 server_timestamp=0
 proto_send: cmd=STAT len=53
 output_thread STOP: 73633792
 output_thread STOPPED: 0
 output_thread PAUSED: 0
 proto_recv: cmd=strm len=30
 strm cmd t strm.replay_gain:1933323210 
 proto_stat: code=STMt decoder_buffer_size=2097152
 decoder_buffer_fullness=2091400 rbytes_high=0 rbytes_low=277656506
 output_buffer_size=2822400 output_buffer_fullness=0 elapsed_seconds=0
 elapsed_milliseconds=0 server_timestamp=1933323210
 proto_send: cmd=STAT len=53
 DONE strm cmd t
 

This looks normal.

The 'STREAM_END:output_STMu:1' indicates that the end of the track has
been reached and the 'output_thread STOPPED' is the acknowledgement
that we have completed playing out the buffer.

That being said was that track only 22.5 seconds long?

It's really looking like some other driver or process is causing the
dropouts.  Did you upgrade/change virus software?

Please post additional thoughts/info as they happen and hopefully we
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Re: [slim] Can SBS stream FLV?

2011-01-11 Thread virgiliomi

It's entirely possible that it's not a Flash stream, but they're just
using Adobe Flash to hide the true streaming protocol/format.  What's
the site, and maybe someone with the right tools can discover the true
stream format/URL?


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread HectorHughMunro

slayne40;601588 Wrote: 
 Hello,
 
 Spotify offers three types of account.
 Two of them are paying, and I do not understand why a premium account
 is necessary.
 Why an Unlimited account is not enough ?
 
 Why the mobile support is needed to listen music on a squeezebox ?
 
 The Linux version of Spotify client support Premium and Unlimited
 account
 
 Squeezebox not use the same API ?
 
 Thanks.

Because they want you to pay money.  The free PC version is to get you
to use it and then the added services are there to get you to upgrade. 
Someone needs to make money for this (wonderful) service to continue.

Yes, it must be technically possible but it's not in their interests,
particularly with record companies anxious about the Freemium model,
they want to convert as many as possible.


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread Scidd0w

Yes without paying customers they can't pay the record labels and
without payment they do not allow the usage of 'their' music.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread bobkoure

I've been running es|et nod32 all along on the client machine, and no
antivirus on the server.
I've got a crazy day coming up, but after that, I'll uninstall nod32
and see if that does anything.
I'm also thinking about uninstalling my NIC drivers, then re-installing
them.
Thanks for the pointer to 0.9-133. I'll test with that, too.

Oh, and 22sec sounds quite wrong. I was listening to the Modern Jazz
Quartet to test and their tracks tend to be fairly long.

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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread pippin

The question wah why it's not available on the (also paid) unlimited
account.
Answer is probably that this is exactly what they want the additional
money for the premium account for.


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Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2011-01-11 Thread peterw

TiredLegs;601624 Wrote: 
 Yep, over the past couple of months I've loaded nearly all my CDs into
 the Sleevetown mylar sleeves. (I keep box sets intact.) The sleeves
 work perfectly for what I wanted to do. A small number of my CDs (e.g.
 with special booklets or extra artwork) were too thick to fit into the
 standard sleeves, so I also bought a pack of different mylar sleeves on
 eBay that are large enough to hold fatboy double CDs in their cases.
 Seven shelves worth of CDs now fit in about two and a third shelves.

Great, thank you for the update. Now I just need to see if my wife will
accept mylar for her discs or if she'll want the more familiar book-like
jazzloft cases. I guess I'll get some Sleevetown for mine  show her...
again, thank you for the suggestion  status report!

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Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2011-01-11 Thread maggior

jimzak;584358 Wrote: 
 Check my signature.
 
 My CDs are in the Media Library.

Jimzak - that is one impressive CD collection, wow!


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Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2011-01-11 Thread cats_five

EdPell;561136 Wrote: 
 J Do you often have to access them for one reason or another such as to
 load your vehicle's CD player?

I have never, ever had original CDs in the car.  At one time I had a
car with a CD changer which I loaded with copies, that was great though
I found some kinds of music didn't work well in the car.  Now I have a
tiny MP3 player I can plug into the car's sound system and play stuff
from if what's on the radio is dull or the reception has gone - there
is a dead patch (for radio 3, radio 4 and classic FM at least) on the
M6 south of the Tebay services, sometimes it's bad all the way down to
the A65 junction.


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Re: [slim] Web browser plugin to play online content

2011-01-11 Thread Snurt

I'm looking for this too...it would be very handy!


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Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2011-01-11 Thread sadglad

Okey, I'll try closing Norton and Windows firewall and see if that
helps, thank you for the advice :) 

The SB Radio can connect to my PC if I wanna listen to Spotify with
Triodes app or MP3's, the only thing that isn't working yet is
DSBridge. I have Spotify premium but would like to stream to the SB
Radio and control Spotify on my PC where it's easier to search or add a
queue.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

SqueezePad 1.7.1 was just released to the AppStore.

This is a release with loads of small small improvements and bugfixes.
Before I list them all, don't miss the opportunity to vote about the
priorities of next features in SqueezePad v1.8+ here:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83106

v1.7.1


-  you can tap (or hold) the volume icons in the top bar for
  finetuning volume
-  IRBlaster integration: tapping the volume icons now works together
  with the IRBlaster plugin (if installed on your server)
-  volume handling is improved: When you changed the volume very
  fast, SqueezePad sent too many volume-change events to the server
  resulting into delayed volume changes.
-  playback: SqueezePad integrates tightly with AirPlay (for details,
  please read my blog
  
http://www.squeezepad.com/2011/01/squeezepad-and-airplay-this-is-how-it-works/)
-  playback: playback now also works with authenticated servers
  (before there was only a 'No Audio Data  Found' error)
-  playback: there were rare reports, that SqueezePad played noise
  after a longer listening session (could be fixed by restarting the
  track). This should be resolved now.
-  playback: SqueezePad some times didn't suspend in the background,
  when there was a playback error message before.
-  settings: one couldn't change the texts in the settings-screen
  anymore, after playback was activated
-  settings: if you manually configure a DynDNS-URL on the settings
  screen this won't be replaced anymore by the automatic server
  detection.
-  some users reported problems with the In-App-Purchase (nothing
  happened when hitting the button). There is now a better error
  message and error recovery in place.
-  playback purchase is not available anymore for MySB.com only
  users.
-  SqueezePad doesn't crash anymore in the albums or artist menu,
  when you have an artist called '@'  (cool bug, ey? )
-  users of triodes Spotify plugin should update the plugin to the
  latest version and try streaming again.
  

SqueezePad 1.7.2 will follow soon with some more nice enhancements :D


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread gbruzzo

hoggis;601326 Wrote: 
 Hi,
 
 I own a Transporter and a Duet bundle and I'm can't believe what I'm
 reading. This new app is designed to support two of the most inferior
 Squeezebox products ever released. I'm sorry but to me it sounds like a
 joke!! 
 
 Luckily we have some serious developers like Triode who are actually
 able to provide the customers with the services they want independent
 of Squeezebox version. Perhaps you at Logitech should hire him to
 handle Squeezebox - Spotify development? 
 
 Thank you Triode for stepping up where Logitech fails.

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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread gbruzzo

pfarrell;601512 Wrote: 
 On 01/10/2011 05:26 PM, andyg wrote:
  bluegaspode;601493 Wrote: 
  Which is kind of funny (stupid?) [...]
  
  Yep, you just described the music industry quite well. ;)
 
 Agree, with the small notice that the music industry is not
 interested
 in singers, musicians, composers, grips or recording engineers.
 
 The record labels are interested only in getting money for their
 product.
 
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Not all record labels, mind you. I find such sweeping generalisations
disingenuous to say the least.


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread Pat Farrell
On 01/11/2011 02:01 PM, gbruzzo wrote:
 pfarrell;601512 Wrote: 
 Yep, you just described the music industry quite well. ;)

 Agree, with the small notice that the music industry is not
 interested in singers, musicians, composers, grips or recording engineers.

 The record labels are interested only in getting money for their
 product.
 
 Not all record labels, mind you. I find such sweeping generalisations
 disingenuous to say the least.

OK, I'll grant you that some small, independent record labels are not
evil to the heart of their soul like the big ones. And I can't keep up
with the mergers, I don't know if today there are the big four, or the
big five. But I do know that the handful of majors sell 98% or more of
all physical CDs and well over 90% of all music on iTunes.

I stand by my explicit generalization that the big labels (and the RIAA
which cares only about the big labels) care only about money, music be
damned.

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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread andyg

Of course, I love small record labels! I was only talking about the big
ones, the ones that control how companies like Spotify can operate.


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[slim] Multiple computers running Squeezeslave

2011-01-11 Thread selios

Hello,

is it possible to sync two computers running Squeezeslave with my
Squeezebox?


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread Geira

Just show empty when trying to share wimp travks or album from wimp.
Feature higly missed. GREATEST APP EVER! A dream in combination with
WIMP. THANX!


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

Geira;601797 Wrote: 
 Just show empty when trying to share wimp travks or album from wimp.
 Feature higly missed.

Is this working, when you try the same with a Radio or Touch (my wife
is asleep already, so I cannot test).
When I play local music the Faceboox integration works as expected, so
maybe this is an issue with the WiMP App, but not SqueezePad.

Will test tomorrow with my Radio.


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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread pippin

I couldn't care less about record companies making money.
It's all the customer-unfriendly politics they are doing that annoys me
to hell:
Why can't I take my service subscriptions to another country?
I don't buy DRM stuff that doesn't work on half of my equipment.
Why do I get different content in different countries?
And why do record companies and service providers try to regulate which
devices I use to listen to their content.

Sorry, all of this has nothing to do with piracy, unwillingness to pay
or anything. Its just corporate bullshit out of overstaffed strategy
departments trying to sell stuff that isn't there.

I would be willing to pay. At least as much as I paid for CDs back in
the dark ages, probably even much more.
But nobody is willing to sell me the content to acceptable conditions
anymore and the result is I only spend a fraction of what I spent
before, I get less and less interested and in the end j spend money on
live concerts instead (which have become both more frequent and much
more expensive).
So in the end, somebody else is getting my money and eventually
evolution will do it's thing.


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[slim] SB3 Flakiness

2011-01-11 Thread Zoltan

I'm seeing a problem with my SB3. 

It seems to be regularly losing connection with the server.  As well as
when it is in active use, I often see it out of the corner of my eye
when I am watching TV in the evening.  It has a blank screen in standby
and I see it going through the process of getting IP address, connecting
to server etc.

What I am not sure about is whether it is likely to be a problem with
the wifi or a hardware problem with the SB3 itself.  I have heard of
power supply problems for example.  I have three other SBs around the
house (Touch, Radio and Boom) and I am not seeing similar problems with
them.  SB3 had been very reliable and in general we seem to have a good
wifi signal around the house.

Is there anything I can look out for - specific symptoms etc - to help
diagnose the problem?


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[slim] favorite radio station not working

2011-01-11 Thread tazcab

hi i have a radio station in my favorites 
http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s3065partnerId=16  
heart Essex 102.6 but all i get is rebuffering now has the link changed
or need a update ?

get to  91% then rebuffering


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Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

2011-01-11 Thread daveconger


A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83106

Question: What's your highest priority

- More images of your music collection
- More Screensafers
- Better player syncing
- Mysqueezebox.com - Player Switching
- Better Search
- Drag'n'Drop for the playlist
- TrackStat Ratings
- IRBlaster integration
- Big Screen with Album Covers for selection
- Something else


Love the app! Still can't believe how fast it is.  Great work!

I have a request for a feature that I've never heard anyone ask for,
which makes me think it is either impossible or outside normal usage. 
Here it is: integration of Napster and local music.  I know it sounds a
little crazy, but I use Napster like my own music collection (i.e.,
looking through artists, picking one, and playing one of their albums)
and it's annoying switching between the two artist lists.  If the two
lists became one, it would be like having one most excellent artist
list.  (Likewise for the albums list, and possibly the track list.) 
Even if it can't be done as a single list, what about two lists
side-by-side - one being the local artists and the other being the
Napster artists?  Or if that's still too much, what about having
searches return results from Napster and local music?  Any of these 3
implementations would really be outstanding.  Thanks!


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread kkitts

Sorry to have taken your time. Everything is working great now. Maybe my
problem was caused by initially connecting to slim server software that
was not at the required minimum version. 

Love this app. Works great.

Thanks.

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Re: [slim] Spotify (officially) on SqueezeboxServer?

2011-01-11 Thread erland

pippin;601831 Wrote: 
 
 Sorry, all of this has nothing to do with piracy, unwillingness to pay
 or anything. Its just corporate bullshit out of overstaffed strategy
 departments trying to sell stuff that isn't there.
 
 I would be willing to pay. At least as much as I paid for CDs back in
 the dark ages, probably even much more.
 
And you are not alone, I pretty much feel the exact same way, I'm ready
to pay (under the right conditions) but no one wants to take my
money...

I think there are two main types of piracy:
Type 1: 
- People that just collect stuff, they would never pay for it and their
goal is just to take backup of as large part of Internet as possible.
They aren't interested in the stuff they download, they basically just
want to increase the used space on their hard drive and tell their
friends how many tracks/movies they have.

Type 2:
- People similar to you and me who are seriously interested in the
music/movies but want to view it now and want to get it the easiest
possible way. They don't want to wait 3 months for the record label to
release it in their region, they don't want to wait 1 week for the
distributor to ship a physical CD by standard mail, they want it now.
They are prepared to pay for it but no one wants to take their money.

There are also people similar to you and me who have a lot of patience
and is prepared to wait. They either do as you describe and focus on
concerts instead of recordings, or they patiently waits for the
official release on CD in their region and buys it. These people are
the reason why the music/movie industry still survives.

The music/movie industry is currently too scared that there aren't
enough people among type 2 who is ready to pay, so they don't dare to
offer user friendly services which risk to increase piracy, they want
to ensure that they are in full control of their product. 

Another important factor to remember is the purpose of a record label
and distributor:
- Finance the recording studio and recording for new talented artists
who can't afford these costs themselves
- Do the advertising when the CD is released, since they want to
optimize the advertising effect and cost they want to learn from one
region of the world before they release it in the next.
- Ensure that the CD is distributed to a place where customers can get
it 
- Take their share of the income when the customer buys the product

Switching to a online streaming solution is a huge change for these
companies and their dilemma is that:
- If they switch to a streaming/download solution, the advertising and
distribution are going to be completely differently to what they are
used to. I can understand if they are scared that someone else is going
to offer this a better way and due to this prefer to do their best to
force us to continue use their old fashion business models.
- If they don't switch a streaming/download solution, there is a risk
other record labels do and they will just disappear because other
record labels provides a better service for the talented artist to
distribute his/her work to the people who is prepared to pay for it.

So I can understand why record labels and distributors are scared to
change but I think they will also have to realize that if they don't
change, the needs for their service are going to disappear anyway. They
blame piracy but I think the real reason is that they haven't figured
out a way to ensure to 100% that they are still going to get their
share of the cake in a download/streaming solution. I think someone big
just have to dare to take the first step, then everyone else is going to
follow because they are scared to be left behind. 

It's just frustrating that it takes so long time for them to take the
first step.

I remember reading that Spotify solved this by offering some big labels
stocks in the Spotify company, this way the record labels were sure that
they would get some control and also get a share of the earnings if it
became a success. It also didn't cost them much if the service failed,
since they got the stocks really cheap or maybe even for free. When a
few big labels had jumped on the wagon, the rest just followed because
they didn't want to be left behind. Of course, there are still some
labels/artists who haven't seen the possibilities and refuse to offer
their music on Spotify.


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Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

2011-01-11 Thread erland


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Question: What's your highest priority

- More images of your music collection
- More Screensafers
- Better player syncing
- Mysqueezebox.com - Player Switching
- Better Search
- Drag'n'Drop for the playlist
- TrackStat Ratings
- IRBlaster integration
- Big Screen with Album Covers for selection
- Something else


daveconger;601849 Wrote: 
 
 I have a request for a feature that I've never heard anyone ask for,
 which makes me think it is either impossible or outside normal usage. 
 Here it is: integration of Napster and local music.  I know it sounds a
 little crazy, but I use Napster like my own music collection (i.e.,
 looking through artists, picking one, and playing one of their albums)
 and it's annoying switching between the two artist lists.  If the two
 lists became one, it would be like having one most excellent artist
 list.  (Likewise for the albums list, and possibly the track list.) 
 Even if it can't be done as a single list, what about two lists
 side-by-side - one being the local artists and the other being the
 Napster artists?  Or if that's still too much, what about having
 searches return results from Napster and local music?  Any of these 3
 implementations would really be outstanding.  Thanks!
I would love this but I like to use Spotify instead of Napster.

I really don't care if the music comes from my local library or one of
the online services I'm paying for. If I have an album in my local
library I want the system to use that, else I want it to use the one
from the online service. Possibly with an extra dialog asking if I like
to use the version in the online service.

Unfortunately, I suspect this is a bit out of scope of the current
SqueezePad client. I suspect something like this requires support on
the server side. 

However, something that probably could be done is something similar to
what Triode has done with the Spotify plugin. When you open the context
menu on an artist in the local library you get an On Spotify item at
the bottom and by selecting that you will get a list of albums by this
artist available in Spotify with the option to play them. I suspect
something like this would be possible to add to SqueezePad for the
Napster service.

Another possible solution is if it's possible to create a favorite for
a Napster artist ? If that's possible, you might be able to setup
favorites for all your local artists and for all the Napster artists
you are interested in and get a common list of them under the Favorites
menu. The issue is just that you probably don't want to do this manually
if you have a lot of artists. A Favorite Artists lists is probably
realistic to do manually but not a All Artists list.


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Re: [slim] iPeng for iPad or SqueezePad?

2011-01-11 Thread bluegaspode

kkitts;601857 Wrote: 
 Sorry to have taken your time. Everything is working great now. 

This is good news indeed!
Thanks for sharing your experience, makes me able to provide better
support for the next user with a similar problem.

Have a lot of fun with SqueezePad and don't forget to tell all your
friends :)


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-01-11 Thread creid

I am looking to buy one of the inexpensive MIPS-based netbooks, like the
Skytone Alpha 400, to use as a player with Squeeze Server.  I see there
are a number of builds available for different OS/processor
combinations.  Would a MIPS + Linux 2.4 build be possible?


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