Re: [slim] Defection and challenge
For a turnkey solution, you might also consider the RipNAS. It is built by the dBpoweramp people and comes with SC and the dBpoweramp ripper installed. It is a Windows Home Server with a CD built in tested by Spoon to work with AccurateRip.It is more expensive than the VortexBox, but mine has worked flawlessly, does the best job of tagging of any solution I have tried, and is completely silent. http://www.ripnas.com/ There are still the issues of library management since no automatic tagging system is perfect, but there are lots of options out there and most have already been mentioned. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer stevek1050...@comcast.net -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67637 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Product Longevity
My oldest is an original Squeezebox dating back to 2003. It works just fine and has never had a problem. I also have Squeezebox 2 from 2005 and Duet I purchased sometime in 2008. I have had no problems with any of them. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer stevek1050...@comcast.net -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64114 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Music on 2 different Harddisks
stevek1006;268887 Wrote: This works fine for me in SC 7.0. If this is a Windows machine then you need colons after the drive letter (e.g., E:\music). I should have added, that if they are networked drives not attached to the computer running SC, then they should be referred to as \\networked_computer\shared_folder (e.g., \\fileserver\music2). Again this is assuming Windows. You can see the way windows wants to the folder by looking in My Network Places. If it is not listed, then the folder is not being shared. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Music on 2 different Harddisks
Nullerbasse;268769 Wrote: Well, I'm running Slim Center 7.0 - 12.02.2008 I have my music folder: ( in this case: E\music ) Inside this folder i have a shortcut: ( c\Music2 ) Everything is according to the way Slim devices wrote in the short manual that came with the Squeezebox3. Both drives is shared on the network. N. This works fine for me in SC 7.0. If this is a Windows machine then you need colons after the drive letter (e.g., E:\music). -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43407 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
bklaas;257049 Wrote: I've yet to ever get my grubby hands on one, but check out the PepperPad http://pepperpad.com . Does everything (in theory) that the Nokia does, on an x86 platform, similar form factor, PLUS it's got IR. Same screen size as the Nokia, so the Nokia770 skin should give about the same experience as well. cheers, #!/ben I've actually tried the Pepper Pad and found it pretty unsatisfactory. It takes a long time to boot up each time it goes to sleep and the IR remote software is not very good. For instance, I found no way to move buttons around once they are added to the screen. I had high hopes for it, but it is just sitting on a shelf. On the other hand, the Nokia skin works just fine if you don't mind waiting for the thing to boot. Personally, I would be more likely to use the smaller Nokia even though it has no IR. As it is, I use my WinMobile Phone with Handheld or more likely my desktop or laptop to control the Squeezeboxes in my basement. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 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] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
GCFL;254822 Wrote: Please forgive me if this is posted in the incorrect location. I am currently running four zones via a Zon audio system in my home. I am seriously considering purchasing the Duet and plugging it in as one of the music sources so I can access streaming Internet radio, networked music files etc. The new controller that comes in the duet package looks to be ideal for remote access for at least the SB when it is the music source being played. Has anyone here used the SB, SB2, etc with a Zon system and can anyone tell me if the controller will be able to be used (or possibly modified) as a universal remote (to access the CD player, etc.)? I have used and SB1 and SB2 with the original Zon system for a number of years. It works fine. Looking at the specs on the controller, there does not seem to be any IR, so I suspect it cannot be used as a universal controller. It is unfortunate, because I would like to have a single remote that could control the Zon and the devices attached to it including the Squeezebox. I have tried using a Pocket PC as a IR remote plus the handheld skin, a Pepper and a number of other devices. Nothing that I have tried to date can control the Squeezebox and also serve as a universal remote. It would have been nice if they had added ir and learning remote to the controller. Oh well, maybe some day. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 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] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
andyg;255535 Wrote: The controller does have an IR emitter. That's interesting -- I did not see that anywhere in the specs. Still, the emitter does little good if we cannot program the remote for our equipment. Will that be possible? -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 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] Music recommendation engine for Slimserver
egd;217361 Wrote: I'm using the send to feature without any issues. The issue I had (which the -slim parameter resolved) was that slimserver wouldn't appear in the send to menu. I am using the Send To feature on a WinXP box without any problems. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36957 ___ 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 I voted 75% Slimserver. Lately, I have been listening to SqueezeNetwork more mostly to get access to Pandora. I might well listen to SqueezeNetwork more if it were more transparent through the web interface (my SqueezeBox is in the Basement), but switching between the two is less than elegant right now. Hopefully, this will change with version 7. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 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
Re: [slim] Multizone Distributed Audio Ideas
This is essentially what I have, though using a ZON system. There are only two of us living in the house, so complications on who is listening to which SB are minimal -- It is really only when we are working in our offices that we listen to different music and tend to use the original Squeezebox while my wife uses the new one. I am thinking of getting a 3rd Squeezebox which would be dedicated to SqueezeNetwork. But I will probably wait for version 7 and see if switching between SlimServer and SqueezeNetwork is more graceful. We exclusively use browsers to control the Squeezeboxes (Pocket PCs and desktops). I just received a Pepper Pad and that will become the main controller for the family area as soon as I program all the IR buttons. I've considered trying to send information from the SqueezeBox to the ZON display, but it would be too small to see from the sofa, so it never seemed like it was worth the trouble. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33894 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Listener;132695 Wrote: Thanks for mentioning these requests. (#2697 and #2700 are also relevant for classical music.) I'm still interested in these enhancements. I've got aout 1200 classical music CDs ripped now. Without the enhancements, SS/SB just isn't useful to me. Bill One more vote for better handling of classical music. This is the issue that keeps me looking for alternatives to the Squeezebox. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 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
[slim] Re: Strange and Annoying issue with new SS installation
fauzigarib Wrote: Hi there, I have no idea how this happened, but a little background. I had SlimServer installed on my laptop for my SB3, with all my music on a 120 GB IDE-USB drive, externally connected (obviously) through my USB port. Unfortunately, this took away from the portability of my laptop, so I reinstalled another computer with XP (formatted the HD and all), and installed SS on it. I then hooked up the drive to the PC and let SS scan the music. It seemed like it got done ok. However, 2 strange things have started to happen. First of all, Random Playing of songs, the song title that shows up on my SB3 Now Playing screen, is usually not the one playing. When this happens, if I scroll down the play list, the song that is actually currently playing is a song or two down the list. Also, it does a lot of weird things like play the same song 2-3 times in a row, and then repeat a block of 4-5 songs... And the second thing is that it just does not play some songs anymore. This might be linked to the first problem, causing the SB to display the song that it's TRYING to play, but play the next one in the playlist that it actually can play. You may not have installed a necessary codec or decoder program like quicktime or lame. I had a similar problem after reinstalling slimserver on a new machine. Check and see if it is only particular file types that are not played. Basically, I forgot to reinstall Quicktime so mp4 files would not play. They were still listed in the library, but could not be played. Anyhow, if the files cannot be played, they can be transfered to the playlist, but when slimserver gets to them, they do not get played, this then causes the display to get out of sync with what is playing. I am using MusicIP to maintain the library - I don't know if this matters are not. Hope that helps, -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Rhapsody Skipping to Next Song (Frequently)
deryl Wrote: I am having some real trouble using Rhapsody -- whenever I try to play a song, the player will abruptly skip to the next track before the first is done playing. This is happening pretty frequently, making the Rhapsody feature all but useless. Wireless signal strength is fine, and I have no buffer problems when I play anything else on my Squeezebox (MP3's, Internet Radio, etc). I am using SlimServer 6.3.1. This is really frustrating, since I have been waiting for this kind of feature for a long time. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have a solution? Yes, I have the same problem on a wired system. It is an intermitent problem. At least sometimes, if I shut down Rhapsody and restart the problem will go away for a while. But I have not had the time to really analyze it. Running 6.3.1 on WinXP, but the problem was there on 6.3.0 also. -Steve -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25965 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Neat new feature in 6.3.0 - switch to SqueezeNetwork
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Actually there's been at least two threads asking for this very thing. These were people with SBs in inaccessible locations, media closets, no remote etc. Personally I can't use the feature. But I still think it's a good idea. First, let me say I agree with KDF, that this is a first step and a good one. I am sure developers on the SqueezeNetwork side are working on a way to get us back to slimserver from squeezenetwork. On the other hand, it is exactly those people have there Squeezeboxes in inaccessible locations who will find the new feature by itself pretty useless. What good is it to be able to switch to SqueezeNetwork, if it causes you to loose access to your library. Having my Squeezebox connected to a whole house system in the basement, I really cannot use this feature though I would like to. I think this is what JJZolx is getting at. Again, though I am sure that the other half of the equation will come eventually. I do recall Sean or someone saying that the goal is to eventually have the differences between Squeezenetwork and slimserver made completely transparent to the user. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24956 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Connect ot SqueezeNetwork using web interface
Michaelwagner Wrote: If I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. When it is connected to Squeezenetwork, a Squeezebox is not connected to the Slim Server and therefore not connected to the web interface feature of the Slimserver. Thanks Michael. That's what I was afraid of. Maybe this could be done through SqueezeNetwork or a combination of SqueezeNetwork and SlimServer. I guess it is time to file a feature request. Thanks again. -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21103 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Connect ot SqueezeNetwork using web interface
Is it possible to connect and disconnect a SqueezeBox from SqueezeNetwork through the web interface. I know I can control a connected Squeeze -- stevek1006 -Steve -- Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21103 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
