Re: [slim] How to export all my music as a text file?
I use Album Catalog Creator. thread:- http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 website:- http://acc.vanholt.nl/ It is more structured than a flat text file but provides a 'pretty' output. It takes a while (but less than an hour) to run on my 30,000 tracks. I then print as a .pdf (using CutePdf) and keep that on my phone as a reference (to stop buying duplicates of back catalogue stuff) I made Frank a donation as he was very responsive to a small bug I found. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone] 7.5.4 r32171 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=0 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why can't I play every song from 1984...
Jim, Maybe off-topic but .. Since the new schema is not going to happen then shouldn't all 'deferred' bugs be revisited and if suitable, made live for fixing. 'Suitable' is arguable, and probably should be 'set' by Logitech. Clearly we can't expect the new schema by 'stealth' so difficult problems and significnat new features would not be suitable. However, getting some of the smaller bugs reopened and fixed should be acheivable ?? The 'Year' issue wouldn't be top of the list, and may not even make the cut. (I can use CustomBrowse at home, so it's only a problem when using tinySC at GF's). -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] www.slimdevices.com gone?
erland;551939 Wrote: I'm sure there are people here that's willing to help identifying incorrect articles, as I remember we have the Edit Needed category which was used previously. Do you want us to use that or do you have something else in mind ? Adding a page to edit needed category, is just a matter of inserting [[Category:Edit Needed]] in the page and after that it will show up here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Category:Edit_Needed It might also be useful to add some kind of information regarding what's incorrect, for example like I did earlier on this page: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/PluginSettings This has been on my 'learn how to' list for a while, so I'll give it a go. I think that there a couple of fundamental issues (aside from the parallel forums):- 1) there are parallel FAQ's at http://www.logitech.com/en-us/439/5745?selectedcrid=439selectedcid=5745WT.z_sp=Productosid=bit= which presents a maintenance and search overhead 2) these forums act as substitute support and save lazy/unaware people from searching by letting them post questions and get answers (a good service for them and provided by free from the many dedicated enthusiasts, but think what more those enthusiasts coudl acheieve if not answering repeat questions). 3) many 'fixes' are frequently reposted, or threads are used as answers which undermines any wiki 4) my personal experience is that searching the forums is more likely to get relevant information than the wiki. I am not sure if this is the search enginer, the tagging or simply the volume of material available. Perhaps critical mass on the wiki (or FAQ?) is necessary to get over the perception hump (or actually these fix a huge number of problems that are therefore invisible). Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why can't I play every song from 1984...
we can only vote to express our desire. checked CustomBrowse, now I'm home, and it works fine for years (and decades) which confirms (for me at least) that my tags are correct. This also confirms that track year is held in the database, distinct from album year (which I use more often as part of sort albums by artist then year). that strikes me that fixing year should therefore be quite easy (but I'm no programmer). -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why can't I play every song from 1984...
I'm not at home to confirm, so I'm doing this from recall. I went through the exercise of tagging individual tracks in compilations with the correct year, using MP3Tag on FLAC files, and still couldn't get correct 'by year' behaviour. I think (but it was several months ago) that the SBS treated all of an album as being by one (the earliest?) date. The solution I found was then to use the CustomeBrowse plug-in which did give the correct behaviour. InTheBath, suggest you check tags using something like MP3Tag and if they are okay and behaviour still doesn't suit you, then try CustomBrowse. Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why can't I play every song from 1984...
InTheBath, I'm no expert on CustomBrowse, but it provided Years as 'standard' and that worked for me. I'm sure I read some previous debate on the potential interpretations of year which I think is this http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15167 suggest you read and comment/vote If you are date focussed, you may want to look at this as well, if you've the stomach for lots of history! http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 M -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality
Pippin, thanks for reply - main switching problem is controller. unfortnuately the wifi on my iPhone has died so I am without iPeng - which has always been the only sensible inetrface for multiple servers/players and sync. pondering whether I could use 3G and get back into my network that way? but only a month til phone conract up and chance to upgrade. STS is shorthand for Squeezebox Touch Server - I thought I picked that up from somewhere, but can't find where. I think it is convenient to distinguish from a full SBS and makes more sense than TinySC. Back to OP - I agree with othr comments 7.5 and Touch as player has been a very clean release. I seem to be having problems with Touch as a server but not seeing many others with same issue. I didn't think Touch as a player would be as good as an SB3 for cross-room visibility, now I've got one I think the colour screen on Touch is better with albumart plus the touch and Squeezeplay interface. Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality
pfarrell;536714 Wrote: DigitalMitch wrote: STS is shorthand for Squeezebox Touch Server - I thought I picked that up from somewhere, but can't find where. I think it is convenient to distinguish from a full SBS and makes more sense than TinySC. You want names to make sense ??? :-) not necessarily ;-) just some consistency would be nice - I keep an eye on Beta so I'm comfortable with TinySC, but that's in no documentation that a noob would see. I've fallen into the trap of using something else that equally isn't understood by all (and sorry can't find where I 'learnt' it from). pfarrell;536714 Wrote: Have you tried the 10 foot fonts? One of the interesting observations about the Touch is that if you want to be able to touch it, and don't have ten foot long arms, what you want in a UI is totally different than what you want as a SB3/Classic replacement, where you never touch it, and use it from far away. I think I was expecting worse distance performance and therefore Touch has exceeded my expectation. I am frequently sat close enough to my two SB3's for the 10 foot font not to be an issue and for long distance would use SBC or iPeng. Therefore the touch interface is an added feature to an SB3. I accept that the 10 foot font may be an issue for some. apologies if the format of reponse is messed up, trying to improve my forum skills. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Serious question about current quality
pippin;536124 Wrote: The only real glitch I'm still seeing in all SqueezePlay devices is one related to having more than one server in the network all of which use authentication when switching devices between them. If you don't have such a setup, this probably doesn't apply to you if you do, be prepared to use a non-Squeezeplay device to switch them. Pippin, is this just a switching issue or could it destabilise the STS into rebuffering, stalling andother music performance issues? I guess it explains why my controller connected to full SBS can't see any devices connectedto STS. Sorry for hijacking. Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio and 1 * Touch controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 Question: How Do You Control Your Music/Squeezebox? - SBC (Squeezebox Controller) - IR Remote Control - Web UI - Touch - Other - Explain Mixed IR:30% Radio front panel:20% Controller:30% iPeng:20% (before Iphone wifi died, AAARGH!) I'm comfortable to grab the nearest and most available. I find IR fine for radio and selecting from New Music or if I have a particular album in mind. For general browsing and on the fly playlists, I find controller or iPeng better. I have an extra dock next to pc for SBC and if it's there (SBC still downstairs this morning) then I'd use SBC. iPeng is great, once it is loaded, and if not using phone for anything else. The options confuse some people, e.g. GF, but I think the flexibility is a significant benefit of the system. Personally I think the IR should behave exactly the same, no matter what it is pointed at, the different behaviour of Press right/centre between older and Squeezeplay is annoying (e.g. playlist wiping due to the '+ is more' change). -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio (Touch ordered) controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!] 7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77022 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love my squeezeboxes
think its 4 years since my classic, and I have to rein back comments with friends for fear of becoming a Squezebox bore. It has made music an even more important part of my life and opened me to things like last.fm, MuiscIP and internet radio. It's almost killed the tv. Roll on Touch and beyond. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73964 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2
Frank, thanks for a great utility, upgarded this morning from 1.5ish which I hadn't got fully working and successfully emailed the QuickRef to my phone. Few hours later, that prevented me buying a copy of an album I already had, so I'm donating you the cost of that album. Interestingly, in past posts you didn't intend to support AlbumArtistSort, since it is an 'unofficial' tag, but is supported by SBS. This seems to work at the moment for me:- Album = West Side Stoy Compilation = 1 AlbumArtist = Leonard Bernstein AlbumArtistSort = OST sorts as OST in the midst of all my other soundtracks where AlbumArtist = Various - OST and AlbumArtistSort - OST. I suspect that this is because SBS has translated AlbumArtistSort into an internal field that you are using. Anyway, happy it works. Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73284 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2
just noticed that Infected by The The appears under an extra T heading prior to '0-9'. it's only a minor niggle, but thought you ought to be aware. I remember iPeng having some trouble with this one. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73284 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.4.1 rebuffering woes
Zoltan, WHS was apparently optimised for 0.5G, but HP added some stuff. I then added SBS and MusicIP hence need for upgrade. Didn't want to repeat the exercise so went straight to max). I'm sure that Linux based solutions would be better, but at the time, the HP medismart seemed good for me, being ready built and Windows, which I was comfortable with. The Touch is driving SBS light, but no hints whether that code would be available for other platforms (since it would conflict with Touch hardware sales). If I was choosing a new solution now, (or when I need to) I'd still be looking for something beyond Touch for the extra server functionality and some backup for the music files, as well as power and size. (recognising HP itself is limited backup). Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.4.1 rebuffering woes
I'm not familiar with Airport but you amy wish to compare to the following https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14570 Nor am I familar with Mac OS and boxes. The timing of the problem suggests 1) the new OS plus upgraded SBS has stretched mac too far 2) the new software has an issue 3) something else has happened simultaneously (typically nighbours impacting wifi). The process for nailing 2) is the same as 3) which is, unfortunately tedious, systematic trouble shooting by changing one component at a time. typical tests (which aren't necessarily easy). a) temporarily wire network to check wireless b) drop back to old SBS on new OS c) run server temporarily on a faster/bigger computer d) watch meticuluously for parallel events (microwaves, background processes) the fact that OP is hanging is a more unusual fault than intermittant rebuffering, if it is consistent then I'd call support. Sorry I can't giv anything better. P.S. how many/which players which control mechanism? -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.4.1 rebuffering woes
there are many threads on this and some details of your set-up would help the community provide some specific suggestions. Rebuffering of radio may be down to your ISP. For local files I've seen rebuffering caused by:- unstable router firmware (Belkin N1 Vision) general wifi issues (moved to homeplug, ethernet over power) server performance (upgarded memory in HP Mediasnart to 2G) specifically for local FLAC, rebuffering did not occur until 7.4 (i think) instead the above probably caused a slight stutter and loss of sync. The error handling got improved and this exposed my underlying problems. this does not rule out something in the newer release of software as well, but no-one has really nailed that and several that have tried have come up with similar issues to mine. Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any News on the UK availability of a spare cradle
I ordered my on the logitech web-site on 29/9/9 and it shipped a day later. The web-site had a make-over at this time, and fortunatley the cradle was in my basket as I couldn't seem to find it anymore. Hopefully, it will reappear as they fix the damage done to the website. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54418 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)
eyeball, well done for fixing artistsort - are you sharing this code back to Frank for wider distribution? at the same time, have you considered albumartistsort which SBS has started supporting since 7.4 cool tool though - thanks, Mitch -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Add to playlist in 7.4
Yes, it's been removed, hoepfully temporarily. see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68568 There's a Beta feature in 7.5 to allow some shortcut keys to be assigned, however this doesn't currently allow configuration of centre/right to the context menu which seems to be the major grip as that button has the tendency to wipe playlists. There's an enhancemnt request raised as https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14990 -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4.1 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] clearing current playlist
My problem is that it is all too easy (especially in 7.4) to accidentally replace a crafted playlist by press of play (or centre button). So, if you're creating a new playlist, juts play the first track (immediately replacing current playlist) and add from there. If you want silence, press pause or switch the player off. I agree it's not obvious, I did spend a while wondering why no stop button - but in practise it is unnecessary. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on iPhone 7.4 running on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) http://www.last.fm/user/digimich DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why sqeezebox
iPhone's advice is sound. I didn't think for the future but I'm really glad I happened on Squeezebox. My requirements have changed and Squeezebox keeps meeting them start: replace iPod plugged into stereo, with remote control and visibility of now playing then: multi-room synchronous playing then: CD quality streaming then: scrolling and selecting by albumart next: different music in different rooms Alongside this, other systems do the same things but do they acheive the same quality? areas to consider are:- file range: range of codecs supported audio path: choice of DSP/DAC and amplifier/speakers (if fitted) longevity: strength of brand and commitment and abilitt to add in x years time. flexibility, adaptability: frequency of software upgrades community: alternate support and influence source: bespoke server, web based or pc music: your own and/or internet radio Interestingly your links show a NAS and a streaming system - there is no suggestion that the NAS could run the streaming software. Logitech through the acquisition fo SlimDevices have years of experience in this field supported by a large, active and vocal community. There are many new entrants into this space, only time will tell how many the market can support and how many will endure. Research and then go for it - streaming has massively improved my access to enjoyment of my collection. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69635 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Forum Poll SqueezeBoxServer
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69520 Question: Create a new forum SqueezeBoxServer - Yes, a new forum would make thinks tidier - No, it is still the same thing - I couldn't care less and everywhere else too!! -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69520 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SoftSqueeze...???
the Logitech website below is out of date, it suggest, bottom right, that SoftSqueeze is bundled into Squeezecenter (!!!) under Extras. The link takes you to www.squeezebox.com to download 7.4 !!! http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/wireless_music_systems/cl=gb,en -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68965 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sync
I run 2*SB3, 2*SBR, 1*Boom and 1* Radio all sync'd and controlled via and SBC and/or iPeng. They are generally all sync'd together and stay perfectly locked. Very occasionally I have had 1 or 2 drift by 1/2 - 5 seconds. This has normally occurred after a rebuffering problem and is fixed by power cycling the offedning unit(s). This hasn't happened since I moved most to wired (via HomePlug) and subsequently to 7.4. I power them up and down and add them in and out of sync groups flawlessly. SBS is 7.4 on WHS (HP MediaSmart) -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69450 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Facebook App Questions
Thanks - Update 1. there is a toggle under Settings/Screen/Image Viewer Settings called 'Addiitonal Info about Picture' When set as 'Show' this includes text (from eitehr FaceBook or Flickr). The text does't scroll and is very small but it is there. 2 3 On MySB deleted credentials uninstalled Facebook App Screen saver options remain on SBC Radio Power cycled each (indepedently) and Screen Saver Options disappear. This fixes item 3 from my OP. Resinstalled FB on MySB and reregistered to FB. the MYSB settings for the rogue SB3 still show the same account number!! The account on that SB3 shows correctly. Item 2 still open (doesn't seem to cause any issues - just looks wrong). -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Facebook App Questions
matt, tried again. This time using IR to remove account on 'rogue' SB3. On SB3 MyApps/Facebook gives only 1 option I have a facebook account. On MySB the account settings show Already a Facebook Subscriber and the Connect with Facebook button. The player settings tab shows - for all the accounts, except the rogue SB3 which still shows 1612336715. You can't remove FB app from SB3 (or I couldn't find how) so put rogue SB3 to stand-by, went to MySB and uninstalled, stopped SBS. Brought SB3 out of standby (incidentally, it failed to find SBS, obviously but I had to back part way through setup to choose MySB). Installed FB via SB3, checked on MySB and rogue account still shows 1612336715. Couldn't face entering email via the IT so entered FB credentials via MySB and back to square 1. Do you, or anyone else, have any more ideas? I guess that the Apps liaise direct with MySB whether or not SBS is running therefore there isn't muc point in exploring that avenue. Mitch -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spare remotes in the UK
there was a spares section on www.logitech.com which seems to have disappeared/diminished when it was revamped (circa release of Radio) I had an open cart which had a controller charging cradle, to which I added a Radio and have now received both. The new web-site didn't seem to let me complete the order using IE7, so I tried IE8 on a different machine, couldn't find cradle so upgraded original pc. to IE8 and completed order (painfully). I guess if/when they fix web-site you'll hopefully be able to order spares again. Alternately harass support and see if they can order for you, bypassing website. Alternately the web-settings suggest a JVC remote of unspecified style may work. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69475 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Facebook App Questions
I'm not sure what to expect of the Facebook app, but have 3 queries 1) I set the screen saver (on both SBC and Radio) to the Facebook News Feed. By using Settings\Screen\Screensavers\When Playing\My Facebook Newsfeed. When the screensaver kicks in, it cycles through the 'profile' pictures of friends who have recently posted new (or status updates) but with no text. I had expected it to give the actual news updates in text (overlaid or below profile picture), is this correct behaviour - is it what everyone sees? 2) the My Players tab of the Facebook page of MSB lists my name for all players except one SB3 where it shows the account as 1612336715. This is not listed on the My Account tab. I suspect that this represents a failed attempt to connect to Facebook from that SB3 via a Beta version Version: 7.4.0 - r28660. It failed as you couldn't add uppercase to passwords via SB3 3) Because of the above, I uninstalled Facebook and whilst it was then removed from MyApps on the SBC, the Facebook Screensaver options were still listed, even after I power cycled the SBC. Is this a bug? I think the Facebook app may help some friends solve the WAF issue, so I'm keen to get it working correctly for me. Mitch P.S. is a separate forum required for Apps, as they don't sit under any player nor SBS or MSB exclusively. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK ISP Plus.net, Squeeze 7.4 and BBC Radio - anyone?
Okay, I understand a bit more, packing for trip now but will install new apps and repeat tests next week. Mitch -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68570 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK ISP Plus.net, Squeeze 7.4 and BBC Radio - anyone?
I'm also on Plusnet in the UK and just installed 7.4 (WHS version) to my HP Mediasmart. I think I had two plug-ins predating this (BBC iPlayer and Alien BBC) I'm happy to test and report on my experience, but I'm confused as to which BBC route to use (!) Selecting on my SB3 via IR, but using SBC purely for viewing Now Playing, I have run through the following SQUEEZEBOX HOME\INTERNET RADIO\LOCAL\NATIONAL NETWORKS\BBC\STATIONS (11)BBC RADIO 1 (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM) This played first time just now (15:02 BST), displays radio1 logo, show is listed as Radio 1's Early Breakfast Show then BBC radio 1 98.8. BBC Radio 1 (london, United Kingdom), 8 minutes uninterrupted, then tried:- SQUEEZEBOX HOME\INTERNET RADIO\BBC IPLAYER\LISTEN LIVE\BBC RADIO 1 This played first time just now (15:13 BST), displays different radio1 logo, show is listed as BBC Radio 1, 2 minutes uninterrupted, then tried:- SQUEEZEBOX HOME\INTERNET RADIO\ALIEN BBC\BBC LIVE STREAMS\RADIO 1 LIVE Long delay with SBC showing 'Fetching Track details' for about 20 seconds and SB3 showing Radio 1 live. SB3 lapsed time remains at 0:00. SBC moves to display Radio 1 Live (twice) and elapsed time incrementing to about 30 seconds and then restting repeatedly. No sound. SBC shows generic radio logo. The installed BBC radio app from app gallery (my first app install but last.fm, previously a plug-in, was already there) and immediately tried:- Squeezebox Home\My Apps\BBC\BBC Radio 1 This came up quickly (2/3 seconds), on SB3 showing 'Now PLaying BBC Radio 1 by BBC' and SBC showing BBC Radio 1 and on next line BBC.BBC Radio 1 and the generic radio station icon. This has run effectively for 4 minutes. I then repeated the exercise from the SBC (to check consistency in menus) and had same result for first three methods. The App then went 'fetching track details', 'Buffering 10%' and stalled there, with SBC elapsed time incrementing, but resetting to zero occasionally (e.g. when SBC went to screen saver and had to be shook awake). I experienced the 10% rebuffering problem yesterday when I was using the penultimate beta from my desktop whilst I installed the production version to my WHS, but didn't note which route I used (except to say there were no apps on that). I'll try and repeat test tomorrow to gather more data. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68570 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox over mains network?
I have seen some homeplugs for sale with 4 ethernet connections but the ones I use, Netgear HDX101, only have one. The 4 port version was rated 85mps not 200 as mine. I originally bought a pair for streaming video to PS3 but have added 3 more in different rooms for Sqeezeboxes. After the first pair you can add them singly for this make. Mixing makes and/or models may not work and I can't comment on whether other models allow additional homeplugs (you'll have to check their blurb). Adding the first extra one was tricky as I needed to reset the name of the first pair to default so I could see the new one. After that it was easy. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66836 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox over mains network?
I've just upgraded my network to ethernet over power (Netgear HDX101's) for 1 PS3, 1 SB3 and 2 SBR. Another SB3 is wired direct into the router. However my wireless network is left on for the Controller, my iPhone and my Boom (which moves between garden, garage and bathroom). If you don't use the controller then you could disable wireless on your router, and rely on the IR remotes, Boom or your PC. The rumoured SB Touch may give another wired control option. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66836 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver
tried the above instructions for Iphone 3.0.1, whilst playing FLAC files synchronously to 3 other players. Safari opened Quicktime and this was visible as a player from both iPeng on the same phone and my Controller. Both indicated the player was off and I couldn't control it into life. The progress inicator on the controller would track as if playing but both it and playing volume would rest to 0 periodically (amd restart on waking the controller). All play ceased and the controller displayed the error message 'Unable to play file type ...' Player display persisted even after I had switched off Quicktime player and had music playing again (player display corrected by using IR to cycle display size !!!) I tried the Quicktime player unsync'd from the rest of my players but had the same result. I then tried with an old mp3 file unsync'd and it worked, that is I got streamed music from iphone. However it seemed to carry on playing and ignore controller instructions (skip track and pause). I tried syncing it, and after a delay, during which rest of players went quiet, it started to play sync'd track, whilst controller labelled it off, rest of players never resumed playing. This shows it is possible but the limitations may be too much for many (I can't see a use myself as i've 5 squeezebozes and a controller). -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver
Warning! I had a problem after this experiment. If the 'Mozilla from ...' player is left sync'd to other players (even when I'm sure I'd closed the quicktime player) then playing FLAC files results in the message problem: unable to play file type on the SB3 (but not on the controller) and no music. Normal service was restored by selecting this defunct player on the controller and unsync'ing it from my hardware Squeezeboxes. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ghost Players
I'm running standard 7.3 SqueezeCenter on an HP MediaSmart running Windows Home Server outputting to up to 5 players, which are always sync'd together. SB3 ethernet to router SB3 ethernet over power 2 * reciever via ethernet over power 1 * Boom wireless controlled by an SBC (mostly but occasionally IPeng app, IR or web). Roughly, each room has the Squeezebox, powered amp and ethernet over power all plugged into one 4 gang extension lead. I switch the wall socket off when not using a room, to power down all 3 devices. I've stopped using the 'Player Off' option as this obviously doesn't switch off the other two devices and is a pfaff (on SBC: choose player, reconnect, switch off then choose original player and reconnect, iPeng is better at this but is not often running) The squeezeboxes disappear from the web interface quite quickly but often (I think if they have ever been selected by the controller) they persist on the controller for hours afterwards. The controller will even allow such 'ghost players' to be selected but obviously nothing happens (though volume changes are implemented when that player is next powered up). Other times the controller will sit showing the rotating circles saying 'connecting to player'. This will last several minutes but can be quit via Back/Left arrow on SBC. This will leave the home menu with two options 'Settings' or 'Choose Player'. 'Choose Player' will still list the ghost player. If a real player is selected and 'Settings'/'Synchronize' are selected, then there is no mention of the 'Ghost player'. Power cycling the SBC removes all 'ghost players'. Has anyone else seen this? have any suggestions, I can't find anything in the wiki or forums. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66598 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
I've been suffering rebuffering for a while now, after a couple of years of stable performance, and I'm fed up so I'm trying to take action. I've ordered some more ethernet over power (Netgears HDX101) which successfully stream video to PS3 (which had been unstable over wi-fi), but until they arrive I'm stuck. I can't run Netstumbler to review my wi-fi as both my p.c. and server (HP MediaSmart) are hard-wired with no wifi capability. Looking at network test on my furthest player and signal strength is good (avergae 76 minimum 62) but buffer fullness drops at start of tracks. My suspicion (with no real data) is that 4 players streaming synchronised FLAC is using too much of the avaiable wifi bandwidth and that when coupled with some other uncapturable event (neighbours microwave ??) causes the rebuffering. I rule out server speed as the server does nothing but SqueezeCenter and MusicIP. I guess 7.3.3 is either not as robust at handling this (the rebuffering error message didn't use to exist) or has increased traffic to handle the improved sync and exacrebated a problem. Other than voting for the bug and implementing a ethernet over power, is there anything else I should be trying? Ethernet over power may fix this for me, but may not, and even if it does the root cause is then left unaddressed and may cause problems for others. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How many boxes do you have?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53394 Question: How many boxes do you have? - 1 - 2-4 - 6-8 - 8-10 - 10 2 * SB3 2 * SBR 1 * Boom 1 * SBC 6 in Total All wireless from a HP Mediasmart Server, streaming FLAC. Moved to HP (from QNAP TS101) to have easier ability to upgrade SqeezeCenter myself)had moved from pc (HP pavilion Pentium 4 3GHz 512M Ram) because it had run out of hard drive and was struggling to run SlimServer + TVersity (video streamer) and other apps simultaneously. The HP server seems to give faster scans (doesn't need to use LAN to access files) and means I have music to listen to when pc crashes. Have installed MusicIP onto MediaSmart as well - no issues. Generally all sync'd together so there is no disruption in music as I move round the house. Gave up on SoftSqueeze, as it doesn't sync, and contirbuted to poor pc performance. Have since upgraded RAM in pc and seen improved performance (mainly on Mp3Tag with large library open). -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53394 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIp causing a rescan - why?
Phil, the update to the plugin is great. I wasn't bothered by the scan speed, as I always do a complete rescan every night. However, the use of SqueezeCentre's scan of the tag data is far better than MusicIP and I now get the expected impact of tag changes. I'll look and see if any other threads (many that I've trawled in vain) may also benefit from this fix (they'll need to know even when this is included in 7.3). -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48422 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin
Tim, well done, this looks cool. Don't think it'll replace the controller for day to day use but browsing with the bigger album covers is nice. Couldn't see how to switch players on/off but that maybe me. Does anyone know how to stream to PSP as well? Mitch -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35993 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezbox/Receiver/Transporter
There's only me in my house so I can only ever listen to one source at a time. Therefore I sync both players (SB3 and SBR) so I have the same music everywhere (and will probably get 2 more receivers when they ship separately) and swith amps/squeezeboxes on/off as necessary. Gapless isn't a major concern to me, though I do find the delay between tracks has increased with SB7/Duet - if this is down to sync then I may un-sync for any prolonged static listening sessions. I notice a slight difference between my two systems (a Samsung surround DVD uggh! v. AudioEngine 2's) which I haven't investigated yet - it could be completely different tone between them, delays within the Samsung or not quite in-sync SB's (but I've put that last deliberately). In discussing the Duet with others, the different source to different rooms seems very appealing to families and couples. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45679 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two copies of CDs.. interesting!!!
I've seen multiple copies of CD's many times and always found it was down to a data error. I have been adding Album Art via MP3Tag but still using iTunes (for ripping and editing other data - it's faster and drives my ipod for in car/at work). iTunes doesn't seem to relearn from updated tag data unless the track is highlighted. Unless you carefully highlight every track (or presumably relearn the iTunes files) it is easy to get misaligned data. Typical Data Errors I have been cleaning up are:- album art missing from a few tracks (typically bonus tracks not on the on-line database). Album Title Capitalisation - Squeezecenter differentiates between of and Of, et. al. Artist name Capitalisation - same issue as above but less common and harder to spot. Punctuation - everyone seems to have a different preferences for colons, hyphens and semi-colon's Disc Counts: blank of blank treated differently from 1 of 1. Genre: matter of opinion. I've not seen the problem when ripping new CD's, but I'm sure that there are scenarios depending on tools where the data could get out of step. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45558 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two copies of CDs.. interesting!!!
Forgot to say that by data errors what I mean is that the data is inconsitent between different tracks which you expect to be treated as one album. For example for track title, artist (not album artist) and genre Track1;Nick Cave the Bad Seeds;Alternative Track2;Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds;Alternative Track3;Nick Cave The Bad Seeds;Alternative Track4;Nick Cave The Bad Seeds;Rock would result in 4 separate albums being listed. -- DigitalMitch DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45558 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
