Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Mick Seymour wrote: > ... SlideMe.org. If you haven't used them before, you'll need an account > and to download their APK. They have Squeeze Commander in their store at > $4.99. Was just about to suggest this. Not only safer than downloading from a random APK repository on the web, but presumably the developer will still get paid (yes, I know it's abandonware at this point, but if we still use it I think it's OK we pay). If I remember correctly, the developer released the app on Slime.me at a time when the Android Store (as it was called then) didn't distribute pay-for apps in many countries, so using Slide.me was a way to have people from countries were buying apps on the Android store wasn't yet possible still be able to buy the Squeeze Commander. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound when playing online streaming services!
Thanks for your input, everyone! I upgraded to 7.9.1 and for now it seems to work. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound when playing online streaming services!
Mnyb wrote: > Regarding settings , do try another web browser and see if the settings > page works or try 7.9.1 who fixed the settings issue and also some https > issues ? Settings work, I just can't find the Diagnostics section there. Maybe I'm blind. But what you say about https is interesting. Maybe the streams are served by https and this is causing the problem? I thought I had the newest version (7.9.0). Where can I find this version? My LMS interface does not tell me there's a newer version, and http://www.mysqueezebox.com tries to serve me an even older version! Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound when playing online streaming services!
Aha! There's no control panel tray icon because I run LMS on a headless server in the basement (running Debian). Is there any other way to find this Diagnostics? I can't see it in the Settings page. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No sound when playing online streaming services!
Thanks for the reply. I can't seem to find the Diagnistics or the Control Panel (= Settings?). In any case I don't think this is the issue, since LMS is able to browse and search the Tidal catalogue. That's data from their server on the internet. Even the track lengths display correctly in the playlist, just no sound when playing the tracks. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] No sound when playing online streaming services!
Hi! I wonder if someone has experience with this problem and can point me to a solution. (I've tried to search the forum, but either there are no relevant discussions or the search function wasn't able to find them.) I mostly play local files. No problem there. My problem is when I try to stream online content to my squeezeboxen. It rarely works! As in, one in ten times, at best. I have a Tidal account, and I'm able to browse and search Tidal through the LMS interface, but when it comes to actually playing anything, the tracks are added to the current playlist and appear to play normally, but there is no sound! The same happens when I try to play a SomaFM station. On a rare occation I've been able to make it work by first playing a local file, then the online stream, and do this back and forth until it works. This is unreliable (when I do get it to work, I'm never sure exactly what I did to make it work...) and a hassle. I'm using LMS 7.9.0 and the problem happens both with physical Squeezebox units (Receivers) and squeezelite. I'd be very grateful if anyone can help me solve this. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
T-bird wrote: > I use Squeeze Commander on an Sony Z3 with android 6.01 and no problem > what so ever Works fine on my Nexus 6 running Android 6.0.1 (CM13). I'm not saying that newer Android versions aren't causing problems with SqueezeCommander, but it doesn't seem to be a certain mismatch. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
audiomuze wrote: Secondly it'd be great if there was a quick way to get back to the main screen rsther than having to peddle backwards through earlier screens in order to arrive at the main screen. Actually, there is. Just tap and hold the button on the top-left, instead of tapping it multiple times (or hitting the back button). That will bring you to the top of the hierarchy (Home) instead of just one level back. Sure, the UI of SqueezeCommander could benefit with an update, but it's holding up remarkably well I think. And the app is pretty much feature complete, so there's little to keep me from enjoying it in the foreseeable future. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Works well on my 2012 Nexus 7. The app hasn't been updated for a couple of years, but SqueezeCommander is still my favorite way to access my music collection. Phone layout on a tablet may not be optimal, but it works just fine. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Has this app been abandoned by Flatterman? I guess now that Squeezeboxes aren't going to be produced any more, not a lot of people will be buying the app. It's still a fantastic app, though. Apart from compatibility with future phones and Android versions, there's perhaps not really need for development on it. Works well on a 7 tablet, too. Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
I have a problem with squeezeslave (I believe) failing to connect to any audio device. The squeezeslave in question is self-compiled i64-alsa-display version, but I have also tried pre-compiled squeezeslaves of versions 1.2 and 1.1, all of which have the same problem. I run a pretty vanilla Kubuntu with vanilla PulseAudio on top of vanilla ALSA. squeezeslave -L takes a long while to output this list: Code: 0: (ALSA) HDA Intel: VT1828S Analog (hw:0,0) (11/46) 1: (ALSA) HDA Intel: VT1828S Digital (hw:0,1) (11/46) 2: (ALSA) HDA Intel: VT1828S HP (hw:0,2) (11/46) 3: (ALSA) sysdefault (42/42) 4: (ALSA) front (11/46) 5: (ALSA) surround40 (11/46) 6: (ALSA) surround41 (11/46) 7: (ALSA) surround50 (11/46) 8: (ALSA) surround51 (11/46) 9: (ALSA) surround71 (11/46) 10: (ALSA) iec958 (11/46) 11: (ALSA) spdif (11/46) 12: (ALSA) pulse (11/46) 13: (ALSA) dmix (42/42) *14: (ALSA) default (11/46) In addition to the unspecified default, I have tried to connect to the outputs 0, 3, 12 and 13, and they all display the same behavior: Squeezeslave pauses for about 20 seconds (I presume it's trying to connect to an audio device) and then exits. (squeezeslave -I correctly identifies the server, and other Squeezeboxes and software players connect to the server, so I assume that isn't the problem) Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
Kvaks wrote: I woke up this morning and the running Squeezeslave responded nicely when I pressed play, so this might have worked. Thanks! (If it turns out it didn't work, I'll come back :-) ) I spoke too soon. It didn't work. Squeezeslave kept turning up dead after not being used for a couple of hours. I sort of fixed it by making a cronjob that every hour kills and restarts squeezeslave unless it's currently playing a song. This solution works well enough, so I haven't bothered looking into it any further. Code: #!/bin/bash if [ ! -z `echo -e '00%3A00%3A00%3A00%3A00%3A01 status 0 1 tags'\nexit|nc -w1 localhost 9090 |grep 'mode%3Aplay'` ];then echo Squeezeslave is playing, not restarting it else echo Restarting squeezeslave killall squeezeslave squeezeslave fi Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
ralphy;695723 Wrote: I have a couple things for you to try. 1. Remove -DUSE_SIGNALS_FOR_RESTART from the CFLAGS in makefile.linux26-i64-alsa-display and rebuild. Use squeezeslave as before and see if it hangs again. I woke up this morning and the running Squeezeslave responded nicely when I pressed play, so this might have worked. Thanks! (If it turns out it didn't work, I'll come back :-) ) -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
Hey! Thanks for making and updating Squeezeslave (that goes to everyone involved). I have one problem with Squeezeslave, one which I've had for many years, and thus spanning many versions of Squeezeslave and Logisqueezeboxmediacenterserver. The problem is: Squeezeslave becomes unresponsive to playback and control after being left dormant for a while. Typically if left unused for some hours, certainly almost always when left unused overnight, nothing will play. Sometimes the server will list the squeezeslave player (but it won't play), other times it will be gone from the list of players (I'm not sure about any pattern here). The programme process is still alive on my computer, but I have to kill it and restart. Then playback will start immediately. Current system: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 GNU/Linux squeezeslave 1.2-316 Mar 1 2012 11:49:36 compile flags: linux portaudio:1608 debug signals interactive daemon renice buffer sizes: decoder 2097152 output 2822400 bytes Squeezebox Server Version: 7.6.1 - r33110 @ Wed Aug 17 18:50:10 PDT 2011 -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wimp app is really not that good, is it...?
I don't have these issues, but perhaps they've updated the plugin/app since your post. Except the favorite thing, it still doesn't add the item to favorites in my Wimp universe, only in my Squeezebox universe. That's not the behaviour I'd want. There are a couple of other UI quirks, but overall quite useful. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How can I have albums sorted chronologically?
I'll take an interest in any device, any plugin, any skin that can do this: Select an artist/band and have their albums sorted chronologically. It seems such a simple feature, yet I can find it nowhere in the Squeezebox universe (that I've tried) nor in many other media player software for that matter. I guess I'm crazy for prefering chronological sorting. I'm currently using the web interface and SqueezeCommander to control my squeezeboxes. Both only give alphabetical sorting of an artist's albums. Erland of plugin fame suggested it might be possible with CustomBrowse and one of the CB WebUI skins, but CustomBrowse (which I have) seems to be made of XML-nightmares and it's not something I think I can manage to tinker with, so I'm looking for other options. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How can I have albums sorted chronologically?
flattermann;676980 Wrote: Actually, SqueezeCommander should sort albums of an artist by year. That's even the default, but it can be changed to have the albums sorted alphabetically (Settings / Sort Albums by Name). Please make sure that Sort Albums by Name is NOT enabled in SqueezeCommander's Settings. I wasn't using the latest version of SqueezeCommander, but updated now and found this option. But like you said, it seems to only apply to the main built in menus, nowhere else. I understand what you say about CustomBrowse, but is it possible to use chronological sorting when accessing through Browse by Selected? I don't ever use the main menus (they're too slow to scroll through when you have 3000 albums), but I very often use the Browse by Selected feature (by, say, press and hold on a song or an album and pick Artist: ... in the pop up menu). BTW, kudos for not using -reverse- chronological order (newest first), which many do. aubuti;676982 Wrote: Would it be good enough to view albums sorted by artist/band and year? That's quite easily done with the default web ui skin and several other interfaces. I can see how that would be cumbersome for people with huge collections, as the grouping (not the sorting) is by albums rather than artists. I'm not sure what you mean. Could you be more specific? :-) (I have around 3000 albums and don't use the main menus, except to browse by genre (but that's just because there's no genre-search in the WebUI).) Mnyb;676983 Wrote: There is an exeptionally neglected bug report about it... Drummroll http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 enjoy and vote for it :) it's only 80 votes Oh, I think I actually gave that bugreport a vote years ago! The suggestion in the comments there about adding an ALBUMSORT tag is interesting, especially if it will work in any contest (main menus, browse-by-selected, custombrowse). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released
I tried it, but quickly found that it's lacking too many features compared with SqueezeCommander. It has a nice look and feel to it, though. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92330 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
vs27;614920 Wrote: How can I buy SC for my Android tablet? Every site I have been to wants a cell phone. This is not a phone. Try buying it here: http://slideme.org/ -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
flattermann;610704 Wrote: Right, you need to switch the player to server B before turning off server A, because otherwise the player would be in an unconnected state and cannot be found by SqueezeCommander. Is it not possible to search the LAN for players just like a search for servers? -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
T-bird;609765 Wrote: You can't connect to a server if no player is connected to it, and you only see the players connected to the same server. First move the player to the server you want (long press on players name), after that it's possible to connect to that server and control the player But this only works if the first server is actually running. If the player is connected to server A, and you turn off server A, there is no way to move the player to server B (or to MySqueezebox.com). Am I right? -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
I bought this last night for my new HTC Desire. Looks and works great, except for one fault: It does not seem to recognize Erland's various browse plugins, Custom Browse, Dynamic Playlists and so on. I have installed a few of those in my My Music menu, for quick access to its great features. SqueezeCommander only shows the default menu items (browse by Artist, Album, etc..). In fact, I cannot find the Custom Browse items at all. I'm not sure I can manage without them... Any chance you can get SqueezeCommander to work with those plugins? -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Will it work on the new HTC Desire, which has the HTC Sense GUI and a 480x800 screen resolution? I'm thinking about buying one, but only if I can use it to control my squeezeboxes. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The new Squeezeplay
Ok, I see it's possible to navigate the menu with the arrow keys. There are still big usability issues with the new SqueezePlay: It's impossible to see which menu item is selected. I'm moving up and down with the arrow keys, but blindly! It's impossible to go to the current playlist using the keyboard. h + h used to work with the old SqueezePlay, but doesn't anymore. It's impossible (as far as I can tell) to see more info on the tracks. Pressing the right arrow on a track in any context (as far as I can tell) plays that track (this action already has the key 'x' assign to it). So there's no way to access the track info page. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70535 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The new Squeezeplay
KMorgan;483388 Wrote: Try pressing a to get more info on a track. It's worth going through all the keys ton the keyboard to find out what does what. Keith Right, that gives the pop up menu. Thanks. That works, except that I cannot see which menu item is selected when I move up and down. Are you having the same problem? In the main menu system, there's a grey cursor over the selected menu item. In the pop up menu provided by the 'a' key press, it's just black over black. If I move down enough, the menu scrolls, but I still have to make an educated guess which item is selected when I press enter (I can see the white text, though). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70535 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] The new Squeezeplay
So I just upgraded to 7.4 on the server side, and (apparently) had to upgrade Squeezeplay as well for it to work properly with the server. And I have a few questions about the new interface. I used to be able to access the now playing screen by pressing 'h' twice (once to go to the root menu, once more for now playing). Now this no longer works. I have to press 'h' to go to the root menu, then reach for the mouse and click a button in the top right corner. Why? And I used to be able to add music to the current playlist by pressing 'a' when browsing. Now the 'a' key brings up a menu. So I have to press 'a' and then reach for the mouse and choose to add the music from a menu item. Awkward! Why not stick to the old 'a' to add and 'A' to play next? (The latter still works directly for some reason!) Now, I always find it annoying when new versions of software changes up shortcuts and the GUI. It takes a bit of time to get used to, but usually the annoyance passes quickly and I'm often better off with the changes. But this time it appears that Squeezeplay has gone from an interface that could be navigated by keyboard only to an interface that requires both keyboard and mouse. Why??? There's no way this isn't going to be slower to work with. The old Squeezeplay was the fastest way to access the Squeezebox system, in my opinion. Faster than the web interface and MUCH faster than the Duet Controller. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70535 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to begin with multi room design
1. Currently the variable analogue output of the Receiver does not work. So if you go directly to a power amp, you're left with the bottom couple of steps on the digital volume control (and the risk of blowing your speakers if the volume accidentally is played a higher level). I solved this by soldering a $5 potensiometer onto the signal cable between the Receiver and my power amp, and setting it to about 12 o clock (50%). This makes it essentially a passive pre-amp setup, but a lot cheaper than buying an actual pre-amp (passive or active). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58724 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sound quality: Duet Receiver vs SB3?
Let me be the skeptic who calls bullshit on that. I'll bet my house that there's no discernible difference at all. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] random mix by single artist? or single album?
One of my gripes with the Controller. I wish there were more buttons, preferable user configurable ones. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58611 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just a thought
coffeetime;377422 Wrote: Than maybe an IRC channel would be good too? Yes. Seconded! -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57397 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBC Show Year with Albums
CantThinkOfOne;382128 Wrote: I would also like to see the Year against an album on the controller along with the ability to sort Albums by Year when selecting an Artist. I know you can sort the Albums list by Artist, Year, Album but that's not the same. It needs to be for an individual Artist - there is nothing worse than the latest album appearing halfway down the list because is starts with an M. The Custom Browse plugin lets you do that. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51394 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music not in SqueezeCenter library
ThomP;380559 Wrote: You could use a mass-tagging program to add a pseudo artist/album/albumartist to those files allowing you to isolate them. Of course this would destroy any existing tags... I tried this approach (using fauxe entries for the album artist (or band) tag as well as the album tag). Problem is, the artist name isn't shown when browsing the collection, only the track title. Artist name is shown in now playing as well as in current playlist, but not when browsing, so it makes it hard to find music. (One dirty fix to this is to remove the artist and/or title tags, which makes Squeezecenter show the filename when browsing. But then the track won't be scrobbled to last.fm.) This is a problem I've had with all music software with a library function. I'm an album guy. I want my library to focus on albums. But I do have a few gigabytes of misc music that are single tracks that I want to be able to listen to, but not mix with my album collection. On the computer I've got by by excluding the single tracks from the library and just adding them from a file manager to the playlist when needed. In the Squeezebox universe this is obviously not possible. So I'm with the OP, I'm missing a proper solution for this. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57802 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Questions about podcasts on the SB
I've added a couple of podcast feeds in SC, and even though they work OK I have a couple of questions about usability: 1. Is there any way to list the podcast in chronological order? You know, first one first. SC seems to listen them in reverse chronological order, so that I have to start at the bottom of the list to hear the first one, and then manually skip backwards for each newer podcast. 2. Is there any way to indicate which podcast I've listened to and which I haven't? 3. Is there any way to have SC download the podcasts automatically even if I'm not checking the feed manually? -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57752 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't find receiver on new network
OP here. I did use the controller to configure for the new network. As I input the WPA key on the controller and pressed , I noticed that the light on the receiver changed from red to something else (blue/green I think), which I took to mean that the receiver had been accepted on the new network (I didn't have the password to the wireless router, so I couldn't confirm this on its control panel). But still the receiver could not be found as a player on either the controller or the SC web interface. I guess I can try a factory setting reset the next time I'm over there to give it another try. I'll take a note of other suggestions as well, so I'll be prepared with other remedies in case that doesn't work. The installation on my own wlan when I first got the Duet worked flawlessly, so I'm hopeful a reset to factory settings will work. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57135 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Web Browser do you use
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 Question: Which Browser do you use? - Firefox 2.x - Firefox 3.x - Internet Explorer 6.x - Internet Explorer 7.x - AOL Browser - Opera (any version) - Safari (any version) - Google Chrome (BETA) - Internet Explorer 8 (BETA) - Other Opera since 6.x. Consistently the superior browser on the market, yet tragically ignored by the masses who prefer the preinstalled (IE) or the inferior copycat (Firefox). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't find receiver on new network
I bought a SB Duet a couple of weeks ago, and have been very happy with it so far (even if it's not perfect). My old folks have been looking to join the mp3 age, so I brought my Duet and my Squeezecenter-laptop over to their place to demonstrate it. Big fail. Problem was, after setting the Duet up for the new wlan I could not find the receiver to choose as player. The controller would only choose itself as player and the choose player menu was gone. I tried restarting controller, receiver and even laptop. Nothing worked. The receiver, while connected to the network (red light turned blue/green/whatever), was nowhere to be found on either the controller nor in the SC web interface. Any ideas what might have gone wrong? The way I see it, nothing changed except the network on which the units operated, and as far as I could tell there were no problems connecting to the wlan. So why didn't it work? -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57135 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeslave and last.fm scrobbling
ralphy;374337 Wrote: Try adding -O (capital letter O) to the command line when starting SS, then go to player settings for the squeezeslave instance and try enabling last.fm there. Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, no luck with your suggestion. Last.fm was already enabled for the Squeezeslave in the SC setting, and the -O parameter seemed to remove -all- scrobbling. Now, not even the currently playing info appears on my last.fm page. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56965 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezeslave and last.fm scrobbling
First, do questions about squeezeslave go in this forum? Anyway, my problem is that squeezeslave will submit its listening now info to last.fm (it shows on the site), but the tracks aren't submitted for real. That is, only the currently playing track is showing at any time, and is replaced when a new track is being played. None of the tracks are registered for history. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56965 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Not scrobbling
davep;373849 Wrote: Not sure if this is the case with the official scrobbling plugin but take a look at the Player tab on the Settings page and you should see an item related to LastFM or Scrobbling in the drop down list. Take a look at this page and see if it has a check box to enable that player to scrobble. This may seem like there are too many places you have to set up scroblling but it is done for people like myself with multiple players who do not want them all to scrobble (e.g. kids music, etc). davep Got it. Thanks. I agree that it's nice to be able to choose on a per player basis, but I think it should be enough to select scrobbling on the Controller when connected to a given player. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Not scrobbling
I have a problem with my new Duet (same problem with Squeezeplay for that matter): Played tracks aren't being scrobbled at last.fm. I've set up the last.fm account in both Squeezecenter config and Squeezenetwork, and it is shown as enabled both in the Squeezecenter config, Squeezenetwork and on my Controller display. But still the tracks aren't showing up on my last.fm page. I hope there is a way to fix this. I'm kind of anal about scrobbling, I really hate it when a significant number of tracks aren't registered. Some info on my setup: Squeezecenter: Version: 7.3 - 24282 @ Thu Dec 11 14:24:20 PST 2008 Platform Architecture: i686-linux Controller: Type: Squeezebox Controller Player Firmware Version: 7.3 r3476 Receiver: Type: Squeezebox Receiver Player Firmware Version: 55 There are no firewalls on the network. Tracks are being scrobbled as usual when I use media players such as Amarok and Foobar2000. -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Compilations and album artist tag
I've been thinking about getting a Squeezebox Duet, and so I've tried out the software, SqueezeCenter and the Softsqueeze. On thing I was worried about beforehand, was how SC would deal with albums that feature different artists, such as compilations or jazz albums with guest musicians. What I want, basically, is for the software to use the album artist ID3 tag when browsing by artists. I really, really hate it when compilations clutter up the Artists sections with lots of bands and artists with only a single track. I want all this to sort under Various Artists or whatever is in the album artist tag. And it seems my worries were confirmed. SC does throw all these single tracks into the Artists section as separate entries. Is there any way to make SC use the album artist tag when browsing Artists? (Yes, I know I can browse by album. But that's rarely what I want to do. I want to browse by artist (ie. album artist), but that is more or less useless for me the way is stands now.) -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Compilations and album artist tag
Thank you! I can't believe I missed that option. Very good, looks like I'll be getting a Squeezebox then (this problem could have been a deal breaker for me). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55878 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stop The Monster cable Bullying
haraldo;366064 Wrote: I have bought quite a few cables from Blue Jeans Cable Cheap, Top Notch Quality, Impeccable service And they deliver from California to Norway Dude, that's insane. Buying speaker cable from the other side of the planet, I mean. There are cheap audio cables in Norway too, you know. And yeah, buying anything other than the cheapest audio cables is a waste (more or less). -- Kvaks Kvaks's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21610 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55787 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
