Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
servies wrote: That's probably because first you were running LMS on Windows and Vortexbox is based on Linux entirely banned for life's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
maggior wrote: Huh, I didn't know vortex box supported DVDs too. What format does it rip too? Which Roku are you using to stream? Thanks, Rich Its rips to mkv, I've got a roku xs with the plex channel installed, plugged into tv, also got plex app on phones/tablet for streaming there Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
agillis wrote: Simplicity. That's what you get that you don't have now. Drop a CD in the drive and it shows up on your SqueezeBox 5 minutes later. One box, no hassles. +1 I have been running vortexbox for a number of years and its great, not just for auto ripping CD's but also DVD's which are both then automatically updated on LMS and plex for Roku DVD streaming. The CD tagging accuracy is very good, occsionally get a unknown artist but rarely, every few months I'll manually update the tags with mp3tag to make sure genre/year etc. is how I want it. Having a young family this simplicity and time saving is a big plus for me, my server runs quietly hidden away and vortexbox automates a lot of this, occasionally need to reboot which I can easy do on my tablet via the web interface socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
socistep wrote: +1 I have been running vortexbox for a number of years and its great, not just for auto ripping CD's but also DVD's which are both then automatically updated on LMS and plex for Roku DVD streaming. The CD tagging accuracy is very good, occsionally get a unknown artist but rarely, every few months I'll manually update the tags with mp3tag to make sure genre/year etc. is how I want it. Having a young family this simplicity and time saving is a big plus for me, my server runs quietly hidden away and vortexbox automates a lot of this, occasionally need to reboot which I can easy do on my tablet via the web interface Huh, I didn't know vortex box supported DVDs too. What format does it rip too? Which Roku are you using to stream? Thanks, Rich maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
maggior wrote: Huh, I didn't know vortex box supported DVDs too. What format does it rip too? Which Roku are you using to stream? Thanks, Rich I'm not sure about options, but without changing anything it produces .mkv files. And runs PLEX for streaming video to other things (boxee box, roku, etc.). I ripped some DVDs but haven't actually set up a way to stream to TV yet. garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
garym wrote: I'm not sure about options, but without changing anything it produces .mkv files. And runs PLEX for streaming video to other things (boxee box, roku, etc.). I ripped some DVDs but haven't actually set up a way to stream to TV yet. I use my Oppo to stream movies to my theater system. It's an excellent multi disc player and the DLNA feature works perfectly with LMS. jfo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
garym wrote: I'm not sure about options, but without changing anything it produces .mkv files. And runs PLEX for streaming video to other things (boxee box, roku, etc.). I ripped some DVDs but haven't actually set up a way to stream to TV yet. Huh, interesting. From a quick googling, it looks like this will work with the Logitech Revue too (google TV). When it creates the MKV files, does it determine the main program? Does it rip the entire disc to a single file? If a single file, is the DVD menu supported? I did look at the Vortex website and I couldn't really see answers to these questions. I should probably just download the image and try it out. Thanks!! Rich maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
maggior wrote: Huh, interesting. From a quick googling, it looks like this will work with the Logitech Revue too (google TV). When it creates the MKV files, does it determine the main program? Does it rip the entire disc to a single file? If a single file, is the DVD menu supported? I did look at the Vortex website and I couldn't really see answers to these questions. I should probably just download the image and try it out. Thanks!! Rich Don't really know. I've ripped a few concert disks. And opened some to see what happened by clicking on the (only) file with vlc on my laptop to see that they play. So really don't know much yet. But I'm guessing what I have is a single file with only main menu item. garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
While it rips DVDs and Blu-Ray discs to .mkv it will also mirror to mp4 and/or m2ts if you want. You need to get an MKV license though for $50.00. A vortexbox can also output 3-5 independant streams or audio outs, 3 analogue and 2 more by using USB DACs. It's great if you have a centralized distributed audio system with a matrix audio switcher for routing music to your zones. vining's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37132 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
banned for life wrote: I was running LMS on a Vista Pro Dual-core 3Ghz with 3GB of memory. Performance was lousy. I run Vortexbox now in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine with 384MB of memory and the performance is outstanding. I actually run two copies: one for in the house and one pointed to the outside world (on different sub-nets.) I had even setup and run LMS from an in-memory virtual disk (Bond Disc) but the Linux Votexbox is vastly faster. That's probably because first you were running LMS on Windows and Vortexbox is based on Linux servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
Simplicity. That's what you get that you don't have now. Drop a CD in the drive and it shows up on your SqueezeBox 5 minutes later. One box, no hassles. agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
GRC wrote: Hi all. There are many good thing said about VortexBox on this forum and I like what I read about it, so I'm interested to see if I'm missing out on something by at least not running the software. Here's my current setup:- My LMS server is an Asus EeePC 1005HA netbook with Atom N270 processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM and a 1TB internal drive (upgrade). It is cabled to my master Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 router and runs Windows 7 Home Premium, Avast anti-virus, Internet Explorer, LMS and not much else. My library is currently around 400GB with about 28,000 songs. The Asus sits quietly in a corner, closed unless I want to use the display to see what's playing, initiate a rescan, etc. I rip CDs to FLAC (using dBpoweramp) or download files on a desktop Acer Z5610 Windows 7 machine which hosts my master database and is regularly backed up (Windows backup) to an external SATA disk stored off-site. I use MediaMonkey Gold to tag and organise my files on the Acer (and even to listen while I'm working on the PC), then FreeFileSync or FolderMatch to copy things across to the Asus once a week or so. I use iPad apps or the standard web interface to control the server as necessary. The Asus server feeds a hard-wired SB2, wireless SB3, wireless Touch, wireless Boom and a wireless Radio through three additional Buffalo routers configured as bridges to give me a good signal wherever I want music, usually synced to the same stream. I listen to some internet radio streams but don't do Pandora, Spotify, etc.; I don't have any hardware mods, LMS apps or plug-ins (apart from the basics) and have not yet ventured into Triode territory. Now I admit this is not an elegant one-box solution like VortexBox since it uses things I already had, but it works (mostly!) and I understand it. So what am I missing that VortexBox could give me? Please note this is NOT a VortexBox criticism; if I didn't already have some old hardware lying around I may well have gone down that route. Should I look at the software? Thanks in advance for any observations from a wet and windy (and bankrupt) little country. I was running LMS on a Vista Pro Dual-core 3Ghz with 3GB of memory. Performance was lousy. I run Vortexbox now in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine with 384MB of memory and the performance is outstanding. I actually run two copies: one for in the house and one pointed to the outside world (on different sub-nets.) I had even setup and run LMS from an in-memory virtual disk (Bond Disc) but the Linux Votexbox is vastly faster. Banned banned for life's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
garym wrote: You're not missing anything. And I love my 3 vortexbox appliances. I also use dbpa for ripping then move to my VBAs. +1 It sounds like you're pretty happy with your setup and have things configured the way you want. As such, VortexBox sounds like a solution in need of a problem ... a problem you don't have. And if you're not familiar/comfortable with linux command line, you'd probably experience a good amount of frustration as you deal with that learning curve. Unless something is broken about your current setup, I'd leave well enough alone. ajkidle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
Hi all. There are many good thing said about VortexBox on this forum and I like what I read about it, so I'm interested to see if I'm missing out on something by at least not running the software. Here's my current setup:- My LMS server is an Asus EeePC 1005HA netbook with Atom N270 processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM an a 1TB internal drive (upgrade). It is cabled to my master Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 router and runs Windows 7 Home Premium, Avast anti-virus, Internet Explorer, LMS and not much else. My library is currently around 400GB with about 28,000 songs. The Asus sits quietly in a corner, closed unless I want to use the display to see what's playing, initiate a rescan, etc. I rip CDs to FLAC (using dBpoweramp) or download files on a desktop Acer Z5610 Windows 7 machine which hosts my master database and is regularly backed up (Windows backup) to an external SATA disk stored off-site. I use MediaMonkey Gold to tag and organise my files on the Acer (and even to listen while I'm working on the PC), then FreeFileSync or FolderMatch to copy things across to the Asus once a week or so. I use iPad apps or the standard web interface to control the server as necessary. The Asus server feeds a hard-wired SB2, wireless SB3, wireless Touch, wireless Boom and a wireless Radio through three additional Buffalo routers configured as bridges to give me a good signal wherever I want music, usually synced to the same stream. I listen to some internet radio streams but don't do Pandora, Spotify, etc.; I don't have any hardware mods, LMS apps or plug-ins (apart from the basics) and have not yet ventured into Triode territory. Now I admit this is not an elegant one-box solution like VortexBox since it uses things I already had, but it works (mostly!) and I understand it. So what am I missing that VortexBox could give me? Please note this is NOT a VortexBox criticism; if I didn't already have some old hardware lying around I may well have gone down that route. Should I look at the software? Thanks in advance for any observations from a wet and windy (and bankrupt) little country. GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?
You're not missing anything. And I love my 3 vortexbox appliances. I also use dbpa for ripping then move to my VBAs. garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98423 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
