Re: [slim] NAS/SBS software for old x86 laptop?
What about plain Ubuntu server (or Ubuntu desktop with the gui). Ubuntu seems to have pretty wide hardware support so I guess it is most likely to work on your old laptop. Don't know crashplan but Ubuntu is quite popular so if it has something for Linux it will most likely work on Ubuntu? Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NAS/SBS software for old x86 laptop?
d6jg wrote: NB. Any new OS is going to reformat your disks ! Not strictly true. You could add a OS partition on a disk with spare space and keep the disks as is. The OS can then access existing data partitions (and the existing os partition). I guess they are likely to be one of NTFS, FAT or ext, which are widely supported in Ubuntu or other OS. Unless the NAS gave them some strange format? Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to determine the language of a song or album name ?
You also look at the info on musicbrainz. It gives you the album language. E.g. http://musicbrainz.org/release/988fed07-10b4-4153-bbf9-d0d6576fa174 Have no idea what that album is. Randomly chosen. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98024 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices
PasTim wrote: And here I was assuming that your initial reply was implying (very politely) that it was all easy and I was being slow in not understanding how to do it! Maybe I should have more faith in my own tinkering abilities :) Not a bad solution you got there. I would personally prefer the a Pi/wandboard solution but this may be useful/simple way to use other devices that cannot run squeezelite or similar but do play streams. I think you can try to sync using timing settings on the server somewhere. It's not that easy and it won't be as good as a typical setup. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices
PasTim wrote: A use case. Some of this is expressed in terms of the solution, for instance I have no better way to describe an ideal controller than to say 'just like LMS'. I don't want to throw away amplifiers or servers that I have that do an excellent job as it is. Some of the components are, therefore, part of my ideal system. I want: 1) To use a browser on a wireless laptop or tablet to play music in my lounge, and sometimes in one other room. 2) The user interface needs to be as flexible as LMS is now, which means I can customise menus to play things like 'Works By Composer' and select a performance by a particular Artist, or 'Random Works', or 'Random Movements', or 'Albums by Conductor', and so on I have no need for anything better than that which LMS provides, so I want to keep it as it is. 3) This user interface includes the ability to select a 'player' which in this case would be the streaming software (i.e. just like squeezelite, especially in its 'local player' guise). 4) The music is in flacs, up to 24/192 quality, on a linux server. 5) My amplifiers are connected to my wired home network. 6) I want to select the input to the amplifier to be the music source and stream (i.e. the streamer on the server), no more than that, and nothing need be displayed on it for each track. It's just an input, like a tuner, LP player (yes, I still have more than one!) or whatever. 7) I have no need for additional hardware boxes, indeed I have a positive aversion to them. There is no need for them. They perform no useful function that I can detect. 8) I have no need for multi-room sync. 9) The KISS principle applies (Keep It Simple, Stupid). I just want to play music as simply and reliably as possible. Thus removing the Touch from my current set-up should make the solution better. So, since both amplifiers already support streamed music over the wired network using UpnP, I want to use something like squeezelite to stream directly to them, rather than to an audio device on my server. You kind of painted yourself into a corner here. You have complicated requirements, particularly point 2. I see 3/4 options: 1) If you let 2 go I would suggest something like plex server on linux. I think it has DLNA features but it doesn't have the complicated browse menus. I have it but don't use DLNA or the music features so not sure how well it works. You possibly need to let go 4 as well. This also means you won't be using LMS. https://plex.tv/(that's 3 requirements down). 2) Use LMS and somehow get it converted to the way you want. Hit's all your points but not 9. I think it will be tricky to set up and difficult to work with. 3) LMS has some upnp functionality. But I have no idea how it works. I think it acts more as a client playing other sources than anything else. Check under settings/advanced/network. It also acts as a server so you should be able to play stuff from your amp already. But it doesn't show up as a player AFAIK. 4) Set up one little box (which you have already in the form of an SB). Get one of the boards for which images exist on this forum. Write that image and you are set to go. Hit's all your points except 7. And most of these are so small you can hide them anyway. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Yet another thread on replacing squeezebox devices
PasTim wrote: So, is there any chance that some clever developer could produce something like squeezelite (so I can continue to use LMS as the best-in-class server) but get it to stream over a network to a UPnP renderer at high (but selectable) quality, rather than outputting to a local audio device? Is the reason no such solution seems to exist is that there are technical downsides of which I am unaware? Or does someone out there know of an existing solution? Using UPnP like you suggest you lose a lot of features. Including sync, etc. Lot of upnp players are also fairly difficult with different formats etc. I would suggest the best solutions is probably getting a WandBoard and install the Community Squeese OS on it (if you can download it). Or install some form of linux and squeezelite on it. That way you get something as close as possible to a touch less a screen. If you have a TV nearby you could probably add a now playing screen / browser / etc. You can then pass digital to the DAC of your choice from the wandboard. I have not tried this myself. I am actually waiting for a wandboard package to be delivered. I chose it for other things but as it seemed that lots of people are using it to replace squeezeboxes I thought that it would be good device for this reason also once my SBs die. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101622 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Radio: caught in network hell
Remove the password from the new router, fix the radio and then reapply password? Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Squeezebox Controll App direct Android (apk) download not latest version
Hi As a more long-term solution I'd suggest you install google play store? Or is this not possible? You should be able to find the APK by searhcing for it. Regards Louis Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99857 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released
Also tried upgrading via repository (debian) and did not find the new version. This is they way I did it in the past. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Embed art vs folder.jpg?
Another way too answer your question: I store embedded and folder.jpg for all music (mainly flac and mp3). I tend to try to find the highest resolution artwork I can (typically in the 800x800 to 1500x1500 range unless it's obscure). It doesn't cause me any performance issues AFAIK. What is your server? If it's is very slow/underpowered then you might have issues. I'm running this on an HP microserver, but used to also run it on an aged XP box. It was also OK on that. Are you looking at using the Touch in standalone mode? If you are then you need to consider what to do as the touch is apparently slow with art. There are threads about this, but haven't tried/experienced this myself. Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98996 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeLite for Windows?
Mine is working without problem. There is a readme in the zip file you donwload. Have you done this? To add mp3 playback support, install either libmad-0.dll or libmpg123-0.dll in the same directory as this file Suggested source: 1) download http://www.mpg123.de/download/win32/mpg123-1.14.4-x86.zip from MPG123 2) extract mpg123-1.14.4-x86/libmpg123-0.dll into this directory (the file is approx ~282k when extracted) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98940 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeLite for Windows?
This is why you shouldn't double post: I see you have another thread on this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98945-DirectIO-dllamp;goto=newpost lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98940 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems playing FLAC
You could just transcode the files yourself on a regular pc and save them in your music folder. Then you should be able to play these files. (obviously keep the original files also). lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98769 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream
Happy to support this development, though I'm not really sure how this sits with current LMS etc. Is this mainly the mysb.com side being replaced or is this something more than that? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98467 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
andyg wrote: Hi everyone. Unsurprisingly, the other shoe began to drop today with Logitech laying off a handful of folks within the team, including myself. Sorry to hear. Good luck! lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Human Time-Frequency Acuity Beats the Fourier Uncertainty Principle
Wombat wrote: Even for that it really doesn´t bring anything new that matters. Lossy encoding is not simply applying an FFT to lossless audio and live with that. This never worked. As always you need a psy-model and fine tuning to all parameters a lossy encoder needs to sound transparent. This is and will always go along with intnense listening testing by humans. I think, and I stand corrected, they are not talking about the compression model, they are talking about the a listening model. They are saying that the ear is better listener than a linear system. Consequently if you have a compression algorithm that assumes the ear is a linear system and then removes things a linear system can't hear you'd be removing things the ear can actually hear. I have no idea which compression algorithms are assuming the ear is linear. I also don't know what linear systems mean in terms of listening/disntinguishing notes. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Human Time-Frequency Acuity Beats the Fourier Uncertainty Principle
Wombat wrote: Perceptual coding is not like zipping a file. No mp3 encoder left out the real behaviour with testing. It is not like one simple algorythm leaves out information. There are many choices an encoder has to do and all of them are fine-tuned by real listeners on a huge sample corpus. So even if the FFT that may be used as part of evaluating what to leave out another choice of manualy changing the masking behaviour makes the encoder a good one or a bad one. The news that some aspect of human hearing behaves different as some FFT changes nothing here. After reading some things on the net i see several audiophile claims now take parts of that paper as prove for everything that makes no sense. Totaly unfounded and out of context. You may read some posts here from J. D. Johnston on Hydrogenaudio: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=99371st=25 He is one real authority on the subject and knows everything behind it. I even may quote his statement about the thread title over there. The thread is called Human hearing beats FFT Quote: So, the headline is just confused, it's comparing an apple, an orange, and a crate full of bowling balls, and concluding that apples are orange-colored and weigh 12 lbs. I think we sort of agree. The paper is a paper. It's in theory space. In practice things are different and the paper might have some implications in edge cases. Also in practice people test encoders etc. I can see how it can be misused by the other crowd. I wasn't trying to say that lossy encoding is no good. I can't tell the difference between a mp3 and a flac if the bitrate isn't too low. But I know I don't like low bit rate mp3. I wil read the other comments. Thanks! lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Human Time-Frequency Acuity Beats the Fourier Uncertainty Principle
As far as I can tell it goes along the lines of: As far as I can tell there is some proven theory that says linear systems can't discern frequency and timing beyond a certain limit. These guys have proven that the human ear can do this. The conclusion is therefore that the human ear is not a linear system. The implication is that processes / systems / audio compression / etc. that assumes that the ear is linear may miss some information and may need to be rethinked. I don't believe that this has anything to do with CD sampling and lossless audio, but may be wrong. See also: http://goo.gl/M7WkE I'm no expert though. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98124 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Usage of local music libraries in your family ?
Not really using multi library stuff at the moment. What I see as being useful under this topic is the ability to dynamically include folders on pc that are not always there. For example a spouse's laptop may contian some music. Or a kid's. If the server can include this when it's available and hide content if that data is not available. Not really a library but more having folders in a library that can be dynamic. If they are there they are scanned and updated, if not the data is just hidden from view. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Noticed small difference between radio and touch
bengaldave wrote: Hey, thanks, which specific options would I change so that when I hit the now playing button, I can cycle through the vu meter, frequency, and the other screens on the squeezebox radio ? Thanks in advance It's something like settings \ screensaver \ now playing. Don't remember off-hand but I know you can choose which ones are included in the loop. You set these on the device. Sorry I'm away from at the moment so won't we able to check. I'm sure you'll find it. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Squeezebox: The Name Vote (Round 1)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98148 Question: What should we call this new device? - Vuvuzela - OpEncore - Melodia - Zela - Brikk - FLÄKK - Open Music Box Hi I think the vetting process seems to have not worked. We need a way of truly coming up with the 5 best. My suggestion would be: 1. Go back to the full list of nominations and running a very large poll listing all of them perhaps with multiple (say 5) votes allowed? 2. Remove half the choices with the lowest/no votes. 2. Repeat with the reduced list once or twice until you have 5 options left. Then do a final one vote per member round. Regards Louis lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98148 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
Flakk made me thing of Flap: Free lossless audio player :) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Noticed small difference between radio and touch
On the radio\touch go to the settings menu. You can change all this to be exactly as you want it. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Android App Developers - Your mission if you chose to accept it
Hi guys Thanks for all the brilliant work. I do have an idea for a feature that I miss on your apps. I'd buy the Android app that does the following: (unless I've already bought it) I want to be able to sync a subset of my library to my android device. Sub-set could be: - artists - albums - playlists - dynamic playlists (i see this as a way to randomize what's on my device, perhaps based on a not recently played field etc.). The app should - talk to the LMS server - have an option to limit syncing to when connected via wifi and/or charging only. - have a leave this much freespace on my phone option - handle disconnects from server etc gracefully and just continue syncing when next possible. - not be annoying with lots of pop-ups etc. I.e. background based and only appear when it is summoned :) - optionally do transcoding from flac to mp3. I currently achieve this with a app that syncs smb fodlers. I set up a virtual folder with symplinks to the files I want to sync to my device. This is cumbersome. We should be able to integrate directly with LMS. This message will self destruct in 5 seconds... Cheers Louis lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98095 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android App Developers - Your mission if you chose to accept it
simbo wrote: I know it's not very Squeezeboxy (nor does it integrate with LMS) but wouldn't Google Music cover a lot of these bases? It's far from perfect (it won't let me decide where to place the files on my phone, and it seems to ignore replay gain settings) but I do like the fact I can build up a playlist via a PC browser and it'll automatically keep it in sync on the phone. It's not great for me. - It's techinically not available in South Africa. Though I've worked arround that. - You have to play music through that app. Can't use other apps. I like PowerAmp. - Your music goes: PC - Online - Phone. Slow and longwinded. PC - Phone is quicker. - The song collection is limited, so again you have to setup a subset of your library. Difficult if you want to change. - Things like replaygain get lost. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98095 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
+1 for Maestro Also nominating Sync as a name. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android App Developers - Your mission if you chose to accept it
pippin wrote: Ah. Finally somebody asking for that feature I proposed to Logitech as a use case for the server, when? 3 years ago? Looks like still nothing has changed on the Android syncing side since then, there simply is no good Android sync software. I believe you should have support on the server side for the sync process, too (keeping track of the state) but it might not be needed. I think there are syncing solutions but nothing that integrates with LMS, trackstat etc. I was thinkin along these lines: The app just needs an ordered (by priority) list of artists, playlists, albums, dynamic playlists you want to sync. Higher priority stuff gets added until the space is filled. Albums/Songs in each item can be prioritised by frequency played, recentcy etc. For each of these items in the list: T 1. Thee app then needs to ask the server for the relevant songs. 2. It needs to remove songs that no longer appear there. 3. Add songs on the server that it doesn't have . If the app can run queries against the LMS db I don't see that it really requires much server side code. It would be better because then different devices can have diferent sync profiles. Example: 1) Artist: Coldplay 2) Artist: U2 3) Album: OK Computer 4) Playlist: My Best Square Dancing songs 5) Dynamic: 100 most played songs order by descending playcount 6) Dynamic: Unlimted songs not recently played order by last played This will add songs going down the list to the device. Once the device free space becomes limited it stops. If it's not full by 5 it will add the most played songs limiting to a 100. For 6 it will continue adding till free space is limited. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98095 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
dustinsterk wrote: What about just plain simple: Harmonic A harmonic is any of a set of sine waves by which a complex tone is described. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music) [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Harmonic_partials_on_strings.svg/250px-Harmonic_partials_on_strings.svg.png] +1 Another idea is Sine lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
I love thinking of names. Some ideas: Harmonica MusicBox TheDAC MusicPipe On Tap Music Music on Tap Music on Call Touch MusicPi - if based on R Pi Blender - instead of squeeze MusicBits BeatBit It's going to be open right? OpenBox OpenTunes OpenHiFi OpenTransport - like this one OpenMusicBox OpenPlayer lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
Transport or Transform or Transpose. Starting to like Blender lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Frustrating Can not Open File Error - Help needed
jarrod2750 wrote: I was thinking of getting a synology ds212j as the server. It seems that it has good reviews. I was surprised how flaky the server on the touch becomes as your library grows. Haven't used a NAS as a server myself. Just make sure it's powerful enough to handle the files you want to throw at it. Don't want to end up in the same boat as you are now with the touch as server. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97968 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
chill wrote: -1 for Vuvuzela :D +1 again from the country that punished the world with it ;) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox: Product Name
Radio Ga Ga lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97975 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Read tag for Podcast episodes ?
Don't think so. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] replacing squeezebox with android
3.5mm out is usually headphone, which means it is softer (and lower quality?) than a line-out. I use my phone in my car (not as squeezebox) and use the headphone as line-in to my car amp and it's pretty soft. (plus you have added electronic noise in the car if it's charging while playing music). lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97918 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] replacing squeezebox with android
Android connected to a USB dac. That sounds clever. Then you get higher quality (or even digital out) quality to amp/DAC of choice. The option I was planning to upgrade to for the car is to put a bluetooth receiver in the car (which has lineout) and then I don't have to wire up the phone. This should be possible in the home also. Though not sure if the bluetooth sends data loslessly but the quality difference in a car shouldn't be noticable. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97918 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] replacing squeezebox with android
If it runs Orange Squueze won't it run Squeeze Play? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97918 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?
Love the discussion here! I'm in on a device. Will probably mess round with R Pi and squeezelite until then. I think starting with LMS based device is the way to go. I think displays are over rated. Rather HDMI out for that. I rarely look at my touches these days. Always on my tab or phone first. I think John Swenson's technical involvement would be great. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Do we need an updated wiki ?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97869 Question: Do we need an updated wiki ? - Yes, but I'm only interested to help update the information if it's hosted by Logitech - Yes, but I'm only interested to help update the information if it's hosted by the community - Yes, but I'm not interested to help update the information - No, I'm happy searching for information in the forum when I need something - No, I've moved on, I don't care about the community and Squeezebox anymore Yes, I can help update no matter where it's hosted option is misisng. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97869 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The ultimate gift for your favorite audiophile
Anything by Dead can Dance? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97861 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browsing large folders via 'Music folder' is slow
The LMS experience is not optimised for using folders. It physically goes and read the folders as you browse to check if there are new folders. It's always best to use the internal menus as these are read from database relatively quickly. You could run two LMS servers each set to look at the folders of one of the collecitons. You could then switch library. Not sure how you'd get to LMS running on one machine, but it may be possible. Why not tag all your songs with the correct genre's? Then one person can get to their music by browse by genre. The other can go through artist/album. You could maybe use custom scan and custom browse plugins to provide this functionality. Or you could use multi library plugin. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97403 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How does the synchronisation of players work?
In terms of sync, technically, I don't know much but there is tech to sync times between devices via IP. ntp time servers are an example here. This is how your computer can set it's clock to the time servers via the internet. These work over the open internet where latency is longer than your local lan. Over your local wifi/lan it should be easier to get clocks syncd. I guess once the concept of a common clock the rest is easier. Though I guess the clocks could drift so something needs to continue to keep the clocks in sync. If you are technically minded you can look at the code but I don't know where to start. http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.8/trunk/ lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97406 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How does the synchronisation of players work?
Was curious myself: Read here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?93330-Hardware-mods-to-perfectly-sync-two-(or-more)-SBs/page2 Think I might be wrong. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97406 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How does the synchronisation of players work?
Even better source: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?34535-Status-update-%96-synchronization-work lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97406 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Andriod apps for controlling Logitech devices. (question)
pippin wrote: I really, honestly hate to say this, but that was a week and a year ago. haha it was late :D Point taken. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Andriod apps for controlling Logitech devices. (question)
TimT wrote: The Logitech app works well, too, but the real deal breaker for me is that although the user may fix it in either portrait or landscape it does not auto-rotate. That's really annoying. Agree. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Member
Plug in earphone and make sure the device is playing? Volume? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Andriod apps for controlling Logitech devices. (question)
I have Galaxy Tab 10.1 It can run the Logitech App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.cedata.android.squeezecommanderfeature=search_result Also the Orange Squeeze: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orangebikelabs.orangesqueezefeature=search_result But the best one in my opinion is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.cedata.android.squeezecommanderfeature=search_result Also look SqueezePlayer: at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bluegaspode.squeezeplayerfeature=search_result It lets your tab or phone become a player. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Andriod apps for controlling Logitech devices. (question)
Not sure about how much people can contact SqueezeCommander's author but the app updated in the last week. What's in this version: - Fixed a stupid bug that caused frequent reconnections when using the same SBS as local and remote server - Fixed trackstat ratings in context menus - Enabled Hardware Acceleration on Honeycomb lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97387 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Failed fetching filters from MusicIP
Does it actually cause filters not to be available. I've seen that error as well but generally my filters are available and working. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Beta, LPs, SageTV, and now Squeezebox
Love the threat subject! :D lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Longivity
Don't drop the SB3 on hard floor. That's what fataly injured mine, though it still played for a year or two before eventually dying. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96228 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What steps does community need to take to ensure continued function of SB players
Great post and I agree. I for one will stick around as I do use mainly the offline functionality. Would support an offiline fork as I can. I guess the fork doesn't need to happen immediately as LMS may still be supported in bug fix mode by the Logitech guys. We also need to think about what the closed source parts of the firmware are and if we need it? Is it essential stuff? I don't know? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96208 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....
You can do this pretty much with any small form factor pc. You could slap together a small silent PC with rapsberry pi with digital audio out via USB sound for probably $100. You could run linux and squeezeslave/squeezeplay on it and then you have a squeezebox with all the regular offline music capabilities. No screen, but you could run it to your TV and that should give you a nice big screen. Use an app on your phone for a remote though. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
I will be running LMS that supports local music playback and erland's plugins until my touches and SB3s die. If nothing better comes along I'll replace with small form factor silent pcs with digital outs, running squeezeslave or squeezeplay. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What steps does community need to take to ensure continued function of SB players
Another thought: Squeezeslave and squeezeplay will become more important. For example peeps may replace there hardware with small silent pcs running these. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96208 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
erland wrote: ...but I don't want to go into any further details regarding this at the moment What are you up to erland? :) erland wrote: Related to this, would you be willing to pay an annual or one time fee if you would be sure it would make it possible for you to continue using your Squeezebox hardware with current or similar features ? I'd pay something small for LMS + squeezslave+squeezeplay. No streaming services available in South Africa (probably true for many non-US non-EU regions). Maybe for last.fm scrobbling and maybe google music integration (sync and play), which I managed to get working here (but not technically allowed), but would love to integrate with LMS. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Inputs 1 speaker set
My speakers have additional line-in for additional input. If you don't have that you may find a y-connector for line-out to speakers and try that. Not sure if will do something funny to sound though: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-3-5mm-Stereo-Adapter-Jacks/dp/B0002ZPF3U You could run the squeeze through the line-in of the pc back out the speakers? This should merge pc audio and line-in if you have right settings. Could run a software player on the pc and control it with the physical player (oops I see have classics, this will only work with touch)? lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96214 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How many of you have spare squeezeboxes?
I have 2xSB3s and 2xTouches. The 2xSB3s aren't in use (one dead). Was thinking of activating the remaining one just the other day. These devices do die and people move to bigger houses, get kids etc. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
erland wrote: I don't want to go into any further details at this moment. :) If you're doing what I'm thinking than I'm not worried about the future of the SqueezeBoxes... ;) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?
Given the opensource (it is right?) nature of LMS we can make it live on. Combined with SqueezeSlave and similar projects I propose raspberry pis with usb sound cards as the hardware (or anything that can run squeezeslave or squeezeplay). And the rest is all software with remote apps. We'd need to host/branch the software and then also get a forum going for this. This will work for offline listening of course. Not sure about online listening.. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96191 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling in Australia and other countries not in last.fm's streaming list.
I'm in South Africa and scrobble fine from here. Also a non-streaming country. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scrobbling in Australia and other countries not in last.fm's streaming list.
Are you using the server software on the PC? There is builtin plugin that scrobbles? On browse interface go to settings \ advanced \ last.fm audioscrobbler and enter your details there. Then go to the settings of each player and make sure that scrobbling is enabled. It does seem that there is no last.fm app on mysqueezebox, and therefore not available on the player directly. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I stream my music over the internet?
Yes it can. A good start is to go here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Enjoying_your_music_from_another_place lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Radio and Home Server over 2 wireless routers
Muppet9010 wrote: The radio is linked to my local squeezebox server running on a mini pc that is connected to the master router. The master router has the adsl line, DHCP enabled and a wireless signal. The secondary router has DHCP disabled and a wireless signal. The 2 routers are connected by an Ethernet wire running from standard lan ports on both. Both have the same SSID and password, but are on different channels (1 6). The 2 SSIDS are hidden by default, but being shown seems to have no effect on this. The radio has a static ip address as a legacy setting due to the below note. Some comments: - Hidden SSIDs do not really provide security and tend to mess things up. General advice on these forums are to show the SSIDs. - I have a setup much like yourself (except there is homeplugs between the routers). You have to turn of DHCP on one router even if your DHCP was working as you can only have one router issues IPs. You shouldn't need to have a static IP for this to work. Perhaps you can try without a static IP for the radio? - I don't have a radio though so haven't tested if the squeezebox hardware switches efficiently. I have seen that my mobile (while using wifi) sometimes gets stuck on the worse router. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94914 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Probably asked many times....convert wired SB3 to wireless?
Or you could just try a LAN power line adapter. They send the data over your lan but of course may cost more than the conversions suggested. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transfer audio from one player to another
There is a setting somewhere which controls whether volume/power buttons are also sync'd. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92254 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remote Access from SB3 via dyndns
There is a bug request for this feature. But it's way down on the list. I don't think this will ever be added especially to the sb3. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91593 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can an HTPC and an SB3 sync perfectly?
There was a long time that squeezeplay didn't sync to other players for me. The last year or so though squeezeplay seems to be syncing pretty well with by SBT. Not sure if the SB3 would behave differently. I wouldn't call it perfect though but it's not bad either. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91596 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Print out of CD list
If you simply want lists and you know SQL you can download an SQLite viewer tool and extract the data pretty easily. You need to stop the server first as it won't allow the viewer tools to access the database while the server is running. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90928 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
bluegaspode;637617 Wrote: Anyway, I proudly present version 1.1.6 now: - you can change the name that SqueezePlayers uses to register on your server now in the settings Seems to work for me. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
bluegaspode;636832 Wrote: It's not possible to change yet. If I find a free hour on the weekend I might implement the playername as a setting. Thanks! -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
Is there anyway to change the device name? When I change mine it always reverts back to a poorly formatted device name? -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Instant Mix for Music Beta by Google (aka Google does MusicIP)
This seems very interesting: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2011/06/instant-mix-for-music-beta-by-google.html Should have thought they'd do something like that once they have millions of songs uploaded to their service! Note MusicIP only does analysis on the sound data. Google does sound and metadata to recommend music. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88221 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
bluegaspode;631716 Wrote: I don't have specific settings that will limit the App to any country nor device. The only restrictions that apply for SqueezePlayer are 'wifi' and 'touchscreen'. Do you have a custom ROM? I had a user with custom ROM need to change the fingerprint to see the App as it uses native code. What me and SqueezeCommander also do use is the Android market licensing. Maybe this one is still not rolled out to your country? Can you ask Google Support about this? Thanks it was just a time issue. They were slowly rolling out paid app support, so some apps were ready and some weren't. Succesfully installed your app now. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you connect Squeezebox at Starbucks?
It is not really possible without some hacking I understand. There has been threads on the topic before. Spooffing the mac of the squeezebox using a laptop may be a solution. Then use the laptop to click OK and then use the squeezebox again to listen to music. I don't know how to do this. The other way people use it is to use a laptop to connect to the wifi and then share that connection over the laptop LAN to the squeezebox. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87758 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
I'm running 2.2.1 on a Samsung Galaxy S. So I'd imagine it should work. I did download the ROM via XDA developers but I was pretty sure it is a standard ROM. How can I check if that's the issue. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No posting of tracks to LastFM? Any suggestions?
ajmitchell;630203 Wrote: Regarding the wait til Monday, thanks, but it has not been working for months! Regarding the default position, I have all the players synched together, so I assumed if I activated the main SB (the one on the lan line) all would be okbut i think you are implying everyone needs to be set to scrobble? Thanks I can't remember how scrobbling works with syncing. I'd just ensure that all your players are set to scrobble to the right user name on the player settings page of the server. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
Hi Would love to buy the app through the market. I'm based in South Africa and we recently got paid apps rolled out, however I can't seem to buy your app. I have bought SqueezeCommander through an alternative app market before. I am able to buy other apps. Is this perhaps a setting on your side that needs to change? Regards Louis -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android
Hi I have purchased SqueezeCommander through the Slide.Me market before. But now that paid apps are available in South Africa I'd thought I'd let you know that I don't seem to be able to buy the app through the Android market. Perhaps a setting on your side that needs to change? I was actually trying to buy SqueezePlayer and got the same problem, so just checked SqueezeCommander. I am able to purchase squidget for example so I think it's a setting on your side. If you do figure it out do let bluegaspode know how to fix this for SqueezePlayer also. Cheers Louis -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69352 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New computer to act as server..?
Depending on what broke on your existing PC a great option for a server is recycling an old PC for use as a server. When I replaced my regular PC a couple of years ago I setup my old PC as a server. Didn't cost me a cent and you are extending the useful life of old tech. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87453 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No posting of tracks to LastFM? Any suggestions?
If you reset players or similar you need to reactive each player to scrobble. The default is not to scrobble. This is done on the player settings screen of the squeezebox server. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to play large FLAC files with numerous wireless players
You can also try homeplugs (ethernet over the power cables). -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86757 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Massive problems with SB setup - close to giving up!!
As you point out it seems to be a complex problem. First I'd suggest turning off everything except the touch and making sure that runs. I do not run with an attached HD so I cannot be of much help there. Make sure that this is working fine for you. Does the touch do the same with no other players connected? Then add one player at a time diagnosing problems as they crop up. The boom seems to be most of your problem. And it seems to be a connection problem more than anything else. I'm not sure how many players the touch can support as a server. At the moment you are running three players (2+touch itself). It may also depend on the file type you listen too. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86765 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay Running on Canon Network Printer
mrfantasy;622660 Wrote: April fools? Maybe just maybe ;) -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86731 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay Running on Canon Network Printer
If you connect it to google cloud print do you get squeezebox in the cloud? -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86731 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No I'd like something like a touch + HD in the car. Though most cars I like now have custom radios that can't be swopped out. A cool feautre would be that once this touch + HD comes home and connects to the squeezebox server at home over wifi it automatically updates the HD to whatever is on the server at home (either completely or a subset). -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Feature request: SqueezeboxCar having a Player and a Squeezebox Server Satellite
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 Question: Would you buy a home integrated Squeezebox car appliance - Yes - No Forgot to mention: There is/was someone on the forum running a server plus squeezebox in their car. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86053 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to control a Squeezebox from a Mac
If you are running the squeezebox server software on a pc then get the IP of that pc in your home network. Then you can control any player from any internet browser on your network by going to http://ipaddress:9000/ -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86219 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic: Optical out always on?
I think there is a setting to turn digital outs off on power down. It is under players settings on the server settings page. I can't check because I don't have a classic running at the moment. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86330 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which JVC DVD player remote is best?
My JCV dvd seems to be supported. Will try to remember to post the model number here when I get home. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82084 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cover art
If you added the the cover art later after the music had been already scanned by the SBS then you need to do a clear and rescan library. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81963 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any hope of a Twitter Plugin?
Something I'd do once I'd figure how to do applets\plugins\etc: I'd love to see a general social network/pop-up plugin. But I don't want to use it to browse these social networks. I want it to simply do pop-ups as and when things occur. These pop-ups should pop over the current activity which may be the off screenssaver, now playing screen or whatever. I feel that this alert much better fits with the idea of a touch or sb3. It happens to be a convenient screen near where I'm sitting or listening to music which can be used to remind me of interesting things etc. If I want to browse these things I go to a PC with a nice big screen. E.g. I might be listening to music on the touch, and it will pop up with tweets of my friends every now and then, and also facebook news feed items. This should pop up photos etc on the touch but only text items on the old players. The screensaver model doesn't really work here. I only want to see these things when there is something new. It could also pop-up calendar reminders from on line calendars, emails, etc. And also RSS. Each service added to the plugin should have settings which allow one to decide for that service: - when to pop-up (only when player is off, only when player is on etc.) - how long - audible notification (at least on touch) - repeat older ones - minimum time between alerts -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81800 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Installation question??
zozo4;573874 Wrote: Thanks for the info. I didn't know you could use USB for initial installation. I'll have to sort out a USB keyboard and then I'll give it a go. I assume after this, I can access the mini PC via a webpage using vortexbox? Thanks again I once installed windows form USB. My hard drive died and I had a dead CD drive. You need to write the image to the usb-drive some way. And not just copy the file to it. So download the Vortexbox.iso and then you need something like this to put it on the usb: http://lifehacker.com/5574276/universal-usb-installer-makes-a-persistent-thumb-drive-version-of-any-linux-os Also you want to boot from USB you may need to change a bios setting to tell the pc to try to boot from the USB if available. You can deactive this after instalation. Then, you just need to do the initial install with KB and screen. After that you can access the VortexBox SBS front end via the web and you can also probably access the comand line on the PC from another PC (I think?). http://vortexbox.org/documentation/ http://vortexbox.org/documentation/vortexbox-quick-install-guide/ -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81683 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Start on one Squeezebox; continue on another
trouty00;572441 Wrote: are you guys sure that this works even with internet radio, I'm in the UK so only use Last fm but if i add a player in to a group which is already playing last fm then it will actually sync them up and then actually advance a song. It will not continue to play the same song that was playing pre-sync. It works flawlessly with my library music but not with last fm. Stu I think this works slightly differently. Before you sync your player was talking directly with last.fm. To make sync possible the pc takes over talking to last.fm and then sends out the synced streams to each player, otherwise it would be too difficult to sync the streams. I assume in the process of taking over it can't pause and needs to jump a track? -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81468 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device
Porschefan;572576 Wrote: Here's my latest discovery: when I press the + button on the radio it brings up a huge amount of information about the track playing. One of items it says is that the file being played is WMA lossless. On the bitrate line it says it's VBR (variable bit rate--I looked it up ;-)), @ 900-1000 kbps, but converted to FLAC @ 705 kbps. I found this quote: What are the major disadvantages of VBR encoded MP3 files? - Some older MP3 players cannot play them. - Must be re-encoded in order to be streamed. Although variable speed compressed files are difficult to stream continuously over most Internet connections, those that download the entire file before viewing are unaffected. So if one is going to stream music, I guess it's a good idea to convert everything to FLAC as you suggested. WMA I think may be converted to flac by the server and sent to the device to play. flac is also a VBR format but I understand that the number shown is basically useless as it is just an approximation. It isn't using MP3 VBR. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81377 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay/Softsqueeze for Android
Someone recently suggested running SqueezeSlave on the droid. SqueezeSlave doesn't have a frontend, but I assume this won't be a problem given that you already have SqueezeCommander. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=572400#post572400 Of course it may not be feasible. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device
edit: Mnyb;571600 Wrote: Dont forget to open port 3483tcp/udp and port *9000* on the server(the machine running squeezeboxserver) -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81377 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezeplay - run in backgound?
Correction: That should be JJZolx;571318 Wrote: Another vote for *Squeezeslave* installed as a Windows service. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62031 http://bagawire.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-install-squeezeslave-as-service.html -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81424 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Occasional long pauses during playback - mysqld.exe culprit?
Yes trackstat and those dynamic playlists seem to be more prone to causing the type of thing mentioned. If you have large collection running on a server may be useful to try the tweaked mysql settings that give the mysql process more memory etc. Seems to improve things for me: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70371 -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
