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As suggested in the thread linked below I'm starting this new thread to
try and get to the source of the subject error message. I've been
getting the Slim::Plugin::MusicMagic::Common::__ANON__ (75) Failed
fetching filters from MusicIP error message in my log for the longest
time and have not been able to figure out what's causing it.  I set
Filters to (NONE) in the MusicIP plugin settings, but I still get the
Failed fetching message. I also could not find a setting in SugarCube
for MusicIP filters and Trackstat is not enabled in SugarCube. Is there
a setting in another plugin I should check or a file or something
missing somewhere? I'm running the latest 7.8 LMS release with MusicIP
1.9 beta 6 on Windows 7. Btw, this issue is discussed towards the end of
this old thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?89462-7-6-and-MusicIP-not-working
but no resolution was posted.



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Re: [slim] Failed fetching filters from MusicIP


mherger wrote: 
 Can you open http://localhost:10002/api/filters in a browser? How long 
 
 does it take (roughly)?
 
 -- 
 
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Hi Michael, it takes ~5 seconds. Is there a place in the plugin where I
can alter the wait interval?

Thanks...



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Re: [slim] Failed fetching filters from MusicIP


mherger wrote: 
  Hi Michael, it takes ~5 seconds. Is there a place in the plugin where
 I
  can alter the wait interval?
 
 Heh... the ~ might be crucial here: the timeout is hard-coded to 5s. If
 it  
 took longer, you'd see that message...
 
 -- 
 
 Michael

He! He!, to me (roughly) = ~ (After subsequent checks using a
StopWatch it takes almost 2 seconds (1.72-1.82 sec to be exact... give
or take a few millisecond of finger delay from the right hand pressing
enter to left hand pressing the Start/Stop button on the StopWatch). 
Btw, this message is generated during server startup only... not while
generating dynamic mixes with MusicIP or when generating mixes using the
Web UI.



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Re: [slim] Failed fetching filters from MusicIP

Mnyb wrote:
An experiment while the whole server is running and MIP server too,
restart LMS do you get the error then ?

Yes, I should have been more specific. It happens during server
startup only... and on computer reboot. Below is the full content of the
log file after the server starts. I'm also trying to get rid of the
SuperDateTime warning message and posted about it in the appropriate 3rd
party software thread. I recently reinstalled my server from scratch and
I'm trying to get rid of any annoying messages in the log. The MusicIP
fetching, SuperDateTime deprecated and NPRRadio Metadata messages were
present in the previous install. Logging for all these is set to error
under advanced settings.

[12-10-24 15:51:25.7034] main::init (354) Starting Logitech Media Server
(v7.8.0, 1350572233, Fri Oct 19 03:14:51 PDT 2012) perl 5.014001
[12-10-24 15:52:02.8288] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1304) Warning:
[15:52:02.8281] Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at
C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache\InstalledPlugins\Plugins\SuperDateTime\lib/Plugins/SuperDateTime/Plugin.pm
line 2183.
[12-10-24 15:52:08.4251] Plugins::NPRRadio::Metadata::init (21) Register
NPR meta provider, default icon=
[12-10-24 15:52:55.4549] Slim::Plugin::MusicMagic::Common::__ANON__ (75)
Failed fetching filters from MusicIP

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Re: [slim] 7.6 and MusicIP not working

2012-10-23 Thread tamanaco


MeSue wrote: 
 
 [11-08-17 12:15:11.2944] Slim::Plugin::MusicMagic::Common::__ANON__ (75)
 Failed fetching filters from MusicIP 

It's been a while since this was posted, but I've been having this error
message in my log for the longest time and have not been able to figure
out what's causing it. I set Filters to (NONE) in the MusicIP plugin
settings, but I still get the Failed fetching message. I also could not
find a setting in SugarCube for MusicIP filters and Trackstat is not
enabled in SugarCube. Is there a setting in another plugin I should
check or a file or something missing somewhere?



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Re: [slim] Ultimate Ears Squeezebox ?


Here is a video about the new product line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtg9hehylAwfeature=player_embedded



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Re: [slim] Ultimate Ears Squeezebox ?


Still a proud owner of a Slim Devices SB3 and of the Original UE
Super.Fi 5 Pros... Today's announcement from Logitech, form me... is a
Wake UP! swift kick in the nuts. Logitech has managed to kill the
innovation and the reputation of two cool brands. They should have stuck
with mice and keyboards.



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Re: [slim] Ultimate Ears Squeezebox ?


mherger wrote: 
  They should have stuck with mice and keyboards.
 
 If you think economically you probably must agree that this would have 
 
 been a poor plan.
 
 -- 
 
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I understand where you're coming from, but I also forgot to mention that
I also own a Logitech Revue. So, I'm also road-kill from a third
Logitech product line. Btw, UE is to be the benchmark for personal IEMs,
but now-a-days it's Westone.



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Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?


All I'm looking for now is to continue to enjoy my local FLAC library
and some streams from the Internet via my home stereo system. I doubt
that I will buy another Logitech SB if my SB3 breaks as the SBs future
doesn't look too bright. At one point I bought a Touch (too small a
touch screen for me) and returned it because I still liked the retro
look of the SB3. I also have a copy of my music library in high bitrate
MP3 in the Google cloud that I use with Google Play Music app on my
Smartphone when I'm on the road. My wife also uses this library with the
Logitech Revue as she was never able to master the idiosyncrasies of my
SB3-LMS-Receiver setup. My understanding is that Google took the Nexus Q
back in house to figure out which market they want to target and to
improve it somehow. Given that the Q already supports Internet streamed
services... I wonder how difficult it would be to get it to run a
Squeezeplayer app that could run against LMS and display the player
interface on the TV via the Q's HDMI port.



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Re: [slim] Now the Squeezebox is dead, what would your next system be? And why?


bobm wrote: 
   I don#8217;t want to turn on my TV, find some remote and navigate a
 menu system.  
 Bob

Turning the TV on is optional you can always use a Smartphone Apps
like Squeeze Commander for Android or iPeng for iOS to navigate the
library and control the player. When you have friends over you can turn
on the TV and share the Album Art and information about the album, track
and artist.



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Re: [slim] What if Logitech pulls the plug

2012-06-25 Thread tamanaco


As been said here, UPnP for video is fine if you keep away from large
video playlists... but for large categorized (carefully tagged) music
libraries the DLNA indexing mechanism leaves a lot to be desired.
Searching using the tags is also limitted. I own a Revue (Logitech
Google TV) and use a subset of my music library in MP3 format derived
from my main FLAC library so that my wife can listen to music using the
TV. I tried and failed to maintain a reliable music playing setup
using a UPnP/DLNA players and servers. I tried LMS with the DLNA server
enabled and with the Whitebear server (Whitebear being very reliable),
but always found issues related to the UPnP players being unable to
maintain a reliable index of the library. Using the Windows Media Player
from a PC proved to be the most reliable. If another of my Windows
computers with the DLNA server enabled entered the network the players
(LMP, aVia, GTVBox) in the Revue would sometimes associate with the
Windows computers instead of the LMS server.  Indexing would have to be
started from scratch every time some communication issue occurred or
whenever indexing glitches came up during simple library updates... like
adding a new album. Of course, this would always happen when my wife had
friends over and wanted to play some music using the Revue. I found that
most of players that I tried lacked a settings granularity flexible
enough to allow me to display and search my library as I wanted. To make
a long story short, I opted to upload my MP3 library to the Google cloud
and use Google Music as a player in the Revue instead. It took a long
time to upload, but no more indexing issues. The library is rendered
quickly with all its album art and all the main tags are displayed
correctly.



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Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread tamanaco


All I can say is that DLNA for Media management is a nightmare. I have
yet to see an elegant implementation where DLNA servers and clients
that work in harmony.


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Re: [slim] Revue and Google TV forum?

2011-09-21 Thread tamanaco


Here are two Revue and GTV communities where I have found useful
information.

http://www.googletvforum.org/forum/logitech-revue/

http://forum.gtvhacker.com/revue/


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Re: [slim] Support for Logitech Revue (GoogleTV)?

2011-08-11 Thread tamanaco


pankajbshah;648767 Wrote: 
 Hi,
 
 Is Squeezebox functionality ever going to be supported on Logitech's
 GoogleTV box?
 
 Thanks,
 Pankaj

Squeezebox Server 7.7 renamed Logitech Media Server (LMS) 7.7 is in its
very early beta stages and it appears that it'll support GoogleTV via an
official UPnP DLNA plugin. But as Erland mentioned, only with the
specific features supported via the plugin. You can get some details
about LMS in this thread:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86628


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Re: [slim] Logitech CEO Steps down

2011-07-29 Thread tamanaco


erland;644608 Wrote: 
 Harmony One - Hard buttons combined with small touch screen
 Revue - Touch screen and barely any hard buttons
 
 That makes them a gigantic difference to me. 
 
 If one planned to get the Harmony 1000, it would maybe be smart to wait
 for the lower priced Revue. If you planned to get the Harmony 900
 because you need RF, the situation is also a bit different because
 currently the 900 feels pretty expensive and even more so if you can
 get a Revue with Wifi remote for $99
 
 Maybe the Revue price drop could affect Harmony prices, but I don't
 think so. When you read why they are dropping the Revue price you
 realize it's because it's a new market and they want to establish the
 product, this isn't they case for the Harmony remotes, they are already
 in an established market and they have both fairly cheap and more
 expensive models.


Well, the Revue also has two hard button remote options: The Mini
Controller $129 and the Keyboard $99.
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/accessories 

They should lower the price of these accessories given that the Revue
has the same price or lower price than its accessories. I'm always
reluctant to get the first generation of any gadget because subsequent
generations usually have more functionality, have the bugs worked out
and are less expensive. That's the reason I did not jump at the Revue
in the first place. I considered it as a possible IR Universal Remote,
but at $249 it was out of the question. I'd still wait to see how the
Gingerbread update enhances the Revue/Google TV experience. I'm also
curious to find out if  LMS will play a role as a media server for the
Revue.


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Re: [slim] Logitech CEO Steps down

2011-07-28 Thread tamanaco


erland;644392 Wrote: 
 If someone who don't understand them is in charge, that could easily
 happen if they plan to sell the Revue for $99.
 
 Revue $99:
 - Support for video
 - Support for music (local and online)
 - Support for pictures
 - Support for viewing and recording TV
 
 Squeezebox Touch $299:
 - Support for music (local and online)
 
 I could easily see someone within Logitech management think, hmm, why
 do we need this expensive music box which when we have the Revue which
 is cheaper and can do so much more...
 
 Of course, when you know the products it's a different situation, but I
 doubt there are many (if even anyone) within Logitech management who
 really understands what the Squeezebox products is all about.
 
 However, if they drop the Harmony remotes, which is mentioned as
 something they have had problems selling in the linked article in the
 initial post, I would be very sad, because that really is an excellent
 product. I wonder if I should get an Harmony One while it still
 exists...
 
 Hopefully they will just drop the Revue and invest those resources on
 Squeezebox and Harmony improvements instead :-)

Interesting an equivalent price drop for the existing SB Touch
would not be out of line. Btw, I think the review for $99 is a better
deal than buying a Harmony One. Correct me if I'm wrong... because I've
not read the specs of the Revue in a while. But... if I remember
correctly, the Harmony Remote engine is already in the review along
with IR blasters. All you need is the Harmony discrete codes for your
model Squeezebox and AV system to control everything with single
remote.


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Re: [slim] Logitech CEO Steps down

2011-07-28 Thread tamanaco


Phil Leigh;644547 Wrote: 
 The Revue and the Harmony One are completely different animals...

Understood... but the Revue can act as a Universal Remote. Run your
mouse over the IR blasters ports of the Revue here:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/revue


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Re: [slim] Spotify invitation

2011-07-16 Thread tamanaco


Add me to list for an invite.


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Re: [slim] Potential Squeezebox Killer?

2011-07-14 Thread tamanaco


Funny video... that VOCO is Loco... that wasn't Latin music in my book.
I agree, the web interface looks interesting.  Anybody can understand
what the system does from that very low budget video-ad. No technical
jargon whatsoever. The world's first voice-controlled Music System...
You Say It VOCO Plays it What else do you need to know?


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Re: [slim] NEW SB hardware?

2011-06-23 Thread tamanaco


justreturned;637723 Wrote: 
 In my opinion SB3 is still the most awesome-looking piece of hardware
 every made in this product line (designed by Slimdevices). I own Booms,
 a Radio, a Receiver and a SB3, and while the SB3's fluorescent display
 is not as flexible as a touchscreen, it just looks classy and is nicely
 readable even from a distance. Also, can't beat it dimmed in the
 sleeping room where an LCD is always too bright.
 
 Boom and radio are nice in terms of not needing an amplifier, they fit
 their purpose, but they just don't have the looks of the SB3 and seem
 built with less care for quality...too much plastic. As for the
 receiver/controller pair, I might trade it any day for an SB3,
 especially in these times of iPeng the controller is slow, inflexible
 and not very userfriendly. The touch aims at continuing the SB3's line,
 but the display is just not the same feel.
 
 Logitech, please bring back an SB3-like model, with nice design, maybe
 a (tiny) set of somewhat hidden and invisible buttons (e.g. on the side
 or on top), and with a bigger fluorescent display, and I'll be in
 Squeezebox heaven. Maybe also a flat one for wall-mounting?

I'm on the same boat... the SB3 up to this point (for me) has been the
pinnacle of the SB players. Great sound quality without too many bells
and whistles. The ability to quickly select a track, album or
streamed service that I want to listen. at that moment, is most
important. Want a display?... You got it!... Don't want or need a the
native display?... dim it or turn it off. Need a remote? Use the
included dummy remote. If you want to get fancy and want color album
art, info and lyrics on the palm of your hand...  get a one of the
remote apps for smartphones or buy the controller. 

Most important thing when I get home and want to relax... is to get a
drink and and turn on the music without too much fuzz. Listen to what I
feel like and avoid having to interact with the apparatus that's playing
the music... I just want to relax and listen. That's the reason I got
the box in the first place.


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox ( MySqueezebox.com) DOWN!!!

2011-05-24 Thread tamanaco


Discarding mysb.com is easy for those that bought their SBs just to
connect to a local server, but what about those that bought them to use
them with mysb.com? Maintaining a local server is not a walk in the park
for those that lack computer skills. Too many things can go wrong with
an SBS which makes it difficult for your average person to diagnose.
Server hardware, OS, network connectivity, is the SBS app running,
viruses, server crash... etc. Some of my friends and some members of my
family use their SB3s and boom boxes just to listen to Pandora and to a
couple foreign radio stations. Do they need the additional expense and
complexity of an SBS server? I know, there are plugins that allow power
the server on/off... but try asking an elderly member of your family to
configure the SrvCntrl plugin and WOL in the LAN remotely. With
mysb.com when a family member or friend has an issue and the SB is
on... I can quickly narrow it down to network connectivity. If mysb.com
is working from my house they are either having ISP issues or their
router is down. (I acknowledge that lately mysb.com has not been as
reliable as it has been in the past). But rarely does the
hardware/firmware of the boxes fails or do my friends or family have
issues with the LAN connectivity to mysq.com making it easy with just a
computer with a browser from the LAN to determine where the connectivity
issue lies. (LAN or ISP). Something that the average Joe can do.
Mysb.com also serve as an aggregator for all the Internet stream music
services and radio stations. You only need a single id and password of
mysb.com configure in your box to get access to all your subscriptions
from a single point. Without this remote single point of aggregation
one has to locally maintain all the ids and passwords... if the Local
server fails think of all the things you have to do to get a failed
server up and running just to listen to one of your Pandora favorites? 
To me one of the advantages of my Squeezebox is that I don't end up with
a brick if my server fails or if I decide to turn my SB server off to
save a few cents on electricity. Again, I agree that the mysb.com needs
to be made more reliable and that Logitech should continue to enhance
this service.


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Re: [slim] Possibility to build dedicated controller based on Android?

2011-04-11 Thread tamanaco



A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
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Question: Dedicated controller necessary?

- Go on, just buy a Sonos then!
- Are the two extra clicks really that bad?
- The original Controller works well!
- Yes, such a controller would be the icing on the cake!


Muele;624649 Wrote: 
 
 Yes, such a controller would be the icing on the cake!
 Sure, if it came from Logitech, maybe it would generate a few extra
 sales but probably not enough to justify the effort. For existing
 customers I think aftersales of such a controller would be close to 0.
 Based on the expected pricetag of such a device, compared to what
 alternatives are out there.

I have different speculative take. I believe Logitech would like to
increase their share of the streamed media market. This is evident by
their acquisition of SlimDevices and their partnership with Google. So
far, as separated offerings the SqueezeBox and Revue have not been very
successful. I would not be surprised if the Squeezebox and the Revue
were integrated to give customers a fully integrated stream media
solution. The Revue already has the functionality of a Harmony remote
including an IR blaster to control AV components. Adding a bit of
hardware to make it into a SqueezeVue or ReSqueeze should not be that
hard and it would remove the hardware fragmentation they currently have
with music and video stream players. The recent development of LMS
hints that Logitech is moving in this direction either with completely
new hardware box that can take advantage of their new Media Server,
currently under development, or with the integration of their existing
assets in an enhanced Revue box. This also would allow them to
integrate their streamed media development and cut cost. With such a
device it would then be possible to control all of your AV components
with a single remote and even allow you to view your album art using
your computer, Smartphone and on your TV if you so desire. The Revue
already has a Smartphone remote app.  Again, this is all speculation,
but given that LMS is also a video server and that the current product
line has no offerings to take advantage of this additional server
functionality... makes one wonder.


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Re: [slim] Possibility to build dedicated controller based on Android?

2011-04-10 Thread tamanaco



A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86926

Question: Dedicated controller necessary?

- Go on, just buy a Sonos then!
- Are the two extra clicks really that bad?
- The original Controller works well!
- Yes, such a controller would be the icing on the cake!


erland;624361 Wrote: 
 The only dedicated controller from Logitech that would make sense to me
 is a combined Squeezebox+Harmony remote with some hard buttons and a
 touch screen that could also control all my IR based equipment.
 Something like that, I'd definitely consider buying, but not a
 dedicated controller that only can control my Squeezeboxes.
 
 Until they release something like that, I'll continue using the Harmony
 IR remote or the iPad with SqueezePad or iPeng depending on what kind of
 operation I'd like to do.

I'm on the same boat, but I use Android instead of iOS. If LMS becomes
a successful Logitech mainstream product maybe they'd consider
developing a hybrid Harmony AV Remote + LMS Controller.

When the existing Controller was under development. I remember asking
about building a hybrid using Logitech's Harmony code. At the time, if
I remember correctly, I was told that there were some intellectual
capital restrictions that prevented the Harmony developers from sharing
code with the Controller developers. Maybe these restrictions no longer
apply. Having such a remote from the get-go would make LMS a more
appealing Media Server.


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Re: [slim] Possibility to build dedicated controller based on Android?

2011-04-10 Thread tamanaco



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Question: Dedicated controller necessary?

- Go on, just buy a Sonos then!
- Are the two extra clicks really that bad?
- The original Controller works well!
- Yes, such a controller would be the icing on the cake!


HelgeP;624501 Wrote: 
 Whoah, thanks for all the input, guys. :-D
 
 I think I phrased my questrion a bit confusingly: I was really
 wondering whether someone (not Logitech) would be able to transform any
 kind of Android phone (I took Android as it is a supposedly more open
 system) into a Squeezebox controller via some kind of hack (removing
 the lockscreen and single-tasking the controller app).
 
 I don't mind using a phone 'only' as a controller, seeing as I would be
 spending the same amount for Sonos' dedicated controller.

Why does it have to be a hack? There are SBS remote control
applications for Smartphones. Have you looked at SqueezeCommander?
That's the application I use for Android to control my Squeezebox
setup. I think there one or two more similar Android apps.

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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-03-11 Thread tamanaco

A bit off topic

I have been using SqueezeCommander for a while and I'm very happy with
it. Thank you very much. Little improvements are needed here and there,
but nothing related to the scope of its existing (defined) functionality
that I'd complain about. My issue is that I need another device (remote)
just to turn my receiver on/off and to adjust some of its settings. I
understand that SqueezeCommander is not a Universal remote, but if
one could add just the function to power on/off receivers it would be
perfect for me.

Looking around I noticed that right now with an iPhone one can have a
remote for the SB (iPeng) and a Universal IR remote unified in a single
device. I don't think I'll ever get an iPhone... so I'd like a similar
solution for my Android phone, but I have been unable to find it.
Looking around I found the following 3 solutions to control AV systems
via IR using an iPhone which requires the purchase of a wireless IR
blaster. I could not find anything similar to these for Android.

http://us.gear4.com/product/_/93/unityremote/?cid=31
http://www.slashgear.com/peel-fruit-turns-iphone-into-show-suggesting-universal-remote-08118392/
http://www.slashgear.com/griffin-beacon-makes-your-iphone-4-a-universal-remote-07124546/

My question to the SqueezeCommander developer is... How difficult would
it be for SqueezeCommander to accommodate the necessary wireless
interface to communicate with one of these wireless IR blasters?

One way would be to have an agreement with the makers of one of these
blasters and license the interface from then and incorporate into
SqueezeCommander. It will probably cost too much money to justify it,
but one can only wish. Take a look at the video about the UnityRemote
in the link above... I'd like to something similar to this for my
Android phone, but with the functionality of SqueezeCommander.

The other way... probably not legal... is to capture and replicate the
wireless signals from one of these apps. I know that recording the IR
signal from any of these blasters to the components is easy (most
Universal remotes have a record function) but how difficult would it be
to record the wireless signal from one of these apps to the IR blasters?
I doubt they're secured (encrypted). Just having an app that replicates
the signals that are required to turn several receivers on/off from my
Android phone would be enough for me. Having SqueezeCommander do it
within its interface would be perfect.

Just a thought... I know that my iPhone-loving friend, who also owns a
SB3 because I recommended it.. is thinking of buying the UnityRemote...
I hate to have him show me another thing that he can easily do with
his device.

My other hope is that gears4 is also developing a UnityRemote app for
Android.

Back on topic...

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[slim] Archos Artnova... ready to exterminate... your Squeezebox too?

2011-02-20 Thread tamanaco


I think this Arnova has been around for a few weeks. Has anyone gotten a
hold of one of these internet radio boxes? How the sound quality and
UI? Does the Engadget SQB Exterminator claim hold any water?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/19/archos-arnova-is-ready-to-exterminate-your-clock-radio-your-squ/


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Re: [slim] The Orb

2010-12-13 Thread tamanaco


Here is SlashGear's review of the Orb Music MP-1

http://www.slashgear.com/orb-music-mp-1-review-13119165/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashgear+%28SlashGear%29utm_content=Bloglines

No wired LAN support, No Flac support, lo-fi... Affordable, but not
good enough to replace a Squeezebox. Might consider it... so that I can
use it by the pool with a pair of portable self-amplified speakers... if
I ever get that summer home in the Caribbean.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-10 Thread tamanaco


flattermann;567987 Wrote: 
 
 Some more things to try:
 - In the PlayerServerScreen in SqueezeCommander, does the IP address
 line show 192.168.1.100:9000 *(WOL)*?
 - Please try the WOL again (i.e. tap on the server in SqueezeCommander)
 and send me a logfile:
 http://www.squeezecommander.com/trac/wiki/Logfile
 
 Thanks!

Ok, problem solved. Knowing that *(WOL)* needed to appear and the end
of the Server IP address line helped me solve the issue. I removed and
re-added the server to the list. I think the issue was due to the
keyboard adding a space after the : in the last hex pair of the MAC
address. Removing the extra space with backspace removed the space
while editing, but for some reason, once I hit Ok the space I removed
using the backspace was somehow re-added. I used my finger to place the
cursor after the existing : in the last Hex pair of the MAC and it
worked. I also re-installed the WOL app and now shows an option to send
the packets as broadcast which did not appear before under the settings.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-09 Thread tamanaco


After playing with Commander for a week I'm very happy with the way I
can navigate my server library and squeezenetwork services. The only
things I wish I had is access to the Extras menu. This way I can use
plugins like Server Power Control to put my SB Server to sleep and like
Sugarcube to turn on/off my dynamic MusicIP playlist. It would also be
nice if one could create MusicIP mixes from the Music Library and to
view Album Reviews. I know... I know... it takes time.

The only thing I noticed that's not working for me is WOL. I have to
use my laptop to wake up my server. Pressing Connect to my server
(already configured for WOL with the correct MAC) fails to wake up the
server. Am I missing a button somewhere to send the WOL packets? Btw,
I'm not sure if it is an issue with my Captivate Running Android 2.1. I
also downloaded an App called WOL and it also fails to wake up the
server. The WOL tool is configured to send 5 wake up packets every 5
seconds, but it does not do anything either. My laptop is connected via
WiFi to the same router. I use Fusion WOL to send the WOL packets to my
server and it works just fine. I would be nice if I didn't need to use
my laptop to wake up the server or use the IR remote to put the server
to sleep. 

One more thing... is there a way to clear the current playlist? I would
like to add several tracks/albums while there are no tracks playing
(Blank Playlist) But... it would also be nice if there was an option to
clear the playlist except for the currently playing track.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-09 Thread tamanaco


flattermann;567868 Wrote: 
 
 Your server is connected through *wired* LAN?
 If yes, maybe you could capture the network traffic (Protocol UDP,
 Broadcasting to 255.255.255.255) and see if the packets arrive in your
 LAN?
 The packet is sent as broadcast, therefore you should be able to catch
 the packet on any device in your LAN. (Try e.g. Wireshark as Network
 sniffer)

Yes, my server and my SB3 are connected to a Wired LAN. I'd not have it
any other way.

I ran Wiredshark and I can see ARP requests from my phone (.112) for my
server IP address (.100) every time I click connect from Commander or
when I try to send a WOL packet from the WOL app in my phone. I do not
see WOL packets coming from the phone.

26  5.418603SamsungE_ad:1x:5x   Broadcast   ARP Who has 
192.168.1.100? 
Tell 192.168.1.112

When I send them from my laptop (.101) connected via WiFi using Fusion
WOL I can see the WOL packets arrive.

162 33.584576   192.168.1.101   255.255.255.255 WOL MagicPacket for
3Com_6x:4x:1x (00:0x:0x:6x:4x:1x) (x inserted to hide MAC address)

I think I read something about Android 2.1 having issues with masks
other than 255.255.255.0 could this be an issue? I thought WOL only
relied on MAC addresses, but I could be wrong.  Can you WOL your server
using a phone with Android 2.1?


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-03 Thread tamanaco


pippin;566268 Wrote: 
 That should work, as flattermann said, from the player context menu
 (hold the player).

Maybe I'm a little dense today. Please explain how.

My SB3 is currently connected to mysqueezebox.com.
My SBS server is on
I'm on the player's content menu. (Top shows PLayers on:
MysqueezeBox.com nameofmysb3*)

Under Music Source:

If I press press and hold the option to connect Commander to my SBS
server there are tree options (Connect, Configure WOL and Remote list)
The default is connect with one click. If I select connect... I get a
message that says No Squeezebox is connected to this server!

If I press and hold the option to mysqueezebox.com to connect Commander
to mysqueezebox.com there are two options (Connect and Configure WOL)
Connect is the default with one click. (Don't know why there is a
configure WOL option for mysqueezebox.com in this menu)... I select
Connect... My SB3 is connected. I can use all the features of
mysqueezebox.com Where do I click to get an option to connect my
SB3 directly to my local squeezebox server? I only get choices for
mysquezebox.com features under Music Library.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-03 Thread tamanaco


pippin;566268 Wrote: 
 That should work, as flattermann said, from the player context menu
 (hold the player).

Maybe I'm being a little dense. Please explain how.

My SB3 is currently connected to mysqueezebox.com.
My SBS server is on
I'm on the player's content menu. (Top shows PLayers on:
MysqueezeBox.com nameofmysb3*)

Under Music Source:

If I press press and hold the option to connect Commander to my SBS
server there are tree options (Connect, Configure WOL and Remote list)
The default is connect with one click. If I select connect... I get a
message that says No Squeezebox is connected to this server!

If I press and hold the option to mysqueezebox.com to connect Commander
to mysqueezebox.com there are two options (Connect and Configure WOL)
Connect is the default with one click. (Don't know why there is a
configure WOL option for mysqueezebox.com in this menu)... I select
Connect... My SB3 is connected. I can use all the features of
mysqueezebox.com Where do I click to get an option to connect my
SB3 directly to my local squeezebox server? I only get choices for
mysquezebox.com features under Music Library. 

EDIT: If I press and hold the playername I get options for (Music
Source, Sleep, Alarm Clock, Rename and Forget Player)... If I click
Music Source it t list the name of my SBS with a button underneath to
Cancel.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-03 Thread tamanaco


flattermann;566277 Wrote: 
 Now tap on the SBS name in this dialog. :-)

Thanks... I was just moving a little too quickly and thought of this
option as just a list of sources. See my subsequent edits to my post.

One question. Why is there a configure WOL option under
mysqueezebox.com?


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-02 Thread tamanaco


Nice! 1st paid app I put in my two-week old Samsung Captivate. So
far... so good. There are a few things that would be nice to have, but
they might be unreasonable or impossible to implement.

I like that the app uses WOL to wake up the server, but I still have to
grab the old remote and switch my SB3 from mysqueezebox.com to my
squeezebox server. A long time ago I asked if there was a way to switch
the Squeezebox from from SBN to a default SBS via the Web interface or
programatically, but I think I was told that there was no such
functionality. My SB3 is connected to SBN while my dedicated SBS
sleeps. The PowerCntrl plugin has a similar problem. It automatically 
switches my SB3 to SBN and puts my server to sleep, but I still have to
grab the old remote to turn the SB3 off to display the clock.

To use the search function after the application is started requires at
least 3 clicks.  Music Library - Artist/Album - Search. Sometimes both
the Menu and Search (physical buttons) bring up the Music Library. Once
the app has loaded... it would be nice if just pressing the Search
button brought up a little window that let you you select Artist or
Album... and Internet Station (In the future... if possible)

Also... maybe implement something similar to the search function of the
Contacts list. Like the ability to select the first letter of the
track/artist/album from a list of letters on the side or display a
large letter in the middle of the list as one scrolls up/down.

I use SpiceFly Sugarcube it would be nice if there was a way to turn it
on/off from Commander.

Very low in priority - The color scheme is nice, but I find it a bit
dark. Are color adjustments and skins features that we can expect down
the road?

I just installed Commander... so maybe some these features are already
planned, already requested or impossible. These were the things that
came to mind at first glance. I have not played with the app for long
or had time to read the whole thread.

Thanks for the great app.


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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-02 Thread tamanaco


flattermann;566194 Wrote: 
 tamanaco, I'm not sure, if I understand your problem correctly.
 
 You should be able to switch your SB3 from SBS to MSB (and vice versa)
 on the PlayerServerScreen (swipe left-to-right on the NowPlayingScreen,
 use the context menu of the Player).

What I was trying to say was... that my SB3 is usually connected
directly to mysqueezebox.com when turned off (the server is sleeping).
I just want to use Commander in my Android phone, nothing else, to
control the SB3. I'm able to connect to mysqueezebox.com and turn on my
SB3 using Commander (not a problem), I can Wake up my SBS using WOL in
Commander (not a problem). While my server is waking up, I can connect
back to mysqueezebox.com using Commander and control my SB3, but I can
not make my SB3 connect to my SBS using Commander via
myqueezebox.com. I have to grab the IR Remote and switch the SB3 from
mysqueezebox.com to connect to the squeezebox server. I just wanted to
use my phone from outside the house (within WiFi range) and start
playing music from my server. No matter what, I have to go inside the
house and use the IR remote if I want to switch the SB3 from
mysqueezebox.com to my server.

Note that if my server is on and my SB3 is connected to it... I can put
my server to sleep and switch my SB3 to mysqueezebox.com using the
Server Power Control Plugin. I can then go to mysqueezebox.com via a
browser or using Commander and turn off my SB3. Server sleeps and the
SB3 is displaying the time and I did not have to go inside the house to
use the IR remote.

Btw, I believe that what Id like to do is a function thats not
currently available when one interfaces to with the squeezebox via
mysqueezebox network. You can play music, you can add favorites, you
can turn the SB3 on/off etc, etc but you can not make the SB3 connect
to a server.  

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Re: [slim] Logitech Google TV

2010-05-25 Thread tamanaco


Boxee is already working on an Android app for Google TV. Another small
player falls under the Google cloud.

http://androidcommunity.com/boxee-and-googletv-20100525/


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Re: [slim] Logitech Google TV

2010-05-24 Thread tamanaco

 indecent adult content that might affect them, but
they have no issues with a kid getting a hole in the head with one of
the guns they sell over the counter... Topic for another forum

Back to the Logitech box... from what I can see from the video demo I
posted in this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79006 The Logitech box
besides having Google TV (A Google Experience that allows search for
media content with a customized browser for TV), the Logitech box will
also incorporate the Harmony remote engine that can be controlled via a
Smarphone or any mobile device using Android and WiFi. The Logitech box
is also IR Blaster which will allow you to send IR commands to the rest
of your AV System components. In essence giving you the Harmony
activity-centric way of controlling your AV components. Google's
approach appears more open to other content sources like Apple TV
because of its search engine and browser, but believe me, Google TV
will prioritize Gooogle's content so that it generates revenue for
Google. The one thing that might become attractive about the Google
TV solution is the strong possibility of Google TV for mobile devices.
Google is all about cloud-computing and the content that it owns is
already in the cloud. In the US making deals with studios that will
allow their content be use via Google Youtube Private and Secured
Channels does not sound that far out. Porting SBS to Android and making
it a component of the Logitech box along with Google TV might be a
little farther out.

I also believe that Google has pockets deep enough to make something
positive/negative happen. Small and independent companies like Vudu
that can only license content, do not own internet content (youtube) or
have the influence that only $oo$le has.


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Re: [slim] MusicIP and accented characters in 7.5.1

2010-05-13 Thread tamanaco


Hmmm, I did not noticed, until I saw this thread, that this accented
character issue with MusicIP was back. I guess it came back with 7.5 as
it was working fine for me with previous releases of SBS. My library has
tons of World music and I have used accented characters in the tags,
path, and files names. I'm not about to rename them as I feel that it
takes away an aesthetic aspect of my library.   

I have not been using the M in the Web UI to generate MusicIP
frequently enough to notice that it was not picking up accented
characters. I have been using SpiceFly SugarCube and this plugin uses
MusicIP to create its dynamic playlists. As far as I can tell,
SugarCube has no issues retrieving tracks from MusicIP that have
accented characters. I guess there is something that SugarCube is doing
to handle these MusicIP exceptions. I can use a seed track with foreign
characters in its path, file name, and tag and SugarCube retrieves the
next track. It even retrieves next tracks with accented characters in
them. Maybe... just maybe... some method could be added to the
MusicIP plugin or SBS so that it can retrieve the MusicIP generated
tracks in a similar way that SugarCube does. Having to rename all my
existing files and having to edit tracks that are automatically named
correctly as I rip them with dBpowerAMP is not an option for me. I
also want to maintain the integrity (The correct names of Artists,
Albums and Tracks) of my library as I don't use it exclusively with SBS
and in the future a better player/mixer might come up that has no issues
with these characters.


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Re: [slim] MusicIP and accented characters in 7.5.1

2010-05-13 Thread tamanaco


treble;547148 Wrote: 
 SqueezeCenter can create mixes with accented characters in the filename,
 however it won't play them since it can't find them because of the wrong
 character encoding (the error will show up in the log).  Do yours
 actually play?
 
 This character encoding has been an issue with many versions of
 SqueezeCenter/Slimserver.  Very frustrating. I resisted 'fixing' my
 filenames as well, but now I gave in, and changed my library.  
 
 See also bugs I filed earlier (which probably will never be fixed since
 it is under the 7.4.* version):
 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15486
 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15701

I my case SC creates mixes, but only with tracks that have no accented
characters. If I select a track with accented characters as the seed SC
will generate a mix, but the seed track won't be in the play list. Also,
none of the other tracks added to the playlist have accented
characters.

With SugarCube I can use a track with accented characters as the seed
and this track plus subsequent dynamically added tracks to playlist...
play without a problem. This includes dynamically added tracks with
accented characters in their tags, path and files names.


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[slim] Have the SD servers been moved to a new hardware or to a new ISP?

2010-04-14 Thread tamanaco


In the past couple days the respond of the UI of the forum,
mysqueezebox.com and the servers from where I download the builds
either loose connection or are too slow to respond. This morning I
could not download the latest 7.51 build because the download time out
several times. mysqueezebox.com kept disconnecting my SB3 and when it
connected the streams would stop and restart. Something changed at the
data center servers, with a router in the data center or with an ISP
router on the way there... I'm in NYC and all the other internet
services that I use are working as usual. I tried restarting my router
and my computers several times, but it made no difference. When I run
streaming services like Pandora directly from my computer I have no
problems with the streams. Coincidence?... or Am I going crazy over
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[slim] Last.fm to retire on-demand music

2010-04-13 Thread tamanaco


I wonder how this will work for Squeezebox users?

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/04/13/last-fm-retires-on-demand-music-streaming/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+electricpig+%28Electricpig.co.uk%3A+The+UK%27s+fastest+growing+tech+news+site%29utm_content=Bloglines


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Re: [slim] Announce: Desktop Gadget for Windows

2010-01-22 Thread tamanaco


Nice!... but as others have said, the gadget takes a little bit too much
horizontal (valuable) desktop space. It would be nice if the control
buttons could collapse under the gadget while still showing the Album
art and track info while the music is playing. Hovering over or clicking
on the gadget to display the controls.

Btw, I noticed that while playing internet stations and services the
album Art does not update. I only the generic radio icon is displayed.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

2010-01-13 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;505883 Wrote: 
 
 Let me know if my answer clarify the reason why things are happening
 for the Belly album. If not i'll dive into the problem again.

Frank, I double checked my tags, but could not find anything... I email
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

2010-01-12 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;504758 Wrote: 
 
 
 The Belly Dance various artist issue is indeed due to the fact that ACC
 determines for itself if an album is correctly defined by SBS as various
 artist or not. However if you disable the option 'TPE2 tag is
 AlbumArtist instead of band' ACC does not perform this tasks so it
 should solve the issue. 

Hi Frank, I've been using ACC with the TPE2 option disabled and have
tested with it enabled with the same result. What I can not understand
is why is only happening with this specific Various Artist (Compilation)
Album. There is a character of some tag there that is making ACC treat
it differently. I use the same tag and folder naming scheme with all the
other Various Artist (Compilations) Albums in my library and ACC
displays them as expected. I must have over 100 compilations albums. As
I said before, SC does not have any issues with this album and catalogs
it along with the other compilations as expected.


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Re: [slim] Acer Aspire Revo: Good Server Bones?

2010-01-09 Thread tamanaco


I've been trying to get the Aspire Revo 3610 (2nd Generation) with Core
Duo processor and Win 7 64bit, but no reputable US based store or online
retailer has it in stock. The MSRP is $329. I can only find it for more
money in eBay from a Taiwanese outlet or from an outlet in Canada. I was
hoping that Acer was going to announce something about the Revo at CES,
but I have not heard anything yet. There is either something wrong with
the US supply pipeline for 3610 series or the series has been
discontinued.  

It appears as a deactivated item at newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103234Tpk=acer%20aspire%20r3610%20revo

One issue that some folks have reported is that they're unable use WOL
to remotely wake up the Revos. There is supposedly a BIOS setting to
enable this function, but it appears not to be working. Anyone here
running SC on an Aspire Revo and using WOL?


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

2010-01-09 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;504326 Wrote: 
 I made some changes which require some testing before release and hope
 some of you can do some tests? Therefor this beta is only posted on the
 forum.
 
 What to test?
 1. Various artist albums should be sorted by Album name
 2. Artist names starting with ¡ or ¿ should be sorted by the first char
 of the name, not by ¡ or ¿ (Tamanaco ?)
 
 http://acc.vanholt.nl/downloads/acc-v205-beta1.zip
 
 Thx in advance...
 
 Frank

Hi Frank, I just tested 2.05 beta 1 and the Various Artist (Belly
Dance) Album that we talked about is still not listed as it should. The
issue with the sorting of the Artist Names starting ¡ or ¿ is resolved,
but the ¡ or ¿ characters are omitted in the Artist name in the Catalog.
Not a big deal... I can live without the ¡ or ¿ printed in the Catalog.

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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

2010-01-07 Thread tamanaco


Viragored;503712 Wrote: 
 
 I have Firefox as the default web browser on my PC, but also have IE8
 installed.  When I run ACC, the files ACC creates open in Internet
 Explorer.  If I use Windows Explorer to locate the files they show as
 Firefox files and a double click will open them in Firefox.  
 
 Is there a setting somewhere in the PC that I need to change to make
 ACC open the files in Firefox?  
 
 

I'm assuming you're using Windows, so if IE8 is installed correctly you
can try right-clicking the .hta file in File Explorer and select Open
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

2010-01-04 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;502379 Wrote: 
 Interesting issue. Can you mail me a file of an album with this issue? I
 will then work towards a resolution. Question though, does SBS ignore
 the ¡ and ¿ also and sort on the first letter of the album name?

Hi Frank, I sent you a sample file. SBS ignores the ¡ and ¿ and sorts
then correctly by the first letter. I only have one artist that starts
with ñ (Ñico Saquito) which SBS sorts after the Z under ?, but since
I don't have a full album under this artist (Album Artist tag) ACC does
not have to deal with it.   


SilverRS8;502379 Wrote: 
 I don't know if this has been improved in SBS but in the SC days albums
 the whole various artist detecting was kind a lousy. For this reason ACC
 determines for itself which album is a various artist album and which
 not. This works quiet well actually but as you correctly noticed in this
 single case not.
 
 I will use the album tags you included to set up a test case in order
 to optimize the detection. This will probably be in the weekend though
 as sadly the christmas holidays are over. Maybe SBS has an improved
 detecting of various artists and can the detection code in ACC be
 removed. To be investigated I guess... I'll be back ;-)

I understand what you're saying, but ACC sorted other various artists
albums with similar characteristics correctly. I also send you a sample
file from the album in question. Yeap, too bad the holidays are over.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2


Thanks Frank, 2.x has some great improvements. I have another cosmetic
suggestion. Would it be possible to either restrict the codec and
bitrate information to the table of content? If not, when selected, can
this information be placed to the right of the Artist and Album names
(headers) in the main body of the Album Catalog?

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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2


SilverRS8;502103 Wrote: 
 You can set the position where it should appear in the main interface.
 Options are Left, right or at the bottom.
 
 I don't quiet understand what you mean with codec and table of
 contents?

I see, I was looking at the options interface. Is there a way to get
back to the main interface after you enter the options?  I could not
find a way to get back to the main (start page interface)

What I meant was to restrict the Display codec information and also
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2


SilverRS8;502122 Wrote: 
 You are probably using Windows 7? Bill has decided to set the display to
 125% of its normal size causing many application (especially web based
 apps) with font sizing issues. I have not found a way yet to reduce this
 by code for ACC only and I don't think there is a way to do this.
 
 If the screen layout does not look like the screenshots on the ACC
 download page, position your mouse on the ACC screen, hold CTRL and use
 the scroll wheel to reduce Bills magnification factor. Or ofcourse
 reduce the Windows maginication to 100% (which sound more normal)
 
 I'll create an automatic popup when Windows 7 is detected with this
 message.
 
 About the codec in the table of contents, in my opinion the TOC should
 only include main data referred to, not meta data.
 
 The codec info is however included (if selected) in the Quickref
 catalog.
 
 Does this address your issues?
 
 Frank

No issues. I edited my post before you answered. The problem before was
between the keyboard and the screen (the end user). I'm happy with the
resulting catalog layout now.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2


Maybe I spoke too soon... anyway... this is a different cosmetic
issue.

I have a couple Spanish albums names that start with either ¡ or ¿.
These exclamation and question marks should be ignored and instead the
first letter of the Album Name should be used to sort them. See
¡Cubanismo! Albums listed under  in the picture below.

I use the Genre, Album Artists and Album Name tags to build my folders
structures. All my various artists albums in SC and ACC are displayed as
expected except for one album. The relevant album tags for this album
are: Album Artists: Belly Dance (Various Artist), Album Name: The Best
Belly Dance Album in The World... Ever! Vol. 2., the album compilation
flag is also set to 1 and every track has the correct Artist associated
with it. As you can see in the pics below the SC Web UI lists the Album
as expected under the Artist Belly Dance (Various Artist), but it
appears that ACC changes the Album Artist tag to Various Artist. Note
that ACC does not change the album Roots Of Rumba Rock 2 whose Album
Artist tag is displayed correctly as Zaire Classics (Various Artists)
and which also has the compilation flag set to 1. I hope, this time, I
explained the problem in a way you can understand.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-12-26 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;498955 Wrote: 
 Just did a run using the folder structure option and cannot reproduce
 the problem. Can you enlight me on your specific case? I tested with
 cyrillic characters. What characters did you use?

The folders that failed had one or more of the following characters á é
í ó ú ü ñ Á ¡ ç ô ã somewhere in their path.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-12-25 Thread tamanaco


Thanks Frank, nice update. The only issue I've found, so far, is that
the Album Art for albums that have extended characters in their path are
not picked up when using the folder structure option. Selecting the
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Re: [slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?

2009-12-11 Thread tamanaco


Here is another speculative view of why Apple acquired lala.com

http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/internet/was-lala-googles-foray-into-the-music-business


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[slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?

2009-12-07 Thread tamanaco


I can't help, but think that Steve Jobs' next move after the acquisition
of lala.com is to go after services like Pandora, Last.FM, Slacker and
Spotify. It probably also means that the streaming services are going
to be integrated into iTunes. I think this can become another great move
by the master because if it works... iTunes will gain a streaming and a
music media social environment. I can already picture an iStreamBox
that would give the SQBX a run for the money. iTunes with an
incorporated stream music server component, would instantly gain the
existing iTunes user base...to me it appears as natural evolution of
iTunes for the iFolks. The Apple Apps Store could also be easily
integrated in the mix in order to distribute Apps similar to plugins for
the iStreamBox and/or specialized iPod Docking stations. This apps, like
plugins, would enhance the music listening experience for free or for a
fee and expand the Apple Apps Universe. Next move down the line for
Stevo... iTtunes video streaming

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Re: [slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?

2009-12-07 Thread tamanaco


autopilot;493113 Wrote: 
 iTunes already does streaming. Are you talking about a subscription
 service like Napster/Rhapsody?

It already does streaming, but as far as I know, it does not do high
bitrates... Adding a high bitrate local server,  remote streamed
services and adding a new product like an iStreamBox. An iStreamBox with
good quality audio components to play music via your AV system is what
I'm talking about. Basically a future specialized box for music
streaming similar to the AppleTV... Again, I'm just speculating here...
I assure you that Apple did not buy lala.com to become just another
Napster... It has to be (again I'm specualting) about the enhancement of
iTunes integration of these services with iTunes and opening new
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Re: [slim] Apple acquires lala.com... What's Stevo's next move?

2009-12-07 Thread tamanaco


Pat, iPhone, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm not an iAnything fan, but
I admire S. Jobs business moves. He has a captive audience with the
iPhone and iPods that are centered around iTunes. What I see him doing
is aggregating services for his already captive audience to keep them
happy and to also go after other potential customers for devices like
the Sonos and SQBX. If you're already an iPhone user... he wants to keep
you... and if you're not.. he was to offer other avenues to get you...
That's all I'm specualting about here. Will I buy an iStreamBox?...
probably no... If Apple successfully integrates what I mentioned above
will they be a force to be reckon with... probably yes.


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Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread tamanaco


Well, I guess Logitech has deep pockets... but its arms are a bit short.
No BBQ for you my friends!...:-))


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Re: [slim] Nicer squeezecenter GUI

2009-09-10 Thread tamanaco


Yeap, Moose is still around. I use Moose on a  HP TouchSmart Tx2
Notebook. I fold the TX2 screen into tablet(landscape) mode then I go to
Moose Tools-View Mode and select Touch Screen. It works great, but is
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Re: [slim] FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio


Given the current leaked pictures one would be let to assume that...

SB3 - S-Touch 
Boom - Baby Boom (Given the sbrad.jpg it should have integrated
speakers)
SBC - ? 
Duet Receiver - ?


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Re: [slim] FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio


amcluesent;450439 Wrote: 
 Duet Receiver - ?
 
 Into the dumpster! And we will never mention it again :)

From what I can gather in this forums I have to agree with you. Notice
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Re: [slim] FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio


dem;450437 Wrote: 
 Also shown in the test report is that it was apparently tested with both
 an AC adapter and a Battery Power Pack.

Are there any leaked pictures of this Battery Power Pack? Is it a
build-in battery pack or external? In my experience using rechargeable
batteries to listen to streamed music at a decent volume level over
Wi-Fi for prolonged periods of time is not very practical. Specially
with small (portable) batteries. Who knows, maybe they'll be using a
relatively small and light rechargeable battery pack. I wonder what
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Re: [slim] FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio


andynormancx;450449 Wrote: 
 The shot of the bottom of the unit shows a removable door, presumably to
 access the battery. 

I see...

andynormancx;450449 Wrote: 
 
 Don't forget that the Radio will have a small LCD screen, rather than
 the VFD on the Boom. The LCD will use a lot less power than the VFD.

The LCD or VFD shouldn't be much of an issue as one can always turn the
screen off and still listen to music. Can't say the same thing about the
WiFi connection as constant power is required to drive the Wi-Fi adapter
to download the stream and keep the connection alive. I read an
announcement about a new generation of low power consumption Wi-Fi
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Re: [slim] FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio


andynormancx;450473 Wrote: 
 My iPhone will stream audio over wifi for 4-5 hours. It has a much
 smaller battery than the Radio is likely to have and probably a similar
 CPU, though admittedly it doesn't have a 10W amp...

Wow, I'm impressed... My Smartphone only last about 45 Min using Wi-Fi
using Pandora and about 2 hours when using a 3G connection. I guess the
iPhone has a better (low-power-drain) WiFi adapter than my Smartphone.
The other issue using batteries besides the power amp is going to be if
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)


ModelCitizen;449730 Wrote: 
 I've returned to this app to see if it'll work for me now and it does!
 Thanks very much Frank. The catalogue it produces from my library is
 superb.
 
 The only option addition I'd welcome is to be able to choose to have
 the track listing produced in a larger font size (without needing to
 adjust it via my browser's settings each time I view the catalogue). For
 my old eyes the default font size for the track listing (in both Firefox
 and IE) is just to small to read (this with display settings at 96dpi
 and browser font size set to normal/medium).
 
 MC

I also have old eyes. To avoid the font restriction I print a .pdf file
of the catalog that can be read, re-sized and searched easily using
Adobe reader. I even carry a copy of my catalog in .pdf format in my
Smartphone to make sure I don't buy a CD that I already own. It's also
useful when buying compilation CDs to make sure you don't already own
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)


ModelCitizen;449933 Wrote: 
 
 I'm not entirely sure what print pagination is. All I can say that if
 means print to paper I can't do that as it'd create 226 pages. I did
 not change from the default AAC pagination settings (as it did not
 appear I needed to).
 

I also don't know exactly what is meant by print pagination. What I
do is a Print Preview and in the preview I adjust the top/bot/sides
margins before I print to .pdf file. With the number of pages that you
have you'll need to be patient for the Print Preview to adjust the
pagination after you adjust the margins. At least the Windows Print
Preview gives you a page count down as it adjust the pages. I only
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)


SilverRS8;449943 Wrote: 
 Do you maybe know if it is possible to transfer internal HTML page links
 to a PDF? I could easily create links from the Table Of Contents entries
 to the actual catalog entries. However I haven't managed to get these
 into PDF files so the use is very limited and I did not implemented in
 in the end.

Sorry, I don't know how to transfer links to .pdf, but it sounds like
an excellent idea. Searching the catalog in the Smartphone takes a
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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)


ModelCitizen;449960 Wrote: 
 Does the image below help to explain anything?
 MC

I use Firefox for everything else except ACC. With IE the Print Preview
show adjustable margin lines and its layout looks a lot different. In
Firefox you'll need click the Page Setup and click on the tab for
Margins and Headers to adjust the margins so that the pagination will
adjust.


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Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-17 Thread tamanaco


I share Moonbase's feelings also... specially this point... There is no
clear path where to go. What are the goals, where is the target
market?.  The move to SQLite (possibly to accommodate the new product
line) and then back to MySQL completely left the existing MySQL users,
like myself, wondering what to do. Do I stick with MySQL? Is SQLite the
future... and if so why? Because of the new product line?... because
NASes need a smaller OS footprint?... because it has better
performance?... Should I plan to move to SQLite or not? Nothing has been
clearly articulated. The existing user base is confused... I know
betas are betas, but there is no clear vision (strategy) to which clear
goals (strategy) are attached. What I fear is that the plugin developers
will get frustrated with the platform changes. They have either stopped
development (enhancements) of their current plugins or have not
introduced new ones in quite some time. Palm OS is a great example of
developers moving on to greener pastures when Palm failed to communicate
a clear vision for them. Look at the number of Palm application and then
find how many of those have been enhanced or developed recently.


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Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-17 Thread tamanaco


rtitmuss;449205 Wrote: 
 We will be moving to SQLite in a future release of SqueezeCenter,
 probably 8.0. This change is being made to improve performance,
 especially on NASes and similar devices. It was decided that the SQLite
 changes will not be complete for the 7.4 release, which is why we
 reverted back to MySQL at the moment.
 
 Richard

This sounds reasonable... but my fear is that Logitech will move the
development resources from the current 7.4 MySQL platform to the future
SQLite before the 7.4 MySQL is fully baked. Plugin developers might
not want to work on a platform that will be sunset in the near future. I
think a clearly articulated framework to move the plugins from this
platform to the next to lessen the blows would help. I might be way out
on left field here... but if the plugins that are developed for
officially released 7.4 were to work without much effort on the SQLite
platform... it'd be big step forward. The recent move to SQLite broke
too many plugins.


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Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-16 Thread tamanaco


SilverRS8;448825 Wrote: 
 I just posted v1.5a which fixes a number of problems and adds the
 display of progress information while ACC is processing the data which
 on large collections can take up considerable time.
 
 Below the list of changes:
 ADDED: Progress information
 FIXED: When 'Create Table of Contents' was selected, the first catalog
 page contained preceding empty lines
 FIXED: Initial window position more towards top of the screen to
 prevent window from being not fully visible on lower screen resolutions
 FIXED: Genres were always processed even if the option selected was not
 to do so costing significant processing time while not necessary.
 
 Download available at:
 http://acc.vanholt.nl/downloads/acc-v15a.zip
 
 Frank

Frank, I just tested this release and I think you forgot to include the
'á' fix with this build.


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Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-14 Thread tamanaco


Unless the Boom gets one of those yet-to-be-released new generation low
power consumption wifi adapters or uses 3G/4G, I doubt that a mobile
option would be practical or make sense to me. The Boom box is first and
foremost a streamed digital music player. (Streamed from a local Music
Library on a server or streamed from online Internet Radio stations and
Service)  If you want to play streamed music at a decent volume while
connected via wifi... the batteries will drain in no time. Adding a USB
port to connect an external USB drive makes sense, but you would still
need an AC adapter. A SDHC slot to hold at most 32GB (based on currently
available capacities) is not enough storage for me to justify carrying
such big box. I carry my mp3 player with portable battery-powered
external speakers (not even a dock) for when I want to share my music
with others on the go. I tried using my SmartPhone to stream Pandora
(using 3G which consumes less power)and it was not practical without
an AC adapter. Compact rechargeable battery technology that supports
that amount of constant drain for prolonged periods of time... is still
not there yet... as far as I know.


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Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!


In the last fews weeks, as you can see in their blog, Logitech has
announced a bunch of new products. Hopefully an announcement for the
Sqeezebox Touch and other new SD related products will come soon.

Today Logitech announced the Logitech 900 Universal remote... Basically
and improved Harmony One with RF, a couple extra buttons and a higher
resolution screen. Besides my SB3 I have a bunch of other components
(including a Vudu box that uses RF) that I would like to control with a
single remote. This new Harmony has the potential to control everything
without jumping to many hurdles. I understand that the Harmony remotes
have no WiFi, but I hope that with this remote Logitech will add
specific profiles on their Web site fot the old IR Squeezeboxes and the
boxex yet to be officially announced. 

At one point I almost bought the Controller, but I noticed that
development of its software has either slowed dramatically or gone
underground. What I mean by underground is that maybe the development
folks from SD/Logitech are concentrating on products yet to be announced
which might also include a new and improved Controller. Again, this is
all speculation on my part. I just hope the Logitech announces the new
family of SD products soon so that I can make up my mind.

http://blog.logitech.com/


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Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!


Phil Leigh;447643 Wrote: 
 Yeah - my Harmony one works fine with SB3  Boom...

Good to hear... the last time I tried with my long ago defunct Harmony
880 I had to put the Harmony in learn mode to capture the SB3's remote
key functions. The 880 did not last a week. It got stuck in the wrong
place on the side of the sofa-bed. We couldn't close the bed one day and
gave it a little extra  push... it crushed the remote. Soon after that
the Controller and the Harmony One were announced and both got my
attention... I have been waiting to get a Universal remote or Controller
ever since.


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Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!


Peter van Cooten;447662 Wrote: 
 O WOW, a EUR 399 (USD 595) remote!! 

Yeap, is a bit expensive. The MSRP is $399 US, but it'll probably sell
for a lot less once it's released. I never paid MSRP for any gadget I
ever bought. I never ever buy Apple stuff. It's now listed, but
unavailable in Amazon.com for the MSRP. The MSRP of the Harmony One is
$249 US, but you can find it for about $180 in many online stores. It'll
probably drop a few more $$ once the 900 hits the stores. 

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Remote-Control-Black/dp/B002IC0YL8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1250007623sr=8-2


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