Re: [slim] Connect Laptop to Transporter to utilise it`s lovely DAC
Looks cool, and half the price of some of the others. Looks to have an xmos chip. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SMSL-X-USB-XMOS-USB-to-Spdif-Converter-DAC-Support-384KHZ-DSD64-DSD128-IIS-HDMI-/222141324141 Thanks very much for all the responses so far, its much appreciated. scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105906 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Connect Laptop to Transporter to utilise it`s lovely DAC
Man in a van wrote: > Raspberry pi3 with HiFiBerry Digi Plus running LMS on Raspbian > Jessie-lite with Squeezelite (or piCorePlayer) > > If your in the UK, about £60 (some uk retailers supply the digi+ I > believe) > > Ronnie looks great if I ever get into raspberry pi based players, but not for now. ATM I`m only interested in connecting my laptop. scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105906 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Connect Laptop to Transporter to utilise it`s lovely DAC
Man in a van wrote: > what is the max file resolution you intend to use? I only intend to use it for Spotify Premium and also for audio from youtube - so I guess 44khz? ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105906 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Connect Laptop to Transporter to utilise it`s lovely DAC
Hi all, bit of advice if you can please.. I am planning for the eventual demise of Spotify on squeezebox, so I`m looking to connect my laptop to the DAC in my Transporter as a contingency. I`m looking at one of these. Anyone got any thoughts or alternative suggestions? HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK/MUSILAND-03USD-32BIT-384KHZ-USB3-0/DP/B00H366JHW/REF=PD_CART_WL_2_1?IE=UTF8=41IGANPBAQL=SIMS=_SL500_SR135%2C135_=1=X2EG92MHRJFP4X56QSQ3 Cheers! scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105906 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Combine a Spotify playlist with local files?
__pippin wrote: > That's because you need the "Playlist Manager" plugin to directly add > tracks to a stored playlist in LMS I tried installing Playlist Manger and didn't get any change in behaviour at all. Perhaps the plugin isn't functioning. I`ll try uninstalling/reinstalling. ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105651 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Combine a Spotify playlist with local files?
Mnyb wrote: > It works the other way around . In a LMS playlist you can add local > files and tracks from your services such as Spotify and Tidal etc. > > PlaylistManager then helps ,because you can permanently add tracks to > your already existing playlists . > > Or you can just add Spotify tracks or files to now playing ,and maybe > later save now laying as a playlist ,or overwrite an existing list. When I have a Spotify track playing (using official plugin) , if I select "Add to playlist" the only playlists which come up are the ones I have on Spotify - none of my local playlists are shown. Is it definitely possible to add Spotify tracks to a locally hosted LMS playlist? ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105651 ___ 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 ...
Antoniop wrote: > Your app is great, works like a charm, it's worth its price ! I just stumbled on this thread. Purchased immediately. 3 quid to have a squeezebox in your pocket is a freaking bargain. ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 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] Support Going forward.
amey01 wrote: > It mystifies you? Really? That they would sell (and take money from, and > make profit from) a product dependent on this service, then stop the > service? > > That would be unethical and unscrupulous. > > There is no way that you could support the ethical abhorrence in this > scenario, and in most jurisdictions this would also be illegal. Pragmatism will do you much better than Ranting :cool: We are where we are. LMS isn't going anywhere. Mysqueezebox.com is going to die - its simply a matter of timing. Better to admit that, understand what services will be affected, and plan for it. ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105647 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Support Going forward.
garym wrote: > no one knows the timing. when it does, direct internet radio playback > will still work. Even some services. For example, with ickstream one can > get spotify, tidal. I have to say that it mystifies me that Logitech would continue to put budget into maintaining Mysqueezebox.com when they get no revenue for it. scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105647 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which Services not supported on Transporter?
mherger wrote: > As you've got a Duet it's safe to say that you'll be able to stream > anything on the Transporter which does stream on the Duet's Receiver. > > Spotify wouldn't work out of the box. But as you're running LMS anyway, > you might overcome this limitation by installing a 3rd party Spotify > plugin. That's much better than I expected. Thanks! ---- scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105664 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Which Services not supported on Transporter?
No transporter thread, so posting here, hope thats OK. I`ve ordered one NIB from the US. Comes tomorrow. Very excited. Only need it for streaming local music files, but curious what other services it may support. Does it support the BBC iplayer plugin I currently use on my 2 radios and duet? Any major services it doesn't support? Cheers! scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105664 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Support Going forward.
I recently abandoned a doomed experiment with sonos and have come home to Squeezebox (far superior for me :D ) - so much so, that I`ve now added a transporter to my collection. Im interested (and amazed) and the current level of support the community enjoys. Its abundantly clear that this product is alive and kicking! Which leads me to my question:: Presumably Logitech is spending money on certain services to keep thinks like spotify and tunein radio functions alive. Presumably one day Logitech may (quite understandably) stop spending that money, and we would lose these internet services as a consequence, and we are then forced to run standalone LMS servers without any supporting services. Is there any indication at all when this may happen? When it does, will direct internet radio playback still work? scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105647 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 2 players = 2 radio Streams?
Hi all, random question of the day... Sometimes I`ll have my Duet playing a radio station, and a SB Radio playing the exact same stream in another room. I don`t normally have the players sync`d. In this situation am I pulling the steam *twice* from the internet (i.e double the bandwidth being used)? Appreciate any input on this. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80794 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?
My CD`s will need to go up into the lost soon, as my daughter starts to get big enough to consider destroying them!! I note the why not just ditch them/sell them/give them away discussion. Notwitstanding the copyright infringement issues - Here`s why I won`t. I`ve had 3 instances now where I have had to re-rip CD`s because the (lossless) tracks won`t play at all, or are garbled. Backups tend to be useless in this situation, because the backups contain the same corruptions. So - the original media is still required in some rare cases. I`m sure many think this is not an issue, but it was for me, so I will keep them handy. Just my 2p -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 players = 2 radio Streams?
toby10;565109 Wrote: If playing from MySB.com, yes. If playing from SBS on your computer, no. Really? Thats very interesting. I run a WHS with squeezebox server, so youre telling me that I`m pulling just one stream when playing the same radio station on multiple players. Thats Perfect. In this situation, I note that the players have a slight delay beween them -I guess that must be caused by buffering then, rather than playing different streams. Of course I can sync if i want to sort that delay out. Many thanks for the info. I won`t be so picky now about turning off players when moving between rooms! -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80794 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 players = 2 radio Streams?
toby10;565128 Wrote: When Synced it's one stream through SBS, not if you are selecting the same stream through individual players. oh, ok. So unsync`d players will pull two streams like I feared. Bummer. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80794 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Music...
funkstar;559207 Wrote: Albums inherit the newest time stamp of all the files in that album. So if you edit a single track in some way and the time stamp changes, that whole album pops to the top of the New Music list. Could you please state specifically which timestamp you are referring to? Are you meaning the date last modified for the file, or some meta data field inside the file? Thanks! -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80132 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Program to Rip AND Burn to FLAC
iPhone;554753 Wrote: Can't vouch for the better half as I don't know her, but dBpowerAmp is my choice for Ripping, Converting, and Burning both Audio CDs from FLAC (same as original CD) or MP3 (cram more songs on a CD). I also concert FLAC to MP3 to put on my iPhone. It does all of these things well and does a good job of tagging also. Once setup properly by you, the better half should be able to just put in a CD, check that the feedback from the search is correct and click on rip. To burn, one uses the included CD Writer. YMMV but its been the best program for me. Used to use EAC, switched to dBpowerAmp and have never looked back. Many thanks for the recommendation - Just taken a look at the prices and its a bit too steep for something thats really a nice to have - $54+$18 for he family pack+17.5% tax=$84 AND 5$ a year after the 1st year for metadata. I think I`ll stick with WMA lossless and WMP 12 which is all free. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79666 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Program to Rip AND Burn to FLAC
aubuti;554904 Wrote: I'd be wary of chaining myself to a proprietary codec like WMA (lossless or lossy), and I also hate the way WMP litters my hard drive with little files. But to each his/her own. Yea, I know WMA is proprietry, but I`m of the opinion that if it aint broke and all that...Been using WMA lossless for over 5 years, and it hasn`t caused me one irritation. Just works. I was just interested in reducing the network overhead for my wireless SB radio`s, by going FLAC (I understand that WMA lossless is transcoded to WAV, meaning a bigger overhead for the wireless network) If I could get a ripper/burner for FLAC which was free or at least cheap, then I may have a reason to change. Right now, WMP12 works, and is free. For the moment at least, i can live with pushing more data over my wifi than I have to. Perhaps other products will come along which will change my mind. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79666 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Program to Rip AND Burn to FLAC
aubuti;554933 Wrote: I hear you, although since several free alternatives have been mentioned already it sounds like simplicity is at least equally important to you. That's a hard call because one person's simplicity is another person's complexity. You`re bang on - simplicity is v important - primarily for WAF. Also thanks to andynormancx for pointing out that WMA losless actually gets transcoded to FLAC - that kind of wipes out my main reason for going to FLAC. I don`t have any pressing need to seek though my WMA lossless files, so I`m thinking right now that theres no pressing reason to switch. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79666 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Program to Rip AND Burn to FLAC
I have recently changed my players to be all squeezeboxes (2 radios and a duet) and I love them. Its made me think that I would like to convert the existing music collection from WMA lossless to FLAC, and then run everything in FLAC (i.e. ripping new CD`s and, just as importantly, burning FLAC files to CD for the car. Can anyone suggest one program which can both rip CD`s to FLAC and Burn FLAC files to play in a CD player? Simplicity is important as the wife will want to use it. -- scoob101 scoob101's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4957 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79666 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
