Re: [slim] praise
I completely agree about LMS. It's already extremely versatile, and its capabilities continue to grow. Hopefully it has enough critical mass to continue for a long time to come. I wonder if Logitech simply saw the writing on the wall regarding the development of software players, and realised that it would be hard to make money from Squeezebox hardware when in competition with, say, a Raspberry Pi feeding a DAC. 'SqueezeESP/SqueezeAMP' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109838-SqueezeEsp-The-cheaper-squeezebox-in-the-world=947589=1#post947589) is yet further proof. I do admit that it would be nice to be able to buy 'official' Squeezebox hardware still, say a 'Boom 2' for instance. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] praise
SB Touch optical to Hegel H90, Speakers Larsen 4.2 Spare SB3 AirPlay Bridge to Audio Pro A10 Squeezelite-x connected to home LMS with Neorouter. SB Radio ReadyNAS 202 iPeng bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] praise
I just want to state in this forum, that the logitech media server (formally slimserver), and the squeezebox player, continues to be the best music player and music file organizer available. Even after all these years, and new products from many companies and developers, it is the best. Plex is certainly good and includes many other formats of media besides music, but for simply music, LMS is the best. It is fast, versatile, etc. I continue to not understand why Logitech could not embrace this technology/product, even now. The only blunder I have seen worse is why Sears would fail in the internet world with a catalog as large as they had. Enough of my rant. Good day. freelsjd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110879 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Praise
Well, what can I say. I just received a Duet and the Squeezebox experience is better than ever. Thanks to all that made it possible. I certainly have to install proper artwork now. -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise
Thanks! Album Art Aggregator work great too. http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/ Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise
Album Art Aggregator is going to save me a lot of time :) -- Espen Espen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15057 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45645 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Praise for SB3
Only very recently, I'd been using SB1. I loved it, of course, but my wife was never all that enamoured because it was prine to drop-outs - particularly when playing FLAC format. When playing MP3s, the higher the bitrate the higher the frequency of drop-outs. My server isn't all that powerful, but it *should* be powerful enough to cope with it (I'm using a 1.4GHz CPU, with 512MB RAM, using ethernet connection - old certainly, but should be enough to run SS). Anyway - I recently bought an SB3 and I've got to say that it's an amazing improvement over the SB1. I've not yet noticed any drop-outs -at all- in many hours of playback. Where previously all I'd need to do would be to make a couple of changes to the playlist through the web interface to cause a drop-out, I've not encountered any of that yet. As per a previous post a couple of weeks back, I'm still a bit put-off by the Logitech logo (especially since I -love- the analogue VU meters so a constanly looking at the SB) but the performance and reliability is such an improvement that I'm learning to deal with my brand snobbery ;) :) If anyone has an SB1 and gets an occassional drop-out that they find irritating or off-putting, trust me: upgrade your SB - the difference is quite astounding! Even my wife is back on board again now :) -- gutted http://www.last.fm/user/gutt3d/ Slimserver 6.5.1 +MusicIP Mixer 1.7.1 +MoodLogic 2.7.1.18 +AlienBBC 1.02a +Slimscrobbler 0.37.5 Windows 2000 Professional sp4 Intel Celeron 1.4GHz 512MB RAM Squeezebox 3 wireless (Player Firmware Version: 55) Library of approx 7000 tracks (MP3 and FLAC) gutted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36655 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise for SB3
gutted;213040 Wrote: Only very recently, I'd been using SB1. I loved it, of course, but my wife was never all that enamoured because it was prine to drop-outs - particularly when playing FLAC format. When playing MP3s, the higher the bitrate the higher the frequency of drop-outs. I also had dropout problems with an SB1 and FLAC, but it turns out that most of it is due to the fact that it doesn't natively decode FLAC, so you get the full 1.4mbps WAV stream. The SB1 only supports 802.11b so it's far more likely to run out of bandwidth if the base RF rate drops to the fall-back 1mbps. Upgrading to the SB3 fixed all of the drop-out problems, the 802.11g card works much better. Server side I only have a P2-350 running Linux. You don't need much to run a slimserver. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36655 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise for SB3
That's what I initially thought, though it happened even when connected to the ethernet. I assumed t was something to do with bandwidth, so installed GigEthernet hubs, cards and cables so that bandwithd would only be limited by the 100mbps port at the SB1. When increasing the badnwidth didn't help, I just assumed it was something to do with the decode on the server side (but never managed to match the drop-outs with any CPU spikes on the machine running SS). Before I switched to SB3, the last theory was that it was something do with buffer under-run, since the drop-outs seemed to be getting almost regular. But yeah, with native FLAC decode as one of the key reasons for upgrade, I installed it and it's been working like a charm for a good couple of weeks now - including a good 3 or 4 days of almost continuous playback :) :) -- gutted http://www.last.fm/user/gutt3d/ Slimserver 6.5.1 +MusicIP Mixer 1.7.1 +MoodLogic 2.7.1.18 +AlienBBC 1.02a +Slimscrobbler 0.37.5 Windows 2000 Professional sp4 Intel Celeron 1.4GHz 512MB RAM Squeezebox 3 wireless (Player Firmware Version: 55) Library of approx 7000 tracks (MP3 and FLAC) gutted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36655 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in
I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General section. This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Here's a story that reflects why I feel this way: I've owned an ipod for about three years. Previously, setting up the ipod to listen to random songs was a bit of a pain. First you had to go into the Settings and change to the shuffle songs mode, then you had to go to and play All songs and it would then shuffle your entire set of songs (much like the way Squeezebox does it). But it was a pain. And non-technical folks (like my wife) could never get it right. She would get confused on what setting to change or after she was done, she'd accidentally leave it on Shuffle, so then everything played randomly. Then Apple did something very smart: a few months back, they added a new top-level command called Shuffle Songs. You just click one button and it starts spitting out songs randomly. And it doesn't affect any other settings. Brilliant. Now my wife (and I) use this feature all the time. Previously, the Squeezebox had the same problem. There was no way my wife was going to learn all the steps to play all the songs randomly on the Squeezebox. Plus, it took a really long time to create the playlist and sometimes the machine would timeout because I have a lot of songs. Ugh So this new Random Play plug-in is just wonderful. Very simple and easy to use. Works instantly. I have moved it to the top-level menu and use it all the time. I think that as more and more regular people (e.g. non techies) start to buy and use the Squeezebox it is important that we have easy-to-use commands for basic stuff like listening to songs randomly. But if it remains a third-party plug-in, many users will never know about it. That's why I suggest making it part of the core product. Just my 2 cents worth. And thanks again to kdf for writing that plug-in! Brett -- BBobley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in
Quoting BBobley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General section. This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Thanks for the compliments. As part of bug 1313, integrating the plugin is under discussion for a future release (not exactly sure which one) -kdf-- NOT a Slim Devices employee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in
The people have spoken. Let's do it for 6.2. On Aug 17, 2005, at 2:00 PM, kdf wrote: Quoting BBobley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General section. This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Thanks for the compliments. As part of bug 1313, integrating the plugin is under discussion for a future release (not exactly sure which one) -kdf-- NOT a Slim Devices employee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
