Re: [slim] Creating m4a from only flac on pogoplug - linux?
Quoting d6jg (d6jg.77z...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): > > That does indeed look interesting ! > > Can someone who uses it tell me what happens with artwork if it exists > in a FLAC - I imagine its lost in the mp3 as I can't find any refrence > to it specifically. Nope, it appears in the MP3. All of the mp3s show up with artwork in my iDevices. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Creating m4a from only flac on pogoplug - linux?
Quoting Rainer M Krug (rai...@krugs.de): > Hi > > System: LMS on Linux (Pogoplug) > iTunes: on Mac OS X, library via samba share of LMS library > > I want to transcode all my flac to m4a files so that I can easily sync > my library with iTunes. I would ;ike to have the following functunality > > 1) convert FILENAME.flac --->>> FILENAME.m4a with specified target > bitrate 128 (I would like to get all my music on the iPhone and iPad - > and the quality is OK) and change timestamp of FILENAME.m4a. If the m4a > exist, do nothing > > 2) If the time of the m4a is newer than the flac, update the tags in the m4a. > > This should not be difficult to write, but before I lok into this, I > want to make sure that I do not reinvent the wheel. > > Is there something like this? > > mp3 would also work, but I would prefer m4a as it is supposedly better > quality with similar size. I solved this problem a different way. I like having FLAC for it's superior sound for streaming, but also having MP3 for syncing to iDevices to go. I've used this for years: https://khenriks.github.io/mp3fs/ What it does is present your FLAC files to iTunes as mp3s, and allows your iDevices to sync them. It transcodes the FLACs to mp3 on the fly/on request, so syncing takes a bit longer, but not unreasonably so. Any changes made to the FLAC files are immediately represented in the MP3s as well, including tags and cover art so none of the hassle to having to deal with two different libraries of the same songs. It works very elegantly and transparently for me. It's a bit geeky yes and requires some knowhow to set up, but if you're reasonably familiar with linux it's a no brainer. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Free NEW SheevaPlug to Good Home (Shipped within United States)
Quoting garym (garym.705...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): No interest on my post at DIY forum. Maybe someone will see it here: PM me if interested. I hate to throw it away and goodwill won't know what to do with it. Gary, I'd be happy to take it off your hands... I always have a bunch of projects bubbling that could use something like that. Happy to pay shipping too. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Preview] iPeng on Apple Watch
Quoting pippin (pippin.6xt...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): While Apple are taking their time The full player switching sequence... 18183 I've been completely on the fence about the Apple Watch... you may have sold another one for them. This might be the killer app to push me over the edge. Thanks for continuing to work on iPeng! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Look Back And A Suggestion
Quoting earthbased (earthbased.6ot...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): What third party audio devices connect to LMS? The Denon Ceol looked interesting until I saw it has no line out (I have 2 channel stereos). Sonos Connect looks more like a direct replacement but much more expensive as it always was, with no plugins. My requirement is to not have to have a computer on other than NAS to stream my FLAC files to my (3) stereos using iOS to manipulate the playback. Suggestions for when the day comes other than Sonos? RaspberryPI or other such devices. I had an old Receiver start to fail yesterday (been coming on for a while); unplugged it and plugged in a RaspberryPI/HiFiBerry-based player I had standing by and was back running in less than 5 minutes. You don't have to build your own, there are people selling ready-to-deploy units that are exact snap-in replacements. This environment isn't going anywhere, no need to jump ship. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Look Back And A Suggestion
Quoting dasmueller (dasmueller.6ot...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): ddewey wrote: Quoting earthbased (earthbased.6ot9an (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com): You don't have to build your own, there are people selling ready-to-deploy units that are exact snap-in replacements. This environment isn't going anywhere, no need to jump ship. Can you post or PM me w a link as these snap-in replacement providers I assume this guy is a member here, was looking at these earlier after I saw the link on the Squeezebox Facebook page: http://www.digitallivingroom.co.uk/ basically the exact same thing I built (even uses the same case) but saves you the fun of putting them together yourself. Not endorsing this vendor or his site, just something I saw earlier today that might meet the need. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] debug alarm on boom?
Quoting gregklanderman (gregklanderman.5wk...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Hi, I've been using a boom as an alarm for some time and lately it is very flakey, not triggering the alarm a couple times a week. I am running slimserver 7.7 from svn, and have it set to use this radio station from my favorites: live365://www.live365.com/play/wumb919fast There is no indication of any problems in the log around the times the alarm was set to go off and did not, though I did notice that slimserver continues to receive title/artist info for that station all the time, even when the boom is off - should it do that? And the title/artist updates in the logs stop around the time the alarm should have gone off this morning, actually about 5 minutes after it should have gone off, so there are a few updates after it should have gone off. I just restarted the server, it had been up 32 days. What should I look into next? Are there any changes in 7.8 w.r.t. alarms that might fix this? I have a possibly-related alarm issue as well. I'm running 7.7.2 - r33893. I have an alarm set on a SB2 to trigger twice a day. Identical alarms, using the same online URL/station. The 6 AM 'morning' alarm works perfectly, every time. The 8:00 pm alarm almost never works (@ 90% failure these days) and goes to the backup alarm. Stopping the backup alarm and pressing play on the online station works every time, so I don't believe it's the station. There's no errors in the logs that I've been able to find. It's perplexing and annoying. I've ruled out external bandwidth, latency and internal network issues along with DNS in my year-plus of being periodically frustrated with this. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet and Raspberry Pi
No. You need the server running somewhere. Quoting daddyfix (daddyfix.5q7...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I have a Squeezebox Duet (for 5 years). Just bought a Raspberry Pi and put all my music on the attached USB Ext Drive to the Pi. Configured RPi with samba to acces my music files. My question is, can i use my squeezebox duet to connect directy to the RPi music share instead of running the Squeezebox Server on my Computer or the Raspberry Pi? I figure the Squeezebox Duet does not have the capabilites to do this. But Its works a shot to ask. daddyfix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34597 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98019 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is Olive One the answer?
Quoting NFLnut (nflnut.5or...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I think a smart move for Olive is to add an additional Touch like player where they take their existing player, remove the amps, and add the digital outs. I could not agree with this post any more. The One looks like a beautiful player, and the software looks nice. But I don't want speakers. I don't want my music locked down. Just give me a One with digital outs, and leave out the Facebook, Twitter, .. nonsense. I just want a replacement for the Squeezebox to play my music that isn't obsolete. completely agree. I'd buy this in a minute, and probably more than one. Well, it has to be able to scrobble. :-) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MOG or Spotify: Is one better than the other for Squeezebox?
Quoting Ron Thigpen (r...@fuzzsonic.com): I don't have experience with trying to use Spotify on SB, but I do love having a MOG subscription. Sound quality is great and it works well with my SBs. Same here except with Spotify. My only complaint with using Spotify is the restriction to one user at a time (Spotify restriction, not SBS). it's common for two of my kids to try to use Spotify at once, and one gets kicked off. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Life with a Squeezebox, iTunes, FLAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, and an iPod
Quoting sebp (sebp.4wkdlb1310140...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): ddewey;639735 Wrote: What it does is present your FLAC files to iTunes as MP3s, allows iTunes to catalog them, and then when you play or import one into an iDevice, it converts it to MP3 on the fly. Q: And what do you think will happen when Squeezebox Server queries one of these MP3 files referenced into iTunes' database? A: mp3fs will transcode the FLAC file to MP3 for SBS as well. probably so. I use this solely to get flac's readable by itunes for loading my iphone, Squeezebox Server only gets FLACs. I don't connect itunes to the squeezebox server, I try to minimize my interactions with itunes. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Life with a Squeezebox, iTunes, FLAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, and an iPod
Quoting GuyManning (guymanning.4wk4vz1310129...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I use iTunes simply because the Squeezebox Server software uses iTunes as well to import its cataloguing...that is why I thought there may be a way to fool iTunes into allowing the FLAC to be included in the iTunes library (if I do not need to play them back) This is VERY geeky, but it works really well for me and has for years. I use it to get music into my iPhone as well as some other iTunes-specific stuff, or when I want to quickly make a copy of some music for someone in MP3 format without bothering to transcode it. What it does is present your FLAC files to iTunes as MP3s, allows iTunes to catalog them, and then when you play or import one into an iDevice, it converts it to MP3 on the fly. This way I don't have to bother with maintaining separate libraries or even think about it - iTunes sees what it thinks are mp3 versions of all my FLAC files and is perfectly happy with it. It does take longer to sync the files since they are being converted in the background rather than just copied, but that's a minor issue. All my music is hosted on a Windows fileshare - I mount that to my Linux box where I run mp3fs, then mount the mp3fs filesystem BACK to windows and point iTunes at it. http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng roadmap poll
SYNCHRONIZATION This is another one of the things I probably will do anyway, just want to understand how important it is to people. The idea is to have synchronization scenes that you can save and re-activate. This will make synchronization setup more effort (if dig into it you'll find there's quite a few decisions to take her) but after you've done that, selecting synchronization may be a bit more straightforward. It's not actually faster but it's easier to understand. I don't sync very often, but when I do I find it tricky and difficult to figure out between the various UIs (web, iPeng). Probably that's because I do it so infrequently I have to relearn it each time, but a sychronization 'scene' seems to make a lot of sense to me. I'm pretty much always going to want to sync the same players in the same way, so jumping through a lot of hoops to do that each time doesn't make a lot of sense. +1. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox remote app for iPad
Quoting jaysrin (jaysrin.4jta6n1288721...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I am tired of trying to get in touch with Logitech regarding a replacement remote for my Squeezebox. The many emails I've sent them in the past 2 years have elicited no response and I do not see myself ever buying a Logitech product in the future. The former Slimdevices company was a lot more attentive. However, I do already have a Squeezebox and this has been lying unused. As the box is hooked to a stereo system, I figured it would still be worthwhile to explore alternatives to control the box. I have searched in the Apple iPad app store for a Squeezebox remote app for the iPad, without success. IPeng for iPad. There's also Squeezepad. Both are great apps. I prefer iPeng, but have used both. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] itunes
Quoting MrSinatra (mrsinatra.4jthyn1288731...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): pippin;58 Wrote: It sucks so much that it _can_ mess up artwork if you don't follow a strict folder structure. I've got a few folders where I collect single tracks and a big annoyance is that iTunes insists on putting artwork files there which then will show up for a lot of the tracks in there :evil: It should not mess up tags, though. It _does_ mess up folder structures if you let it which probably the worst thing of it all. yes, true, but a user can set it up to not do that. you just have to carefully, thoroughly examine options/settings/prefs b4 telling it where the music is. however, i thought that itunes put all the art it downloaded into a DB? it actually puts it into the folder with the files? i know WMP does that, but i've read itunes doesn't do that, just a DB. To your point, if you don't uncheck the setting that tells it to manage your files, that's exactly what it will do. I use itunes (hate it, but I need it) to manage a lot of iDevices - if you're careful setting it up the first time, it will very happily coexist with squeezeboxserver without issue. It has a lot of other problems, but that's an easy one to fix. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobble caching - no internet for 3 months
Quoting MrBungle (mrbungle.4jem7z1288037...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Hi, I am running Squeezebox server 7.5.1 r30836. I moved house about 3 months ago and had no internet connection where my Squeezebox/server are located. I just hooked them up onto the internet and I was hoping my Last.fm play history would be scrobbled. However, it didn't happen and nothing was updated. Scrobbling works OK for new tracks with the internet connected but I was wondering if the old history was recorded and if it was possible to submit? I've tried looking at the file system but can't see where the scrobbling history is stored, if anywhere. Tracks past a certain date won't scrobble. I have this issue with an ipod I keep in my car; I pull it out every couple months to update it, and only the tracks from the last week-ish (not really sure of the cutoff) will scrobble. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] better windows app to control squeezebox
Quoting citizen10bears (citizen10bears.4j1kvb1287428...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Hi all, I currently use my iphone to control my squeezebox gadgets. but it's small and fiddly. and the web interface supplied by logitech isn't up to much. haven't you tried iPeng on the iphone? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPhone Squeezebox control
Quoting FZ-B (fz-b.4i0gxz1285697...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I have a Squeezebox Classic. I know there is a ton of info but my question is still in tact after sifting through it. Which app is the best to control my classic? I'd like to dl one today and get it running. Looking for simplicity and reliability. Thanks all! hands down, iPeng. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dead SB3
Quoting Kyle (kyle.4bnedb1275009...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I assume it's out of warranty. I've had it for at least a couple of years. we need a 'parts depot' forum. Couple people lately have been looking for replacements screens from dead SBs. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is 'Search' broken for the forums?
Quoting alfista (alfista.49564n1270800...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Works swimmingly here at least. This should be a faq, if it isn't already. Use Google site search to search the forums; it works MUCH BETTER. In the Google search box, type something like this (without the quotes): site:slimdevices.com Touch that tells Google to provide results ONLY from slimdevices.com (including the forums) for the keyword 'Touch.' ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I search...
Quoting OppfinnarJocke (oppfinnarjocke.45pwfz1265049...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): My SBS gives me the message your player was not found. So I tried to search the forum for posts including this message, but the search engine insists that was is too short a word, and not found means I want to find post that do not include the word found. And this is the same whether I put the phrase into quotes or not. What am I missing...? don't use the forum search, use google to search the forums. Enter this into the google search box: site:slimdevices.com player not found ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad?
Quoting iPhone (iphone.45gsxz1264624...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): pippin;511037 Wrote: I've said it over and over again: get the biggest artwork you can find, 600x600 is not the end of all screens. No idea about iPad, yet. It's obviously iPhone OS but I have to dig through the doc to find out how it's different. According to some of the Tech Gadget Sites, all iPhone apps will work on the iPad and work perfectly if the author does some simple display changes to take advantage of the larger display. That is good news. I'm sure they'll WORK, but I'll bet a lot of them will need to be optimized for the larger display. Having a giant iPeng remote is really the only compelling reason I see to buy this thing, and I'm an Apple gadget fanboy. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] using a music library BESIDES iTunes
Quoting aiko (aiko.453pu01264014...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): since most of my music files are not supported by iTunes, (specifically FLAC) is there a library application I can use beside ITunes? simple enough for me to locate what I want, this is more for the Mrs convenience MediaMonkey. Will transcode from FLAC to mp3 on the fly to support iPhones/iPods etc. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork for FLAC (not iTunes) music?
Quoting Blackfiction (blackfiction.3zsslb1255106...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I think you can just add artwork to the files using an tag editor like mp3tag or tagrename. I have lots of flac files and always add artwork using tagrename. Same, using mp3tag. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Facebook App - what's the point?
Quoting autopilot (autopilot.3zmnkn1254819...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): It works best on the Touch with its bigger screen, makes a good screen saver, if your into that kind of thing. And many people are. Yep. It was the first thing I installed, exactly for that reason. It's now my default screensaver on the Controller, displaying family pics from my FB account. I enjoy it, but I am an active Facebook user. If you aren't it's not gonna have any value to you. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can iPhone REMOTE app control volume while using Squeezebox?
Quoting Phil Leigh (phil.leigh.3zn8bb1254846...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): jrgrott;467765 Wrote: Hi, I am thinking of getting a Squeezebox Touch. Right now I use iTunes w/ an Airport Express and use my iPhone REMOTE app to control iTunes and the volume. If I do get a Squeezebox Touch, and use that for streaming my music to my stereo, can I still use my iPhone REMOTE app at all, most importantly to control the volume? I do not quite understand how the Squeezebox contols iTunes, so I don't know if I used my iPhone app to control iTunes would do anything. Any comments would be appreciated. I know there are some other iPhone apps for Squeezebox. The big advantage to using the iPhone REMOTE app is it is wireless, I think the Squezebox Touch remote is line-of-sight. You can do what you want (and a lot lot more) but you will need the iPeng app on your iPhone. Squeezebox doesn't control iTunes. It can integrate with the iTunes library, but it doesn't actually control iTunes at all. The iPeng application for the iPhone/Touch (or any of the other similar apps) are wireless and don't require line of sight. These applications will control the volume of the Squeezebox. You'd leave the stereo volume set at some maximum level and let the SB modulate it. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Defection and challenge
Quoting dBerriff (dberriff.3y6r1z1252398...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I realised I could do everything with an Apple TV (previously a disappointment but we had one anyway) or Airport Express, active speakers with TOSLINK digitial interface, and iTunes on our iMac, with an iPod Touch to control it all. I might hang on to dbPowerAmp for Accurate Rip and then convert FLAC to Apple Lossless. So far I have had no problems with the usability and while I have doubts about the ripping side of iTunes I have no doubts about its ability to manage my library, create playlists and deliver the songs. It just works for me and in my experience over the last 3 years works with complete reliability. I have 2 libraries, one lossy and one lossless. That is a pain but I was having to do it anyway. All I have done is moved the SqueezeCenter library across to iTunes lossless. I've spent a lot of time over the past couple of years counseling these 'standard' users about alternatives to iTunes. I'm glad (but surprised) that your experience has been so positive. As more and more people acquire more and more digital music, iTunes (espescially the PC version) is prone to falling over. I've had to rebuild my library countless times, deal with it marking perfectly present songs as 'missing' by the thousands etc. And all I use it for is syncing my iPhone and iPod. It's crazy. I certainly would never recommend an iTunes-based solution to anyone with a sizable music collection who wanted things to 'just work.' Too unstable. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where's Dean?
Quoting dean (dean.3xubqn1251818...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Dear friends, You may have noticed a change in the title under my name. Today marks my last day as a paid employee of Logitech. I've been working on Squeezebox (and before that, SLIMP3) since 2001 and it's time to take a break and slow down a little bit. It's been an incredible experience, meeting so many unbelievably passionate and brilliant people in this community, collaborating on some great products and making music fun again for myself and for a few other folks. Thank you to everyone! But you haven't seen the last of me. I started out as a customer, community member and open source contributor, and while I'm not getting paid for it anymore, I'm incredibly excited about the new products that are on the horizon and plan to stay an active member of the community. I don't have any specific plans for the future, except to finish cleaning the basement, see if I can remember how to program, and to spend a bit more time with my family (until they tell me to get out of the house and find a job!) So again, thank you, I'll see you around! Good luck to you and thanks for all your hard work! We've all benefited greatly from it. Enjoy your breather. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...
Quoting damager (damager.3xhhbz1251219...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): froth;451642 Wrote: To each his / her own. I stayed away from the Duet and have to say my system is very stable and requires little to no work at all. I have 1 boom and 2 SB Classics's and am looking to add at least 2 more SB devices in the near future. All my children and as well my wife have no issues using the technology. In fact, my children who have been on iPod crack for a while are now asking about moving their music to SqueezeCenter. Unfortunatly they have many DRM tracks but for the stuff that is not DRM we will be moving in the next month. I will be adding iPeng into the mix this fall as we have a couple touches and an iphone in the house as well. I am just going through the purchasing of a wireless extender to allow me to provide service to my shop which is a very long way from my house. Good luck with the Sonos. I do think in some ways their system may be less prone to the need to tweak, but then again, I also have heard the stories that people have had issues with the technology as well. I like the idea that I can tweak if I want and I have a little. I have the local weather showing on the boom in the kitchen and this took all of minutes to configure. Thanks for your comments. I'm in no way meaning to bash the Squeezebox products - I've used them for many years, and really like them. I think alot of my issue is caused by the relative high number of issues with the Duet, which, unfortunately, was the main device my family was using. You putting them up for sale? I might be tempted to replace my SB1 - last device on my network that's wep-only. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How many of you still slide your Boom back into it's bag when you're done using it?
Yeah I'm that guy. Including a storage bag like that is one of the things I love about these products, the little touches. Haven't figured out how to get the power supply in there without scratching it though. :-) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Should I buy an iPhone?
Quoting trouty00 (trouty00.3vmawn1248084...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): if using it for cycling is a big requirement personally i think the iphone is not a good choice, are you planning to mount on handlebars or just have it in a bag? i think its too big too mount on handlebars and you will damage it off road mtb'ing, not what id want to do with a £400 phone! I use the moderately-excellent MotionX iphone app for tracking my cycling. Has gps, mapping capability, waypoints, all the stuff you need. I normally just slip it into my pocket or bag and it's fine, but I'm a bike commuter not a mountain biker. I've had an iphone since they were released (on 2nd one, the 3g) and found them to be very robust, they are not at all fragile. That said, I wouldn't mount it on the handlebars. I've looked, and havent found a mount that looked trustworthy. If anyone knows of one, I'd love to hear about it. And oh yeah, iPeng rules. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 SB2 Remote
Quoting dzl (dzl.3v2hhb1247160...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): So in my last apartment move, I have misplaced my SB2 remote. I've looked everywhere, and I just can't find it. The second problem is that I haven't used it in a long time and it needs a firmware upgrade. I'm not sure on the version it has now. What are my options? I tried searching, but only came across a few threads about the SB2. I really just want a replacement remote, not a universal remote with JVC codes (because of the lack of brightness button). Will this remote work? (edit I'll post it in the next post) I'm out of ideas and exhausted google. I just got Pandora One and I really want to get it running through the SB... https://secure.slimdevices.com/categories.php?category=Accessories highly recommended the backlit one. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB far too expensive?
Quoting Labarum (labarum.3tdjhz1244316...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): When you look at the cost of a small form PC, does that make the SB far too expensive? This is cheaper that an SB3 in UK http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/92102/acer-aspire-revo-r3600l-ultra-small-form-factor-pc-atom--n270--1.6ghz-1024mb-8gb-solid-state-drive-wlan-linux--geforce-9400--revo-multimedia-keyboard-and-optical-mouse?CAWELAID=346463406g Granted, it only has an HDMI out, but the eeeBox has an optical out even if it costs more http://www.plemix.com/macc-asus-eeebox-desktoppc A small form PC can run silent and headless, and do all that an SB will and more? The small form PC has more electronics in it, yet costs less. Why? What size is the display on that? Oh, it doesn't have one... The display is likely by far the largest manufacturing expense. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to an iPod touch?
Quoting agillis (agillis.3qynfz1240263...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Has this been covered already someplace? I want to stream music to my iPod but I want to control it with SC. If I browse to http://server:9000/stream.mp3 the iPod says it can't play it. Is there a better way to stream to an iPod from your SC machine? SimplifyMedia works well, but is a non-SC solution. http://www.simplifymedia.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Prevent scrobbling of certain genres to Last.fm ?
Quoting rjay (rjay.3qn2rz1239723...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Not too sure how that would help ... Everything played on our Squeezebox is currently scrobbled to Last.FM. I don't want the hassle of turning off scrobbling every day before I go to work, so want to prevent certain genres or artists being scrobbled. The unofficial plugin supported by James Craig will allow you to exclude genres. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which OS for rock solid stability
Quoting Millwood (millwood.3p29mz1237072...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): agillis;406493 Wrote: You should not run two access points with the same ID. Get one access point and a wifi extender. Vista should be stable although sometimes the multitasking abilities leave something to be desired. I would recommend VortexBox it's simple and uses very low resources. Nonsense. Any large office runs multiple access points with the same SSID. That's what roaming is about. I have run two in my house for years. I run the two on different channels, but you can experiment with that as well - one channel will work. Agreed, this is an non-issue. As for your question - IMHO, linux is much more reliable than windows. I run Debian etch (waiting for the bugs to shake out before going to lenny) and it would run forever if I didn't reboot once a month to fsck the file systems. It will reliably restart itself is a power failure takes it down. Only problem is the learning curve to get is set up correctly. I've exclusively run slimcenter/SqueezeCenter under linux OSs for years, it is bulletproof. I use fedora, but it probably doens't matter. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
Quoting JJZolx (jjzolx.3oe4fb1235946...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): SqueezeCenter is definitely not software that works well for the kind of person who thinks nothing of wearing a black sock and a blue sock. That is a GENIUS analogy. Seriously. You are exactly right. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Linn - SkweezyDS
Quoting simongurney (simongurney.3npj8o1234798...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I'm nervous about having to transcode my studio quality FLAC files in sqeezecentre or will this not effect quality. Do I even need to transcode FLACs or can a transporter handle them. no need to transcode FLAC. Support is native. I take it that the handset from my Squeezebox Duet will control a transpoter in the same way as a Squeezebox receiver. Correct. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] fix for Actiontect router?
Quoting SteveSatch (stevesatch.3npyzb1234819...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): I spent a lot of money on two Duets and another hard drive to fit my music on. These simply do not work with Verizon's Actiontec router. When can we see a fix? From Verizon? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router
Quoting SteveSatch (stevesatch.3nq04z1234820...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): My friends said how great the Squeezebox was so I bought two Duets and a hard drive to store my music on. I have major connection issues and customer service says it's because of my Actiontec router. Can I please get suggestions for a router that has great reliability with the duets? My setup is wireless. I'm looking for something super easy to hook up because I am not tech savy. I'm weary of spending much money as I've already spent a bunch on something that isn't working and I have little faith in the Squeezebox right now. Thanks. It's not the squeezebox. There are zillions of very happy users, thousands of them on this forum alone. It's your router, as a quick google just told me. :-) Have you tried updating it's firmware? If you're not technical, this may not be something you want to attempt, but it's worth a shot. Otherwise, I've had reasonably good luck with Linksys wireless access points and routers. I have two, one I need to reboot once a month or so, the other is perfect, my three Squeezeboxes and Controller connect flawlessly. One man's opinion. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Server and Firefly Server
Quoting Goattee (goattee.3mnqcz1233035...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): agillis;389716 Wrote: You can run many streaming protocols on the same box as long as they use different ports. I use SC, firefly (iTunes), uShare (DLNA), SMB (for XBMC), and NFS. All on the same VortexBox server with no problems. Thanks for a speedy response. I had no doubt that I could run various servers on the same box-- I already do that-- but you're answering a question I'm not asking. What I wanted to know is whether Squeezebox can see Bonjour-broadcasted media services such as Itunes shared libraries and Firefly Media Server. No. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slightly OT: Idea for an iPhone Universal Remote
Quoting lanierb (lanierb.3mbpyb1232474...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Using iPeng on my iPhone has made me wish I could control my whole HT/stereo with my iPhone. I realize there is nothing available at present, but wouldn't it be possible to design an app to do this? It would require one additional piece of hardware that hooked up to your local network and could send out IR commands, but it seems possible right? Doesn't Logitech/Harmony seem well suited to implement this? Also, it might not be the ideal solution, but I think it might even be possible to design the app to use the SB hardware. (I understand that you can send IR commands from an SB3 via the headphone out.) BTW for background I currently use a Harmony 880 and have lots of complaints about it: the time set problem, the display and tilt sensor both wearing out (and I've had two with the same issues), the slow response of some commands, etc. With the IRBlaster plugin and an ir emitter, you can turn the stereo on/off and adjust volume with iPeng (or really any other app). Did you want more than this? If so IRBlaster would probably be a good place to start. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Music Manager
Quoting Zoar Road (zoar.road.3llnao1231258...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Hello everyoneI'm sure this has been discussed at length, but I need a good managment tool for my music that I play and burn on my PC. I have a transport and a sqeezbox hooked up to different audio systems. Of course it is easy to control those with Squeeze Center. But why the sqeezecenter does not allow me to manage my local(as in PC) music mysteryand suggestions? II have Flac files so windows just wont do. What is the best to use? MediaMonkey works great, supports Flac and has all kinds of advanced features like transcoding FlAC to mp3 to load an iPod. Highly recommended. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Quoting pippin (pippin.3l79pb1230587...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): And if your iPods are configured for the same iTunes account, you'll only have to buy iPeng once. holy crap how did I not know this? I've been paying double for apps on my and my wife's iphones because we use separate itunes accounts. oops. Good thing she only has a couple... thanks pippin! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC 7.3 . . . . oink, oink, oink!
Quoting sgmlaw (sgmlaw.3kbinb1229106...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com): Installed 7.3 this morning. This thing loves to eat resources. Between the resident app, the browser load, and java, it's consuming near 350mb of RAM. Yikes. The app runs considerably slower, too. And this is on an Athlon 64 system with a gig of RAM. It's almost like suffering with a Symantec suite. Ouch. java? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] forum.slimdevices.com/MOBILE
Quoting tamanaco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm going to hit the road for the next couple days and the wife banned the laptop. Is there mobile formatted version of this forum? I tried accessing it using Skyfire for Smarphone, but it's a bit too painful. Subscribe to it as an email list and get it in your inbox. You can read and reply, and your replies end up in the Web forum for the web people to see. That's the only way I use it, I abhor web-based forums. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Quoting m1abrams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Well as soon as I saw this app on iTunes I picked it up. I have been using the skin and knew that as soon as iPeng made a native app that I would support it. Now I just have to wait til I get home from work to actually play with it. Keep up the good work. Same here. Thinking about running home for lunch just to try it out. :-) Thanks Pippin! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller or alternative (iPod touch/iPhone)?
Quoting jazztime ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm planning to buy some remote solution for my one Transporter and two Squeezeboxes setup. But I'm uncertain if I should buy the Controller or a iPod touch (or Iphone) with some of the iPeng, iSqueeze/Squeemote, Squidgy software. The Controller i 370$ and the iPod touch (8gb) is 270$ (I'm in Denmark). The large touch-screen on the touch looks very nice and it is cheaper, but: Squidgy is nice, fast and responsive. Can't wait for iPeng. I have a Controller and a couple of iPhones-my opinion after using both is that the iPhone(touch) is a great 'personal' remote that is likely to always be with you, but for a multi-person household having a 'traditional' remote like the Controller laying around to be picked up and used is extremely convenient. I spent a large chunk of time listening yesterday while working on some computer issues, with both my iPhone and Controller next to me. Every time, it was more convenient to pick up the Controller to make a quick change to what was playing - fast forward, check the song title etc. My two cents. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Game On: Sonos has an iPhone app
Quoting tamanaco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ds2021;354317 Wrote: Yes, I think it boils down to this. The introduction of a mistress would likely push me towards an ipod touch for use as a remote however. Sounds like plan... Now let me ask you... Can you access your SC server remotely via the Internet with your iPhone using iPeng?... If so, how? I want to access my SC server via my Smartphone securely. I also looked for SSH clients for the iPhone and I could not locate one... do you know if such a client exist for the iPhone... Thanks Short answer, yes... you can open SC up to the internet and put a password on it, alternatively with additional layers of ip-based authentication. You can use VPN. There are a bunch of ssh clients for the iphone available in the AppStore. I have 3 or 4 installed. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling
Quoting sand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It would be nice to be able to remove entries that have already been scrobbled from lastfm.. and also to export my data. You can remove data from last.fm, through their interface. I've done it. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling
Quoting MeSue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): okay, I installed SqueezeScrobbler and entered the Genres I don't want scrobbled on one line in a comma separated list. The tracks in this Genre are still being scrobbled. How do I enter multiple genres? I have 2 genres separated by just a space, no other delimiter. That seems to work. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling
Quoting MeSue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): ddewey;350342 Wrote: I have 2 genres separated by just a space, no other delimiter. That seems to work. But if your Genre includes a space (Audio Book), then what? Anyway, I solved it by adding a separator character in the SqueezeCenter settings. Seems to be working for excluding the genres, but I no longer have LastFM Love this track on the Controller song details page when playing local music. Ugh. Those might be features of the builtin Squeezecenter plugin, don't know. I dont have a Controller so I'm not affected by that. Beat on the devs - nicely. I think it was Andy that said there was no reason to exclude artists or genres in the stock plugin. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling
Quoting MeSue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Is there any way to have certain artists and/or genres excluded from Last.FM scrobbling? Or if I can't do it from the Squeeze side, is there any way to block things from influencing my profile on the Last.FM side? The SqueezeScrobbler plugin (not the 'official' one) allows this. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling
Quoting MeSue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Will I lose anything by switching to the unofficial plugin? Is there anywhere a summary of the differences and pro/cons of each? I am searching but a lot of the threads are old so it's hard to tell. Suppose I use Remove from Library on the Last.FM site. Will it just add the artist back if I play it again? The unofficial plugin allows you to exclude genres. I use the genre tags to indicate music I don't want scrobbed, and then set the plugin to exclude those genres. If you do that, then remove those artists from the last.fm interface, they will no longer be submitted at all. The library database on Last.FM and your Squeezecenter library are completely separate and have no relationship, so other than submitting or not submitting there is no way to manipulate your last.fm library from SC. For me, this works very well. It may not be perfect for you. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimdevices.com down?
Can't get to it, or forums.slimdevices.com either... confidence level of this mail getting through - low. :-) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems streaming SqueezeCentre to Winamp
Quoting Fabric Technologies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi, recently for one of our clients we installed SqueezeCentre to allow them to centrally manage music they play in their office. However there seems to be an issue where the stream ends once the playlist has ended so when people add more music to the playlist it won't play again unless winamp is restarted and connects to the stream again. Has anyone else come across this issue using SqueezeCentre with Winamp? I believe this is the issue you're seeing - if so, it's fixed for 7.3. Workaround for now is to pause the player BEFORE the playlist ends. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes alternatives
Quoting egd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Thanks to itunes I had the recent pleasure of flying to Europe without any music. Unfortunately vPod doesn't support current iPod firmware, so I'm wondering what software (other than iTunes malware) people are using to get music onto their iPods WITHOUT impacting what's already on the damned thing? MediaMonkey http://www.mediamonkey.com Works well, will translate flac to mp3 on the fly for the ipod if that's important to you. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RSS Feeds for Now Playing
Quoting BigBirdy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Are there any plugins or tools to create an RSS feed which will show whats currently playing and/or other stats on a web site? I run a local Joomla site on the same network so would like to add a block/module to show what I am currently playing. Is this possible? I have this for Jinzora, but would also like to add my SC info If you don't mind a third-party service, you can get 'recently-played' feeds (and a lot more) from last.fm. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Censoring last.fm scrobbler
Quoting trixpan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I know this will be a pathetic request, but is it possible to tag a track to no be added to my Last.fm scrobbler? My wife is the one hit wonder type and loves some very dubious quality music that I don't really want to be associated with. :-) Is it possible to control scrobbling on a per track basis? The SlimScrobbler plugin has the ability to skip scrobbling based on genre. Note this is NOT the builtin last.fm scrobbler, it's a different thing altogether. I have my wifes music tagged with her name as the 'genre,' and set that genre up to not be scrobbled. Works perfectly. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 0.5 SC Remote Control Plugin for iPhone / 3G / iPod Touch 2.0
Quoting TomDac ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I downloaded ipeng.. I read the readme.txt and know it gets loaded onto my PC with SqueezeCenter. when i install it, will it be obvious how to connect to it with my IPT? Open Safari on the IpodTouch/iPhone and browse to: http://your.server.ip/iPeng ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 0.5 SC Remote Control Plugin for iPhone / 3G / iPod Touch 2.0
Quoting pippin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): See here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49821 Great job. The changes to the 'volume' slider alone make this HUGELY more useful. Nice work! I'm gonna hit that big 'Donate' button right now... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] bye squeeze, hello ipod
Quoting filzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): yesterday i installed firmware 2 on my ipod touch, and next thing was to install remote, an application from apple to remote control my itunes. and today i will put my squeezebox on ebay. i am really sorry to say that, because i love my squeezebox and i liked very much what i could do with it. but, apple once again did everything right (a little late, maybe). I have an ipod and airport express anyway, but now i can use my ipod touch to remote control itunes on my old serving iMac g3, fast, easy, no setup hassle, no server whatever IP and so on. It just works, like listening music on the ipod itself. incredible. I have an iPhone 3G too (replacing my year-old original). I haven't even considered installing the 'Remote' app. The only thing I would ever use iTunes for is syncing the iPhone, and even that is problematic because of the lack of FLAC support. itunes is a bloated piece of garbage. I use and love Apple and Apple products, but man what a misfire iTunes is. Have fun though! -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] remote streaming
Quoting pski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Shredder;302232 Wrote: I should know how to do this, but cannot figure it out. I would love to stream my music collection from my Thecus 5200 NAS (located in my house) to my computer at work. How is that accomplished? Also, I would love to be able to stream to an iPhone. Is that possible and if so, how? ANy assisatance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. General steps.. assuming you have a cable/adsl connection (and winders) and that your SC machine is connected to the cable/dsl box WITHOUT a router/wireless access point in-between... Most cable setups give you a static (unchanging IP address) and many phone companies DSL automatically give you a static address when you have higher speeds. 1. at the home computer, open a browser and go to www.whatismyip.com. Write down this external IP address. 2. open a command window and type ipconfig enter write down the IP address and the default gateway (assuming you are on the machine running SC.) 3. in a browser window key http://default gateway address enter Mine is http://192.168.0.111 This should display the configuration screen for your cable/dsl modem. This is the tricky part because there are so many different models. I've used Netopia and Westell (ATT) modems so I'll give you them as an example.. 4. You will be looking for NAT setup. In my modems you go to expert mode/configure/NAT. BACKGROUND: what we want to do is to tell the modem that when it sees business from the outside world (internet/work) on a particular PORT number, forward that traffic to the SC machine. There are two ports involved, TCP 9000 and TCP 3483. Default behavior for these modems is to reject ANY inbound traffic from the internet that hasn't been requested by a computer on the inside. This is a good thing, preventing the outside world from seeing the network in your home. In my netopia, I have to define a service (as port forwarding, range of ports) from ports 9000 through 9000 to base port 9000. Then I do the same for port 3483. When I tell the modem to enable these services, it asks which computer address I want them to be sent to. Here you enter the IP address from the ipconfig screen (the address of the machine that is running SC.) Some modems may let you fill this info into a form rather than having a two-step process and some modems will show the names of the machines in addition to IP addresses when you select the target. 5. go here http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php and download lame. This is the code that will compress your music on-the-fly as you play it remotely. Put LAME.EXE in C:\program files\squeezecenter\server\bin\mswin32-x86-multi-thread You don't need the .DLL version. You'll know it's the right place because it will have alac.exe, flac.exe, sox.exe, etc. 6. go to the outside world and open a browser, keying the address: http://whatismyip:9000 where whatismyip is the external IP address from the earlier step. The http:// is very important if you are using a newer version of Internet Explorer because they don't make a guess about which protocol to use on non-standard ports (like 9000) If everything has been done right, you should see SC. If you don't, it's possible that port 9000 is blocked by your IT people. Tough luck. Try again from a public WiFi to see if you've got the configuration right. 7. go to extras and install SoftSqueeze. 8. things may be ok at this point, but I would rename the SoftSqueeze player and change it's Audio settings to about 128K. The Lame quality setting you use depends on how fast your SC machine is ... 9. advanced diddling: run SoftSqueeze. open SC, select the SoftSqueeze player and go to HELP/Server and Network Health. Pick a speed and the results will be shown on the SoftSqueeze display and in SC. This is testing the outbound speed of your home broadband connection. If you have a very fast connection at home, you can push this up but REMEMBER... you'll also be sucking bandwidth from your employer's inbound connection so it might be better to be reasonable (and not attract attention...) Nice writeup. This needs to go on the wiki. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New site design
Quoting amcluesent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Seen worse, certainly seen better. I was using Stylish in Firefox to mess with the CSS on th eold site anyhow, should be easy to tweak this... My biggest issue with the site is that I CAN'T BUY A CONTROLLER ON IT! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] stream.mp3 tag question
Quoting Dave Dewey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): There has to be an easy answer to this I'm missing I do a lot of streaming from my Squeezecenter to work. Works great, no complaints music-wise. However the tag set that comes across in the stream appears to be only TITLE, ie, track number.songtitle. No artist or album information. I cannot figure out how to get additional/different tag information into the stream. At a minimum I'd like to get rid of the track number and just have artist - songtitle. I've been through every setting I can think of. I originally thought it might be a winamp problem, but I have the same issue with mediamonkey playing the stream. Searching the forum found only one unanswered, similar question from 2005. Bump... come on, someone's gotta be dying to tell me how dumb I am to not be able to figure this out... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] stream.mp3 tag question
There has to be an easy answer to this I'm missing I do a lot of streaming from my Squeezecenter to work. Works great, no complaints music-wise. However the tag set that comes across in the stream appears to be only TITLE, ie, track number.songtitle. No artist or album information. I cannot figure out how to get additional/different tag information into the stream. At a minimum I'd like to get rid of the track number and just have artist - songtitle. I've been through every setting I can think of. I originally thought it might be a winamp problem, but I have the same issue with mediamonkey playing the stream. Searching the forum found only one unanswered, similar question from 2005. Suggestions? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
Quoting Kudahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hey. I have a problem, my wife have bouhgt some songs on the internet, both from Itunes and Cdon.com (WMA), but we cant play it over the S.B. It wont come on if we update the Music folder, and if we use the Itune Plugin, it wont play, its just say Error, Unknow file. It cant be right, that i buy legal music and cant play it. What to do? It's a Digital Rights Management (DRM) restriction placed on the music you purchased by Apple/iTunes. It won't play through the SB. You should only purchase DRM-free music in general - places like Amazon's music store and Emusic don't burden their product with DRM and are thus universally playable. This isn't a SlimDevices issue, really. Apple won't license their FairPlay DRM technology to anyone, so SlimDevices is powerless to support music from iTunes. I don't know anything about Cdon.com, it may or may not be the same sort of situation. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cant play downloads i have bought
Quoting mikeselectricstuff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): autopilot;291460 Wrote: A better option than the burn re-rip method (which is a PITA and can murder sound quality) is to remove the DRM with something like QTFairUse6. Maybe someone should make a plugin using the above software... It doesn't work with the latest versions of iTunes (although it does work with several earlier versions of 7.x), and isn't likely to be updated due to a cease-and-desist from Apple lawyers. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Receiver only
Quoting chinaski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm wondering when the receiver only option will be available for purchase? I already have a Duet installed and working well; now I want to add another reciever to bring another room online. I want a controller and not a receiver, so I'd be willing to team up... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wishbone on Firefox?
Quoting Ross Malegus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Does anyone know if it's possible to get the Wishbone interface for SlimServer to work (display properly) on Firefox? Thanks. I use Fishbone on firefox exclusively - either it works fine or I am missing some functionality and never noticed... All windows, limited use in Linux. What problems are you seeing? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] QTFaireUse - cease and desist
Quoting EnochLight ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It's truly a sad day, as Apple has just sent the Hym forums a CD warning a few days ago forcing them to remove QTFaireUse and all files associated with it. Read the announcement here: http://hymn-project.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=17241#17241 I will now no longer use the iTMS to purchase music as any DRM infected files cannot be played on my Squeezeboxes. It's a shame too - using QTFaireUse did nothing that couldn't be accomplished legally by burning to CD and then ripping back to your computer. It just made the whole process a lot simpler, plus watermarked the file with your email addy that you used to purchase the original file from iTMS anyway. In other words, they were losing NOTHING. DVDJon (Jon Lech Johansen) has another solution that accomplishes the same thing by another means - he's just launched DoubleTwist: http://www.doubletwist.com IIRC it was Jon that wrote the original Hymn project code dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter
Quoting willyhoops ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): You could always pick up a tiny monitor if all you wanted was audio and it would have the advantage of a big interrface. Ugh. There are always people that bring this up, and I guess some like the idea. I've had music streaming from my server to my Tivos for years (even flac), but when I choose to listen to music I don't want the distraction of a TV screen on. I may be in the minority. This has been discussed many times before... The movie rental deal with all the studios and for many countries not just the USA is of course amazing and really shows Apple's power. Clearly they can and will put together a subscription service for audio as well. Didn't Jobs say in the keynote that renting music was pointless? Something like people want to OWN music, but only watch a movie once or twice? Paraphrasing of course, but that was the gist. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
Quoting willyhoops ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Yes sorry zune not zen of course. the attraction is that slimdevices are making home media servers not competing DAPs of course. if msft could own the home media server market they might be able to win in DAPs. currently the home market mostly works on ipods connected into a dock attached to your hifi and the slimsevere is a niche product - but it's got potential. apple might think carefully about the importance of a home media server to defend the ipod. the funny thing about apple is that sound quality matters so little to them - both the tinny ipod sound electronics and the 128k compression standard. Wow. I think I have finally found the person who is the exact opposite of me. Each of your points illustrates EXACTLY why this (rumored and hopefully non-starting) acquisition will drive away a large percentage of Slimdevices fans. Make squeezecenter exactly like windows media player? This statement alone made my whole body clench in loathing. I REALLY hope you are just trolling and there isn't someone out there that actually desires this to happen. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Uh Oh
Quoting amcluesent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): IIRC, some people have claimed that a Win32 build of SqueezeCentre would be a great improvements. be careful what you wish for...:) Ohh no. I can tell you as one enthusiastic Slimdevices/Squeezebox customer/pimp who has sold many, many of these things to friends and acquaintances, I would NEVER buy a Microsoft-branded SB. Microsoft ruins everything it touches. The Logisoft acquisition was one thing for me, certainly tolerable and understandable; Microsoft is another thing completely. I understand the Slimdevices people probably have little to say about this, and I feel bad for them. I just hope that some of the cash trickles down if it happens. Hopefully this is just rumor. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Uh Oh
Quoting CardinalFang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dave Dewey;256798 Wrote: Microsoft ruins everything it touches. I'm not sure that's true, the networking aspects of the XBox 360 are the best there are in gaming land, so they do get it right with consumers sometimes and their dev tools beat everyone else's for usability most times. Don't judge them just by Windows I was discussing this earlier with someone else. Has Microsoft every acquired a company where the acquisition was a success? I'm SURE they had to have, but neither of us could think of any. Maybe if they had, espescially a company with a strong linux/OSS component, I'd feel a little less sick to my stomach. Generally speaking, once MS buys someone the company just suffocates. Anyway, until it happens it's all rumor. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Uh Oh
Quoting Diana Artemis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): simonjedrake wrote: Makes sense from a Microsoft business stratergy to get into esential hardware that every PC user has to have, i.e Mice, Keyboards, Video camera's, etc. Cannot imagine that a Squeezebox will fall into this category... Well, sadly, the guys at The Reg can. This is their immediate (and scary) thought... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/10/ms_wants_logitech/ Good God. Using the Squeezebox to sell ZUNES? PLEASE no. Can you picture a babyshit-brown Duet? sob A friend got 3 Zunes in his $3.00 Bag O' Crap from Woot over the holidays... about what they are worth. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wouldn't this be a blast...
Quoting bhaagensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): logitech to change owner? http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL1049519220080110?pageNumber=3virtualBrandChannel=10003sp=true Where you been? We've been posting snarky comments on this all day. :-) See the 'Uh Oh' thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Quoting Inspiribomb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I chose to go with WAV so that there would be no compression whatsoever, since my stereo is composed of pretty high end components. Perhaps I will try FLAC, I've heard good things about it, its just going to be irritating having to rip all my CD's again. Is there a specific program that works for this? You don't have to re-rip. You can convert directly from the wav files using DBPowerAmp or a variety of other tools. FLAC is lossless, as is wav, so there is no real benefit to re-ripping from the source disk. Also, my songs are still played out of order even when I browse my music by album. Maybe switching over to FLAC will solve some of these problems. Some input before I get going on that this morning would be appreciated :D Since wav doesn't support tagging, there is no way for it to know outside of file names what order the songs are supposed to be in. flac DOES support tagging, including the 'track #' tag, so SlimServer can get it right. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver - can't access music on NTFS
Quoting jason442 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Anyone else have any ideas here? I still can't get slimserver to access my music - even though I can browse to it. I think I may have to just use winXP for my server :( What do the directory permissions look like? How are you mounting the NTFS directory? What does the command line you use to mount look like? I use fedora core 6, mount the directory using CIFS to the linux box, and point slimserver there. Have always done this, it works fine so there's nothing in either slimserver, linux or ntfs that prevents this from working. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a way to send song info (now playing) to Trillian chat?
Quoting mkanet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Just checking in to see if there's anything new... Trillian Astra (newest version, in private alpha testing) has an interface now to get now playing information from WinAmp and iTunes into their status messages. I haven't been able to get it to work yet with streaming mp3 from Slimserver (or in any other way), but I am hopeful that once this is fixed/stable/released it will provide a structured way to get data from Slimserver into it too. I'm assuming a plugin will have to be written... dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] hacking the Rio Receiver to run Slimserver
Ran across this project today: From the main page: SLIMP3's hardware capabilities are similar to those of the Rio Receiver, but its abilities are greater because of the power offered by the slimserver software. slimserver continues to develop and add new features, but it still supports the SLIMP3 hardware with the same simple protocol. What would happen if the Rio Receiver could speak that protocol too? It would be able to do all the wonderful things slimserver knows how to do. That is what slimrio enables. http://empeg.org.uk/slimrio/index.html -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???
Quoting snarlydwarf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The Soundbridge takes CD-type input (44.1kHz sampling) and resamples to 48kHz. That degrades quality. (You can see the effect visually by resizing an image to a non-multiple. The real world doesn't work like TV where CSI can enlarge a photo to infinite resolution... what happens when you resize an image is straight lines become jaggedy, curves become a mess, etc... The same happens with audio.) It is slightly cheaper for them to do that... but saving a buck for a serious degradation of sound quality is very bad. As for just playing mp3 streams... the SB3 plays mp3, ogg, wma, flac and wav by itself. The Soundbridge docs look like it only supports FLAC when used with Slimserver And that FLAC support is through transcoding to mp3, right? It doesn't support FLAC in hardware. I'm very interested in this topic because SB v. Roku has come up twice this week at work. I've already lost one to a Roku and I'd like not to lose another. I take it personally. The one I lost was due to the couple involved having two separate music collections on 2 different laptops, no constantly-on machines and no desire to mix collections. The Roku is able to 'see' their iTunes libraries and switch between them, a much more involved proposition on the SB. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod, FLAC and Music Managers
Quoting Paul_B ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have all my music CD's ripped to NAS storage as FLAC and this all works beautifully with Squeezecenter and my SB3. However, some times I would like to listen to the same music on a portable device. Currently I have an original 2GB Nano but I am thinking of getting a new device. 1. Should I get a new iPod? If so which one, Touch, Classic? 2. Should I get a non-iPod device (Zune Gen 2, Archos, Zen, Cowon, etc); I assume I will still need to transcode from FLAC to Mp3? I use MediaMonkey to transcode to mp3 to my iPhone and formerly to my ipod. Works fine. There are also alternate firmwares you can load for older ipods that will allow them to store and play flac, but this is overkill probably. No such firmware exists yet to my knowledge for the newer iPods (classic, touch, iphone). You can also look into mp3fuse if are a linux person and/or have a technical bent. Both of these allow mp3s to be loaded to portable devices from flac sources without requiring 2 trees. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does SlimDevices plan to exhibit at Rocky Mountain AudioFest
Quoting sleepysurf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I just got back from RMAF, which I enjoyed immensely. Squeezeboxes and Transporters WERE used in quite a few demo rooms, as were the Sonos product(s) and various computers for streaming playback. There was a panel discussion (Fri and Sat) about music streaming/servers which featured reps from Sonos, Logitech, a local Denver high-end A/V installer, and a fourth vendor whom I can't recall. The Logitech guy was from their Harmony remote division (?), but represented the line well. I attended the Fri session, and they focused on the BASICS of streaming, covering the pros/cons of lossy vs. lossless codecs, music downloading, ripping, storage, etc. with some QA time afterwards. There were no demos given. Only NEW info I gleaned from the session was their mention of a free program called URL Sniffer which identifies the precise URL to use for Internet Radio. If anybody has a link for the latest version, please post! http://all-streaming-media.com/find-stream-URL/Project-URL-Snooper-Find-the-actual-stream-URL-Free-download.htm IIRC this is the code the Roku radio sniffer tool is based on. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I get back to where I once belonged?
Quoting kdf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Sounds like you have let the now playing screensaver kick in. Try changing this in player settings to Now Playing (jump back on wake). This will take you back to where you were before the screensaver started. Damn, so THAT'S what (jump back on wake) means. I always meant to look that up in the docs. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] VERY pissed about Spam music appearing in my music folder!
Quoting haunyack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): gdg;231592 Wrote: I've just now noticed a number of unsolicited music items appearing in my Slimserver music folder. Since I use Itunes (and these don't appear to have come from there) I have no idea how to get rid of them. There is ABSOLUTELY no way I want BS music that I haven't requested adding to congestion in my Squeezebox menus. This amounts to nothing less than a kind of spam and if I find out that Slimdevices is behind it I'll be selling my Squeezebox and never going near their service again. Can anyone tell me: a) How to get rid of this garbage b) Who is responsible (they appear to be Windows Media files though I have no idea how they got into my Slimserver folder) Been viewing internet porn lately? Cheap joke I could not resist. Seriously, I've not encountered this and have been a (almost) happy customer for 2+ years. Guess I'd be pissed as well, don't see how Slim/Logi would/could accomplish this bit of sleuth. Got kids in the house? Or a Dell computer? Dells (and probably other brands) come with a sampler of music preloaded on the hard drive. Itunes won't find it because it can't play it. I'd bet money this is the case. Look in the 'My Music' folder on your hard drive and those songs are probably there. Post up the names and I'm sure we can confirm where they came from. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New iPod Touch possible candidate for SS controller?
Quoting MikeWynneDub ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi, As you probably all know, the new iPod Touch has Wi-Fi and the Safari browser built in. I'm thinking one could use it to run SS in the home? Maybe with a groovy new skin? I'm going to keep posting this on every iPod Touch/iPhone thread. :-) The iPhone / iPodTouch works great with the Nokia770 skin already. Nothing new or iPhone specific necessary. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New iPod Touch possible candidate for SS controller?
Quoting adamslim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): 480x320? rubbish. i find the nokia 770 fine for both SS and browsing, but my pocket pc phone, at 3.5 640x480, was too small. i'm sure it's got a great interface, but that resolution is a killer for me. Have you tried the multi-touch interface? Between that and the landscape mode, the iPhone (same dealio as the ipod touch) has the best browsing interface on a smart device I've used. And I own/use a Nokia 770, and have had many 'smartphones.' Every phone I've owned in the past 7+ years has had web browsing capability, the best so far being the Motorola Q I just dumped, but the mobile Safari browser blows it away. It's the first mobile browser I've had that's truly USABLE. Usable in that I'll actually pull it up and do work on it rather than get frustrated and wait until I get to a 'real' computer as was formally the case. For cred, I'm not an Apple fanboy; they only Apple devices I own are the iPhone and an 80 gb iPod, but spend some time with their multi-touch devices and you'll become a fan fast. And to respond to an earlier post, while it's not the same as having a native client for these things, having the Safari browser gives you an email client, IM applications and more. There are also third-party native clients for the iPhone coming out by the day, and the iPod Touch uses the same OS as the iPhone; I've heard it's the same binaries. I have seen reports that the new iPod touch has been seen to have Bluetooth icons, but I have not heard that verified. I frankly don't know why it would, since even the Bluetooth on the iPhone won't do music, only Bluetooth telephone headsets. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] help !
Quoting slimpy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Something must have screwed up your file system badly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't slimserver though. Do you remember what you did on your computer just before the SB3 stopped playing (new/updated programs, virus scan, files copied/moved, etc). Are the affected files on a local hd, external hd or NAS? What filesystem? What is your operating system? Does the problem persist after a reboot? There is a new virus in the wild that deletes mp3 files. So far it has only been seen affecting mp3 players, ie you plug your buddys infected iPod into your machine and your mp3s get deleted. http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2007-073010-4123-99tabid=2 I'm guessing, though, that you have a filesystem problem. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Broken image on main page of http://www.slimdevices.com
It's trying to call a 'Save Internet Radio' banner at the url http://209.9.226.89/mirror/banner/728x90dontletthemusicdie.gif; that doesn't appear to exist anymore, or is having issues. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Developers] Welcome Felix, Michael and Ben!
Quoting dean blackketter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Just a brief note to welcome Felix Mueller, Michael Herger and Ben Klaas to the Logitech/Slim Devices engineering teams. All three of these guys are long-time, active members of our community who have already made terrific contributions. Felix is known for a huge number of hardware and software projects, including IR blasting and my favorite, TinyLittlePacMan. Felix is already hit the ground running on firmware development, from Switzerland. Michael is the creator of SlimCD and SlimNAS, MusicINfoSCR and more. He's working on a variety of SlimServer features, including web UI and localization, also from Switzerland. Ben Klaas, famed author of the Nokia770 skin, is working on some Jive- related stuff, including localization and some SlimServer integration tasks, from his home in Minnesota. We're really excited to have them able to work full time on the stuff that they used to do for fun and fame. I think this is a HUGELY positive move. Contrast this news to the negativity surrounding the Logitech aquisition; we haven't seen anything bad come from Logitech, and are starting to see tremendous positives like this. Congrats guys! I've used software and tools from all 3 of you, and look forward to your continuing and expanded contributions! -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Cell Phone Remote??
Quoting jmstipe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hello In the very near future I am going to purchase a new cell phone. I would like to be able to use this phone as a remote for my SB. What cell phone(s) works best in this capacity? What are some recommendations - or some phones to avoid? iPhone with Nokia 770 skin == awesomeness Motorola Q (my previous phone) sucked as a SS remote. I tried several ways to get this to work, using SlimRemote, web interface, nothing was satisfactory. Nice little phone otherwise though. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Cell Phone Remote??
Quoting bklaas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dave Dewey;218180 Wrote: e phones to avoid?[/color] iPhone with Nokia 770 skin == awesomeness I'm very interested in this comment... I just got to see mvalera's iPhone yesterday with Nokia770, and some of the Nokia770 CSS somewhat ruined the user experience (although I could see the awesomeness at the end of the tunnel). I'm curious if you're seeing those issues-- specifically the footer bar not being fixed at the bottom, Yes, I have seen that, but didn't think it's a big deal. It doesn't always happen, but haven't paid close enough attention to be able to tell you under what conditions the bug appears. I'll try to pay closer attention. and pages that required scrolling being empty when you tried to scroll. Haven't seen that one that I recall. So, if the iPhone + Nokia770 skin combo is working perfectly for you, would you mind sharing what version slimserver you are using? Doesn't have to be perfect to be awesome, Ben. Running 6.5.2 - 11854 right now, from the rpm named slimserver-2007_04_29-1. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wordpress widget
Quoting Ramon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi, I'm looking for a widget for my Wordpress based site to display the music, i'm playing in slimserver. Does anybody know if this exists ? I know there is a slimserver plugin WebLogger which allows to send data from slimserver. But I can't find the widget picking up this data to display on the website. Any help is much appreciated Do you use Last.fm to report the music you listen to on your Slimserver? If so, Last.fm provides an widget that you can embed into Wordpress. It's not as 'direct' as a slimserver plugin but it fulfills the same purpose. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Noka 770 / 800 charging?
Quoting kkitts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I just opened my 770 this afternoon and have been playing with it for a few hours. It did not come with a charging cradle. It has a normal nokia style wall wart (kinda on the small side) but at least it angles off at 90 degrees so that it does not take more than 1 space on a power outlet. My initial charge took a little over 2 hours. I have to say - that from my initial impressions I am quite amazed at the quality of the device. Same here - came today, great little device. Kudos to bklass on such a wonderful skin! Followed his directions for javascript on, full screen and hide menu bar - this is the PERFECT SB remote for me. My intention was to use it in the backyard, by the pool, over wifi - an area the standard (excellent) sb remote is impotent to cover. Great little box, great skin. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!
Quoting digihead ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hello. New to the forum here. First post. I recently purchased the Infrant NAS NV+ Squeezebox package deal and a Nokia770 on the woot.com deal. When I try to navigate to my NAS, via http://serverip:9900/nokia770/ I get a message 'cannot connect to remote server' Try: http://serverip:9000/nokia770/ The port number should be 9000, not 9900, unless you changed it in the slimserver configuration. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices
Quoting robertlewisca ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I might be wrong about this, so anyone else with a little more experience please chime in, but my understanding is that Squeezebox/SlimServer will not play any music with DRM. I think I read that in the manual (can't quite remember). Correct. You cannot play music that has been purchased from the iTunes music store through a Squeezebox. Or any other network music player for that matter, other than an Airport. Apple won't allow this to happen, it is not a Squeezebox issue. You CAN, on the other hand, very easily strip the DRM Apple adds to the files and end up with unencrypted m4a files that will play beautfully through the Squeezebox. You bought 'em, figure out a way to use them in the way you want. dd -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does slimserver need to be some complicated?
Quoting erland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Michael Herger;207661 Wrote: What about a wizard style dialog on first startup, asking whether you want to use iTunes, MusicIP or your own music path. If it's the latter, let the user visually choose the path as it's seen by the server (no mounted drive letters and stuff) etc.? A wizard would help, since it can make the user do the choices in the correct order. But lets assume that we are talking about someone who doesn't know how SlimServer works. This user has probably not realized that he needs a tagging/ripping program, so he has no idea what to choose in these options. If he has iTunes installed he might choose it, if not he probably choose the music path option since he probably doesn't know what MusicIP is. Do we really think that a potential Squeezebox purchasers first experience with needing to deal with digital music files is buying a Squeezebox? I doubt it. I'd postulate that people that are buying Squeezeboxes today have already learned to deal with these issues because they have iPods or other digital music players and through these players are already well aware of tagging/ripping issues. iTunes has already handled those issues for them - if music isn't tagged right they can't find in on their iPod and they fix it. Sure it can be done BETTER than by using iTunes or whatever sw came with their non-Apple devices, but they are certainly already familiar with the problem. If SD/Logitech is really interested in fast start for new users to the SB, then easy fast integration with iTunes is low hanging fruit. iTunes's already installed, it already has music in it and users are familiar with it. As a more experienced user, I'd need the option to follow another path, but having that fast start for the vast majority of users is important. -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?
Quoting jclyle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm in the process of moving my CDs to FLAC files on my PC and streaming them. Are there any portable players that will support FLAC? the 80gig iPod would be more than enough storage for me, too bad its only plays mp3s With the Rockbox firmware, you can play flac files on your iPod. Also, tools such as Anapod and MediaMonkey will transcode your flacs on the fly to mp3 to put onto your iPod, so you don't have to have a set of mp3 files just to support your ipod. I've used both and they work fine. http://www.rockbox.org/ http://www.mediamonkey.com/ http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/ -- http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where does everyone buy their online music from?
Quoting djlackey5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I buy most downloads from eMusic.com. They do not have any major labels, only indys. Awesome selection of jazz, blues, world, classical, and indy rock. Weird pricing model, where you pay $15 per month for 60 downloads (or $20 for 90, I think). All files are unprotected MP3 and will play on iPod or anywhere. Seconded, I've used eMusic for a long time, have their top tier of service, and still run out of downloads every month. As long as you aren't interested in flavor of the week corporate rock, eMusic is great. They also have an outstanding jazz selection. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
