Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
JJZolx;690245 Wrote: For audio books, also not great, since it doesn't remember your place in the book/chapter unless you pause and resume. A CD player is no better, though. There is the Bookmarks plugin, which ought to be able to help with this, but I'm struggling to find out how to use it. I've got it installed and active, but there are no 'settings', and I can't find out how to invoke it for a particular track. This seems to suggest it might be automatic (eg. it remembers the position for the last ten tracks played), but I've just checked to see if some of my recently played tracks resume at the same point, and they don't. Anyone know how this plugin is supposed to work? Does it not like my full CD FLAC files perhaps? -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] General Music Library question
Hi. I've been using a plain Squeezebox for a few years, and yesterday I added a Squeezebox Radio. At the same time, I reloaded my music library and playlist paths in media server. As a result (?), no music will appear under the artist, album, genre, playlist folders etc. I am using JRiver Media Center as my library/organizing tool, but my music is stored on an EHD (Western Digital MyBook). However, a workaround seems to be adding folders under the Library/Media Source/Media Foldes option. This will make the individual folders I am adding, appear under the Music Folders on my players. Still, no access to playlists etc. Is this due to storing my library on an external HD? It seems that my radio (at least) is set to find music on my C:\ catalogue. Any help would be much appreciated. In tea-spoon mode, please. I'm not at all any technically advanced. -- okvaal okvaal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93577 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New squeezebox and missing tunein channels
@castalla Perfect, worked great! I now have 2 presets from Cobourg, where we stay in the summer, and 3 locals that we listen to here in Ottawa. I'm still trying to figure out the LMS vs mysb setup for getting the remote for wife's iPod. I'm using the LMS for her playlists from iTunes (I have a crud load of country saved on my server downstairs) but I can only control the SBR by manually going back to mysb.com ... Trying to make it wife proof. :-) JW -- wjw wjw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54216 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93553 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New squeezebox and missing tunein channels
Glad it worked! Sorry can't help with remote issues ... try a new post? -- castalla 1 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers - 2 duff ears - purfek! 1 Logitech Radio + remote - purfek! castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93553 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
This hasn't happened to me (yet) but I'm kept awake at night worrying about it. Perhaps it's happened to someone else and they can put my mind at ease. I'm running a Radio connected to LMS on a Windows box. I count on the Radio's alarm for my morning wake up in order to get to work somewhat on time. IOW, it's a clock radio. Some days it's set to the stream of a local radio station, while other days it's set to play some of my music tracks (stored on another computer in the house - not the one where LMS lives.) If the LMS computer goes down during the night, I know the alarm will still be triggered, but would it be able to connect to the streaming station and/or my music? I suppose I can stop LMS temporarily and set an alarm for a few minutes from now, and see what happens, but I thought I'd ask the experienced ones first. Thanks for your insight. -- phred phred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
Or buy a cheap alarm CLOCK! -- castalla 1 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers - 2 duff ears - purfek! 1 Logitech Radio + remote - purfek! castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
Your own music is 100% out it sits inside a dead computer . Radio stream is probably also out as alarm is initiated by the server . This gives you the *backup alarm !* which is looped piece of music residing on the unit itself funky disco of some kind :) This works for one alarm radio needs to see the server who has the alarm schedule at least once a day, backup alarm is good for the next alarm . If you want to be paranoid consider a radio stream that is silent, your favorite station may stream silence ;) Configure your cell phone to sound an alarm 10 minutes after the radio -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
Search YouTube for Fa Fa Fa, this will be the song that wakes you up when the server is down. (and the server is not down due to a power outage) -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? = why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? = why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
bluegaspode;690321 Wrote: Search YouTube for Fa Fa Fa, this will be the song that wakes you up when the server is down. (and the server is not down due to a power outage) I have the battery,if the big asteroid hits us tonight, tomorrow I can crawl in the ruble listening to fa fa fa :) -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
Thanks for the link to Fa Fa Fa. That'll certainly wake me up. @Mnyb - my music is on a different computer than where LMS lives. That would mean I -will- hear those alarms, yes? It would only be the radio streams that fail, correct? And yes, I was speaking of a situation where I did not lose power in the house, but for whatever reason, the LMS computer failed. Power supply dies, NIC fails, gets turned off by mistake, etc. So my router/cable modem would still be working. Therefore the Radio would be able to see the internet. Is the issue that LMS triggers the alarm, and not the actual Radio device? Does mysqueezebox.com come into play at all in this type of situation? The Radio shows an IP address for it. Thanks everyone for the pointers. -- phred phred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
phred;690340 Wrote: Thanks for the link to Fa Fa Fa. That'll certainly wake me up. @Mnyb - my music is on a different computer than where LMS lives. That would mean I -will- hear those alarms, yes? It would only be the radio streams that fail, correct? And yes, I was speaking of a situation where I did not lose power in the house, but for whatever reason, the LMS computer failed. Power supply dies, NIC fails, gets turned off by mistake, etc. So my router/cable modem would still be working. Therefore the Radio would be able to see the internet. Is the issue that LMS triggers the alarm, and not the actual Radio device? Does mysqueezebox.com come into play at all in this type of situation? The Radio shows an IP address for it. Thanks everyone for the pointers. mysqueezebox.com is just another server so the server that has the alarm scheduled triggers it, not the player , this is a leftover from the old players that where very slim, dumb as bricks practically the server did everything for them . You offer yet another scenario the server machine works but it cant find the music storage , radio stream configured from the server will work if internet works . But if LMS don't find the tunes in the alarm playlist ? What then ? on my boom I've heard a backup noise from the server itself , the server might have another backup tone in reserve . (sb Boom has a moronic 3 tone noise as local backup btw ) Well try and see what happening :) and report back to us . Btw if LMS lose connection to music storage while running it will very likely drop the whole dB and require a rescan afterward, same thing happens if you start LMS before storage is conected. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
I've tried a few scenarios and all of them had the same result: - alarm set to play radio stream with LMS not available - alarm set to play music track/playlist with LMS not available - alarm set to play music track/playlist with music not available The default backup alarm (Fa Fa Fa) plays in every instance. However, I noticed two things with this. It look a little while for the backup alarm to launch. Under normal circumstances the alarm is heard when the minute flips over. With the backup, it took about 20-30 seconds for it to come on. More interesting (to me anyway) was the fact that the backup sound came from the Radio's speaker. I have a pair of powered computer speakers plugged into the headphone jack so I can have stereo music. But when Fa Fa Fa played, it was from the device itself. Which lead me to a final test scenario: - alarm set to play, speakers plugged in the headphone jack, power to the speakers turned off, LMS available. Amazingly, the stream came from the Radio's speakers. At this point, I turned off the alarm (at the Radio,) turned on the powered speakers, and turned on the radio. And the sound came from the powered speakers. At least I'll sleep better tonight knowing that if the box where LMS lives crashes, something will still wake me up. -- phred phred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
Hi phred, this is all expected behaviour. - when your server is off, noone can tell the Radio what stream to play (the Radio only remembers the time of the very next alarm itself). So it will always play the Fa Fa Fa sound when there is no server. - the fallback alarm has a little delay. The Radio hopes all the time, that the server maybe is just a little bit slow with providing the necessary information about the alarm (i.e. what stream to play). - The Radio does not expect that you have speakers on the headphones out. It always expects headphones - and assumes that with high probability noone has headphones on in the morning. That's why alarms always come through the speakers. One final thing to note about the backup alarm: you should always configure the alarm via the Radio itself. If you are using the web-interface (or a remote on your phone or tablet) to change the alarm time then in the worst case your Radio is not really connected to the server (and thus never gets notified about the new alarm time). Then the fallback alarm also is not configured at the right time. If you configure the alarm directly on the Radio then you realize if it still has a connection to your server. -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? = why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? = why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
My 10 year old daughter loves using the squeeze system, she mostly picks what to listen to via the web interface on one of our PCs and knows to choose the player closest to where she is listening of our 5 players. Works for us. -- wonder boy 2 Booms, 1 radio, a touch and an SB3...think that's enough? wonder boy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15950 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Hypothetical Situation
bluegaspode;690376 Wrote: One final thing to note about the backup alarm: you should always configure the alarm via the Radio itself. If you are using the web-interface (or a remote on your phone or tablet) to change the alarm time then in the worst case your Radio is not really connected to the server (and thus never gets notified about the new alarm time). Then the fallback alarm also is not configured at the right time. If you configure the alarm directly on the Radio then you realize if it still has a connection to your server. Thanks bluegaspode, that final note is more great info. Spinning the large knob on the Radio is somewhat unwieldy - moreso for alpha than numeric - but I have been using the web interface to set the alarms. I've now reset them at the device itself. -- phred phred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93578 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
My 10 year old daughter has a Radio in her room and uses it nearly every day. As others have mentioned, she's grown up around Squeezeboxen so she's fairly familiar with the process. I have a separate folder in Favorites for her which I work with her to keep up to date as her tastes/interests change. It's interesting (and sometimes a bit sad) to watch the progression of items coming onto/off of the Favorites. Some items are evergreen, others fleeting. She enjoys Pandora more than Rhapsody due to the instant variety it offers. -- ChrisNY ChrisNY's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5004 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
My 13-year old son has a Radio. He loves it. My music library consists 95% of stuff that he is not interested in, so he uses the Radio mostly for stations that play his kind of music. I think he discovers a lot of music this way. He has it on constantly when he playing games on his PC. He also listens to RadioLab and Car Talk on some NPR station every weekend, and uses the alarm function randomly. -- Henry66 Henry66's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
Rickenbacker;690239 Wrote: I've got an 8 and a 13-year old, and I'm considering getting them each a Squeezebox Radio. Regards, In my experience, the only barrier is the ability to read simple words. After that, the SqueezeBox are perfect for kids. My older son was interested very early on, but could not do it, he was able to use the SB Touch at 5.5 year old, the SB Radio at 6 year old, and now at 7.5 year old he has a SB Touch with crappy computer speakers in his bedroom and can set alarms and use the remote control. My younger one at 4.5 year old is not interested yet, but I'll get him started soon. The SB Radio is sligtly more difficult to use than the SB Touch for kids, the rotary dial and the smaller screen are less intuitive, but my son can do it now trivially. I got him a Touch because of that and also because it's more fun with the various visualisation, he like the spectrum analyser a lot. With the SB Touch, I can also upgrade him to real speakers later on, I don't think the SB Radio speaker will cut it for a teenager. It was a big gift, but it's his most used gift, he wakes up to Lady Gaga every day and plays it many times (please, please, can't he play something else for a change). Forget about audiobooks, he hardly liten to them. He is using his SB Touch way more than me... Now, the main issue is : who is going to manage the music. From experience and talking to my friend, it's the crucial part, as they won't be able to do it themselves, well maybe your 13 year old could do it . That's also why I got him the SB Touch, so that I don't have to manage two databases and two tagging strategies. But, some of my friends prefer a clean separation of their music and their kid's music. I'm quite rigourous in my tagging, which definitely helps the navigation, at youg age the navigation needs to be somewhat simple. Note that before the SB Touch, Mom showed him how to play CDs, which ended up with scratched, lost and stuck CDs (I had to dissasemble the hi-fi to remove stuck CDs). The SB Touch is so much better, as there no mechanical parts, so little than can go wrong with messy kids. Have fun... Jean -- jean2 jean2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] For how long does Logitech guarantee to maintain mysqueezebox.com
Because Logitech wants the users registered to make service requests easier, this way they know a lot about your configuration. You would shake your head did you know how stupid the real reason was... It has nothing to do with marketing, engineering etc. -- Michael ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] For how long does Logitech guarantee to maintain mysqueezebox.com
mherger;690409 Wrote: Because Logitech wants the users registered to make service requests easier, this way they know a lot about your configuration. You would shake your head did you know how stupid the real reason was... It has nothing to do with marketing, engineering etc. -- Michael ok ;) send me pm if you find me to content and happy and in need of mood change. Can imagine the operational budget is based on registered users. Or that some services stipulate contractually that you should expose the user to choices at mysb.com . More potential users mean leverage when dealing with service providers ? It is also a nifty way to distribute the upgrades (but thats a good reason) -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93488 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
