Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

Thanks for the suggestions. I should have put a bit more detail in my original post. I did later on by the proper 5V power cords for my other two SBs, and they're both working great. The SB that I fried, however, does not work with these cords, which is why I think it's fried. I plug it it in,

Re: [slim] Running SC on $100 Linux Wall Wart

jbraveman;402616 Wrote: Why can't the squeezebox be beefed up so that it can run squeezecenter? This thing looks cool. Building such a machine isn't the problem, it's the revenue outlook from it and the support effort that it may need. Hopefully the preconditions will change favourably soon

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

I think you're right. Looking through the code, it only uses tcp 3483, not even udp. I haven't done a remote SS via open ports in a long time. Maybe something is broken. I started using openvpn a couple years ago and never looked back. Let me know if you don't get it working and I'll try it

[slim] Spotify Security Breach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7925455.stm USER INFO STOLEN FROM MUSIC SITE The music streaming service Spotify has been targeted by hackers. The Swedish company says people's personal details, including e-mail addresses, dates of birth and billing addresses, were all stolen.

Re: [slim] Fun with Alarm Playlists: Listen to News and Music from around the World

ericj;390013 Wrote: I have not seen this use described here. Using Alarms in the morning with playlists, we awake to a local non-challenging classical station, hit forward to listen to the BBC World Service 5 minute Bulletin, Nachrichten (news) from Deutsche Welle, the NPR Bulletin, then

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

You might want to read 'this thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59208) which sounds almost exactly like your problem. -- 4mula1 SqueezeCenter 7.3.2 + Solaris 10 x86: Because everything else would've been easy! '4mula1 on Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/4mula1)

Re: [slim] Safety on music folder?

Club1820;403221 Wrote: What I am wondering... Is why doesn't he want his friend to do the same as he did? Share the music. ??? Because he has watermarked files he doesn't want to show up on the internet while being in a legislation that allows sharing with friends? -- pippin --- see

Re: [slim] [ANN] Squeemote 1.2, now with device sync!

Good news, I *think* I've got this fixed. Just sent out a test build so will confirm shortly. -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) |

[slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I often have BBC Radio 4 playing while I'm working. I originally used to use Alien BBC but a few months ago it started constantly re-buffering and someone recommended using RadioTime. This was far better playback but doesn't give the options to use the Listen again feature. Every now again (such

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

Yes, I did several rescans due to the fact that the cache got cleared when I uninstalled the previous WHS version (I see from this thread that it has been fixed in recent builds) and had to reinstall all the plugins. Since having the ability to play aac is far more important to me than having a

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

kitecarl;403249 Wrote: I assume the next step is to ship it back to SD. Is there a flat fix-it rate, or should I just save up and buy a new device? Thanks again.. My memory is a US out-of-warranty repair is a flat $90 plus shipping or something like that. Not sure if it's the same policy

Re: [slim] SB3 network bridge dropping connection

Bridging in general works fine, the one area which is sometimes problematic is DHCP, and it's usually a limitation of the router/dhcp server in question rather than the SB. A static IP therefore may well help. -- radish

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I never had much success with AlienBBC but the iPlayer plugin works great. -- Luke Redpath LUKE REDPATH Freelance Ruby/Rails/iPhone Developer 'for hire' (http://lukeredpath.wufoo.com/forms/hire-me-for-your-next-project/). 'lukeredpath.co.uk' (http://lukeredpath.co.uk) | 'Squeemote - the

Re: [slim] Multiple ITunes Library

Have a look at Multi Library from Erland, might do what you want. The plugin can be installed from the Extension Downloader. If you don't see it in the Extension Downloader, just add this as a source: http://erlandplugins.googlecode.com/svn/repository/trunk/latest.xml -- mwjburton

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

Check inside for a loose connection which may have occurred in shipping. Make sure the boards are fully seated. The reason I don't think you have a fried unit is that SB3's inputs are protected from overvoltage and reverse polarity. When I was testing this feature, I tried some incorrect power

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

seanadams;403338 Wrote: That's not it... he had applied a high voltage to the headphone output. I realized that a few minutes after I posted but hadn't edited my post. When I saw the optical output was still working I thought I've seen that problem before realizing that the other case involved

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

Luke Redpath;403330 Wrote: I never had much success with AlienBBC but the iPlayer plugin works great. Can you listen to live BBC Radio with the iPlayer plugin? -- burnside burnside's Profile:

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

bobkoure;401985 Wrote: I just ran across ' a free antenna project' (http://freeantennas.com/projects/template/) that some folks here might find of interest. I've not done this for myself (hardwires all through the house) but have built reflectors (not of this design) for friends. These look

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

Perfect - I wonder if a wire might have been bumped in the shipping across the Atlantic. I will most certainly check things out to see if something looks off. The Squeezebox is by far the best consumer electronics product I have EVER bought - nothing else delivers so many great features and

Re: [slim] Kentucky Fried Squeezebox?

kitecarl;403353 Wrote: The Squeezebox is by far the best consumer electronics product I have EVER bought - And I can't think of another Company where the Founder checks the Forum daily to deliver product insight, wisdom, free advice, and just plain excellent support of the Company's product

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

burnside wrote: Can you listen to live BBC Radio with the iPlayer plugin? yes indeed, if you're in the UK, and I believe it's the highest quality was of doing that (~100Kbps (Radio 3: 128Kbps) WMA, although Listen Again is generally higher ~200Kbps MP3). cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

AlienBBC is alive and well and works fine for me everyday outside of the UK. I use Listen Again so I don't know about live streams quality. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

Live streams using the iPlayer plugin sound significantly better than the AlienBBC ones. I use the iPlayer plugin a lot and it's great! -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile:

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I seem to have at least four ways to listen to live BBC and two for Listen Again stuff (I have AlienBBC and iPlayer installed) and none of them are reliable. iPlayer gives me constant buffering just at the times I really need to hear something, AlienBBC seems to regularly have no content in its

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

iphone, You're right that having the wireless AP in a central location is best. For many, that's a difficult or impractical approach. One can prepare (or pay to have someone prepare) a central location with incoming signal wire, electricity, shelving, etc, if that is possible in your home. All

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I put this little summary together, which might be helpful. Well, if it's correct, of course :) However, I've not used them enough to comment on stability. - inbuilt SC; no plugin 65Kbps CBR WMA native SB decoding; no PC load Live only; no Listen Again

[slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

I have a fairly large collection of CDs ripped to flac files. I use Sqeezebox Dual to serve/play these files through my home theater audio system. My listening habits are that I mostly listen to random mix playlists and only occaisionaly listen to entire albums. In this context randon means

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

Fortunately this has already been thought out for you. 1) download and run Robin Bowes' APPLYREPLAYGAIN.PL script 2) change SC settings (player - audio) to allow volume adjustment - SmartGain 3) full rescan 4) Enjoy That really is it. Everything you want to do is now done. -- Phil Leigh You

Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?

I received the Canon SD1100 and gave it to my wife today. Unfortunately, I had not noticed that it has a rechargable battery and does not take standard batteries. My wife is planning on taking this camera on a trip to Ireland this summer (a big reason for getting it). I know she doesn't want

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

Phil Leigh;403411 Wrote: Fortunately this has already been thought out for you. 1) download and run Robin Bowes' APPLYREPLAYGAIN.PL script 2) change SC settings (player - audio) to allow volume adjustment - SmartGain 3) full rescan 4) Enjoy That really is it. Everything you want to do is

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

sredmyer;403436 Wrote: Thanks for the quick reply. I still have a few questions though. 1) Where can I download the script from? 2) Does this script do the ReplayGain analysis and write the tags? 3) Are there any settings which must be made in running this script? 4) What must I do to be

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

Phil Leigh;403443 Wrote: 1) somewhere on Robinbowes.com - Robin are you around? 2) yes 3) no 4) album tracks need to be together in the same folder - no way aroumd that one. Most people keep album tracks in a single album folder... 5) yes that's what smartgain (as opposed to trackgain or

Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?

Kyle;403418 Wrote: I received the Canon SD1100 and gave it to my wife today. Unfortunately, I had not noticed that it has a rechargable battery and does not take standard batteries. My wife is planning on taking this camera on a trip to Ireland this summer (a big reason for getting it).

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

sredmyer;403451 Wrote: Ok I understand all of that now. As to #4, my library looks like this for multi-disc albums Path to first CD: X:\Music Library\Pink Floyd\The Wall (Disc 1) Path to second CD X:\Music Library\Pink Floyd\The Wall (Disc 2) 1) Is this not the normal way of ripping

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I didn't know there was an iPlayer. Where can I get hold of a copy? -- Trevor http://www.last.fm/user/trevkin Trevor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10977 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SB3 network bridge dropping connection

Thanks. I will get myself a cross-over cable and give it a shot. :) -- matthijskoopmans LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/matthijskoopmans/ matthijskoopmans's Profile:

Re: [slim] Did Mike Valera leave the company?

Good luck to him then sounds like quite a good new role -- Paul_B Paul Slimcentre 7.2 on Quad Intel MSI MoBo running Vista Ultimate 64bit controlled via a Mini-ITX server running Windows 2003 R2 (SP2) and Idratek

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

Goodsounds;403387 Wrote: iphone, You're right that having the wireless AP in a central location is best. For many, that's a difficult or impractical approach. One can prepare (or pay to have someone prepare) a central location with incoming signal wire, electricity, shelving, etc, if that

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

I too have a number of problems listening to BBC radio live feeds. I'm based in the UK, so should have no problem getting the feeds (from a legal perspective anyway). I'm running SC7.3.3 on Ubuntu 8.10, with a wireless SB3. I've found that the live AlienBBC streams for Radio 2 and 4 to be

Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?

I took this camera, charger, and an inexpensive plug adapter (the recharger is rated for 120v - 240V so an converter is not required) to both St. Lucia and Barcelona this year. NO PROBLEMS. It's great because the recharger works quickly. Something less the 30 minutes for a full recharge. However,

Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?

Kyle;403418 Wrote: I received the Canon SD1100 and gave it to my wife today. Unfortunately, I had not noticed that it has a rechargable battery and does not take standard batteries. My wife is planning on taking this camera on a trip to Ireland this summer (a big reason for getting it).

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

Phil Leigh;403456 Wrote: 1). Sorry I didn't realise you were talking about multi-disc albums. They will be fine. I have loads of those. :) 2) No. And if your folders are as you describe you have no problems. Just go for it! - don't forget we are ONLY talking about tags here. None of this

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

Can anyone that uses SlimCenter say that have dead reliable, rock solid BBC radio? Works fine for me - the only time I have missing programs they are missing in iPlayer as well. I think the BBC have a different delivery mechanism for RealAudio within the UK. -- bpa

[slim] Upgrade Woes

Oh my gosh... My Squeezebox has been running perfectly for ages. It was set to start as a Windows XP service and always started when I booted the computer or came back from Hibernate. Even WoL worked perfectly (and I could even hibernate using the Server Power Control plugin). I've put off

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

With the Iplayer plugin installed, I'm really happy with the BBC. It seems to be a simple, very good piece of work that Logitech should be doing. There's the odd missing programme but very rarely. Hopefully, it will continue to work like this. -- HectorHughMunro

Re: [slim] Multiple ITunes Library

I don't think this quite does what I want. I want all music to appear in Squeezecenter. It does this now because I'm not using the Itunes feature. my nas has two itunes librarys: /david/libary.xml /lindsay/library.xml I would like to add both .xml library into squeezecenter as this will

Re: [slim] Problems with PC name on network

Bumpety bump -- SW4Peter SW4Peter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9672 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60934 ___

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

cdmackay;403139 Wrote: great, thanks; I don't have nearly enough Waits, and this will give me an excuse to get some more :) cheers, calum. I'm always happy to help people acquire more Waits. I think I have it all, possibly minus a couple outlying soundtracks. I'm moving on to his

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

iPhone;403464 Wrote: The engineer in me will not let me not do it correctly. I think it's more a matter of personal preference than correct vs incorrect, don't you think? We've each simply solved a similar problem a different way. My solution works, so does yours. -- Goodsounds

[slim] Squeezebox Duet

Hello, I bought a Squeezebox Duet off someone second hand on eBay. All is good until I try to add the Squeezebox to my SqueezeNetwork account, when the PIN is rejected. I get the message There is a problem registering your player: a conflict exists with this players factory programmed ID. Please

Re: [slim] OT: Recommend a digital camera?

We're not quite in the dark ages here in Europe you know (well, except maybe financially ;-) ). I've travelled from here all over the place with the standard canon chargers and a variety of leads to plug them in and they work pretty much everywhere. -- xio

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

There are options other than AlienBBC and IPlayer plugins, although I also use both for ad-hoc Listen Again (in truth I almost always use the iPlayer plugin rather than Alien these days as I find the schedule-based navigation more intuitive and the streams are better quality). For live streams

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

My current favourites are set from the Internet Radio Local London menu. I'm guessing they are provided by RadioTime and use the same live streams as used by the BBCiPlayer plugin but with added features such as logos and programme information. Looks good on SqueezePlayer :) Never had any

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet

Sheepdisease;403530 Wrote: Hello, I bought a Squeezebox Duet off someone second hand on eBay. All is good until I try to add the Squeezebox to my SqueezeNetwork account, when the PIN is rejected. I get the message There is a problem registering your player: a conflict exists with this

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet

toby10;403558 Wrote: Get the seller to remove that Duet from his SN account. Only other option is to do as instructed, call support and they can re-set it at their server. Ah, thank you very much. I will try to get in touch with the seller and let you know the results. -- Sheepdisease

Re: [slim] [ANN] Squeemote 1.2, now with device sync!

I just installed Sqeemote. After launching it, it connects to my SqueezeCenter and the menu is shown for about half a second. Then the app crashed immediately. I'm using an iPod Touch2 8gb Thanks for your help. -- acidix

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

Goodsounds;403529 Wrote: I think it's more a matter of personal preference than correct vs incorrect, don't you think? We've each simply solved a similar problem a different way. My solution works, so does yours. Sorry, that's not what I meant or how I wanted it to sound. I meant the

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server

I'm using Version: 7.4 - 25272 of the WHS version and it plays my mp4 files. Of course, I'd already converted most of them to mp3 or flac before noticing the upgrade! -- Wallman Wallman's Profile:

Re: [slim] need better wireless range?

iPhone;403566 Wrote: the engineer in my never lets me set something up except in the best possible setup. iPhone;403566 Wrote: it's just that darn engineer thing in me making me do it the ideal way, which is the word I should have used. I'll hope that the enlightened engineer in you will

[slim] Will it do it? The UTSTAROM GF - 210?

I am green in this area. Will this value VOIP mobile phone control SB? I am supposing it has some sort of rudimentary browser. http://www.sipgate.co.uk/voipshop/utstarcom/gf-210 The manual PDF is on the page above. -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC

Re: [slim] Will it do it? The UTSTAROM GF - 210?

The manual doesn't mention a browser. It has a WAP client but I've never seen a WML skin for SC, and WAP in general is pretty awful to use. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77

[slim] Spotify: User info stolen from music site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7925455.stm The music streaming service Spotify has been targeted by hackers. The Swedish company says people's personal details, including e-mail addresses, dates of birth and addresses, were all stolen. However, it is thought credit-card details, which

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay MacOS

spc337;396838 Wrote: Can someone point me to a way to get debugging information from the client? Did you look in /var/log/squeezecenter/ ? There are some log files there, as well. I am running SqueezePlay on the Mac (Leopard) running SC on Linux (Ubuntu). It works fine, except there is a

Re: [slim] Did Mike Valera leave the company?

Mike Meyer;403175 Wrote: Looks like Mike Valera is the Internet Marketing Manager at Corsair Memory. At least according to LinkedIn. He lists Logitech as a 'past' position. Good for him that not only did he find something, he made a step up. I would venture to guess that he saw the

Re: [slim] Safety on music folder?

Well, I just found it odd that he doesnt trust his friend to not distribute the files if he is requesting that he/she don't. But whatever. -- Club1820 Rotel RSP-1068, Rotel 1060 DVD, Rotel RCC-1055, Rotel 1095 Amp, Rotel 956 Amp, Rotel RLC-1040, MK VX-860 Sub, Whatmough M30s, Squeezebox 3

Re: [slim] Help with volume normalization/ReplayGain

Thanks a lot! That was, what I also badly was looking for. The adjusting of volume track by track is very annoying. These 9.9kB would be a nice plugin (or even standard option) to SC. I will try it this evening, hoping to be clever enough to get it work. -- rossi CD Ripstation Micro