Re: [slim] ANNOUNCE: iPeng for iPad - Your Squeezebox Remote Gets Big
Pippin, Just installed ii on my ipad. Well done. First reaction is it is a great product. Love it. Will give you a more detailed feedback after using it for a few days. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82681 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
pippin;582652 Wrote: Ok, let's move to the little bit more exciting stuff... This is actually one of my favorites albeit I'm not 100% sure you can fully appreciate it at this resolution and it's also rather simple... It's the second playlist and the second screen saver, a NowPlaying Playlist. Really nice. Is that landscape or portrait? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
Common Apple!! Where is it? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
pippin;582124 Wrote: Yep. But this works with the normal iPeng, too, if you use the latest IRBlaster version. Now that is clever. I must check out what this irblaster is! More pictures please. And give us another clue - Is the screen allocation for different purpose (Now Playing, Albums, Artwork) pretty much the same as you navigate (like the Sonos) or it changes (like Remote for iPad) ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
ASenna04;582252 Wrote: Now that is clever. I must check out what this irblaster is! More pictures please. And give us another clue - Is the screen allocation for different purpose (Now Playing, Albums, Artwork) pretty much the same as you navigate (like the Sonos) or it changes (like Remote for iPad) ASenna04 I have my Squeezebox Server running on a Mac Mini that is located in a different room to where the Hifi is. Can someone direct me to an irblaster that has build in wifi so that it can be placed away from Mini and recieve the signal through Wifi and control the HiFi volume etc... ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
pippin;582260 Wrote: IRBlaster is a plugin that runs an IR emitter from the headphone jack of the Squeezebox Classic, Transporter or Boom. Have a look at the 3rd party plugins section. If you just need a way to change the volume you could just enable the plugin and enter _something_ for the volume change command. The plugin will then report to iPeng that it's accepting volume changes even though the actual volume is fixed to 100%. Which plugin are you using to control your amp? Thanks for responding. I use the Touch, will the plugin work with it. Also I have fixed the volume at 100% on the Touch using a plugin (can't remember which) since this feature is not there on Squeezeserver for the Touch. I am not using any plugin to control the amp. I use the original remote for the amp to control the volume. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
It seems the above issue of locking the volume on Touch is fixed on Squeezebox Server 7.6 peterw;578866 Wrote: You're not running Squeezebox Server 7.6, are you? A while back, Logitech added the option to lock the volume to the 7.6 series of Touch firmware, so I have the patch marked as only compatible with 7.5. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=578866postcount=28 I will check when I get home tonight. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
pippin;582277 Wrote: Not sure but I believe No. Also I have fixed the volume at 100% on the Touch using a plugin (can't remember which) since this feature is not there on Squeezeserver for the Touch. I am not using any plugin to control the amp. I use the original remote for the amp to control the volume. Hm, then I don't fully understand why you need volume up/down buttons. I mean, after all the volume is fixed, the only reason I'm aware of for still wanting volume changes is that you have a plugin that interprets them to control an amp while the SB's volume stays fixed. There are three of these I'm aware of (and that work with iPeng), two for Denon amps that directly control the volume (so you keep the slider) and then there's IRBlaster which captures up/down changes and sends them to the amplifier. iPeng will NOT manipulate the volume value for a SB that is set to fixed volume because this would confuse the group volume control and there is little sense in it anyway. Yet I am NOT sure whether this also applies to the Touch if the fixed volume is being set by a plugin, I don't know how that mechanism works. OK, let me clarify. Today I am have my Touch volume fixed to 100% and I control the amp with the amp remote. What I would like to be abel to do is fix the digital out volume of the Touch to 100% and have the IR emitter connected to the Touch blast the volume up or volume down signals for the amp volume when the volume is changed on the iPeng iPad. I though this was what the IRBlaster plugin did, no? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
Well Done Pippin! I thought it will be more around the end of the calendar year when you will be realing the iPad version. That is what I gathered when I last checked the Squeezebox forums about 2 months back. How long did it take you to develop it? Can you tell us more about how the extra screen spac have been utilised? Is anything like the new iTunes App for iPad? Will you post here when it is released by Apple to inform us. can't wait. Thank you. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?
pippin;582097 Wrote: Well, I don't know how long this review process is going to go so I'm prepared to show like 10 more screen shots or so ;) Yes! lets see it. But let the 10 come is fast, don't make us suffer :) ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 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] Fixed Volume vs 100 Volume
SuperQ;508749 Wrote: Same thing. Setting to fixed only prevents accidental changes via the normal volume user interfaces (web, remote, etc) This is interesting. I was hoping this feature was there to avoid accidental change, where can you set the volume to be fixed? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
Thanks all for your comments. TO make things even more complicated the new Touch will be released soon. Reading elsewhere on this forum, it seemd to have better digital out then the Duet. So if I do go the DAC route (seems likely), then I might replace the duet with the Touch. The touch interface will also help as a secondary control, the primary will be iPeng. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
bhaagensen;508887 Wrote: You value sound-quality, hence choose the alternative with the best (for you) price/performance ratio, the Touch. That't not complicated :) Or if you want the very best from the two worlds, keep your TP as a digital source if funds allow. Both makes much sense to me. There is another aspect which seems to escape many. As you said, many seem to be of the opinion that the CDX2-2 is a better sounding transport than say a CD5XS. Fine. Suppose you accept that. Its at a truly high cost, but still... At the same time many (the same?) including Naim officially I think, argue that the HDX sounds better because it provides better data reading (rips) as it doesn't have to be done under the same almost-realtime restrictions as a cd-transport. For all intents and purposes I don't think the HDX does much else than EAC or dpPoweramp. Hence by using the Squeezebox as a transport you would get better source material to start with. Whether this would make up for whatever the CDX2-2 could improve on the transport side I have no idea, but this must be accounted for if you want to follow these arguments. It does make it clear that there is no clear winner, even by these kinds of arguments. Anyway, we need to try for ourselves I think. Keeping the Transporter would be an option if there is a 'big' difference between the Touch and the Transporter. But it there is not, I would prefer to reduce the number of full size units on my HiFi rack and just use the Touch. It is small enough to be tucked away on the side somewhere or even kept on the DAC and used as a secondary control. The colou screen would be much better then the Transporter's. As for CD's for Transport, I prefer to move away from a CD player. Simply because I find that when I have the squeezebox connected to the Naim system I tend to listern more and more to the streamed music just becuase it is convinient and can't be bothered to go and find the CD from upstairs and place it in the CD player to play it even though the CDX2 sounds better then the streamed music. And becasue I have a CD player, I have not ripped all the CDs knowing that I can always play them on the CD player which is better sounding. By removing the CD player and having the DAC I will have a streamed music that is better sounding then the CDX2. This will be the incentive to rip all the CDs and then have them available at a flick of the iPhone :) ASenna02 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
bhaagensen;508253 Wrote: Indeed. And on the Naim-forum I've in fact been posing the challenge that the DAC should render all reasonable quality digital sources equal. Obviously being in the world of hi-fi and audiophiles, this is met with... lets say some skepticism. Anyway, as long as I haven't heard the DAC myself I can't really argue that some claims audible differences between transports. If however it turns out to be in line with my own observation, I'm really eager to investigate how this can happen. The Naim DAC is, I would say, by design rather than by clever algorithms jitter free (as far as spdif introduced jitter goes) given reasonable assumptions. bhaagensen, You make important points here. If the DAC does indeed render all reasonable quality digital sources equal, then why would Naim market to sell it with the new CDX2-2 (with S/PDIF) when a CD5XS would be sufficient? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Touch release date?
When is the Touch being released. I thought it was going to be in January 2010, any date confirmed? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
Has anyone done any serious comparison between the Transporter and the new Naim DAC feed from a Squeezebox Duet receiver? I know the DAC has just been released but someone might have tried this. I have a Transporter and it is very good. But since the rest of my system is Naim I am seriously considering the new Naim DAC with the Duet. Regards, ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
pippin;508059 Wrote: No 24/96? According to Naim White paper, the Naim DAC uses two mono, true multi-bit Burr-Brown PCM1704K DAC chips. The PCM1704K is a precision, 24-bit digital-to-analogue converter. The White paper also states: USB memory stick Naim DAC will play WAV files with sample rates of up to 768kHz (although some USB sticks may be too slow to deliver audio at high sample rates - 768kHz audio requires up to 6.1 Mbytes per second constant data flow) SO I think it looks future proof for High Resolution music. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
DaveWr;508072 Wrote: I think Pippin mean't connected to the Duet. It can't do 96k! If you are using USB - well no Duet needed. Dave OK, I see. Good point. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Vs Naim DAC with Duet
ModelCitizen;508077 Wrote: I'd be very interested to hear that Naim dac but would be more interested in sticking it on a Transporter than a Receiver. MC Well, Naim state that they buffer the datastream and reclock it. I think that will make the Transporter and Duet sound the same. If they do then the only advantage Transporter has is High Resolution music files. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74249 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter - Sharing Digital Inputs on Squeezeboxes
Can the Transporter Digital inputs (Toslink/RCA/Balanced Outputs) be synched with the other Squeezeboxes on the same Slim Server network? I am trying to connect an external digital source to the Transporter and be able to listern to it on all the Squeezeboxes on the same network. I believe I read somewhere that this can be done. I am able to sync Transporter with Digital inputs selected with a Squeezebox but I do not get any sound from the Squeezebox even though the output is there from the Transporter. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter - Sharing Digital Inputs on Squeezeboxes
Phil Leigh;507409 Wrote: If you had a soundcard on your PC with a digital input, you could use the Waveinput plugin to send the audio to all your SB's ... I have SqueezeCenter running on a QNAP NAS. Can I still do this? Let me explain what I am trying to achive: I have a Squeezebox in my living room connected to my HiFi system which has a DAC. I want to have a CD Transport with S/PDIF out sitting in a HiFi system in another room (no option to have a wired connection) to send the digital signal to my living room HiFi DAC for it to play. If the Transporter could do what I was hoping it would do, i.e. play the digital inputs through other Squeezebox's then I would be able to do that. Since it can't, what other options do I have? If I can wirelessly transmit the S/PDIF signal then I can have the transmitter conencted to the CD Transport and the receiver connected to the DAC. Thanks all for you inputs. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox
Anyone, Have there been any progress in the last few months since this thread was last updated? Do we have a native support for Spotify on Squeezebox? Thanks, ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61891 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't recognize Clock change
I think you will find that there is a setting on QNAP on how often it checks with the time server and sync the QNAP time. I had the same issue and found the time was not automatically changed on Sunday. I found this setting and the default interval was 7 days. I changed it to 12 Hours and it worked. ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70377 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Pippin, Is there a way to keep the wifi connected when the screen switches off? I thought this was one of the restrictions imposed by Apple but then I noticed that the Remote application has Stay connected option in the settings. They say: Staying connected speeds up wake time, but may decrease battery life I know it will affect battery performance, but I would still like to have an option like that on iPeng so that I can choose to switch it on. Keep up the great work, ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] FLAC Vs WAV
I currently have all my music files on QNAP ripped in wav format. I notice most people use flac. Is there any benefit to use flac in terms of sound qaulity or processing resources apart from disk space? Thanks, ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] QNAT TS-101 and Slimserver Starting
I had a power fail today and when I re-started QNAP Slimserver did not start. At least I think it does not start as I cold not see the interface at http://slimserver-01:9000/. How do I start it to troubleshoot to resolve the problem? ASenna0 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=2 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problems after Changing Wireless Router
I was using a Netgear DG824M (which is 802.11 b) and did not have any problems on payback from player. I have now upgraded to Netgear DG834PN (802.11 b g with MIMO technology) and I have problems with dropouts. The music start OK for 2-3 secounds then there is interference and jumps. The signal strengh is about 70%. I don't have an option on the router to use 802.11 b only. Any ideas? ASenna04 -- ASenna04 ASenna04's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2696 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19797 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
