[slim] Podcast Bug
Have 7.5.1 on windows and can't seem to get the podcasts feeds I put in the server to show up on my players consistently. Some players show the entries, others don't. Have TP/Boom and SB2. This problem has been consistent for over a year through several upgrades and is rather frustrating since it seems like a basic feature. And if it was a bug, I'd think it would be fixed quickly, but clearly it hasn't. Any thoughts? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79867 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Controller Shuffle Behavior
Had a party this weekend and while the guests were impressed by their ability to dial-up all my music on the controller, they were less than impressed by the presence of this shuffle bug (had to explain to 5+ people that it was unexpected behavior and it should work like they expected). Luckily they quickly moved to adding specific songs to the playlist which limited this issue. Other comments were basically that the controller was unresponsive at times (sometimes going to Connecting... and other times just spinning arrow, etc.) and a little sluggish in general. My wireless is solid in general fo other devices, so I'm not sure what the issue is. Also, the feel of the dial is tough to get the hang of - it seems to jump from non-responsive to over responsive. It's not easy to use it quickly based on feel - you have to be very deliberate to not under or overshoot your target. I understand and agree with these assessments. I'm hoping there's focus on cleaning up the code on the controller to be faster and have fewer bugs. It's the front line in the reference sale in the field and it's not where it needs to be yet, IMO. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Controller Shuffle Behavior
Best I can tell, 6 months have past and this bug hasn't been addressed. I suppose I could track down some nightly, but my current 7.3.2 SC is too fragile as it is. Very frustrating... -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Linn - SkweezyDS
rockfather;383417 Wrote: ...The design involves making a Linn DS mimic what a Squeezebox is doing... Are you touching the Linn DS firmware in any way, or is all the magic in your plug-in combined with the extra SB and essentially the SC software thinks it's talking to the SB and the Linn DS thinks it's talking to a UPnP server? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TOSLINK Or Coaxial Cable - SqueezeBox Classic (3) To DACMagic
One nice attribute of the Coax approach is that you can use your Coax in the walls to connect systems remotely. In my case, I use the DAC in the Transporter locally to my 2 channel system and also use the Coax digital out to connect it into my home theater system on a different floor. Although I have an SB3 in the HT, I don't have to mess with the sync feature of SC to hear the same music in 2 places. Edit: I say mess with sync feature because I find SC's behavior is sometimes a little odd when I use it. Obviously when I use 2 outputs from the TP, there's no difference to SC. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57942 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
flytox;374324 Wrote: DLNA/upNp, compliance of Sc means the end of sb/transporter. Some amp/receiver could display the tags and the integrated dac provide conversions to the amp. Isn't that threat real regardless? From my standpoint, SD needs to figure out how to be the default server for all audio (and all media in the future I suppose), otherwise they will remain a stovepipe proprietary solution with limited appeal to the greater consumer base. SD needs to build a plan in which they take the risk of adding a bridge between the SC functionality and providing DLNA server function for non-SD devices. That way they stay in the center of the audio home universe with SC, but now it's game on to figure out how to convince consumers that SB clients are easier to use, sound better, and are an overall better value. It may not be an easy road to navigate, but the Ciscos of the world are going to continue coming out of the woodwork and most will converge on a standards approach in the future. It's only a matter of time before you can build a compelling and very usable system completely upon standards - maybe Cisco just did. It was fine in the days when SD could sell a few units and make a living, but I'm sure Logitech has much higher expectations on SD's role in the future of audio in the home, so they have to act. Saying it depends on demand makes no sense if you are using the SD forums for the input. I think the requirement is created by the need to remain relevant over the long run. I doubt many aspire to be a niche player, they just come to terms with it when it happens. Edit: BTW, I don't know the right business model obviously - that's their problem. My problem is that I've spent over $3K with them and I don't want bricks on my hands. It might be as simple as charging for the DLNA plug-in - who knows? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NYTimes - Cisco to enter the Home Digital Entertainment Market
toby10;381020 Wrote: I have *NO* experience with Cisco, I do have experience with Linksys products. Cisco may well get the design aspect, but they had better seriously ramp up customer support for such consumer devices. If they rely on the Linksys model for customer support of consumer products then this entire line is DOOMED! :) That may well be the case. Cisco is one of the best in terms of enterprise support, but that support model is too expensive for the consumer. Perhaps they've continued to use the original Linksys approach for those products which is inadequate (I've never called them honestly). In my view, forums are the primary technology support approach these days, but I suppose I lot of people still call the support line. I honestly haven't done that for cheap gear ($100) for years. They need to have an active support community for sure. I guess my main thought is that this product set and the launch of the new site appear to be Cisco trying to re-engergize their approach to the consumer. It remains to be seen if it will be effective, but it's impressive so far. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] NYTimes - Cisco to enter the Home Digital Entertainment Market
With Cisco's money, they can hire any interior architect they want. I'm extremely impressed by the launch and agree with JJZolx on how complete the solution is. SD and Sonos have been at it for some time and this is basically 1.0 for Cisco. I've always thought they have a good chance at making waves due to their presence in the home with Linksys, complete understanding of the power of the network, and the fact that they generally do not try to lock in the customer with proprietary technology like Sony, MS and Apple try to do. Whoever thought Cisco doesn't get it, really doesn't understand Cisco. They have been putting audio and video on IP for years and have been preaching network based applications forever. The only real question is their ability to deliver a compelling and user friendly consumer level product. And frankly, they are right - to the average person, their music is locked up in iTunes/iPod and/or striped across multiple computers in the home - just like Cisco suggested. Those with properly tagged NAS based libraries are definitely in the minority - just not on this forum. That's where it really gets interesting though...Linksys products were basically contract designs and this product line appears to be one of the first types of products coming out with real Cisco involvement in the engineering of the actual product. If you look through the web site, they go to great lengths to establish a cool factor and the fact that Cisco actively participated in creating these products. I like my SD products for now and they are probably safe as long as TP dominates the quality/price category, but for lower-end audio, I'm thinking the space is getting exciting. SqueezeCenter is the real gem in SD's possession for me, but it's still somewhat complex for the average person. If Cisco reduces the complexity, gives you better CD and iPod access and is a one-stop-shop, then it's very compelling. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57371 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where is the SBC dock:-)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57803 Question: Would you be interested in a docking option for the Squeezebox controller - Yes, with built-in amplifier and speakers - Yes, a simple stand-alone dock - Both of the above - No, not interested The best answer would be an adapter to allow the controller to be connected to an iPod dock. That way, it's plugged in for power, you can still use it to control the music and it can connect into a huge range of products already out there. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57803 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Controller Shuffle Behavior
You guys are killing me...please don't let this fix slip again. I hate using the controller with this bug. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Controller Shuffle Behavior
Great! Aside from my own frustration, I have had a few occassions to try to explain to someone else why it does that when I've shown them the controller. Needless to say it sticks out to new folks who check the product out in my home. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updating Squeezebox duet controller firmware
Skunk;355483 Wrote: Never tried that before. Do you have 'automatic updates' enabled in Web InterfaceSettingsAdvanced? I'm not following your question (nor can I find that menu structure). I have SC automatically check for updates and I have my players automatically update firmware. Is there a similar setting for the controller (didn't check that)? In any case, the jive files weren't even in the directory at all. As soon as I put them there from your earlier link, the upgrade worked. To upgrade SC, I'll just download the code and install over the original. I assumed that added needed jive components, but maybe not? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54449 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updating Squeezebox duet controller firmware
This seems to be a common problem with the controller with just about every release. Every time I go to upgrade my controller sw, I cross my fingers. I think I have a 50% chance of success based on my history with it. Now with 7.2.1, I'm only having the failed message. The reliability of sw upgrades for the controller needs to be a quality focus item for slim devices going forward. The current implementation is not acceptable. Luckily it has always (mostly) worked regardless of the rev it was on. The chief complaint I'd have is that it takes too long to wake-up after not being used for some time. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54449 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updating Squeezebox duet controller firmware
Ok - so I manually copied all the jive components from the web site listed above to the firmware directory under SC. Now it appears to be letting me do the upgrade. Why would I have to do that? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54449 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Duet Controller Shuffle Behavior
I wish the behavior of the Conroller was different when starting off an adhoc playlist. I think whenever you are on a highlighted song and hit play, that song should immediately play. In the shuffle mode now, I'll go down to the song level within an album and hit play on a song only to have a different song on that album play. I think the behavior should be to play that song first and shuffle the rest. There's already the ability to shuffle an album at the album level or if you select play all so I don't understand why the same thing happens when you scroll to a song. Thoughts? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Firmware update from SqueezeCenter
When are you going to add the ability to update the firmware from the SqueezeCenter instead of having to manually do it from each unit? It's a pain to do it the way it is now...especially if you are flipping between servers on different loads. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Firmware update from SqueezeCenter
andyg;337525 Wrote: If you don't like manually updating the firmware, just enable auto-update on each player. You mean each physical player... That took me some time to figure out. Of course you need to be able to disable that feature at the player if you were having problems, but I'd think while all is working you'd be able to set it at the SqueezeCenter too. In any case, I'm glad the feature exists! -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52123 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cat among the pigeons
luuk;257940 Wrote: Let me start by saying that I have been a very happy and dedicated SB (2) user for a few years now. But, I am now setting up a dedicated home cinema and this raises several questions about how to transport music there from my server. Inevitably I find my mind turning to non-SB solutions because I would also want to transport pictures/video from the server as well. Yet I am reluctant to do so. I have some experience using a PS3 to do precisely that, and this has been less than satisfying. Wouldn't it be great if SBs could also transport images and video? Are there any plans in this direction? Luuk I have an RG6 running from my TP to my newly installed theater area. I just use the SPDF to supply the same music (or I just don't turn amp at the TP on when I only want to hear it in my theater). I just got a PS3...I think it's a great media adapter (relatively speaking). I've had terrible luck with a Denon 4308 and the Pioneer Media Gallery on the Pro-150FD. I have very little confidence in DLNA products...however the PS3 blows the others away so far. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42166 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
I'm in the it's too expensive camp as well. I think what's happened to many of us is that we feel we've been offered a $300 remote control for our SB3s and Transporters and clearly that's a lot of money for a dedicated remote control (i.e., not a universal). No offense to SD, but the initial explanation of it cost us a lot to build, so it has to cost that much for you. Plus, we'll do the basic stuff to make the remote control work, but enabling the extra hw will be your responsibility to take care of comes off as a little arrogant. I understand and honestly believe that's not what the SD folks feel, but it can appear that way if you read through the early part of the thread - at least it did to me. If it appeared that SD had a roadmap for more functionality, I might have felt differently. The fact is that there are folks paying more for the SONOS remote, so the market supports the pricing. In the end, that's all that really matters. I'd personally rather hear that answer because it makes sense to me and isn't offensive in any way - it's just business. If you don't like it, buy a Harmony, buy nothing, or buy the more expensive SONOS option (ignoring the SC host hw requirements that is). In the end, I'll probably also buy the duet combo because I want to hide my transporter from view and for $100 another SB is hard to pass up. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 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] DLNA Compliance?
The real issue is that SD's business model is to give away the server and charge for the player. I would guess from a market perspective that a player is a player and the fact that the SB/Transporter are probably better audio components is lost on the majority of folks buying these products. So, the value is therefore in the server software which is where the rub is. SD doesn't charge for the server, so if they made it DLNA compliant (I'm sure easy enough to do), I could buy a Roku and use SC for free to control it since the other DLNA server products in the market stink. Then SD would be in the business for free. The SB/Transporter supporting DLNA probably makes more business sense for SD because at least they could still sell players - but clearly it wouldn't make much sense for someone to buy one only to use it with a DLNA server today - but it could in the future. In my opinion, SD can't ignore this issue. They will probably have to dance with that devil at some point to stay in the game. It's risky, but ignoring it would probably limit their success over the long run. It would probably be ideal for someone to build a plug-in to provide DLNA client support off of SC. That way SC can be the center of a user's audio streaming world and eventually folks will realize the SD products give them more functionality than their DLNA product does which might bring revenue back to SD. I just bought a TV and an AV Receiver that both require DLNA, so now I'm evaluating DLNA servers. SD better have a strategy for integration with DLNA or have tremendous value add to justify remaining an island IMO. DLNA has standards and pictures/video on it's side...I'm sure the servers will improve with time as well. I don't necessarily like running a single server for all (since all implementations get clunky with all of that going one), but it could become compelling over time. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
radish;255595 Wrote: I think people are looking for it to be a uPnP server rather than client. Yes - I don't know the terminology, but I thought the context would make it more obvious. Slimserver should serve Rokus and the like...whatever functionality that is. That way, my AV receiver, my TV and my SB/Transporter can be clients of SC. Otherwise I have to run 2 servers and as more clients get added to my network, and the DLNA stuff matures, the DLNA server becomes more strategic to me and I potentially start looking at replacing the SC server (although my sunk cost in SB/Transporter will help keep them alive). I'd prefer for SD to be able to control the other devices due to it's current functionality and I'd probably be compelled to maintain an audio only server solution if it did. I'm not sold that you have to have one server for audio, video and pictures too. But that's primarily because the current options for that stink. The fact is that you need focus on each of those areas for their unique applications, but all servers tend to treat them the same. The one that does a good job at all three could really take some share...it could also drive your client decision over time. I, like many on this forum, am willing to pay more and go through some level of pain to get the audio quality that SD provides, but I do have a limit to the amount of complexity I'll take on without obvious benefit. For now, an SC server is very beneficial and the players are some of the best out there. As time goes on, the DLNA servers will improve and high-quality players will be common. SD will have to have made some smart moves. The more embedded they are in my home media network, the better for them IMO. Right now, it's a stovepipe for SD audio. BTW - I don't really understand the difference between a DLNA server and UPnP either, but hopefully this still makes sense. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any word of SB4?
The simple answer on price is that they are selling enough at the current price to keep it there. Just because they can lower it doesn't mean they should. I'm sure there will be a market for standalone music players for years to come, but eventually there will be so many options (some of them good), that SD will have to have made some smart moves. That would most likely include new products as well as lower price points. Given they just gained access to Logitech's distribution channel, they have a window of ability to greatly increase exposure of the product...possibly without having to address the price. As soon as this new sales channel becomes expected, something new has to happen. In the tech field, it's common to eat your young before someone else does. Hopefully for those of us who have invested (particularly the TP owners), SD stays ahead of the field with hw and sw innovations that help them remain relevant. Otherwise we could have bricks on our hands. I always thought that if I got 3 years out of the TP, I'd feel I got enough (not really, but how else could I justify buying a product with the risk that it just go away because the small company fails). I was equally concerned with the Logitech thing because they make high volume products that are a totally different market than the TP. They could have killed it immediately. So far, it looks like luck has been on our side, though. The product is getting better and there appears to be no fear of the product going away. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
Inspiribomb;251190 Wrote: As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about 10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for this. Thanks in advance! Assuming the discs have no problems, yes. That's why it's good to have multiple computers setup for the task if you have them. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
simondp;250889 Wrote: Guys, thanks for the responses. Yes, I forgot to mention that I have Sky broadband and use the router they sent me - a standard Netgear wireless adsl router. It all works pretty well, to be honest. I'm on the latest 'production' version of slimserver - 6.5.4 and have the latest ts-109 firmware. It's just frustrating having to press play again to get the music going, or restart the internet radio stream. The thing with the laptop is strange. I put it into hibernate as standard. When it 'comes alive' again, the squeezeboxes stop. If it's music, they'll restart eventually. If it's radio, they'll stop until told to restart. Then everything is fine until the next hiccup sometime later. MP3's normally play just fine for hours on end, it's the radio that's the hang-up. Maybe that suggests the router could be the problem, as everything goes through that... I don't think I've got anything fancy turned on in the router settings. It's a basic wireless 54mb/s network. I've changed the channel on the laptop card and the router a couple of times due to neighbouring competitors! Is there a way to select the channel for the squeezebox?? Wired is a no-no, I'm afraid. It just has to be wireless. Personally, I'm kinda ok with the setup. It's just not reliable enough for the good lady, as she can't be doing with the technical maintenance that it currently requires. If I can just get it sorted and bedded-in.. (until SC7 gets released!).. I maintain 2 wireless networks in my house to separate my bursty PC traffic from the music stuff. I figured it was just easier, and I've never had any issues with my SB2 for either FLAC or MP3. Don't know if that would help you or not. Obviously if your PC is 802.11b vs. G, that could cause some issues since it limits bandwidth of the wireless system (even for the G nodes). -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Time issue on Forum Server?
It seems that the time of posts is off...is there a problem with the server's time? EDIT: Now it looks correct?? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40950 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB on bedside - wifi radiation ?
mvalera;245920 Wrote: 20cm is about 8 inches. As long as you aren't using your Squeezebox as a pillow I think you'll be safe. If not you can always get some of those nifty tin-foil PJ's. Mike Doesn't address those of us who work on wireless laptops all day...sometimes on our laps. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40640 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New products please!
Michael Herger;242501 Wrote: It happens every day, and by many very successful companies. Particularly in the tech and consumer electronics industries. Oh, I remember that company in Redmond announcing Windows 4.0 about five years before it was released as version 95... Michael As Pat mentioned, pre-announcing is usually to stall other company's sales. It's usually for strategic markets - not something as fragmented as streaming audio products. Pre-announcing for Slimdevices would simply slow sales, which doesn't benefit them at all...unless it's a completely new category of product, perhaps. I also found the comment on Cisco dropping from favor funny...it was actually a great earnings announcement and growth projections were reasonable. I'd think leading internet infrastructure sales is a decent place to be as HD video is moving toward IP delivery. Perhaps a time to buy... Back on topic - I look forward to both SC7 and a better remote solution as well. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40224 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] File Format Conversion Setup
Can someone point me to the explanation of this feature or explain how it works? In general I want the server to stream in native format to my SB/TP to minimize latency/CPU usage on my server. I sometimes stream remotely over the internet and use the other setting to re-encode on the fly for those sw only clients. How do I set this section up? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] File Format Conversion Setup
Phil Leigh;233891 Wrote: Then you would set FLAC-FLAC, WAV-WAV and MP3-MP3...so everything is sent in it ist native format with all transcoding (to PCM) on the client, not the server. There's stream format and decoder... do I use only the (built-in) ones for decoder? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39147 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Weird scanner behaviour
Heuer;226522 Wrote: About 95% of my music is FLAC - the remainder being MP3. No WAV files in there although some of the FLAC files are 96khz/24 bit or 48/24. I installed 6.5.5 and did a full rescan without problems. Running a new music scan (without adding anything) works OK so I now need to add some music and try a rescan. Seems to me if you are having problems then a clear and rescan overcomes any problems. Great news...I grabbed the 6.5.5 nightly and all of my issues that I was experiencing seemed to clear up asap. That's crashing scanner.exe, missing music, album art not showing up, etc. I think I'll stay here until 7.0 smooths out... -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38290 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Weird scanner behaviour
Heuer;226298 Wrote: Long time poster, first time moaner! Running SS 6.5.4 on a Dell 8250, 3.02Ghz, 1 Mb RAM, XP SP2 with FLAC music collection on a ReadyNAS NV. PC is acting as headless server running SS, WeatherDisplay software and myiHome media server. Windows firewall (allowing slim.exe and scanner.exe), AVG anti-virus. All albums have artwork. Recently upgraded from SS 6.5.3. Ran a scan for new music and it came up with the Windows scanner.exe failed message. I disabled the firewall and uninstalled AVG to no avail scan, still failed. All previous albums and artwork displayed properly (including thumbnails) but new music was not showing up. Ran scanner.exe from command line but the log showed no issues and the new music and art has been added. Tried a 'clear rescan' from the browser and it ran perfectly. So: 'Look for new music' causes a crash 'Clear and rescan' works perfectly Any thoughts? What type of music do you have? I had all sorts of problems then I took my single CD of .WAV files out and it seemed to clear up some of the issues. I'm still having lots of problems (partial listings, no album art, etc.), but that helped a lot. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38290 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Closed cabinet remote solution
As much as I like the look of my audio components, I need to cover them for day to day use with a closed cabinet. As a result, I'm looking for a remote solution that will handle my transporter as well as my other components while the door is closed. I want the remote device to be able to display the album art and song details. Harmony 1000/Jive look like they bring potential future capabilities to the table, but I don't see that there is a clear roadmap anywhere to what I'm looking for. Anyone know what's going on? I don't just want a fancy front-end for slimserver since I'd like to control volume and power for the entire system from the remote too, but transporter control is the highest priority. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to change the server my squeezebox connects to
with the unit on, hold the left arrow key for a few seconds until the option appears. One issue is that if you have different versions on the two servers, you may need to change your firmware every time you switch as well. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37265 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Changing the remote's functionality
I would like to change the volume control on my remote to control my pre-amp instead of the transporter since I leave the volume at max all the time on the transporter. Does anyone have a pointer on how to remap the buttons or any pointers? With guidance, I could probably figure it out. I have a bryston pre-amp. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37112 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind
amey01;210282 Wrote: This has been asked before and is my pet peeve as well. In fact, it is my ONLY probelm with an otherwise fantastic product. It is an advertised feature (and I would not have bought the Squeezebox if they had advertised that this simple feature that has been on every CD player (and WORKED ON EVERY CD PLAYER) since inception) didn't work. I would think this has to be the highest priority as it is the ONLY bug [more like inadequacy] where any old CD payer surpasses the Squeezebox. That also means having it work for non-native fomats. Nowhere is it advertised that you have to use FLAC or MP3 only if you want a fully functioning Squeezebox. I use both FLAC and MP3 and neither work well. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36287 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Fast forward/Rewind
I'm sure it's been asked before, but is there any hope that the FF and RW will be improved on the Transporter/SB? As far as I'm concerned it's almost a broken implementation at this point. It's frustrating because it's the only thing I miss about my CD player. I'm using 6.5.2. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36287 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Version Question
SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11903 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 I'm running this version for my transporter...is this the official 6.5.2? I can't remember if I installed that version...and I know I used a beta image to solve other problems I had with the Transporter. Now I don't know what I'm running (seems to work great though). -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Version Question
Michael Herger;207102 Wrote: SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11903 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 I'm running this version for my transporter...is this the official 6.5.2? No, imho it's 12050: http://svn.slimdevices.com/tags/RELEASE_6_5_2/ But if you don't have an open issue, don't bother upgradinging. If you do have, go with the latest 6.5.3 nightly build. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR Thanks - but if I read your message correctly, 6.5.2 is newer than my release and in theory contains the fix I needed, right? My issue was transporter being able to play 24bit FLACs correctly (can't remember bugid or anything). -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35887 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Multiple Slimservers
I have 2 slimservers in my house for various reasons and I'd like to switch between them with my SB2 and my new Transporter. Is there an easy way to do this other than rebooting and going through setup? -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34509 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multiple Slimservers
Michael Herger;195298 Wrote: Press and hold the LEFT button until you're back in the settings screen (no need to go through all the settings, just select another player). Wow - interesting... a hidden feature of sorts. Seems odd that you'd have to do it that way, but it's quick enough. thanks! I'm avoiding plug-ins for a now because I use both the Infrant based and PC based Slimservers, so I don't want too many inconsistencies at this time. Infrant is supposed to allow more flexible plug-ins in the future though. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34509 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
agentsmith;132451 Wrote: Ability to add and delete music and not have to rescan whole library. (Like MusicIP) This is the no brainer. I add some music and want to listen to it now. But, I have to wait until all 12000 songs are re-scanned. Same deal with playlists. It seems they get verified when imported. I wish the server would just see them. Overall, the web interface needs to be optimized as much as possible. It's too slow in general and unusable on the Infrant boxes. I have never seen a web page so non-responsive. Also dynamic smart playlists - based on criterion that dynamically update the playlist when music is added or changed. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 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] Duplicative entry when scanning playlists
Hello, I have 6.1.1 running on WinXP and I have my playlists and music files in separate directories that are not nested in any way. When I allow slimserver to scan just the music files, everything is fine. when I allow it to scan playlists as well (created by another program and placed in the playlists directory), duplicative entries are made for the songs. Best I can tell, slimserver is case sensitive. The entries from the other program in the .m3u files have different cases than the entries that Slimserver makes when it scans the actual music. I tested this theory with a playlist that used an identical case sensitive entry as Slimserver used and there were no duplicates in that case. Is this a known bug? It's actually a pain because I can't use playlists now. The entries are all mixed case in a way that isn't easy to adjust them. thanks -- thomsens ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
