Re: [slim] When will the Duet be available for purchase in Australia

egd;298199 Wrote: based on what retail pricing in au is likely to be you'd be better off bypassing the local supply chain altogether and ordering via Amazon.com or eBay. Even after shipping, you'll still be landing them cheaper. Amazon won't ship to Australia, but a number of vendors on

Re: [slim] When Duet controller can support Chinese Characters ??

I logged in using putty. -- JWC JWC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44890 ___

Re: [slim] New site design

Not sure if this is a problem with the new site or with the new wiki, but http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/HardwareComparison is broken on Firefox (2.0.0.6). The table is too wide to fit on my screen but there is no scroll bar and apparently no way to get to the info off to the right - as

Re: [slim] New site design

don't know if you're aware of javascript dropdowns (those of the forum) being displayed misaligned with firefox 2 ie7, windows xp... kind regards, Markus +---+ |Filename: forum.jpg|

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

So this it how it should be done: Yes. Especially the last part :-) 5) Enable SC and hope it starts :) Is there anyway to make a backup of the slimnas installation before I start the upgrade? Just backup the folder where you installed slimnas (typically there are subfolders called etc,

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

Try this: re-encode the flac files with -0 or --compression-level-0 option (i.e. Fastest compression). That solved the problem of skipping/cracking playback of 24/96 files for me. -- Saran Saran's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet Controller will not update beyond 2097

Hi all thanks for your advice - only getting back to you all now as I had to fall back on plan B last night which involved going out instead. Thanks Sqeze - got the Download 7.0.1 and that cleared the problem up straight away. Thanks everyone. I'm humbled by the speed of the responses. Have a

[slim] Adding Sirius in SqueezeCenter

Good morning. I have SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 installed. According to the release notes it says that it has support for Sirius radio. I'm not seeing Sirius on my controller or in SqueezeCenter anywhere. Can someone tell me what I need to do to get Sirius added to this so I can listen to it through

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

Is it possible this is a network bandwidth problem, rather than a flac issue? When my duet arrived I didn't exactly follow the instructions for set-up, and mistakenly had it installed by wireless, rather then wired-ethernet. I had some slipping issues with regular 16/48 flacs. I then read the

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

_OS_;297902 Wrote: I ripped the hi-rez DVD with DVD Audio Extractor (CAS) then converted the ripped files to flac with dbpoweramp. The flac codec is release 10 (FLAC 1.2.0). I will try with another method, if I can find one, tomorrow. EDIT: I checked the dbpoweramp site now and there is

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

adrianr;298263 Wrote: Is it possible this is a network bandwidth problem, rather than a flac issue? When my duet arrived I didn't exactly follow the instructions for set-up, and mistakenly had it installed by wireless, rather then wired-ethernet. I had some slipping issues with regular 16/48

[slim] Odd behavior 'open squeeze centre'

Hi Folks, just got a s3 and very happy. One issue that I have noticed is that choosing 'open squeeze centre' from the squeezebox systray icon in windows fails- it complains and asks for a file association. Similarly, clicking on the Internet shortcut in the squeezebox directory fails. Changing

Re: [slim] Odd behavior 'open squeeze centre'

This is often due to some browser addon, such as Adblock, Google or Yahoo toolbars. If you're using one of them, go to the Windows settings, Add/Remove programs and define your default browser again. Alternatively,

[slim] Display Artist in New Music

Is there any way to display the Artist in the New Music Directory on the SB3? Thanks. -- spooley spooley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10468 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Display Artist in New Music

SettingsInterfaceShow Artists with AlbumsEnabled, works for me. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread:

[slim] SB3 turns on spontaneously.

Hello, Has anyone had this experience? I use my SB3 in my bedroom as a wakup alarm. I turn it off in the morning when I go to work. When I get home it is on again and playing. This does not happen every day. I am using SC 7.0 Wired Transporter Wireless SB3 I think I recall this happening

Re: [slim] Display Artist in New Music

Works perfectly. Thanks. -- spooley spooley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47161

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

I'm confused about this one too. If you go to Web InterfaceSettingsPlayersBasic SettingsTitle Format, and hover over the i for info, you get: Title Format i Wrote: These are the formats available for selection both in the web interface and on players. To remove a format, clear the text box,

Re: [slim] SB3 turns on spontaneously.

Probably unrelated, but music woke me up at approx 04:20 on Sunday. I determined that the music actually started at 04:18, which is precisely the time when the log files are rotated on my FC6 Linux box. I have a Duet and I'm running SC 7.0. We see what happens again tonight Mark --

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

Doesn't InterfaceSettingsInterfaceTitle Format work? After defining a new format-string it should be selectable as Now Playing-string... kind regards, Markus -- schiegl schiegl's Profile:

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

With your hint, I have figured it out! Go to the interface tab then type the format you want in the blank space at the bottom of the list. Then go to Players/Basic/Settings and select the new format that you just entered on the interface tab. -- spooley

Re: [slim] Radio Canada Espace Musique ogg stream broken?

mms://direct-risq.radio-canada.ca/premierechaine This is the link for Premiere Chaine (in french) -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread:

[slim] what is: Allowed IP Addresses

In settings - advanced - security, there is a text box for entries labeled: Allowed IP Addresses What does this control? How do I use it? Where is it documented? -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

Are you saying you're running EVERYTHING wireless, or did I misread? I could see you not having a problem with ONE playback device, but now that you've got a second player you're placing a LOT of bandwidth on that wireless network. I'll bet your problems would disappear if at least ONE of the

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

Eric Seaberg;298313 Wrote: Are you saying you're running EVERYTHING wireless, or did I misread? I could see you not having a problem with ONE playback device, but now that you've got a second player you're placing a LOT of bandwidth on that wireless network. I'll bet your problems would

[slim] Napster

Is there any possibility of someone clarifying if Napster access will be made available. -- robert505 robert505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16593 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SB3 turns on spontaneously.

I have the impression that this can happen when the active playlist is a internet radio stream and playback is paused. This happened to me last night: the active playlist was set to NRK Alltid Klassik - Norway medium and was paused. When I shut down my SBC as I was just about to drift off to

Re: [slim] what is: Allowed IP Addresses

This controls SC's response to requests on it's ports. Assuming that your local subnet is 192.168.1.xxx, then setting this value to 127.0.0.1,192.168.1.* and setting Block incoming connections to Block will tell SC to only accept connections from the server SC is running on (the localhost) and

Re: [slim] what is: Allowed IP Addresses

As for documentation, try mousing over the [i] icon next to the edit control on that settings page. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SB3 turns on spontaneously.

I haven't really used the internet radio much. Mine continues the last playlist (usually Random Song Mix). It did spontaneously turn on in the middle of the night once or twice last year sometime but hasen't happened again until I installed SC 7.0. -- sparks451

Re: [slim] Duet Controller will not update beyond 2097

Hi, I am having precisely the same issue (endless loop with Controller asking to update firmware). I am using SC version 7.0.1 - 18834 (Apr 17). Is it to be expected that this was not yet fixed in this version? Was it addressed more recently? I'd love to know before I attempt to update to the

[slim] Few questions

Hey, I can't find any good documentation for Duet and I have few questions: 1. RSS are not working. Well they are but I have deleted those deafult ones added mine and still only defaults being displayed not mine. 2. Now playing option allows to save current play list. I tried few times but no

Re: [slim] Slimserver won't scan through a shortcut!

I have the same problem with a new, freshly downloaded and installed SqueezeCenter 7 on Windows 2000 SP3. There are shortcuts in the music folder that point to directories elsewhere. None of them get scanned. The directories are located on a network drive that has been mounted with a drive

[slim] Duet With WiFi Range Extender?

I am looking into getting the Duet. I currently have wireless Wifi card in my computer. My stereo is at the other end of the house and I need to hookup the Duet there. I can't get the wireless signal at the stereo. If I use a range extender, can I plug in the ethernet jack from the back of the

Re: [slim] Few questions

1. RSS are not working. Well they are but I have deleted those deafult ones added mine and still only defaults being displayed not mine. If you are viewing RSS feeds with Infobrowser menu - add the new RSS feeds to the Infobrowser settings. RSS news ticker plugin is a different plugin

Re: [slim] what is: Allowed IP Addresses

gharris999 wrote: As for documentation, try mousing over the [i] icon next to the edit control on that settings page. Wow, I kept clicking on the [i] and nothing happened. It never occured to me to just hang the mouse there for a long time -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/

Re: [slim] Napster

I'm sorry. Just like products, we do not comment on the possibility of future music service partners. -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com mvalera's

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

Here's the story. Sonos' initial setup is easier for the novice for wireless, but if you use a wired connection that is a moot point. Sound quality between the two units is basically equivalent. We can play a different song to each player, or you can sync them all together. We're a MUCH

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

And it worked. Actually it is impossible to take a backup because the directories under slimnas\var\squeezecenter\MySQL is accesseble. /Kuben72 -- Kuben72 Kuben72's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

This thread will probably give you more than you want for the pro's and con's of both products (both facts and opinions). http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1006811 -- jaw5279 jaw5279's Profile:

Re: [slim] Napster

mvalera;298368 Wrote: I'm sorry. Just like products, we do not comment on the possibility of future music service partners. I understand. The fact remains that in certain areas you are losing out badly. A timely announcement would help this. There are dealers in the U.K. stating that its in

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

I looked at both when I needed to replace my audiotrons (a now-defunct precursor product). I ended up going the squeezebox route and am quite happy (I now have 5 of them around the house with a variety of amps+speakers and powered speakers). I continue to hear good things though about Sonos so

[slim] Shoutcast streams keep dropping out, no logs

Hi, I'm running slimserver on ubuntu. When I listen to shoutcast streams, they'll drop out every 15-20 minutes; after about 3-4 minutes, it'll start playing again. If I hit play on the remote after it drops out, it starts again almost immediately. There's nothing in the slimserver log

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

You don't have RSS feeds and Podcast on Sonos -- Kim.T HP T5700 Thin Client running FreeNAS + SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 Synology DS-101j / Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD400LD 400 GB - now with 92 mm fan TViX HD M-4000PA / Samsung SpinPoint T133 HD400LD 400 GB Sony HX750 HDD recorder

Re: [slim] what is: Allowed IP Addresses

pfarrell;298362 Wrote: gharris999 wrote: As for documentation, try mousing over the [i] icon next to the edit control on that settings page. Wow, I kept clicking on the [i] and nothing happened. It never occured to me to just hang the mouse there for a long time I used to do that

[slim] SC won't open

Hi, I've just upgraded to SC 7.0. After some problems I've got my sb3 working, but I can not open the SC on my pc. This adress will say ready but nothing is showing on the page: http://127.0.0.1:9000/settings/server/wizard.html What is wrong? Tx Nico -- Nico Dijkhuizen

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

The fact that the wav skips is indicative of at least some weakness in your wireless setup (mine won't skip with all four SB3's running at once). However, the flac should be easier on your wireless so I'm not sure if that's the main problem. I would try to isolate it before you do anything

Re: [slim] Duet skips when playing 48KHz/24bit flac files

OS, apologies if I wasn't clear enough! I have a wireless network, but in my old ROKU days I always had bandwidth problems with the siting of my HIFI. The SBR is connected by wire only now, with the controller connecting to my router. This is the hybrid scenario; the SBR is not acting as a

[slim] Strange problem with SB3 - power button restarts track?

Hi all, Uuntu 8.04, and I mistakenly updated to the 7.0.1 nightly a few days ago. Since then both my SB3 units are doing weird things. Player Firmware Version: 88 Everything is normal for many minutes, possibly even an hour. Then the display goes black but the music continues. If I press the

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

schiegl;298300 Wrote: Doesn't InterfaceSettingsInterfaceTitle Format work? After defining a new format-string it should be selectable as Now Playing-string... kind regards, Markus Thanks. Odd that they used the same rollover info in Player Settings that they did in Interface Settings.

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

Skunk;298401 Wrote: Odd that they used the same rollover info in Player Settings that they did in Interface Settings. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6040 -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile:

Re: [slim] Shoutcast streams keep dropping out, no logs

Ah, I misdiagnosed slightly. When playing random mix I also get dropouts, but the squeezebox recovers very quickly. -- flavor8 flavor8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12280 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

ahh. Thanks. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47160

[slim] SD hiring hand models?

In the meantime, I can report that a thin coating of roofing tar on the thumb eliminates any slippage. PM if interested. Handshot: +---+ |Filename: DSCN6373.jpg | |Download:

[slim] Squeezebox randomly stops

Hi all! I have a strange problem in that my squeezebox will be playing along quite happily with no probs at all and then will just randomly stop. In fact the server appears to have switched off (fans still running though so it's not a complete shut down). I am running SqueezeCenter Version:

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

mvalera;298371 Wrote: Here's the story. Sonos' initial setup is easier for the novice for wireless, but if you use a wired connection that is a moot point. Not at all true when we're talking about controller connectivity issues. These forums are full of such problems and the controllers

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

I'd LOVE to do this on my Transporter where the YEAR is shown with the ALBUM title in the VISUALIZER SCREEN. Album title is usually small font on single line and album artist is larger, double size font. Either way, it'd be great to add. I can add the year to the 'scroll' of the title on the

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

jaffacake;298410 Wrote: I don't work for Slim Devices, Logitech, Sonos, or indeed anybody in the hifi industry. I'm a simple, independent, IT geek who sits in a cube all day working for a car company. Judging from your posts on your personal site, the sonos forum and the SD forum I think it

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

SilverRS8;298415 Wrote: Judging from your posts on your personal site, the sonos forum and the SD forum I think it is not fair to say your independent. You are very much pro Sonos. Which ofcourse you are entitled to. Maybe the synchronization fits your needs best and Sonos is the better

Re: [slim] Display year in Now Playing

Hi, have you tried the MusicInfoSCR Plugin? You can almost do anything with this plugin regarding information presentation on those displays. - create format-strings to your liking, e.g. ALBUM (YEAR) - assign this format to your players display, e.g right transporter display, middle row, small

Re: [slim] Shoutcast streams keep dropping out, no logs

Turn on Show Buffer Fullness mode to get a better view of the audio buffer (Settings - Player - Now Playing Information - Show Buffer Fullness). Try running using ethernet to rule out wireless problems. To get some debug messages, enable player.source and player.streaming.direct log settings.

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

Jaffa, nothing you have said here even comes close to brushing on the truth. I have sent you an email, please follow my request. Thanks, Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

mvalera;298438 Wrote: Jaffa, nothing you have said here even comes close to brushing on the truth. I have sent you an email, please follow my request. Thanks, Mike I see no untruths. I believe your email went to a redundant address and bounced off my mail gateway. I've updated my

Re: [slim] Duet vs. sonos

Ok, how's this then... Nothing you have said in this forum, or any other, was not completely tainted by obvious bias. This is not the place for it. Read your email. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com

[slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

I'm experiencing a lot of wireless network problems with the Duet Controller. The controller drops the network connection, won't reconnect and becomes unresponsive for all menu-items that require data from the network. The icon at the bottom of the screen is mostly white with all three bars lit

Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

John, Thanks for the feedback. I posted about similar controller issues earlier today in the Beginners forum. I'll have a play with WPS and see if things improve a little. Ultimately I'd expect an active device on a small uncongested LAN not to drop packets at all but I guess wifi factors in a

Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

zzap;298446 Wrote: if I turn off Wireless Power Save (WPS) under Settings / Advanced / Factory Test / Power management Having just downgraded to SqueezeCenter 7.0 (almost resulting in an endless downgrade / reboot loop) it seems that this version doesn't have the Power management menu item:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox connected to 2-channel or 5.1/6.1/7.1 channel system?

A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25858 Question:

Re: [slim] Slimserver won't scan through a shortcut!

Try this: http://slimdevices.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/slimdevices.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5967 In other words, try UNC instead of drive letters. -- radish radish's Profile:

Re: [slim] Few questions

bbaraniec;298350 Wrote: 2. Now playing option allows to save current play list. I tried few times but no play list is being saved. Have you set your playlist directory in SC7? 3. I'm running SC on ReadyNas music is stored on /media/music folder. On my XP machine media folder is mapped

Re: [slim] Shoutcast streams keep dropping out, no logs

andy... he raises a very interesting question... is it possible to have the SB2 log all its dropouts? meaning, i think it would be very useful for the SB2 to be aware of and create a log of (back at the server) any instance it stops playing music and why if the user did not initiate the

Re: [slim] Napster

robert505;298378 Wrote: There are dealers in the U.K. stating that its in hand.People feel like they're being lied to. I guess people should take that up with whichever dealers are making stuff up... -- radish

Re: [slim] Duet Wireless Network Problems - Possible Solution?

zzap;298460 Wrote: A quick check of 7.0.1 showed the same but I'm getting too sleepy to be methodical, so I'll investigate more later ;-) I've tried again with SqueezeCenter-7.0.1-19352.exe (who needs sleep anyway ;-) The Power management menu item is there and I experience the same positive

Re: [slim] Duet Controller will not update beyond 2097

this is jmo... but if i'm you i DL the newest nightly and try to get the newest FW that way. you may have to power cycle your SBC to get it, or factory resest. i'm on FW 2409 and i'm happy with it. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC

Re: [slim] Shoutcast streams keep dropping out, no logs

Yeah, see http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6369 -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47175