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

2009-02-17 Thread pippin
EyeRonik1;397219 Wrote: Since you have the shortcut, I don't think a real Choose Server setting needs to be that convenient. I would add it to the settings pane, or as a new item in More. well, even though during 1.1 (and only there) some player or server related functionality should will

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-17 Thread Mick Seymour
EyeRonik1;397147 Wrote: Software syncing is a big deal for me, and it has never worked. I have overlapping zones and 1/2 second of latency turns music into noise. I don't have whole-house audio without it. What version of SC are you using, running on which OS and how many SBs are you

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread Howard Passman
Glad to see I'm not on unchartered ground :-) I used it all last night and everything seems to be normal or a hair better. Menus snap opena and shut. iTunes loads much faster also. I had a WD 36GB Raptor in there before and even though they are touted as very quiet, it was anything but. You

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread Howard Passman
Goodsounds;397273 Wrote: OK Howard, I kinda get it. I think we live in different neighborhoods and do different things, if you know what I mean, so I guess it's a bit beyond my understanding or objectives. But no matter what, toys are to play with, so have fun. Hi Goodsounds. Not sure

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread gbruzzo
mherger;397292 Wrote: On my server, it takes some time between the service starting and SC actually becoming usable. But when I use the stop and start button in the console, it tells me Squeezecenter is running almost immediately, even though SC does not respond for another minute or

Re: [slim] Urgent Windows XP help needed please !

2009-02-17 Thread oreillymj
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] ServerAdminUI=dword: Hidden=dword:0001 ShowCompColor=dword:0001 HideFileExt=dword: DontPrettyPath=dword: ShowInfoTip=dword:0001

Re: [slim] Urgent Windows XP help needed please !

2009-02-17 Thread oreillymj
There a whole heap of other settings as well as Balloon tip in the previous 2 posts, so please Export your entire [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] reg key before applying any of the settings I posted. -- oreillymj

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread gbruzzo
mherger;397344 Wrote: Dear Michael, are the changes you are bringing to branch 7.4 going to appear in 7.3.3? The panel is a 7.4 only feature. As 7.3.x is the stable branch, we try not to add new features. -- Michael Understood. I must say, 7.4 has been pretty stable since I

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
Dear Michael, are the changes you are bringing to branch 7.4 going to appear in 7.3.3? The panel is a 7.4 only feature. As 7.3.x is the stable branch, we try not to add new features. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread kesey
Howard Passman;397335 Wrote: In the short run it's the goal here. Howard Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes Sorry, you opened the door so I had to walk in:-) In the meantime between long and short, enjoy the music, and

Re: [slim] What Anti-Virus software do you use

2009-02-17 Thread remd
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49644 Question:

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread Howard Passman
kesey;397383 Wrote: Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes Sorry, you opened the door so I had to walk in:-) In the meantime between long and short, enjoy the music, and any other diversions that put a smile on the face.

Re: [slim] Urgent Windows XP help needed please !

2009-02-17 Thread Moonbase
Hm. I#8217;m using Windows/XP (German), recently upgraded from SP2 to SP3 and never had this problem. In Control Panel/Automatic Updates, I#8217;ve set »Notify, but don#8217;t download or install automatically«. Works as advertised. Sometimes a balloon pops up informing me of new updates and

Re: [slim] Ceiling Speakers

2009-02-17 Thread bobharp
Here is a link to a prior thread in this forum: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34944 Another very lengthy thread over at the AVS forum is on the Monoprice ceiling speakers: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=991046 Good luck! -- bobharp Bob Harper

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread andyg
The 30-day trial must be activated from SN. You only need to go to Napster's site to sign up for a membership. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

[slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread autopilot
Are Slim Devices sure it's possible to get a 30 day trial? I have looked all over the napster.com and napster.co.uk site and i can only find reference to a 7 day trial. It seem like Napter have made a few changes recently (as well as being bought out by Best Buy) - is it possible that they dont

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread autopilot
andyg;397416 Wrote: The 30-day trial must be activated from SN. You only need to go to Napster's site to sign up for a membership. So you don't need a membership for Napster then? (the 'Join' link is dead). Also, I am now seeing this on the SN Napster Page... -Your Napster trial has

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread andyg
It's an anonymous trial. PM me your SN email and I will check on why your trial didn't work. The Join link is broken until Napster adds the /squeezebox path, which isn't going to happen until tomorrow. I forgot to change that yesterday. -- andyg

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread autopilot
Ok, just logged in and out of SN and it now says 30 days left I will see if it works now cheers... -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox Classic - Cambridge Audio Azur 640a - Mission 701's. *Bedroom :* Squeezebox Receiver - Trends TA10.1 Class-T - Kef Cresta 1's *Office :* Softsqueeze -

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread autopilot
Right, i must be incredibly stupid - but how do i add tracks to my library without an account? -- autopilot *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

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread andyg
You still have an account, it's just internal to the system. If you add stuff to your library and later upgrade to a real account, the library is transferred. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

Re: [slim] Ceiling Speakers

2009-02-17 Thread bklaas
Home Theater Direct makes their own speakers to pretty good reviews. I have a pair of HD-R65s in my kitchen and a pair of HD-R80s in my living room. I'm quite happy with them. http://www.htd.com/in-wall-ceiling-speakers/high-definition cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas Logitech Developer:

Re: [slim] fix for Actiontect router?

2009-02-17 Thread chenrikson
radish;397248 Wrote: It's all about standards. Assuming all devices adhere to standards then everything works, if some combination doesn't work then it implies someone isn't sticking to the standards. Given the huge number of complaints I've seen all over about the Actiontec I'd lay the

Re: [slim] Napster 30 day trial - still available?

2009-02-17 Thread autopilot
andyg;397438 Wrote: You still have an account, it's just internal to the system. If you add stuff to your library and later upgrade to a real account, the library is transferred. Ok, i can play/search/etc via the SBc, which is cool, just can't search using the SB3 and IR remote. Other than

[slim] Squeemote, device synching

2009-02-17 Thread Luke Redpath
I've just pushed a new post to my blog about the current state of Squeemote and in particular, device synching. http://lukeredpath.co.uk/blog/bringing-device-sync-to-squeemote.html Thanks for your patience waiting for the new release. In case you missed it, Squeemote now has a home at

Re: [slim] Ceiling Speakers

2009-02-17 Thread iPhone
parfour;397246 Wrote: Hi - i am sold on this network music thang and having recently moved house have the ability to bury cables etc. so i was thinking of ceiling speakers in dining room connected to sb receiver/classicdoes anyone have any recommendations of the sorts of speakers i

Re: [slim] Linn - SkweezyDS

2009-02-17 Thread simongurney
Rockafather, I have got your software working on my Linn DS/Duet system but I have one query about the volume control system that is in place. When the volume option is ticked does the plugin interpret the commands and pass them onto the Linn so it can adjust it's own volume or is it simple using

Re: [slim] Ceiling Speakers

2009-02-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
Oh and while you're getting wiring done...have Cat-5e network outlets in each room! Wireless issues are by far the biggest problem with these sorts of devices - and it's not these devices in particular, it's wireless in general. When it works, you don't think about it. But there are SO MANY

Re: [slim] Linn - SkweezyDS

2009-02-17 Thread Briain
Hi Briain here. I'm not sure if Rockfather's monitoring this or not but the answer is yes, it will pass these on to the Linn. I have tried the original Linux version (on my NAS) with both a Sneaky (with internal preamp) and a Klimax DS / Klimax Kontrol combination. I haven't tried the SC plugin

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
SteveSatch wrote: My friends said how great the Squeezebox was so I bought two Duets and a hard drive to store my music on. I have major connection issues and customer service says it's because of my Actiontec router. Can I please get suggestions for a router that has great reliability with

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
radish wrote: Another option - the D-Link DIR655 has been working great for me and a few others on this forum. Recommended. It's OK, but I've found I have to reboot it every few weeks. Just like the last one. :( Regards, Peter ___ discuss

[slim] Viewing Digital Stream Info on SB/D/TR?

2009-02-17 Thread BigBirdy
Is there a plugin, or any other means by which I can view the digital stream info on a Transporter? I have many FLAC of varying bit and sample rates (16/44, 24/48, 24/96, 24/192) and it would be nice to view/confirm the rate that these are actually getting played. I do know that only the

Re: [slim] Connection problems SB classic

2009-02-17 Thread TiredLegs
I think the first thing to isolate is whether the problem is internal in your WiFi network or external in the internet connection (AOL and DSL?). To eliminate WiFi as a variable, if you have a long Ethernet cable on hand, you could temporarily hard wire the Squeezebox to the router, to see if

Re: [slim] Connection problems SB classic

2009-02-17 Thread 3nuttyspringers
TiredLegs;397542 Wrote: I think the first thing to isolate is whether the problem is internal in your WiFi network or external in the internet connection (AOL and DSL?). To eliminate WiFi as a variable, if you have a long Ethernet cable on hand, you could temporarily hard wire the Squeezebox

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread radish
Weird, mine's been untouched for months. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60201

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

2009-02-17 Thread SamG
ralphy;396590 Wrote: There's no issue using -O as all it does is report the player type as softsqueeze instead of squeezeslave when connecting to SC. Did you create a new player by adding a never used before MAC address by adding a -m00:00:00:00:00:03 to the command line after adding the

Re: [slim] fix for Actiontect router?

2009-02-17 Thread herbman
SteveSatch;397173 Wrote: I spent a lot of money on two Duets and another hard drive to fit my music on. These simply do not work with Verizon's Actiontec router. When can we see a fix? Hello, First, please understand this is NOT an official support forum, just a forum frequented by fans

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-17 Thread EyeRonik1
Mick Seymour;397318 Wrote: What version of SC are you using, running on which OS and how many SBs are you running. Hi, My server is v7.3.2 on an old Vaio notebook. I have two SB3's (which sync fine) and a year-old MacBook connected to the entertainment system (which is +/- 1/2 second when

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

2009-02-17 Thread EyeRonik1
pippin;397316 Wrote: well, even though during 1.1 (and only there) some player or server related functionality should will show up in the main menu (and new plugin features probably always will), the general idea is to bundle all player and server centric functionalities on NowPlaying.

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread Mitch Harding
So far I haven't found any router which doesn't have problems in some scenario, if you do some research, even with the latest firmware or dd-wrt. I just try to find one which works in my setup. I look for the ones which generally get the most favorable reviews, and then work my way down the list

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread Pat Farrell
Mitch Harding wrote: I'm sure someday wireless will be as plug and play as wired networking, but I think it's still a ways off. I don't expect this for decades. After 11n is official, we can start learning about what we need for 11* that will address the bad design of WiFi. -- Pat Farrell

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread 12 Oz Mouse
Well I spent a month after Christmas trying to resolve a wireless router issue with my Draytek Vigor 2600G, which constantly dropped my two squeezebox 3s and my recently acquired Boom off the network, resulting in me having to reboot the router and close down SqueezeCenter every time. After

Re: [slim] Linn - SkweezyDS

2009-02-17 Thread rockfather
Hi there, I do monitor this sometimes, but would request that any *direct support* type questions for this plugin be directed to the Linn forums, as that is the correct place for support of anything Linn, and also helps keep all the relevant information in one place. Thanks -- rockfather

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread Peter
12 Oz Mouse wrote: Well I spent a month after Christmas trying to resolve a wireless router issue with my Draytek Vigor 2600G, which constantly dropped my two squeezebox 3s and my recently acquired Boom off the network, resulting in me having to reboot the router and close down SqueezeCenter

Re: [slim] Rhapsody Subscribers....

2009-02-17 Thread texmass
Hi, Recently I have found that Rhapsody channels are working much better, not sure if was 7.3 upgrade or Rhapsody fixing stuff but either way it seems a lot better than it was. However it still fails sometimes and here is what I have noticed... Rhapsody channels occasionally play tracks that

Re: [slim] Rhapsody Subscribers....

2009-02-17 Thread andyg
It's not a mistake, there are different rights for 'radio' play vs. 'on-demand' play. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread Relwell
Using the on-board video, but the machine is running headless on a shelf out in the garage. You could run it with no video card however. I either use SSH or the FreeNas web interface to manage it. I had XP running on it before but found that FreeNas was much more stable and a lot faster. I guess

[slim] Album info makes track selection difficult

2009-02-17 Thread Han Reijmers
I recently purchased a Squeezebox Duet and started with a small selection of my online tracks. After installation I read the manual, and installed it again. All is working fine now, with a wired connection to the squeezebox, and my music collection on a Synology Diskstation 207+. But I am not

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread MeSue
Anyone have an issue installing SqueezeCenter-7.4-25035 for WHS? I download to the add-ins folder, my tray icon turns yellow and I get the message that a new add-in is ready to be installed, but when I go to the available add-ins in the console, it is empty. -- MeSue Sue

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
Anyone have an issue installing SqueezeCenter-7.4-25035 for WHS? I'm still struggling with the updater. I've added some changes to prevent duplicate entries in the installed list - leading to updates not being installable :-(. Only way to install it is uninstalling the old version first.

Re: [slim] Rhapsody Subscribers....

2009-02-17 Thread texmass
Ok, thanks for the quick response and clarification. I still notice that some channels work better than others and there are some tracks that when I see them pop up I expect a hang up within a couple more. The few tracks that I am aware of are in that not visible class, but maybe it is not

Re: [slim] Anyone using a SSD on a Windows machine with SC?

2009-02-17 Thread Goodsounds
Howard Passman;397335 Wrote: Hi Goodsounds. Not sure exactly what you mean, but I think I get it. I think anyone who is using the SB products has to be a tinkerer by nature. Let's face it, these things are not the radio, cassette player, cd player or even the turntable of the past. I

Re: [slim] Album info makes track selection difficult

2009-02-17 Thread slimpy
You can scroll up to quickly get to the end of the list. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60260

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

2009-02-17 Thread MeSue
I'm still struggling with the updater.Okay... just making sure it wasn't an issue on my end. My server locked up earlier when I tried to add a new hard drive, so I thought it might of screwed something up. Good luck! -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue

Re: [slim] Album info makes track selection difficult

2009-02-17 Thread MeSue
Han Reijmers;397629 Wrote: Or is it possible to skip the albums completely and directly show all available tracks after selecting an artist? I believe you can set up a menu like this using the Custom Browse plugin. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Custom_Browse_plugin -- MeSue Sue

[slim] What software setup for a new HP Windows Media Server

2009-02-17 Thread brdbointx
I just decided to abandon my Netgear NAS NV+ and ordered one of the new HP Home Media Centers running Windows Home Server. The current downloadable release has a windows version. Is that what you download for the WHS? Is there a special way to install it? I saw one thread that talked about a WHS

[slim] Just curious about Deezer

2009-02-17 Thread brdbointx
I notice in the announcement and stuff that Deeze is available in the EU. Why is it not in the US? I ask because I am in MD and I have a Deezer.com account and listen to music through the website. Just curious. -- brdbointx

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread agillis
I agree the WRT54GL running wrt is a very good solution. That was what I was running before I got the TEW-633GR. But I have a 15MB symmetric internet connection and the linksys just couldn't keep up. It started throttling my internet connection speed down when a lot of small packets when through

Re: [slim] What software setup for a new HP Windows Media Server

2009-02-17 Thread MeSue
The 7.3.x and 7.4 betas have the WHS installer (MSI file extension). I have been running 7.4 beta for a while and it is very stable. If you don't want to run a beta, there are some good instructions for installing the old way (exe file) on the ripcaster site. There is currently a bug in the

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread iPhone
SteveSatch;397183 Wrote: My friends said how great the Squeezebox was so I bought two Duets and a hard drive to store my music on. I have major connection issues and customer service says it's because of my Actiontec router. Can I please get suggestions for a router that has great

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread SteveSatch
Well I hate to spend more money if a router won't fix it, but I'm ordering the WRT54GL from Newegg now. It's $60 plus tax but I don't see it cheaper anywhere. I don't know anything about running different firmware on it so I'm going to try the stock version and if that doesn't work try to

Re: [slim] What software setup for a new HP Windows Media Server

2009-02-17 Thread BlueWombat
I've been using Squeezecenter on my MSS since I got it and it works great. You can either install it by remotely logging in (something new for me), or by adding program manager which allows you to access the MSS's desktop just like a regular PC. MSS will warn you that it's not recommended, but

Re: [slim] Just curious about Deezer

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
I notice in the announcement and stuff that Deeze is available in the EU. Why is it not in the US? When we provide a service in one place but not another, you can be sure it's due to some legal or licensing. We'd be happy to provide anything out there (and not have to care about who's

Re: [slim] please help me pick a new router

2009-02-17 Thread pablolie
I got rid of all Duet compatibility issues when I got a Linksys WRT610N. Also supports HDTV wireless streaming to my TV in a 2 level home (router upstairs, TV downstairs). I should note I had another linksys before (WRT54GX4 SRX400, if memory servies) and that was a compatibility disaster with

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-17 Thread Mick Seymour
Well, I got around to testing SoftSqueeze with 7.3.2 yesterday and it won't even play in sync mode whereas it sync'd fine on 7.2.1 on exactly the same hardware. Sync one way and the SB continues but no output from SS, sync the other and the SB stops playing as well. I really think development

Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Herger
I really think development should have been continued with SoftSqueeze whilst there is no viable alternative We're rather concentrating on the new software than trying to fix legacy code. SqueezePlay will be much better as a player than SoftSqueeze has ever been. -- Michael