Hi all,
I just bought a pair of active speakers (Audioengine 5), and I'm very
happy with them - the Squeezebox looks great standing on top of one of
them (I've put it on the one with the amplifier inside).
A stupid thought maybe, but I wonder if there could be any downside to
placing the
What system is running Slimserver/SqueezeCenter ?
There is a bug with similar symptoms with some NAS based slimserver
(e.g. QNAP) as a result of a floating point error on processors which
have no FPU such as ARM.
See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37817
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Provided your speaker is well spikes to the floor, I vibtrations will be
minimal. You could always place your SB on a small rubber mat.
I would be more concerned about heat from the amps and strong magnetic
fields.
MS
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I just hope that M$ is not the cause of the murky water.
I'm sorry but I (like many) will not purchase Duet if M$ eats
Logitech/SD
Hopes now turned to fears.
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Somehow I think claims like physical media is dead are a bit
premature. And the new HD content is The problem there.
Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to thousands
and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available anytime
soon? I don't think so.
So, we
homer74;271098 Wrote:
Thanks for the details. I believe the SB is working fine b/c when I
installed Slimserver on my PC laptop, it immediately appeared on the
list of available IP addresses.
There was a mention that I may need to open up a port for the SB to
connect - is this something
norderney;271107 Wrote:
My Classic FM is our brand new interactive online radio player that
allows you to listen to six new channels of classical music and even
create and listen to your own personalised classical radio station.
I was wondering if there is any possibility of getting this
James_B;270335 Wrote:
Do moderators have a position on sexism in posts? I just wonder when i
see the WAF / women can't operate electronics / pick music -remarks
come up again and again.
I know it is a hard line to draw - but whilst some may well be offended
by what they call profane
Welcome to the forum.
Some more information about your setup and how you obtain your audio
files would help.
My squeezeboxen play every note from beginning to end and my flac and
mp3 play gapless just fine.
Do you use an external DAC?
-s.
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Checked My ClassicFM again and it now works OK. Streaming to Squeezebox
using Winamp/Shoutast server.
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Hi,
My SB3 is placed on top of my amp (Marantz PM7200). I would like to
turn my SB3 off when the amp is turned off with the amp remote. Is
there any way I can make the SB3 react to the power off signal from the
amp remote?
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My SB3 is placed on top of my amp (Marantz PM7200). I would like to
turn my SB3 off when the amp is turned off with the amp remote. Is
there any way I can make the SB3 react to the power off signal from the
amp remote?
SB does recognize _some_ codes, eg. the NAD SR-5. You best enable IR
Why would you want to stream flac as mp3 to the squeezebox?
Server OS?
Search for lame.exe on windows or lame on linux (usually in /usr/bin or
/usr/local/bin).
You also need flac so make sure it is installed (flac.exe or flac).
Lame for windows can be found 'here'
Hi
I just try to setup my squeezecenter (7.0 - 17599) on a remote server.
I want to change the settings, that it streams my flac files as mp3 to
my squeezebox.
For this, on Players - Audio I change Bitrate Limiting to 320kbps.
The screen there says, The LAME encoder appears to be installed
Any news about this?! I just got a DS-Lite :D
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why, because I stream it over the internet. Flac works usually, but in
the evening when many guys are surfing, sometimes it hangs... so i just
want to have the option ;-)
lame.exe was missing, now it works in this case the message shown
on the player settings was wrong.
to answer your
Experience shows that, as the audience grows, you're going to have to
contend with a more diverse audience, some of whom have less than
stellar motivations. As a result, you're going to have to put up with
trolls and flamebait. It might be wise to come up with a strategy now,
ahead of the next
straight out of the box solution - Squuezebox 3 with a netgear router.
The Messiah files are AAC downloaded from iTunees
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There are already forum sections in French, Spanish and German. I'm sure
a dutch one could also be added if there was enough interest.
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johndpar wrote:
I just hope that M$ is not the cause of the murky water.
I'm sorry but I (like many) will not purchase Duet if M$ eats
Logitech/SD
Hopes now turned to fears.
Old news now turned to wild rumour-mongering, I feel.
R.
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Hi,
I'm not sure if we're allowed to sell items on this forum? If not, can
anyone suggest a good place (e.g. a forum) to sell my QNAP TS-109 NAS
drive in the UK?
eBay?
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James_B;270335 Wrote:
I just wonder when i see the WAF / women can't operate electronics /
pick music -remarks come up again and again.
I've said my piece on this a few times, but as one of the (few?) women
who post on here regularly, I'd agree with what Jim and others have
said. Personally,
I'm trying to simplify my wife's use of a SB3 hooked to a whole house
audio system. She comfortable pulling up the web interface and playing
a favorite (local AM talk radio). I'd like to script this so she can
press a button (on her PC or in the automation system) that opens a
telnet session to
If the files are AAC lossy then there will be a gap if you are using
Windows and iTunes 7.
If the files are AAC lossless then there should be no gap.
There was also a truncation issue with AAC files in 6.5.x, fixed in
6.5.3 or 6.5.4 I think.
What OS and what version of SS/SC ?
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Discs will be around for a long time yet.
People that use forums like this assume that everyone out there has
super fast broadband.
ADSL is the most prevalent in the UK and some people are lucky to see
even 1Mbps if they're too far from the exchange.
I'd rather buy a disc than have to spend
Thomsen;271182 Wrote:
Hi,
My SB3 is placed on top of my amp (Marantz PM7200). I would like to
turn my SB3 off when the amp is turned off with the amp remote. Is
there any way I can make the SB3 react to the power off signal from the
amp remote?
If your AMP remote is a learning remote
jjanis;271166 Wrote:
Somehow I think claims like physical media is dead are a bit
premature. And the new HD content is The problem there.
Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to thousands
and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available anytime
soon?
johndpar;271165 Wrote:
...
I'm sorry but I (like many) will not purchase Duet if M$ eats
Logitech/SD...
John.
Very honest question: Why?
thks,
K
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The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will
improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially.
Mike,
I have not been able to get the KKSF stream running thru SqueezeNetwork
as well. I also tried another stream froma local station here that will
not run through SqueezeNetwork.
What it did find is that both streams
http://sagacomm-wrsi-fm.wm.llnwd.net/sagacomm_WRSI-FM
jjanis;271166 Wrote:
Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to thousands
and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available anytime
soon? I don't think so.
JJanis
It will happen, but not for many more years. The BW is available now to
make it a
jjanis wrote:
Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to thousands
and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available anytime
soon? I don't think so.
Its available today in much of the developed world.
Not in most of the US because of monopoly telco resistance.
one more voice to add into the mix... here's a great article about the
current blu-ray situation and the future of media content.
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/wilson_tim/blu-ray.php
I'll add too that perhaps I'm a bit biased in my thinking because I
work in television (I'm an editor
Physical media is going to stay. More so for movies.
1. Bandwidth does not catch up fast enough. By the time you could
download a Blu-ray disc fast enough, Sony will have Blu-ray Ultra with
2TB media supporting 4320p HD format.
2. Hard Disk size not catching up fast enough. A 500G drive
Yes, HD is compressed (mpeg) video. It has to be. Uncompressed 24-bit
RGB images are 5.9 mb PER FRAME or 177 mbps. An HD transport stream is
19 mbps if you pull it in over the air. Cable companies compress it
further to fit more channels through the pipe, so you're actually
getting somewhere
MS bought this company too www.nirvis.com
The SLink part of the interface is obsolete, but there is no better
product on the market for IR/PC integration.
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1 Transporter
2 Squeezeboxen v3
1 Squeezebox v1
1 SliMP3
Linux x86-64 SlimServer 6.5.1
I can see from photos in the Transporter system gallery that the
Transporter looks more the part of an audiophile component than the SB3
or the Duet but I would like to offer a recomendation. I am a convert
to Bel Canto's systems and love their sound and form factor. An
under-the-hood
Slimserver reports that I've got 0 tracks by 0 artists for year 199.
I guess at some point I'd incorrectly tagged something with the year
199 and then corrected it - but Slimserver still thinks it's there
somewhere.
How do I ditch this? I tried taking a backup of and then deleting the
file
I get Alvin and the boys when I play 22khz files such as podcasts that I
download from iTunes. The problem is only with the hardware, because
Softsqueeze plays them fine.
-S
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my brain
SS 6.5.4 under XP Home latest
I love the Alarm feature, but wonder if there's a way of increasing
what seems to be a preset 20-fade option (i.e., it's either no fade, or
20-sec fade).
I have my alarm stream set to an Alien BBC feed, and most of that 20
seconds seems to be taken up with
Shakey;270860 Wrote:
Yes, so I rip a selection 24/96 aiff, send it to iTunes as a ALAC, move
it to my NAS, stream it to my SB3 and it says it is a 44.1 Khz file.
So what happened?
I should mention I am using Roxio CD SpinDoctor to capture my needle
drops via an Apogee Duet and a
lucas72;271191 Wrote:
Any news about this?! I just got a DS-Lite :D
Check out zingerhill's review above. As excited as I was, the way
Nintendo implemented the Opera browser makes it pretty much a no-go for
pick-up-and-go use the way you'd want it for squeezebox control. I used
it at a
yes, hd is compressed. I was referring to the notion of watching hd shot
footage before it gets compressed by a cable provider like comcast.
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Hi
If you are using mp3s and have both idv1 and v2 tags written in them,
this might be causing an issue.
Use something like mp3tag and make sure you have just v2 tags and then
a clear library and rebuild and see if it fixes it.
(You dont mention whether you are using mp3s so this might not
I go against the grain :)
I recommend a Netgear N router, strong as a rock and automatically
ensures the best signal by tweaking its power and aerial
configuration.
Dont Linksys suffer from overheating? or was that the older models?
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I'm using a mixture of MP3s and FLAC (I'm gradually re-ripping all my
music to lossless).
I'm fairly certain that all MP3s only have ID3v2 tags, although having
said that I just checked my MP3Tag options, and see that I still had
ID3v1 checked (along with ID3v2, and APE).
Slimserver still tells
Interesting article on theregister today, around ISPs and media
streaming (legal) by the BBC using its iPlayer software.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/iplayer_isps_broke/
In only its first month of service, iPlayer pushed up ISP costs by 200
per cent, from 6.1p per user to 18.3p per
The larger the screen the better for me, so I say keep the current form
factor and make it even taller, with a bigger screen.
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Yeah I would cleanse them so that you have just the v2 tags.
Also if you are using MusicIP with slimserver dont forget to rescan
with MusicIP first and then rescan slimserver afterwards.
Cheers
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I have a WRT54G, running official Linksys firmware. It's been running
24/7/365 for 5 years and only failed one single time. I think it
crashed.
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i just watched both of their new music videos and cant decide which i
like more, they are both sooo incredible! here's sean kingstons new
song on youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XX0vpWUyn0U
and here's chris browns:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OqumjziPTzk
i think i'm leaning more towards
The SB3 if double it's depth could have the same capability as the TP
I'm guessing. You could add a larger screen to boot and still have a
small form factor. I don't see a necessity for maintaining an old
standard. Computers used to come in the same size box but that's not
the case any more.
I've just innstalled a brand new Transporter, everything worked perfect
for a couple of days, when I suddenly noticed that the left display
where cutting of the letters at the top. When I change to medium fonts
the upper text disapears.
I've done a couple of factory resets and changed the
Hrm, what are the dimensions of the TP's empty space I suppose you
could fit a small embeded slimserver in there. Just need to add an
external USB port to add an external CD drive for ripping/encoding.
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I think it means that people are making conspiracy theories out of nothing...
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM, SilverRS8
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mvalera;271345 Wrote:
I can assure you that MS has absolutely no impact on anything we do...
besides their OS software.
Does this mean 'When
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mvalera;271345 Wrote:
I can assure you that MS has absolutely no impact on anything we do...
besides their OS software.
Does this mean 'When there is smoke, there is a fire?'
Frank
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Mark Lanctot;271347 Wrote:
This is a hardware fault caused by a batch of bad displays that had
overheating problems.
It seemed to have been limited to some early SB3s though, this is the
first case I've seen of a Transporter affected by this.
Contact support.
Thanks for a quick
Death of physical media is not only a technical problem. Imagine all the
movies in servers where you must log in to watch a particular movie.
Then imagine a new witch hunt or a puritanist regime, and all your
favourite films are not available anymore. Seems a little far out at
first, but it has
I agree with zingerhill and thing-fish: slow, but just about usable with
handheld skin. The DS has a very nice toggle between Overview (1 screen
shows a zoomed in view of the other) and SSR (Small Screen Rendering)
which is useful. However, the nature of the SlimServer / SqueezeCenter
interface
SilverRS8;271349 Wrote:
Does this mean 'When there is smoke, there is a fire?'
Frank
I meant there is no smoke, or fire.
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slimdevices.com
I have a squeezebox three and would like to be able to program my
universal remote to play my favorites on squeezenetwork [through the
SB3] more easily. The current method of navigation requires choosing
favorites, hitting the right arrow, scrolling down until you find your
favorite and then
Some explanation of how services run in Windows, and this is valid for
all versions.
My apologies if this is already explained in this thread, too many
posts to read
The security model in Vista has been made a lot more complex than it's
ever been in Windows, way too complex in my opinion.
Some
Pat Farrell;271248 Wrote:
jjanis wrote:
Think about the bandwidth required to stream 1080p content to
thousands
and millions of customers. Can you imagine it becoming available
anytime
soon? I don't think so.
Its available today in much of the developed world.
Not in most of the US
chale2;271362 Wrote:
What would really help would if you could have a macro code or push the
keypad to take you to a particular favorite. For example, pressing 2 on
the remote takes you to favorite #2. This would be more reliable with
programmable remotes.
Opinions?
Charles
Err..
Thank you both, I'm just playing with the DS and... I definetely agree,
frustrating.
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM, mvalera
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I meant there is no smoke, or fire.
So did you just accidentally reveal that Microsoft is buying Logitech?
Wow!
Mike, you can't win, no matter what! :-)
Ben
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I like the prospect of Squeezeplay acting as another controller, in
basically the direct opposite of what the last poster said, I'd be
interested in squeezeplay I could run on the PC hooked up to my TV and
have it act as another SQueezeBox I could sync and control not only on
the machine itself,
Going for the low-hanging fruit while I'm waiting for my Duet to arrive.
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Because I can and there are some that would argue about information
above 20k. While there may be little there and we may not hear
anywhere that high, again there is a consensous that brickwalling
anywhere near it causes anomalies down in the frequencies we are able
to hear.
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I am using SC 7, Windows XP and iTunes 7 - my example (Messiah) is AAC
iTunes+ which I thought was lossless but the bit rate is only 256? it
is a live recording where it sounds like the conductor is singing
along! could that be a decompression problem?
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peterw;265244 Wrote:
... watching someone drive such a thing would be like watching someone
reconfigure a media server on a big HD TV -- not fun.
Haha, nice analogy! At least one would need the biggest bucket of
popcorn ever seen to hide in. I've never understood the whole
Michael Herger;270906 Wrote:
Ok, I removed a few more lines, fixed some typos. Better now?
Yes, but still poorly edited. A 20 second look of that single page
shows there still 3 references to artwork thumb files which should be
deleted.
And really, am I the one who should be reviewing this?
Perhaps this is way beyound what you're asking :-D
Just try different things and move the SB3. I have tried a bunch of
many different things realizing that the solutions I didn't originally
believe was workable could be the best
I have had good experiences with granite plates (bought from
paro;271390 Wrote:
I am using SC 7, Windows XP and iTunes 7 - my example (Messiah) is AAC
iTunes+ which I thought was lossless but the bit rate is only 256? it
is a live recording where it sounds like the conductor is singing
along! could that be a decompression problem?
iTunes plus is *not*
bulletmark;271394 Wrote:
Yes, but still poorly edited. A 20 second look of that single page shows
there still 3 references to artwork thumb files which should be
deleted.
And really, am I the one who should be reviewing this? Is this
representative of QA there at Logitech corporation?
See bug 4662 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4662
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Hi
Mostly the same reasons as bhaagensen.
I've been involved in the computer industry one way or another for over
30 years and I've never been impressed by anything M$ have ever done.
The cavalier attitude to product quality which M$ have demonstrated
time and time again simply does not meet
Taxcheat;271379 Wrote:
Going for the low-hanging fruit while I'm waiting for my Duet to arrive.
Say is that the new uncluttered cli-based jive interface. Looks mighty
nice: very xterm like, bet Microsoft never could make something like
that!
B.
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I run slimserver on a mac running OS10.5.1. I have 4 x SB3's and 1 x SB2
and everything has been great and stable for years (I even had an
original Slimp3). 2 days ago, I tried upgrading from 6.5.4 to 7.0 in
order to solve an OS10.5 issue and was then prompted to update firmware
on the players. I
I am in Squeeze Network Beta and trying to map some of my favorites to
individual number buttons on the remote control. Right now if I push
and hold #1 or 2, two of my favorites start playing [which I didn't
program unless I did it accidentally]. If I hold any of the other
numbers on the
thanks for all your comments - very helpful - where can I purchase and
download classical music in a lossless format?
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JJZolx wrote:
bulletmark;271394 Wrote:
Yes, but still poorly edited. A 20 second look of that single page shows
there still 3 references to artwork thumb files which should be
deleted.
And really, am I the one who should be reviewing this? Is this
representative of QA there at Logitech
Suprlite7;271288 Wrote:
I recommend the next Transporter be 1/2 its present size which could
easily be done without sacrificing any of the elements within.
The Transporter was designed with audiophiles and the higher end market
in mind. To that end, the device needs to be X inches wide and
Whatever... I've been in the recording business since 1971 and have been
through all of the arguments for more than that.
For what I'm doing now, in most cases, the HUGE amounts of required
storage isn't worth the difference you 'might' hear. I've done several
projects at 96k and higher
AudioDave;270820 Wrote:
I am in the process of setting up my SB3 and need to upgrade my old
wireless G router. Which router would you recommend to use? I will
have the wireless router, cable modem, and desktop PC in one location,
and the SP3 and stereo in another room. I have been looking
jaysung;271325 Wrote:
Hello,
Well, I agree. When opening the tp I was tempted to put something into
it just to fill the space ...
Here is what I thaught of:
- solid state hard disk and some unnecessary Slimserver overhead ;)
- Cd drive to rip or directly play music
- heavy duty copper
JimC;271170 Wrote:
Our overall intent is to minimize the noise -- the stuff that detracts
from the quality information here. I think everyone on the staff, and
in the community, would object to blatant sexism, but this is an
incredibly diverse group of people and what one culture finds
Any possibility of a sleep timer in the Duet, or the Sqeezebox 3 for
that matter? Could this be done with a plugin? Anyone interested?
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Can you explain in more detail? How would these need to be different
from the sleep button on the remote for SB3 or the Sleep options under
settings on the Duet Controller?
-kdf
On 20-Feb-08, at 8:11 PM, breakfastchef wrote:
Any possibility of a sleep timer in the Duet, or the Sqeezebox 3
I've changed the Squeezecenter skin from the default to Slimfx. How do
I change back to the default skin?
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breakfastchef;271454 Wrote:
Any possibility of a sleep timer in the Duet, or the Sqeezebox 3 for
that matter? Could this be done with a plugin? Anyone interested?
There's already a Sleep button on the SB3 remote (it looks like the
edge of an eyelid with eyelashes, or like the bottom half of
http://127.0.0.1:9000/default works.
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There used to be a plug-in that would allow selection of up to 9 (?)
playlists by pressing a number key on the remote. I believe that you
would create a number of playlists and give each a number as a title
(1.m3u; 2.m3u; etc.).
Then you could play any one by pressing a button or two without
Yes, but still poorly edited. A 20 second look of that single page
shows there still 3 references to artwork thumb files which should be
deleted.
Feel free to edit http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AlbumArtwork - the
integrated document will be gone soon.
And really, am I the one who
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