I just got my squeezebox today and I love it already. This thing is
amazing...
I also have a situation where I want to run slimserver on two machines.
My girlfriend has her own laptop with iTunes and playlists, etc. And
I have my own as well. We only have one squeezebox player in the
house.
It works for me in 6.3, but an annoying thing that has been around for
as long as I can remember is that when you maximize the text (in SBG,
don't know about the other boxen) the umlauts disappear! Ö turns into O
and Å into A (i hope these characters can be viewed by you in this
forum). Now
can't help but want an easier way to switch between slimservers.
When in the play menu press and hold LEFT on the remote. You can then
select the server from a list without going through the whole setup
procedure.
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open source, perl already ported, TV out.
The main drawbacks - appearance, Wifi needs an adaptor SD/USB, no
touchscreen.
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 20:15:48 -0700, Mark Lanctot
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Way too many comments on the original Slashdot article to read them all,
but I found it funny about the guy who recommended Sean check out the
Ubicom processors...
That's nothing. I invented the SliMP3/SqueezeBox over in
I was one of the first outsiders to take in the companys newest device,
the $2000 Transporter, a fully geeked-out network music machine.
And there was me, thinking it was supposed to be an audiophile player
...
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Thanks for the tip!
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I do not know. Maybe different chips, maybe a new board layout.
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If you were to do a fresh install of Win2k3 server on a box dedicated
to host only slimserver and MusicIP, how would you tweak it? It will
also do some side-duty as a general purpose file-server...
Also ... if you'd prefer to not use Win2k3, what other OS would you use
and why. (note ... I'm a
jeffluckett wrote:
If you were to do a fresh install of Win2k3 server on a box dedicated
to host only slimserver and MusicIP, how would you tweak it? It will
also do some side-duty as a general purpose file-server...
Also ... if you'd prefer to not use Win2k3, what other OS would you use
Robin Bowes;134517 Wrote:
jeffluckett wrote:[color=blue]
I'm not sure what MusicIP requirements are. If that requires Windows
then ignore most of the following.
Personally, I'd use Linux.
Why? Experience has shown that slimserver runs better under Linux.
I'm relatively experienced
grahambones;134476 Wrote:
I just got my squeezebox today and I love it already. This thing is
amazing...
I also have a situation where I want to run slimserver on two machines.
My girlfriend has her own laptop with iTunes and playlists, etc. And
I have my own as well. We only have one
On 08/09/06, jeffluckett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you were to do a fresh install of Win2k3 server on a box dedicated
to host only slimserver and MusicIP, how would you tweak it? It will
also do some side-duty as a general purpose file-server...
I run XP on my server box and the best thing
Nostromo;134465 Wrote:
I'm happy with the remote and the way things are right now. And I
certainly don't want to hide my Squeezebox. I think it looks great.
What you're suggesting should be optional. I'm very happy with the
price of the Squeezebox, particularly since its better,
The nice thing about the device I mentioned in my first post is that
it's relatively small, but even better, incredibly inexpensive (much
less than the Sonos remote, anyway).
From what I've understood it's a media player. No networking, small
screen, probably little horse power. I doubt this
Balthazar_B;134541 Wrote:
Haven't tried the Nokia, but others report that it feels slow. I
understand it's also using a web-based interface, which generally means
compromises in functionality compared with a dedicated, optimized, fat
client UI. If I'm wrong about this, let me know.
I
On 9/8/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's nothing. I invented the SliMP3/SqueezeBox over in 2001. I was
just waiting for the Slim Devices guys to get the implementation
started:
The first entry on the news page
(http://www.slimdevices.com/au_old_news.html), June 2001, says that
The
Michael Herger;134474 Wrote:
I don't quite see how this should work: display bio first, than review
(or
other way around)? Or display review once, than go to other
screensaver?
That's what I had in mind, indeed. I've never seen the option to use
TWO screensaver plugins loaded, so I
Patrick Dixon;134497 Wrote:
And there was me, thinking it was supposed to be an audiophile player
...
Audiophiles are geeks too. They just point thier geekiness at
different toys.
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Michael Herger;57693 Wrote:
Decoding isn't the problem. But the management of a few thousand songs
(there are people using it with 100'000 songs!) and serving web pages
does need a little more performance. Go through the forums: there are
user
running slimserver on devices like the
It's still not clear to me what you didn't like about the NAS solution
that was suggested in post #7 in this thread (almost a year ago). I'm
not sure, but I expect you can connect the NAS directly to the SB with
a crossover cable. And now there are several NASs with vendor support
for slimserver.
Hello Community,
I've just installed slimserver 6.3.1 on my linux computer and set up
the squeezebox in my living room. Everything works fine so far.
I would like to grant my neighbours, who use the same W-LAN, access to
my music library. The should be able to listen to their Softsqueezes,
but
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:27:41 -0400, Jacob Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
On 9/8/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's nothing. I invented the SliMP3/SqueezeBox over in 2001. I was
just waiting for the Slim Devices guys to get the implementation
started:
The first entry on the news
Hey Andreas!
Does it make sense to run more than one instance of slimserver, that
are listening to different ports (e.g 9000, 9001) ?
Well, no... because the Squeezebox does not use port 9000 for getting the music
AFAIK!
You could create/modify a skin to remove the option to select a
Hey Andreas!
Does it make sense to run more than one instance of slimserver, that
are listening to different ports (e.g 9000, 9001) ?
Well, no... because the Squeezebox does not use port 9000 for
getting the music AFAIK!
You could create/modify a skin to remove the option to select a
There is an easy way to convert WMA/WMA-DRM to MP3, it can be fairly
time consuming if you've got lots of files but it works.
And do you know the best part? All you need is Windows Media Player
(WMP).
Simply burn all your WMA or WMA-DRM files to a CD-RW using WMP, then
rip them back off using
I would think the simplest solution would be for them to run their own
instance of slimserver (presumably on the same computer that is running
SoftSqueeze), and point it at your networked music library. That could
run into throughput issues, but might be worth a try.
Question: If you password
Howto : 'Installing SlimServer on a Thecus N2100'
(http://www.onbeat.dk/N2100/HOWTO-InstallSlimserverOnN2100.html)
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other way around)? Or display review once, than go to other
screensaver?
That's what I had in mind, indeed. I've never seen the option to use
TWO screensaver plugins loaded, so I guess it's difficult to do this.
I'm sure there's some way, but I have no idea, really.
Another thing came up:
It's the added cost and complexity.
Do you agree that the level of self sufficiency and ease of use most
DAPs offer is interesting, especially for non tech savvy people?
I'm in no hurry so I'll keep watching the different solutions that
appear.
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atlslim;134356 Wrote:
Greg,
First off - thanks for your help in the XM thread to get song titles
back in 6.5. Your development of the Sirius plugin and subsequent
enhancements has not gone unnoticed by us XM users - hopefully a fully
supported 6.5/trunk version is in the works somewhere
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I am trying to choose an
economical (as opposed to the expensive ReadyNAS), single or dual drive (RAID-1)
NAS device which will run Slimserver.
Any suggestions?
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StorkOpen
Enterprise
Solutions
I haven't found one but if you do let me know.
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Michael: Yes, the device I linked to (and its successor) is a music
player. But the successor will have a quite powerful processor, the
tactile navigation, a powerful OS, and a screen with sufficient
resolution to serve as a remote if it had Wi-Fi and a dedicated remote
UI. My suggestion was
My music server is an Apple Macintosh, and all of my music is in iTunes.
Up till now, I have been importing my music in AAC. Now I would like to
try for higher fidelity. It appears that iTunes offers two higher
fidelity alternatives: AIFF and Apple Lossless. I believe that Apple
Lossless requires
At 11:14 AM -0700 9/8/06, Omri wrote:
My music server is an Apple Macintosh, and all of my music is in iTunes.
Up till now, I have been importing my music in AAC. Now I would like to
try for higher fidelity. It appears that iTunes offers two higher
fidelity alternatives: AIFF and Apple Lossless.
I am trying to choose an economical (as opposed to the expensive
ReadyNAS), single or dual drive (RAID-1) NAS device which will run
Slimserver.
Please search the forums for Linkstation, Diskstation, SSODS, QNAP, Thecus.
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mintakaX;134633 Wrote:
Are there any legit music download sites that have flac downloads ?
I'm looking for something like the itunes store, but allows flac.
MapleMusic offers FLAC downloads for their artists:
http://www.maplemusic.com/
Cheers.
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Dr Lovegrove;134533 Wrote:
I'd look into more RAM possibly too as it's so cheap these days..
Although if it is for a P3 then it might be quite pricey as not much is
being produced. eBay might be an idea.
Doesnæt work with Win2K3 i don't think, but if you went with XP you
could try XPlite from
There's not supposed to be any difference soundwise. Plus formats like
WAV are lousy for tagging purposes. And if you have a big collection,
you'll want to tag your tracks properly. Not sure if the same thing is
true with AIFF, though.
But try it for yourself. Rip a couple of tracks in both
I figure that most/many non tech savvy people are happy shuffling CDs
or using an iPod + docking station. What really pushed me to SB (and
looking at similar devices such as Roku, Sonos, Streamium, Airport
Express, etc.) is wanting to have my whole CD collection available in
multiple places. You
Hello everyone,
I purchased a squeezebox yesterday and I have been trying it out all
day. It was working great, however something weird happened.
I am now unable to play a song on the squeezebox. I can choose a song
from my server (or internet radio, or even squeeze network), press
Play on the
It doesn't have published CDs, but there is some great music in flac at
the internet archive ([url]www.archive.org[/org]). Mostly bands you've
never heard of, but quite a few gems. The quality of the live
recordings varies a lot, but some are better than what a lot of bands
release on CD.
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Very interesting littel blog post.
set to do $10 million in sales this year and Just under 50,000
Squeezeboxes are installed around the world
it's the first time i've seen any sort of figures put on sales etc.
Surprised no one else picked up on them :)
EDIT: going by the number of people
Windows XP
SlimServer Version: 6.3.1
I tried playing files located on the slimserver's computer as well as
online radio.
The squeezebox is connected through wireless network (The network and
internet connection seems to be working as I am able to browse RSS
feeds on it)
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Which OS?
Which version of slimserver? 6.3.1 or 6.5b ?
What file types are you trying to play?
Wired or wireless?
Ceejay
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Thanks for the hint, I hadn't seen Olive. They come close, featurewise I
only miss support for Vorbis, Musepack and Replay Gain. I find them
overpriced, but it fits the audiophile market (the price premium for
the larger disks is ridiculous, Olive Musica 160GB is 1099U$, the 250GB
version is
Raptus;134626 Wrote:
It's the added cost and complexity.
Do you agree that the level of self sufficiency and ease of use most
DAPs offer is interesting, especially for non tech savvy people?
I'm in no hurry so I'll keep watching the different solutions that
appear.
There are no
More details:
If I synchronize the squeezebox with an instance of Squeezeslave on my
computer and start playing music, the time left meter on the
squeezebox will advance, but still there is no data displayed on the
VU meter.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Yuo might try a wired connection temporarily. The fact that you can
read RSS feeds means that you have some kind of connection, but it uses
next to no bandwidth - it might be that you have interference that is
only allowing small amounts of data through.
If going wired fixes it, you'll need to
All right,
I just tried it. It gives exactly the same result. Music is played, but
no sound is output and the VU meter is at 0.
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JJZolx;134678 Wrote:
There are no additional solutions. The design of the Squeezebox
_requires_ a computer to drive it.
I'm sorry, by solutions I meant products/devices not necessarily from
SlimDevices.
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JJZolx;134678 Wrote:
There are no additional solutions. The design of the Squeezebox
_requires_ a computer to drive it. It sounds like you went searching
for something and somehow found a solution that was 180 degrees the
opposite of what you desire.
Exactly. In the original post Raptus
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Question:
Check out this site - bit new but has FLAC tunes
http://www.digital-tunes.net/
Doug
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I just had exactly the same problem (it started after managing to crash
the Squeezebox by trying the Analog VU meter, see
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27135) and got it
working with a factory reset: unplug the Squeezebox, then plug it in
again while holding down + on the remote.
I tried a factory reset, but that did not solve the problem for me.
It just went back to normal for me.
The last action I performed before it started working again was unplug
the box, hook it to a stereo with a digital input and plug the box.
This seems to have fixed the problem as it is now
Between this, the Series 3 TiVo and whatever Apple has
planned for the 12th I'm all worked up into a tech frenzy.
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Hi Ross,
I just installed a simple USR antenna with 5db gain, and I get a
sufficient improvement in the signal. In this moment is 62-68%, which
is a noticeable improvement on the 36-41% I had before.
To add some confusion, I tried three 3Com APs I had in my office with
the new SB3 just arrived.
gian wrote:
It seems not possible to draw conclusions about wireless range,
everything seems so unpredictable...
Actually, the 'unpredictable' results are expected.
WiFi runs on the 2.4 gHz band, which was allocated for Microwave Ovens,
in part because no radio designers wanted to use 2.4
Glan,
I must agree, in many circumstances wireless networks can be very
difficult, at times even illogical.
Thanks for chiming in with your results. You may also find this recent
thread interesting:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27106highlight=wireless
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 09:45:47AM -0700, aubuti wrote:
I would think the simplest solution would be for them to run their own
instance of slimserver (presumably on the same computer that is running
SoftSqueeze), and point it at your networked music library. That could
run into throughput
The FF/REW definitely needs improvement.
Appart from a bug that seems to affect SoftSqueeze a lot more than
squeezeboxes, I'm finding FF/REW to be working rather well in 6.5 beta. Maybe
it's been improved since 6.3?
The only minor functional issue I have is that if I gradually increase the FF
Are there any legit music download sites that have flac downloads ?
I'm looking for something like the itunes store, but allows flac.
Might not be exactly what you are looking for, but I really like magnatune's
business model.
www.magnatune.com
You can download and share their artists music in
--- mintakaX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Are there any legit music download sites that have flac downloads ?
I'm looking for something like the itunes store, but allows flac.
yes, several:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/links.html#music
(unless you mean same selection as the itunes store, in
Anyone using the DG834N?
I just bought one to replace my DG834G, of which the signal no longer
stretches far enough in my new home, plus wireless had a tendency to
disable itself, requiring a reboot every now and again (fine when wired
setup is used, but the DG834G is relying on pure wireless
My music library contains 432 albums with 4317 songs by 225 artists.
99% FLAC ripped with EAC.
Software:
SlimServer 6.3.1
ClarkConnect 3.2 Linux
Hardware:
SFF Pentium-III 600MHz
256 MB RAM
320 GB disk (WD Caviar SE)
Squeezebox 3 wired-only
For those who have little or no Linux knowledge,
5205 albums with 58557 songs by 2766 artists al FLAC
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice core, 2GB ram
3+ TB's of drive space - not all used
SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 - 8468 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
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