Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread amcluesent
Windows drivers, ASIO etc has no relevance at all to the way the Duet works. Have a read of the beginners guide - http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/BeginnersGuide Now, the Squeezebox is connected to the same DAC, but doesn't sound so good.. Have you ripped your CD using a lossless format?

[slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread timmorris
Sorry if this has been asked before but has anyone done a competitive review of the three iphone controller apps listed here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_third_party.html? Is the original (iPeng) still the best, and is there any lag compared to the squeezebox controller. I've got a Nokia N800

Re: [slim] View sample rate, bit depth and file format

2009-02-14 Thread danielzahra
Sorry for not explaining my self clearly. What I need to see such information instead of time remaing, progress bar, etc. It would be a nice idea to include such capabilities in future releases of squeezecenter -- danielzahra

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread ModelCitizen
Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer) Maybe you should try to get a demo of the Transporter or try out the SB+ (www.at-tunes.co.uk) on a 30 day mnoney back trial. In my experience the sound quality of the cheaper players (Receiver, SB Classic) via a DAC do not

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread Mnyb
check your settings regarding file formats and volume. volume should be fixed at 100% yes volume works the digital out to ! and no replay gain or similar. You may just compare apples with oranges. the old source may simply be louder. Because volume is not 100% Because you use replay gain wich in

Re: [slim] Smooth radio

2009-02-14 Thread browellm
Why do they keep cocking about with the stream? -- browellm Transporter Kondo M7 Art Audio Quintet, Border Patrol PS Living Voice IBX/R2 browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View

Re: [slim] Update Duet Controller as remote for your amp, now with volume control

2009-02-14 Thread MadScientist
I'm using a modified volume.lua file to control my Meridian amp. It's a great development but there are a few drawbacks that I've found. The most serious one is if you use headphones plugged into your Controller -you get a lot of interference (from the ir emissions?) when adjusting the

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread toby10
Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: ...As far as I understood, the Squeezecenter is using Windows' own drivers, and iTunes (which I have installed on my Vista PC), right? Is it these items who manage the sound? I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer), but not a PC geek; so since

Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread pippin
iPeng is of course the best :-) Seriously: it's up to others to judge on that, but there's a similar thread further down this page in the forum. I haven't seen any comparative reviews yet. -- pippin --- see iPeng at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] BBC Radios 1-4 now at higher bitrates on SqueezeNetwork

2009-02-14 Thread mooblie
vinnielo;396129 Wrote: Are you using an old address, or did you load it from RadioFeeds? Yes, loaded from RadioFeeds, address = http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2.asx, More Info has only two entries: 1 of 2 File Format=Windows Media 2 of 2 that URL - so, once again, I can't tell at

Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread timmorris
Does iPeng have any features that the competition doesn't? It's a shame with the iTunes store that you can't try software out for a limited time FOC like with shareware. I know it is only 6 quid, but it would be nice to be able to try each application for look and feel first. Tim --

[slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread netnewt
I hope this post will become a rallying call to the developers to do something about the lack of synchronisation with software players, preferably Softsqueeze. I do not think they understand how important this feature is. I hope others out there feel the same as I and will add their voice to

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread funkstar
netnewt;396282 Wrote: Now to Squeezeplay. Oh my god! What a dire piece of software. A total mess, which fails to provide any functionality. The ability to actually PLAY music using it is an afterthought and it doesn't work properly. The purpose of Squeezeplay seems to have missed the point

Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge

2009-02-14 Thread ralphy
Okay, the progress bar status is a know issue with squeezeslave and since pause seems to be working correctly in 0.8-26, despite the progress bar, I'll consider the issue a TODO item. It's not an issue with Squeezecenter. The portaudio libary doesn't return the correct stream position status

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread funkstar
Just to add, the timing of the two outputs is a bit off. But as I don't intend actually listening to music like this (the boom is just a couple of meters away at teh other side of the room) I'm not going to spend time working out what delays etc to put into the server settings. Every system is

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread stuart
Have you tried another software player to see if it will sync up? The C program slimp3slave is about as fundamental/simple as it gets. You will need a C compiler and a curses library to create the executable. I don't think anyone has tried to port it to windows yet. But, providing windows

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread Peter
ModelCitizen wrote: Alfetta87;396221 Wrote: I'm an Audio freak (even professional designer) Maybe you should try to get a demo of the Transporter or try out the SB+ (www.at-tunes.co.uk) on a 30 day mnoney back trial. In my experience the sound quality of the cheaper players

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread Mnyb
funkstar;396295 Wrote: Just to add, the timing of the two outputs is a bit off. But as I don't intend actually listening to music like this (the boom is just a couple of meters away at teh other side of the room) I'm not going to spend time working out what delays etc to put into the server

Re: [slim] SC Interfaces...why so few?

2009-02-14 Thread GeeJay
Uluen;393257 Wrote: You know about pressing F11 (on Windows at least) to get fullscreen and that you can make the text larger and smaller by holding CTRL + mouse scroll I guess? I just got SC loaded on my new netbook and have been experimenting with the Touch skin. I like the look, but the

Re: [slim] BBC Radios 1-4 now at higher bitrates on SqueezeNetwork

2009-02-14 Thread vinnielo
If it helps, the higher bitrate stream plays louder than the lower bitrate stream. You can probably bring up the bouncing bars to determine which is louder. As far as I'm aware, More Radio - BBC still has the lower bitrate streams listed. -- vinnielo RADIOFEEDS UK IRELAND..[/B] AN UP-TO-DATE

Re: [slim] 'All Off' from menu/controller - thoughts?

2009-02-14 Thread max.spicer
peterw;392062 Wrote: That'd be a pretty straightforward task for a plugin. Have you asked Max if he might consider it for the Other Players plugin? Home Other Players Turn all players off ? Tom did ask me, and yes I would certainly consider adding that to the next version of Other Players.

Re: [slim] Last.fm playlists?

2009-02-14 Thread Siduhe
Thanks Andy - playlist functionality was the one big thing missing for me, so it's great that it's been added via the API. It definitely wasn't working a couple of weeks ago (just goes to show that it is worth messing around with stuff from time to time when you can't sleep). Presumably if the

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread aubuti
netnewt;396282 Wrote: Way back in Squeezecentre v7.2 and before, it was possible to synchronise Softsqueeze with hardware players such as Squeezebox 3. This functionality is important to me, and was significant in my choosing a Squeezecentre based system over Sonos and others. I have four

Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread Pat Farrell
timmorris wrote: Does iPeng have any features that the competition doesn't? I don't know, I don't speak iPhone. But your question raises a serious issue with me. The analysis of a package by the number of features lead directly to reviewers using checklists to compare. So WordStar had feature X

Re: [slim] View sample rate, bit depth and file format

2009-02-14 Thread schiegl
Hi, you should take a look at 'MusicInfoSCR' (http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=446kategorie=slim-) At least some informations are exportable to the display, e.g. file type, kbps. I don't think that sample rate is available too (although could be requested as enhancement). The

Re: [slim] Smooth radio

2009-02-14 Thread vinnielo
I guess it's to prevent desktop users from accessing the stream directly. -- vinnielo RADIOFEEDS UK IRELAND..[/B] AN UP-TO-DATE RADIO DIRECTORY FOR YOUR SQUEEZEBOX/TRANSPORTER CLICK: [B]HTTP://WWW.RADIOFEEDS.CO.UK/SQUEEZE With over 350 registered users, it's available for SqueezeNetwork,

Re: [slim] Is there a simple way to adjust L/R balance on Squeezebox?

2009-02-14 Thread Moonbase
Sorry for updating an old post, but I just ran into the same issue: Needing a balance control. I’d love to use InguzEQ, but it’s simply unusable on a 1.8GHz P4 PC, and I’m planning to put SC onto a Linux machine eventually. Many people use SB3 or Duet Receivers with -just- active speakers, and

Re: [slim] High End sound from Squeezboxes?

2009-02-14 Thread pablolie
Key question: how have you created your digital library? Do not expect your CDs to dound great if all you did was rip them using Windows Media Player's or iTunes standard settings. It'll just sound ok, and on a good system you will hear a marked difference between the original and a compressed

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-02-14 Thread TKSQB
Robin Bowes;381040 Wrote: Peter wrote: Excellent work, Robin! I'll check it out. IMHO LogiTech should make a handsome donation for your good work (and work they should've been doing themselves). How about 5 free Duets for each of your kids? ;) Oh, I get my rewards, direct and

Re: [slim] Last.fm playlists?

2009-02-14 Thread MeSue
Siduhe;396325 Wrote: * well, that and unlove functionality (other than through the website), but that's not an SB issue. Is there a reason we can't unlove on the SB? Many of my loves are accidental on the SBC. Even if we can't unlove, maybe they could have an undo for the most recent love

Re: [slim] Last.fm playlists?

2009-02-14 Thread Siduhe
Hi Sue, I understand that unlove isn't a supported function at the Last.fm end (other than via the website), so not a limitation of the SB as such. There was a long and heated debate about it on the Last.fm forums at the time of the last big beta (along with introducing a like as well as love

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-14 Thread MeSue
Mnyb;396301 Wrote: others can by luck stumble open the working setting right off. This is how it worked for me. When I first fired up SqueezePlay, it was out of sync with my hardware player. I had the SP sound coming out of the PC speakers while I listened to the hardware player through one

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-02-14 Thread TKSQB
Howard Passman;382147 Wrote: Thanks Robin. The only comand line stuff I'm used to is Windows or CISCO so I used a space between the command and the parameter. I see I needed to use a =. Thanks very much Hello! Great,- I can start the exe, but how must I setup the commands? I must do

Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread pippin
pfarrell;396345 Wrote: timmorris wrote: Does iPeng have any features that the competition doesn't? Feature bloat is dangerous. Nothing good comes from it. How very true! IMHO the differences in usability are more important than features. For example, I believe I would prefer Squeemote

Re: [slim] Controller Dropping Connections

2009-02-14 Thread tyeguy
peter;391438 Wrote: tyeguy wrote: I have not been happy with my Squeezebox for a long time now. I would Whine NOT recommend it to anyone. It causes me nothing but problems, but Whine unfortunately, I'm stuck with it. If I could sell it without taking a Whine bath,

Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?

2009-02-14 Thread Pat Farrell
pippin wrote: Feature bloat is dangerous. Nothing good comes from it. IMHO the differences in usability are more important than features. The trivial example for this is Apple. They did not invent the personal MP3 player, or even windowing and mice. But they nailed usability. And are a

Re: [slim] Annouce: New Squeezeslave 0.8 release availabe on sourceforge

2009-02-14 Thread SamG
ralphy;396293 Wrote: Okay, the progress bar status is a know issue with squeezeslave and since pause seems to be working correctly in 0.8-26, despite the progress bar, I'll consider the issue a TODO item. It's not an issue with Squeezecenter. Okay. I agree that as long as playback is

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter connection dropping

2009-02-14 Thread John Riedl
I've been having the same problem Muggo describes. Does anyone have a resolution? It's very frustrating. My SB1 will play for a few minutes to a few hours with no problem, then suddenly lose the connection to SqueezeCenter. I have to redo the network setup, and then all is well for a little

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

2009-02-14 Thread MOMENTUM
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 Question:

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-14 Thread MeSue
Couple suggestions for the SqueezeCenter tab: I like the cleanup assistant, but maybe the button could have ... at the end of the text to indicate that a dialog box is coming. I was a little nervous to click on it, wondering if it would just go and do its thing, or prompt with a dialog first.

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2009-02-14 Thread Aesculus
If you have iPeng and a Denon network capable amplifier you might want to try my new plugin. It allows iPeng to turn of/off, control volume and initialize the the amplifier. You can get more information here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 -- Aesculus Chris