Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?
Yes, I was aware there would be issues as it was a very quickly hacked-together proof of concept. Thanks for the feedback :-) The hairtunes pipe support was added specifically for SBS integration... -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?
srcshelton;627462 Wrote: Airplay works, and I'm listening to iTunes via my Squeezebox right now: http://blog.stuart.shelton.me/archives/762 :D Great write-up! I started putting together a plugin, so will incorporate your instructions into it :) https://github.com/mflint/SquairPlay Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?
andynormancx;626485 Wrote: It would be nice if Sonos' claims in they press release were correct: Different songs in different rooms, Sonos-style: Only on Sonos can you play different music from your iTunes® library in different rooms of the home. And it's been that way since 2005. Unless I'm very much mistaken Squeezeboxes have also been able to do that for a long time. That's very cheeky, and they must know it's lies... -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
My mistake, I re-ordered the instructions and didn't read them properly. The rawpipe file appears *after* starting shairport.pl, so maybe start shairport and then edit the path in custom-convert.conf. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
Eric, I believed that Waveinput was a Windows-only thing. Let us know how you get on. I hope to have a proof-of-concept plugin uploaded to GitHub later today. Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
ericj;625642 Wrote: Indeed, with WaveInputPlugin for linux, and some changes in my firewall, I do have this working on 10.04. Now listening to NPR from my ipad Well done Eric, you beat me by 45 minutes ;-) You've got NPR, I have 'Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_(The_Fastest_Milkman_in_the_West)) :-D Here's the GitHub repo if anyone's feeling brave... ;-) https://github.com/mflint/SquairPlay -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
I had a play last night to try to get a proof-of-concept running. I made a small hack to hairplay so libao sends it's output to a file on disk - this works fine, and the docs suggest that the magic filename - means STDOUT. But if I make that change, hairplay crashes as soon as it tries to write any data to the output. I'll attach gdb to it tonight - hope that'll tell me what I'm doing wrong with libao. I'm not even sure whether libao will be necessary at all..? Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
I've been playing some more... The writing to stdout issue was my fault, not libao... but we won't need libao anyway. I'm now writing raw audio out to a named pipe (which I'm manually converting to wav using sox). I reckon it'd be possible to automate the conversion (either to wav, flac or mp3) using the custom-types.conf file in a similar way to Wave Input. I'll stick the code on github if I get a proof-of-concept working. You're right about there being clicks in the audio - disappointing :-( -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Airport crypto cracked
erland;624853 Wrote: I wonder if it would be possible to do something with this new ShairPort software and the already existing Wave Input plugin ? Quite possible, I'd guess... hairport.c uses libao to push the stream to the audio device. It would need to push to a named pipe instead, similar to what the wavin2cmd program does for the Wave Input plugin. (I'm guessing that it's already a raw PCM stream) (See function init_output in hairport.c) I'd really like to see this working! -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86972 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?
bpa;607862 Wrote: Airplay audio still uses the old AirTunes protocol aka RAOP. This used to be open and a few open source projects were started and then the protocol was encrypted and development stopped. Although recently new efforts are being made to break the encryption such as RAOP support has been added to MPD but this approach won't help SBS support by Logitech. Given that the private key has been discovered and that an open-source AirPlay replacement has been released, I guess (hope!) it won't be long before a 3rd-party SqueezeCenter plugin appears... http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/2011/04/08 (initial announcement) https://github.com/bbhoss/shairport (unofficial github mirror) -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 with no remote
Mark Lanctot;361103 Wrote: Unfortunately you do need the remote for this, and only an SB remote will do as the JVC remotes obviously do not have a brightness button. You can set it to update automatically, never asking for the brightness button again, but in order to do that you need to go back to setup, and for that you need a working remote. I think I assumed you could use a JVC remote to configure the auto update? Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55231 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 with no remote
Another solution would be to post a new thread with title Hey! Does anyone live near ? ;-) You may get lucky, and be able to borrow a remote! M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://wiki.insignificant.org/index.php?title=GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55231 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Welcome pack for new Developers
Do you have some specific feature in mind that you like to implement ? That's quite a question. Many people (me included) don't really know what needs doing, what's on (or not on) SlimDevices' roadmaps, and whether they have time/resources allocated to tasks. I was browsing the 'Wine wiki' (http://wiki.winehq.org/) yesterday and they seem to have quite an open approach to development tasks. In particular: - 'To do list' (http://wiki.winehq.org/TodoList) - 'Fun projects' (http://www.winehq.org/site/fun_projects) - 'Janitorial tasks' (http://wiki.winehq.org/JanitorialProjects) I'd like to contribute time and code to making SqueezeCenter/SqueezeOS better, but it's difficult to know where to start. If there were wiki pages similar to the Wine ones, it'd be a useful resource for willing contributors. Me, I'd love to do a few janitorial tasks as a way of getting a broad overview of the codebase. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47811 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR
Hi all, I know there are probably definitive answers in the forum somewhere, but I can't find them! I'd like to connect a non-wireless device to the network using an SBR (or an SB3) as a bridge. So two questions: - Do I need a crossover ethernet cable, or will a normal cable do the job? I thought I'd read that the SBR is auto-sensing (so a crossover isn't needed) - How to enable bridging on the SBR? I tried Robin's Net-UDAP tool, but struggled with the settings... should I persevere with Net-UDAP, or is there an easier way? Thanks folks :) Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47358 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR
radish;299845 Wrote: If you use a non-crossover at least one of the devices (either end) must be autosensing. The SBR is, the SB3 is not. No easier way AFAIK. It works very well on an SB3, never tried on an SBR. That's great - Cheers, Mr Radish. I can confirm that the SBR *can* bridge with a normal (non-crossover) cable. For anyone else wanting to do the same: I set up the SBR as normal (with the SBC) so it could connect to my wireless network. Then pressed the front button til the light flashed red. Then connected the SBR via ethernet cable to my router, started Net-UDAP, discovered the SBR. The previously-configured settings were still intact. Then: set bridging=1 save_data reset ... was all that was needed to complete the bridge. While the SBR was rebooting, I switched the ethernet cable for one which connects the SBR directly to a shiny new 'Popcorn Hour' (http://www.popcornhour.com/). (For some reason, Net-UDAP couldn't discover the SBR unless it was hard-wired to my router) Thanks again (and thanks to Robin B for the Net-UDAP utility!), Matthew :) -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47358 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] QTFaireUse - cease and desist
Pale Blue Ego;272566 Wrote: If nobody ever bought DRM'ed music, this would not be an issue. Exactly! I'm minded to think that Apple has a point though: if you buy stuff from iTunes, then you're entering into an agreement which involves DRM-crippled downloads. If people agree to the iTunes Terms Conditions (which every user must do, even if they don't read the Ts Cs) then they shouldn't complain if Apple tries to force the users to obey those Ts Cs. Itlan;272649 Wrote: Im still amazed, pay Amazon $10 and get a DRM free higher bitrate sample or Apple $10 and get DRM'd lower bit rate. Just dont get how iTunes has legs. I love iTunes Plus but buying DRM w/o hymn anymore is crazy! I think one of the main reasons is laziness. Many folks can't be bothered doing through the buy CD/rip/tag process, so will settle for lower quality lossy tunes. Ironically, they'll happily perform the 'remove-DRM' task if possible, which is weird... Another reason iTunes will win is because of tie-in. Buy and iPod? Use iTunes. Buy Apple TV? Use iTunes. Buy any Mac? Get iTunes -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43829 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music
seanadams;271736 Wrote: Actually, none of the ripping operations are allowed to do this because of a precedent set by a record industry lawsuit against a tape dubbing company some 20 years ago. You have to rip _the customer's_ CD to make a copy for him, even if you've ripped it a million times before. Sorry I can't find a reference - maybe someone else remembers the name of the company. Ack, what a pain. But at least the ripping can be automated... they can probably reuse the cleaned-up tags from one rip to the next. (And the making the tagging consistent is my least favourite task) maggior;271771 Wrote: A ripping business I'm sure would have an automated setup with a robotic arm that would load the discs into the reader from a hopper and use some special database. Though somebody has to load the hopper! :-) ... and they need to get the CDs back in the correct box! M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43724 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Newbie questions on SB2 playing songs from PC
pcumming;272065 Wrote: As for SHUFFLE. I did not have a playlist. I thought SHUFFLE would shuffle through the subdirectory of songs on my PC. So now I know you need to use Random Mix for that. Strictly speaking, whenever you press Play, a temporary playlist is created for you - and it's that playlist which is played. What's on the SB2 screen when you press Play? You say it's playing the same song over and over - did you hit play while the track was being shown? If so, try pressing play when the containing folder (or album, or artist) is shown instead, If you enable 'shuffle', tracks in the current playlist will be shuffled - you need to make sure the playlist has more than one track. (Forgive me if I've got this completely wrong though!) Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43770 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New York Times Article on Digital Music
It's funny that he identified both a problem, and found a set of solutions. Then he discounted the solutions because he couldn't be bothered implementing them. His loss... -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43724 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Some observations from a non-geek
Dekker22;268815 Wrote: It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious vested interest in the slim device. However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user. Yes, there are a lot of SlimDevices / LogitechSMS employees who post here (though sometimes I think it could be made more obvious whether a poster is employed by Logitech) Me, I guess I'd fall into your vested interest bracket. For me, I'm a music lover, a programmer and a geek. I've invested a fair bit of time and energy into writing Squeezebox-related code - for my own use mainly. The nature of the SlimDevices community is that new code/features/innovations is shared, in the hope that it'll be useful to others. We're a pretty pragmatic bunch, we don't expect everything to be perfect and (on the whole, I think) we respond well to constructive criticism. A good example of this, for me, is the LiveDepartures thread. Some folks had suggestions, some had usability issues. For others, it didn't work at all. But they were able to give nice detailed fault reports and things are quickly fixed. Compare that to a lot of threads recently where someone's just said that something is sh*t. Given the amount of effort that SlimDevices (and us third-party development folk) put into the product, you shouldn't be surprised if someone takes offense. :-) Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43426 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
djfake;268947 Wrote: Also, why doesn't the old remote for the Squeezebox not work with the SBR? The SBR has no infra-red detector. And even if it did have one, there's no screen to get any visual feedback from your IR remote's commands. -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode for Squeezecenter
Khuli;268067 Wrote: 1. Pressing 'Play' on a track inserts it at the current point in the playlist and plays it immediately, before continuing on with the existing playlist. I thought the pressing play stops the current track was the main gripe in the Sucks thread. Agree with your other suggestions though :-) M -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43350 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why Squeezebox sucks...
jeffmeh;267807 Wrote: I suppose that I have been using the Squeezeboxen long enough that I am used to the remote interface. However, I do remember making the same mistake numerous times in the early days (hitting play and clearing out a playlist that I had spent a bunch of time putting together). I agree with the OP that this action is not very intuitive from a user interface design perspective. Intuitively, who is going to think that play is really clear current playlist and play, before either reading the manual or learning through error? I tend to think of Play as meaning Play Now, and it's probably been the default behaviour for too long to consider changing it in SqueezeCenter. I would agree that there may be an opportunity for a 'party mode' which would change the default Play behaviour, present a customized main menu, remove access to 'settings', etc... But, whether it's intuitive or not, it doesn't make the Squeezebox suck. A silly start to (yet another) thread. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
djfake;268009 Wrote: Well the first question is then definitely FALSE. One cannot just buy the SBR and expect to use it like the old Squeezebox. Logitech - this stinks. Why will you not sell a reasonably priced hardware device for use with Slimserver? All I need is a wired-only, no display device. The SBC is currently required in order to configure the SBR. Don't be surprised, though, if changes are made to de-stink that requirement. Logitech SMS have said that their immediate concerns are with shipping the Duet (ie, SBR and SBC together). Even with community involvement, there are still finite development resources - but the incremental software updates will surely continue. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller
vmissel;267899 Wrote: Is the controller not available for purchase separately? I went to the site today and could not find it. It seems to me that it was there just days ago... BTW; Other than initial minor, mostly self inflicted issues I have not had a problem with this (SB3) from purchase through enjoyment! I love this thing!!! It will be available for purchase, but Logitech are currently concentrating on putting the Duet (ie, Controller + Receiver) into the distribution channels first. Matthew -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43337 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Lou1z;267300 Wrote: a nas can't do everything a pc can do!! Yep, true. But I don't *want* my NAS to do everything a PC can do. If I'd wanted that, I'd have bought another PC. My NAS runs SlimServer, handles network printing for my other machines, downloads podcasts, performs automatic backups to _'rsync.net' (http://www.rsync.net/)_*, is my Subversion server, and other stuff besides. I don't see the relevance of your virtualization argument, even though I concede you're correct that 2008 will be its big year. True there are potential power savings if one can run multiple virtual machines on a single physical box, but that physical box still consumes power. In the context of listening to music via a Squeezebox, I'd rather have a 15 watt NAS running, than have a virtualized (or even non-virtualized) Microslop O/S running on a machine which consumes ten times that. Horses for courses mate! A single headless low-power box does it for me. :-) * rsync.net is -very much- recommended, by the way -- mflint 'LiveDepartures plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/LiveDepartures) - 'GoalRush plugin' (http://insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/GoalRush) - 'Occasional blog' (http://insignificant.org/) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBR Signal Strength
Mine's arrived too - and is currently sitting under my desk at work. Her Ladyship has kindly agreed to do all of the setup from a non-techie perspective - I will take notes of the whole process. I have one suggestion for Slim/UPS: having new toys arrive at 9am to a work address is just cruel. Suggest that delivery times after 4pm would allow for more concentration on the day job ;-) -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43185 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Losing an Opportunity
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 Question: Do you agree with this posting? - Yes - No - In the middle Waaah, cross-post madness! -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5
Lou1z;266793 Wrote: ummm... how do i know that my a2's have powered off? I don't know about the A2s, but my A5s do have a slight hum when there's no music playing. I'd hope that the auto-power-off will stop the hum. (My A5s, and the attached SB2, are both connected to the same power supply with a physical switch, so I've never needed to use the auto-power-off feature) Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40455 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??
Hang on... the original poster asked a straightforward question, and received a straightforward answer. I don't see how that is in any way offensive - don't shoot the messenger. In fact, the only confrontational part of the whole discussion (as far as I can see) is the very first bit: Australians being screwed on price??. The thread hardly got off to a good start. Having a go at Mike because he can't change prices (or achieve World Peace) ain't going to help. If you seriously do have a problem with pricing (and I would be minded to agree - as a Brit I'm used to similar pricing differences) then you need to target the right people: email Logitech and pester your local distributors. Alternatively, get a friendly US resident to ship you one. Buy one on Ebay US. Or buy a 10 return flight to the States and buy your transporter there. Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??
We're talking about a business here, not a charity. As such, it has a business model which works on market forces, regional sales strategies and suchlike. The two major driving forces of a competitive business are, in no particular order, shareholders and the balance sheet. That's it. We'd all like to think that the customers and the technology come first, but that ain't so. It's not run from Sean's garage anymore, and Sean's dog gave up soldering Slimp3's long ago. Compared to a few years ago, the hardware has improved, the software has improved beyond recognition and it sounds like the support system and warranties have improved too. I don't see how that's a step backwards. How much does a Sonos system cost? Price that and get back to us We all quickly guessed that the Duet was being pitched against Sonos - and many (me included, and a load of folks on the Sonos forums too) are pretty excited about that. But now it's on the forum in black-and-white, and someone suggests we might make a direct price comparison, why cry foul? all we can do is vote with our wallets and never buy another Logitech device Well, good luck with that. I'm not sure it'd be the right strategy for me. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??
Mike-B;266140 Wrote: Well yawn, thanks for the obvious statement. *sigh* I'm not trying to inflame the situation, just wanted to point out that it's unrealistic to expect prices in different regions to be broadly similar, however much you (and me too) want it. I can't explain why, not even when factoring in the often-quoted shipping/taxes/exchange rate risk arguments we often hear. It's just a fact of life. In the UK, as far as technology goes, $1=£1 for most stuff, and has been for years. The only possible reason is if we can get away with charging more, we will - because that makes the bean-counters happy. 'msherman' put it better than me when he said If you want your message heard by people who might actually be able to do something about it, posting here won't help. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any plans on Jive desktop application?
slimpy;264609 Wrote: I think there are plans to replace Softsqueeze with a jive based application. -s. Oh - I'd be disappointed if SoftSqueeze goes away, as it was instrumental in my decision to buy the first SqueezeBox! Making a jive-based application more widely available is a good idea, but it would be better as a companion to SoftSqueeze, not a replacement. Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42947 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Martin_z;264282 Wrote: Has the controller got a headphone socket? (Even if it's not implemented yet?) Yes - and it's not implemented yet :-) Martin_z;264282 Wrote: I have two squeezeboxes so I think I only need a controller - right? Right. Martin_z;264282 Wrote: And where do I find squeeze centre 7? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/7.0/ -- mflint SB3 - SB2 - SBC - 'Audioengine' (http://www.audioengineusa.com/) A5 - Also MiscellaneousCrappyAmp - SimilarSpeakers - 'Beer' (http://www.roosters.co.uk/) - 'IrishWhisky' (http://www.bushmills.com/) - 'Curry' (http://www.mem-saab.co.uk/) - 'Football' (http://www.ycfc.net/) - Chips - LetThereBeRock mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox update without a remote control
There is a setting somewhere for automatic firmware updates, so no need to press 'Brightness'. Don't remember where the setting is though... (Hope that was vaguely helpful!) Matthew -- mflint SB3 - SB2 - SBC - 'Audioengine' (http://www.audioengineusa.com/) A5 - Also MiscellaneousCrappyAmp - SimilarSpeakers - 'Beer' (http://www.roosters.co.uk/) - 'IrishWhisky' (http://www.bushmills.com/) - 'Curry' (http://www.mem-saab.co.uk/) - 'Football' (http://www.ycfc.net/) - Chips - LetThereBeRock mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42892 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Play this album?
Just like the others have said... but if you don't want to interrupt the currently-playing track, press and hold Add. The album will be added to the playlist after the current track. When the album completes, random play will continue. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42781 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox duet powered speakers
Another vote here for the 'Audioengine 5' (http://audioengineusa.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=77), though I must admit they are overkill for the SB2 in my kitchen! Audioengine have recently released the 'A2' (http://audioengineusa.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=79) which is smaller but apparently duplicate[s] the signature sound of the Audioengine 5's in a much smaller package. I suspect these may fit well in the study, when the SBR arrives! :) Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
Robin Bowes;259445 Wrote: mflint wrote: I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matthew, What HDD do you have in your Kurobox? I've been trying to use a Seagate ST3500630A (500GB) but it just runs too damn hot. R. Mine's a Seagate too, 320GB. Model ST3320620A. Is the cooling fan running in your Kuro? -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
shawkie;259280 Wrote: I have decided that my current QNAP TS101 is nowhere near powerful enough for SC7 (I reckon it needs at least 256MB RAM). I looked at upgrading it but I can't find anything that ticks all the boxes. Most cheap NAS boxes are too limited in CPU and RAM. Mini-ITX based systems are too big and power hungry (IMHO). That only really leaves Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX. My main problem here is price and finding one with Gigabit ethernet. Then there is the cost and limited functionality of the Squeezebox Controller. So I think I'm going to seriously look at writing a native remote control application (much like Moose) for the Axim PDA. This should give me much more control over the user interface than a web-based solution and it will use a local copy of the database so it should be very fast. I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Play Commodode 64 SID music in slimserver
beefystripper;259013 Wrote: Hi all, I have a huge collection of Commodore 64 music on my server and it would be so cool to be able to play it through the squeezebox. The format is .sid and I found this link describing how to set it up on linux (tried it on Windows but it didnt work). Has anyone managed to play C64 sid files on Windows? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18221highlight=C64 Thanks Beefy Beefystripper, (Your username, I must admit, disturbs me greatly) If Google doens't know of any sid-to-wav conversion tools for Windows, your best bet might be to find a friendly linux user who would be willing to convert your sids into mp3s or flacs. You linked to a post which allows SlimServer to perform sid-to-wav conversion on the fly. I wonder whether a one-off conversion might be easier to perform. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42284 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!
I think we're getting a little to worked up about nothing here. We should think ourselves lucky that: 1. the hardware and firmware of the SB3 is so mature and reliable 2. SqueezeCenter is GPL We are lucky that SlimDevices originally decided to put most of the functionality, the stuff we all tinker with and expand, in a GPL'd piece of software, and not the closed firmware or hardware of the Squeezebox. If Microslop were to buy Logitech, then so be it. Yes, we might lose some of the cool-factor, but so what? The source is open, so someone will fork it. And when it forks, the only thing lost is incremental improvements to firmware. Which ain't that much of a loss, considering its maturity. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Uh Oh
Uh Oh indeed - that would be horrid, unless Logitech SMS could retain some autonomy with respect to open standards and DRM, etc. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Uh Oh
Reuters newswire Wrote: ZURICH, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Swiss-based Logitech's LOGN.VX largest shareholder and board member Daniel Borel said he had no reason to sell his stake in the computer peripherals group and declined to comment on rumours MicrosoftMSFT.O could bid for the firm. I am a co-founder of Logitech. Would you be willing to sell your child? Borel told Reuters in an interview when asked whether he would be prepared to sell his 6 percent stake in Logitech. I have no reason to sell. But I will not be the one to decide. I own only some 6 percent so I will neither enable nor prevent a sale of Logitech. At the end the shareholders will be the ones who will decide if they want to sell, said Borel. Borel declined to comment on rumours that Microsoft, the world's largest software firm would make a bid for Logitech, the world's largest maker of computer mice. Rumours are rumours. I can't make any specific comment on them, said Borel, Logitech's former chairman. Microsoft is above all a software company -- it is a very, very large company and only in a couple of small fields we compete with each other, said Borel when asked whether Microsoft would be a good partner for Logitech. Logitech is a company that is in great shape. It is growing nicely and above all it has a strong vision for the future, he said. Thursday, 10 January 2008 11:39:50 Also, looks like the trading community isn't convinced that this is any more than speculation and they're not getting excited at all. I don't think I'll start panicking yet! -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a 'no GUI' SoftSqueeze client?
'squeezeslave' (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169) -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
Pokersut;255479 Wrote: Will Duet only talk to SqueezeCenter, or is it compatible with SlimServer as well? Since the Receiver is said to be essentially an SB3 without display, I am hoping it is compatible. The new remote (Squeezebox Controller) will only work with SqueezeCenter 7. It may be that the SB Receiver will work with 6.5 (anyone?) but you'd then have to control it via the web interface... Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...
Disclaimer: I haven't tried this! But... If your server is linux-based or *BSD-based, then FUSE [1] might come to your rescue. There's a FUSE-based filesystem called CDDFS [2] which allows the audio CD to be 'mounted', and the tracks appear as WAV files. So you could just select an empty directory in your music library folder as the mountpoint. This would (of course) only be a starting point, as it raises more questions than it answers: - slimserver would index the virtual WAVs into its database - you probably wouldn't want that - no track metadata, and titles would probably be something non-descriptive like track001.wav [1] http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems [2] http://castet.matthieu.free.fr/cddfs/ -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41577 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...
bpa;252927 Wrote: mplayer will play a CD and I think CD playing works across all platforms. Using mplayer with SC has been proven with AlienBBC. I know mplayer can be told to play a selected track - I'm not sure whether it will play a whole CD. All that is needed is a small plugins that defines a protocol handler (e.g. cdrive:) and a parser to get pass the track number to mplayer (e.g. cddrive://1) To SC it would behave like a stream and not a file and so would not be entered into the database. Yep, that's probably the best way to go. Would it be possible to get metadata from CDDB too? Incidentally, I'm currently listening to Aerosmith using the CDDFS method. It just works... :-) -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41577 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Couple of nagging questions...
For playing audio CD thru mplayer, I've had some success with: Code: mplayer -cache 1024 cddb:// where the cache setting is necessary (on my machine) to prevent stuttering. And this performs a CDDB query too -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41577 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?
I've been running SC7 for some time now, and haven't noticed any speed differences between SC7 and SC6.5. That's not to say that there aren't speed differences - but in my experience any difference isn't significant enough to be noticed in every-day use. A complete rescan still takes a while, but I do run SC7 on a KuroBox, so it's not SqueezeCenter's fault! Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41142 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox question before i buy
SuperQ;248913 Wrote: Download slimserver now! It's free, and you can test it out before you buy the squeezebox hardware. http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html And give Softsqueeze a try too - this is a Squeezebox / Transporter software emulation. In my experience (sorry, Mr Titmuss!) it's not been quite as sturdy in its operation as the real thing, but Softsqueeze will certainly give you a chance to give the user interface a test-drive. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41035 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Added Second SB3 - now stuttering other issues
Have you tried running the SB3's wired (temporarily)? This would allow us to rule out wireless config and/or interference issues. M -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40420 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Added Second SB3 - now stuttering other issues
Is this when you're playing both SB3's? The same, or different stuff? If when both are playing, does the stuttering stop when the other player is stopped? Are you transcoding the music on the server? If so, does your server have enough 'grunt' for the job? Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40420 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Vote of thanks
I need to second all of the above comments. It's a revelation. Since getting the SB2 and the SB3, I've been listening to stuff that I'd long forgotten about. RandomPlay is a godsend! AlienBBC yes! Jive? Adorable! Visitors love it, Her Indoors loves it, my parents didn't know quite what to make of it. But they loved it, I could tell. And I sit here now writing Perl into the early hours. On a work night. In between placing bids on SlimP3's on eBay. (Damn!) Keep up the good work lads and lasses... Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39322 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
meltingrobot;233832 Wrote: A way to play music from a certain decade. I like the ability to pick by Genre, but it would be cool to also be able to play just 80's music. Erland's CustomBrowse plugin will do decades. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Router issues
MAC spoofing ... pretty advanced hacking Not so. It's opening a dialog in Windows (or in MacOS, or Linux, or the correct menu in Squeezebox Network Config) and entering the new MAC address. There's nothing especially advanced about it, other than finding a suitable address to imitate. And that can be done by sniffing network traffic. And with wireless, you don't need any physical access to the network to sniff network traffic... For some time, I've had the opinion that you -don't- need to make your network impenetrable from the outside. Your network just needs to be -harder to crack than your neighbour's network-. (The average drive-by WiFi hacker is just after bandwith, not your 200Gigs of Flacs or your digital photos) MAC filtering, as a security mechanism, is poor in a world where many (most?) new routers ship with WEP or WPA encryption enabled out-of-the-box. As to the original poster's specific problem, are there other sources of interference nearby? Other routers, microwave ovens, neighbours using electric drills, etc? Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39088 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spam Attachements on Wiki Homepage
That's disappointing. I removed half-a-dozen spam attachments from the home page about two weeks ago. I hoped they wouldn't come back... M :-( -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38864 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] router problems
jellyman1;229485 Wrote: I have a Squeezebox mk1. Recently I changed from a netgear wireless router to a D-Link and have been unable to connect slimserver to squeezebox even with an ethernet link. Is this an encryption problem? the box doesn't seem to recognise the wireless key. I'ld be grateful for any advice. When using wired ethernet, there's no need for the WPA or WEP wireless key. Does the new router have its own DHCP server? If so, it could be that the new router is using a different IP range, so your Squeezebox will be looking for the server at its old IP address. If that's the case, you might like to try holding down 'left' button, to search again for the SlimServer on the new network range. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38642 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't create tunnels in PuTTY
It's worth remembering that the Tunnel Destination setting (either Remote or Local) is from the perspective of the SSH Server, not of the PuTTY client. (It caused me much head-scratching when I first tried tunnelling) Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38321 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AComData Hybrid drives to run SlimServer
After looking briefly at their specs, I would very much doubt it. You'd be better looking at NAS machines such as the Kurobox / Linkstation or Thecus. (I happily run a Kurobox, but there's some not-insignificant hacking to do whatever NAS you choose) Take a look at the Third Part Hardware section of these forums. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38306 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I get a consistent volume?
As Michael says, Replaygain is what you need. I've added replaygain to everything in my library (using a nightly add replaygain script). It's good, but I'm afraid not perfect, as there still are volume differences occasionally. So while Replaygain may allow playback volume to be adjusted so the peak volumes are consistent, it's not the same as normalising -my perception- of volume. I don't understand why :( -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I get a consistent volume?
Des;224186 Wrote: Wasn't there also a view that using the volume control feature of the SB3 slightly degraded the sound quality? There was - I seem to remember a thread on these forums where someone asserted that any volume adjustment in the digital domain will be lossy. I also seem to remember someone (possibly Sean) explaining at some length about how insignificant it is... -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38058 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Still possible to buy SlimDevices (not Logitech) SB3 in UK?
Ecodigital get the thumbs-up from me. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush and LiveDepartures plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why the focus on specialized NAS devices?
danm;219421 Wrote: Just curious. I took a spare, four year old Shuttle computer laying around. 1.6GHz processor, 2 gigs ram, with two 160GB disks. It's low power, quiet, powerful, cheap, upgradable, and easy. Cheap, upgradeable and easy - yes. Low power and quiet? Well that depends what you're comparing it to... ;-) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37416 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Interest in developing a low complixity SS
erland Wrote: users with large houses that needs to be able to play different music in different parts of the house, but also sometimes wants to play the same music in the whole house Yes! And it's not that large a house either, but I have two squeezeboxes and wouldn't rule out buying at least one more. erland Wrote: I suspect most people running SlimServer on a NAS is doing it because they don't have any other machine running 24/7. Yes again! vrobin Wrote: [browse cover art is] something I dream of Then maybe the community itself needs to find a way. I bet there are digital picture frames with ethernet, which can be controlled externally. I'm sure some enterprising folks could hack together a SlimServer plugin solution to control one of those... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37279 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Going from a PC to a Mac
UNCMo96;218372 Wrote: I thought about going the MacMini route, but for my purposes (just sharing the music) I thought the G4 should do fine... I have about 11,000 songs mostly in flac but some in mp3. Another reason to avoid the Mini is that you'd struggle to fit your 400Gb library on there! (Sure there are external firewire drives, but it just wouldn't feel right to me) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37278 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] sorting FLAC MP3 files
ashmore;217881 Wrote: I have two folders: one entitled Best Quality and the other entitled Smaller. The Best Quality folder contains (you guessed it ) my entire collection in the best quality format that I own it in. Thus it has a mixture of MP3 and FLAC. Slimserver is pointed at the Best Quality folder, so you have all your music available to you. Ditto... except my folders are called original and lossy. -music original --- flac --- mp3 lossy --- mp3 I use Robin Bowes' flac2mp3 script to keep the lossy part of the tree up to date. Someday I'll hack the script to have it also copy mp3s to the target location... or I'll raise an enhancement request ;-) Best of luck with those girls, Ashmore! ;-) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37176 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internal hard drive?
You may find that the USB or firewire enclosure may not expose all of the drive's powersaving capabilities compared to fitting the drive internally. But whether that has good or bad effects on reliability is open to debate! -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37039 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which speakers?
I bought a pair of 'white AudioEngine A5' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=37)s a while back for the kitchen, and I'm very happy with them... (Though others on the SlimDevices forum have different views) The only downside is that they'd burst your budget, coming in at £200. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?
I use a pair of Audioengine 5's with an SB2 in my kitchen. They sound pretty good, to a non-audiophile ear. The only thing that bugs me is the audible thump as they're turned off... Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36294 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
I can recommend the service from _'Ecodigital' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?main_page=product_infocpath=8products_id=52)_. (I have no connection to Ecodigital) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 Question: When you listen to music, do you connect to Slim Server or SqueezeNetwork? - a) 100% of the time to Slimserver (on computer or NAS drive) - b) 75% of the time on Slimserver / 25% on SqueezeNetwork - c) 50% of the time on Slimserver / 50% on SqueezeNetwork - d) 25% of the time on Slimserver / 75% on SqueezeNetwork - e) 100 % of the time on SqueezeNetwork mrfantasy;208495 Wrote: I mean 100% rounding up. It's like 99%. I haven't looked at SqueezeNetwork in quite a while. aolYep, me too./aol -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] RadioShark etc
(The discussion started in _'this_thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=205434)_, and I feel guilty about hijacking the thread...) Yes, it looks like this RadioShark idea has got legs. I won an eBay auction, so will have a play with server-side streaming from a RadioShark. I'd guess it could use similar concepts to the good work already done by the AlienBBC crew. If any other RadioShark owners would like to collaborate in a proof-of-concept hack, I'd be very interested. (I'm making no promises about success, obviously!) Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35720 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market
OK, I'm now feeling really bad about the threadjack... so started a new thread: _'RadioShark_etc' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35720)_ Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35685 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market
peterw;205348 Wrote: I recently bought a never opened Griffen Radio Shark so that my Slimserver host could stream local FM to my Squeezeboxes, including my kitchen setup that's just a Squeezebox, a bookshelf speaker, and a small amp hidden behind the speaker. I haven't gotten around to writing a plugin for changing the station because I usually listen to the same local station (whose 32k public internet stream is worse than questionable quality; it's sooo much better listening at 160k). Peter... A very timely post! I've wanted to do just that, and have been looking for a RadioShark. Hopefully I'll win one on Ebay soon... I'd want to get some tight integration to SlimServer - I like the idea of being able to retune via the squeezebox. (Dare I mention the possibility of pausing / rewinding too!?) Would be happy to collaborate on this if you have the time and inclination! Matthew ps: Kaizen28 apologies for the thread-jack! -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35685 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] All-In-One Device - does it exist... is there a market
Sike;205432 Wrote: The radio shark would be a cool solution, but what about DAB. Are there any recievers? There used to be a Psion waverider (or something like that) .. the only thing i can find now is Trinloc device: www.trinloc.com That would be my ideal solution, but there are no USB DAB radios that I can find which will work under linux I've searched. I've googled. I've emailed manufacturers directly, asking for advice, data sheets and words of encouragement. But, if I'm lucky enough to get a reply, it's always Sorry, not supported. (For your info, trinloc didn't reply to my emails) Unfortunately, my slimserver lives on a small PowerPC linux box (the KuroBox) so I'm very reluctant to invest in a new Windows box just for USB DAB hardware support... HEY LOGITECH! Have you ever considered making a USB DAB device!? ;-) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35685 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?
The _'RockBox_firmware' (http://www.rockbox.org/)_ supports flac as far as I know... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Delays from Amazon UK
I'd highly recommend _'ecodigital' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?manufacturers_id=9main_page=index)_... but it appears that they're completely out of stock too! :-O (I have no connection to Ecodigital, of course) M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...
CatBus;202449 Wrote: leaving [CDs] unattended gives me the willies) That made me giggle like a girl, imagining international readers of this forum trying to make sense of it. But thats probably because I'm British. Or drunk. Or both. :) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34495 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wireless can't connect to slimserver, wired can
I had a similar issue with an SB2... it had lost its MAC address, and my wireless router had MAC address filtering enabled. So I manually changed the MAC address to be the same as the one stamped on the label underneath, and all was cool and froody again. If that's not it, it might be helpful to describe exactly how / when it fails. When I switch on my SB2 and SB3, they go through a set process... connecting to wireless, getting IP address, etc. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35143 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine 5 Query
Ooh, that's interesting. I certainly wouldn't expect that load a hum. I ordered the very same yesterday, and from Ecodigital too. (Chose Ecodigital because of their efficiency in handling the order for my first Squeezebox) Hopefully it'll arrive tomorrow, so I'll have a listen over the weekend and report back. Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34976 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 power consumption
mortslim;197843 Wrote: another kid put a blowtorch on my butt *chuckle!* mortslim;197843 Wrote: 1. When you say 4-5 watts, is that per what - per hour? per day? 4-5 watts is the power that's continuously being used - there's no time function to that measurement. Power over time is measured in terms of kilowatt hours - and your electricity bill will be measured that way too. So something running for 8 hours, drawing 4 watts (0.004 kilowatts), would consume 0.032kWh. mortslim;197843 Wrote: 2. My refrigerator is 17 years old. Would I save by getting a new one? Probably - but there's no time component here either ;-) Chances are that your old refrigerator isn't very efficient, so a new one will use less juice... so it will save you money eventually, but you might have to wait a while before the electricity savings are greater than the cost of the new device... -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34789 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Remote
killie99;197677 Wrote: Did you get hit with import duty/vat? If so how much was it? It might be a little early to ask that question when I bought my Kurobox from the US, the import duty bill didn't arrive until a month after the Kuro itself! Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34780 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Do you run SlimServer on XP or Linux?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34738 Question: Do you run SlimServer on Windows or Linux? - I run SlimServer on Windows on my main PC - I run SlimServer on Windows on a secondary PC - I run SlimServer on Linux on my main PC - I run SlimServer on Linux on a secondary PC - I run SlimServer on Linux on dedicated hardware such as an NAS (e.g. QNAP, etc.) - I use something else... My SlimServer box is a KuroBox. 266MHz PPC processor, 128Mb RAM, running Gentoo Linux. Very happy with it... and it's surprisingly responsive too, even the web interface, with a library of approximately 2500 tracks. Besides SlimServer, it only does NFS, SSH, NTP and (occasionally) BitTorrent. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34738 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking for a used SB2 wireless
I successfully bought one on eBay and had it shipped to the UK from Oz. It did require a little patience, but they do appear on eBay every so often :-) M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34377 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?
You could probably argue it's OK if you only give him ripped copies of music that he already owns... alternatively, you could borrow some of his favourite CDs and rip them for him, or introduce him to some funky new tunes that you download from a legal free music website. It is silly though. I'm not ashamed to say I've taken copies of music from friends. If I like it, I'll buy it. If I don't, it gets sent to /dev/null. Everyone's a winner surely? M -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34366 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] wavefinder/dvb help
adamslim;194186 Wrote: I think there is a linux plug-in that enables you to play dvb radio via your Squeezebox, but it does not work under windows. Might we have some confusion here between radio broadcast via DVB and DAB radio? Last week I spent the best part of two hours looking for a USB DAB radio thingybob with Linux support, and failed completely to find anything that wasn't Windows only. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34376 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver won't start!
Which version of slimserver? Which operating system? -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34201 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WTB: SB3 wireless
I successfully bought a SqueezeBox on ebay after setting up an email alert. That way you don't need to search every day. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33497 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver service no longer starts automatically
Are there any tell-tale messages in the Windows Event Viewer? Does the SlimServer service depend on other services which may not be starting in time? -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34203 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] While I wait to get my SB3 - External Hard Drives
Arca;192447 Wrote: I was contemplating picking up a 500GB USB 2 external hardrive (7200rpm,16mb buffer), but before I did, I want to be sure there are no common problems. Some people have had problems with SlimServer not being able to find music on external USB drives, but (as far as I know) it's always been a permissions problem when running on a unixy-type box. It's certainly fixable... Arca;192447 Wrote: Along the same lines, my computer goes into standby (S3), and I was wondering if the SB3 can nudge it awake, and if that would cause any difficulties with the external drive (like not being recognized). Just want to be sure before I drop $150.00 on another drive. I have noticed my SB2 and SB3 occasionally say Waking up SlimServer when they're powered on... but I've never needed to rely on it. (My SlimServer box is an always-on, low-power Kurobox) See also _'this_recent_thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32674)_ for a discussion about waking up a sleeping server... I guess your server box's ethernet card would need to support _'WOL' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN)_? Congratulations on the new purchase - welcome to the club! :-) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
What did the broadband guy install? Might there be a new router or something on your network which is handing out new IP addresses? If so, you might want to disable the DHCP server on the new router, or move all your other machines (Squeezeboxes included) over to the new IP address scheme... What happens if you press and hold [Left] on your SB remote, to set up networking again? My SBs will scan the network for available servers... Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
Orb;192254 Wrote: Yeah, SB's started looking for a new IP which it seemed to find, they it goes to connecting to slim server and just goes blank. If I power on again, it says waking up slim server and then goes blank. Slim server cannot see any of the SB's either. It could be that both SlimServer and your Squeezeboxes have new IP addresses, but the Squeezebox is still looking for the server at its old address... I'd set up networking again on the SB, by holding the [Left] button on the remote. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] look familiar?
What's the date? (I particularly like _'this_one' (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/lebedev.shtml)_!) -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34071 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Original - no sound output through rca jacks
For what it's worth, I recently picked up a bargain SB2 on ebay. Keep your eyes peeled there if you didn't want to buy new... (The SB2 has a more 'kitchen-friendly' shape than my SB3 and I've performed the display-flip operation too) -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33768 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bye bye Squeeze Box, sob, sob, sniff, sniff...
ModelCitizen;184589 Wrote: Check that it has the correct mac address. Sometimes Squeezebox's lose their correct Mac address and then you get exactly what you're descibing. I assume you've already factory reset it. MC I had exactly that problem with my SB2. The wireless appeared to be faulty, but in fact the Mac address had changed to FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF and my wireless router had Mac address filtering turned on... Easily fixed, but I was concerned for a while! Matthew -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33210 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Garage SB3
seanadams;179815 Wrote: I even saw them grind one up and put it in a x-ray spectrometer to look for lead, mercury, chromium etc. Fun stuff! You won't be laughing when the pile of dust lands on your desk for repair. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32676 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Batteries and Beer Hang my SqueezeBox
I had a problem like that with SlimServer version 6.5.0 which appears to have been fixed in 6.5.1. Bug report '_here_' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4365) - I wonder if you get the same error in your logs...? -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32313 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet load / trace
You may be able to track that on your router (or whatever you use to connect to the internet) - but that'd depend on your router. Or it could be done on your slimserver machine - but that would depend on which operating system it uses... but also to check that nothing is running in the background using the internet that I don't want to. A firewall would be ideal for that. Either a software one (ZoneAlarm for Windows or iptables for Linux) or the firewall in your router. -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32079 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Speaker stand recommendations?
adamslim;156823 Wrote: If you have carpets, get some 2-inch cross-head screws, screw them into the floorboards through the carpet, and put the speaker on spikes on these. It gets them rock-solid, and is actually better for the carpet. Of course, you need to sort out the speaker positioning first... I agree entirely! I've done this at home and it does work well, but you're limited, of course, with the height that the speakers can be raised above floor level. And without wishing to state the obvious, 3 screws per speaker...! -First shalt thou take out the Holy Pile of Screws. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, screwest thou thy Holy Screws of Antioch into thy floor, who, being wooden in My sight, shall blah blah...- -- mflint mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29921 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sonos - Support for M$ DRM
Bleh from me too - though I'm sure it'll help Sonos' marketing people
push for more market share.
I think you'd struggle to find anyone (apart from record company execs)
who think DRM is a great idea. The only way for DRM to ultimately
succeed is by companies like Slim and Sonos deciding to support it. I
sincerely hope Slim don't go the same route.
Thanks but no thanks Sonos! :-{
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