Re: [slim] Best 802.11N Router for Duet

2008-06-29 Thread Jeff Flowerday
amcluesent;315667 Wrote: The D-Link DIR-655 has had good reviews. Mine is fine, with a laptop and SB3 off the wi-fi. I'm running the same one, it works great. A buddy has it as well, works great for him as well. -- Jeff Flowerday

Re: [slim] Squeezebox won't play anything although connected

2008-06-29 Thread danco
Have you tried restarting your computer, or even shutting it down completely and starting again? I use a Mac, so the situation is not exactly comparable, but occasionally I have a similar problem which I can cure by these methods. I take it you haven't made any changes to your firewall. --

Re: [slim] Squeezebox won't play anything although connected

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Has anyone messed with your stereo connections or inputs? Maybe double check your connections and input selection. Also volume on both SB and Stereo. Sometimes the simple things are the ones to mess you up. Always worth a check. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS,

Re: [slim] music folders slow

2008-06-29 Thread Wonko
Nonreality;315693 Wrote: You can use MediaMonkey to fix this if you want and I would highly recommend that you do fix it. Mediamonkey can organize your library into an Artist/Album/track# Title in minutes but you'll have to buy the full version to do it I'm pretty sure that the free

[slim] Comodo Firewall: Correct settings

2008-06-29 Thread InTheBath
I've got SC7.0 playing nice with my SB3 through Comodo's free firewall. However, I suspect I've opened up more things than I need to. I could just close things down until it stopped working but I thought (based on recent experiences) somebody might have an idea already of what is needed and that

Re: [slim] music folders slow

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Wonko;315757 Wrote: I'm pretty sure that the free version of MM would do this should you go down this route. The paid-for 'gold' version adds some extra bells and whistles like auto-monitoring of files but this wouldn't be needed for a one-off reorganisation. I do something similar to

Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller

2008-06-29 Thread amcluesent
Until the SBC infra-red is actived and has some app. support, I'll be keeping my Pronto as main controller. If a need artwork, I'll just use my mobile phone (it has wi-fi). -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

[slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread lyteroptes
I'm struggling with this. I have it installed and running on WHS but what folder can you point it at? Files backed up from PCs are not accessible (as far as I can see) and shared folders have some form of size quota on them that I haven't found a way of removing. Thanks -- lyteroptes

Re: [slim] Last FM audioscrobbler not submitting from SC

2008-06-29 Thread ajmitchell
This still isnt working despite me taking off the security and firewall on the router. Anyone has similar problems? -- ajmitchell Check out my other hobby http://ajmitchell.shutterpoint.com ajmitchell's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller

2008-06-29 Thread mctubster
I have both. The screen on the iPhone / Touch is superb. The iPeng interface is very good, however there are a few drawbacks to the Touch 1 / No dedicated keys. The Duet allows instant access to Pause, Volume, Skip etc. 2 / Battery life . the Touch has to go into standby mode after a few

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-06-29 Thread mrgothic
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Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread bonze
I have mine pointing at a folder on the shared folder Music. Is there a size limit for this folder? I currently have 162GB of flac on there... -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.2 - 21242 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 3 x wireless SB3 + a Duet

Re: [slim] Best 802.11N Router for Duet

2008-06-29 Thread jw111
Are you running the Duet with it? Jeff Flowerday;315753 Wrote: I'm running the same one, it works great. A buddy has it as well, works great for him as well. -- jw111 jw111's Profile:

Re: [slim] missing albums

2008-06-29 Thread mrgothic
aubuti;315412 Wrote: The wiki is your friend: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tagGuide thank you ive just started the retagging of my missing albums at least i can nip this in the bud before the problem got bigger cheers -- mrgothic

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread lyteroptes
yes, that was my plan too. I can't find any documentation that says there is a limit but each time I try to copy a folder of sub-folder I get a message about insufficient space - the limit appears to about 60 Gbytes. Each shared folder will get backed up so perhap it's calculated some limit? I

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Skunk
Nonreality;315723 Wrote: Yes I think that it at least needs to be included there. I'm having my son also look at some ideas as he's worked on some Wiki's before and agrees that this could be improved for browser types. Maybe we'll have an Old Man's Index :) Thanks for taking a look at

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Skunk
It looks like the Plugins wiki is mirrored on the main nav bar under CommunityPlugins, so that must be why it's not editable. If anyone who can change it agrees it should be there could you please add it? -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread Siduhe
lyteroptes;315800 Wrote: yes, that was my plan too. I can't find any documentation that says there is a limit but each time I try to copy a folder of sub-folder I get a message about insufficient space - the limit appears to about 60 Gbytes. Each shared folder will get backed up so perhap

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread erland
Skunk;315802 Wrote: It looks like the Plugins wiki is mirrored on the main nav bar under CommunityPlugins, so that must be why it's not editable. If anyone who can change it agrees it should be there could you please add it? The MusicIP plugin isn't a third party plugin, it's bundled with

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox Controller?

2008-06-29 Thread raaurora
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Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Skunk;315801 Wrote: I couldn't edit that particular page, not being a wiki administrator. It looks like you're making an A-Z index, which isn't that much better than the 'all pages index', IMO. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Old_Man%27s_Index . Having the 'all pages index'

Re: [slim] Problem with Odeo XML

2008-06-29 Thread johnstba
I have the same problem trying to access the Odeo network. Welcome any thoughts... -- johnstba johnstba's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18444 View this thread:

[slim] Duet Just Stops Playing

2008-06-29 Thread jimzak
I have had no problems for a week or so. The only changes to the setup have been adding new music and a few rescans of the music collection to update it. I was listening to a random mix this morning when suddenly the music stopped. 1. SqueezeCenter was running and displaying Now Playing 2.

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread MuckleEck
I haven't come across a problem with large shared folders, currently have about 240G of FLAC files. I use MediamOnkey to transfer ripped files over to the server. I did find that ripping to a local drive, re-tagging with mp3tag and then suing MM to transfer to the correct folder was the best way.

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Erland is there a way to make these pages self populate after we get them done? If we do an A-Z and a Category index is it possible to have any new pages show there like it does in the All Pages area? -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.-

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Windows Home Server

2008-06-29 Thread lyteroptes
This is the response I got on the WHS forum. The error message was about insufficient disk space not resources BTW. - File copies are limited by the size of your system drive. If your system drive is 80 GB, for example, it will be reported as

Re: [slim] Problem with Odeo XML

2008-06-29 Thread Siduhe
If you search I think you will find a few threads about this. IIRC, it is a parser issue with the way the feeds are set up. If there's no solution suggested in the other threads, open up a bug in Bugzilla and I'm sure someone will take a look at it and see if it can be solved at the

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread erland
Nonreality;315828 Wrote: Erland is there a way to make these pages self populate after we get them done? If we do an A-Z and a Category index is it possible to have any new pages show there like it does in the All Pages area? I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. If you

Re: [slim] Problem with Odeo XML

2008-06-29 Thread bpa
The odeo feed comes to SC via squeezenetwork - so it is better to open a bugzilla item as I guess something may be broken in squeezenetwork -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

Re: [slim] Problem with Odeo XML

2008-06-29 Thread andyg
Odeo just broke their feeds again: For example: http://odeo.com/tag/arts/rss.xml -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Lost all volume on transporter

2008-06-29 Thread RalphO
Patrick Dixon;315859 Wrote: Is this a new TP or just a new fault? I'd suggest re-flashing the Xilinx (Press Hold 1 whilst powering up IIRC) The machine must be about 1 year old. This is a brand new fault. I will try re-flashing. Other details are Opeating system windows P

Re: [slim] Lost all volume on transporter

2008-06-29 Thread RalphO
Patrick Dixon;315860 Wrote: Is this thread any help? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48839 I am afraid that the thread was not much help as it discusses a firewall issue. I do not have an active firewall and my SB3 is working fine. I am having troubles trying to re-flash

Re: [slim] Audioengine A2 or A5?

2008-06-29 Thread neilcoburn
My A5's are mounted on cheap wall brackets, which only leave around 5 cm behind the speakers, but they still sound great and look good as they're quite close to the wall. -- neilcoburn neilcoburn's Profile:

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread JimC
Nonreality;315716 Wrote: This wasn't supposed to be a bitch session and I didn't mean it that way at all. I wanted to point out that the Wiki wasn't very user friendly for someone that isn't used to using it. I have already said one idea, a good index from the first page. Something that

Re: [slim] Duet Just Stops Playing

2008-06-29 Thread jimzak
Okay. Lacking any other possible explanations, I guess for now I will chalk it up to sunspot activity, nearby UFO activity, Big Foot, or the Loch Ness monster. -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org

[slim] Music Quiz - Am I just too stupid to find it?

2008-06-29 Thread blueweiser
Hi there, I was fiddling with an ipod last week, I gave away and had to setup the first time, and again I did stumble upon that stupid quiz game that runs on those and obviously I had to stick with it for some rounds. Yesterday I thought it might be a fun thing to have as a lan-based tiny little

Re: [slim] Duet Just Stops Playing

2008-06-29 Thread Howard Passman
Is your receiver running wireless or hard wired? If it's wireless I guess it possible everything stayed sync'd with SC and the controller, but your receiver wasn't getting data. I use a lot of the WRT54G routers and it's not unusual for them to drop out from time to time. We have some at work

Re: [slim] Duet Just Stops Playing

2008-06-29 Thread raaurora
jimzak;315827 Wrote: I have had no problems for a week or so. The only changes to the setup have been adding new music and a few rescans of the music collection to update it. I was listening to a random mix this morning when suddenly the music stopped. 1. SqueezeCenter was running

Re: [slim] Lost all volume on transporter

2008-06-29 Thread radish
RalphO;315865 Wrote: I am afraid that the thread was not much help as it discusses a firewall issue. I do not have an active firewall and my SB3 is working fine. I am having troubles trying to re-flash the transporte. Can you explan exactly how one goes about it. Disconnect the power,

Re: [slim] Music Quiz - Am I just too stupid to find it?

2008-06-29 Thread radish
I don't know of a quiz plugin. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49347

[slim] Setup IP or FQDN ?

2008-06-29 Thread bluegroper
When I setup a new SB, it asks for the IP address of the SqueezeCenter or SlimServer. I wanna put my SC on a server that has a dynamic IP address, and uses a dyn-dns service. How can I use an FQDN rather than an quad dotted IP ? -- bluegroper

Re: [slim] Best 802.11N Router for Duet

2008-06-29 Thread Jeff Flowerday
jw111;315797 Wrote: Are you running the Duet with it? Yes, that's why I replied to your thread. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15883 View this thread:

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
erland;315844 Wrote: I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. If you really want ALL pages in the index, doesn't the All Pages do the job good enough ? If you don't want all pages in the index, it seems like a bad idea to add things to it automatically. If you really want

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
JimC;315872 Wrote: No, I understood your point and wasn't offended at all. The problem I wanted you to address was how *you* thought MusicIP should be browseable... Frankly, I think it's a pretty advanced feature and not one that I would recommend to just anyone (especially since it

Re: [slim] Best 802.11N Router for Duet

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
I use the Netgear WNR854T N which replaced a Netgear Rangemax G+ that was about 10 mths old when I replaced it in Feb. I made a huge difference with both my Laptop and my SB3. I don't know how it works with the Duet but I'd highly recommend it for laptops and the SB3. You definitely want to get

Re: [slim] Setup IP or FQDN ?

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Not sure how those work but don't you have a regular IP for you home network? Isn't that for the outgoing www? I've got to read up on that. :) -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality

Re: [slim] Receiver Connection Problems

2008-06-29 Thread egd
Wish I could say I know where to start, but I'm pretty much in the same boat and have since abandoned both the Receiver and Controller. When I'm back in Aus I may try one more time to get it all going. Any device that needs to connect to a network and has no web based interface or other visual

Re: [slim] Setup IP or FQDN ?

2008-06-29 Thread bluegroper
Yes, my SB3 is presently at home. When not streaming music (from server also at home), I like to turn off my server. Its quieter that way, and I can sleep better. But I also like use the Weather Plugin on SB3 (dimmed), even when home server is off. Or listen to a radio stream, or use the SB3

[slim] Direction of synchronization?

2008-06-29 Thread Brian Ritchie
I'm listening to a playlist in the living-room. I decide that I'd like to hear it in the kitchen as well, perhaps replacing whatever playlist is in the kitchen at the moment. How do I do it? The answer seems to be that it depends on which mechanism I'm using to synchronise. I *think* that if

Re: [slim] Receiver Connection Problems

2008-06-29 Thread avta
Try 7.0.3 at www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/ -- avta avta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49307

[slim] I2S output

2008-06-29 Thread larss
Will the new Squeezebox Duet come with I2S output in the future?. Several DACs now available with I2S, as the new STELLO DAC Signature. Anyone performing modification for I2S output on the Duet? -- larss larss's Profile:

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox Controller?

2008-06-29 Thread Pale Blue Ego
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Re: [slim] Direction of synchronization?

2008-06-29 Thread peterw
Brian Ritchie;315920 Wrote: I'm listening to a playlist in the living-room. I decide that I'd like to hear it in the kitchen as well, perhaps replacing whatever playlist is in the kitchen at the moment. How do I do it? The answer seems to be that it depends on which mechanism I'm using

[slim] Horrific setup experience - need help

2008-06-29 Thread doggieflyer
I've spent 14 hours over the last two days trying to get this system to work. I can't begin to explain the amount of inconsistent behavior I've experienced. I'm going to describe the latest steps I documented over the last hour and really appreciate any constructive advice. I've just built a

Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help

2008-06-29 Thread EnochLight
Wow - your experience is definitely not a common one or the entire forum would be lit up with posts similar to yours. I would highly recommend actually *calling* tech support so they can get your sorted. BTW, no Internet connection is needed if you are running SqueezeCenter on an always on

Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help

2008-06-29 Thread doggieflyer
Thanks for the response. I'll definitely give the support team a try on Monday. I persevered on my own since they were unavailable on the weekend. I also plan to bring the system in on Monday to a friend's place that has a connection to perform the controller upgrade. I've seen a message on

Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller

2008-06-29 Thread EnochLight
pfarrell;315733 Wrote: JJZolx wrote:[color=blue] I know, hardly anyone uses it (iPhone) as a phone, and the reviews say its not a great phone. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ Pat, I'm a bit shocked at this statement - as it's totally false. Most of the millions of iPhone

Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help

2008-06-29 Thread EnochLight
Great to hear you've had some luck. I was going to recommend not giving up, as the SqueezeCenter/Duet/Squeezebox product is a superb piece of kit. I've been an owner for a few years now and can't imagine (music) life without it. I know I've updated my Controller/Duet firmware a coupe of times

Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller

2008-06-29 Thread gharris999
mctubster;315794 Wrote: I have both. The screen on the iPhone / Touch is superb. The iPeng interface is very good, however there are a few drawbacks to the Touch 1 / No dedicated keys. The Duet allows instant access to Pause, Volume, Skip etc. 2 / Battery life . the Touch has to

Re: [slim] iPod Touch vs Duet Controller

2008-06-29 Thread Pat Farrell
EnochLight wrote: Pat, I'm a bit shocked at this statement - as it's totally false. Mostly false? Somewhat false? OK, I know lots of geeks who bought iPhones the first day, and some even use it as a phone. I was slightly exaggerating for effect. of the millions of iPhone owners - me being one

Re: [slim] Horrific setup experience - need help

2008-06-29 Thread Pat Farrell
doggieflyer wrote: I'm a senior software engineer with networking experience. I've spent 14 hours with this system. I can't imagine the average consumer not returning this product immediately. What's providing DHCP on your network? Are all the devices, SqueezeCenter PC, Receivers, and

Re: [slim] Setup IP or FQDN ?

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Good question. I think it would have a better chance on a regular IP though. Softsqueeze can do that I believe so maybe the SB can. It's just never came up before at least that I've read. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.-