Does the slim device support wma format when playing music from windows
media player.
Their website says yes. Yet when I look in the sttings it does not show
wma as being supported. Obviously it does not pick these tracks up from
my media player.
Is this false advertising or have I MISSED
Dekker22;268789 Wrote:
Does the slim device support wma format when playing music from windows
media player.
Their website says yes. Yet when I look in the sttings it does not show
wma as being supported. Obviously it does not pick these tracks up from
my media player.
Is this false
You can't feed the SqueezeBox using WMP
I think it might work as WMP (since v 10) can also presents itself as a
uPNP server and isn't SC able to browse UPNP servers ?
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Does the slim device support wma format when playing music from windows
media player.
You can't feed the SqueezeBox using WMP. But you can play WMA files on the
SqueezeBox 2/3/Receiver/Transporter using SqueezeCenter.
Their website says yes. Yet when I look in the sttings it does not show
seanadams;268549 Wrote:
9.625 W x 8.375 H x 4.5 D
I thought all engineers used metric these days ;)
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There is no way that I know of to point SS at a FTP or web site wil
music on it directly.
However, have a look at MP3Tunes. They provide a music locker service
that works with SqueezeNetwork and SqueezeCenter and lets you store
your music online. It is accessable anywhere online too.
Could not find anywhere that would display the version of firmware.
Was wondering why when I refresh the server it does not pick up any of
the songs that are in the wma format.
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Dean100;268698 Wrote:
. Are homeplugs the device that runs over your electrical wires?
In a word Yes.
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They were ripped from a cd.
Stored in the same dir. as the rest of mu music.
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Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking offense is
pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
Followed by...
Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
We are only stating what we find to be wrong with the dumb box.
What up with all the trolling and
Khuli;268798 Wrote:
I thought all engineers used metric these days ;)Only for Mars
missions...no wait...
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It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious
vested interest in the slim device.
However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking
offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
We are only stating what we find to be wrong with the dumb box.
Dekker22;268801 Wrote:
Could not find anywhere that would display the version of firmware.
Was wondering why when I refresh the server it does not pick up any of
the songs that are in the wma format.
Did you download these WMA files? (eg from iTunes?)
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No I do not use itunes at all.
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OK.
Do you know if these files have DRM in them or not - if they do they
won't play.
If you didn't download them, how did you create them - were they ripped
from CD's?
Are the WMA files in the same directory structure as your non-WMA files
or are they somewhere else?
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You want
Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious
vested interest in the slim device.
However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking
offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
Bearing in mind the size of slim
OK
is there anything different in the naming of the missing files?
did you rip all of your files the same way?
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bpa;268830 Wrote:
I'm not sure about current WMP settings but around wmp8 9 when you
ripped a CD by default it added copy protection. You had to disable
this setting.
Perhaps the problematic tracks are older rips and are protected in this
way ?
Thanks. Just checked and this was the
Dekker22;268832 Wrote:
I rest my case.
It is a dumb box.
It has no dials, no on/off switch, no reset switch. It is controlled
remotely. It is therefore a dumb box. It may be full of very
sophisticated electronics. In reality, however, it is classed as a dumb
box. No offense was meant.
All wireless devices have extremely variable reception distances, in an
ideal world with perfect atmospheric conditions you may get 100m, in
the real world with an average router (bearing in mind that the output
from the router determines the distance achevable) 30m sounds low but
not
I have just looked at WMP11 and the rip settings (as I don't use it
normally I assume these are the defaults)
1. It will rip to wma lossless
2. It will not copy protect but the option is there
So unless drfaults have been changed any files ripped by WMP11 will
result in lossless wma files that
I'm not sure about current WMP settings but around wmp8 9 when you
ripped a CD by default it added copy protection. You had to disable
this setting.
Perhaps the problematic tracks are older rips and are protected in this
way ?
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Phil.
Thanks for your efforts.
I do appreciate somone trying to help.
I'm trying to get three kids ready for bed, read stories, brush teeth.
So I have lost my patience with the subject matter.
In this day and age of super CPU speeds and mega RAM capacities do we
still have to flounder around the
autopilot;268824 Wrote:
Followed by...
What up with all the trolling and flamebaiting on the forums recently?
I rest my case.
It is a dumb box.
It has no dials, no on/off switch, no reset switch. It is controlled
remotely. It is therefore a dumb box. It may be full of very
Dekker22;268835 Wrote:
No Black (although that is the colour)would signfy something underhand
or sinister.
I meant what I said - dumb.
balck in the context that I meant is a box that is intelligent but
gives no outer indications (much like the black box flight recorders on
aircraft)
ModelCitizen;268762 Wrote:
sander Wrote:
fauxnos
Can you tell me what this means?
A portmanteau of 'faux Sonos', maybe? :)
ModelCitizen;268762 Wrote:
A google search for fauxnos returns your post even though it's less
than one hour old. Truly incredible.
Mmm, that is a bit
MuckleEck;268837 Wrote:
balck in the context that I meant is a box that is intelligent but
gives no outer indications (much like the black box flight recorders on
aircraft)
Firstly you did not state in your original post that your laptop wored
fine at the pool but the SB did not,
slwiser;268634 Wrote:
So far since last nights setting the IP as FIXED may have taken care of
most of my real issues.
I will continue to update this thread if anything more occurs to
undermine this fix.
Thanks for all your help..
nice!!!
:)
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Dekker22;268842 Wrote:
Let's be honest it's reception is piss poor.
To be honest I have had no issues with the reception of my 3 SBs in the
house. However I have for a different reason (office in the garden)
installed two 10dB aerials on my wireless router (before splashing out
and putting
I had hopes that when Logitech bought Slim they would break out into
the mainstream,
What is the mainstream ?
I think internet clock radio is a niche market.
The Reciva chipset was around for a long time before it got taken up -
the design decisions limit the user interface on all their
Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious
vested interest in the slim device.
However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking
offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
Yes, there are a lot of SlimDevices /
ModelCitizen;268762 Wrote:
A google search for fauxnos returns your post even though it's less
than one hour old. Truly incredible.
and another Googlewhack destroyed Google finds 3 links.. and 2
(possibly 3 now) are these posts!
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Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious
vested interest in the slim device.
However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking
offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
We are only stating what we find
Well said Matthew.
Oh and I don't work for or have any affiliation with Slim/Logitech
other than being a very happy user (who didn't get a Jive
prototype...grumble, moan, whinge).
I try and help others whenever I can, as I know just how great the
thing can be when all is working as it should.
You could browse them in a web browser, play them on your computer, and
use a program that broadcasts computer sound.
Details depend on your OS.
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Dekker22;268832 Wrote:
I rest my case.
It is a dumb box.
It has no dials, no on/off switch, no reset switch. It is controlled
remotely. It is therefore a dumb box. It may be full of very
sophisticated electronics. In reality, however, it is classed as a dumb
box. No offense was meant.
The only mention of 100m I can find is the max length of the Ethernet
cable!
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ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann
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t then stopped the music (which put a downer on an otherwise great
afternoon around the pool.
Another party/squeezebox situation ends badly :)
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Dekker22 wrote:
It seems most posters on here work for the company and/or have a obvious
vested interest in the slim device.
However, the failure to take constructive crticisim without taking
offense is pretty off putting for a non-geek end user.
Another vote for censoring the trolls.
I think you need to slap your forehead with the heel of your hand and
using your best Homer Simpson voice, let out a big Doh!
The Slimdevices products are not yet Homer Simpson proof. Even though
they look really simple because they don't have any buttons to push or
knobs to turn, they are
amcluesent;268861 Wrote:
t then stopped the music (which put a downer on an otherwise great
afternoon around the pool.
Another party/squeezebox situation ends badly :)
Yeah I guess there's a moral here somewhere...
I think the designated driver idea is a good one - if you are going
to
MuckleEck;268828 Wrote:
AFAIK the SB3 and SS/SC will only play non-DRM lossy WMA files.
Are your WMA files either DRMed? or lossless?
We are here as a community to help.
I can confirm that the SB3 will play WMA lossless files. Well, mine
does anyway!
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Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, neither of those options are
really what I am looking for.
I know that if I download the m3u files from this site and place them
in my playlists folder, when I play the playlist, it streams from the
site. It's a functional solution, but I was hoping there
100m for wireless, I doubt it. 30m sounds about right otherwise you are
going to be needing a broadcast license LOL! ;)
The web interface will tell you the strength of the signal and I think
the intelligent black box can as well.
I use a N class Netgear and the player is about 15m away on the
cparker;268868 Wrote:
Works fine with no problems, so I completely disagree with your
comments about the quality of the antenna.
Agreed. My master bedroom is the furthest point away from the router in
my house and the SB2 is the only device which works reliably in there -
laptops, iphone
gw43;268866 Wrote:
I can confirm that the SB3 will play WMA lossless files. Well, mine
does anyway!
I stand/sit/lie down (delete as appropriate) corrected.
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Mordaunt Short
MuckleEck;268831 Wrote:
So unless drfaults have been changed any files ripped by WMP11 will
result in lossless wma files that AFAIK are not readble by SS/SC
WMA lossless is supported as a transcoded format, but not native. It
should work out of the box on Windows, I think you need a decoder
See http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues
Usually when this happens it means the server can't get data to the
player. That's most often due to network bandwidth issues (probably
not so in your case) or a congested server (more likely).
The wiki article should
stevek1006;268887 Wrote:
This works fine for me in SC 7.0. If this is a Windows machine then you
need colons after the drive letter (e.g., E:\music).
I should have added, that if they are networked drives not attached to
the computer running SC, then they should be referred to as
Hello
I have lots of cd's and music on my computer(imac or pc)
what I want is the possibility to play the music which is on my
harddrive through external speakers which are connented to the
computer.
i think things as the squeezebox duet are suitable for this .
when the music is on my hard
venus light;268897 Wrote:
So I could set up a RSS feed with all of the m3u files?
That you'd have to try, no idea if it would work. But you could
certainly have an RSS which lists all the mp3s directly and they should
play - that's all a podcast is.
Another option would be to run a upnp
Michael Herger;268891 Wrote:
I know that if I download the m3u files from this site and place them
in my playlists folder, when I play the playlist, it streams from
the
site.
It then should probably work with SC as well. Why don't you just try
it?
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It will work - I
So, has anyone used the Philips TSU9600i or TSU9400i remotes? Do they
have a browser? Anyone have suggestions? I wouldn't even be opposed
to building my own remote on a tablet with IR using third party
software. But frankly, my harmony works ok, but to integrate in the
nokia770 skin or
Nullerbasse;268769 Wrote:
Well, I'm running Slim Center 7.0 - 12.02.2008
I have my music folder: ( in this case: E\music )
Inside this folder i have a shortcut: ( c\Music2 )
Everything is according to the way Slim devices wrote in the short
manual that came with the Squeezebox3.
I know that if I download the m3u files from this site and place them
in my playlists folder, when I play the playlist, it streams from the
site.
It then should probably work with SC as well. Why don't you just try it?
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I don't think there is anything wrong with this post.
I love the SD products and recommend them to everyone I know. I am a
huge music fan and SD has greatly increased my enjoyment of my music.
However, the Software has a lot of problems. That cannot be disputed;
just read all the posts.
ok thank you for your remarks.
I wonder whats the difference between the one you have and the duet,
the transporter is out of my budget.
The way you explain it ,than i could just connect my speakers
(monitors)
to the computer and then use the software you mention.
the set speakers i have are
radish;268902 Wrote:
That you'd have to try, no idea if it would work. But you could
certainly have an RSS which lists all the mp3s directly and they should
play - that's all a podcast is.
Another option would be to run a upnp server on the box in question and
then use the built in upnp
rene50;268916 Wrote:
ok thank you for your remarks.
I wonder whats the difference between the one you have and the duet,
the transporter is out of my budget.
The way you explain it ,than i could just connect my speakers
(monitors)
to the computer and then use the software you mention.
Shredder wrote:
I don't think there is anything wrong with this post.
I do and I'm not an employee. Just a reader who gets tired of
inflammatory startposts.
Regards,
Peter
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As another non-geek (and UK based), I have found getting to grips with
the SB since I got mine in Jan08 very slow and time consuming. You seem
to need to be very computer literate and have a lot of spare time. But
the Sonos alternative is a lot more expensive. One of my frustrations
is the bias
If the PC that has the actual music files is running some flavor of
windows NT (2000, 2003, XP) there are hidden autoshares
If you have music on machine foo in directory c:\music, you can refer
to it as \\foo\c$\music.
SqueezeCenter still needs to have permissions to read that directory.
You can
haunyack;268939 Wrote:
Thanks Phil.
It's usually where I end up when the medication wears off.
.
I knew I was doing something wrongmedication
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Phil Leigh;268934 Wrote:
Can we leave the Audiophile forum out of this - it is a special case for
people like me who really should be in therapy...
Thanks Phil.
It's usually where I end up when the medication wears off.
.
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rene50;268899 Wrote:
Hello
I have lots of cd's and music on my computer(imac or pc)
what I want is the possibility to play the music which is on my
harddrive through external speakers which are connented to the
computer.
i think things as the squeezebox duet are suitable for this .
I had this same problem - and a squeezebox of approximately the same
vintage (got it about two months ago, now).
You could try resetting your squeezebox's settings back to default.
Unplug the sb
wait 3 seconds or more
plug the sb back in -while holding the [+] key down on the remote-
Sadly, this
WMA lossless is not supported natively by SB3 - it is transcoded by the
Slimserver. This happens transparently in a Windows based server but
on Linux or OSX you will have to install 3rd party application.
See
Shredder;268915 Wrote:
I do, however, agree that people are too defensive about criticism,
especially the LT employees, including Sean himself. At first, I liked
that the employees got involved in posting. Now, I tire of the
employees getting in flame wars with people. This is a very
m1abrams;268932 Wrote:
The OP started this thread off extremely poorly. I am a geek but not
related to SlimDevices. Many posts lately by non-geeks have been very
poorly written and close to trolling. The majority users of this forum
by far are very level headed and handle criticism very
bobkoure;268923 Wrote:
If the PC that has the actual music files is running some flavor of
windows NT (2000, 2003, XP) there are hidden autoshares
If you have music on machine foo in directory c:\music, you can refer
to it as \\foo\c$\music.
SqueezeCenter still needs to have permissions
Oh response to the Wifi range of 100m. As others stated no one has seen
that stated by Slimdevices.
Also 30m range for wifi indoors is about what one would expect. To get
100m you need good conditions and line of sight for the most part. Your
laptop will get better range because it requires
mvalera;268629 Wrote:
Robin's developing a plug-in to solve that. The SB Receiver will get an
IP address thru DHCP automatically on the Ethernet port (didn't know
that till today) so his plug-in will be able to find and configure the
receivers without too much trouble. The hard part for
Dekker22;268815 Wrote:
The range for reception states 100 meters. This is stretching the truth
quite a bit. The limit of mine (and I mean line of sight) is no more
than 30 meters.
Where do you see that? _Ethernet_ is good to 100 meters.
Wireless - who knows. It all depends on your access
haunyack;268726 Wrote:
Who said anything about productive?
Start another thread if you wish to discuss production.
Oh, sorry, I forgot that you own this thread and have the right to tell
others what to post where.
At risk of violating the board rules, I will say something I would not
On 13-Feb-08, at 8:38 AM, ds2021 wrote:
autopilot;268824 Wrote:
Followed by...
What up with all the trolling and flamebaiting on the forums
recently?
There may be a lesson about the mass market here.
I knew someone would eventually get there.
-kdf
autopilot;268824 Wrote:
Followed by...
What up with all the trolling and flamebaiting on the forums recently?
There may be a lesson about the mass market here.
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djfake;268947 Wrote:
Also, why doesn't the old remote for the Squeezebox not work with the
SBR?
The SBR has no infra-red detector. And even if it did have one, there's
no screen to get any visual feedback from your IR remote's commands.
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'LiveDepartures plugin'
Whatever happened to being polite?
If you were invited in to someone's home, would you tell them your
curtains suck or the renovations you're undertaking are a poorly
implemented pipe dream?
No. That would be rude.
Then why is it acceptable here?
Constructive criticism is fine and, in fact,
Well said Mark..
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djfake;268947 Wrote:
Mike - when Robin does get this plugin written, I hope Logitech does
something very nice for him. I'll buy one, that's for sure.
Also, why doesn't the old remote for the Squeezebox not work with the
SBR?
We're very familiar with Robin. He's one of our best
Thanks Mark, my sentiments exactly.
-s.
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Mark Lanctot;268957 Wrote:
Whatever happened to being polite?
Because some folks feel they're above it, and there's probably not a
whole lot that can be done about it. There will always be kind,
thoughtful types. And there will always be ... other types.
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Jon Heal says:
Have a
Dekker22;268842 Wrote:
Let's be honest it's reception is piss poor.
I can tell you definitively that MY SB3's reception is very good at the
distances you're talking about. So logically, you must conclude:
1) One of us is lying
2) Something's different about one of our SB3s
3) Something's
ok I connect the sqeezebox or the duet to a receiver/amplifier ,is it
also ok to connect it to a monitored system as the sub has allkind of
connections.
But what i do not understand is how it plays the mp3 on my hard drive
or does that work through the wireless router etc.
So it connects with
Thanks for the comments everyone.
jonheal;268976 Wrote:
Because some folks feel they're above it, and there's probably not a
whole lot that can be done about it. There will always be kind,
thoughtful types. And there will always be ... other types.
Hopefully it will become evident that the
Rene50, I get the impression you just want to play music on your
PC and connect your speakers to the PC. That may work very well if you
have a good soundcard. You only need to download the free squeezecenter
software and the freen sofsqueeze software to do that. It seems you may
not have much
djfake wrote:
Yeah, cough is right. Why can't you configure it via wired ethernet?
Most every network device embeds something to do this - I have a NAS
device that does this.
Okay, Logitech's first priority was to sell the duet combo. But if
Logitech wanted, they could have created the SBR
I bought the SB3 about 4 weeks ago. Spent some time to configure
everythingfinding the perfect spot, connect to hi-fi, hiding wires,
set-up server, config library, wake-on-lan, harmony remote, favourites,
plug-ins, etc...
After 3 weeks, everything is finally set-up perfectly. I had then
Thirded.
Mark, I believe I must have been 'channelling'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=268400highlight=paraphrasing#post268400)
you/one of your posts yesterday...
I was thinking we might do something more along the lines of the
Sean-Adams-Response-O-Matic..
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rene50,
First of all, welcome to the forum. Würden Sie lieber in deutscher
Sprache zu sprechen? Ou en Français?
There are regular posters who speak both as their first language if
that is easier for you - try the German or French forums if so.
I would take a look at the Beginners Guide in the
contribute at all to such
threads and I bet there are others like me.
Count on it. It isn't just limited to forum threads. What motivation is
there to give free time testing, debugging, or writing for someone else's
benefit when it's just for continued abuse. I can certainly understand
the
Please forgive a ludite, as I am still using version 6.3.1 and am
completely content, but ...
I've been working on querying the database to build a list our music
for our web site.
We have quite a bit of classical music, but it seems that data from the
band/orchestra tag does not appear in the
rene50;268977 Wrote:
ok I connect the sqeezebox or the duet to a receiver/amplifier ,is it
also ok to connect it to a monitored system as the sub has allkind of
connections.
But what i do not understand is how it plays the mp3 on my hard drive
or does that work through the wireless router
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Hooray - you win the happy user award!
Your post comes as such a relief - it warms my heart.
Since you have just been on a 3-week crash course on how to configure
everything perfectly, would you mind helping some of the newbies
out...
Me and my friends are a bit tired...
(sincerely - well done
maggior wrote:
I had a similar experience. My wife uses the squeezebox all of the
time.
Same here. My wife uses it all the time. She made me buy one for my
college aged kid.
She likes it so much she let me buy a Transporter.
She still doesn't love the look of my Sonus Faber speakers.
But
djfake;269013 Wrote:
Thanks for the reply. A desktop PC would work too, correct?
Yes - plug it (the SB) into any computer running SqueezeCenter
(directly or via a switch/router etc)
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call
Peter;268998 Wrote:
djfake wrote:
Yeah, cough is right. Why can't you configure it via wired ethernet?
Most every network device embeds something to do this - I have a NAS
device that does this.
Okay, Logitech's first priority was to sell the duet combo. But if
Logitech wanted,
Honva;268996 Wrote:
Came home last weekend it really surprised me. She was listening to
internet radio with the SB3, switching channels and later on plays
musics from the library.
I had a similar experience. My wife uses the squeezebox all of the
time. She even now builds up playlists
maybe time for a Dutch sub-forum? (after all, there seem to be a few
users in the Netherlands and our French and German friends are catered
for!
:o)
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann
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