Re: [slim] Sonos getting smarter?

2007-10-25 Thread Empgamer
The 800 price has dropped here due to the announcement of the 810 I suspect. I think it's also importatnt to remember that the N800 does far more than just control music and the SB3 too. I'm no flag waver either and took ages to decide between the two systems but for me I can't see what the

[slim] Squeeze box...just stopped working.

2007-10-25 Thread tokyosexwhale
For no reason whats-o-ever my Squeezebox has just stopped working. It's about a year and a half old, it's never been dropped, to hot, to wet, abused in any way shape or form but it's just stopped working. I'm hoping it's a fuse in the transformer anyone have any other ideas? -- tokyosexwhale

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread gtcharlie
As much as I would like to separate the player from the MarketPlace that doesn't seem possible. I am spending $15 a month already on Rhapsody to Go which I really like and use to stock my two sons MP3 players. I need my player to be compatible also. -- gtcharlie

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
John: SS is needed to pick and choose tracks to play on the SB - so you do need to know which track is which and unless you have tags or your folders are organized a certain way, you won't know. As I indicated, SlimServer will say 1 albums with 4677 songs by 1 artists where album = No Album and

[slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread mherger
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread jmx
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[slim] Macosx trouble

2007-10-25 Thread PontusS
I installed Slimserver 6.5.4. on a Mac G5 with no trouble. Everything worked fine. However, perl started to run amok at 78 % CPU. I tried to re-install but now nothing works. My debug log looks like this. 2007-10-25 08:06:42.5189 SlimServer strings init... 2007-10-25 08:06:42.8853

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Gibbo
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Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread iPhone
One only needs to know one word Microsoft. If they are involved one just knows to stay away. The player itself is not a bad MP3 player in general terms. But the way Microsoft forces everybody to use it if one wants to get the most out of it is what sucks. So if one is looking for an expensive MP3

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread iPhone
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Re: [slim] Squeeze box...just stopped working.

2007-10-25 Thread dean
Is the screen completely blank when you unplug and plug it in again? If so, there's nothing you can really do except try replacing the power adaptor, then the Squeezebox. Get in touch with the support team http://www.slimdevices.com/su_tech.html for further hardware support... -- dean

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
iPhone;237911 Wrote: If somebody were really smart they would open an online music store that offers lossless downloads for 85 cents and 128Kbps downloads for 45 cents. They would probably corner the market on both audiophile and MP3 online music sales. Do you think the RIAA would let

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread byKnight
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread DVB
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Secret Squirrel
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Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread radish
gtcharlie;237882 Wrote: As much as I would like to separate the player from the MarketPlace that doesn't seem possible. I am spending $15 a month already on Rhapsody to Go which I really like and use to stock my two sons MP3 players. I need my player to be compatible also. Makes sense. I

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread bklaas
iPhone;237911 Wrote: One only needs to know one word Microsoft. If they are involved one just knows to stay away. The player itself is not a bad MP3 player in general terms. But the way Microsoft forces everybody to use it if one wants to get the most out of it is what sucks. So if one is

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Richie
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Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread bklaas
bklaas;237935 Wrote: I find this an odd argument coming from a user called iPhone. iPhone--- reading this over it comes across like a flame, which was not my intention. Apologies if it came out that way. Merely wanted to make a point about Apple and their proprietary model. cheers, #!/ben

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread EricBergan
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Cruzan
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Zten
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Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread PSSO
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Re: [slim] Squeezebox stopping

2007-10-25 Thread mik63
I have lived with this crap for a while. I have a dedicated high performance PC for Slimserver. The connection is wireless but we are talking about the same room and the signal never ever goes below 80-85%. I use a channel that nobody else is using around my house. I have no wireless phones and

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread alZmtbr
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Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-25 Thread brockers
ML2008 uses Firebird 2.0.3 as the database back end according to http://www.codeaero.com/music-label/ne_guide.htm so some access via perl may be possible with http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbi-interbase/ but it might require a running firebird server (although I think this could be done

Re: [slim] Squeezebox stopping

2007-10-25 Thread JimC
mik63;237995 Wrote: I have lived with this crap for a while. I have a dedicated high performance PC for Slimserver. The connection is wireless but we are talking about the same room and the signal never ever goes below 80-85%. I use a channel that nobody else is using around my house. I

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread iPhone
Hey Bklaas, No biggie and I did not take it as flaming but more of wondering. And after reading your post and mine, I can see your point. Nobody else knows what I have or what I use or more importantly what I was thinking when I posted. It’s all just e-mail. I never read anything into it

Re: [slim] How are you running SlimServer/SqueezeCenter on Windows?

2007-10-25 Thread Secret Squirrel
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Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread iPhone
You at both correct on all counts. The RIAA is the big problem. A friend of mine owns a bar in Little Five Points. He is a musician and used to be in a major label band. He hires bands to play in his club and when they go on break he used to get up on the stage and play his old tunes. Not

Re: [slim] Squeezebox stopping

2007-10-25 Thread mik63
I have just sent a very complete description of the whole set of problems and setup. If the wireless signal is always at 80% or above, I do not see how there could be a problem, unless I am exceeding the wireless bandwidth, but I have done tests with nothing else connected. In nay case, wired or

Re: [slim] Squeezebox stopping

2007-10-25 Thread JimC
Minora;237561 Wrote: The only change I made to my SB, before it stopped playing was to put it in a slightly higher place and away from the amp. This improved signal strength from a an average 20% (which was usually fine) to and average 50% in preparation for a party this weekend. Now I

Re: [slim] Streaming Zune Market Place

2007-10-25 Thread radish
iPhone;238026 Wrote: Some nerve to ask somebody to pay royalties on their own songs! But they aren't his - he sold them to the label. If I sold you my car, and then six months later turned up and drove off with it you'd be rightly annoyed. Did they overreact in this case? Probably - that's

Re: [slim] What to do with my CDs?

2007-10-25 Thread iPhone
The CDs should be ones last resort for data loss. And that would be when the computer is fried and your archived copies are also destroyed. Who has the time to do all that converting over again when one can archive the conversions to DL DVD in no time at all. Once the current library is backed

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-25 Thread JSharp
I downloaded Slimserver and took a look at it. It has a handsome interface with lots of white space which is easy on the eyes. The available information is nicely laid out and easy to read. It can browse by various categories such as genre, artist, track name. It doesn’t show who are the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox stopping

2007-10-25 Thread redgum
Just to update you on my troubleshooting (with thanks to Slimdevices support) and to clarify exactly what is going on in my situation (Now with no wireless, ethernet cable everywhere, SB3, SS6.5.4, WHS). I setup a playlist with about 100 songs from different albums and started playing them. Here

Re: [slim] Should crossfading work with synchronised players?

2007-10-25 Thread tgoodman
I, too, crave the cross-fade with synched players. It just adds that extra something for parties! In fact, I bought 2 of these blasted things thinking it would FIX the crossfade I was lacking with one using Softsqueeze. Oh well... still love these things, but come on, SlimDevices, give us a

Re: [slim] Can I Use Other Catalog Software?

2007-10-25 Thread aubuti
Have you visited the 'Slim Devices wiki Beginner's Guide' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuide)? It has tons of useful user-contributed information. As for not being able to add or change tag information in SS, that is by design. SS is meant to stream your music, not rip, or