Re: [slim] Crutchfield tried to...

2008-03-08 Thread funkstar
jonbauer;276708 Wrote: I got a pretty good discount at Crutchfield for placing other orders through them... - Jon Could that be why they wanted you to cancel the order? They maybe realised they weren't going to make any money out of the transaction. -- funkstar

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
The plugin only works on SC7. I haven't any info about regular use of the plugin but I have been using cdda2wav.exe as part of the CDImport plugin and found some gotchas which may affect CDplayer. The cdda2wav solution is for Windows only. It has been tested on XP only - I'm not sure whether

[slim] Duet set up failure

2008-03-08 Thread olc
I got the Duet yesterday morning, set it up in minutes and used it all day and today in the morning. Went to use it tonight and nothing. The SBC seems OK so I checked the receiver. I disconnected it from power and plugged it in again. The Lite on the front was red and white. No joy Next went to

[slim] Bug: Settings don't stick in Opera

2008-03-08 Thread strindberg
I have been using Opera for accessing SC for a while now, due to the bug which makes Firefox hog all the CPU when displaying SC. I have noticed an annoying problem: when using Opera, some visual settings disappear every time you restart the browser, settings which are saved when using Firefox.

Re: [slim] Is there any reason for me to use SqueezeNetwork anymore?

2008-03-08 Thread funkstar
Nope, it sounds like you don't need to use SqueeeNetwork directly any more, just proxy it through SqueezeCenter. As for things being more snappy from SC, that isn't a surprise. Instead of all the data coming over the internet to your Controller, only the necessary data is, the rest is being

Re: [slim] Album art not showing in Squeezecenter

2008-03-08 Thread parkmad
One more try +---+ |Filename: scanner.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4518|

Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign

2008-03-08 Thread getprogs
But any FF/RW functionality that is usable with WMA files gets my vote! I have votet for the bug regarding the inability to scroll through transcoded files, but just want to add my 5C worth here as well (4 then? 3? 2...?) I do not care about changing the way it works, I mean even having the

Re: [slim] Problems with importing

2008-03-08 Thread danco
It was consistent. I made several tries with different files. I got an error with /Users/danco/music/playlist/Alienstream/Drama/Afternoon Play/Friday.m3u I thought the file name might be too long, so moved Friday.m3u into /Users/danco and it worked. Then, as mentioned, I moved Friday Play.m3u

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
Is there, or does anyone feel like creating, a similar plugin for Mac OS (and Linux)? Mostly I play CDs from my music system, but playing them on my computer and using SqueezeCenter would let me play in several rooms. An alternative approach (that costs) would be to send the music through

Re: [slim] How best to upgrade Slimserver to squeezecenter (debian apt-get)

2008-03-08 Thread JJZolx
jimwillsher;276817 Wrote: Sorry, I gave everyone a bum steer. No, either Ross was pulling your leg or he's just a little slow on the uptake. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile:

Re: [slim] lame downloads?

2008-03-08 Thread Ramage
Dougal;276513 Wrote: I've always gone here: http://www.rarewares.org/mp3.php Doug. Yeah I use rarewares too -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17150 Windows Vista, Alien 2.0b3 P4 2.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17630 - Windows XP, Alien 2.0b5 P2 266MHz, ClarkConnect 4.1, SC 7.0 - 17630, Alien 2.0b5,

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
Is there real interest in taking the CDPlayer furher ? If I take some of the CDImport code back into CDPlayer- then I reckon I can make CDPlayer will work on Linux. To play the CDs on Linux I was think using mplayer rather than CDparanoia or cdd2wav as the latter's intent is to get a good rip

[slim] where are the silver slimdevices??!?

2008-03-08 Thread gb115b
some of us have silver hifi equipment you know... why on earth did they discontinue them? like i don't enough problems sneaking my toys in via the g/f... -- gb115b gb115b's Profile:

[slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread Focker
Got my Duet today (Friday) and I absolutely love it. This is my first venture into PC based music and so far it couldn't be better. I've been up the past few hours sitting in my listening room, completely dark aside from the glow of the tubs of my preamplifier and the LCD display on the Duet

Re: [slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread sebp
Hi Focker, Lame Ain't an Mp3 Encoder. It's used by the server software to convert music files (protected WMA, for example) that cannot be handled natively by the Squeezebox to something it will play (MP3). Thus the quality settings. -- sebp

Re: [slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread egd
Focker;276863 Wrote: And would someone mind giving me a layman's explanation of what LAME is? I noticed that there are settings for this on the audio menu and I was curious whether I needed to do anything with them. Reason I ask is that the setting it's on now says less quality, but fastest,

Re: [slim] where are the silver slimdevices??!?

2008-03-08 Thread signor_rossi
gb115b;276858 Wrote: some of us have silver hifi equipment you know... why on earth did they discontinue them? like i don't enough problems sneaking my toys in via the g/f... I agree. Color was far from being a crucial point to me, but I would have liked the silver version much more.

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
OS X does have cdda. However, the call you suggest does not work. It gives file not found, and the same file not found if I try the full path. I tried mplayer cdda:///Volumes/Audio\ CD (as the CD shows up on the desktop as Audio CD) and got the following MPlayer dev-SVN-r21482-4.0.1 (C)

Re: [slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread funkstar
LAME is used to transcode audio to MP3 on the fly for devices like the old SliMP3 or SqueezeBox 1. Also used in conjunction with remote streaming (when set up right, you can access http://your_ip_address:9000/stream.mp3 from anywhere on the internet). Unless you have a need to convert things to

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
I presume there was a CD loaded in the drive. OK - mplayer looks too different on OSX - let's tey cdda2wav 1. First need to find the device of your CDROM (or equivalent) - use the command cdd2wav -scanbus Can you copy the output to a post. 2. Assuming there is a removable CD-ROM with a tuple

[slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread SilverRS8
What i've always wondered; How can there be a difference in sound quality when I play a CD or play the same ripped CD using the Squeezebox in .flac format? When using analogue outputs I could reason this but in both cases digital outputs are used hence both devices using the same (receiver) DAC.

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze Version

2008-03-08 Thread rbz5416
I've just updated my XP Pro server to SC. The standalone SoftSqueeze works but the applet won't run. I just get a new window with the orange Java logo. Message varies between done, inited loaded but applet doesn't load. Same result with IE7 locally Firefox across the network. Had no problems

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-08 Thread MuckleEck
EnochLight;276775 Wrote: This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. geoh, your album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller. Are you

[slim] How much for 1year old SB3Lavry

2008-03-08 Thread mmg_fan
Hi I'm considering purchase of a Transporter, and, if I do would probably sell my current 1 year old SB3 and Lavry DA10 DAC. Anyone care to suggest what I should ask for the package? -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile:

[slim] No Sound

2008-03-08 Thread gtcharlie
The title pretty much says it all. I just upgraded to squeezecenter from slimserver and now I am getting no sound from my squeezebox(v3). Everything appears to be connecting properly including my computer with my music on it and Rhapsody. I can see all the music and when I hit play it appears

Re: [slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread sebp
funkstar;276874 Wrote: LAME is used to transcode ... /me hiding. Thanks for correcting my bad suppositions. -- sebp sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread Teus de Jong
The only thing I can think of is that the configuration of file formats is wrong (and as an effect FLAC is converted to MP3) To check this, in SqueezeCenter, go to Settings Advanced File Types. Make sure that at the FLAC entry MP3 is disabled (I also disabled WAV, because I want my Transporter

Re: [slim] Duet Awesomeness, One Gripe, and A Question

2008-03-08 Thread Focker
Thanks guys, much appreciated :) -- Focker Focker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15926 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44392

Re: [slim] where are the silver slimdevices??!?

2008-03-08 Thread bhaagensen
I may have a 2 year old sb3 for sale soon. Its in Denmark, but comes with a uk power supply. It depends on when/if I get a transporter. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread mrfantasy
The digital path before the amp could theoretically make a difference. My Squeezebox sounds better than my CD player (cheap Panasonic CD-DVD changer). The conventional wisdom is that the Squeezebox should outperform any mid-range CD player, and some more expensive ones. -- mrfantasy --Mike

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread SilverRS8
mrfantasy;276901 Wrote: The digital path before the amp could theoretically make a difference. My Squeezebox sounds better than my CD player (cheap Panasonic CD-DVD changer). The conventional wisdom is that the Squeezebox should outperform any mid-range CD player, and some more expensive

Re: [slim] Album art not showing in Squeezecenter

2008-03-08 Thread Fleury
Scanner.log on its way. After copying the log I deleted the Artwork folder from the cache, did another complete rescan, but still no art. To further muddy the waters, I'm also using SC 7.0 on my office PC, where the exact same files and directories do show the art as advertised (looks pretty

Re: [slim] How much for 1year old SB3Lavry

2008-03-08 Thread bhaagensen
I guess the market price for such a kit also depends on where in the world you are putting it for sale. -- bhaagensen bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread ceejay
SilverRS8;276904 Wrote: But if the digital path before the amp makes a difference, this would mean bits are changed in this path which I find difficult to believe for digital information, otherwise the sound should be the same. Right? Nope. Read about jitter here and elsewhere. Ceejay.

Re: [slim] Bug: Settings don't stick in Opera

2008-03-08 Thread Michael Herger
More specifically, I am talking about the settings for showing and These are parameters which are stored as cookies in your browser. Check Settings-Advanced-Cookies: there are options to accept/deny cookies, and have them deleted on closing the browser. Make sure the cookies are accepted and

Re: [slim] Album art not showing in Squeezecenter

2008-03-08 Thread Michael Herger
One more try Now that's real error messages: Can't create/write to file 'C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\#sql_914_0.MYD Most likely your antivirus scanner (McAfee?) blocking access to that file. Have it ignore *.MY* files. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
The cdda2wav command I suggested will probablunot work on OSX either because access is needed to SCSI devices. So you need to din a command that will play a selected track from the CD on your systems. The problem with OSX is finding the device which on linux systems is normally /dev/cdrom. It

[slim] Cover art for Various Artist Compilations

2008-03-08 Thread jmx
I want to have all of my cover art images in a single Common Artwork folder, but I haven't been able to get SC to find the artwork for compilations (albums by various artists). Does SC have the ability to find images for Various Artist albums in the common artwork folder? Specifically, is there

Re: [slim] Transporter pricing

2008-03-08 Thread riffer
aes;276487 Wrote: This thing's been out for a couple of years now. Does anyone have any insight on why no one (at least no reliable source) is discounting the Transporter off the $1999 price? Have you tried your local dealer? -- riffer

Re: [slim] Power outages and Squeezebox

2008-03-08 Thread improvisato
That's what I thought. Thanks Phil. -- improvisato improvisato's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43920

Re: [slim] Duet and sync

2008-03-08 Thread dem
Restarting SqueezeCenter resolved the problem. Weird. :-) -- dem Dave dem's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44353

[slim] SC updating

2008-03-08 Thread jsturtevant
I am new to the SC scene and I just received my Duet yesterday, very nice. I'm curious what the preferred method of keeping SC up to date. I see in advanced settings there's a check for automatic update setting. Should I simply let SC make the decision? Is there a way within SC to tell it

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
Danco, The following is suggested on the cdda2wav site For the N'th cdrom or cdburner device use (after substituting 1 for N if you have one drive) cdda2wav -track 1 -Igeneric_scsi -DIOCompactDiskServices/N track1.wav For a dvd drive use cdda2wav -track 1 -Igeneric_scsi -DIODVDServices/N

[slim] Duet Future Enhancements

2008-03-08 Thread Juliozaffo
Not sure if this is the best place for this thread but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents on what I'd like to see enhanced on the Duet. 1) I find the scroll wheel to be a bit slow in initial response. I'm not fond of having to make about a 1/4 turn to start moving. Then I think it's a bit over

[slim] SBC Controller Functionality

2008-03-08 Thread Juliozaffo
Is there a decent reference as to the functionality of the SBC? I'm having to find things out for myself after trial error @ the moment. For instance, since this is my first Slimdevices purchase I had no idea how RW/FF worked. I've also accidentally added items to the playlist wanted to

Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign

2008-03-08 Thread awy
No, no decisions yet. I am thinking hard about the practicality or retaining the audio feedback, where possible. The current mechanism really is horrible but I can see that it has some use and there is clearly some support for it. The 'press centre button to enter scan/select mode' sound

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread bobkoure
If you're using an optical SPDIF, try a wire one. You could also try swapping from wire to optical (or vice-versa) with the CD player, just to see what that does. -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile:

Re: [slim] SBC Controller Functionality

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
On the Documents web page ( http://www.slimdevices.com/su_documentation.html ) http://www.slimdevices.com/mint/pepp...r_Guide_EN.pdf -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this

Re: [slim] SBC Controller Functionality

2008-03-08 Thread Juliozaffo
I had access to the user guide but that doesn't give all the functionality. For instance, there's no mention of how to remove items from the playlist by selecting the item and hitting +. The second link you posted brings up an Object Not Found error. -- Juliozaffo

Re: [slim] Duet controller doc

2008-03-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
jsturtevant;276926 Wrote: Also, I was under the impression I could play music on the controller with say a headphone in the headphone jack while I'm in the garden, etc. Not yet. It may be possible. -- Mark Lanctot

Re: [slim] SBC Controller Functionality

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
Cut paste error http://www.slimdevices.com/mint/pepper/orderedlist/downloads/download.php?file=http%3A//www.slimdevices.com/documentation/WEB_Duet_User_Guide_EN.pdf The problem with the functionality is that some of finer points were( are) still being added when the initial version of the

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
I have to check a bit further. I realise I may be only half right in saying that OS X has cdda. Should there be a file named cdda? I can only find various files containing the name cddafs. Perhaps that's all that's needed. When you say -device nameofCDROM is name of CDROM supposed to be

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-08 Thread b33k34
Michael Herger;276815 Wrote: Will someone from SD please explain this? Most likely you only see the artwork files you did _not_ download using iTunes. [color=blue] There are tools out there to export that artwork to regular files. But AFAIK they just dump everything in one folder and

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
with mplayer cdda is just internal notation to mplayer to use the player device defined by the -cdrom-device option. If no device is specified, mplayer will try to use /dev/cdrom/ /dev/cdrom is OK for most Linux systems but not for OSX. cdda2wav operates slightly differently and wants to work

Re: [slim] where are the silver slimdevices??!?

2008-03-08 Thread gb115b
bhaagensen - i'd gladly take it off your hands... (though i'm thinkign of gettign a transporter myself though i'm a little worried that it might be a bit too transparent for my tastes) -- gb115b gb115b's Profile:

Re: [slim] Inconsistent scanning of the music library

2008-03-08 Thread EliteAV
My first post, although I have been lurking here for a year or so:-) (and tracking the testing of Jive/Duet with interest although no one in the UK outside the beta group has one yet - hopefully we will by next week). I am having a similar problem to Killie99 in that compilation albums arent

[slim] Install SC7 but maintain SlimServer settings?

2008-03-08 Thread Jakearama
Hello all, Is there anyway to install SC7 but maintain the server and player settings (menus, display, audio...) that are already setup in my existing SlimServer 6.5.4 install or do I have to manually redo all of my settings once I've installed SC7? Also, should I uninstall SlimServer first or

[slim] How to save Favorites when upgrading

2008-03-08 Thread mantis007
from 6.x to 7.x? How do I keep them from being erased? Thanks Tony -- mantis007 mantis007's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=491 View this thread:

[slim] How to save FAVORITES to PLAYLIST

2008-03-08 Thread watersuper
I'm sure this has been answered in the past but I cannot find it in my searches. Have several songs in my favorites and would like to save them to a playlist or be able to play all the songs as a group, not individually as it is set up now. Any help would be greatly appreciaited. -- watersuper

Re: [slim] I'm only half joking.........

2008-03-08 Thread ElFishi
CentreDePresse? -- ElFishi ElFishi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44305 ___

Re: [slim] Duet can't connect to SB

2008-03-08 Thread mowensmd
Finally got it to get through the entire setup menu by turning off all wireless security and firewalls, and selecting a different channel instead of AUTO. It found my music source and would play songs...but the songs kept cutting out...when the SBC would freeze... (so not a RCA cable issue).

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
Yes, my drive is a DVD drive. This time, I got sudo /Applications/D\'s\ apps/Music/xACT.app/Contents/Resources/Binaries/bin/cdda2wav -track 1 -Igeneric_scsi -DIODVDServices/1 track1.wav Password: /Applications/D's apps/Music/xACT.app/Contents/Resources/Binaries/bin/cdda2wav: There is no sound

[slim] squeezecente 7 doesn't find genre ID3 tag

2008-03-08 Thread mowensmd
Strange...slimserver did fine listing music by tagged genre. But scanned my music folder after downloading and installing squeezecenter 7.0 and only 2 genres are listed. 1 genre has no contents. I use J.River to make and edit tags, and everyother id3 info and album art is recognized just

Re: [slim] Bug: Settings don't stick in Opera

2008-03-08 Thread strindberg
I have checked my Opera settings, and I have set it to Accept cookies, and made sure Delete cookes on exit is unchecked. Still no luck. I do have a bunch of SC cookies, but again, it doesn't seem to work. This is Opera 9.25 on Windows XP. -- strindberg

Re: [slim] How to save Favorites when upgrading

2008-03-08 Thread danco
I don't think they get erased. The new version has things in a different place, and the old place doesn't get erased. But this may depend on your OS, which you don't mention. You should be able to import old favorites into, if they don't get imported automatically. I did not have any 6.5

Re: [slim] How to save Favorites when upgrading

2008-03-08 Thread Triode
Existing favorites are stored in the file slimserver.pref for 6.5. With 7.0 this is converted into a new format and stored in the playlist directory as favorites.opml. It is intended that the upgrade will import your old favorites into the new 7.0 format automatically. There is a possible

Re: [slim] Power outages and Squeezebox

2008-03-08 Thread Bizarroterl
One thing to keep in mind is that a surge protector protects from surges. The majority of power line incidents are transitory brownouts where the voltage drops off. Too low and the power supply doesn't output the proper voltage and the Squeezebox's circuits start to act erratically. That's

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-08 Thread jeffmeh
Also, be sure that you have matched the volume levels for the comparison. And if you really want to be certain, see if you can tell the difference in a blind comparison ducking for cover. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet set up failure

2008-03-08 Thread MickeyG
olc;276825 Wrote: I got the Duet yesterday morning, set it up in minutes and used it all day and today in the morning. Went to use it tonight and nothing. The SBC seems OK so I checked the receiver. I disconnected it from power and plugged it in again. The Lite on the front was red and

Re: [slim] No Sound

2008-03-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
Check player volume. Check the preamp volume control (Settings - Players - Audio - Preamp Volume Control should be 0). Rewrite Xilinx, unplug, press and hold 1, replug. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile:

Re: [slim] Album art not showing in Squeezecenter

2008-03-08 Thread parkmad
Thanks, that worked for me. I wasn't able to find a way to exclude specific files, the Mcafee menu structure is horrible, but I did uninstall Mcafee and did a rescan and now the artwork is there. -- parkmad parkmad's

Re: [slim] No Sound

2008-03-08 Thread Zaragon
I'd suggest checking that you don't have the volume turned down. Check that the pre-amp attenuation isn't set in the audio tab for the player in SC. If it still isn't fixed then firstly try pulling the power on the SB, holding + while plugging it back in and if that fails try a factory reset

[slim] Can't get duet receiver to connect to squeezecenter through remote

2008-03-08 Thread fgallina
Hi, I'm having a strange problem. I can get the duet receiver to connect to squeezecenter by using the web interface, selecting the player, and connecting it to squeezecenter, but I can't connect to squeezecenter using the remote (I can connect to squeezenetwork however). Once the receiver is

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
I am at a loss as all my suggestion come from the postings of others. If the device name is right then there is some sort of protection in action preventing mplayer or cdda2wav accessing the drive. When testing - is the Audio CD mounted in some way. If so, then unmount it and try a cdda2wav

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
Unmounted the CD using Disk Utility, and got same error messages as before -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-08 Thread EnochLight
I stand corrected then. Only album artwork that one drags and drops himself into iTunes or artwork embedded in the files via an iTMS purchase shows up. I never realized this, as 90% of my iTunes library is stuff that I ripped and dragged/dropped artwork into or purchased through iTMS, in which

Re: [slim] No Sound

2008-03-08 Thread jjgasp
gtcharlie;276899 Wrote: The title pretty much says it all. I just upgraded to squeezecenter from slimserver and now I am getting no sound from my squeezebox(v3). Everything appears to be connecting properly including my computer with my music on it and Rhapsody. I can see all the music

Re: [slim] SqueezeCentre chose player drop down

2008-03-08 Thread Zaragon
Michael I created the bug 7457 but couldn't work out how to assign it to you as it seemed to suggest I needed to put in your email address which I don't know. -- Zaragon Zaragon's Profile:

[slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread MrSinatra
if i have SC powering songs on my SB on one computer, (lets say its simply a random mix) and its already going, and then i want to have a 2nd computer elsewhere on my side of the router tune into that so it will also play the same thing, how do i do that? i thought i could just point winamp to:

Re: [slim] Duet Future Enhancements

2008-03-08 Thread geo
Hi Folks; Great job with the Duet. Mine installed in minutes last night and appears to work just fine. One note about the Duet controller. I'm a big SqueezeNetwork user. It sure would be nice to have the switch to SN option at the TOP level of the menu, rather than buried in settings. Same

Re: [slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread MrSinatra
i should actually point out a few things... i had to use small s in 'stream.mp3,' big S gets me 404 not found. also, it does say connected to SC but at 320kbps and no sound. all my mp3s are at 256. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SC 7.0.1beta - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz

Re: [slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread snarlydwarf
Just as when you plug a new player in, it doesn't automatically start playing what other players may be playing, stream.mp3 needs to be set with a playlist. As for syncing, it won't work well at all. Use SoftSqueeze which will be much better (tho nowhere near as close as a hardware player).

Re: [slim] Squeezenetwork down?

2008-03-08 Thread ssbowers
Sorry - this message already answered in the Squeezenetwork forum... -- ssbowers ssbowers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15791 View this thread:

[slim] New Duet Owner: Observations and Suggestions

2008-03-08 Thread BillS
Just received my new Duet (thank you Slim Devices for the free upgrade to overnight shipping), and as a first time Squeezebox user, I'm pretty happy with the purchase. I'm also a first time poster, though have been browsing the forums for some time in preparation for my selection. I thought it

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread danco
bpa. I have a program that takes a CD and provides a bin file and a toc file for it. The main part of the program is an AppleScript (that invokes a shell script involving cdrdao). I could send it to you (private message) and very likely you would be able to see a suitable syntax from it. I can

Re: [slim] Slimserver bug or problem...songs not showing in Music Player ...advice please

2008-03-08 Thread fob144
Same problem with SqueezeCenter. Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance... -- fob144 Adam Gross SB3 Parasound DAC 1600hd Audio Research LS5 w/ GNS Ref.Mod. VT-100 NOLA Viper Signautre w/ custom mods by Kara Chafee (of deHavilland) and Carl Marchisotto

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

2008-03-08 Thread bpa
Go ahead - it took me awhile to get the cdda2wav syntax sorted for Windows so it is a case of persisting to find the answer. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Now Playing not keeping up

2008-03-08 Thread ssbowers
oddquad;274580 Wrote: I had a similar problem last night with Slacker on SN after installing the Mar 1 build. I then re-installed the same build, and the problem seems to have corrected itself now. Hope this helps. Derek Nope. Still having the same problem. It seems better, but

Re: [slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread snarlydwarf
MrSinatra;277055 Wrote: the first computer powering the SB is currently playling a playlist it is making on its own via random mix. Not quite: it is currently sending a selection of tracks to a specific SB. It isn't playing anything. It is a subtle but important difference. i simply

Re: [slim] Squeezenetwork down?

2008-03-08 Thread pansophysr
Yes, same situation here. Damned annoying! -- pansophysr pansophysr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10159 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44426

Re: [slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread MrSinatra
ok, well, forgetting the sync'ing for a moment. the first computer powering the SB is currently playling a playlist it is making on its own via random mix. i simply want to tie a second computer, via winamp, into that currently running playlist. is it not possible to do this at all? or is it

[slim] Squeezenetwork down?

2008-03-08 Thread ssbowers
I'm getting 500 - Internal Server Error Anyone else? I've rebooted everything cleaned the cookie... -- ssbowers ssbowers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15791 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze Version

2008-03-08 Thread KJAWolf
KJAWolf;276806 Wrote: Thanks. It also took a reboot (of vista), but now I'm good. Ken Damm, not working again today. No activity on the right side of the transporter skin, and no audio from softSqueeze. -- KJAWolf

[slim] Buzz Report

2008-03-08 Thread studley
Squeezebox is CNET's Buzz Report Gadget Of The Week. Check out the video. It's the March 6th Episode entitled: Save Us From Windows Vista. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/buzzreport/~3/247070200/BUZZ_030608.m4v http://feeds.feedburner.com/cnet/buzzreport Cheers, David -- studley The

Re: [slim] dumb question?

2008-03-08 Thread MrSinatra
thx for bearing w/me... more dumb questions... snarlydwarf;277065 Wrote: Not quite: it is currently sending a selection of tracks to a specific SB. It isn't playing anything. It is a subtle but important difference. i follow you i think, its sending the data to the SB for it to play it.

Re: [slim] Duet Future Enhancements

2008-03-08 Thread mvalera
why are you switching to SqueezeNetwork? Can't you access the services you want from the main SB Controller page under Internet Radio and Music Services? Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Systems slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Now Playing not keeping up

2008-03-08 Thread ssbowers
When I first turn it on, the Now Playing seems pretty accurate. When it's one for any length of time it starts to fall behind. I re applied Firmware ver 86 - doesn't seem to make any bit of difference. -- ssbowers

[slim] flaky SBC WiFi

2008-03-08 Thread kda
I've had the SBC up all morning and the WiFi is very flaky. I can have a connection (2-3 bars) one second and the next it is blue. It is very annoying, and makes it nearly unusable. Is there anything I can do to make it more consistent? I've got the recent firmware (7.0 r2090). My router is a

[slim] unprotecting itunes songs - 3rd party software?

2008-03-08 Thread mgrosso
I downloaded songs from itunes and want to integrate these songs with squeezebox 3. Is there any 3rd party software that will enable me to convert the protected apple software (M4P)to other formats like MP3/WAV/FLACC? Purhaps media monkey? I know people are converting these itunes songs,

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-08 Thread atkinsonrr
b33k34;276956 Wrote: If you're on Mac OS Doug's Scripts has an 'embed artwork' script that takes the images from the itc files and embeds them into the audio files. I've just run this on my 9000+ song iTunes collection and it seems to have worked - image files now appear for nearly all of

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