[slim] Interaction between two Squeezeboxes
Because my kitchen is quite large and the Squeezebox screen is so small I have difficulty seeing the screen from one end of the kitchen. I would really like a larger screen and have asked before whether the VFD can be replaced with a larger off-the-shelf item. As this is not an option I have now bought another Squeezebox (my fourth) to put at the other end of the kitchen - which brings me to my problem. More often than not the two Squeezeboxes will both pick up the signal from the remote, but not consistently. This causes havoc with the menus, searching etc. Is there a way to make other Squeezeboxes on the network ignore the remote once one Squeezebox has picked up the signal? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23969 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Power over Ethernet
kdf Wrote: unfortunately, I can't say anything for certain on that either. I don't know what the upper limits are on the supply voltage. -k Then it occurred to me that I had also run some heavy speaker cable to the same point, so I sent the power down that and the squeezebox is happy. Michaelwagner Wrote: IIRC, only 4 of the 8 wires in an ethernet cable are used, so you could use the other 4 instead of only using 2, and you'd drop your voltage drop roughly in half. But I have to say this isn't a really good idea. Having a resistor in series with your power supply is going to introduce noise in your audio out. I shall try using all the wires, although it is working now, using the speaker wires. The audio on this squeezebox is not connected, only one is conected and the others are synchronised to that, so I wouldn't notice any noise in the audio out... -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Power over Ethernet
Fred Wrote: PoE is also 48V and the reason why it is the voltage loss in the cable. You could send 5V at the source but end up with 4V at destination if the cable is long (40 feet and above). Is this why my attempts at POE have not worked? I have wired up a socket at one end and a plug at the other and my voltmeter tells me I am sending the current across with an almost imperceptible voltage drop. Every device I connect (PC, clock radio, phone charger) works as expected but two Squeezeboxes just won't play - don't start, just sit there with a blank screen. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Power over Ethernet
kdf Wrote: Is that measuring with or without the squeezebox connected? -k Without it connected - when I measure it with the squeezebox connected it does, indeed, drop by .6v Would this be enough to stop it working? If I could find a 6v power supply rated at about 1.5 - 2A would it be safe to use it? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Multi-Zone Whole-House Audio System
1. Networked audio base module (the barix-like solution) 2. Wall mounted display/IR unit that connects to 1 3. Slave amplifier unit that connects to 1 The connections between the base module and modules 2 3 should be done with CAT5 cables (power and signal) to facilitate devices in seperate locations. Absolutely! I have three Squeezeboxes in different rooms and two amplifiers in the boiler room - hence I have huge audio cables running back to the boiler room, degrading the signal and restricting where I can put the Squeezeboxes. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Missing accented characters again
Ben Sandee Wrote: SlimServer itself can probably read these files (it could for me). If you set the music folder in SlimServer to your music folder then they will probably appear. However, they won't be MM mixable because SlimServer didn't receive them from MM.Ben I have now set my music folder to point at the share where the music is and also to import from Musicmagic. Now I can see most of the tracks with accented filenames (although they do not have the MM symbol) -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22069 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Missing accented characters again
tom permutt Wrote: I just did. Here is a complete Perl program to do it: That was easy! I changed one line to copy $_, ISADUPE.$newname so that later, when the import is working properly, I can go back and delete the duplicate files -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22069 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Missing accented characters again
Has the missing accented characters bug reappeared? I know that at one stage I was able to see most of the tracks containing accented characters - but now they are missing again. I am using MusicIP Mixer 1.6b2 to import the tracks into Slimserver 6.5b1 - 6569 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 but I had the same problem with Musicmagicmixer 1.5 and Slimserver 6.2.1 (I installed the latest versions of each in an attempt to fix the problem) I have deleted the MusicIP Mixer .m3lib file and rescanned and then I have deleted the Slimserver cache and re-imported. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22069 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Missing accented characters again
Ben Sandee Wrote: I simply renamed my files, removing accented characters. The tags inside the files contain the real information used anyway. That would explain why I have a few tracks with accented characters showing up, I have just checked and they do not have the accents in the filename, thanks Ben. However I am not about to find and rename all the files with accented characters! -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22069 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to configure Autodisplay
I am running SlimServer Version 6.2.1 -5194-Windows XP-EN-cp1252 What happens is: I set an Off time in Autodisplay I set the plugin to On The time passes but the display does not change (even after waiting a few minutes past the time) The time on the web interface has reset itself to 00:00 rudholm Wrote: You can put any valid brightness level in place of that 0. I changed it to 1 (one level above off) and am happy with it. Glad to hear that this works - this is exactly what I want to do. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to configure Autodisplay
tgoldstone Wrote: Are you entering the time in the web UI? One thing I have noticed is that if you don't enter the time perfectly HH:MM AM|PM then it doesn't work. Try entering the time using the remote and see if that works. I entered it using the remote and now it works. Thanks for your help. I have changed the time format to give me h:mm, by changing the line in SlimServer.pref file from timeFormat = |%I:%M:%S %p to timeFormat = |%I:%M which might be why it was not working through the web interface? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to configure Autodisplay
I have posted before, and made an enhancement request, to get the player to dim it's display at night and brighten it again in the morning. I have a Squeeebox in the bedroom, with some film over the display so that it is dim enough at night not to be distracting but still bright enough to show the time. However it is too dim to see in the morning, so I have to press Brightness several times every morning. I have downloaded the Autodisplay plugin but I cannot see how to make it work - I was hoping that if I got it to work then it would be possible to get it to dim the display instead of turning it off. I have put it in the correct place and it appears under Plugins for that player, but it never works. When I put in a time to turn on or off the display nothing happens. Am I misunderstanding something? What are these different states (on, off, idle)? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21484 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's next from Slim? Speculate here.
mkozlows Wrote: Prepping for the Pandora SqueezeNetwork stuff, most likely... Busy working out how Pandora/SqueezeNetwork is going to benefit anyone outside the US... -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21414 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Looks Sloppy but Isn't!
rudholm Wrote: Yes, definitely. Please sell me a remote control with a backlight. I use my SB mostly in low light and I have to remember where the buttons are by feel. ...not helped by the remote being almost symetrical, so you continually have to use the few small clues to make sure you are holding it the right way round -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21041 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Possible to add new Time/Date formats?
Sam Lowry Wrote: I'd like to have h:mm (12h) instead of h:mm pm (12h) Change the line in SlimServer.pref file from timeFormat = |%I:%M:%S %p to timeFormat = |%I:%M Restart slimserver -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21109 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer Analysis Tag
joek Wrote: Do you place it in the mp3 file as a tag or let MMM write it to a separate file? At first I did not let it write to the file, I kept the analysis in it's database. After 6 months or so I began to save the analysis into the file on newly added tracks but I have not yet gone back and saved it on the majority of tracks that I first analysed. I think it is safe enough to do this now, I just haven't got round to it. Note that there was an issue with one beta where it analysed incorrectly, this was corrected within a few days but some people had to back out their changes - I guess the lesson is not to rely on betas with your live data! -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20368 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Product Idea: Integrated Amplifier
dlashof Wrote: I think the Slim user interface is great I don't. I think player/remote interface is good although the remote design is not (too small and symmetrical, no backlight, overloaded buttons), while the web interface is unusable (far too slow and mouse-driven) -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20304 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Product Idea: Integrated Amplifier
Skunk Wrote: What was the alternative to mouse driven, telepathy? Keyboard hotkeys and consistent tabbing? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20304 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Product Idea: Integrated Amplifier
dean Wrote: Bart, can you elaborate on how you'd like the remote improved? I sort of like the remote, because it is small and not overendowed with buttons like many remotes. However I think it could be improved by making it less symmetrical and making the buttons slightly larger and backlit. The lack of symmetry seems important because people with limited vision, or anyone using the remote in the dark, could pick it up and know by feel which way up it is and where to find the buttons they need. I know that when I pick up the remote for my amplifier I will immediately be able to use it without looking at it, I can't say the same for the Squeezebox remote. I realise that everyone uses their Squeezebox in different ways and that not everyone uses it in dimmly lit rooms, but a lot of people do, and a lot of people have limited vision, so backlit buttons would be useful. Having said that I like the limited number of buttons on the remote I can hardly complain about the overloading! In general it works well, but having Add and Play do different things depending on where you are and how long you press it is just confusing when you first encounter it (and when I show it to a friend) I know I can re-map the buttons (I don't use Shuffle or Repeat, so I may do that) I'm not complaining - I think my Squeezeboxes are fantastic, but I do notice how much more work it is to use a remote that you need to look at to use. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20304 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed
Here is my solution, as described earlier in this thread. +---+ |Filename: DSC05466.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=746| +---+ -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20138 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed
cliveb Wrote: Browsing the entire music collection just doesn't work the same way. Sure, you can do a browse music - artists and step through the alphabet, but it just doesn't feel as convenient I find this a downside too, although getting rid of shelves of CDs makes for a much tidier living room. As I ripped each CD I also scanned the cover, printed it, and put it in a plastic CD envelope. Now I have a large box of CD covers which I can flick through for inspiration. It doesn't work really well because you can't scan the spines, but it is much neater than CDs on shelves. I cannot use the browser for album view because it is so slow and dependent on being able to use a mouse, also dependent on being in front of a PC which I don't want to do in my living room. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20138 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IR Blaster Plugin
This is already logged as an enhancement request. Go to http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2743 and vote for it! -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19737 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Suggestion for the Remote Control
dryden555 Wrote: The design of the remote could use a re-think. Sure could; think about it from the point of view of someone with limited vision or someone (any of us) trying to use it in the dark. Even when you remember where each button is (no backlighting, no logic to the button arrangement) you still have to find each button which is difficult as they are so small and the remote is so symettrical. On the other hand I like having just a few, well thought out, buttons - too many remotes have too many, underused, buttons. I think you cannot please everyone - for example I never use the volume on the Squeezebox, but I think most would agree that the buttons are too small and too insufficiently differentiated. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19212 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB Form Factor (wish)
JJZolx Wrote: as long as the Squeezebox has zero physical controls, so no need for a faceplate any larger than the display, this design makes more sense than the odd vertical arrangement that they came up with Indeed, and no need even to have the display in the same unit as the rest of the Squeezebox. A detatchable, stylish, display unit with wireless connection to the main unit would allow for great flexibilty in positioning, would reduce the number of wires strung around the room and would allow the display to be place somewhere optimal rather than somewhere near the amplifier. Add an IR repeater on the main unit and you could keep everything except the display and remotes in a cupboard or in another room... -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18882 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any recommendations for on-line purchase of SB2 (for UKdelivery)?
Robin Bowes Wrote: Want to buy mine? I fancy a SB3... I am in the UK and am looking, without success, for another SB2. Don't want an SB3 because it is the wrong form factor... Anyone else got one they want to sell on? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18847 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Amazon comments
Well, I'm a real customer, having bought a Squeezebox and a Squeezebox 2 from Multitask in the UK. I have found Multitask to be a great company to deal with and I don't see how Amazon could be better from a customer service point of view. Amazon could be better at having stock or getting more stock quickly - but I am only surmising that thay might have more efficient distribution and more clout. They may be able to get the price down to a reasonable level for UK customers too... -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18658 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Dim the display?
seanadams Wrote: The display firmware can't go lower than the currently available choices but this is something I intend to look at. In that case the answer suggests itself - find a darker piece of plastic. For now I have taped a couple of thicknesses of metallised anti-static bag over the display, it has darkened it considerably but the remote still works. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Dim the display?
tgoldstone Wrote: Try the autodisplay plugin. Well, I can't find the autodisplay plugin from that link, but I have tried it before and it does not do what I need. I want to be able to keep the display turned on at night because it is useful to have an illuminated clock, but I would like to be able to dim it much more than I can at the moment. What does $client-brightness do? Can it be tweaked to turn the display down? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Dim the display?
I still find the display too bright at night even on the dimmest setting. Given that there are 32 degrees of greyscale, is it possible to define an even lower level of display than the current dimmest? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18530 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where to buy an IR Blaster?
Dave Edwards Wrote: I thought that the IR Blaster was a SlimDevices product and didn't know that it was a generiec device - can anyone confirm that this is the case and these particular ones work ok with the SB? Dave I have an emitter very like this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5833625124 which I would be happy to send to you (I am in the UK) if it would work. Bart -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18059 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: weird IR problem - not strictly SB
ceejay Wrote: move the squeezebox into the kitchen where you really want it This is how I have it set up, the Squeezebox is in the kitchen and I can see it and control it directly. There is a connection from the audio-out to the amplifier in the utility room. The speakers are in the kitchen and I use an IR extender to control the amplifier. This has worked well for a long time, the downside is having to connect back from the Squeezebox to the amplifier. Maybe Slimdevices could make a two-part Squeezebox with a removeable display, with built-in IR extender, which could be placed seperately from the main unit? -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18191 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Where to buy an IR Blaster?
Dave Edwards Wrote: I am looking to buy an IR Blaster for my SB2 Dave, I hope I understand what you mean by IR Blaster. I have my amplifiers in a utility room and control them with a couple of infra-red signal extenders from Keene http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/bigcodesearch.pl?IRBKIT This means that the only bits of technology in the living room and kitchen are the speakers, Squezeboxes and receivers for the IR extenders. (It does entail having long heavy signal cables from one squeezebox to the amplifier though.) -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18059 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Virtual tracks to remove duplicates.
Steve Bernard, Jr Wrote: the Resource Kit also includes a program called hlscan.exe that goes through and tells you all the hard links on the volume so you can remove them and add them back later on the new volume Thanks - that is exactly what I need. And I use Musicmagic too (and it is fantastic), so I shall investigate it's duplicate finder. -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18003 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Archiving classics
ovonrein Wrote: ...these tools were invented by folks who primarily listen to pop music and so they still refer to every track as a song -- Bart Bart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=116 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17877 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Feature request: Brightness timer
Olaf Wrote: what I would like is an ambient light sensor in the SB itself; I would then like to be able to set the display brightness as a % gain on the light sensor's reading. I don't just have problems with strong display intensity at night. In the mornings I have got the sun right on the display, and I can't see a thing. I have the same problem, and it is made worse by having to step between all the intermediate levels of brightness to get the highest or lowest. What about some fairly basic code which, knowing your time zone and date, dims the display at night and brightens it 30 minutes after sunrise? -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 12 hour time format
kdf Wrote: Then again, when you think about it, the tar.gz version of the server is really just a big collection of text-based conf files for making Perl behave the way you want :) How I wish I could understand the perl. Even people who might be able to create simple perl scrips are going to be daunted by the complexity of Slimserver! Thank you once again to everyone who does understand it and takes the time to help the rest of us. -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Who wants a learning SB remote?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15159 Question: Who wants a learning SB remote? - I'd buy one, but no more than $20 - I'd buy one, but no more than $50 - I'd buy one, but no more than $100 - Nope, not interested at all - Future versions of the SB should have this as standard I see no need for a learning remote (unless maybe just a few programmable buttons?), but I would like a better designed remote. I like the simplicity of the existing remote and use most of the buttons, unlike many remotes where many of the buttons are never used. However the Slimdevices remote is too symetrical - picking it up in the dark it is difficult to get a clue as to which way up it is, and the buttons are rather small. A redesign to make it bigger and better shaped to use without looking would be welcome - but not more complicated just for the sake of it. -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 12 hour time format
That fixed it, thanks. Shouldn't this option be freely available rather than an obscure undocumented feature? -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver resource hog?
I am running an Athlon XP 3200 with 1GB RAM and a clean install of WinXP Pro SP2. My library is 18,000+ tracks, 99% of them high bitrate MP3s I run Slimserver from the command line, using ActiveState Perl When playing a track Task Manager shows the following: perl.exe - MEM: 98,890 CPU: 0 (I am using the MusicMagicMixer integration and MusicMagicMixer.exe shows MEM: 2,800 CPU: 0) (If I try to run Slimserver.exe it puts the CPU up to 100% - I don't know whether this will eventually go down to something sensible because I have given up and just run it from the command line for now...) -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Larger display (a la Roku)
I am getting older every day (aren't we all!) and my kitchen is quite large (33ft at it's widest point), so sometimes I cannot read the display on my Squeezebox, good though it is. I see from the internal photos, that were recently published here, that the VFD connects internally via a normal 14 or 16 way ribbon cable. Is there a compatible larger VFD that I could use (perhaps with a little soldering to make the infrared detector work)? Or is there a plan to offer a larger display in a model in the future? -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimScrobbler CVS works!
Working now - thanks for your help. -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimScrobbler CVS works!
Dave Dewey Wrote: The new code in CVS on SourceForge is the working version. How do we download it? I have not got the hang of Subversion. I managed to download a Scrobbler.pm from sourceforge. I added my $SCROBBLE_USERID_DEFAULT and $SCROBBLE_PASSWORD_DEFAULT and put it into the Plugins directory, started Slimserver with --d_cli, but slimscrobbler doesn't run. -- Bart ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RE:Slimscrobbler plugin
Ok, thanks for confirming that. I have never loaded the plugin before but I would like to try using Audioscrobbler at some point, so I downloaded the Slimscrobbler plugin but couldn't get it to work. I will try again when I see that it is working. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re:MusicMagic broken in 6.03b?
It is working for me on XP with MusicMagic 1.1.5b3, latest Slimserbver nightly Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re:Snooze!
I have a RedRat which can transmit IR as well as receive it, so my computer switches my hifi to AUX input, switches my satellite receiver to BBC World Service, adjusts the volume and wakes me up in the morning. http://www.redrat.co.uk/ Far less than the number of times I've left the amplifier set for dvd input and woke up to silence an hour after the alarm was supposed to wake me :) Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Fast forward/reverse and long recordings
I run into this problem a lot. I timeshift programs every day and often want to skip a bit or pick up a programme in the middle. With the Squeezebox I find this impossible. With Winamp there is a slider which acts as a progress bar but can also be picked up with the mouse and slid. As you slide it the track position indicator changes, so you can drop it pretty much exactly where you want it. Unfortunately the progress bar in Fishbone only acts as a progress bar, as far as I can tell. An option use the remote to jump +-5 or 10 (or user-configurable) minutes would be a workable compromise. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re:Squeezebox2
http://www.schaeffer-apparatebau.de/index.php?option=com_frontpageItemid=205 Show some initiative ;-) http://www.geekmods.com/slimp3/g2/index.htm the front. Do you know of any places that will custom make a front panel similar to the one you've made Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re:UK Prices
I got mine from Multitask Computing who were very helpful and relatively (for the UK) cheap. http://www.multitask-computing.co.uk/streaming.html Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Changing the function of press-and-hold Pause
Is it possible to change the function of the Pause button on the remote control? Currently press-and-hold Pause stops the playback immediately, I would like it to stop after the current track finishes. I can always press the Power button to get it to stop immediately. Oh, and looking through the documentation I see: Press-and-Hold the PLAY button if you have Moodlogic and Squeezebox will create a playlist based on the currently displayed Song, Genre or Artist. - this should now read MusicMagic or Moodlogic ___ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re:Accented Characters
I was just being anglo-centric. Sometimes wish I knew more than one language... It's not an accented character It's just a letter that doesn't fit in the seven-bit US-ASCII chart. ___ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
