Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?
garym wrote: But this may be a case of BetaMax vs VHS. The best approach doesn't always win. Indeed. Except the difference here is that there are enthusiasts still updating the open source software and it works on a variety of hardware, so the chance of survival is good, but I doubt it will become mainstream again. I have a nice little collection of things that have lost - HD-DVD, HP webOS Touchpad/Phone, Squeezebox Touch. I did buy the HD-DVD and webOS stuff after they lost, so very cheaply and the Squeezebox Touch is probably worth more now than I paid for it new. Thanks all for the opinions on the advantages, but I'm afraid not many are relevant to the average person. I don't think they care about hi-res, when mp3's are enough and 60K tracks is quite a collection. Ben BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?
I was recently asked to find a solution for a friend and found it difficult to save him much money going with Squeezebox, Raspberry Pi and Powered Speakers vs Sonos, so I suggested he go with Sonos. It probably wasn't an apples to apples comparison as the powered speakers would probably have sounded better than the Sonos, but they would have lost out on portability. If you have existing amps that you can add the Pi's to then the Squeezbox solution is viable, especially when the Sonos Connect is so overpriced, but for a plug and play solution for someone starting out then Sonos/Heos are probably more suitable. It's good to see the some progress with upnp, but even when the syncing is sorted out I wouldn't imagine many Sonos users bothering to try it, t would only be Squeezebox fans. What are the main advantages to Squeezbox over Sonos (I ask as a squeezebox user) for the average person. The only one I can see is that it's so cheap to add to an existing amp. Ben BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?
I was recently looking at options as a friend was thinking about Sonos and I was trying to see if there was a nice squeezebox alternative that might save him some money. In the end the Sonos worked out to be the best option for him, but the best I could come up with was: Aktimate Micro powered speakers (http://www.aktimate.com.au/micro.html) and a Raspberry Pi with PiCorePlayer and a usb wifi dongle. The Aktimates have a built in DAC (PCM2704 I believe so nothing special but better than Raspberry Pi analog out), so usb cable from the speaker to the Pi and should be able to power the Pi from the built in iPod dock (30 pin) with an adapter. So a one power point solution, even if it would be a bit of a pain to move around compared to Sonos. As PiCorePlayer runs in memory you don't have to worry about clean shutdowns. There is also the Akitmate Mini+ which are bigger and more expensive and have no cheap built in DAC, so if using with a Raspberry Pi you would need a DAC. They apparently sound much better but they would be much heavier to move. Of course an old iDevice or Android could be used in place of the Raspberry Pi if you already had one. Ben BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
JiveBox Ben BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
Squirt (SQUeezebox Is Reborn Today) BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multiple Sources is squeezeslave with multichannel sound card best solution?
This might be of some assistance: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86253 Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88115 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released
Hi MM Thanks for the reply. The version is just what I copied from the net. The correct version is displaying. To be honest I haven't looked into how alsa and oss work to check if things are working properly, but the video files have sound. The main information I'm after at the moment is whether the squeezeslave file I am trying to use is the correct one for the sigma 8655 chipset of the wdtv live? Thanks Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released
Nevermind, it's too hard and tomorrow is the last day I can return it, so it's going back. Thanks anyway. Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released
Hi Ralphy Santa brought me a WDTV Live and I thought it would make a good device to run squeezeslave (it's quite cheap here in Australia now, probably to compete with the new apple tv). I have installed WDLXTV (homebrew firmware) and optware for wdlxtv. I tried running this version: squeezeslave-1.0-217-mips-lnx26.tar.gz When I run it with -L I get: PortAudio error4: Host error. Could not open any audio devices. When I run it with -V I get something similar to this (I just copied that from the net, but it is definitely 1810): squeezeslave 0.9-129 compile flags: linux portaudio:1810 debug signals daemon I think the piece that is missing is the alsa-oss package, but this is not in the optware list for the wdtv, so I have yet to try that. Am I on the right track using this version of squeezeslave? Is it worth persisting? Thanks Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83362 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeslave v0.9/v1.0 blocking audio o/p from otherapplications, Fedora 12, x86_64
While this is an issue worth looking into, the easy workaround I used was to add an old pci sound card and let squeezeslave hold onto it as much as it wants. This also allows us to watch MythTV in the living room and listen to squeezeslave on the outdoor speakers, all coming from the one pc. Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83636 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
flattermann;584810 Wrote: But the next major SqueezeCommander version is not very far away I'm curious now, without trying to be pushy, do you have any sort of basic featurelist or timeline. By the end of November, by Christmas, next couple of weeks?? Will this have any enhancements for tablets, such as the new Archos 70 and 101? Thanks Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
The new archos players look interesting for controllers. The archos 28 at only $99 could make quite a cheap dedicated controller. The smaller versions are all resistive screens but apparently still quite responsive. How does squeeze commander go on a qvga screen? Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge
BenH73;551747 Wrote: Hi I tried Squeezeslave oss (squeezeslave-0.9-133-lnx24.tar.gz) on an original xbox running X-DSL linux and when I started it, there was a message about the hardware not supporting 44100 and 48000 was closest. The music played, but played a bit fast/high pitched. Is there anything I can do on the squeezeslave side to fix this? If not, do you think that anything could be done on the Linux side to slow it down? Thanks Ben Well I got it working. Thought I would try the alsa version, so installed alsa (had to do a loopback install of X-DSL first). The alsa version played at correct speed/pitch, but the sound quality was not so good, but I tried the oss version again after installing alsa and it worked perfectly. Not sure if this is a viable platform, as I want to use it like an appliance and not keep it on all the time. It takes a little while to boot (maybe 40 seconds??) and I'm not sure about turning it off without a graceful shutdown, but the xbox1 is definitely a cheap option. What would be nicer is if squeeseslave (or something similar) could be added as a plugin to XBMC, which is made to be used more like an appliance. Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63966 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge
Hi I tried Squeezeslave oss (squeezeslave-0.9-133-lnx24.tar.gz) on an original xbox running X-DSL linux and when I started it, there was a message about the hardware not supporting 44100 and 48000 was closest. The music played, but played a bit fast/high pitched. Is there anything I can do on the squeezeslave side to fix this? If not, do you think that anything could be done on the Linux side to slow it down? Thanks Ben -- BenH73 BenH73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63966 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
