Re: [slim] Any new Squeezebox Devices on the horizon?
I simply wait for: - A new version of the Radio with a touch screen like Touch. - A new version of the Boom with a touch screen like Touch is nice to have. Will not buy another Radio of the current series. I have one Duet, but I'm fine to use Touch for such 'hidden' appliances. Still nice to have, a new version of a boxed receiver. My personal wish for Radio: - Temperature measurement In and Out - Hygrometer In and Out No need for a separate weather-station; one display less standing around. ;-) -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.4.1304 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.6.1 r33110 (SqueezeboxServer QPKG with SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84894 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Products I would like to see.
Find some ideas here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=656536postcount=17 -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.4.1304 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.3R2 31792 (SqueezeboxServer QPKG with SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62837 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No Objective: Have the complete music library of ~180 GB in the car without moving and syncing an external disk manually. Control music by iPeng. On board PC: There are car barebones with WLAN around i.e. http://www.ac-services.eu/shop/index.php?cat=c37_Auto-PC.html (there are many others). But th effort in setting it up with a SBS and creating a syncjob to sync with the music library on the NAS was too much labor for now. On top the car built in screen isn't a touchscreen, difficult to use anyway. Therefore a WLAN router would be needed in the car to control a player by iPeng. + if you have modern screen(s) and even want to show in the back videos... the battery is your limit ;-) - much work Squeezebox Touch with SD Card Works really fine, not to say amazing. The SD card in Touch can be accessed by a network share over WLAN. You find other threads here how to connect the Touch to the on board 12 V http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=560413postcount=5. Connect it to switched supply which is on the first key turn, to really switch off the Touch when pulling the key. The sync job runs on the QNAP NAS, which I could refine to run every hour, but first check if the share is there. + not much work, anybody can touch the Touch - a SD card with 64 GB and more is very costly. My car don't have the ideal spot to place the Touch on the centre console. But when I get a 128 GB SD card for EUR ~250.- I will go that way. Control via Touch is not as smart as with iPeng. Use Smart Phone or Tablet Currently I stick to my iPhone where I sync a reduced set of 22 GB. If there would be an iPad with 128 GB why not stick to this approach. I used a small iPhone charging station with a line-out mounted with hook and loop fastener on the centre console. + I anyway sync my music to the smart phone or tablet, control with iPod is nearly as good as with iPeng. If I leave the car there is nothing to steal. - Yet not enough storage space available on smart phones or tablets, maybe in year. If a call comes or other things to be looked up as maps it's less comfortable to handle. Other Findings on Aux-In: For a good sound quality it must by a line-in, and not blue tooth, radio or tape solutions. In my case it's astounding that a BMW board entertainment system factory built in in 2003 doesn't has an aux-in; or after 2003 you need a special contact to activate the aux-in, which normally only the professional car dealer has. I tried two smart kits (so called iPhone adapters) to make my on board entertainment system work with external aux sources. Control of the iPod on the iPhone by the on board screen and button was useless; this may work when you have 50 tracks. You need the iPone, but some adapters even disable iPod control on the iPhone itself when connected. I returned those kits. I simply welded a line to the CD changer line-in using a line switch. Material costs EUR 20.- and not 200.-. If my car breaks I will only then get a new one with state of the art touchscreen, blue tooth and more ;-) -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.4.1304 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.3R2 31792 (SqueezeboxServer QPKG with SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No doubleugk;617356 Wrote: ...an iPhone with 3G support unless you have network coverage On the road, highways, mountains, tunnels, even in suburbia 3G is often not stable. And even reasonable mobile business flatrates have their limits, somewhere at 500 MB every month. No real option in a car. -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.4.1304 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.3R2 31792 (SqueezeboxServer QPKG with SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No doubleugk;616950 Wrote: iPeng will be registered as a SB client Yes, if you have mobile WLAN in the car :-) to access e.g. a barbone with SBS running. A barbone could access the home WLAN and sync the music library. I even found a tutorial how to hook in a barbone into my onboard navigation system. But this is too much 'hobby' for me, I wouldn't find the time. Or does someone knows a SBS on iPhone or iPad? Currently I think I go for an iPhone or iPod Classic (with 160 GB just enough space that I don't have to think about which music I shall sync) sync from my media manager MediaMonkey. But before a final decision I will test network sharing on the SB Touch and find a good place for the Touch in the car. -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No I should have a better look at what I use, as I access music only on NAS and MSB.com. Touch has nice features! And in a way the touch would fit on the car console. I could use a costly 32GB SD card (maximum Touch support) or an USB drive. I also need to find a proper 12V to 5V 4Amp DC/DC power supply. I would like that it just works by itself without manually copying the music library on a USB drive. pski;615559 Wrote: the only missing piece is a cron run of rsync to make the touch have the same music files as the home server It would be great if an USB drive attached to Touch could be made visible as a network share. By this I could run a cron job from the NAS making a sync from the master music library. See also here: 'Touch in a car' http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=560413postcount=5 For now I have to make a decision, maybe an iPod Classic with 160GB disk is a leaner solution, where of course I have to sync it manually on the workstation too. iPod Touch has unfortunately only 64GB, and so does iPad. -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
Everything is setup fine, in the house, but what about the car? I can use a mobile device, as an iPhone, but this hasn't 150GB space... I finally want the same, the identical music library like at home. A SqueezeboxCar device would be a great new player, which could use an external disk, with a copy of the home library and play it with a local Squeezebox Server, a satellite. But better than a copy would be a sync. Many people park the car in the range of their WLAN, so SqueezeboxCar could automatically detect availability of it's parent Squeezebox Server and sync the library. I couldn't say which type the SqueezeboxCar should be, classic car radio, replacement of the CD changer. I would prefer the replacement of the CD changer controlled by a Touch like screen. Or even that SqueezeboxCar would be a WLAN repeater allowing control by iPeng. I would buy such immediately. -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
Metazargo;609125 Wrote: Currently I have this problem again between 7.5.1 and 7.5.3, so let's upgrade again... The upgrade http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=123t=35740sid=25d72da2b2dfc555a32dbf6983c0e9ce was smooth and quick. Install this new QPKG over the old SSOTS. It will replace/upgrade. -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
Metazargo;571548 Wrote: iPeng isn't disturbed by the message, I realized it's not iPeng, but rather the SB which can hang if the update screen is shown. In my case I encountered this only in a paired situation. While the upgrade the device is unreachable. The paired Receiver makes also an automatic update or change of the software without confirmation, and is unreachable during this time, and disturbs the handling of the paired group. Currently I have this problem again between 7.5.1 and 7.5.3, so let's upgrade again... -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
Mnyb;571598 Wrote: If an alarm is set on the local sbs server for them, they will send a WOL signal 5 minutes respectively 10 minute before the alarm. A bit off topic now. But I d'like to confirm that my Radio and Touch, if left to my local NAS with SBS, send a WOL to my NAS. Unfortunately it takes more than 5 minutes until SBS is full up. So the Radio switches on by the alarm, but on pause. Is there a way to increase to 15 minutes? -- Metazargo Music Management: Media Monkey 3.2.0.1294 Music Playing: Squeezebox Server 7.5.1 (SSOTS); Squeezebox Touch, -Radio, -Controller, -Receiver; SoftSqueeze; iPeng on iPhone Music Store: QNAP TS-259 Pro with Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2001FASS in Raid 1 Ext3 Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
OK I did the upgrade on my QNAP NAS, took me 8 minutes, fair enough :-) Upgrades can be very simple, but can become a time consuming 'horror' trip. Now I've got confidence in QPKG and SSOTS. http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=123t=33566#p145293 PS: I have to say that it should be possible to suppress this update message, shouldn't be disturbed by such if it still works, at least only once maybe with an optional reminder. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
JJZolx;571022 Wrote: I don't know how iPeng works iPeng isn't disturbed by the message, I realized it's not iPeng, but rather the SB which can hang if the update screen is shown. In my case I encountered this only in a paired situation. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
Mnyb;571018 Wrote: Try WOL wake on lan, does the NAS supports it ? Yep I have WOL everywhere. My problem is that I use the radio in the morning only for 30 minutes, an my NAS doesn't have the possibility of multiple shutdowns every day i.e. 08:30 and 02:00. An if I use iPeng it takes me too long, I'm quicker to switch to mysqueezbox.com. It would be grate the Squeezboxes would have a fallback mysqueezbox.com if last SBS isn't available. I miss a real Squeezebox Alarmclock, with big good placed buttons to manage at least two alarms in complete darkness. I still prefer there my Pure Chronos II. Mnyb;571018 Wrote: My servers is booted by my boom when it's time for the alarm for example. I haven't found such a feature on Touch and Radio? -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Does someone tested iPeng on iPad? -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
My Squeezeboxes Radio, Touch, Controller do constantly bump between updates 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009 when I switch between my local SBS and mysqueezebox.com. It makes me crazy every day I see multiple times the upgrade screen, as I start in the morning on mysqueezebox.com and switch in the evening to my local SBS. Why? Thanks for advice how I can stop this, at least that the screen doesn't show up and blocks (have to go the help and then to home). On top it disturbs the remote control by iPeng. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updates keep bumping between 7.5.0 8673 and 7.5.1 9009
Sound obvious ;-) just thought it might be such; but I would prefer to stop the update screen and maybe do the server upgrade later. I shouldn't be forced to fiddle around all the time, at least not on my IT equipment ;-) Yep, especially pairing of radio streams is much better by SBS, but in the morning my NAS is off... so green ;-) -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81401 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
Thanks for reminding the DLNA standard, better said idea here. In a way SB is DMS (SB Server), DMR (Radio, Touch, Boom... especially the receiver), DMP (Radio, Touch, Boom...) and DMC (Controller and of course iPeng). The good thing, Squeezebox really works! Although only for music. And as said the SB server is better, flexible, proofed then many DLNA or better said UPNP ready media servers. So why adding UPNP to the server? Just for the freedom to use other playing devices. But I fear that the market, where Squeezeboxes make the wheel go round, maybe wouldn't understand that. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
raldo;568040 Wrote: My use case was two living room zones controlled my JRiver Media Center. One zone: My HTPC (with 5.1 surround amplifier). A Second zone: also in the living room: An SB amplifier connected to active loudspeakers. Additionally, several zones: Outside, kitcen, bathrooms, all with active loudspeakers. A Duet controller could also be used for control. MC Would sync all etc. I consider systems like JRiver as management software. Like with embedded systems, today typically video players with included HD and media server, you don't get any good results, outside a computer or a television screen. I.e. I manage my music data stored on a NAS with MediaMonkey. It's also possible to link iTunes to the same network share, without doing any harm (make the right settings) to the music data. The NAS, a QNAP also runs a Squeezebox server and for convenience also a TwonykMedia server a UPNP/DLAN DMS which serves photos and videos to our TV, but also to the iPhone with PlugPlayer. There are two key elements in such an installation: One is the remote controller where we use iPeng on our iPhones; that's really user friendly and quick. Just control music while you have guests without any hustle! OK, if my iPhone is away, the SB Controller let me do the same, half as fast as with iPeng. The second is the NAS with the media servers. There it is important, that I have a second NAS which makes a complete backup of all data. Even less for the music, but all other data, especially our photos. In the morning the NAS is off, and I switch my kitchen radio to mysqueezbox.com. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
OK, I gave up my DAB+ kitchen radio against a Squeezebox Radio. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
It can combine (pair) playing zones into one music stream; the only competitor to Sonos. It provides easy remote control between local SS and online service for internet radios with SC or iPeng. It let's define the used separator (delimiter) of tags; i.e. semicolon, default of many music managers as MediaMonkey. Nevertheless, it would great, especially the last benefit, would be available for any UPnP/DLNA player (receiver) I got, especially for video streamer (DAC) or my beloved kitchen and workshop radios where I still want to have DAB+ reception on board. -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Next product I want from SD er Logitech: SqueezeVideo
I don't expect that Squeezebox Server is able to handle video itself, not yet. There are nice video streamer out there with HDMI, DVD/BlueRay, playing videos from USB and network share, plus play audio form UPnP/DLNA. And that's the point, when I have my Squeezebox Server running I don't want to deploy also UPnP (i.e. Twonkey Media Server), but rather use the existing Slimserver. Where is the ultimate Squeezebox player embedded in a Video Streamer, DVD BlueRay would be a plus ;-) -- Metazargo Metazargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38404 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62047 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
