Re: [slim] Good news: ongoing production of Boom, Classic, and Transporter displays
My Squeezebox Classic display finally died today. Any ideas where to get this replacement VFD in the USA? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107535 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
The more I use the Plex interface on iOS and tvOS, the more I like it for music playback. As soon as there is a audio-focused playback device (near Transporter quality), I'll have to seriously consider ditching LMS/Squeezeboxes. My family cares nothing about local library playback, preferring Siri/Alexa for on-demand music playback. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
MelonMonkey wrote: > I'm going to be VERY generous here. Plex is at least 10 years (of > full-time development) behind LMS. Again, that's being VERY generous. > I'm not holding my breath for Plex to have caught up in 10 years. I let > it scan my music library, but playback is almost exclusively via LMS > with iPeng as a controller - *I can render/play the music on almost > every device throughout my home*, plus portables (Squeeeboxes, iPhones, > iPads, AndroidTV, *AppleTV, AVR/AVP, etc.*) > > A regular consumer can't and won't set up a Plex server. Let's not kid > ourselves here. I support a lot of family and friends for IT and media > expertise. None of them are stupid, but none of them could even begin to > wrap their heads around setting up Plex properly, especially for use > with music. I'm not following. You use Apple TV, AVRs as LMS, or Plex clients? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
Peter Galbavy wrote: > I generally use LMS for music and Plex for video material but I have and > do use Plex for certain music applications; A number of personal > observations: > > People making comparisons between the scanners have simply not set > things up right in the first place. On the same hardware looking at the > same file and setting Plex up to use the basic (NOT premium) music > library with "use embedded tags" results in much the same time as an LMS > "clear library and scan". Similarly for re-scans. > > Gapless playback is very limited and mostly to externally maintained > clients. It's not a server deficiency but a client one and the Plex > development of music features in clients is pretty poor. > > The metadata handling of compilations / VA albums is horrible and > primitive and seems random. It ignores the COMPLILATION tag on all > formats completely and instead uses the heuristic of checking the > ARTISTS tags to see how many there are. My non-scientific estimate is if > it finds about 10% of the tracks from the same artist it puts it under > their name. ALBUM ARTIST, while supported, is poorly handled. > > On the other hand the standard interface is much better. Sync support is > excellent to mobile devices. It's slick. > > LMS wins as a nerd's music infrastructure, Plex wins as a consumer > facing system. > > I have ignored the unavailability of simple (to install and maintain) > LMS client hardware and software. If I could find a decent audio client for Plex, I'd consider moving away from LMS. Especially if it supported multi-channel audio. d6jg wrote: > I think this is a very fair assessment. I too use LMS for music and Plex > for video but do allow Plex to scan my music also. Yep, same here. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
castalla wrote: > Given the severe limitations that voice control solutions impose at the > moment, your best bet is to invest 90 usd on a new amazon echo for your > wife and kids. I already have 6 (!) Echo Dots :) I don't mind the Amazon ecosystem, but my wife and I already pay for Apple Music, so I'd rather have better support for that. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
slartibartfast wrote: > The Alexa app is probably better than Sonos have at the moment and is > working well for me. > > I agree about the security risk without a VPN. I just use Spotify when > travelling. > > Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Yes, I realize voice control is still (overall) in infancy, and I very much respect the fellow that is working on Alexa integration with LMS. LMS is still pretty stable for me, but when my existing hardware starts dying (I'm thinking more of Radios, vs. Classics), it's tough for me to replace. I consider two levels of users at my house: 1) Audio quality as #1 priority (I'm this user) - so Transporter and app control is critical. Apple Music integration would be a "very nice to have". 2) Family users - Apple Music/Amazon Music/voice control is high priority, Bluetooth and/or AirPlay streaming (yes, I realize LMS has a plugin, but it never worked well for me), as well as "standalone" hardware that doesn't require an app to use, i.e. a Squeezebox Radio. ^^^ Over the past few years, it is obvious to me that LMS can really only offer beta-type support for user group #2 above, and the hardware options are limited. Plex seems more robust, and in active development. If I could switch over to Plex full-time for user #1, I could satisfy group #2 by getting Echo devices or try the Apple HomePod. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
slartibartfast wrote: > The first two are possible in LMS. > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Connecting_remotely Too risky, without setting up a dedicated Apache server/VPN/similar. And just too fiddly! Plex "just works". slartibartfast wrote: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106569-ANNOUNCE-Alexa-voice-control-(development-thread) This is way to alpha/beta for me to rely on at the present time. Most of the voice control features would be used by my wife/kids, so stability for this functionality is the highest priority. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
Julf wrote: > What flexibility do you lack? Lack of streaming outside the home Lack of support for voice control Lack of a common platform/hardware that supports local music library + Apple Music (i.e. AppleTV 4/4K with the Plex app) SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
pippin wrote: > I don't fully remember and I don't know whether that's still part of LMS > but there was a plugin to expose Squeezeboxes as UPnP players. Have a > look at all the UPnP plugins LMS shows, this should be in the > description Anyone else tried this? As much as I love LMS, it's just getting a bit old/inflexible for me. I'd prefer to move to a Plex-based system for music, but I have two Transporters, Touches, etc. that I don't really want to scrap. And I'm not aware of any client that Plex supports that is even remotely close to the sound quality of a Transporter. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest Plex updates Music features
pippin wrote: > Wouldn't that work by enabling the UPnP plugin (not the UPnPbridge one > that allows you to control UPnP-players through LMS but Andy's that > exports Squeezeboxes as UPnP players) Can you expand upon this? What would be required to have Squeezeboxes show up as Plex players? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103565 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!
I've been doing this for years (mainly for iPeng playback), with no ill effects. I was using strong password. However, reading the recommendations, I just turned it off. Exactly how is an plain-text password compromised in this scenario? I get the same functionality by installing the Plex iOS app, and my lifetime Plexpass subscription. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just bought a Transporter. Have a couple of questions...
Fizbin wrote: > No, it's not used. There is a vendor on ebay (hotdogtec) selling new old > stock SE's and other Logtiech gear. Crazy how many this fellow has! Either he doesn't sell many, or bought 100+ (last stock?) from Logitech at some point. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105868 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple Music on SqueezeboxServer?
Pascal Hibon wrote: > You could use Shairport plugin in LMS and stream the music from your > iDevice to a Squeezebox player. Awesome, thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to check to see if it's pre-loaded in 3rd party plugins. Else I would appreciate any installation instructions. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple Music on SqueezeboxServer?
Bump. I can't bring myself to switch to Sonos (no hi-rez support), but the next platform that can support Apple Music is going to get a serious look from me. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Demise of the Transporter
I have two now, bought a spare NIB via eBay for about $500. Cheap insurance for when one eventually gives up the ghost. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104431 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9
mherger wrote: Which LAME should I use? I know there is one for iTunes. And where does it go? I don't know about any specific Lame for iTunes. But as long as you can run lame from the command line, you should be fine. Check Settings/Information/Helper Applications Folder for a place where to put your copy. -- Michael Michael, My first Helper folder is listed at: /Library/PreferencePanes/Squeezebox.prefPane/Contents/server/Bin/darwin I untarred a LAME package folder and put it there (also saw some stuff like FLAC in my folder above), but that didn't work. I realize I'm doing this wrong :) SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9
I found this helpful post/installer and it somehow put LAME in the right spot, my transcoding works great now! http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?70922-LAME-on-OS-X-iTunes-9-SS-7-4-1p=541520viewfull=1#post541520 SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9
Thanks Ron for that alternative method! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103045 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9
I know there are a few threads on this, but non seem to answer the question for OS X. Which LAME should I use? I know there is one for iTunes. And where does it go? I did a complete reinstall of LMS on a brand new machine, and I need LAME for transcoding my library on-the-go to my iPhone, via Peng. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103045 ___ 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 !
bluegaspode wrote: The update is now finally available on the AppStore. Thanks a lot to everyone that waited patiently. New fonts look good, and formatting is fixed. However, I can't see artwork, even after it updates cache. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode wrote: Works fine here. Album list or the big cover? From local library or a music service? Did you check with another controller if it shows album art? Sorry, I think it's a problem on my end (LMS library HDD dead). Thank you for the response. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode wrote: An update has been sent to Apple, fixing the rendering issues in the menus. Now its up to Apple how fast they review the App. Expect it to be about 5 days from now on. Very good, thank you for the update. I look forward to testing. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode wrote: Could you please be more specific? Before going to work I did a quick 5min test on iPad Mini + Air and wasn't able to spot a problem at first glance. Can continue to analyze this evening but it would help if you listed the things you already spotted. The main things is the broken text justification in certain context menus, as seen below. Seems OK in Album view, but not Artist view or the player Main Menu. Also, Clear Playlist does not work, or returns a server error while loading playlist message. There were a couple of more small things that I don't recall. Local playback works fine. These errors are after reboots, etc. I've never had issues before, I use Squeezepad every day. Thank you for your response and attention. 16407 +---+ |Filename: IMG_0022.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16407| +---+ SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Is Squeezepad no longer being developed? iOS 8 on iPad breaks a log of things with the most recent version. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
pippin wrote: You might want to comment in the 7.9 development thread. I think it's important to have so men comments there that don't only reflect one POV re the changed. I did, and they informed me of some settings/plugins that need to be changed so 7.9 can behave like 7.8. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Hi Stefan, I updated to LMS 7.9.0 to fix an issue I was having, and now I seem to have lost the Artists button on the lower left pane of the iPad app. I can go into the My Music main menu and see Album Artists, but this seems to behave more like All Artists. I really miss the Artists button (which must have behaved like Album Artists)! Please advise if there is a fix for this, or I should revert back to 7.8. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode wrote: Oh, you might also want to ask on the 7.9 thread if the changes can be made backwards compatible. At least it looks like it is intentional, the My Music nie had an 'All artists' and 'Album Artists' menu. Thank you for your response. After some further reading, it appears this behavior/structure in 7.9 is intentional. Which is unfortunate, as I really don't like it. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
TheLastMan wrote: He is working on the Wolfson, but it sounds like there is a *'software hitch' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelitep=777579highlight=wolfson#post777579)*. No idea about the software I am afraid - which is the reason piCorePlayer is such an attractive proposition for me. A UK company is taking pre-orders for a rather utilitarian looking case for the HifiBerry: https://www.digitallivingroom.co.uk/index.php/component/joocommerce/accessories/pre-order-hifiberry-case?Itemid=539 Some rather more funky looking DIY ideas in the HiFiBerry gallery: http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/gallery-of-hifiberry-users-creations/ Cleverest of which is a 3D printed case: http://www.hifiberry.com/2014/06/print-it-yourself-case-for-raspberry-pi-hifiberry-dac/ Probably worth searching Thingiverse for that one. The simplest solution, if you are handy with a soldering iron: http://www.hifiberry.com/products/dac/soldering-hifiberry/ Great stuff! Thanks Matt. I think you have motivated me to give this a shot. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Has anyone thought about using an Intel fanless NUC as a software player? http://www.fanlesstech.com/2014/04/intel-releases-its-fanless-nuc.html A bit more expensive than a Raspberry Pi solution, but maybe not extraordinarily so? And I'm thinking it would be more flexible, and maybe easier to troubleshoot? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
TheLastMan wrote: Yes, I had looked at the NUC, and other similar mini-computers - but dismissed them mainly thanks to Steen and his brilliant (and free!) piCorePlayer Linux distro for Squeezebox. I have just built a complete Squeezebox Player from a Raspberry Pi based on this for £60 ($90) including case, SD card, wi-fi dongle, power supply and audio cables. One major advantage of this setup is that piCorePlayer is pre-configured to get audio out of a Raspberry Pi - and nothing else. This means that it took about 10 minutes to build and 10 minutes to set up. An absolute doddle. If I want to make it hi-fi there are now supported I2S DACs and digital out cards (to supply an external DAC) that can be attached for another $50 or so. You can also go down the slightly more fiddly route of a USB DAC but support for that is rather more hit and miss. Once you have it running, it is quite possible to adopt the if it ain't broke don't fix it maxim and just leave it to play the music. I find that if I don't fiddle with stuff that I rarely need to troubleshoot. Remember a NUC does not come with memory, storage or an operating system. I am assuming you are not au-faix with setting up your own Linux installations and will therefore need to buy a copy of Windows. That, of course, will need a sizeable hard drive for the OS (piCorePlayer fits on a single 1GB SD card!). I reckon, with Windows, you will not get much change from $400. Of course the resulting computer will be capable of very much more than piCorePlayer on a RPi. You could use it as an LMS server and/or the hub of a complete media center if you wanted, so it really does depend on what you need it for. With the other options made available at the moment, a NUC is complete over-kill for a simple player. If, like me, you just need a couple more headless players like the Receiver then the RPi running piCorePlayer is just the job. All very good points! I was thinking I could get into a NUC (incl memory, small SSD, Linux etc.) for under $250. But, as you stated, it borders on overkill. I am still very much interested in a Hifiberry + SPDIF card + proper case + piCorePlayer, however I am in the US, so I couldn't find any easy/cheap way to get all three shipped to me. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Owen Smith wrote: That looks far more like a server to me, it's highly capable of running LMS. Very true. Right now I'm running my LMS on a 2011 Mac Mini, which is very robust for the purpose :-) In the past, I've used a NAS and a Squeezeplug to run LMS, and the instability drove me nuts. The NUC should be up to the task, but I'm in the if ain't broke, don't fix it category regarding LMS right now. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
TheLastMan wrote: Yes, going for Linux would shave a lot off the potential price, if you are familiar with setting it up. In the case of the RPi, I think the limiting factor is the case. There are so many potential configurations that, unless a case is provided by the maker of the add-in board you are left with DIY solutions. Personally I will be going for one of these for my next project which is a DAC with a bespoke case available for it: https://www.tindie.com/search/?q=IQaudIO.com UK based but priced in dollars, so they clearly know about shipping abroad. However, analogue RCA output only. You can get the RPi in the USA from here: http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-modb-512m/model-b-assembled-board-only/dp/43W5302 They also sell an all in one Wolfson sound card for the RPi with analogue RCA, SPDIF, line in, line out and shared microphone / headphone: http://www.newark.com/element14/wolfson-audio-card/audio-card-for-use-with-raspberry/dp/07X2281 If there is not a case yet, there probably will be soon. Otherwise you may need to make up a DIY solution. Now there's a challenge! Good luck. Thanks for all the great info. Per a message earlier in the thread, the Wolfson is not supported by the piCorePlayer? What software player would you use instead? I think ideally, I'd want piCorePlayer running on a Pi + Hifiberry Digi + case. If someplace sold all of that hardware (or equivalent), I'd be ecstatic! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
I am still having a hard time piece together the pieces to this puzzle. Please keep in mind, I've been a member here for 7+ years, and visit several times a week to try and keep up with the evolving situation. I am simply trying to understand the status of the DIY hardware that this thread originated upon. I understand it has to run some software (as a player, I don't care about the server part). *So now, there is no simple player software (that would run under this DIY hardware) under development?* How does Ickstream fit into all this? For the simple noobs like myself that hope to buy a little box, put some software on it, and use it as a player to compliment their existing Squeezeboxes, is there hope for us? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
ChipMonk wrote: Buy a Raspberry Pi (£25) put on a decent DAC (like IQAudio Pi-DAC £22) and run PicorePlayer. WiFi option and extra £5. Works a treat. I've got 4 working alongside Touches and Receivers. They work brilliantly. Just do it. Thank you very much. I will explore this option. I'm mostly concerned about quality SPDIF output, so I'll need to do a bit more research. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Apesbrain wrote: The Wolfson daughter card has S/PDIF in/out: http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-accessories/wolfson_pi Perfect! Is this still the best thread to ask about recommendations for which Pi version/case/etc.? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
sbp wrote: Hi, just a word of caution, the wolfson card is not currently supported by piCorePlayer. I hope that it will be, but I have found it difficult to add support for it in the newest kernel versions. Instead I will suggest that you look at the HiFiBerry Digi card which is supported by piCorePlayer and plays fine up to 192 khz. http://www.hifiberry.com/hbdigi Steen Owen Smith wrote: And the HiFiBerry solders the P5 connector pins onto the Pi. Much better. The sprung pins connection on the Wolfson board is virtually gauranteed to give poor connections in a couple of years time. Very good, thanks to you both. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can iPeng or Squeezepad integrate/control MOG or Spotify?
RioTubes wrote: So I am in AppStore, and wondering which version to download for use with iPad: iPeng for iPad or iPeng 7? I don't have any SB units running at this time. I plan to use iPeng-player via in-app purchase and try to stream to the NAD D7050 via aptX, AirPlay or docked iPad (if wireless does not work well). Thanks for the feedback You want iPeng 7. It is the latest version, and compatible with both iPhone/iPad. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100641 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
ralphy wrote: If the USB device is the default output device in system preferences then squeezeplay will use it without any further changes, otherwise you need to get your hands dirty with a little scripting. I just tried it, and it works! This is great, and solved a really big problem for me. Thank you ralphy for this great work :) SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
ralphy wrote: I've uploaded a new 'OSX squeezeplay r328 package' (http://squeezeslave.googlecode.com/files/SqueezePlay-7.8.0r328.dmg). See the first post in this thread for details. Sorry for the dumb question. Will this new build resolve the issue of no Squeezeplay audio output to a USB device? Or do I need to do some of those manual steps referenced earlier in this thread? I did read the first post, just still confused :) SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Is there an estimated timeline for availability to purchase a turn-key CSP1? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Having problem using LMS with OS X Mavericks
gellie wrote: Found the solution! Originally Posted by mherger View Post Thank you ⦠But XCode has had makes many problems for me with iTunes (in the past) and I've never installed. So I must wait ⦠http://downloads.slimdevices.com/Log...rver_Perl5.16/ Have fun! And let me know how it works. Thanks! -- Michael This worked perfectly for me.Thanks so much! Can you post the full link path to the fix above? That link doesn't work. Thanks! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99426 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Listening squeezebox music in the living room without any squeezebox hardware!
Yeah, I'm headed this direction, too. I have an old iPhone 4 with iPeng + in-player app that I've repurposed as a standalone player. I'm using either an Apple dock (so the iPhone has a good power source) + line out connected to self-powered speakers, or docking it in a Yamaha iPhone dock to use in the garage. Would work just as well with a new/used iPod Touch. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream
garym wrote: And in the US, icky is a common phrase for something gross or unpleasant. So the name bothers me a bit as well. But I don't really care what it is called if it preserves my SB ecosystem and allows me to add to it in the future. Yep. But maybe now is the best time to consider a name change before development and knowledge spreads further! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream
erland wrote: From now on the chance of being invited as beta tester will decrease for people who complains on the name. People who have already posted their complains will be forgiven for their previous actions. :-) LOL, fair enough! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream
Terrific news! I look forward to your progress and helping/supporting in any way that I can. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Press Release -Logitech to sell Squeezebox line back to Slimdevices
Damn I hate April Fools. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98434 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
gruntwolla wrote: Just to bump up the thread, I have been following the progress of the Olive One on the crowd funding site Indiegogo. They have now taken pre-orders worth over $500k which to me at least looks like a very successful campaign. I make no claims as to how good the Olive One might be compared to Squeezebox - that has been covered in other threads on these forums, but I'd be interested to know if the crowdfunding route might be the way to go for this project. If it ( SWAMP0 ) sounds as good as good as as John thinks it will, then crowdfunding could generate the funds needed to create a dedicated ( bug free?) replacement for LMS, liaise with various developers/music sites to design legal native apps, and produce the end product under licence. It could also mean guys like John/Triode/Erland etc get properly rewarded for their efforts. Just a thought. +1. Where can I send the $$$? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
gruntwolla wrote: Just to bump up the thread, I have been following the progress of the Olive One on the crowd funding site Indiegogo. They have now taken pre-orders worth over $500k which to me at least looks like a very successful campaign. I make no claims as to how good the Olive One might be compared to Squeezebox - that has been covered in other threads on these forums, but I'd be interested to know if the crowdfunding route might be the way to go for this project. If it ( SWAMP0 ) sounds as good as good as as John thinks it will, then crowdfunding could generate the funds needed to create a dedicated ( bug free?) replacement for LMS, liaise with various developers/music sites to design legal native apps, and produce the end product under licence. It could also mean guys like John/Triode/Erland etc get properly rewarded for their efforts. Just a thought. +1. Where can I send the $$$? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
^^ Nice work!! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
JohnSwenson wrote: At some point as Gen1 seems to be stabalizing we put together everything we have learned and come up with a production version, it may be exactly the same hardware as Gen1, or it may be different we don't know at this point. This is the point at which things like a nice looking case etc. get designed. At this point it is ready for general use and can be bought by anybody. Exactly how this is going to be done has not yet been determined. It might be a fully finished boxed up product or it might be a kit (board and box, you put the board in the box and tighten the screws) John S. Excellent. I wish you the very best success with these efforts, and will be monitoring your progress closely. I'm probably not the best candidate to alpha/beta test, but I will be first in line to buy a production version, even if some assembly is required. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
mintaudio wrote: We have been following this thread for a while. We are looking at an ARM based unit as a multi room extension to a Vortexbox based base system. We have a Wandboard and have been playing with Clive's image - it all works very nicely. Up to now, we've not really been overly concerned with having an onboard DAC, but John's carrier board has piqued our interest and would solve some packaging issues with our case design. There is the possibility that we could have the boards properly manufactured for our own use in fully built units, and also offer the bare boards to the community at reasonable cost for diy builds. Not sure how people feel about this, and there would need to be further discussions with the various contributing parties.. but just putting the idea out there. Martin Mint Audio If you're suggesting a pre-built unit that could support the Squeezebox system, I'd be all over it. I don't mind a bit of DIY, but if you offer something that takes most of the guessing or trouble shooting out of it, please count me in. I'm not very price sensitive, either. If it has decent features for under $300, you could have a real winner on your hands. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?
GlenL wrote: 3. No 'New Music' option. Sonos does not have the equivalent of the Squeezebox 'New Music' menu option. In other words, you cannot quickly browse the latest 100 or so CDs added to your collection with Sonos. Whoa. I've been using Squeezeboxes for years, yet never heard of this. Is it a plugin? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why shouldn't I jump ship to Sonos?
dasmueller wrote: No, it's a menu item under My Music. W the LMS Control panel click on Advanced, Web remote Control, My Music. You should be able to access it from your player as well under My Music Thank you. However it is not where you described. Rather, it's under the Advanced-Player-Player drop down-Menus. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Terrible to hear this news, Andy. I hope your talents and effort are appreciated quickly with a new line of work. Your continued insight and help could be critical to perpetuation of our continued enjoyment of this system. I still think its nuts that something used and loved by so many ends up dying this slow death. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
JohnSwenson wrote: Gen0.5 does not have a coax S/PDIF out, just TOSLINK. The USB connectivity between Gen0.5 and Gen1 will be similar. Gen1 will have the very high quality S/PDIF coax as well as TOSLINK. I'm only making 3 Gen0.5 boards, it is not going to be widely distributed, it is JUST to get an initial set of seftware deliverables so Gen1 will do SOMETHING out of the box. John S. Sign me up for a Gen 1 box. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
I apologize for jumping in here with such a basic question.. however I have read through most of this thread, but am still confused. What will this project accomplish better (differently?) than what people are doing with the VAMP solution + USB to SPDIF converter? I applaud your efforts, and look forward to your success. Just please help me understand why I wouldn't use the VAMP solution? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
JohnSwenson wrote: Primarily because you will have to spend thousands of dollars on an external DAC to get the level of sound quality this box is going to have. And this does it all in one box without needing 3 boxes and cables inbetween them. I'm also hoping that eventually this is going to have multiple versions such as a boom like device. John S. So assuming you connect your SB digitally (I do), it's really only two boxes (VAMP + USB-S/PDIF converter) vs. one. Why is this box going to have the sound-quality equivalent of a VAMP + $500 USB to S/PDIF coverter? Trust me, I can appreciate the Boom/Radio. I have a total of 4 of those! But I'm thinking the VAMP/USB converter/powered speakers would fit the bill OK for me in a pinch. If there is an all-in-one based on a wandboard, I'd certainly be interested too :) SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
JohnSwenson wrote: Well this board is going to have very low jitter clocks, very low noise regulators and I know how to build a very good coax S/PDIF out that is much better than what is used in almost all coax outs, AND has a much higher PSRR than most circuits. The result will be a very low jitter, very low noise, impedance correct output. I can do it inexpensively because it is built directly into the architecture of the system rather than requireing a high quality receiver converting the data from a different format. John S. That all sounds excellent. Count me in for one! I don't know what the thresholds are for a KickStarter project, but I'd be ready to send $$ if it helps with development. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
azinck3 wrote: There are 2 big areas in which the VAMP is lacking for me: - No display - No control interface at the device Those are pretty much deal-killers for me. I use my SBs as weather-centers and bedside radios as much as anything. I also don't have a smartphone (yes, there are still some of us out there!). That said, I'm not really in the let's design and build our own hardware camp. Nothing against those guys, I'm just skeptical. For now I'll just keep buying used SBs and might build a VAMP if I want a headless SB. Understood. Well not really about no smartphone - ha! ;) I thought that wand board project doesn't have a display/interface, either? At least initially. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
dyohn wrote: Use a good quality USB DAC and you have it. :) Yeah but I wanna run it straight into my processor via S/PDIF. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
Yes, I've been reading through that, but I'm having a hard time understanding how it would be fundamentally different from the DIY device described in this thread. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
agillis wrote: You need a USB to SPDIF converter. This is a really good one. http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/24-96-USB-to-SPDIF-converter-USB-SPDIF.htm This is a true audiophile USB to SPDIF converter. http://shop.smallgreencomputer.com/SOtM-USB-Digital-Interface-SOtM-USB.htm Great! I really appreciate the links. The SOtM looks interesting... maybe a bit more than I wanted to spend just as part of a fun project, but maybe I'll save up for it. dyohn wrote: Exactly. That project is interesting but it really is recreating the wheel and at a much higher projected cost. And there you go. :) I've been using the VAMP built on a Ponoplug for a couple months now and love it. So, I wasn't missing something obvious? What are they trying to do that the VAMP solution does not accomodate? paulster wrote: This one is pretty good for a non-async interface. It's a shame though that because it uses the Tenor chipset it lacks 88.2kHz support. The M2Tech HiFace 2 is probably the next best step up from this before getting into the more esoteric interfaces. It's a real shame that the Empirical Audio Off Ramp 5 uses the HiFace (1) chipset for USB audio input, which is no good for Linux, as this would be pretty much perfect otherwise as it also offers LVDS I2S output which is really hard to find on other interfaces. I appreciate the info on the M2Tech HiFace 2. This side of computer audio is relatively new to me. A side I'm being forced to learn about since my turnkey Squeezebox solutions are obviously drying up. I really like my Transporter, and was even considering buying a spare. But something like the VAMP + SOtM dX-USB-HD could probably do just as good, for much less. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
Love reading about this project! I'm all for cheap, but has there been any consideration given to maximize digital audio output from a device like this? Better PSU, or other hardware? Even if it cost 2X+ what you've got going on here... I would be interested if it's possible to replicate the high quality digital output that we get from the Transporter or Touch. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezePlay for Mac OSX
You rock, rahlpy! Working great here on 10.8.2. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay Mountain Lion Install
Thanks so much! I'll give this a try tonight. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay Mountain Lion Install
I just tried the latest nightly for OS X, and of course get no sound with Mountain Lion. I see where ralphy has (?) as workaround, but honestly I'm a bit intimidated by the extra steps. Is there a turnkey solution for an OS X novice? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech in US Selling the Transporter SE for $999.99
Eh. I'd bite at $500, as a back up to my current TP. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96357 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What features will no longer work if mysqueezebox.com is shut down?
Curious as to this, myself. I'm not being all 'chicken little' here. But if mysb.com shuts down in 2 years, will my Touch and Radios still work at all after a reboot? If I need to grab a spare player, should it be a Classic, or a Touch? I'm pretty pissed about this development I use the Live365 plugin every single day. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96207 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What features will no longer work if mysqueezebox.com is shut down?
toby10 wrote: SB players will continue to function as they do now if using LMS server with your local music. How are you going to set up a Touch or Radio? One of the first steps is to connect to mysb.com. SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96207 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What features will no longer work if mysqueezebox.com is shut down?
toby10 wrote: By the time MySB.com is actually gone there will be no Touch or SB Radio players to buy to even need setting up. ;) But should this be needed - Touch can be updated via USB/SD absent any server. - I believe both Touch Radio can be setup via a local LMS server by getting them to their Home menu then selecting My Music, connect to LMS, firmware is updated I see. Maybe I need to buy a spare Touch/Radio/Transporter. Ouch! SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96207 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more radio streaming on SB Classic after network reconfiguration
What happens if you set the Classic to use WiFi again, instead of ethernet? SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96218 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.6.1 r32969 nightly build - Cover art works again! Wohhoo!
Latest nightly fixed my missing art, too. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
I saw this info too, and was just scanning the Android-version thread. So is this new iOS version a native app, or does it use the browser somehow? I got the impression that the Android version was not a true native app. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
flattermann;626981 Wrote: IMHO, it's the same as the Android version, i.e. HTML/JS and not a native app. That's probably why it feels so slow. So what are some other, real-world consequences of an HTML/JS version as opposed to native? And why didn't Logitech make it native in the first place? flattermann;626981 Wrote: because it does not support remote servers... (At least the Android version doesn't.) Oh that is a bummer. I'm guessing the iOS does not either, both Android and iOS have the same version number. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Finally, the best Controller App arrives at iOS!
amcluesent;626992 Wrote: Still quite a bit less functionality that the paid-for apps... Can you elaborate? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87212 ___ 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 !
bluegaspode;625792 Wrote: Just leave the DynsDNS setting in there? It should work when you are away but also when you are at home. I know of some people that do it that way. I'm not an expert on DNS, but wouldn't that cause unnecessary ping delay times? Your command has to leave your LAN, go over the internet to the DNS server and come back to your SBS. It's not that big of a deal, I just wanted to point it out in case I was missing an easy way to keep a few of the last connected to servers in there. bluegaspode;625792 Wrote: I just installed r32300 on a Mac and (except the index bar which I'm going to fix in the next hour) I don't see any issue. Maybe your last upgrade is borked? Just try a clean uninstall and reinstall of the server? Got it working now, thanks again. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;625684 Wrote: Hi SamS If you are not connected to MySB.com, just hit the 'Search' Button on the settings screen and you will see all local servers and switch to another one. OK, I see that now. I want to be able to switch to a Dynamic DNS url for Squeezepad playback when I'm not connected to my local server. This does appear to work, but I have to manually type in the URL every time I want to reconnect to the DNS address. iPeng is able to remember the DNS server somehow. Maybe something you could add in the future? bluegaspode;625684 Wrote: I still have an alphabetical index on my SqueezePad, as can be seen on the official screenshots (http://www.squeezepad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/IMG_0022.png).[/url] Ah! I thought so. Glad I'm not losing my mind. bluegaspode;625684 Wrote: I just got a similar support-case yesterday from someone running the 7.6 nightlies. Are you using these as well ? Yes, I use 7.6. And I just updated to the latest nightly. I don't normally update very often. Previously, I was using a nightly from a couple of months ago, and everything was working fine. I updated to the very latest just on a whim. Bad idea! -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
SamS;625753 Wrote: OK, I see that now. I want to be able to switch to a Dynamic DNS url for Squeezepad playback when I'm not connected to my local server. This does appear to work, but I have to manually type in the URL every time I want to reconnect to the DNS address. iPeng is able to remember the DNS server somehow. Maybe something you could add in the future? Ah! I thought so. Glad I'm not losing my mind. Yes, I use 7.6. And I just updated to the latest nightly. I don't normally update very often. Previously, I was using a nightly from a couple of months ago, and everything was working fine. I updated to the very latest just on a whim. Bad idea! bluegaspode;625695 Wrote: Hi SamS, on second thought: if you want to stay on 7.6 (thus being a beta tester for Logitech), why don't you just join my list of beta testers as well. I could provide an individual update then tonight or tomorrow night. As I cannot run 7.6 on a regular basis (as I'm having wife that went through many issues with Squeezeboxes already ;)) it would help me a lot to have more users that update regularly and tell me all the new issues. In order to be able to send you a Beta-Build I need your iPAD-ID. This ID can easily obtained with the following free App: * http://itunes.apple.com/app/ad-hoc-helper/id285691333?mt=8 Send the result to support(at)squeezepad.com. Sure, I can probably do that. Look for an email from me later. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;625782 Wrote: Do you have multiple servers? If you have only one server, then why not just leave the DynDNS URL in the field? SqueezePad was written to only support one server (+MySB.com), because that is what 99.9% of people are using. I'm not planning to change that, I'm afraid, because it would make SqueezePad more difficult to understand for 99.9% ... just to please 0.1% of the userbase. I just have one local server, but use the DNS server for iPad/iPhone playback when I'm away from home. I will just have to manually type the URL for that server when I'm away from home. No big deal, I do understand why you don't want to muck it up for the other 99% of folks. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Hi, My question has probably been asked before, but how do you change to different Squeezebox servers within the app? I see where to change to mysb.com in settings, I thought it would be here. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Also, I just updated to 1.7.4. Am I losing my mind or did we lose the ability to quickly select (for example) artists beginning with the letter T etc.? If I start with the A's, I have to scroll through hundreds of artists to get to Urge Overkill? iTunes and iPeng have the ability to jump to any letter Did Squeezepad have this and lose it, or it was never supported in the first place? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
I see 1.7.3 is out now! I will definitely try this later tonight. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Please do let us know when the new version is available. I have a new iPad2 here, waiting to try your app. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Hi bluegaspode, I should be getting the iPad2 any day now... is Squeezepad working OK with iOS 4.3? Right now, I'm running Squeezeserver 7.6.0 r31864. Any known problems with the above combination? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Thank you for the detailed response. I might just wait for 1.7.3. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 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
Re: [slim] Looking for Good SqueezeBox Overview
You can read some of the reviews for the Squeezebox products. I wrote a review for the Radio 'here' (http://www.blu-raydefinition.com/hardware/logitech-squeezebox-radio-wi-fi-music-player.html), where I try to give a generalized view of what the Squeezebox system does. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
elstensoftware;588145 Wrote: Let me (us!) know what happened Sam. I'm glad you at least got your storage back. I'd like to find out if bliss is doing anything incorrectly. If you find something suspicious (maybe just point it at one album?), I have a Dropbox account you can upload files to. The resulting, overly large music files would be interesting to look at :) Well, good news and bad news. After I got my storage back, I re-ran bliss. It needed to grab about ~900 more covers. I let it run overnight, and that used up 127GB. I don't know where the 127GB is! I look at individual music folders and they all look like the appropriate sizes. I have an external HDD with a backup of all the music files taken exactly before I began the 'bliss project'. The problem is with Window7, there is no way (that I know of) to see folder size without actually clicking into each folder, hovering with the mouse over the folder. With XP, you could use Details view, and sort folders by size. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
bluegaspode;588169 Wrote: You could run a tool like WinDirStat to get an overview: http://windirstat.info/ Thanks, I will give that a try. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
OK, I didn't try the windirstat program, it may be unnecessary. When I got home today, I checked the available storage on my NAS. It showed correct, i.e. the proper amount of space that I would expect. I had a previous Windows explorer view pulled that showed the amount of space available, it showed I had 325GB free. I hit refresh, and it now shows I have 451GB (correct) free! Over the course of 20 hours, 126GB magically freed up. I ran bliss for a bit again, and happened to be in a folder it was scanning through. I could see a TMP file that was jumping all around in size, from 200KB to 90,000KB. I didn't watch it for long, but if it was adding 90,000KB to each track it re-wrote, I can see how the temp space used up could grow at an extraordinary rate. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
elstensoftware;587933 Wrote: Hi Sam. You'll get 'uncompliant' if one of the tracks is missing art because bliss is all about ensuring consistency. Try the rescan button (click on the album, then click the rescan button) to see if it 'takes' a second time. If not, send me the contents of http://[bliss-ip]:3221/logs to bl...@blisshq.com Thanks! OK, thank you. bluegaspode;587936 Wrote: I never understood why people would embed the art, when they have the full album. Sure it's nice when one trades single tracks, but most of us have complete albums or compilations I guess. Uuggh... this is turning out to be a big mess. Embedding the art is taking 300GB+, I really don't have the space for that on my NAS, my whole music collection is only 600GB! After running bliss, I probably have 1000 albums with embedded art. I have very few single-tracks, 99%+ of all my music is on a full album. I need to figure out a way to keep the art, but un-embed. Can anyone help? Also, when in SBS, I can't always see the art when listed by album view. In my example below, the artwork for the album Arc Angels only appears when I click on the album, not in the 'all album' or 'artist' view in SBS. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
elstensoftware;588000 Wrote: Hey Sam. I responded to the email you sent, but it should just be a case of choosing the 'remove embedded art' option if you are not wanting to embed art. The cover.jpg (or whatever) will be retained. Thank you. I will try that. May I suggest some type of warning or notification that signals that embedding art takes up a lot of storage? I personally did not realize how much it takes, and since bliss runs automatically in the background, you could easily run out of storage room if you're not paying attention. elstensoftware;588000 Wrote: For the Squeezebox Server issue with seeing art in the detail view but not on the lists, try rescanning the music collection. The view I attached was after a complete clear and rescan everything, but I can certainly try another wipe and rescan. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
aubuti;588017 Wrote: What kind of art files do you have that are more than half the size of the audio data?!? For my library (and I suspect a lot of others) the average is something like 25-40MB for a FLAC track and 10-20_KB_ for album art. I generally use a single cover.jpg per album anyway, but even if you're embedding the art I think a audio:art disk size ratio of 1000:1 is a lot more normal than the 2:1 you seem to be getting. Even if you had supersized album art with low quality MP3 it's hard to imagine how you get to 2:1. Yes, I know. That is why bliss was blowing my mind! I kept seeing my available space drop a Gig at a time, and started getting worried as I was about to use up all available storage on my NAS. I finally had to stop bliss when I had 50GB of 1093GB remaining. The cover art is typically only 40KB, and 99.9% of my music is FLAC. I don't think I can figure the math on it, but if I have 22,000 tracks, and they each get 40KB (embedded)worth of cover art, I still should only have added about a couple of Gigs at most. As mentioned earlier, most art was 300x300 or 600x600. I realize that resolution does not correspond to file size of the JPG, but I could count on one hand the number of times I put a large file (900x900) to an album. Still, having bliss grab ~1100 albums worth of covers used ~250GB worth of additional space. I could get more exact numbers if that helps, but I'm not too far off. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
aubuti;588038 Wrote: Did you try doing it on a small subset of files, letting bliss run to completion (including cleaning up any tmp files) and then comparing the filesizes before and after? Even if that were the explanation, that would be awfully inefficient disk usage while processing the files. I didn't try that yesterday, but I will attempt tonight. I was scary watching the files grow! I'm talking 2-3GB every 5-10 minutes. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
OK, this is really strange. I checked my NAS storage today (had stopped bliss at 1100 of 1900 albums scanned last night) and saw that that I know had 400GB back free from storage! I know this cannot be my imagination, or some simple error, as both my NAS interface, and my Music fold mapped as a network drive both reported capacity increasing 300-400GB due to the bliss process. Any ideas why this might have happened? I'm going to run bliss again to see if the problem re-occurs. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
OK. I'm trying your Unlimited version now. I put in on my Window7 x64 desktop. It is taking a long time to run. Putting it on a Sheevaplug would not be a good idea! Why do I sometimes get un-compliant errors when only one of the tracks is missing the art? This would be for an album that initially had no art. I'm guessing bliss finds the art, but for some reason it doesn't 'take' to one song of 12 or so? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
FYI: I think it might be tough to run bliss on a desktop when your music is stored on a NAS. My work-around is to map my NAS to a network drive (i.e. M:/) and point bliss to M: so it can scan/modify. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
Another tip if you are considering adding album artwork where you have none (or minimal) previously: Embedding artwork takes a ton of storage space. I am rarely using bigger than 600x600, and my ~1900 CDs look like they're going to take 200GB+ of storage space. That seems ridiculous to me! I might even run out of room on my NAS discs at this pace. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
elstensoftware;578848 Wrote: bliss can do it - 'using bliss to get album art for squeezebox' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/09/14/album-art-squeezebox/) I need to start basically from scratch to add covers to my music collection. I just never did it from the beginning, and now I have about 2000 albums that need cover art. I run SqueezeboxServer on a Sheevaplug which is Unix-based. However, I'd prefer to interact with a program like bliss via my Windows7 desktop. Which version of bliss do I need? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tool to search for cover art in my library?
My music is stored on my NAS. Would bliss be installed on my remote PC and interface with my SqueezeServer via IP? I fear the Sheevaplug does not have the CPU power to run SqueezeServer and bliss simultaneously. -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC
Clive, thank you so much! I had done a bit more investigating last night, and read about the 4608 samples of silence appended to tracks, so this has happened to others before. My drive model is Samsung SH-S183L. However, I no longer have this problem. Any rip I've done since about mid-2008 does not have this problem. I did a bit of digging by file date to find when this problem stopped. I don't know what would have happened at that time, except possibly an upgrade of EAC. Now, the big question, how do I fix this? -- SamS SamS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
