[slim] Easy way of Having Music on several Disks
Hi all Having looked at the excellent Multi-Library plugin I still found this a bit Overkill and it does need the music to be tagged whereas I have a LOT of FLAC music not all of it tagged. So the EASY way (Windows) is simply in the main music folder is to create Shortcuts to the other folders on different (including Networked) drives For instance I might have my main Library on Disk H:\Audio Now I might have a collection of BACH keyboard works on Disk E in E\MUSIC\BACH_KEYBOARD so in the primary library just create a shortcut to E:\MUSIC\BACH_KEYBOARD Now when you browse your music folder with your squeeze controller you will see an entry for BACH_KEYBOARD. When you select that it will give you the listing of the music in the folder on DISK E. Bit of a work around but its simple. On Linux you can do the same - just create SYMLINKS Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87907 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox ( MySqueezebox.com) DOWN!!!
Hi there The value of the squeezebox.com service is probably a moot point anyway since most people I know never use it. You can still access FREE Internet Radio services etc using your LOCAL server and the correct URL's which you need to save as favourites (enetering them manually is a real pain --save as favourites gets round the problem). The other advantage of using your LOCAL server is that if you route it through a PROXY you can bypass regional restrictions on content -- such as if you want English Premier League Soccer on BBC R5 Live you normally have to be in the UK -- going via a proxy and your local server bypasses this restriction. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87900 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
Hi there Sonos better than Squeezebox is an absolutely STUPID statement -- different tricks for different markets. It's like saying a small Smart Car is better than a decent BMW or IPOD type bud headphones are better than a pair of Bose Noise cancelling 'cans. The SONOS system is HIDEOUSLY expensive -- true it's considered the Rolls Royce of this type of application - but the squeezebox system is the best bang for buck BY FAR -- the quality isn't that far off the Sonos system either -- plug the duet into a decent amp (with or without DSP's in it) and it still sounds impressive. The RADIO also is a very nice piece of kit -- my main grumble was that I had to buy it wothout the re-chargeable batterry -- almost a MORTAL SIN for this app since this radio is just ASKING to be carried around. Works very well indeed for what it does. If I could affford one I'd buy the SONOS system in an instant -- but my budget doesn't run to that. I DO like the squeezebox system a lot --in spite of one or two little quirks in setting it up from time to time. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any Good reason to upgrade from 7.3.3?
Hi there Why not stick to the old Engineers advice : If it ain't broke -- Don't fix it. Of course if you want any of the new features then a different issue - but I've been around computers and elsctronics long enough now to stand back a little and get the early adopters to do all the work and only upgrade if opinion out there says its worth it and the application is stable. cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75333 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Windows 7 -- Please allow use of LIBRARIES feature
Hi there To the Software developers -- For Windows 7 users the Library concept makes it really easy in defining a Library and then being able to have the components - such as Music tracks etc put on ANY DISK (or disks) in your network --making multiple disk handling totally transparent to the user. This means you can organize libraries on different disks such as jazz, Classical, Opera, Heavy metal etc etc etc. Using the squeezebox system as is you get a Music Folder option. Thismeans a standard directory in Windows which is restricted to a single drive. I think Linux users have an advantage here inb that you can mount directories to a mount point so you can get a tree system structure. Anyway if you could make use of the Windows 7 Libraries feature would be a great improvment. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows 7 -- Please allow use of LIBRARIES feature
Hi there Thanks -- what a simple tip --Why can't I think of things like that !! Windows 7 presents the Library fine to apps running on Windows 7 -- but say you share an XP or Linux system with Windows 7 then you'll only see the Disk Volumes and not the Windows 7 Library unfortunately. Your tip was good. Thanks again Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
Hi there is there any way to assign fixed IP addresses to a Duet / Radio running on a LAN I'm often testing stuff remotely as well and with a router for example you often need to Port Forward to specific machines on your LAN. For example you want to access a HOME computer from work via RDP (Windows users) then you need to port forward port 3389 to a specific machine on your local LAN at home. Now if my computer is down and I've re-started the Squuezebox devices before re-booting the computer the squeezebox devices Grab the IP address that I've assigned to the computer with - predictable results as you can guess. Even if you assign a fixed IP address to your computer it doesn't stop the squeezebox devices grabbing IP addresses if you start them BEFORE your computer. It's not really convenient to ensure all the squeezebox devices are turned OFF before re-booting the computer. On a LAN with a lot of testing (I'm running 5 or 6 Virtual Machines as well on this LAN) I really would like the squeezebox devices to have their own IP addresses to avoid a lot of silly networking problems. BTW a lot of people having connectivity problems can usually solve these by switching off their squeezebox devices, restart their router, reboot the computer and THEN switch on the squeezebox devices. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Assigning fixed IP addresses to RADIO etc (NOT THE COMPUTER)
Hi there thanks again for a solution. I'm fairly new to all this networking stuff -- this basic info is actually quite hard to get hold of if you aren't used to dealing with it. I'm OK at setting up applications etc but Networking has always been a closed book to me. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75388 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows 7 -- Please allow use of LIBRARIES feature
Hi there Correct Thanks again. -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sonos is better than Squeezebox in Denmark...
majones;518136 Wrote: I watched it but couldn't understand what he was saying. It's hard for us Texans to understand your European accents. How about the other way round too. Actually I was in a small Texas town a while back and got stopped by a Real Sheriff -- Stetson and all for speeding. After a while he let me go saying Limey's OK - he first thought I was an Australian- but if you had been a Yankie your a-s would have been grass. A night as a Guest of the taxpayers of Texas in The City Hotel for sure. Seems in the US the Deep South still lives. Funny later at night I saw him in a Local Tavern and we ended up drinking together - in spite of the accents. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume
Hi all This is probably more of a Windows problem (I think in Linux the problem can be avoided via symlinks). When playing your own music the controller (or Radio as well) has a Music Folder setting which is say D:\music on a Windows machine. If I want to now add another volume say on E:\ music I have to change the settings in the server. Not a very satisfactory way. Now in Windows 7 there is a Library facility -- you can add as many volumes as you like to a Library - including networked volumes. However Windows XP / Vista doesn't have Libraries. So the question is as follows 1- for Windows 7 will the server software be modified so your Music Folder can be a Windows 7 Library 2 For other Windows OS'es is there some way of adding extra volumes to the music folder such as d:\music;e:\music;f:\music With a large collection I need to have it spread out over more than one disk -- MySQL doesn't have problems with dataspeace spreading over several volumes. Perhaps this is easily done -- I'm not a computer guru -- just a poor user. I like the whole squeezebox concept however -- much cheaper than the sonos system and sound quality is fine (especially with 24 bit FLAC / WAV playback). Thanks all -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74542 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!
Hi there Sonos units are Very high end - and quite wallet busting too. Squeezebox does exactly what it says on the tin, is affordable, and while some people have a few problems the vast majority of users I'm sure are EXTREMELY happy with the products. The only mod I'd like say on the Radio would be a USB connection so I could plug in one of those little 320 - 500 GB WD passport disks and play music from the locally attached disk without needing my computer to be running. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Music Library - spanning more than one Disc volume
snarlydwarf;510724 Wrote: It can be avoided on Windows with Shortcuts. Hi there as I said I'm not a Guru so how do I set it so the music folder on the radio will scan the various disks. For example say I have d:\music1 and e:\music2 what do I set up on my server as the music folder. The Radio I assume will look at the library that the server has defined as the music folder. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74542 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FLAC problems / Squeezebox 2
maggior;508626 Wrote: On my system, it becomes very sluggish when performing a scan. I haven't experienced droppouts in music, but I've experienced where it will go OTL (out to lunch) when transitioning to the next track, sometimes for upwards of 30 seconds. I do my scans on-demand because I usually want to listen to music right after it's been loaded on the server. When I'm doing that, generally nobody else is using the squeezeboxes, so it isn't an issue. So it looks like you found your problem. Now you can relax and enjoy some music! Cheers! Hi there the main problem with computer performance is usually SLOW DISKS -- normally not a problem when streaming audio but when scanning MySQL is used as your DB is updated. This isn't an inherent problem with the server -- it's always a shame but most people buy rediculously overpowered CPU's (QUAD's for example) and load and loads of RAM when all you really need --especially for a server is just some DECENT FAST HDD's. For some apps you might need a QUAD processor --that's another issue - but for any sort of server you need FAST DISKS. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74231 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox server via remote RDP connection
Hi all I LIKE Saturday PM Premier League football but when I'm out of the UK I usually get those B/S messages Due to Rights restrictionsthis prohram is not available... on BBC R5Live. I have a decent RDP connection to my home computer over the Hotel's Wifi system. Can I set my radio up to connect to my HOME server (on the remote computer) so I can stream BBC R5L from my HOME computer located in the UK to get the content. e.g //remotecomputer:5000 or whatever. I can Port forward my router and use NO-IP (It's FREE) for getting my IP address through the router http://www.no-ip.com/ Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74300 ___ 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?
Hi all try the Slingbox. http://www.slingbox.com/ cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 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
[slim] Why so much negativity. I LIKE the squeezebox products I have
Hi all Why is there so much negativity on these products -- from what I can see 99% of problems are related to incorrect network setup or Broadband bandwidth issues. OK some of these Network problems can be confusing to Non computer techies -- especially if there is an unseen IP address conflict - but usually the devices connect fine FIRST TIME. With any relatively new technology there will be teething problems --and I will agree that the setup and operation needs to be made more Idiotproof - but it will come I'm sure. A lot of people have problems starting a new computer that they've just bought from a store so I'm sure some problems will always occur with any technical product. Yes the main Server has been down from time to time --but not very often -- the dropouts are often from the Radio website itself -- such as BBC R5 and the SKY NEWS Isleworth recently - but that was due to these sites being massively overloaded due to the events in Haiti recently. Anyway here's one user in spite of initial teething troubles who is VERY HAPPY with the system and am going to get the Touch when it is available in the UK. I already have a Squeezebox DUET and a RADIO (which I use daily). Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74181 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi
Hi all FLAC is fine BTW FLAC is a PERFECT backup for your CD's -- you can using NERO and the MEGA codec plugin re-create an Audio CD image should you need it again which you can then mount as an ISO. Gracenote etc will retrieve all the CD info just like the original -- so it's a perfect backup too. The best way in ripping CD's to FLAC is to use something like EAC (slower) or Winamp. Both these will incorporate tags. I keep my library in blocks of 100 CD's -- each CD is titled and then the tracks are written in the CD title folder. I've ripped around 1000 CD's at the moment -- got about another 500 to go. No probs playing on Squeezebox duet or Squeezebox Radio -- I might even get a Touch later -- but for a lot of purposes I LOVE the radio -- really NEED the re-chargeable battery however -- that would really make the device a PERFECT piece of kit for a round the house system. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74046 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Would truly love an Audible.com app to be available on Squeezebox
Hi there DRM and Proprietary formats are BAD - you are foever locked in. I'm against adding this format. Squeezebox is great in playing FLAC and if you are a real audiophile you can get VERY HIGH QUALITY DRM FREE stuff from here for excample (up to a whopping 24 bit 192 khZ BTW -- far far in excess of normal CD sound 16 bit @ 44kHZ. http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx FLAC is OPEN SOURCE and is LOSSLESS. If you need say MP3's for Ipods etc you can also convert FLAC to MP3 for that purpose -- it's not difficult with cheap storage to have FLAC as your main library and MP3's for Ipods etc. Cheer jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73651 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommendation for Free Remote Desktop
Hi there RDP will be fine on the old XP computer note however it must be XP PRO. XP HOME doen't have RDP as a Server but only as a Client -- although if you look around the web there are some work arounds for XP HOME. I don't recommend logmein -- as you are then dependent on yet another outside system for access to your machines - and some workplaces are now stoppling access to these types of services as it bypasses their Internet Content and security policies. RDP Server part doesn't work for VISTA or Windows 7 Home Premium editions. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73700 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Ipod like device wanted next please
Hi all I LOVE the Duet and Radio. Now what I'd also love is a small Ipod sized player which could pick up the audio stream from your server which we could listen to with a pair of headphones. The current controller is far to big and bulky for this purpose - also the battery life isn't that great either if you are away from the charger for a longish period. Maybe a new controller could be designed which would serve also as an Ipod. One of the HUGE advantages of the Squeezebox system is that I can play FLAC files directly, and another of course is that you don't need an internal storage medium for your music. Cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73621 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Football Commentary
You CAN get round these scumbag lawyer restrictions stopping people from listening to BBC football commentary provided you can log on to a server in the UK. If you have a colleague in the UK or you are from the UK and currently overseas set your HOME computer up as a home server If your remote machine is Windows enable RDP (remote desktop connection) on it and open the relevant ports (can't remember the correct one but google RDP) On the remote machine connect again via RDP to your home server. If the IP address is dynamic - no problem use no-ip (FREE at http://www.no-ip.com) - also for Linux users. Logon to your home server, enable sound transfer to remote computer, start Windows Internet explorer / firefox and then you can listen to the BBC radio content without a problem. For Linux similar procedure but you probably will need something like tight-vnc to access the remote Linux GUI. I travel a lot and this works for me every time when connecting through the Hotel's Wireless network. Bandwidth these days is more than adequate in most places for vocal audio streams. Cheers -J -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51974 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Save in Favourites doesn't work
Hi all As a new customer of the Squeezebox duet I'm very pleased - found network etc no probs. My only problem is that I can't seem to add Internet Radio stations to Favourites apart from BBC R5 Live (why that one is different I don't know). I'm using the latest 7.2 software with firmware applied (worked stright out of the box). cheers -J -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53246 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
