Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
thanks to those that think the thread is helpful. Arniceous, much of what you said originally was misleading and that's the annoying part. Sonos isn't an open source product like LMS but it's also not a closed product like itunes or Apple products. It's not an Apple product and it really doesn't operate as an Apple type product. It's pretty robust in what it offers and it isn't restrictive in my mind at all. For me, I needed a product that consistently works with streaming services. I also wanted to steer away from the endless tweaking and maintenance that my LMS system required. If LMS had easily co-existed with Spotify on my system I wouldn't have switched. I've dealt with digital music servers for long enough to realize that there'll always be some technical issues but at least for now I have a multi-room system that works well and without dropouts and to me that's priceless. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
Arniceous wrote: > just chiming in... slightly annoying but whatever. the point of this thread was first and foremost to thank this community because it has served me well for over a decade and secondarily I wanted to say that I switched to sonos because I have abandoned localized music files for a streaming service. I also thought it could be helpful for anyone in the squeeze community that has been struggling with Spotify and LMS to think in terms of switching to Sonos. My LMS server was not consistently working with spotify. I now have four rooms of sonos and I have zero streaming problems and to me that's worth the switch alone. The added bonus is that the sonos server operates very similarly to the LMS and so I don't feel as though I've sacrificed much by abandoning squeeze. But go ahead and bash away at sonos and my decision if that's what you want to do. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
SlimChances wrote: > I got 4/6 with my crappy computer monitor speakers. The results of the test indicate that most people can't tell the difference: http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/09/412271433/audio-quality-quiz-results-you-did-slightly-better-than-guessing-randomly exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
here's a fun test: http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality I have audioengine A2 speakers attached to my computer and I was able to get 4 out of 6 correct but even that level of accuracy leads me to believe that it's very hard to tell the difference between low quality mp3 files and high quality uncompressed. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
quadronado wrote: > > It's seems if nowadays you have to use a shitty app or at least a > touchscreen for almost everything. I don't really want this at home. yes, that's the trade off with sonos. no display screen but it has volume control on the top of each speaker and it has most of the same features as squeeze ( i.e., alarms, sleep timer, etc.) so losing the display screen isn't such a big sacrifice to me. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
Grumpy Bob wrote: > Likewise unfamiliar with Sonos, but I do believe it has a unit designed > to be connected to a separate amplifier/speakers (maybe it's the > Connect?). I think if I switched to Sonos, that's what I'd go for, but I > think I'd miss having an equivalent to the Squeezebox Radio. > > Robert To clarify, the Sonos Connect is basically the equivalent of a squeezebox but with no display screen. Most of the other Sonos products are a hybrid speaker and wireless streaming device and again none of the Sonos products have display screens. You can buy the Sonos speakers as single units or pair them together to make true stereo speakers for a room. And Sonos also offers all of the same features as squeezebox radio. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
spotify on sonos streams 320kbps OGG. I'll preface this by saying I'm not a serious audiophile but I've noticed no difference between my squeezebox flac playback and the sonos spotify streams. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
Squeezemenicely wrote: > The only bad thing is, the Sonos community is so boring compared to ours Ha! So true and maybe that's partly why I resisted switching to Sonos for so long. On the plus side, Sonos does work fine with Flac files but with the transition to streaming as my primary source of listening the fact that Sonos isn't as well set up to play all varieties of music files isn't a real issue for me. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
To each his own as they say... Give Spotify or one of the other services a try. Those 64,000 tracks are a drop in the bucket to what is available through streaming. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
thanks for the chromecast suggestion but I've already converted to Sonos. Also, i should've added that I'm happy to sell my Squeezebox collection: 2 squeezebox 2's 2 squeezebox 3's 1 pogoplug running as a wired squeezebox 1 remote exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
i know that for many others out there the LMS/Spotify partnership is great so I can only speak to my own experience. my system was two squeezebox3's and two squeezebox2's with a dedicated mac mini server running on a fast (average of 90mbps) wireless network, I ran into recurring problems getting the spotify streams to play on one box and way too many problems having multiple boxes play spotify in sync. For me, the lack of consistency with spotify was the final straw. I would've much rather stayed with Squeezeboxes (the cost alone to go sonos is brutal but more importantly I'm giving up ten years of trackstat ratings and stats.) but I no longer have the patience to troubleshoot squeeze server issues. Over the holiday, I spent a week with my brother-in-law who has a sonos system for 5 rooms and in the course of playing spotify music for seven days we ran into zero problems with syncing or playing any and all tracks and that sealed the deal for me. Also, the fact that there's no real future development of the squeeze product line also helped me make the move. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A Final Goodbye and thanks to this amazing community
So after more than a decade of dedicated squeezeboxen life I find myself moving onto a Sonos system. Therefore, I simply want to thank this entire community because it's the folks here on this forum that made my squeezebox audio listening experience so rewarding. The true power of the squeeze server was it's open source structure and community plug in development. I loved using a variety of plugins to customize, organize and generally focus my listening experience. Big thanks to: michael herger, greg brown, richard titmuss and Gordon Harris for their hard work. And the two people that completely transformed how I listened to and used my squeeze system: Pippin and Erland. I move onto Sonos now which I know will not completely replace my squeeze system but hopefully it will advance my music listening experience. The main reason I finally switched is because I no longer need to listen to my own music. Spotify pretty much satisfies all of my listening needs and Sonos just simply works much better with spotify. Thanks for all of the great listening over the years... exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] State of play in the Squeezebox-replacement world 6/13?
sander wrote: Kudos, as always, to Earland for the synopsis. I have been watching this from afar as well, but with no near term need it's been more of glance. Does anyone know if syncing will be possible with any of these projects? My understanding this was one of the most difficult parts of the hardware and even some of the (oldest/weakest) hardware can't always sync reliably. i took the plunge and built a pogoplug/squeezelite and love it. i rarely need a display or use the squeeze remote in my living room so a pogoplug was the perfect replacement for my squeezebox 3 which is now in one of my kids' bedrooms. It syncs perfectly with my other squeezeboxes as well (multiple squeezebox 2's and 3's.) the only warning would be that you'll need to be able to manuever working in command line for the pogoplug setup and also be able to do some troubleshooting along the way. but i have no real computer programming knowledge and I was able to successfully set it up in a few hours. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98886 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30
I want to thank agillis and anyone else involved in getting this solution going. I have successfully built it and it's a perfect add-on solution if you primarily use ipeng for your remote. I don't know if it's been covered in previous posts in this thread but when using the vamp build instructions with a mac based system there are extra steps to make it all work. here's a link to a macosx hint page with the key extra step. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2009041216314856 exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97721 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Refurb Squeezebox Classics available
i'd add that if you're in the U.S., the first place to shop for a used classic is craigslist. I've picked up 2 SB3's on there and both were gotten for less than $100 each. exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96522 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?
what's quite surprising about this thread is that it's still going! Rip your library. Backup up the digital library to a second hard drive and sell off the discs. done. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller
seems fair to want to save money but from the looks of this thread it's taking a lot of energy to figure out a replacement for ipeng. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92754 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller
For versatility and apps why not just focus on an ipad instead? Ipeng on ipad is about all you'll ever need for an sb controller. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92754 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I don't want to pay for trackstat !
bottom line in my opinion is that erland's plugins have completely transformed my listening experience. so if erland now feels that in order to keep these fantastic plugins going that he needs some modest revenue then I think a modest charge is just fine. If people are too cheap then it's their loss. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?
call me crazy, but i got rid of my cd's as soon as they were all ripped. The last thing i want around the house is a giant pile of cd's. also, I haven't purchased a cd for two to three years. there just isn't anything more convenient than the world of online music purchases. the sacrifice of course is the lack of lossless quality but I don't listen to my music in a pristine listening room- i listen to it in real world places like my kitchen, living room, car and ipod so pristine sound is a non-issue for me. my advice-sell off the cd collection to a music store and use the money for something fun. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] want to trade
I have a slimp3 and a sb1 that both work fine. I'd like to trade those two for a sb2 or sb3. anyone interested in a swap? -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?
erland;593776 Wrote: if those broadcasting companies just were interested in taking my money and providing me with the service I want, we could get a really nice TV experience. ahh yes, erland. the sad reality is that even with the lessons learned from the demise of the music industry there remains a total lack of vision and foresightedness in these media companies. How that's possible is beyond me but i agree that if they would simply provide a high quality option of streaming ALL of their content online, millions of folks just like myself would gladly pay them for it. I will stay with my mac mini home theater that allows me to run boxee, hulu, and firefox. these are currently the three apps necessary to see as much streaming programming as exists on the web. AppleTV and the revue are both limiting so the simple advice is to avoid and ignore. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?
snarlydwarf;593788 Wrote: It may look like freedom to choose what you watch, but the Giant Media Conglomerates will determine your choices. Your choice will be That Which Is Profitable. Independence is out the window: if it can't get a million views it's not worth it. with all due respect snarlydwarf, I think you're wrong. i too work in the television business. i'm an editor of tv shows. People want easy access to media. The itunes store has proven that. So now we are moving from music to video due to technological advancements. There's simply no point in trying to fight the inevitable. Ease of use dictates what will be the future. as soon as someone makes a Hulu type product that allows viewers to easily pick what they want to watch when they want to watch it and on whatever tv they want to watch it on then it is as good as done. The old model of letting some giant conglomerate tell me when and where i can watch my entertainment and at the same time charging me a fortune for that dictatorship is nearly dead. local programming will survive just like movies survived tv and videotape and later dvd's. i could care less if i watch local programming on the web or through a cable box or rabbit ears. the core problem is that people are always afraid of change and I think sadly for those that work at local tv stations, the old model of local tv will have to change radically. i'm kinda shocked that local tv still cranks out the amount of programming that it does. I'm in san francisco so we have 4 local channels doing at least 3 newscasts a day. talk about overkill. the broadcast model is changing in a revolutionary way and thank god for it. bring on freedom of choice. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?
snarlydwarf, you're a funny guy. i love how you refute everything I say. nice. i think one point that we both can agree on is that while most of television already caters to the lowest common denominator- i.e.-anything on E! network, quality tv is still to be found-i.e- almost anything on HBO. if there's an audience for quality tv, then it will continue. and it will continue in whatever medium delivers the product. and it can be debated whether getting local programming is a good thing but rest assured local tv folks will figure out a way to continue providing a horrendously crappy product which is local news. those traffic reports that serve about 10 people in a community of millions will keep on coming because the sales department will always find a local sponsor to slap a logo in the corner of the traffic helicopter shot. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?
toby10, i think you're right in that the networks relationship with the affiliates needs to change. People are watching the networks programming because its a popular branded item. I think most folks could care less if those network shows are attached to a local affiliate. The local stations will need to take into account how people are going to be watching tv product in the near future. At the same time, companies like comcast should also be prepared for the shift. I've yet to meet a person who thinks that the current cable tv structure is a good thing. 500 channels? why? most people watch between 3-5 networks of tv regularly. change is gonna come either way. it would be unfortunate if the tv biz went down the same path as the music biz. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox library from remote server
this subject has been tackled countless times here on the forum and it's in the wiki. just do a search. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83751 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox library from remote server
yes, i stream my squeezecenter music from a variety of work locations and it works flawlessly. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83751 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
boxee expects to have its video streaming box (in partnership with d-link) ready for the market at the end of this year. Boxee is a fantastic software program that's already available in beta form for free and I think their box will be a good choice in the soon to be very crowded video streaming box marketplace. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Google TV
The free aspect of online video is a nice anamoly currently but eventually all content will have gatekeepers. I'm not opposed to paying for my television content. I am opposed to paying for content that I don't want or watch- i.e.- the present cable tv model. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79007 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Google TV
my assumption is that internet tv's are very limited in their capabilities-much like a tivo box. so I see google/logitech tapping into the future of television. i think their product will not go down the same path as the appletv. appletv is a failed product because it is quite limited in it's cpu power and it is trapped by the apple proprietary software. the future of tv is complete freedom of choice made possible by connecting to online video streaming portals like Hulu, etc. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79007 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Google TV
i currently have amy sb2 sitting on top of my mac mini which is right next to my flatscreen and i run boxee for all of my tv/internet tv needs. boxee of course is a very small player in the game compared to logitech/google and currently boxee is just software and not a dedicated box like roku. having said all of that though, i'm quite happy keeping my music experience completely separate from my tv experience. in fact, i think it'd be a pain in the butt to always have to turn on the tv to interact with my squeeze products. i think the partnership of google and logitech is great for furthering this technology but i'm going to stick with my boxee for awhile until this technology gets a little more grownup. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79007 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I currently use Boxee on a mac mini and it's quite a brilliant interface so the dedicated box should be quite slick as well. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to sell my Squeezebox v1?
I would think that craigslist would be your best bet but the sb1 is now quite ancient so maybe the market for it has dried up. maybe you could give it away to someone. best of luck. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to sell my Squeezebox v1?
Two big limitations with SB1: 1. It can't operate without your squeezecenter server running so you don't have the option of just streaming music from the mysqueezebox.com server. 2. My sb1 is starting to have problems playing certain internet radio streams. overall the sb1 is a fine product but as the technology of online music streaming changes it seems as though the sb1 is becoming somewhat obsolete. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to sell my Squeezebox v1?
thanks for the clarification. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?
iPhone;493120 Wrote: There is only one reason I can't turn any song I paid for on CD into a ring tone for my iPhone, MONEY IE Apple Greed! One is forced to buy the song from the iTunes Store and then pay again to turn it into a ring tone. I understand the frustration that people have in regards to steve but let's be fair. there is a simple workaround for virtually every restriction placed on the itunes experience. The process of making your own ringtone free of charge is ridiculously easy, as was the process of freeing one's music from the drm nightmare way back when. i don't buy from the itunes store but i think it's important to remember that steve jobs has almost single handedly led the charge on the digital music revolution and for that I'm eternally grateful. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?
I just don't see the point in getting upset at steve. he's quite simply a brilliant businessman as well as a visionary for the technological future. as for your other point, I stand by the notion that people should take personal responsibility for their actions. so with that said, if someone is too lazy to make use of this thing called google to find a better and cheaper way of collecting and customizing their music collection then they are subject to paying the market value for ease of use. I guess an obvious analogy would be starbucks. If you want to give away $2 or more every day to get your coffee fix instead of buying a pound of coffee for $6 that will last a couple of weeks and provide 50 cups o' joe then by all means pony up to the starbucks bar. To me, it's all about free will. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72333 ___ 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.
the lack of solid tagging software has been a problem with macs. However, my tagging needs have been satisfied with the play program from sbooth. also, now the rip program looks like a perfect replacement for max-although I have to admit that i can't even remember the last time I ripped a cd. it's now only online mp3 downloads for me. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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] Going from a PC to a Mac...have questions.
welcome to the world of apple- computers for people who have much higher standards, expectations and sadly, price points. seriously though, your life will most definitely improve by working on a mac. However, the world of squeezebox is heavily skewed towards pc. and i know of nothing in the mac world that is the equivalent of media monkey. the best that i can recommend is the sbooth family of programs. their link: http://sbooth.org/ there you will find tag, play and max. three programs that should cover all of your music ripping, tagging and metadata changing needs. good luck and may you never have to open a microsoft program or internet explorer ever again. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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] Going from a PC to a Mac...have questions.
my reason for stating that the squeezebox has been skewed towards the pc is based on music editing programs such as media monkey that are predominantly pc only in develoment and the number of plugins over the years that were built only for the windows environment (i.e.-moose). but I would say too that to operate your server on a platform other than what you use everyday for your normal computing seems needlessly inconvenient. also, are you actually serious pat that you've never even taken itunes for a test drive? that's quite precious of you if it's true. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Fo those contemplating what to buy...I would steer anyone and everyone away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will very quickly go the way of the regular dvd. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
on a worldwide scale, yes, it'll take awhile to get rid of discs. I would much rather spend money on a fast pc that can be used as a media server and also as a fully functional computer than on a device that does very little other than spin a disc. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?
just for clarity- Boxee is based on the XMBC model. I believe the Boxee folks used it as a starting point for their project. Also it's menus are customizable and Boxee also integrates well with the iphone/itouch for remote control purposes. I now sound like a Boxee salesperson but I can't say enough good things about the Boxee project. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?
in order to watch online video streams you would of course need to be logged into your boxee account within the program but it also has the option of working in the program in offline mode. Boxee is a fantastic program that is just about to go to beta stage. I've been using it in alpha for about a year now and it's been revolutionizing my television experience just like the squeezebox did way back when. fyi- i don't just use boxee. for a fully rounded online/computer tv experience I currently use boxee, the hulu desktop app and then for live tv- Elgato's eyetv which is also quite brilliant. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?
i think boxee is exactly what you're looking for but you be the judge. The best part about it is that it's free so you have nothing to lose by trying it out. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Seriously p*****d off! (rant)
while your approach is a bit too direct, you have a valid point. I too am a long time user of the product and I completely agree. The engineers at Logitech need to be put under control. squeeze server has become way too bloated and the fact that the entire menu structure has gotten rebuilt is pretty near insane. I would think the goal is to maximize sales and not to cater solely to techno geeks. I just hope at some point things can be redirected back to simplicity and ease of use. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71431 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?
don't know if it'll fit your needs but Boxee is a brilliant and free software program that allows you to quite easily watch video streams from the web and also watch movies/tv shows from your home server. And as a bonus it also does pictures and music (for those that aren't already set up with the squeeze server). -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Mac Mini
jku;47600 This is the first Mac deal in a long time that I'm actually considering...[/QUOTE Wrote: i would steer you away from it. with the exception of refurbs there's never a deal to be had from apple. instead of the mini server, I'd say buy a regular mini and then add on a 1tb drive like the ministack from newertech which fits perfectly with the mac mini. Then use a free software program like plex or boxee to create your owm home media server. also, the ministracks are 7200rpm drives. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Mac Mini
i just don't see what the osx server will give you in a home environment. I'm also always partial to faster drives. i also have worked with an xsan server in my professional past and it was a complete pile of crap so i have very little faith that server technology is one of apple's strong suits. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Change for change's sake is bad
very entertaining thread. thanks for the fun reading. and a lot of good points have been raised with the obvious exception of pski's comments (although it does seem fitting that his name sounds out pesky-as in annoying). perhaps the best idea so far though is ipeng's: pippin;464519 Wrote: Y IMHO, any changes to interfaces, internal as well as external should be deprecated for one release before taking effect so that developers have time to adapt. the single most frustrating aspect of the squeeze updates is how they usually make a wide variety of marvelous plugins inoperable until the developers of those plugins do us the favor of updating them. this seems to be a very inefficient and unnecessary workflow strategy. and from here forward I think we have to hope that newbies to the product have a lot of patience and somehow can figure out that slimserver is squeezecenter is mysqueezebox is ??? in 8.0. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68521 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 802.11n technology
a long time ago there was a thread here in the forums that debated wireless vs wired and some sage person simply said- whenever possible use a wired connection. I think that advice still holds true. I'm all for advancing wireless technology and wireless n sounds great as long as all of your hardware is updated, all of your firmware is updated, your router is n compatible and you're operating on the 5ghz band and not 2.5 ghz. as long as you have that going for you, n is marvelous. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67882 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server
i highly recommend buying an itouch for controlling your squeezeboxes. I use the touch almost exclusively as a controller. I also use ipeng and find it very good. fyi- a couple things that I use the squeeze remote for instead of ipeng: making musicip mixes- it has always seemed clunky to do this in ipeng. making mixes based on trackstat-also a matter of being hard to navigate in ipeng. best of luck! -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67717 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Touch or iPhone to control music server
pippin- i make trackstat playlists by navigating to a artist and holding down the play button for a few seconds. i then have the option of selecting: musicIP mix or trackstat mix (based on the list of trackstat possibilities which is long). often times I like to play top rated tracks by artist or tracks that haven't been played recently. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67717 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ? rec HD TV on PC, best way? linux? win? mac?
my set up is a mac mini with an external 500 gig drive. moca ethernet adapter for fast ethernet into the mini. and plenty of ram. i don't record anything. i just watch all shows from the web and so far it's been a flawless system. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67113 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...
according to the netgear info, you can use a splitter to divide up your signal between tv and data. they suggest using a high end splitter to reduce signal loss. a drawback of moca is that it doesn't currently work with dish network. i'm not sure about direct tv. and yes, you need to have your house already set up with coax feeds. i now watch all tv through the internet so i have yet to test out the splitter aspect of the moca. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...
More selfishly, can we have an officially supported iPod Touch interface and a modern (meaning fast responsive) web interface to SC? as a long time user of these magical products, i can honestly only complain about that clunky and slow web interface. I love ipeng but I think an officially supported app could only help develop it further. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...
funkstar;452078 Wrote: 802.11n is not a magic bullet for wireless reliability or signal strength. DraftN devices work really well at the moment, but they are all premium devices. Once N replaces G in basic APs and routers, we will see lots of cost cutting and truely terrible devices that cause huge amounts of problems with streaming devices. wireless N sounds great and probably IS great but it won't be a simple task to implement the new protocol in people's homes. for older computers, a wireless n card will need to be purchased, then some folks will need to upgrade their routers, etc. etc. I recently purchased a Netgear MOCA ethernet adapter kit for my streaming video needs (i already have powerline adapters for my squeezeboxen) and it works like a charm. You simply plug any coax cable connection into it and then connect an ethernet cable out to any computer/ethernet device and you then have a connection that's faster than wireless n. I've always been sold on the notion of wired instead of wireless whenever possible. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67040 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now what?
the new book Ripped:How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music tells quite a story about this revolution we are all a part of and an excerpt from the book was in the nyt's book review. Edgar Bronfman Jr., the chief executive of the Warner Music Group, said in 2007: “By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find. And as a result, of course, consumers won.” that pretty much says it all. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Customized Shuffle feature?
for virtually unlimited customization of shuffle/random, you should look into erland's plugins. they are a brilliant set of squeeze enhancers. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66760 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now what?
I know this forum has been to mars and back in discussing this issue and there seems to still be those folks that are absolutists about the idea of copyright infringement laws. to me, that argument is way too simple. we live in a time of rapidly evaporating copyright truths. the internet revolution right or wrong has created the idea that virtually everything should be available for free or darn near free. To some of us folks who put up with $11.99 records before they became a niche market item and then $18.99 cds when the record companies started to see that their profits were going up in smoke due to the internet, the revolution has been a wonderful breath of fresh air in a formally greed oriented business. so now the question becomes how do we properly compensate the artists for making this fantastic music? currently, it looks like the purchasing of recorded music tracks will become secondary or even tertiary to live concerts and merchandising. so my advice for the folks who are hung up on the minutia of copyright issues is to go see live music-pay a fair price for that ticket and then buy a t-shirt, poster, or other band related trinket. that's how you can pay that artist back for getting the music on amazon for cheap or for free online or through a hard drive swap with a friend or any other combination of ways that many folks like myself are getting their digital files. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...
i've been off these forums for awhile and it's primarily due to the fact that my squeezeboxen just simply work. every day, day in and day out. i have two squeezebox 2's a squeezebox 1 and a slimp3 and all of these boxes work consistently each and every day. also my squeezecenter server also works consistently. I steam my music at work every day of the week and that works perfectly as well. the technology has reached a point for me that it just works, like my light switches or my toilet. hats off to the entire squeeze team. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65545 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin- updated to ipeng 1.4 and now all works well again. thanks! -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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
i had your app working nicely on my itouch an then i update to 7.3 now ipeng crashes on everything. i can only get it to work for a few secs and then it hard crashes out to my main itouch screen. any ideas? I've flushed the cache within the app. should i flush my main squeezecenter cache? -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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
pippin- prior to the 7.3 upgrade, i was on 7.2.1 on osx 10.5.5 using ipeng 1.3 i can get to the now playing screen. if i try to do virtually anything with other menus it almost immediately crashes. it also crashes just staying on the now playing screen. i'll trash my main cache on squeezecenter and see if it helps. i checked out known issues. i don't think anything applied to my situation but I'll go down that path if the cache clearing doesn't work. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 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] Controller or alternative (iPod touch/iPhone)?
my 2 cents- there's one thing that makes it a no-brainer for me: Does the controller have other applications on it? Can you surf the web, check e-mail, play videos etc.? the multi-use functioning of the itouch made it an easy decision for me over the controller. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] can i stream from my home pc squeezecenter to work?
there's detailed instructions on the wiki. do a search on remote streaming. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55784 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?
mine is simple. I wanted to pay homage to the greatest rock album of all time-exile on main street. and don't even waste your energy debating. it's best damn rock album period. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] refresh of left side web interface-simple or not?
i'm thinking that this should be simple...I'd like the left side of my web interface to continuously show (and refresh) the custom browse display of each song that plays. Currently i can only get this display after I click on the CB button next to a song on the right side and it doesn't refresh when a new song plays. Is this just a setting change? -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54955 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] (Practically) free SBR?
for those on a budget in these uncertain times...search out a sb2 on craig's list (i found one for less than $100) and get an itouch (also readily available on craig's list.) It's the perfect setup. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Softsqueeze!
This is just to add perspective. I've been using softsqueeze 3.7 (I think that's the latest) and using it to listen to my music library from work. Softsqueeze is inherently problematic and has been for a long time. Each and every day of use of this player involves multiple restarts as well as multiple connection drops. I know I could do some troubleshooting but I really don't have the time or energy since it's a dead player. hopefully squeezeplay will be available soon and more stable. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54577 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can this still be done?
I don't know what needs to be set for you to see track title. After turning on the custom browse plugin, I now can arrow right into a song and see the title and then arrow right again to see all versions of this song in my collection. I don't think I made any special adjustments to the plugin to make this happen. i believe it should work in default mode. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can this still be done?
right on. I did have custom browse installed in the past on my system so perhaps that is why I recall this option. Thanks for reminding me of how to return to seeing the songs. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can this still be done?
My apologies if this has already been covered here in the forum but I have no idea how to search out this topic. There used to be a time when i could show the currently playing song on my sb2 and then arrow right and see all versions of that song title that exist in my library. But in the new squeezecenter i can't find how to do this and I think it's because I can't scroll through a song's info and see the song title. There's everything else infowise to scroll through but not the song title. anyone know if this is still an option? Am I missing something obvious? -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can this still be done?
it's quite possible my memory is starting to fail me but for some reason it sticks in my mind that this was once a feature of stepping into a song. Perhaps someone else out there- someone who perhaps 'didn't inhale' back in the day- will be able to weigh in. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multiple External Drives - Multiple Formats - What's the best way to deal with this?
to get upset about people sharing music strikes me as ridiculous as the now ancient metallica fight against napster. in the digital age, sharing music is what it's all about. My friends and I share all of our music. Why wouldn't you share? The argument against sharing seems naive at best. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53964 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multiple External Drives - Multiple Formats - What's the best way to deal with this?
I simply think that trying to regulate and restrict the free flow of digital information is a losing proposition. I buy digital downloads of music and I think most of the people I know also purchase music legally. But the purchasing of music is just one way of acquiring music these days. There are such a variety of ways to get music today that the focus on regulation or restrictions seems futile. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53964 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I'm tempted to try MusicIP again, but...
once you get past the scanning process, the fun will finally begin. I've been running MusicIP for quite some time now on my system and it does work very well and consistently without crashes. Also, all of the benefits of dynamic playlists can be utilized within MusicIP. All you need to do is set up filters in musicip to determine what music gets mixed into playlists and then you're off and running. Also, the trackstat ratings transfer perfectly into musicip so you have full control over what kinds of rated tracks get mixed into playlists. good luck! -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars
Jeff Flowerday;345208 Wrote: I have to disagree that you can't tell the difference between 320vbr and lossless in Cars. It really depends on the car and the amount of road noise transferred to the cabin. With all due respect, that's just plain audiophile gibberish. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars
After hangin' out in this forum for a couple of years I don't know exactly what the definition of audiophile is. I just know that in my own driving experience on the california freeway system, I can barely hear myself think much less discern the difference between an mp3 or lossless audio file. If you live somewhere quiet enough to make that distinction consider yourself blessed. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I bought a used Duet off eBay
another great place to get used sb's is craig's list. I've picked up a slimp3, sb1 and sb2 all on craig's list and the prices for each of them were quite low. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53015 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I bought a used Duet off eBay
iPhone;343735 Wrote: Gee thanks Exile, now you are killing our over-retail price EBAY Buy It Now market by informing others of actaul Internet bargain places. Thanks alot! ;} LOL iphone- i actually hesitated in posting that because the deals that I've gotten on craig's list have been so good but it seems only fair to spread the word on this forum. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53015 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Troubleshooting 7.2 server start in OSX
Did you do a clean install of 7.2? There's been previous threads regarding the need for some mac users to do a clean install to get a server upgrade working properly. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52659 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How many SS 6.* users vs. SC 7.* users?
you remind me of my father who clung to mac os 9 for about two years after the release of osx. take the plunge on ss7.x the improvements are many and varied and you will almost instantly forget all about ss 6.5.4 good luck. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51982 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Before I Switch to Mac...What Should I Know?
for flac encoding on mac: i use max and it works quite well. i also use switch to convert files. 4) Does MusicIP work just as well on Mac as on XP? don't know how well it works on XP but my MusicIP works flawlessly on my mac. and the startup order for the two programs can be easily dealt with by setting the two programs to start up whenever you login/power up your computer. you can set programs to start by going into system preferences and going into your accounts settings. good luck -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does anyone buy MP3s from Amazon?
back to the OP... I used the plugin for a bit and then found it to not work well with my updated squeezecenter so I quickly abandoned using it. But in defense of amazon downloads, I do download regularly from amazon as well as emusic. I think my last physical cd purchase was in early 2007. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wiki Radio Problem
thanks for the suggestions. sadly though I have the same problem when I try to access the podcasts through your links ben. here's the log again: [08-08-07 07:18:44.7667] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::getConvertCommand (311) Error: Didn't find any command matches for type: xml format: mp3 [08-08-07 07:18:45.0185] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2000) Warning: Don't know how to handle content for [http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13] type: xml [08-08-07 07:18:45.0199] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2261) Error: Can't open [http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13] : Bad file descriptor [08-08-07 07:19:06.9710] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::getConvertCommand (311) Error: Didn't find any command matches for type: xml format: mp3 [08-08-07 07:19:07.3768] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2000) Warning: Don't know how to handle content for [http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13] type: xml [08-08-07 07:19:07.3792] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2261) Error: Can't open [http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=13] : Bad file descriptor [08-08-07 07:19:41.3019] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::getConvertCommand (311) Error: Didn't find any command matches for type: xml format: mp3 [08-08-07 07:19:41.5294] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2000) Warning: Don't know how to handle content for [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast] type: text/xml;charset=utf-8 [08-08-07 07:19:41.5306] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2261) Error: Can't open [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast] : Bad file descriptor -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50770 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wiki Radio Problem
After upgrading to 7.1 I now cannot listen to two npr shows-fresh air and this american life. when I attempt to play either feed from tejh wiki radio section of alienbbc i receive this errormessage in the log: [08-08-06 11:58:52.6445] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2000) Warning: Don't know how to handle content for [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast?format=xml] type: text/xml;charset=utf-8 [08-08-06 11:58:52.6457] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2261) Error: Can't open [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast?format=xml] : Bad file descriptor [08-08-06 12:00:12.1187] Slim::Hardware::IR::executeButton (999) Error: Subroutine for irCode: [play] does not exist! [08-08-06 12:00:15.4884] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::getConvertCommand (311) Error: Didn't find any command matches for type: xml format: mp3 [08-08-06 12:00:15.7053] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2000) Warning: Don't know how to handle content for [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast?format=xml] type: text/xml;charset=utf-8 [08-08-06 12:00:15.7066] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (2261) Error: Can't open [http://feeds.thisamericanlife.org/talpodcast?format=xml] : Bad file descriptor anyone know what the problem might be? thanks. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50770 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Kudos!
I too want to say kudos for 7.1 There's a whole pile of improvements that are making squeezecenter quite the slick music server. Hats off to fixing the synchronization issues especially. My slimp3, sb1 and sb2 now sync very nicely together. thanks to the whole squeeze team! -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrading 7.0.1 to 7.1.0 on a mac
here's my experience... I'm on osx10.5.4 and successfully running ss7.1 I've found that with the latest versions of ss I've had best luck with installing the software for all users and putting all plugins in: library-application support-squeezecenter-plugins. I used to put them in my user library but I now ignore that squeezecenter folder all together. I initially had a problem loading 7.1 but that was solved by trashing my ss cache folder. good luck! -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50456 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annoying upgrade problem on 7.1
I think I have the same problem. After the failure to load 7.1 on my system I immediately went back to 7.0.2. right now I don't have the time nor the desire to deal with yet another squeezecenter bug. I do hope though that the problem gets fixed soon so that I can take advantage of the new features in 7.1 btw- i'm on osx 10.5.4 on my system. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annoying upgrade problem on 7.1
thanks for the link. when I have a moment I will try that solution. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] installing new SC, pain in the neck..Beware!!
I too am having problems. I tried updating to 7.1 yesterday and had the same situation where I could not get web access at all. but instead of troubleshooting I just reverted back to 7.0.2. personally I'm getting quite tired of the near continuous bugs with squeezecenter. fwiw- in another thread, this potential solution was forwarded: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50391 I will probably try that fix but it seems a bit crazy that customers are being asked to do these troubleshooting tasks just to get an update to work properly. I'm on osx 10.5.4 -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50432 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNet: It's official: Audiophiles are over CDs
x94blair3;324342 Wrote: A good source encoded in 1080p, on a calibrated 1080p display will look better than an upscaled DVD...period. -Nick You'll get no argument from anyone on that point ( i think). I'm a tv editor and so professionally I work with pristine HD imagery every day but in my home environment I find no need to replicate what I see at work because I primarily watch programs through my hd cable box and that as you probably know is highly compressed 720. I'm all for the improvement of picture quality. I can't begin to tell you how happy tv professionals are to finally be rid of standard def imagery. But enjoy the blu ray while it's still around cause I think it's lifespan will be quite short. convenience always seems to trump over quality. the beta vs vhs battle of the 80's is a great example. My cable box (and downloads/streaming in the future) is/will be more convenient than physical discs. and I think the same could be said of mp3's vs cd's. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50035 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] installing new SC, pain in the neck..Beware!!
good news. trashing the cache folder fixed my problem. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50432 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time i don't have an opinion as to which drive you should purchase but I wanted to add my two cents. I have a couple of friends who work for a data recovery company. Their mantra is that all drives fail-some manufacturers have a better rep than others but all manufacturers sell drives that die. Therefore the most important thing is to have a proper backup strategy. my own setup: two 500 gig external la cie firewire 800 drives. I'm on a mac so I use a program called deja vu to backup my music every night. deja vu does a good job of keeping the two music directories perfectly in sync. I also have an internal mirror drive of my main system hard drive. I use a program called superduper to backup my main system drive every night as well. so if my main system died I would just switch over to the mirror and keep on going. and this actually happened to me about six months ago when my original main hard drive died. But since I had a perfect mirror, the transfer from one drive to the other was seamless. my personal feeling is that a RAID setup is overkill. I work with RAIDS professionally and they do work well but in a home environment it's not necessary. good luck. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hard drive failures
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 Question: How often do you have hard drive failures of your music server? - 1 or more a year - 2 or more in mutliple years - Never - All the time funkstar- I agree if you're dealing with multiple TB's of data then the RAID scenario is the most logical. But I do think that multiple TB's is the exception to the norm of most home media servers. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNet: It's official: Audiophiles are over CDs
jharo;322798 Wrote: What people dont seem to get is that all physical media is dead. CD, DVD,and yes even Blue Ray. j Amen to that. Right now we're in a period in which some folks still feel a need to possess cds to have perfect lossless versions of their music. But I would guess in a short time the small barrier of acquiring lossless downloads will be removed and cds will disappear from the marketplace just like vhs tape. Same goes for video. itunes, amazon and netflix type video download services are going to make blue ray obsolete before it's even had a chance to be a mainstream option. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50035 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug
I can't say I've ever done an official test with my netgear powerline xe102's but I can attest to the fact that I have virtually perfect connections on my three slimboxes-all of them connected via powerline. I've had this setup running consistently for about six months. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50082 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fishbone problem in Firefox 3.0 on OS X
and another thing... I've been noticing that in the fishbone skin the right side of the page doesn't fully update in a timely manner at the start of a new song. The artwork always seems to change but there's sometimes a delay in displaying the correct artist and album info. perhaps this has already been addressed in the latest nightlies. I'm running SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 19705 on osx10.4.10. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Somebody has to say it.
I know that it's venting for the most part but I think the main point is quite valid. I too am a loyal customer with three boxes and thousands of hours of musical enjoyment under my belt due to the revolutionary squeezeserver. however, I can't recommend this product to any of my 'normal' friends- i.e.- friends who don't have a very solid grasp of computers and who also have a near obession to tweaking server software and/or music tags. I live in san francisco and several of my friends are IT professionals and I don't think i would recommend the product to those folks either. maybe that's mainly due to the fact that most of my friends have kids and there's just not enough time in the day for such a trivial activity as tweaking a music server. for myself, I find it endlessly challenging so I actually enjoy the time spent improving my squeezecenter. But it's just not a mass market product...yet. I think in time it will be but that time has not come. oh, and by the way-the spinning disk icon in the default skin could possibly be the dumbest improvement ever made with the server software. i would argue that efforts should be made to streamline the server software as much as possible. less add ons-not more. sometimes that pesky squeezecenter is hogging 80-90% of my computer's brain power when executing certain commands. that to me does not seem like a good thing. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47952 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
