Hi!
Remote Streaming works really bad for me after uppgrading from 7.2 to
7.2.1.
The stream plays for a few minutes and then just stops and I have to
reconnect again.
I understand that it could be my connection or thousands other reasons
but it never failed for me with 7.2.
Kind Regards
nicoleif wrote:
Has anyone tried the Asus eee Box as music server for the squeezebox?
Well, it runs XP, has 1gb of RAM, Wifi-N, gigabit ethernet, uses only 20
watts and it's quiet. It should be the perfect answer to those who are
too cheap or green to run a real big ass server on their
Nobody has experience with this?
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I did try running the Squeezecenter 7.1 on Asus Eeepc 901 with all the
music in the NAS.
You will only want to use it if it is connected the network by wire.
I can tell you I have uninstalled the Squeezecenter, I guess it tells
you how I feel.
Bryan
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Bryan
SB3+PSA DL3
Bryan Jan wrote:
I did try running the Squeezecenter 7.1 on Asus Eeepc 901 with all the
music in the NAS.
I wouldn't put my music on a NAS in that scenario. Use an external USB
disk instead.
You will only want to use it if it is connected the network by wire.
Of course.
I can tell
Hi,
I wonder if there is a way to make iTunes control my squeezebox. Is
there a plugin or script which make Squeezecenter follow iTunes?
I love my squeezeboxes, but I don't like the Squeezecenter user
interface. It's too slow and lack functionality like drag and drop
between playlists and
Maybe I should have explained my setup. I plan to use the Asus eee Box
with the Squeececenter installed and with my music collection on a USB
ext hdd connected by wire to the Asus eee Box! Thus I hope I won't run
into the problems with having to access the music wireless on a NAS!?
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Does the Asus Eee Box have a better performing PCU than the EeePC?
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I returned the thing. Happily, I'd bought it a radio shack, not on the
web, so they just scowled and took it back.
Reinstalled my failing WRT54G and all the (new) problems are gone. So
I'm pretty sure the WRT110 is not something you want to try!
It's final trick was to suddenly change into a
peter;356187 Wrote:
Ah, a binary. I just installed it I'm not very impressed. Imitation of
hardware devices doesn't seem to be the way to a good desktop
experience.
I hope this isn't in defense of Softsqueeze being a good desktop
experience, considering it's even more of an 'imitation
pablolie;356123 Wrote:
Thanks a lot for the information. 7.3 sounds like it will be an awesome
release, so I am looking forward to a lot of the new functionality.
I am also really looking forward to the upcoming release version of
SqueezePlay. To me, it seems to have great potential...
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I've created a custom-strings.txt file for myself to change instances of
favorite (US spelling) to favourite (UK spelling). I'm posting the
contents here because I thought others might find this useful, and it's
a backup for me!
I only discovered the custom-strings thing after my previous
Skunk wrote:
peter;356187 Wrote:
Ah, a binary. I just installed it I'm not very impressed. Imitation of
hardware devices doesn't seem to be the way to a good desktop
experience.
I hope this isn't in defense of Softsqueeze being a good desktop
experience, considering it's even more
peter Wrote:
That's nice, but it's not a PC application.Have you looked at Mooose?
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/
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Peter wrote:
Skunk wrote:
peter;356187 Wrote:
Ah, a binary. I just installed it I'm not very impressed. Imitation of
hardware devices doesn't seem to be the way to a good desktop
experience.
I hope this isn't in defense of Softsqueeze being a good desktop
experience,
stuart wrote:
Peter wrote:
Skunk wrote:
peter;356187 Wrote:
Ah, a binary. I just installed it I'm not very impressed. Imitation of
hardware devices doesn't seem to be the way to a good desktop
experience.
I hope this isn't in defense of Softsqueeze being a
I would be interested in it if it had a nice dual display like the
Transporter. I would not want to encourage any more products along the
lines of the SB Receiver with nothing but a Mood Ring style LED to tell
you what it is doing.
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Skunk;356241 Wrote:
To me the important thing is audio functionality, reliability, etc. -
and all the skin stuff is secondary. Not that there won't be good ones
to come.
I'm sorry, but -usability- is up there on my list of important
features. I'm not one for skins, but i expect the base UI
rbz5416 wrote:
peter Wrote:
That's nice, but it's not a PC application.Have you looked at Mooose?
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/
I have, but I should probably look at it again.
Regards,
Peter
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My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it asked me
to click the centre button (presumably of my mouse) - my mouse (MS
Intellimouse) doesn't have a centre button!
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call
rbz5416;356258 Wrote:
Have you looked at Moose?
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/
But Moose is not a player, is it? What people are disappointed with is
SqueezePlay as a player on the PC, so how does Moose solve that?
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Sue
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peter;356256 Wrote:
I don't like SoftSqueeze either as a user experience. I'd like to have
an application with a computer user interface. Fast and sleek end
making
good use of the PC's mouse and keyboard. A PC/OS/X/Linux desktop
application and not a web interface or Controller
Yep, a few competing apps could be a really good thing.
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*Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic - Cambridge Audio Azur 640a - Mission
701's.
*Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver - Trends TA10.1 Class-T - Kef Cresta
1's
*Office :* Softsqueeze - Logitech Active 5.1's.
*Kitchen :* Squeezebox
It did not cost me anything. and I understand the thread starter has a
pc. I am just responding to Coverscout not being free
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autopilot;356214 Wrote:
Yep, a few competing apps could be a really good thing.
Isn't a little competition always a nice thing ;-)
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This is totally repeatable with the following steps:
1. Switch on SB3 (ie power jack in)
2. Play an album and check it is in the now playing list,
3. Play random songs (Music Library/Random Mix/Play random songs)
4. Wait 30s for the screen blank to switch to 'Now Playing' (just in
case the 'jump
Phil Leigh;356273 Wrote:
My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it asked me
to click the centre button (presumably of my mouse) - my mouse (MS
Intellimouse) doesn't have a centre button!
The last couple of days i have not even been able to use it at all - it
forever
This was reported and has been fixed already. If you download the trunk
of the 7.2.1 line, you will get the fix.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9801
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Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 10.2 Server running
SqueezeCenter 7.2.1, MusicIP, and
peter;356187 Wrote:
Imitation of
hardware devices doesn't seem to be the way to a good desktop
experience. A PC is not a controller.
Regards,
Peter
Yep, that exactly my opinion too and hence i don't really like
Squeezeplay. Not on my PC anyway. Hopefully it will be developed
further
autopilot;356213 Wrote:
Yep, that exactly my opinion too and hence i don't really like
Squeezeplay - it's UI anyway. Not on my PC anyway.
So all you guys actually used the little remote or knob on the
Transporter emulator, rather than starting SoftSqueeze and using the
web interface to
I have the same problem - has been annoying me for well over a year now,
since I think I upgraded to 6.5.3, and now on 7.2
Definitely only with random mix plug. In my case I power the SB3 off
between listening sessions. I find that if powered off for 1 minute or
less then it behaves OK, but
maggior;356281 Wrote:
This was reported and has been fixed already. If you download the trunk
of the 7.2.1 line, you will get the fix.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9801
Nice, thanks.
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SB3 - SC 7.2.1 - Ubuntu Server
WizardFusion;356105 Wrote:
I have an issue with SC listing several albums for each disk that I have
for a single album.
iTunes shows the album as one album and SC is set to use iTunes.
I have also set the following options as shown...
[ ] List compilation albums under each artist
[x]
Something you might consider is using squeezeslave rather than remote
streaming stream.mp3. I started doing this because the stream.mp3
functionality was broken. It works better for me. This way, playback
control is done through one place only - the web GUI. The latency is
much less as well.
Phil Leigh;356273 Wrote:
My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it asked me
to click the centre button (presumably of my mouse) - my mouse (MS
Intellimouse) doesn't have a centre button!
I think this is referring to the center button on the virtual
controller.
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The first update i did in a while. Seems to work fine.
I had one problem: I played the first time a 88.2 flac and during
playback the Transporter reseted. Hope this is a one time thing.
The new FF is a real BIG improvement. Thanks!
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Transporter - Avantgarde based monoblocks -
Fletch wrote:
Phil Leigh;356273 Wrote:
My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it asked me
to click the centre button (presumably of my mouse) - my mouse (MS
Intellimouse) doesn't have a centre button!
I think this is referring to the center button on the
Phil Karn;355842 Wrote:
What about Linux? I used to have it working after manual editing of
custom-config.conf, but it broke in one of the upgrades over the past
month
or two. I can't even figure out where the config files are supposed to
be
now.
You could try the following link for
The builds for the last full days have a fullscreen option in the
SELECT_SKIN menu. It works with either the Controller or Desktop skin
too.
peter;356308 Wrote:
Fletch wrote:
Phil Leigh;356273 Wrote:
My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it
asked me
to
mrfantasy wrote:
The builds for the last full days have a fullscreen option in the
SELECT_SKIN menu. It works with either the Controller or Desktop skin
too.
Thanks, works well.
Regards,
Peter
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rbz5416;356222 Wrote:
SoftSqueeze was broken with the introduction of SqueezeCenter.
SoftSqueeze works with all versions of SC. SS 3.7 is running fine with
SC 7.2.1 as I type this.
SS will be obsolete but it won't be unavailable and it still ought to
work as it emulates a player.
I believe
SoftSqueeze was broken with the introduction of SqueezeCenter. I
reported this way back in March it was confirmed. Since then nobody
from Slim/Logitech has bothered, apparently because SqueezePlay is
imminent. *Eight months* later it seem like it finally may be, albeit
in beta.
However, as
Stoffer;356194 Wrote:
Hmm. I have tried that. Am I supposed to power cycle the reciever or
something like that, or should the changes take place as soon as I
press save changes ?
Should be straight away, but I would shut down SC then restart it to be
sure the change has taken.
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I too am interested in this, being fed up of requiring my energy-hungry
P4 3.06 machine to be on all the time (when I use SB).
But then I think, if I'm going to spend a few hundred quid on a
stripped down laptop, why don't I just spend a few hundred more and get
a decent laptop instead.
Thanks, I do have Treat Multi-disc sets as single album set, but not
my tags.
I don't have any tags set with regard to disk numbers or sets.
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rbz5416;356258 Wrote:
Have you looked at Moose?
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/
But Moose is not a player, is it? What people are disappointed with is
SqueezePlay as a player on the PC, so how does Moose solve that?
If you grab the latest build of
For various reasons I consider having the duet in the bedroom (I already
have the amplifier and loudspeakers). Unfortunately, when I turn off
the player (connected by wires), the lights go off for a while, then
come back to bright blue.
I assume that this is when the computer shutdowns (it
bitli;356322 Wrote:
If somebody has an idea how to solve the problem...
Opaque duct tape?
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System : Mac Mini for ripping to FLAC (Max) SqueezeCenter 7.2 running
on a ReadyNAS NV+
Living room : Squeezebox 3 North Star Model 192 NuForce IA-7 v2
KEF iQ9
Bedroom : Squeezebox 3
Or you could just buy a NAS with slim server installed, yes you can use
a laptop and external drive but that still uses more power than a NAS.
And you still have the drawbacks of a host PC.
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swayzak;356221 Wrote:
I too am interested in this, being fed up of requiring my energy-hungry
P4 3.06 machine to be on all the time (when I use SB).
P4s are notoriously power-hungry - Netburst architecture.
But then I think, if I'm going to spend a few hundred quid on a stripped
down
badbob wrote:
Or you could just buy a NAS with slim server installed, yes you can use
a laptop and external drive but that still uses more power than a NAS.
And you still have the drawbacks of a host PC.
I've been reading this list for quite a while and the word drawback is -
to my mind -
tyeguy wrote:
OkayI removed the two receivers from the wireless network and hard
wired them into the system.
Once again, using the SqueezeNetwork, I was listening to an Internet
radio station when 6 minutes and 42 seconds, everything went quiet. I
looked at the Controller and that is
Hi
SBC running jive_7.2_r3191, SC is 7.2.1 (do not remember build)
a new problem, when scrolling through my albums (500+) some (but far
from all) albumart are not showing, only the default gray icon with
the musical symbol is shown.
Question: is there some way to force SC to build all diffrent
Nice! Thanks!
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Hi
Running SBR (firmware 48), SBC (7.2 r3191), SC (7.2.1 r?)
Would like the lowest volumen to be lower, the jump
from 0=mute to 1=lowest volumen setting is to big for
my taste.
I do not know the dB span of the volumen control now.
Would like an increse the volumen span to some more dB.
The
Jmschnur, what Internet radio stream caused your receiver to turn
itself off? I tested a number of slim picks with r3191 and they played
just fine.
WAMU- see above new duet seems to have fixed problem.
Joel
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MeSue;356274 Wrote:
But Moose is not a player, is it? What people are disappointed with is
SqueezePlay as a player on the PC, so how does Moose solve that?The good
doctor beat me too it in post #27. Straight from the Moose's
mouth as it were.
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This is getting off-topic but...
rbz5416;356360 Wrote:
Not as an applet in a browser it doesn't
(http://hostname:9000/html/softsqueeze/applet.html).
Why are you running it as an applet in a browser?
So when working at different sites/PCs, you need the carry around the
standalone JAR that
Mark Lanctot;356312 Wrote:
SoftSqueeze works with all versions of SC. SS 3.7 is running fine with
SC 7.2.1 as I type this.Not as an applet in a browser it doesn't
(http://hostname:9000/html/softsqueeze/applet.html). So when working at
different sites/PCs, you need the carry around the
Mark Lanctot;356363 Wrote:
This is getting off-topic but...Why are you running it as an applet in a
browser?Because that was how it was supposed to run under SlimServer until
they
broke it in SC.Mark Lanctot;356363 Wrote:
The latest version can be downloaded directly from SC if you go to
Mark Lanctot;356312 Wrote:
SoftSqueeze works with all versions of SC. SS 3.7 is running fine with
SC 7.2.1 as I type this.Not as an applet in a browser it doesn't
(http://hostname:9000/html/softsqueeze/applet.html). So when working at
different sites/PCs, you need the carry around the
with the right tools that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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Ah, that might be an issue, as I prefer to manage my mp3 myself.
my iTunes has read-only access to my music.
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Still no conclusion on whether the eee Box is powerfull enough (using an
usb hdd) to run SC?
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No answers or suggestions, but my controller started acting just as
yours after the upgrade last night to 7.2.1. Could not use it to
navigate at all.
Rob
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kdf;356368 Wrote:
You shouldn't have to configure anything if you click the links on the
softsqueeze page, which use the java webstart feature:
http://localhost:9000/html/softsqueeze/softsqueeze.jnlp
It downloads and launches the jar file pre-configured for the server.
It
works without
kdf;356368 Wrote:
*I don't run SC*This is precisely what *DIDN'T* work in the first
official release of
SC. Hence the bug report which was *CONFIRMED*. If it's been fixed
subsequently then they haven't bothered to update the report (despite
me asking).
It is free to download any time
peter;356308 Wrote:
Fletch wrote:
Phil Leigh;356273 Wrote:
My attempt to try Squeezeplay fell at the first hurdle, when it
asked me
to click the centre button (presumably of my mouse) - my mouse (MS
Intellimouse) doesn't have a centre button!
I think this is referring
This is just to add perspective. I've been using softsqueeze 3.7 (I
think that's the latest) and using it to listen to my music library
from work. Softsqueeze is inherently problematic and has been for a
long time. Each and every day of use of this player involves multiple
restarts as well as
There's a comment at the bottom of the linked MUMUDVB page above that
someone has it running on a SLUG (NSLU2), so maybe it's not completely
impossible. However MUMUDVB (or DVBSHOUT..) on their own won't work
with Squeezeboxes, as both natively deliver multicast streams, and
neither Squeezeboxes
DrLovegrove;356321 Wrote:
If you grab the latest build of SqueezeSlave and point Moose at it,
moose becomes a player.. There are command-line options in
moose to fire up SqueezeSlave each time you fire up moose too..
Note: SqueezeSlave isnt SoftSqueeze.. It's native rather than java,
Dragon13;356031 Wrote:
no can do, its a laptop. I have an itunes account that i use to manage
my ipod and mp3's, so I will continue to run that on my local C drive.
Does that mean I will need to use something like media monkey to manage
all my FLAC's? thanks.
I'm not sure what management
aubuti;356161 Wrote:
It appears to be for people who (a) don't already have the requisite amp
or active speakers, and (b) can't be bothered to choose an amp for
themselves. No doubt there's a market there, but I can't say how big it
is. I agree with the reviewer's reaction: uninspiring.
JJZolx;356022 Wrote:
Yes, it works well, but if you have the room for another internal drive,
it's generally faster when doing library scans.
I agree that the data throughput for the typical external drive
connection, USB, is going to be slower than for an internal one. But
other than when
I believe the short answer to the question of whether the Asus EEE Box
is sufficient to run SqueezeCenter is yes, but there are several
caveats that I'll get into below (somewhat long).
I own an Asus EEE Box, not the netbook, and it's generally for my
wife's use. It's darn cute and quite small
Data integrity. I would not trust my music collection on a USB HD, many
people including myself have suffered corrupt files, directories and to
some people complete partition corruption. It's rare, it's only happened
once on my USB HD (directory disappeared) but it's enough to stay away
from it.
Hi,
Kinda a tough way to word the problem I have having, but once I
describe it, should be simple.
Before we got the XM plugin fixed (YEAH!), the workaround was to make a
favorite pointed to URL xmradio://channelnumber. I made a few of these
as favorites and gave them names like Big Tracks or
Goodsounds;356406 Wrote:
I agree that the data throughput for the typical external drive
connection, USB, is going to be slower than for an internal one. But
other than when initially loading up that external drive, for what
other functions do you believe that speed difference is going to
There seems to be an issue somewhere between the Internet Archive (IA)
and Slim Devices.
I listen to a lot of Grateful Dead on the IA and when on the IA website
I can 'see' many more concerts available than what shows up when I
connect via my Transporter or Squeezeboxes.
Does anyone know the
I cannot add the following Radio Station, CKUA to SqueezeCenter.
In order to gain access to the radio station online I was instructed by the
radio station to use Windows Media Player and enter either of these URLs:
mms://media.ckua.com/ckua1 or
http://media.ckua.com/ckua1.
If I enter either of
badbob;356414 Wrote:
Data integrity. I would not trust my music collection on a USB HD, many
people including myself have suffered corrupt files, directories and to
some people complete partition corruption. It's rare, it's only happened
once on my USB HD (directory disappeared) but it's
Come on guys - a little help please? I know this type of question has
been posed before. I read those threads and couldn't find anything that
worked. I'd really like to get this particular station to play. Thanks.
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I know this has been asked several times, but I have not seen any
answer...
Would anyone mind to explain for a dummy like me how to create the
symlink to access the font copied on the SD card?
Thanks
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Got a new URL from the radio station problem solved.
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Subject: [slim] Problem adding a Radio Station
I cannot add the following
Mark Lanctot;356312 Wrote:
SoftSqueeze works with all versions of SC. SS 3.7 is running fine with
SC 7.2.1 as I type this. ..
QUOTE]
It works, but it is buggy on my utterly stable computer. It will
intriduce instabilities into Squeezecenter, as I stated in my first
message. I am happy
joeriz;356421 Wrote:
There seems to be an issue somewhere between the Internet Archive (IA)
and Slim Devices.
I listen to a lot of Grateful Dead on the IA and when on the IA website
I can 'see' many more concerts available than what shows up when I
connect via my Transporter or
Chinanico;356441 Wrote:
I know this has been asked several times, but I have not seen any
answer...
Would anyone mind to explain for a dummy like me how to create the
symlink to access the font copied on the SD card?
Thanks
if you can read chinese, you can find some info here :
Dragon13;356031 Wrote:
no can do, its a laptop. I have an itunes account that i use to manage
my ipod and mp3's, so I will continue to run that on my local C drive.
Does that mean I will need to use something like media monkey to manage
all my FLAC's? thanks.
All depends on you. You can do
I upgraded this weekend and I notice that the menu item for creating a
MusicIP mix is missing. My controller is upgraded to r3191 (Wed Oct
22, 2008). I have restarted MusicIP, Squeezecenter, and the
controller, but no menu. Under 7.2 I had it and it worked fine.
Have I missed something?
I really think it has to do with your router. Do you have a place that
you buy with a good return policy? It's what I would try next. Get a
good wireless router (I assume you would like wireless in the end) and
see if it solves the problem. This would at least eliminate the router
as the
Maybe get one designed for business, like the fast food industry. They
use the a lot and they hold up well. I've played with them a bit and
they're not bad. I think Moose is all set up for the touch screen as
well.
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I have a friend who has a well equipped Lenovo tablet that I've borrowed
a few times to try out.
It's great for presentations - using the stylus to write on slides
that are being projected is really useful and cool. Using it truly in
touchscreen mode works fine so long as you don't need to do
Hello
I've got this problem for as long as I have own the SB. Basically, the
SC is set so that it starts itself up when my PC is switched on. On a
bad day, it won't start and the icon on the system tray keeps flashing.
I have to manually quit the application and re-start it again and can
I turned off my SB3 and then turned it back on soon after. The display
is now blank and according to the slimserver webpage it's no longer
connected. I can see the red light behind the optical output flap, so
it looks like it is receiving some power.
Has anyone had this problem before? Anything
Hi,
when I select the menu item Turn off player name then the
squeezebox turns off. The LED on the front turns black.
What is the right procedure tu turn it on again?
I had to press the fron button on the box until it flashes red. Then I
had to turn the controller off and on, otherwhise the
I have tried Sqeezeslave a while ago but I never figured out how to hide
the command window.
But now I found this script and it works very well.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/run-bat-files-invisibly-without-displaying-command-prompt/
Thanks!
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