Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;577350 Wrote: Anyone here speaking Japanese ? Got my first AppStore Comment over in Japan ... but how should I now what it means ? Google Translate is not a big help on this one ;) ... As it happens I can help here, being married to a Japanese translator. The comment you got the App Store said: I guess there aren't many people who are using SqueezeBox in Japan, but this is something I recommend to those few. If you are a SqueezeBox user and are complaining that there is no iPad version of iPeng, here is the one for you. I've been using this since the previous version. It wasn't bad in terms of ease of use, although the appearance wasn't very nice at all. This new version is a success because they added a more detailed appearance whilst keeping the basic layout as before. An image of your SqueezeBox is shown on the selector of the player. This was also a function iPeng of 2 generations before the current one, but probably because of a problem with the patent or something it's now more of a stylised image. This has led to a better review for SqueezePad, but it's a worry for the future. Even allowing for such an unknown for the future, I believe this one is worth the high price. Only if you are a SqueezeBox user, that is. Hope that helps. So, how about those player images - are they going to stay? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 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, Just did the update to 1.3 and it seems that I have lost all my artwork. It was there in the previous version, and still shows up in iPeng on the same iPad. If you scroll quickly through a list of albums you see the grey disc placeholder icons for each album as they flash past, but once you stop scrolling these are quickly replaced with blank spaces where the artwork should be. Any ideas? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 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] ipeng as player?
brady7;512898 Wrote: Sorry if this is a dumb question, but... The ipeng app just works as a remote, right? I can't listen to the music stored on my hard drives through the iphone headphone jack using ipeng, right? Thanks That's right - although Pippin has suggested it might be added as a feature in a future release. In the meantime you can achieve similar results using SimplifyMedia. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74799 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!
audiomuze;510481 Wrote: Most are capable of higher resolution playback and prices are comparable, especially if factoring in server req's by squeezebox. Most have iPhone apps and some have db's/ interfaces streets ahead. Have a look at the links... Not wishing to be too provocative, but seriously one of these at least, the Bluesmoke, looks like a dorm room project. Uses Windows Media Player as the front end, handles Flac and WMA Lossless only (even I have the odd mp3 I'd like to play now and again), needs an external DAC, suggests for wireless you add a USB wifi dongle, runs only on Windows Vista (huh?), has documentation which is coming soon, etc. Some kind of smoke for sure... And all this for only $7,000! Oh, almost forgot: no display. The info suggests use of an external one such as those from Tyco Electronics. Following the included link to their website dumps you in a maze of pages about Point of Sale display terminals with 800x600 resolution and the suggestion you send them a Request for Proposal. Against my $2,000 transporter with wireless and wired networking, balanced and unbalanced inputs, high-end DAC with external input, ability to handle almost any format you throw at it, dual displays, access to plugins, internet radio, etc, etc, not to mention use on my Mac and Linux servers, I seriously don't see this as competition at all. BUT it did get a mention in Stereophile as having been at CES... The serious competition I see for high end is from Linn, who appear to have made streaming audio a cornerstone of their new range. Given their track record of sticking with things and developing them over the long haul- and their clear commitment to hi-fi audio - I tend to believe they will be around with these products for a long while. I am 100% committed to digitally stored and transported (2-channel) audio and know I will never go back to CDs so want to feel confident that my chosen partner in this will stick around and not get distracted by video or Facebook (!), or decide to drop it entirely after a year or two . This partner could be Logitech if they do it right but I am less confident now about this than I was a year ago. davep davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!
DaveWr;510565 Wrote: I don't agree I think Linn is in the Transporter market, nowhere near Logitech Radio / Touch market. Er.. that's exactly what I said. The OP was talking about the higher end I thought, with things like Olive and Bluesmoke, rather than the Radio/Touch space. My point was that the TP has this pretty well covered already with the added advantages of being able to share infrastructure with lower spec devices elsewhere in your house for a very flexible and realistic solution. Linn doesn't do the latter parts but does have impeccable hi-fi credentials and can be made to work with SBS (sort of). I agree that the Sonus is more well known as a competitor in the everyday sophisitcated iPod end of the market. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!
DaveWr;510580 Wrote: My Linn DS works very well with Squeezebox Server. Dave That's very good to know as I might go there myself in the future. Not having any personal experience of using the two together, but knowing of the self-confessed hobby nature of the Skweezy plugin writer, I wasn't sure how well this actually worked. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlists Shuffle
JayLaFunk;509283 Wrote: Now that I have found my preferred and quick method of making playlists on my SB that does not need a science degree, I am very happy but I have noticed that when I played a playlist on shuffle then went back and played the same playlist on shuffle a few days later, it plays the exact same track order, it is the same with all my playlists, it plays all the tracks in the same order, anything I can do that will mix them up a bit... Regards Jay Take a look at your server settings under the My Music tab where you'll see an item labelled Reshuffle on Repeat. Changing this to 'Reshuffle each time' should get you what you want. BTW what is your method of making playlists? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74365 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlists Shuffle
JayLaFunk;509299 Wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply but I can't find My Music tab to look and change what you say, looked in squezzecenter settings but can't find it... What version of SqueezeboxServer are you running? My response relates to ver 7.4.1. My memory suggests that on earlier versions this was somewhere else as I don't think there was a My Music tab in the settings window but I have no way to check. If you are on an earlier version either consider upgrading to 7.4.1 (the current official release), or have a dig around in your version to find the setting wherever it is hiding. I'm pretty sure it has been in there from way back. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74365 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi
H Rusak;506495 Wrote: I am about to rip my entire cd collection (1000+) and am wondering which format to use. I was planning on using iTunes to rip cds and then stream over wifi to squeezebox touch (when released). I am thinking it best to use WAV (as opposed to Apple Lossless), but are there issues with streaming WAV size files (given that Squeezebox is limited to G). Is there a better solution? FLAC has clear advantages as a solution: 1. Decent compression level to help streaming bandwidth 2. Compression is LOSLESS 3. Native support in SB players 4. Supports full range of tags (unlike WAV) 5. Free and not tied to proprietary company Disadvantage for your plan is the iTunes does not rip to FLAC. However several other well designed and supported prograns do such as EAC and DbPoweramp. Many, many people here on the forum use FLAC so support for any quesitons is plentiful. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74046 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Player does not play next track
MannyL;502169 Wrote: This just started happening in the past month or so and is happening more and more frequently now. I select an album to play and after a track ends Squeezebox Server drops down to the next track to play but either never plays it or waits 5 minutes or longer before playing it. If I click to play the next track it plays immediatly. I first thought this was happening only with .wma track but realize now that it doesn't matter what the format is. I chatted with Logitech Support who suggested re-setting all 3 of my Squeezeboxes to the Factory Setting. I did this but it has made no difference. I also un-installed and re-installed the latest Squeezebox Server (7.4.1). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. If you haven't already done so, take a look in the Server Settings (accessed from the bottom right hand corner of the SS web interface), select your player in the Players tab and look for the item near the bottom of the page Play Other Songs in Album. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73480 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Revisiting iTunes alternatives for the Mac
kmr;501914 Wrote: kphinney's list is good EXCEPT it left out: playlist creation tool!!! Try VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) which comes in Intel and PPC flavours and is quite handy for playlist making as well as being a potential replacement for iTunes as a player and general library organiser. Doesn't do album art though. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Revisiting iTunes alternatives for the Mac
aubuti;501936 Wrote: Not sure about the Mac version of Songbird, but on the Windows version (and I think the Linux version, though I have to confirm), it's simply: File Export playlist(s) [select playlists to export] THEN click the Preferences button in the Export Playlist(s) dialog, and on Default playlist format to export your playlists as click the drop-down menu, choose M3U, then click OK. then click Export playlist(s). Or maybe the Mac version doesn't have the M3U option? The Mac version can use the Export Playlists plugin to achieve this. However I believe the OP was using a PPC Mac and AFAIK there is only an Intel build of Songbird for OS X. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Going from a PC to a Mac...have questions.
For ripping and tagging on the Mac you might want to look at XLDhttp://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html. This usually does the trick for me in both flac and mp3 formats on the same ripping pass. Tags are pulled from CDDB and you get the chance to fix them before committing. If you subsequently find you need to redo any tags then Tag from the aforementioned Stephen Booth (http://sbooth.org/Tag/) works well. As for playlists I have had some success using VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html) which allows you to drag and drop files from the Finder to form a playlist which can then be saved as an m3u file in your designated Squeezebox Server folder. A quick playlist rescan and you'll find the list available for use. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71904 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to iPhone?
davep;440994 Wrote: Rich, 1. Yes it apparently does Flac, although there must be some kind of compression applied to enable this to work across what is bound to be limited bandwidth. I haven't tried this myself yet as I keep a parallel mp3 library to feed the iPod anyway. 2. As for gapless I am not actually sure as I don't recall trying it. I will have a check if I get the chance later today. davep Just checked on gapless with Flac and the answer is no it doesn't. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to iPhone?
b33k34;440952 Wrote: Can i stream from slimserver to my iPhone? I'm using iPeng already but i'd like to actually stream to the phone itself. I'm sure Pippin will jump in and answer this but as far as I know this is not yet possible with iPeng but is a possible future addition. However if you take a look at Simplify Media you will find an app that can do streaming from your library to the iPhone. Has worked very well for me, even allowing streaming when outside the house via wifi in coffee shops etc. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to iPhone?
maggior;440978 Wrote: Funny this should come up because I was just looking at this today. I found SimplifyMedia in my searching. A couple of questions: 1) Does it support FLAC? 2) Does it play gapless FLAC and LAME mp3? Thanks! Rich Rich, 1. Yes it apparently does Flac, although there must be some kind of compression applied to enable this to work across what is bound to be limited bandwidth. I haven't tried this myself yet as I keep a parallel mp3 library to feed the iPod anyway. 2. As for gapless I am not actually sure as I don't recall trying it. I will have a check if I get the chance later today. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65646 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + NAS + iPhone
Just a word of clarification regarding use of the Receiver on its own without buying the Controller. Officially you are not able to set up the Receiver without use of the Controller. There is a work around, documented somewhere on this forum, which has had several reports of success but it remains an unofficial means of setting up and as such the purchaser should do their homework first and be comfortable with this as an approach. Otherwise, as already mentioned, go for the SB Classic. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
I'm really not sure if I stumbled upon this site and the first thing I saw was the huge word Aerosmith at the top in a size, prominence and colour which ensure that it draws the eye (several point sizes lager than the name of the company or the product) I wouldn't be somewhat confused about where I was. The other auto-rotating pages are fine but that first one - which I now realise is actually a tie-in with Ultimate Ears (didn't Logitech buy them?) rather than being any useful information concerning what the hell is a Logitechsqueezebox? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Relaunching the public website as www.logitechsqueezebox.com
One more thing... Did anybody else notice how many of the illustrative pics of folks having fun with their SBs featured one or more beverages? I think this is excellent and continues the connection between the two pleasures set way back at the start of the SB story when Sean famously soldered the first circuit boards. http://gigaomnimedia.com/images/seanadams1.jpg davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64421 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Do any of the 'software' players now work on Macs?
I successfully use, at different times, SoftSqueeze, SqueezePlay and SqueezeSlave on my Mac running latest updated OS X. I think there was a hoop I had to jump through for SoftSqueeze regarding which version of java I was running, and I recall this being resolved by somewhere in the MAC OS specifying which version was to take precedence as I had more than one java installed. Can't remember the details at this point however. although I think the tip came from this forum so should be findable. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64031 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Easy, stable SC client for Mac?
tfish77;421467 Wrote: Thanks for replying, Ben. The issue there is that the web interface launches SoftSqueeze, which is a little too confusing for her - I don't mean to say that she's dumb, far from it, but it's more that unless you're already pretty familiar with how the hardware SB works (which she isn't - I am definitely the primary user), the software version is not very intuitive. I guess intuitive is a key word here. Thanks! You might want to look at Squeezeslave which can be set up on a Mac such that it starts automatically when you log in and runs as a headless - basically invisible - player. This means that you use the web interface and, once having selected squeezeslave as the player, there is no need to operate a separate player interface - you just select the tunes, playlists, albums, etc that you want to play, as if you were sending to a physical player, and off it goes. So it is like what you have seen with SoftSqueeze but without a visible (and actually unnecessary) 'player' emulation. There are pretty good installation instructions at http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave#Mac_OS_X_installation. Of course this assumes that the SC web interface is acceptable as the way of driving the whole thing davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63119 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm becoming pay-service.
benp;418054 Wrote: On my last.fm web page it tells me that my 30 free tracks have been used up and sure enough I can't listen via my PC but my Last.fm stations still play through my SB using SqueezeNetwork?! Same for me. I started it up via SqueezeCenter and it ran for 8 hours without stopping. And another funny thing - on my last.fm page there is a link to What's New - which takes me to a blog for 17th July 2008! Here they announce the New Last.fm. Am I stuck in a time warp before all of the 'pay to play' stuff started? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61752 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love this track....not.
bernt;417585 Wrote: At Coke Sweden. Contest ended a week ago, Sorry. Edit: Just won a iPod Touch on a not so stupid quiz over at Coke Sweden. :-) Coke Sweden obviously have _way_ too much money! What does a can of regular Coke cost in Sweden? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62614 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love this track....not.
bernt;417657 Wrote: Don't know. I don't drink Coke. I prefer beer. ;-) Aaah!! The summer is on it's way. Beer, barbeque and a BOOM controlled with iPeng. That was ad dollars well spent by Coke then - a Boom and an iPod to somebody who doesn't even use the product - they must love you! :-) davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62614 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stream an individual file without rescanning?
Simple answer - just drop the file into your defined SqueezeCenter Music Directory and then go in via the Browse Music Folder menu, find the said file and hit Play. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61938 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay and SqueezeCenter on MacMini
Stupid Wild Assed Guess: could the Boom and the Softsqueeze be getting the same IP address on your network? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57127 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming software?
I would think that the WaveInput plugin would do what you want BUT I'm not sure it works on MacOS. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/WaveInput_plugin davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57092 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Not scrobbling
Not sure if this is the case with the official scrobbling plugin but take a look at the Player tab on the Settings page and you should see an item related to LastFM or Scrobbling in the drop down list. Take a look at this page and see if it has a check box to enable that player to scrobble. This may seem like there are too many places you have to set up scroblling but it is done for people like myself with multiple players who do not want them all to scrobble (e.g. kids music, etc). davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to save playlists
Playlists are saved and edited from within the SqueezeCenter interface on your PC. You need to ensure that you have a playlists directory defined on the 'Basic Settings' tab of the Settings page. You also need to ensure that this directory is writeable (i.e. not set as read only). Once you have got this then it is just a mattter of arranging your chosen playlist songs on the right hand side of the normal SC interface and then clicking on the small 'Save' icon (a quaint old-fashioned floppy disk that 20th century people used I believe). This then moves the list to the window on the left hand side and opens up a text box for you to input the name under which you want to save the list. And that's it really. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to save playlists
For on the fly adding of individual tracks to existing playlists there is the Playlist Manager plugin which allows you to add the currenlty playing track to any of your defined playlists - or start a new playlist with it. All from the remote control, so may be more of what you are looking for. http://www.hergest.demon.co.uk/Music/slim/PlaylistManPlugin.htm davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Hi Pippin. The update just appeared on my Touch and the install launched and completed OK. I can confirm that for me at least the crashing which I was getting after running for approx 10 seconds has stopped and the app is back to the stability which it had before I upgraded SC to 7.3. Thanks for this. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Braidy;366276 Wrote: Hi - I've just purchased the application. It looks great but I use Random Play more than anything else. Have I missed how to do this or can I request that it be added for future releases? I'll have to use my Squeezebox remote until then. My workaround: go into SC on the server and select Random Mix under Music Library. Set up your preferences for genre, size of list, etc and then hover over Random Songs to bring up the options and click on the Heart icon for favourites. This will then save Random Songs as a favourite. On IPeng you can get to this via the More icon on the footer bar. If you want you can then edit the configuration to put the favourites icon right on the footer bar. Then you have only 2 clicks to get to the Random Songs button. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How To Use Last Fm?
Assuming you have a Lastfm account and have been scrobbling your tracks for some time then the system at Lastfm will have 'analysed' your music choices and identified several other folks that share some or all of your taste - these are designated as your 'neighbours'. So if you select play neighbours you will get a selection of music which has been scribbled by other people who share your tastes as defined by whatever algorithms Lastfm use to trawl through this stuff. I do this sometimes and it can throw up some interesting tracks that I might never have thought of listening to. And if you don't like what your neighbours do then you can skip a track and try the next suggestion. The other similar option is 'Play Recommended' which cues up tracks that Lastfm think you might like. I can't really tell the difference between 'neighbours' and recommended' to be honest - either can be generally enjoyable and sometimes enlightening. AFAIK 'Friends' requires some active choice by you of those others you can find on the Lastfm site with whom you feel particularly aligned musically (or accdeptance of their request to be your friend) and you can then choose to listen to their specific scrobbles rather than from the wider pool of neighbours. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55096 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Remote Control to buy?
MrGadget;354790 Wrote: Oh, I get it. So basically you install the plugin on a typical SqueezeCentre install on a PC/Laptop and use it instead of the default skin. So when you log in with a wifi device, it just acts as a dumb display as shows the same thing as what the PC displays. i thought it was an application that needs to be installed on the wifi device itself (I guess this is what the native app will be). Not quite accurate - the skins can allow full control of the server and the squeezeboxes on your network just as if you were using the web interface at your PC. Different skins may have more or less controls on screen, or buried in menus, as part of their design choices but they are much more than simple dumb displays. The iPeng skin gives you lots of control of players and playlists, as well as displayng album art etc, all in a fairly iPod sort of interface. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] squuezebox duet remote jack?
oceanhut;353874 Wrote: On the squeezebox duet remote, there appears to be a earphone jack. I plugged it in to my computer speakers, and the remotes 'sounds' played (clicking, etc.) but the actual music would not play. Any thoughts as to why the music wont play? Thanks in advance, john That's because the remote is not (yet) a player. However if you wait for a while - until the release of version 7.3 of SqueezeCenter - it should be enabled and able to function as an independent player (i.e. it can even play different tracks to those playing through the Receiver). davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54292 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] where to find old versions of Squeezecenter for download
Try here: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/ should have everything you need. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54317 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Compatibility
pablolie;353459 Wrote: Fotr some reason that is not the case right now. I have duplicate files of my plalists, one with a M3u and another one with a M3u~ extension and I have no idea why. The .M3u~ files are backups that are made by the system when you save a new version. It is safe to delete them if you find them distracting when you look at a file listing. My only thought regarding your set up is to look at putting the playlist files themselves on a different drive from the music files which might force the pointers to include the full path. This is what I do and can make playlists that are universal. I am wondering if having the playlists on the same drive allows the path statements to get shortened as specifying the drive name will not be necessary. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54226 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jazz Radio audio streams
whitman;352053 Wrote: Davep, I wasn't suggesting there was any connection between theJazz and JazzFM: two different entities, for sure. JazzFM in old and new modes had/has vast tracts of dross, mainly during the day, but I always enjoyed the evening 'Dinner Jazz' show (7-10pm), which actually had some good jazz in it. The new version, with former presenter Sarah Ward, sounds promising. I haven't managed to hear the Dinner Jazz show yet so have only heard bits of the daytime shows which are pretty hard to listen to for long. I will have a go at Dinner Jazz before condemning it out of hand :) Having Sarah Ward presenting it certainly sounds as if it might deliver something. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jazz Radio audio streams
whitman;351470 Wrote: Interesting that a few of the earlier posters on this thread mentioned TheJazz, now all but defunct. However, the UK's JazzFM is recently reborn on digital radio - see http://www.jazzfm.com/ - but I cannot find a URL to get this playing on my Squeezebox. The station themselves couldn't seem to care less about listeners who want to access their broadcasts in this way, as they haven't bothered to respond to my direct email question or to a note I sent their 'technology blog'. If the new version of JazzFM's 'Dinner Jazz' show is half as good as it used to be (though sadly no Helen Mayhew presenting) it will be worth the URL alone. Can any fellow jazz-on-the-radio fans help? I wouldn't get too excited about this if you were imagining that there was some kind of connection between theJazz and the reborn JazzFM. This latter sounds just like the broadcast station JazzFM which we used to have in London and SE England - precious little of the output could even remotely be called Jazz. All I have heard so far dipping in and out of it for a day or so is stuff like Swingout Sister and Maria Muldaur, hardly the Miles, Mingus, Bird, etc that one might want from a Jazz station. I recall that theJazz during its short lived existence offered decent doses of serious jazz rather than this dreary stuff which JazzFM is playing. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Selecting All Songs in the album list only plays the first song (repeatedly)...
If you go to the Settings screen in the SC7 web interface and select the Player tab, and then select Basic Settings from the drop down you should see a setting near the bottom of the page for Play other songs... which will toggle the two choices. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53222 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze Centre wouldn't find music on computer
Not sure if I'm misunderstanding your actions in my speedreading, but you do understand that you have to initiate a rescan of the music folder in SqueezeCenter to get it to see new tracks which you have added. This step can be automated - which is what I do, setting it to do a full rescan at 2:00am every day when I am (usually) fast asleep and not listening to music. That way it is up-to-date every morning with anything I have added the day before. If I do need to play the new additions before the rescan (most times, actually) I just navigate through the Music Folders tree to find the track and hit play. This also has the action of adding it to the library database at the same time. Good job you caught this at 58 CDs rather than the 1,000 mark! davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze Centre wouldn't find music on computer
kcdownunder;337569 Wrote: It just struck me, are there any better systems around for ripping music to your computer. I'm not a Media 11 fan boy and only used it because it came free with XP. If I have to start over again with all my cd's what program would you recommend to go with Sqeezebox? The two which people here use on XP are EAC, which is free (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) but can be a bit complex to set up, and dBpoweramp, which is not free (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/) but reportedly more user friendly. The important thing is in either case to rip to a lossless format - most would recommend flac - so as to preserve the original contents of the CD for the highest fidelity of replay. The bonus with flac is that the SB will decode it in the machine so you only have to send the compressed stream via the network which effectively reduces the load and improves performance. If your internet connection is down when you rip then the automated lookup of the CD to get the data on names of tracks and artists will fail. I'm not sure how MP-11 handles this but it may have saved the rip with no tags and that may have made it hard to find. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze Centre wouldn't find music on computer
Can you explain how you got your music onto the hard drive? Did you rip in Media Player 11 with the copy protect option turned on, or buy from an online store? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze Centre wouldn't find music on computer
Not being a Media Player user I cannot check, but according to the google results I got there is such an option and I suspect, being M$, it is turned on by default. If this is the case then you have something of a problem as the Squeezebox, along with almost all other media players, is not allowed to read the files -even though they were your CDs! I suggest you check for the option in MP-11, make sure it is off and then rip a new CD. If, after rescanning your Squeezecenter library, you can see and play the new CD that's your answer. What you do about it depends on a few factors but there are a few suggestions we can go into oncd you confirm that this is the cause of your problems. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AlienBBC - BBC Radio. Why not core component of SlimCenter?
nolan;335122 Wrote: I'm a huge fan of AlienBBC, I'm anazed the userbase is as small as suggested above. Maybe the author(s) should put up a donations page. This is one of the few things I would be more than happy to pay/donate for! What I think bpa was saying was that there have been 300-odd downloads of the iPlayer add-on to the AlienBBC plugin, and was not referring to the number of downloads/users of the main plugin itself. The iPlayer add-on is a relatively recent, and dare I say somewhat obscure, development to allow interfacing of the newer BBC radio menu structures. For many people, including myself, not having this - or even being aware of its existence - is not a big deal as you can do straightforward things like playing Radio 4 live perfectly well without it, and I suspect that this is what many users actually do. I suspect that the figures would show a significantly larger user base for the AlienBBC plugin - many hundreds if not thousands. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51829 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] how to stop a song?
Pressing and holding Pause for a couple of seconds is the same as Stop. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51425 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] when I update itunes, how
hammond;331868 Wrote: when I update itunes, how long time does it take before the squeezebox is updated too? i I for example update a album in itunes, is there any buttons to press to get the information to squeezebox? iTunes Reload Interval on the iTunes Settings page controls the frequency of updates. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51424 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jazz internet radio recommendations
y360;330032 Wrote: Here's one I enjoy: Dinner Jazz Excursion http://www.dinnerjazzexcursion.com/listen128.m3u Any other suggestions ? Must be: Non smooth, 128kbps+, No talk Thanks for that one - I had never found it before. No talk but there are commercials, I suppose inevitable as a means of support. Seems good so far if a little on the soft side, but I suppose that's what 'Dinner Jazz' means. Definitely one for the Favorites list. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51184 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Food for wireless thought
chrisla;327194 Wrote: Every day I see posts about people saying the wireless on X logislim device is unreliable or broken... I recently moved, and took all of my wireless/computer/phone gear and setup the exact same stuff in a new house. It all worked flawlessly in the old house. In the new house it's really spotty. When the wireless phone rings, the microwave turns on, or I look at it wrong... It cuts out. It's funny you should raise this because I just went through (am still going through) the same thing. Moved house from a place where wireless performance was just like it says on the tin - no deadspots, flawless SB usage in all the places where I wanted to put them, etc. The new place? A terrible slog through alternative placements, random dropouts, SBs refusing to see the network for days at a time, etc. I have now reached what seems to be an OK level of performance after about 6 weeks of on/off messing in odd hours in the evening and weekends. It is amazing how much time this can take up to work through a trial and error process of moving, connecting, testing, waiting, etc. I finally ended up buying a wireless extender (from Linksys to match my router) and that entailed another whole round of looking for locations that were both functional and aesthetically acceptable to the other half. All in all a painful experience and one which might well have put me off of the whole idea of wireless streaming of music if I had not had such an easy time of it in the first house. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50819 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Generation
amey01;325104 Wrote: My question: How do I get the generated playlist into SlimServer? If you save them as m3u files you can just put them in a directory somewhere on your system and then point squeezecenter at that location via the Settings page - it's on the Basic Settings tab as Playlists Folder. You do have to ensure that the address of the music files in the playlists will make sense from the point of view of squeezecenter and then once you rescan they should all be there and available. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50537 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller Frustration
I bought a Controller for use with my Transporter a couple of months ago and although it was initially ok it seems to have become increasingly uncooperative in recent days. It had begun to frequently lose the network connection although a restart would normally fix this. For the past couple of days however it has been unable to get a proper IP address on my network (should be 192.168.1.xxx) always getting something which I think began with 259. Today I said enough of this and hit the factory reset option to try a clean start. However the result has been getting stuck in a dead end where the Controller runs what I assume is a set-up wizard (which I don't remember from the first time I set it up) and appears to connect to my network but then goes to a screen where it asks me to set up my Receiver - which of course I don't have - and cannot get out of this place without simply going back and doing it again. As of now the Controller is completely useless. I have tried disabling WEP security on my router and done multiple hard resets of the Controller and am now out of ideas. I would appreciate some help if anybody knows how to break out of this rut. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller Frustration
Michael, I had been trying the hold left move several times without it doing anything and then - of course almost immediately after I vented my frustration on the forum here - it did work and got me to exactly where it should and allowed me to get back on track. All is now fine, except a slight concern as to how it could become so messed up, seemingly without provocation. Thanks, davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend Tool for making Playlists for flac
If you are on linux then give Amarok a try - I have found this to be good for playlist making and it includes the ability to sample before committing to add to a list. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49804 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can someone explain how the + button works on controller/remote?
Pressing and holding + works for me in adding as a Play Next track. I am running 7.1 so maybe that has some relevance. See this link http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlay7.1ReleaseNotes posted by Ben recently (Item 1.12) davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49831 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Missing controller menu items
Not completely sure of your problem but if you go to the Settings menu from the Controller Home screen you will see an item named Home Menu. Clicking on that presents you with a list of all of the possible menu entries and enables you to select/deselect them for inclusion in the main menu as you wish. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49799 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] View current playlist on Duet controller
I just click with the centre button on the Controller when it is showing the Now Playing screen. That should take you to the current playlist. If you aren't at the Now Playing screen you can click on the Home key and then scroll to the top of the list and click on Now Playing. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49533 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New posts search produces a looong list
See this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384. I had the same experience as you but was shown an easy way to fix it. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49441 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
Mike, this is actually something I had wanted for some time, as someone whose normal method of browsing the forums is to click on New Posts but who can sometimes get interrupted in a session and lose the tagging of unread new posts of genuine interest before the next session. However when I did New Posts this morning I got 397 items shown which includes dozens of ones I will never want to read (NAS configuration anyone?) and lots that I can't read (German, French, etc). As it is this is not my ideal solution - a 10 day buffer seems way to much for me. What I would like is the ability to wipe the slate clean at any point and mark all posts as read so that next time I can start with genuine new posts and take it from there. Is this possible? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Thread/Forum Read Marking Type
Thanks, Snarly. Despite almost daily visits to these forums I have never looked into the Quick Links menu. Mark Forums Read does just what I need. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49384 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] remote streaming
Pippin, have you seen SimplifyMedia in action on an iPhone/iPod Touch? I know that this has nothing to do with using Squeezecenter but it does actually allow streaming audio on the iPhone. I have sat in San Francisco and streamed music (mp3) from my home server in Hong Kong via my iPod Touch with no problems. SimplifyMedia is free and includes server apps for XP, OSX and Linux plus clients for various devices including (a pretty neat) one for the iPhone/Touch. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47684 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What do you do when your SB/TP locks up?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46642 Question: What do you do when your SB/TP locks up? - Go to the trouble of unplugging it? - Reboot the computer with SS on it? - Stop and restart SS? My TP still locks up occasionally - say perhaps once per week if I am using it regularly. Happens when I am doing something with the remote and suddenly the responsiveness stops and the music in the buffer plays out before stopping. Neither the remote nor the buttons in the front panel have any effect and the only way is to remove the power cord and re-insert. Annoying but not impossible to live with. I would however really like to know what causes it and whether it can be cured. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] acsessing internet radio
Try this http://www.hauraki.co.nz/listenlive/hauraki.asx The link you had was to the web page that loads a player to access the stream, rather than the stream itself. To find this you have to dig around in the page's html. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45771 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezecenter rescanning - 150 hours?!!!
sabes;285485 Wrote: traced it and found it! Sabes, Congratulations on solving your problem. In order to help others in the future who might encounter a similar situation would you let us know what it was you found as the cause of the scan hanging? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45536 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Got my duet, having trouble
m1cross;276240 Wrote: Windows xp and duet hooked up today. Probably something really easy or dumb, but why no sound on the compueter when I play music using the sb controller, or using squeezecenter 7.0 on computer? I get sound no problem with rca cables from sb receiver to bose radio, but no sound on the computer!! What am I doing wrong?? You're not doing anything wrong - the system is designed to play music which is stored on the computer via the SB and hence into a hi-fi or other external means of producing the sound. The whole point is not to play it on the PC, otherwise you could just use Winamp or similar. (The idea is to get the computer out of the listening environment). However, if you do want to also be able to listen at the PC you can run the software SB emulator (called SoftSqueeze) and control this as if it were a separate SB. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Having a few problems with SC 7.0
Rich85;275506 Wrote: It's saying it gets stuck on an mp3 file 3920 of 28032. I've checked the files integrity in foobar but it doesn't say theres anything wrong with it, and it plays fine. Don't know if there are any more checks I can do? How about just moving it out of the directory tree which is scanned and temporarily parking it somewhere else then doing a rescan. If it sails through with no hangups it pretty much means that the file in question is somehow the culprit, although I have no idea what it might be. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44217 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stop after this song?
Try the Sleep button on the remote. This has an option to sleep after current song which should mean it will switch off (i.e. go to standby mode) at that point. Without trying it I can't be sure it will retain the current playlist, but my guess is it will. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44100 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help? Button push - strange pattern display
Did you try just pulling the power lead and reinserting to force a restart? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44008 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet ETA?
MadScientist;271497 Wrote: Sorry to be thick, but RC=? Usually = Release Canidate, i.e. beyond beta and almost, but not quite, the final official version. But then again it might become the official version if nobody manages to break it in a couple of days. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remote Control Feature Request
chale2;271362 Wrote: What would really help would if you could have a macro code or push the keypad to take you to a particular favorite. For example, pressing 2 on the remote takes you to favorite #2. This would be more reliable with programmable remotes. Opinions? Charles Err.. that's exactly what the current remote does - press and hold the number key to play your favourite directly with no scrolling, etc. Even works if the SB is off. I'm not sure if a programmable remote would mimic the exact same way of dealing with a press-and-hold action in terms of the way it treats this and the IR codes it emits, but it's easy to find out. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jazz Radio audio streams
norderney;269520 Wrote: I am trying to find the correct URLs to be able to access the following Jazz stations via my Transporter: KSDS 88.3 San Diego, CA - Higher Quality Stream http://www.jazz88.org/listen.php KCSM San Mateo, California http://www.kcsm.org/jazz91/listen.php WBGO Newark, NJ http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/ I do know that KCSM is available from the Staff Picks section of the Internet Radio menu and I thought that WBGO was also - can't check right now. BTW, terrible news about theJazz - this was a brave and serious attempt to build a proper jazz radio station in the UK, and it is a shame that it is deemed by its owners to be unviable. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album artwork not showing up
A little more background on your set up would help but a couple of comments from my experience. First of all the standard namings that SC looks for are cover.jpg, albumartsmall.jpg, folder.jpg, album.jpg, or thumb.jpg. If you want to use an alternative to one of these you can set that up via the Advanced Settings tab. The normal place to locate the image files is in the same directory as the album tracks for that album. Secondly you should make sure that you have done a full Clear and Reascan to ensure the database has grabbed all of the artwork. Finally, I did have some issues myself with cover art recently - not that it was missing but that it was being wrongly associated with incorrect albums. The solution in my case was to update to a newer nightly which fixed it. I suggest you try the same thing if yours is not a recent build. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42474 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet videos
Nice work. I wasn't sure about my opinion of the Controller from the various specs and photos I had seen, but now I REALLY want one. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41894 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?
gautscho;254119 Wrote: Try Slimserver Version 6.5.0 with firmware 64! I had the same Problem with dropouts (wireless or Wired). Version 6.5.0 seems to be the most stable. www.slimdevices.com/downloads looks like a firmware bug in other versions. Cheers The latest firmware version for the SB1 is, I believe 40. Higher numbers such as 64 will only run on the SB2 or SB3. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work
Well, if you have iTunes on your PC then it is possible to stream music from home, it just can't be done securely. You can establish a dyndns account on the Mac at home so that you have an internet ip address for your home machine. Then set up your router so that ports 3483 and 9000 are forwarded to your Mac's local LAN address. Then on your work machine, in the iTunes menu, go to Advanced | Open Stream and enter the following: http://your_dyndns_address:9000/stream.mp3 Then in your web browser enter the address: http://your_dyndns_address:9000 This should load SqueezeCenter and show your library as at home. In the drop down list of players in the top right side you will see a referecne to the iTunes player (although it won't be called iTunes). Select this and then set it playing some music from your library and it should come out via iTunes. I'm not at my machine now and in any case use ssh so the details are slightly different so I can't absolutely guarantee that the above will work for you. Please be aware however that by doing this you will be opening up your machine and particularly your SqueezeCenter to all and sundry. If I got hold of your dyndns address or name then I could simply start your home squeezebox(s) playing anything from your library at any time, at maximum volume. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is it time to retire my Squeezebox?
I have a SB1 also, as well as a couple of SB2's and a TP. Even though the SB1 is the only one of the 4 boxes which is actually wired to the router - the others are all wireless - it is the only one that has dropouts. I put this down to a combination of running an all-flac library and the small size of the buffer in the SB1. My cure has been to implement bitrate limiting for this player to 192 kbps and that seems to have done the trick. The newer boxes have an upsized buffer and, as I said, I can stream full strength flac to them all with no dropouts, so a new SB3 would no doubt solve your problem - assuming it is not some other network issue such as a neighbour's new wifi router on the same channel, or a microwave oven or cordless phone somewhere nearby causing interference. You could try the bitrate limiting trick on your SB1 to see if that fixes it. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41669 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work
It is certainly possible to do this - in fact I am doing it now. Take a look here http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ConnectingRemotely for some details. The main things to do to enable this are a) get a fixed internet IP address for your home network. This is easily done by signing up with a site such as dyndns.org. b) set up ssh tunneling on your server PC so that you can access from outside without compromising security. c) forward ports 9000 and 3843 on your router to the server PC internal IP address. d) run softsqueeze on the remote machine and set up the ssh parameters to match your server details. e) limit bandwidth of the streaming for the remote instance of softsqueeze so as to avoid dropouts over a poor web connection. It can sound a bit daunting but it is a great thing to have once you have set it up - all your music available whilst in a hotel room for instance, or at a friends place. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41695 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyway to steam mysic to a wireless PDA?
jdulltasha;244708 Wrote: Hi, How do you navigate to slimserver on using pocket tunes? I have it on my Palm. You don't. You use pocket tunes as the streaming client and control the SlimServer via the Handheld skin in the browser i.e. Blazer. AFAIK you need the (paid for) Bonus Features enabled to allow streaming. I did do this a couple of years ago on a Palm TX and it worked just fine. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23815 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 1 step down
It's not really clear what you are trying to do. Do you have a SqueezeBox or are you trying to use SlimServer/SqueezeCenter to play music on your PC? If you have an SB that will find the server automatically when you start it. If the latter then you should look at using the SB emulator, SoftSqueeze. Look for this under Help if you are running version 6.5 or Extras on version 7.0. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40262 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup
Not sure I can help you on the first point - I assume you are on some flavour of Windows? On the second point it is important to understand that the Squeezebox is basically a dumb terminal with little of its own brain - it doesn't even know what time it is so has to ask a computer somewhere - either your local server or the virtual server at Squeeze Network. If your local machine is off then you have to be connected to SN to get the time - and you can get a whole bunch of other stuff there too including internet radio and if you have an mp3tunes account even your own music. Hope this helps, davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does SlimServer play .m4a files?
fingers;233135 Wrote: Not sure what that means. SlimServer sees the files, but when I click play nothing happens. Is there a trick? Depends on the source of the files. If they are bought from a source which applies DRM then they will not play. The standard way to overcome this is to rip them to a CD and then import them back into your system again. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39056 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why isn't the bar at the back of the SB3 hinged?
NeilF;230402 Wrote: I really thought when I got this thing the bar would pivot a bit so you could angle the unit from vertical to say about 45 degrees? In my case, as it's up on a bookshelf, I want it vertical... I found that an empty CD case put beneath the foot of the bar brought it pretty much to the vertical and in my case - also on a bookshelf - was invisible. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38727 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver over the network?
Hangtight;226348 Wrote: That sounds like the setup I'm after. I take it I just install SoftSqueeze on the laptop? And I'm not sure how to point the browser on the laptop to the Slimserver running on the main PC. Thanks for your quick response. To see the Slimserver from another PC (i.e. your laptop) you simply put http://yourserverip:9000/ into the browser, where 'yourserverip' is replaced by the 12 digit network ip address of the server PC. If you don't know what this is you can find it in either of two ways. i) from your SB3 look in Settings - Information - Server or ii) at the server PC bring up a terminal dialog and type 'ipconfig' at the C: prompt (assuming your on Windows - its ifconfig for Mac and Linux). davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to Solve Gallery Thumbnail Woes
skieswideopen;225757 Wrote: May I ask what exactly do you mean by AV Audio visual? Not sure I understand what you want me to turn off. AV = Anti Virus davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] music folder detection linux ubuntu
The two things to check are i) have you entered the path to the music files correctly in the Music Folder box of the basic settings page (and then clicked on Change to set and save it). If you have entered it as you showed in your post then you are missing a leading backslash. ii) do you have permissions sets for users other than yourself to read the music directory? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38229 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The CD turns 25
jdm56;225421 Wrote: I didn't know I'd have to tag mp3 files to burn to CD. Hm, I've never done that; don't know anything about it. I just downloaded dBpoweramp and it does seem to add tags automatically, [I guess] as long as it has the info from the CD or from an on-line database. So maybe I wouldn't necessarily have to do anything else? You don't _have_ to tag mp3 files to burn them to CD, only if you want to be able to identify the music that is being played when you put them in a CD player to listen to them. Of course that would only be if the CD player was able to display CD Text (and read the tags) - not sure how likely this is as I haven't actually done it. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37746 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation
If you go to http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2007-09-03/ this will get you today's build of 6.5.4. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38098 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation
Try something simple first - turn off/disable both your antivirus and your firewall and see what happens. If you get SlimServer and your SB to work properly then you reactivate each of the disabled programs and see which one is the culprit. On the firewall you need TCP and UDP exceptions for one of the two ports and, since I can never be bothered to remember which I have TCP and UDP set for both. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38098 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation
cavediver;224574 Wrote: I've done all this on both computers and the scanner still quits with the error. I'm at a loss as to what is the problem. OK, maybe we are looking at the wrong thing here. If the problem is that after some period of scanning your music files the system quits could it be a problem with something in the music files directory, such as a recursive playlist? Could you try putting a few music files into a new clean directory and pointing Slimserver at this and doing a scan? If this completes and you can navigate and play music with the SB then it might help show that the SS installation is OK but the problem lies elsewhere. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38098 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help with Slimserver installation
Just for the record, what version of Slimserver are you running (details can be found at the foot of the page when you click on Server Settings)? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38098 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Changing Music Folders
If your two sets of files are in truly separate folders (i.e one is not a subdirectory of the other), you have no symbolic links between the folders, and you have done a complete clear and rescan (not just a 'changed music' scan), then you ought to be seeing only your new flacs. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37909 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Did the forum interface change?
I am seeing a different look to the forum interface today. When going into a thread using the last unread button I see a tree view of previous posts above the latest item, but showing poster names and titles only. Previously there was just all of the previous posts in full that could be scrolled back through to see what had been said and discussed up until that point. The new arrangement means you have no easy way to see what has been said by earlier posters, unless you have the time or the energy to open each level of the thread tree and look at the contents (which I don't). In my opinion this is a big step backwards. If there is any way to return to the previous simpler forum format I would strongly urge that those in control do so. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37673 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqueeze for Palm OS?
tyler_durden;220500 Wrote: Pocket Tunes claims to be able to access hundreds of internet radio stations and adds many codecs including ogg, aac, etc., but no flac which makes it a show-stopper for listening to slimserver on my system. TD Surely you're not trying to stream flac to a Palm Tx and decode it locally? I had Pocket Tunes running on my Tx at one point and just used it as an mp3 stream reader, letting slimserver do the transcoding from flac to mp3 before sending it out over wireless. If you play around with the bitrate limiting on the player settings this should allow you to get the highest rate that provides smooth streaming and playing without choking the Palm's somewhat limited processor abilities. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37526 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] strange problem with non existent shortcut
Did you do a clear and rescan so as to delete the data on this link from the SlimServer database? davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicMagic (MusicIP) does not show
Did you turn on the API under MusicIP? (can't remember exactly where it is in the settings. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] reversing the album sort
Browse - New Music will give you the files sorted in the order in which they were added, with the most recent first. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SS album art titles...
If you go to server settings and look in the Interface section you'll find a place where you can enter an alternate name for the cover art files which SS will use to identify and process them. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37405 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Interest in developing a low complixity SS
Michaelwagner;219416 Wrote: It seems if Slim bundled a sufficiently powerful NAS with the software at a reasonable price, that would solve the non-geek problem. Isn't this what SD were aiming to do when they put together the Infrant bundle. It doesn't get mentioned on the main product pages of the SD website but I see that if you go to the Buy Now page it is still listed: 2 x SB3 + 1 x Infrant NAS for US$1,499. I'd always assumed that this was intended to be an integrated server+storage+player solution. However, the blurb doesn't actually mention that SS is installed (or even installable) on the NAS but seems to present it as just a 1Tb storage solution. Also, according to at least one report on this forum the Infrant isn't actually powerful enough to run SS decently, so I'm not really sure what positioning SD were targeting with this bundle after all. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Track playing display problem - Newbie !
You can make this happen automatically after a set time by using the Now Playing screensaver. This is set up under the Player Settings menu, you can choose what is displayed and what is the delay time before it kicks in. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37187 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] sorting FLAC MP3 files
FTJoe;218071 Wrote: What do I lose by not using Itunes in slimserver? Only complexity and occasional headaches. If you don't need iTunes for anything else then you really don't need it for SS. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqeeze - Linux Client?
I think that squeezeslave (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169) might be a more up to date utility than slimp3slave for what you want to do. davep -- davep davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37182 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
