Re: [slim] Bug: SB3: No WOL after PowerOn
I agree with this, furthermore given that Logitech state on their web site that they recognize the importance of conserving the earthÂ’s precious natural resources to protect the planet it would appear to be company policy. I would imagine this makes the bug-fix something of a priority? -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?
I've noticed mention in the odd post about a standalone unit that's able to rip, store and serve music. I guess it'll appear in some people's wishlist as an alternative to using a computer or NAS. Well, it looks like someone's gone ahead and done it... http://www.3ga.org.uk/home/ Clearly, to produce a consumer device that rips and tags CDs is a potential nightmare (as posts on the ripping/tagging forum will testify) so any attempt to do this on a commercial basis will have made compromises. I find it interesting to see what those decisions were. For example, rather than have the unit connect to the internet, it contains its own CD database which can be updated at a cost. It also contains a 60W amplifier. I feel the Slim Devices platform has many advantages if Logitech decides this type of product has commercial viability (not least flac and network connectivity) so it will be interesting to see if this product is successful. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?
I think that's the key; it's aimed at being a SIMPLE device. It's unlikely to have all features that we in the Slim community want (which is why we're here in the first place) but it looks like it's aimed firmly at your average electronic device consumer. Unlike ourselves (I'm speaking for myself really) who are willing to go that extra mile for better sound quality, extensibility, etc. Mind you, I'm sure the ripserver is simple to use ;-) -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter - Is it worth it?
I'm currently using a Squeezebox 3 in my main system, connected by a coax digital link to a Tag Mclaren AV32R / 100x5R combo, and I'm now thinking of upgrading to the Transporter. Considering that the AV32R is a high quality digital pre-amp / processor and that the Transporter will be connected in the same way as the SB3, thus bi-passing it's DACs, I'm wondering if there will be a substantial benefit from the upgrade? I'm interested in people's opinions / experiences. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless - yes, Homeplug - No
I've been using Netgear's X103/X104 combo for about 6 months which was great compared to my dodgy wireless strength (OK for mp3 but not flac). All worked well until the X103 just stopped working; got a refund, so I just need to get round to ordering another one. I would advise anyone to keep the packaging! -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Softsqueeze alternative with artist picture and Bio?
Try using the fishbone skin for the Slimserver web interface - it has an undock control that opens up a floating window with controls and album art. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40808 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boosting Signal Strength
I had a similar problem and considered a booster, repeater and the cheapest wireless access point that can be run in repeater mode. My main issue is that my house is L-shaped and the signal had to pass through 2 brick walls to get to the SB. It just wasn't good enough for playing flacs. In the end I chose a mains network solution from Netgear. OK, it's a more expensive way to do it but it gives me 4 sockets @ 85Mbs which should be plenty for the SB and any IP based PVR I may set up in the future. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39494 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FLAC to CD and MP3 Software
I use CD-DA Converter from Poikosoft for ripping and converting formats. It also has a facility to burn audio or mp3 CDs from any format. To do this you simply drag your album folder (or individual tracks) onto the playlist and press burn. Simple? -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33320 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Music won't play
My SqueezeBox 3 has stopped playing! Odd problem this; everything was OK untill I started messing around with the settings last week (I should know better really) and was adding a few new RSS feeds and selecting it as a screensaver. It may be a coincidence but since then any music has refused to play; the display says it's playing but the track timer doesn't move. I strongly suspect audio is being streamed from SlimServer but it's not being translated into audio. A similar thing occurs when connecting to SqueezeNetwork; there is data being downloaded (I can see the activity on my DSL modem) and the SB3 says it's playing a particular track but there's no sound. SoftSqueeze works OK. I am using SS 6.3.1 on a LinkStation flashed with OpenLink. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am baffled. TIA -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27513 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: NAS - Multiple Squeezebox's
I have a Linkstation II and have run SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze simultaneously while playing separate flac streams. There didn't seem to be a problem. However, given the the limitations of such a low-power NAS device, I wouldn't expect any more favours from this kind of set-up. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26808 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WAV to FLAC
I use CD-DA Extractor from www.poikosoft.com to rip my CDs and convert from one format to another. I imagine your biggest issue will be tagging as presumably all your available data will be in your current filename. Along with funkstar, I too use TagRename and find it pretty straight-forward. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Non Slimserver Playlists Not Showing
SlimServer is configured with a folder that holds my playlists. I just installed SlimServer onto a fresh machine as a test, created a folder for music with a couple of albums in it and a folder for paylists into which I copied all playlists from the server. This time it doesn't pick up anything at all. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24846 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Non Slimserver Playlists Not Showing
No - but I moved my music folders to seperate MP3 and FLAC files some time ago, and these playlists were pointing at the old location. Doh! Often you just need an extra set of eyes to sort the wood from the trees! Thanks. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24846 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: No bass coming out of my sub
My guess is that your MP3 files don't go deep enough to cause the amp to move from using the fronts to using the sub. Somewhere in your amps setup will be the option to set the size of the front speakers - generally large means that they are able to handle bass OK and small means they can't. If you have your speakers set to large then chances are the amp will never use the sub when listening to music unless you can turn on a surround mode that uses it (stereo + sub for example). The reason that movies play OK is the .1 in the 5.1 which is the dedicated sub channel. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24854 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Digital Volume Control Problem
Sean It's a Tag Mclaren AV32R. Literally all I've done is unplugged the digital cable from the back of the SB2 and plugged it into the SB3. The SB3 is then (I think) configured the same. Unfortunately I don't have another amp with a digital input to try. Its working perfectly as is (digital output option set to variable and the volume turned up to max) so to be honest I probably wont bother too much. On another note - is there a way to copy the setup of one player to another, so that I can make sure that the two players are indeed the same? -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Non Slimserver Playlists Not Showing
Appologies if this has already covered, but I couldn't find anything. Essentially, if I create playlists either from the SB or through the web interface of SlimServer, I can browse them. If I create playlists as M3U files through another application (Winamp say) and save them to my playlist folder I don't see them even after doing a rescan. I have just moved from 6.2.1 to 6.2.2 on Windows Server 2003 to see if that improved things, but no. I have been constantly upgrading slim server, so perhaps it's time to uninstall and start again. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24846 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Non Slimserver Playlists Not Showing
I saw the posting regards the 6.3.0 6.2.2 - but I've been having this issue for ages (probably since before 6.2.0). Just tried opening in notepad and saving then did a rescan of playlists only, but still the same. I think I'm just gonna end up uninstalling and re installing the server. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24846 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Strange Digital Volume Control Problem
I was talking about the web interface of SlimServer that goes up to 11. What I'm trying to understand is why it's distorted when my SB2 connected in it's place works fine with the digital output fixed, but the SB3 which is the same hardware doesn't. I don't use analogue inputs on the amp, so haven't tested these. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Strange Digital Volume Control Problem
I have just added an SB3 to my collection and have used it to replace an SB2 in my main system, moving the SB2 elsewhere in the house. The SB3 is setup the same as the SB2 was, connecting to the same WAP and using the same connections to the amplifier (co-ax digital). However, when I set the digital volume control setting via slimserver to digital output level is fixed which is how I had the SB2 configured, all I get is massively distorted output. I've checked the settings between the two units and everything else seems the same. Am I missing something? -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24779 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Shuttles New Slim PC
If their other PCs are anything to go by them I'd say pretty quiet. I've built a few of their units in the past and find them really well designed and efficient. They generally use a 1U rack server type of PSU (200W or so) along with a heat exchanger that effectively combines the processor and case fans together. After an initial maximum speed surge on power up the main fan slows to a quiet level. Running an aplication that used 100% processor power did not seem to raise the noise level even after an hour. Hopefully the price premium won't be too high. -- dick dick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24582 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SBs keep turning themselves on
I notice the same thing with my two SB1's (although not with the SB2). I have put it down to the lights activating the IR sensor as it appears to come on most of the time when I switch on the lights in the room. For a while my girlfriend thought they were haunted!! -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18290 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Fitting SB1 Graphical Display
Got back from my business trip today to find my replacement graphical display waiting for me, but alas no fitting instructions. I've obviously got to remove the old IR sensor from the SB as the new display has one intergrated, but beyond that I'm clueless. Do I need to solder the existing IR cable to the new display board (there appears to be 3 holes for this just above the sensor) and what do I do with the black cable comming from the display board? I obviously need to plug that into something, but what? Any help greatly received. -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17862 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Fitting SB1 Graphical Display
Ignore me (most do) I've just found the instructions. My girlfriend had helpfully unpacked them and tidied them away (read hidden them). -- Dick Sternum Dick Sternum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1062 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17862 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox Spares
Where can I get hold of a replacement screen for a Squuezebox (text) in the UK? Thanks. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Spares
Paul, email sent. Thanks -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Spares
Thanks Paul. Look forward to hearing from you Monday. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slimtray.exe not working
Your not leaving the desktop / QuickLaunch shortcuts there from the old install are you? I had the same issues going from 5.4 - 6.1 leaving my original shortcuts in place. Once I removed them and re-installed (therefore creating new ones) it all worked fine. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Discrete Remote Control Codes
Well they don't work on mine - firmware 15. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New SB2 (UK) - Does This seem used to you?
Ordered a SB2 online recently to supliment my 2 existing SB's. It arrived today, and looks and works fine, but I really think that the player has been used: There was no outer Slim Devices packaging that the other two came on - just the white inner cardboard box. The tape seal on this box has been cut. The batteries were already in the remote and not separately sealed. No network Cable was present, nor the audio cable - this is not big deal to me as I have enough of both already, am using it wirelessly and via digital output, but still. Best of all, the player was already configured with a SSID (no security), IP address from DHCP (not the 169 address either), and the address of a SlimServer. Am I being really silly or does this seem used to anyone else too, before I go and talk to the supplier. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New SB2 (UK) - Does This seem used to you?
Simon Still Wrote: [/color] No, that sounds used to me. I've had 4 SB's delivered in total and they've all had the batteries sealed and out of the remote. Thought so - I'll be having a chat with the suppliers Monday. -- Dick Sternum ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
