Re: [slim] LMS must haves
Kidsplay! Essential because my kids continually screw up the preset buttons on their Radios by holding the button down too long. Read-only preset buttons is a life saver. The max volume thingy came in handy as well but not as much any more... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107726 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora yanks my players off server and attaches them to MSB
Well, I don't know what happened to my Pandora plug-in on my LMS but I went nuclear and completely uninstalled and reinstalled LMS (probably was due for that anyway). Pandora plug-in is now there and enabled. Behavior went away. All is good. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora yanks my players off server and attaches them to MSB
mherger wrote: > > Is there a plugin or a setting that I turned off that would allow a > > player to stream from Pandora and still be connected to LMS? > > Yes, it's called Pandora :-) > > -- > > Michael I was hoping it would be something that simple - but I don't see anything on the Plugins page in LMS for Pandora (both under active, inactive, or 3rd-party pluygins). I do see this: mysqueezebox.com services handler (v1.0) which has "Switch to mysqueezebox.com for services which are not supported on your Logitech Media Server" which I currently have enabled. I don't remember turning that particular one on recently... Might be time for me to flatten and reinstall my LMS anyway - maybe I'll see if it repro's on a brand new system. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora yanks my players off server and attaches them to MSB
I wonder if it's similar to this issue: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106894-Can-t-connect-to-mysqueezebox-com-from-LMS=mysqueezebox I'll try to see if my LMS is having problems connecting to MSB... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Pandora yanks my players off server and attaches them to MSB
So I was removing a bunch of plugins recently (i was getting a server crash from a media browser plugin) and I think I screwed something up with Pandora. Whenever one of my players (Radio or SB3) starts playing Pandora, it disconnects from my local library (LMS) and connects to Mysqueezebox.com to start streaming. This wouldn't be a problem except I can no longer see those players in my Squeeze Commander app. Is there a plugin or a setting that I turned off that would allow a player to stream from Pandora and still be connected to LMS? spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106936 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WTB: Squeezebox Classic or SB3
Mnyb wrote: > You could pick up Squeezebox Touch . its generally better for most use > cases . Better format support better wifi better app support , better > audio quality (measurably better , like all modern digital stuff > probably beyond human hearing , but its nominally better ). > > Unless you require some of the ir blaster plugins to works as before . > > Or having a very custimised UI and screensavers you *really* must have . Thanks for all of the responses everyone - I got a Touch and a Classic from some folks on this forum. I should be good to go for a while... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WTB: Squeezebox Classic or SB3
ralphy wrote: > There's an SB3 for sale as well as other players for sale. Details in > this thread. > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106253-FS-Touches-Classics-Teddy-Pardo-Power-Supplies Thanks! I'll check them out. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WTB: Squeezebox Classic or SB3
Fizbin wrote: > Did you try another PSU? In most cases these devices outlive them. Yah, I > actually had bought another PSU a while ago (it turned out to be another problem - the original PSU wasn't bad, it was the Wi-Fi card problem). Neither one works on it unfortunately :-(Oh well. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] WTB: Squeezebox Classic or SB3
Went downstairs to see why the old SB3 (pre-Logitech!) connected to my whole-house audio wasn't working. Looks like it's completely dead, won't power on. Does anyone have an old one laying around that they want to sell? I don't need remote - if there are flaws with the screen that's OK as well. I do need a functioning digital output and IR input (I think the only other device in the family that does that is the Touch or the Transporter, correct?). If I can't get a relatively inexpensive one I guess I can probably get the picoreplay thing going (although last time I checked that was kind of clunky with hooking up an IR receiver...) Thanks, Sped spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106300 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Combine a Spotify playlist with local files?
How are most of you handling this scenario? Of course my daughter wants some Taylor Swift songs on her playlist (she's not fooled by the Kidz Bop trickery anymore). Right now I have a button on her Radio that just points to a Spotify playlist. This is nice because I can add and remove songs for her using Spotify on my computer and the changes just show up next time she starts her playlist. Added bonus: I get to add some songs that she "should" be listening to as well. So assuming I have some local files that I want to intersperse with that playlist, what's my best bet? Is there a way to create a playlist of playlists? One pointing to a local playlist and one pointing to the Spotify playlist? spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 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] Sleep or Turn Off At x:00 every night?
Pascal Hibon wrote: > You could actually combine an alarm with the PowerSave plugin. > Set an alarm at 00:00 hours to play a very short mp3 (or whatever). Then > configure the powersave plugin to power off after 5 minutes or so. > That will switch off the radio 5 minutes after the alarm went off. I think PowerSave alone might be a perfect fit. I'll have to research exactly what it means by inactivity (does it essentially mean nobody has pressed a key for that player in x number of minutes?) since she basically falls asleep with it on. If it turns off after her not interacting with it for a while, then that might just work. Thanks for the ideas! spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sleep or Turn Off At x:00 every night?
Since my daughter moved into her new room upstairs there's been a few times that her SB Radio has played all night. I used to turn it off manually most nights but I'm too lazy to go upstairs. I thought it would be best to just set up a schedule where it turns off or starts sleep mode at 9:00 or 10:00 every night and not have to worry about it. Is there any easy way to do this? I suppose sending a CLI command for stop is easiest - I could probably set this up with a Windows Task or something. What's the easiest way to accomplish this? Maybe an alarm where I set it to a short quiet song? Is there a plug-in out there for something like this? spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Voice command
Would like to see it as a native Alexa "skill" as well. Definitely could do some cool things with IFTTT, probably similar to what this guy did by hooking up Squeezebox as a "device" in his Vera: http://www.myzwave.net/index.php/adding-voice-control-to-vera-z-wave-systems-using-amazon-echo/ Very basic functionality that way... would be nice if you could pull in some information from your Squeezebox metadata into the Alexa grammar file. I.e., she would know the names of your players, maybe all of the artists and album titles (songs might be too much), favorites, playlist names, etc. Even better would be able to do some free search on Spotify or Rhapsody and have her pull in results and send them to the Squeezebox. Or maybe seed a Pandora artist station... possibilities are endless really. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Controller without Receiver?
malaugh wrote: > I use squeezer on my phone and have also duet. I much prefer using the > duet controller to the phone. Maybe I am just used to it, but it seems > much easier to navigate with the "hard" scroll wheel than a touch > screen, and I like the easy to find and use track forward/back and pause > keys. I do not know if all apps do this but squeezer looses connection > when you do not use it for a while. So if you want to change the volume, > you have to swipe to unlock the phone, wait a couple of seconds for it > to find LMS again, then you can adjust the volume. I do agree that the > battery life is bad. It's also the best bet for the "non-power-user" out there. I put Ipeng on my wife's phone but she doesn't have any interest in it. She can grab the controller and get done what she needs to get done much more quickly. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104186 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Voice command
I started a thread a couple years ago and got yelled at by naysayers ;-) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?79734-Voice-Command-for-Squeezebox-Still-Not-Much-Interesthighlight=voice The key that I think is important is to make it non-comprehensive. Make it SIMPLE: It doesn't even have to be too complicated - I'm looking for commands like: Playlist Shane Favorites Random, Skip Track, Mute All, Sync All Players, Play Artist Pink Floyd, Play Album Dark Side of the Moon, etc. Sure there will be lots of easy ways to trip it up, but being able to say something like play favorite spa music would even be helpful... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104110 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Radio: Can IR port pass codes to Logitech Media Server?
olivier.playwithfree wrote: Sorry, you need to go to beginning of the thread I pointed to Thanks! That makes sense to monkey with the files on the device itself and set the mapping up there rather than going through the server. I'll play around with it... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103411 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
Cool - thanks. I'll give that a spin this afternoon when I get home and give you a shout. mherger wrote: You might be on to something - I tried to switch the SB3 back to my other server by first switching it to MSB.com and I got a message about needing to reset my MAC address and to contact support. Also when I go to MSB.com and look at my players it shows an IP address for the MAC address. I'll give 'em a shout. Please compare MAC addresses as printed on the device with the one reported in the settings. Feel free to send it to michael ät slimdevices dott com. -- Michael spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
pippin wrote: Might be another one of these cases where someone with a spoofed MAC has the same player ID as you. Calling Logitech support or hoping that Michael reads this might help... You might be on to something - I tried to switch the SB3 back to my other server by first switching it to MSB.com and I got a message about needing to reset my MAC address and to contact support. Also when I go to MSB.com and look at my players it shows an IP address for the MAC address. I'll give 'em a shout. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB Radio: Can IR port pass codes to Logitech Media Server?
I dunnow what forum this should go in so putting it here for now. Can the Squeezebox Radio pass IR codes back to Logitech Media Server? I'm thinking about replacing my SB3 with a Radio to power my whole-house audio. Most of the time i will be using Ipeng or the Duet Controller but I like being able to play around with custom keymap files etc. with some mini IR remotes I have laying around the house. For the SB3 I could set the logging on (player.ir) - Infrared Activity Map Parsing to debug and see every IR code that the SB3 was receiving. From there I could create a custom keymap and do some custom actions. It seems that the Radio handles the IR itself and doesn't pass it along to LMS. I do know that the IR port is working because the remote that I have set to the JVC DVD codes does turn the volume up and down. Is there any hidden setting that I could turn on on the Radio to make this work? spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103411 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
Hi - running pretty recent 7.9 server. Recently migrated everything to a new machine. On both my Controller and Ipeng I can't get My Apps to show anything. On Ipeng all I see is Facebook. On the Controller all I see is Spotify (Triode). I've tried adding and removing various apps (Pandora, Internet Music Archive) from both Mysqueezebox.com and from Ipeng. It adds the app because I can see it on both My Apps on Mysqueezebox.com and when I load the web interface to my server. Ipeng even asks me to add a shortcut and I can run the app on Ipeng no problem. But when I go to the More menu I don't see it under My Apps Any idea what I can try to force my controllers to sync the My Apps section? Do you think the Triode Spotify app (which kinda tricks My Apps into showing it, right?) is a factor here? Thanks! spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
pippin wrote: The SB3 is probably not connected to your MySB account. Could it be that it's on a different account? I think Logitech support can help with that. That's what I was thinking as well - but I just went through the (painful!) process of dropping it and re-adding it to my MSB.com account and that is working properly. Changes I make on MSB.com for the player work properly. I then connect the SB3 to my server and neither IPeng nor the Controller see the apps on it. I might fire up my old server and see if that makes any difference. Could be a 7.9 issue I suppose... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
On the Controller I now see Pandora on the home menu but no sign of it in iPeng. Also strange is that when I go to My Apps on the controller it tells me This player is already registered to another user... Strange... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Apps on Controller and Ipeng not Syncing / Updating - Triode Spotify related?
OK - a little progress. I think my SB3 is the source of the problem here. I got one of the SB Radios up and running and got it to see the proper My Apps. I unplugged the SB3 from the network, selected the SB Radio as the player in Ipeng and then went into My Apps in Ipeng and the apps finally showed up. The Controller also works properly. I'm having a hard time getting the SB3 hooked back up to MSB.com - I'm sure that has something to do with the issue. The SB3 is just feeding analog audio to my whole-house audio and I have an extra Radio sitting around so I might just replace the SB3 and feed the whole-house amp with the headphone jack of the Radio. Thanks for the quick response! pippin wrote: Please check whether you have correctly configured your MySqueezebox.com account in your server's settings. Also, please try to restart the server (only LMS, not the whole machine!!!) Also: is the player you are using also registered for the same MySB account? spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103409 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Amazon Prime Music!
Did you guys really do a close analysis of the stuff on Amazon Prime music? In just 30 seconds I did a quick scan through some of my favorite artists and then a few up-and-comers that I've listened to lately and I found LOTS of holes in Amazon Prime music. Yeah, it's great that it's free with my Amazon Prime subscription, but doesn't look anywhere as comprehensive as Rhapsody, Spotify, Xbox Music, etc. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101706 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How To change skin in Squeezeplay? (stupid easy question)
OK - I feel stupid asking this question but I really can't figure it out anwhere (and the wiki page for Squeezeplay doesn't mention it). How do I change the skin in Squeezeplay? It looks like I can emulate a controller screen, radio, touch, etc. - but I seriously can't find where to change it anywhere! Running 7.8 nightly on a Windows machine... Thanks! spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How To change skin in Squeezeplay? (stupid easy question)
spedinfargo wrote: OK - I feel stupid asking this question but I really can't figure it out anwhere (and the wiki page for Squeezeplay doesn't mention it). How do I change the skin in Squeezeplay? It looks like I can emulate a controller screen, radio, touch, etc. - but I seriously can't find where to change it anywhere! Running 7.8 nightly on a Windows machine... Thanks! Never flippin' fails - within two minutes of posting a stupid question I stumble on the answer. In case some other poor soul ends up in this situation it's under Settings Screen Select Skin. Grrr. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98871 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Paid streaming service recommendations
Spotify is great as far as sound quality, ease of use, and depth of catalog. However, it is TERRIBLE as a music discovery and custom radio station offering. Even their related artists is terrible - Atoms for Peace doesn't even show Radiohead as a related artist, etc. Rhapsody is much better with respect to all of that (their pre-built stations are pretty decent). But if that's not important to you, I'm quite satisfied with Spotify... spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98798 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng 2.0 Teaser Thread
pippin wrote: Well, Siri is certainly another thing that would be nice to have but where you currently have absolutely no access to as an App :) I believe they have to implement all the Siri related stuff in Apple's backend. Have you ever looked into the Dragon Mobile SDK for iOS? http://www.nuance.com/for-developers/dragon/index.htm The Dragon NaturallySpeaking software developer kit (SDK) is used by developers and integrators to add speech recognition capabilities into in-house and commercial applications or workflow applications. This toolkit, which enables everything from free-text dictation to command and control functionality, can be deployed as part of a server- or client-based solution. (I'm the one who is always looking for some way to do basic voice-control of my squeezebox ecosystem... and usually get booed off the stage when I bring it up...) spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96679 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Copy Customized Home Menu to Other Players?
Is there any tool out there to keep the home menu among different players the same? For instance, I have 2 Radios and an SB3 (with Duet Controller) - I would like to get the home menu in a certain order on one of the Radio and then copy it to the other two. Thanks, sped spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is missing from your Squeezebox experience ?
Every time I mention it in the forums I get booed off the stage, but I would really like to see some simple Voice Control of the squeezebox ecosystem. We have this a lot in cars (Ford Sync) and other devices (Iphone), and Kinnect, so I would really love to see it here as well. It could be very simple where a Squeezebox Controller could have a button-activated microphone and you speak simple commands into it: Play Playlist Mom Favorites Sync all players Play Favorite National Public Radio Play Podcast Jim Rome Play Artist Metallica Play Genre Heavy Metal Random Stop All Players Play Playlist Lullabies on Player Nursery etc. etc. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94987 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to manually update plugins? (I'm not really this stupid am I?)
OK - I must be missing something. I have automatically check for updates turned off for plugins. The help says that I can manually update plugins if I have this turned off. But I must be missing something very basic because I don't see how to do this! The top of my list shows that I have two available, but when I try to enable them and hit apply, they're both still there next time I go into the page. Help me out? Allow Logitech Media Server to automatically check for updates to installed plugins and download them ready to be used when the server is next restarted. If this option is not selected you may manually update plugins through this settings page. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to manually update plugins? (I'm not really this stupid am I?)
Yah - I'm now thinking that this might be specific to a particular plug-in: the third-party Spotify plug-in. This is the one that says an update is available and refuses to be enabled (it just keeps coming back every time the server restarts). Looks like it worked for another plug-in that I was dealing with, so could be something wrong there... I saw something at the very end of the third-party spotify thread that there might be some problems with the repository, so I'll post something there... thanks. spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to manually update plugins? (I'm not really this stupid am I?)
So it does look like it's an issue with that particular plug-in. The XML is pointing to a zip file that appears to be dead right now (he's checking into his hosting provider). spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94880 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controlling AV Receiver through IP commands
gorman;688637 Wrote: Is there any plugin capable of doing this through a Controller? Or is the infrared plugin for Controller capable of turning on and controlling volume of an AV receiver? There's also a Denon plug-in floating around here that I've used with some good success... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93451 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now Playing hijacks attempt to use menus (controller and radio)
Has anyone had this happen? My Radio and Duet Controller are currently almost useless lately since my Now Playing screensaver wants to kick in after only about... oh, 1 second of inactivity. Meaning it almost immediately goes to the album artwork whenever I'm trying to navigate the menus. Only recently started happening - haven't done a lot of troubleshooting yet... just seeing if there was a known bug or issue on it... Thanks -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92097 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox Server box (Atom D510) - Anyone want to buy?
bhaagensen;666405 Wrote: Probably not interested, but whereabouts are you based. Sorry - that would have been helpful - Fargo, ND, USA. Probably prohibitively expensive for shipping to Denmark... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91247 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Good Squeezebox Server box (Atom D510) - Anyone want to buy?
Hey all - I can't bear the thought of selling this up on Ebay when it would be a great little squeezebox server for someone here. Anyone interested? PM me (reasonable price). I built a new HTPC (always on) and just run Squeezebox Server on that now so i don't need this system anymore... This is a great low-power box: Intel Atom D510 motherboard, 4 gig of Ram, 250 gb sata drive, nice little quiet case with efficient power supply: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WCQYU6 No operating system. -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91247 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Siriusly? I'm NOT authorized?
Guy48065;610035 Wrote: I'm no network whiz so I don't know why this affects some users but not others. I just want a simple system that streams XM to my HT without constantly needing to be poked, upgraded, re-configured and tweaked. From reading this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71255page=4 it appears even the engineers don't know the cause--and it's been a problem for well over a year. Now that former XM-only subs are piling on to the Sirius app I expect the complaints to increase proportionally. I think I just started getting this in the last month or two - I don't usually listen to Sirius so I've only really noticed it when I accidentally leave it running overnight or after I leave for work - I'll get back and notice that the Sirius stream has just turned itself off... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85517 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng roadmap poll
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85135 Question: Which of these iPeng enhancements would be most important for you? - Non-Swipe Now-Playing UI for iPhone - SqueezePlay-like menu operation - Main Player controls permanently available instead of shortcut bar - Smaller and lower resolution artwork - New Main Screen UI for iPad - Advanced Synchronization - Additional Functionality (please elaborate) One thing that I would like to see is a VERY simple favorites or presets screen that you could have shown when iPeng starts. For instance, as soon as you start iPeng, show a 4x4 grid worth of buttons that you could assign something to, kind of like a preset on the Radio. Each button could have a player and favorite assigned to it: Nursery - Lullabies. Home - Mom's Favorites. Could also maybe assign a little icon to it. When one of the buttons is pressed, it goes into Ipeng as normal (Now Playing screen). There could be a button to go from this Favorites window into Now Playing. Of course, this could be an option that could be disabled. This would be KILLER for my wife as far as usability goes... Right now she's intimidated by iPeng... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85135 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Does Rhapsody require MySB.com?
ajkidle;576402 Wrote: During a recent outage of MySB.com I was unable to access Rhapsody, as well as any of my other internet based apps. Essentially during the outage, I was limited to my local FLAC library. I didn't realize Logitech servers were an active in-between when accessing Rhapsody, Pandora, Sirius, etc., even when running a local instance of SBS. Is this truly the case? So not only am I putting faith in Rhapsody being able to keep the lights on, but that Logitech will continue to support this product line? Yikes, I might have to start buying CDs again. I had thought as long as I was running SBS, it didn't matter what Logitech did or didn't do. Not trying to be doomsday here, or start a conspiracy discussion about Logitech abandoning SB, just thinking long term. Anyone else see this as a vulnerability? Yep - it does need Mysb.com. In fact, if you create a favorite from a playlist of Rhapsody, MyMp3, Napster, etc. you'll see that the URL is actually http://api.mysqueezebox.com/rhapsody/... or something like that. It's one of the reasons that you need to enter in Mysb credentials even if you're running SBS. I don't think you'd be out much except a Rhapsody subscription... still worth it in my opinion... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bad hifi day
JonWill;574108 Wrote: Fired by my renewed enthusiasm for music caused by my ever expanding family of Squeezeboxes I decide to renovate my Linn Axis turntable which had been modified by toddlers. Turned out to be much more expensive than planned, as the over-complicated PSU was failing... After a month of waiting (and a new baby) I pile children into the car, drive for an hour and pick up my renewed toy. Back home I rush to the living room to connect it to my amp. And smash the cover on the door. Never mind, I think, despite my tarnished new toy, I can still play records... So I try and attach it to my amp. And smash the phono stage input socket. So i can't even listen to it. Solution is a second hand phono amp now on order. But I am in trouble with wife for overspending AND I don't have a record player. Bad day... But just wanted to share :( Brutal! I thought I was listening to a country music song for a minute there... Misery loves company - good post. -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple's Airplay coming soon...
robroe;573699 Wrote: The Apple TV does use/consume the Airplay streams. I believe you can only stream from iOS4 devices and iTunes, but I'm not sure whether the API will allow apps such as spotify to stream as well. I'd be pretty surprised but it could happen. Another note is that they are licensing Airplay to speaker/dock manufacturers so that you can push the music to them too. It doesn't seem that different to AirTunes or Microsoft send to device/media center, its just got that ease of use/polish/mainstream that Apple brings. Something like this, but open source/pluggable and able to push to squeezeboxen would be ideal for me. As for it bringing Logitech sales I fear the opposite could just as easily be the case. Yeah, isn't it essentially AirTunes with a built-in speaker (instead of having to bring your own powered speakers)? And maybe a screen with Now Playing information? Doesn't seem to be too much of a earth shaker... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where have all the SB2's gone?
tcutting;572783 Wrote: I was in the market for a used SB2 back when I got my first squeezebox. Bought one off eBay for a decent price - except it turned out to be an SB1 - got a refund on that. Finally found a used wired-only SB3 on Craigslist (but Northern CA, so had to work out paypal/shipping)and the SB adventure began for real. Bottom line - it seems pretty hard to find older SBs at decent price - as you say, the good news is they hold their value! Yep - there's been a dearth of older SB devices on Ebay lately - there's a few SB3/Classics here and there that come across and once in a while a SB1 or Slimp3 or whatever, but I can't remember the last time I saw a SB2. SB3 seem to go for quite a bit - I finally snagged one for a hundred bucks with no remote (although it's kind of touchy and freezes if I tap it just right) -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81568 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Voice Command for Squeezebox? Still Not Much Interest?
Pippen and Snarly - both good points but not insurmountable. First of all, it would really be useful for me in the common situations in my household - usually simple commands. I would never use it to try and create a playlist or add tracks (which you're right, I don't always know the exact title of) but rather things like Playlist Shane Favorites or Play Radio Station KEXP or Play Podcast Jim Rome - sure it would need a little set up like naming your favorites correctly or naming your playlists correctly, etc. but nothing crazy. This would NEVER replace the controller or other interface for more complex things, but would be very nice for common everday things. As far as the microphone picking up unwanted things, this would be a non-issue because of isolating microphones (as Model mentioned) and having keywords or even a button press needed before speaking the command... I'll have to take a look at Homeseer and see how that would work... this hobby never ends right? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Voice Command for Squeezebox? Still Not Much Interest?
This is a pretty cool hack: http://badros.blogspot.com/2010/05/skype-as-whole-house-wireless.html -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Voice Command for Squeezebox? Still Not Much Interest?
After trying to train my primary customer (spouse) on the Squeezebox with various interfaces (Presets on Radio, SB Controller, Ipeng) I keep coming back to what I think would be a killer usability feature: Voice Command for the Squeezebox platform. I saw an old thread that someone had played around with this at one point (2008) but haven't seen much about it recently. Anyone else think that this would be a worthwhile feature? I believe the new Iphones have something similar... we've all used voice command to make phone calls on various platforms... Microsoft has the Sync software in Ford vehicles. Voice Command works without training lately, so it's something that could really be something easy for users. It doesn't even have to be too complicated - I'm looking for commands like: Playlist Shane Favorites Random, Skip Track, Mute All, Sync All Players, Play Artist Pink Floyd, Play Album Dark Side of the Moon, etc. For some simple and common commands, Voice Command would be much faster than navigating menus, no matter how well presented those menus are. In some threads like this, there's always someone that comes up with examples of how a certain keyword in a song would cause undesired behavior What if they say 'stop' in the song?? but on any of these systems there is usually a button press or something similar that can easily distinguish a command from normal background noise or music. I think Voice Command continues to get better and better - someday I would love to see some way to run Squeezebox this way... Thoughts? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79734 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Macro URL Commands - Maybe Kidsplay?
Peter - thanks for playing around with this. Much appreciated. Can you check the zip file for the latest version? I think it might be missing the ProtocolHandler.pm file. I've actually considered brushing off my old Perl skills and hacking through a plugin to control the Denon tuner as its own handler - kind of a combination of the Wavin and yours and the other Denon plugin. I've kinda figured out how the whole protocol handler thing works and I'm actually pretty close to getting it to do what I want. Need to figure out if I can just have my plugin hand itself off to the WaveInput plugin (which I should be able to do by just changing the Now Playing stream, right?). I've got a month off of work coming up in a week or so - I needed something to keep me occupied anyway... sped peterw;543805 Wrote: 0.3 mostly fixes the UI problems -- the first time SBS asks my protocol handler for metadata on the URL, my plugin registers info with SBS that's used in the various UIs. Along with that, there's a new arg you can put in squeezecli: and squeezeexec: URLs: title. If set, that arg will be the title displayed in the various UIs. For instance, Code: squeezecli:secret=123456789012p0=powerp1=0title=Turn%20player%20off would be labeled Turn player off in the various UIs. If you don't set a title arg, the UI will show a simplified URL (with the secret arg redacted), e.g. for squeezecli:secret=123456789012p0=powerp1=0 you would see the track title squeezecli:p0=powerp1=0. -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist Macro URL Commands - Maybe Kidsplay?
peterw;543150 Wrote: Earlier discussion that's relevant: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64163 Thanks for the responses - I'll definitely look at the Kidsplayexec for running. Ideally I would want to be able to run this from either a button on the Radio or a Favorite from the Controller or SBS Web interface. Can I run a Kidsplay macro as a Favorite? I'll have to keep playing around with it and report back here... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlist Macro URL Commands - Maybe Kidsplay?
Hi, I'm VERY close to getting streaming radio from my Denon 3808 receiver via the WaveInput plugin to go through the Squeezeboxen in the house. I found a very simple way to control the Denon receiver via HTTP commands which I picked out of their web pages served by the internal web server. For instance, these commands start Zone 2 and change the radio station to preset A4: http://192.168.1.6/ZONE2/s_zone2.asp?radioPower2=ON http://192.168.1.6/ZONE2/TUNER/s_TunerPreset.asp?listPreset=A4 What I need is a way to send these commands to the tuner, and then fire up the WaveInput plugin. I manually created an M3U playlist with the two commands and then the wavein:0. This ALMOST works - but I need to hit next track on the remote to go from what the squeezebox thinks is three separate tracks. When I cycle through, it does turn on Zone two and changes the radio station and then streams it, so it works in this regard. Is there a way to do this without the next track button? I'm going to explore Kidsplay plugin to see if that does what I need. Maybe I should look into the M3U format a bit more (EXTINF, etc.). Any thoughts? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78259 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 2 as Squeezebox Receiver replacement - questions
Was thinking about getting a Squeezebox Classic or Squeezebox 2 (preferably the 2) as a replacement for my Squeezebox Receiver. I would like the extra IR capabilities of it and also I realized that I have a better place for it that would benefit from a display. Then I realized that I don't know the answer to two things (and it's so hard to search for Squeezebox 2 on the forums). 1) Does Squeezebox 2 fully support Mysqueezebox.com - i.e., can it run just like my Duet without even having a Squeezebox Server up and running? 2) What is the most current firmware for this thing? Can it run Squeezebox Classic firmware? From wikipedia it seems like the SB2 and SB3 were almost identical in hardware in most respects... Thanks! sped -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 as Squeezebox Receiver replacement - questions
Cool - thanks for the quick replies! I'll probably try and track down a SB2 then... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Why Can I Store Some Things as Presets but Not as Favorites?
I'm not sure if I should post this in the Radio forum or here - since I think presets probably work on the Touch, Radio, Boom, and SBC I think I'll hit up the General forum. Why do Presets behave differently than Favorites in what I can store to them? Specifically with respect to Napster playlists and MP3Tunes playlists. For instance, I can navigate through the Napster application on the Radio, get to one of my playlists, and hold down the preset button while on that playlist in the list and it gets added to that preset. However, when I try to do the same thing by storing it to the Favorites, it gets added to the Favorites but errors out when I try to play it. Known bug? Thanks, Shane -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76497 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why Can I Store Some Things as Presets but Not as Favorites?
This may be similar to 7448: Bug 7448 - Allow adding Rhapsody items to SN favorites https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7448 -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76497 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sirus not displaying info
It's a little flaky but generally works for me. Sometimes when I first switch to a station it takes a song or two to get going - maybe only once or twice it hasn't worked eventually, though. Did you notice any difference between running it from a preset (on the Radio for example) or a Favorites vs. navigating directly through MyApps? I've noticed that sometimes it tries to use the name of my Favorite in the title for a couple songs... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74951 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody shuffle actually does work, sort of.....
This works on Napster as well... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73742 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox v3 support
Also, I believe that the SB3 is now referred to as Squeezebox Classic - and is still sold... maybe that's how it is referenced on Logitech's site? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74239 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to sell my Squeezebox v1?
What would be the limitations of this device if used instead of a wired Duet Receiver? Does it have pretty good support for most audio codecs? How is the DAC compared to the Duet Receiver? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73574 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezeplay: Output to a Specific Soundacard? (Windows)
Not sure where Squeezeplay questions should go so I'll start here... Is there a way in squeezeplay to select a specific soundcard in Windows that it outputs sound to? I'd like to have it go to a second soundcard (and not the default). I seem to remember this option in Softsqueeze... Also, is it possible to run multiple instances of Squeezeplay (for playback purposes) on the same machine? Ultimately I'm looking for a way to output to both my digital output (on one soundcard) and analog output (on the other soundcard) since Windows doesn't allow this... Or I can just say screw it and pick up an actual SBR or SB3 and not have to worry about it... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65468 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Softsqueeze SqueezePlay SqueezeSlave - Help Please!
Little confused about all of the options for a software player - is there any resources/threads that compare and contrast all of these? Is SqueezeSlave kind of a new spinoff of SoftSqueeze? SqueezePlay pretty much newer/better? I'd like to run this on a Win7 box if that makes any difference... Thanks for any help on pointing me in the right direction... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65030 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Party Mode?
Ha! That would indeed suck. I can imagine the hours and hours of painstaking playlist perfection that you would put in to see it go down the drain... I would add one other option in such a mode: Play Next. So either let them add songs to the playlist or queue one up right away. Anything else, no go. -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47592 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Font type of transport?
I have a friend who is a bit more of a lit geek than myself - she floored me when she said that one of her recent Netflix movies that she watched was named Helvetica. You guessed it - a documentary about the Helvetica font. You can't make it up. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/ She said it was really good. funkstar;297412 Wrote: I some times miss my days of working in a design studio with graphic designers (even if they had no idea about digital media and me the web designer had to do a lot of their final output work cos they weren't computer geeks). One of them was really into his typography, started to get into it too, it's a fascinating field if you like that sort of thing :) -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47018 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Synchronization w/ Cat 5 Audio Distribution In The Mix?
Im in the process of planning a poor mans whole house audio with Squeezebox[es|en] as the main drivers. I also plan to split some of the audio out to a couple of my accessible rooms using Cat-5 audio distribution, likely something like On-Q/Legrand has here: http://tinyurl.com/2l4syn From what I understand, this will essentially take my audio source, split it along multiple CAT-5 runs, each to a volume control. The volume control then outputs the sound via standard speaker wire to the speakers. My question is this: Will synchronization amongst other Squeezeboxes in the house work correctly with output from the Squeezebox Receiver feeding the zones? In other words, should I anticipate any audio delay in the path from the Squeezebox through the CAT-5 controller to the various speakers? This is pretty important, since I plan to have my dining room be fed either by a Squeezebox 3 or a Squeezebox Receiver fed into a small shelf stereo, and the surrounding rooms (kitchen and living room) will be two zones fed by the original Squeezebox Receiver. If there is much of a delay at all, I would imagine that it would create the annoying echo effect. Any thoughts on this proposed set up? Just to be clear, here is what Im planning: Squeezebox Receiver - Denon Receiver* - On-Q Distribution Module - Cat 5 to Four Zones - Volume Controls - Speakers The zones in question are this: Kitchen, Living Room, Bathroom, Outside Deck * Note that Im undecided whether or not to put my Denon in the mix here. I would like to include it so I can easily output AM and FM radio to the 4 zones, as well as possibly whats playing on the TV in the basement theater. The other two pieces would be this: Squeezebox Receiver (or SB3) wireless - Shelf stereo - Dining room (as mentioned, between the kitchen and living room) Squeezebox Receiver (or SB3) wireless - Clock Radio - Bedroom Thanks! -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronization w/ Cat 5 Audio Distribution In The Mix?
Thanks for the responses! I think this idea might finally be coming together... I also did notice that you can adjust the delay a little bit between different Squeezebox units, so between that and the delay that I can probably do with my Denon, I might just be alright. I can see how you might have the issue with the AM between a table-top radio and feeding through the Squeezebox - I would bet that's because the input from the AM radio into the Squeezebox has to go from Analog to Digital before streaming - probably not 100% real-time? -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless When Synced ?
Does crossfade work when synced? As far as the annoyance factor goes, I think a very short crossfade is much preferable to even the tiniest gap... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44472 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wi-Fi Internet Clock Radio?
OK, this thread intrigued me since I will probably need something similar when I jump on the Slim bandwagon. Call me crazy, but it seems like most of the ideas here are making things too complicated. There are tons of inexpensive clock radios out there that have AUX inputs thanks to our friend the Ipod. Wouldn't a good solution be to get one of the new Slim Receivers for $150 and then just hooking it up to one of those clock radios with it set to AUX input? I'm assuming that there is scheduling plugins available that would tell that particular Receiver to always tune to a particular playlist or internet stream, say from 5 am to 9 am, correct? As long as the Receiver is streaming during some window of time when your alarm is set for, you'd be able to hit snooze, etc. whenever. Any flaws in this logic? On a side note, one thing that bugs me with all of those overpriced Wi-Fi alarm clocks, or for any digital audio equipment for that matter, is that they always seem to sacrifice AM radio... can't live without that... -- spedinfargo spedinfargo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40983 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
