Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-09-13 Thread G-dude
You know what...this is an awesome product...I too had problems when my iMac was hooked up wirelessly...but they say they recommend wiring your Squeezecenter and soonce i did it...everything worked real well. I also opened the ports they suggested (don't know why since not necessarily

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread ModelCitizen
iPhone;339870 Wrote: This happens all the time with all kinds of electronic equipment. No it doesn't, not with my stuff anyway. I can't remember ever having to perform a factory reset on any other piece if equipment I own. The Transporter is an expensive piece of audiophile kit, perhaps

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread Goodsounds
I think the professor's comments deserve some serious review and soul searching. Do you? -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread Pat Farrell
ModelCitizen wrote: The factory reset cure was not documented (wiki, manual or otherwise) You mean like this? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_Reset_commands -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread ModelCitizen
pfarrell;339887 Wrote: ModelCitizen wrote: The factory reset cure was not documented (wiki, manual or otherwise) You mean like this? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_Reset_commands Probably should let this lie as it's a very minor, niggling and pedantic point within this

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread mudlark
I wish people would try to understand that much technology is at the forefront of the possible due to pressure from the very people who complain if things go wrong. Just as an example I recently spent three hours trying to find out how to reset and setup a modem/router. The security set up of

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread mudlark
ModelCitizen;339893 Wrote: Probably should let this lie as it's a very minor, niggling and pedantic point within this thread and increases noise to signal ratio but try finding the page. I've just searched for Factory Reset and Factory Reset Transporter and although it's possible to find

[slim] Another WOL quesion....

2008-09-13 Thread autopilot
Seem to have just about got Wake On LAN working great now :) Just one minor thing left - after Squeezecenter wakes up and my SB3 re-connects, the SB3 is defaulted to being 'off' and the Date/time is shown. I would much prefer the SB3 on be 'on' after a WOL event. It seems more logical to me (i

Re: [slim] Problem with Controller home menu updates

2008-09-13 Thread andifor
bklaas;339455 Wrote: the issue only affects the UI when you add a Choice menu item to the home menu with Settings-Home Menu. You can reproduce it 100% by adding Shuffle or Repeat to the home menu then go back and forth between Settings and Home. An other problem with the home menu: -

Re: [slim] Announcement: Mobile skin for iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, LG Dare, Samsung Instinct ...

2008-09-13 Thread pilot000
@vitoruch: you can adapt the installation procedure from the iPeng skin http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=30 -- pilot000 pilot000's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8315 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread ccjj
I had the same problem for 3 weeks already and had install/uninstall SC7.1, 7.2 and back to 7.0... again and again... send an email to Slimdevices via their web site. Got an answer back a few days later trying to verify my hardware config. I replied to them everything and got another email

Re: [slim] Beta controller: invalid mac address or uuid

2008-09-13 Thread Fifer
My beta controller has this problem too. No big deal (it was free as was the regular one) but it is useful to have a spare with four music-enabled rooms and the tree-hugger in me hates to not be able to fix an otherwise fine piece of equipment. I understand that the fix requires an RS232

Re: [slim] Announcement: Mobile skin for iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, LG Dare, Samsung Instinct ...

2008-09-13 Thread pippin
pilot000;339916 Wrote: @vitoruch: you can adapt the installation procedure from the iPeng skin http://penguinlovesmusic.de/?page_id=30 Almost. This is a skin, not a plugin, so if you want to use the iPeng instructions, you have to use this one or it won't work:

[slim] duet remote problems

2008-09-13 Thread dhroser
the duet handset had been working perfect, then suddenly the volume controls don't work (the web interface controls still change the volume). Anyone have any ideas, is it just me being a numbat and somehow deactivated it?? thanks for any ideas. -- dhroser

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread Nonreality
ccjj;339917 Wrote: I had the same problem for 3 weeks already and had install/uninstall SC7.1, 7.2 and back to 7.0... again and again... send an email to Slimdevices via their web site. Got an answer back a few days later trying to verify my hardware config. I replied to them everything and

Re: [slim] How does custom-convert.conf work

2008-09-13 Thread bpa
It overrides similar rules in convert.conf. I am not sure what happens when there are multiple custom-convert.conf which override the same rule as there can be custom-convert.conf with each Plugin as well as one in the server directory. -- bpa

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Power On Issue - Constantly Trying to Connect to Suspended SC

2008-09-13 Thread feelfree
Happy to see that I am not the only... See also my post here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52350 and please vote for the bug http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9474 The solution is SO easy (either revert last changes or issue a WOL packet); I really can't believe

[slim] How does custom-convert.conf work

2008-09-13 Thread Yayita
I want to know if it completely overrides convert.conf or it only treats missing transcoding options with the options in custom-convert.conf. -- Yayita Yayita's Profile:

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Power On Issue - Constantly Trying to Connect to Suspended SC

2008-09-13 Thread Phil Leigh
I agree - the devices should issue a WOL on power-up/reset. There's no harm in it and it will help some people without causing issues for anyone else. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU -

Re: [slim] Passionato classical music downloads

2008-09-13 Thread amcluesent
Pricing model is non-starter. Same price for FLAC with no artwork as full retail price of the CD. No thanks, I'll stick to Amazon and ripping. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

[slim] HELP SB3 SS what happened now?

2008-09-13 Thread mapatton
Need some help Recently added some music to my server in the same way as previously and SlimServer will not pick it up/recognize. Have tried new and changed, as well as what I normally use, clear and rescan. Thoughts? There is some music I would like to be able to access later today. Thanks

[slim] Zap entire Now Playing playlist

2008-09-13 Thread rbl
Hi - how do I zap the entire Now PLaying playlist with the remote? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52573

Re: [slim] Zap entire Now Playing playlist

2008-09-13 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Go to the root menu that says Now Playing and press + -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52573

[slim] Squeezecenter 7.2 vs 7.0.1

2008-09-13 Thread ajayrav
Hello, So I can use my DAC that uses signal sensing to switch inputs, I have decided to use v7.0.1 instead of 7.2 on my new Duet. With SC 7.2 (and 7.1 apparently), the digital outputs remain on when the receiver is turned off precluding input switching by my DAC. My question is, what

Re: [slim] Announcement: Mobile skin for iPhone, iPod touch, PSP, LG Dare, Samsung Instinct ...

2008-09-13 Thread astonm
Tmarti, Glad to see that you've brought the PSP skin back to life. I always found the standard handheld skin to be cumbersome to use on the PSP. I have one comment and a feature request/question: Noticed the pages do not align with the top of the PSP screen. It does, however, align (more like

Re: [slim] Announcement Squeezecenter 7.2

2008-09-13 Thread kgturner
i have an original SB3 and was previously using slimserver 6.5.4. i upgraded to squeezecenter 7.2. all my music is in .wav format on an external hard drive. i used a program called tagrename to enter metadata for the .wav files (5099 of them). after installing 7.2, the SB3/squeezecenter combo

Re: [slim] SC 7.3 (Nightly) play wave files, without sound.

2008-09-13 Thread Henk51
A short reply to myself. Because i've tried SC 7.3-23161.tgz and it is more worser. Because wave-files are now just 'scrolling' file1,file2,file3and so on, in a endless loop, first file --- last file, and starting over. So I went back to SC 7.2 Another one confirm this problem also. --

Re: [slim] Create Basic Playlist

2008-09-13 Thread trilly
Wondered why this wouldn't work and all it was the directory I needed to create. Great stuff thanks for taking the time to post. -- trilly trilly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15549 View this

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread Pat Farrell
ModelCitizen wrote: try finding the page. Its a wiki, feel free to edit it, add new pages, etc. Just pointing out that you claimed it was not in the wiki, and it was. Hard to find, perhaps. Anyway, how long is it supposed to take a person who listens to music on a device to work out that it

Re: [slim] Passionato classical music downloads

2008-09-13 Thread Pat Farrell
amcluesent wrote: Pricing model is non-starter. Same price for FLAC with no artwork as full retail price of the CD. No thanks, I'll stick to Amazon and ripping. I don't understand why the music bits sellers don't get this. They have to be cheaper than Amazon or massively easier. I just put

Re: [slim] Controller wireless problem (multiple access-points)

2008-09-13 Thread Millwood
IIRC from following the bug, the reason it's not trivial is that it has to be done without using significant extra battery power. -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread malaugh
pfarrel I was thinking that the whole thing would code just over $100. They may even be able to re-use the Duet Receier. As far I as I know that is just a small Linux computer anyway. I think once you start adding hard drives, CD burner etc, you start needing a a screen, and it turns into a

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread Pat Farrell
malaugh wrote: I was thinking that the whole thing would code just over $100. They may even be able to re-use the Duet Receier. As far I as I know that is just a small Linux computer anyway. I think once you start adding hard drives, CD burner etc, you start needing a a screen, and it turns

[slim] Red horizontal lines across display on a SBv3

2008-09-13 Thread anvil
Hello. I´ve noticed that my Squeezebox v3 has 6 red horizontal lines across the display... They are barely visible... Is this a sign of a faulty display or should I just leave it be? Thanks. -- anvil anvil's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet- WOL Has never worked, pls help

2008-09-13 Thread gautscho
yes, please post your controller applet for wol. Thanks! -- gautscho gautscho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51356

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Power On Issue - Constantly Trying to Connect to Suspended SC

2008-09-13 Thread jan80
Phil Leigh;339946 Wrote: I agree - the devices should issue a WOL on power-up/reset. There's no harm in it and it will help some people without causing issues for anyone else. Sorry, but I don't see that this is related to the issue we are discussing here. I don't want the SB to power up the

Re: [slim] Networking challenge

2008-09-13 Thread MeSue
Hi folks. I thought I would report back our results after trying the Netgear powerline equipment we already had. It works, but it wasn't without some struggles. The kit I had came with 1 ethernet bridge (wired to router) and 1 wireless range extender. At some point I had bought another Ethernet

Re: [slim] Networking challenge

2008-09-13 Thread ModelCitizen
MeSue;340024 Wrote: And we did not have to buy anything. That's very good indeed. We must buy/consume less. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Power On Issue - Constantly Trying to Connect to Suspended SC

2008-09-13 Thread dsdreamer
jan80;340023 Wrote: Sorry, but I don't see that this is related to the issue we are discussing here. I don't want the SB to power up the server. I just want to get rid that scrolling message. Yes, but if a WOL packet was sent then everyone could be happy, because if your server is set to

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread kc5f
amey01;339858 Wrote: ...granny or pop could run down to their hi-fi dealer and come back with something that they could plug in and press Play - just like they do with a CD player. Except there'd be nothing on it to play. S/he'd still have to know how to rip music to it, so it's not quite

Re: [slim] Red horizontal lines across display on a SBv3

2008-09-13 Thread SuperQ
The Squeezebox Classic (v3) and Boom both use vacuum fluorescent displays. These are a type of vacuum tube. The red lines are tiny heating wires that make the display work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_fluorescent_display -- SuperQ

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-13 Thread dsdreamer
pfarrell;339985 Wrote: The transporter is a computer. As is the Controller, and of course the thing running SqueezeCenter. They are not like a turntable, where you turn it on, put the arm over the record and music appears. The original poster, in my opinion, had reasonable expectations.

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread toby10
amey01;339858 Wrote: Sometime or another, it's essential! I personally would put a hard drive in it as well. And some sort of CD drive to rip. I really think something like this is what stands between keeping the Squeezebox (and other music servers) a geeky niche and having it become

Re: [slim] Scan errors after 7.2 upgrade

2008-09-13 Thread jkouns
7.1 to 7.2 upgrade just completed and now all my playlists are not displaying and the scanner is having issues Seeing this in the logs: (390) Warning: Argument \x{0} isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~1\server\lib/MP4/Info.pm line 390. [08-09-13 17:44:45.3281]

[slim] iTunes 8 +Squeezecenter--any problems?

2008-09-13 Thread knathraak
Has anyone who is using iTunes with Squeezecenter upgraded to iTunes 8 yet? Has it caused any problems (e.g., database incompatibility)? Bottom line: is it safe for me to upgrade if I'm using iTunes and Squeezecenter? Thanks Zach -- knathraak

Re: [slim] Screen cleaner

2008-09-13 Thread MuckleEck
tyler_durden;339812 Wrote: Yeah sure, but do either of those make the player sound better? TD Was the OP asking about the player?... Sorry...expensive microfibre cloth from Harrods is best to ensure the sound quality of the player is improved by cleaning... ;-) -- MuckleEck Alasdair

Re: [slim] Controller wireless problem (multiple access-points)

2008-09-13 Thread v084208
Hi again. As you can see I have changed the title of the message. This is actually worse than I expected. I can sit 2 feet from one access-point and the controller seems to want to connect to an access-point in the other end of the house. It, of course, fails all the time wanting me to try

[slim] Squeezecenter interface painfully slow... alternatives?

2008-09-13 Thread sfgorman
I've been a squeezebox owner for over 3 years, and have become increasingly frustrated with the software. The squeezecenter software is just embarrassingly slow, especially compared to the old slimserver software. I'm looking for suggestions (settings, plugins, anything?) that might improve my

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread malaugh
pfarrel I think you misunderstood me: what I want is: Hard disks - NONE Power supply - same wall wart as a squeezebox Disk controller - NONE The idea woul be to use the NAS as the disk drive for the squeezecenter box, or to have the option of adding a USB drive. -- malaugh

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread malaugh
amey Thenks for the post, I never knew the Olive Music Server and the Yamaha existed (Opus), however I think they are solutions in search of a problem. The problem is not ripping the music, or storing on a hard drive; computers do an excellent job of that, and anything less is a compromise.

Re: [slim] MusicIp causing a rescan - why?

2008-09-13 Thread egd
Philip Meyer;338264 Wrote: However, it often means that if you rewrite tags back from an unaware application, the additional genres will be lost. eg. if you archive analysis in MusicIP, it modifies the tags, and will write only the first genre back, losing any genres that it didn't

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter interface painfully slow... alternatives?

2008-09-13 Thread aubuti
sfgorman;340074 Wrote: What alternatives do I have to browse my collection, build a playlist, and control my squeezebox all in one interface? Has anyone built a 3rd-party interface with improved performance? Thanks! If you're on Windows, try Moose as a frontend to SC. And for faster

Re: [slim] MusicIp causing a rescan - why?

2008-09-13 Thread egd
ModelCitizen;338324 Wrote: I didn't know this. I use MP3Tag too and will look into how simple it will be to change my genre tags to use // instead of You need to use \\, not //. It's easily done through a search and replace action, searching for ';' in the GENRE tag and replacing it with

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter interface painfully slow... alternatives?

2008-09-13 Thread Pat Farrell
sfgorman wrote: What alternatives do I have to browse my collection, build a playlist, and control my squeezebox all in one interface? Has anyone built a 3rd-party interface with improved performance? Thanks! Two obvious choices: 1) get a faster computer, they are cheap. 2) use Linux

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread radish
malaugh;340079 Wrote: The problm eis how to get to your music aefter you have ripped it withiut turning on your computer. So you're going to buy and power two things (NAS this slim thing) instead of using the computer you already have? How is that a saving? -- radish

[slim] Reorder SBC main menu items?

2008-09-13 Thread damager
I've got a SB3, SB Boom, and 2 Duets. I'd like to reorder the main menu items to make the device more friendly for use by the rest of the family. I know that I can make changes to which items show on the main menu, but can the items be reordered? -- damager

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread kgturner
i'd really like to see a controller with a learning remote function. i don't use the volume control of my sb3, but every other function i do use. it'd be nice to program the volume of my preamp into the controller. hell, if logitech would wrap it in an aluminum enclosure with corresponding

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter interface painfully slow... alternatives?

2008-09-13 Thread MeSue
The slowness you describe doesn't sound normal, but you didn't post any system specs, so no idea what the problem could be. Is it slow no matter what skin you use? What about a different browser? FYI-- you can use any software to build playlists and it will be a better experience than trying

Re: [slim] My wish for a new product

2008-09-13 Thread Goodsounds
Full moon in a few days. -- Goodsounds Goodsounds's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52559

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter interface painfully slow... alternatives?

2008-09-13 Thread Goodsounds
Steve, You're making some pretty large playlists - really from hundreds up to one thousand tracks? Sometimes by choosing tracks or albums individually? This must take a long time. And is a playlist of hundreds of tracks (literally, several days long) really useful to you? Maybe you should try

Re: [slim] Squeezebox2 Wireless Headaches

2008-09-13 Thread cliffo
Phil Leigh;339169 Wrote: make sure you turn off any advanced features on the router. Also, as a test try setting the router into fixed 11b mode (not G) and see if the issue persists Hi and thanks for the advice. I tried all your suggestions but it still is dropping out. Running at 11b it

Re: [slim] Do not buy any Squeezebox products, my advice!

2008-09-13 Thread kdf
On 13-Sep-08, at 10:39 PM, phaedra wrote: Well, in the RUBBISH BIN it all went At least return it or recycle it, instead of adding more to landfills. Sick of people who just toss thing out when they are done. sorry...just venting. :) -kdf ___

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