Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP

2009-03-25 Thread Michael Herger
To be honest, instead of getting Yet Another Lame Mixer into SC, we’d much prefer to get a capability to store/retrieve MusicIP power searches into SC. How do you define and store them in MIP? Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] V7.3.2 no longer plays Planet Rock for me - any ideas ?

2009-03-25 Thread nj9
Great stuff - it works now. I needed to delete the existing favorite first... ( I'm not bothered about the metadata - I just listen) Thanks again, Nick. -- nj9 nj9's Profile:

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

2009-03-25 Thread danco
Just wondering what the timescale for using iPeng for playing music looks like. A while ago I think you mentioned April -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread:

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

2009-03-25 Thread pippin
danco;409919 Wrote: Just wondering what the timescale for using iPeng for playing music looks like. A while ago I think you mentioned April Oh yes, won't happen. That was when I supposed 1.1 would be ready for January :-) Prio 1 is nor wo fix usability of the NowPlaying screen, this is a UI

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

2009-03-25 Thread bulek
Hi, I'm using squeezeslave-0.8-25-lnx26-alsa-i686 on Ubuntu 710 and I spot that it dies on certain wav files (log at the bottom). I've also tried win32 version and it stops on same file, works ok on others Same problem happens when I trigger play of speech announcements made by Festival...

Re: [slim] SB1 For Sale

2009-03-25 Thread funkstar
dspeirs;409872 Wrote: In San Luis Obispo, CA but I lived for a summer in Dollar :-) Oh well, never mind. Postage would be a bit excessive. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

Re: [slim] Internet radio station: Planet Rock - get track titles?

2009-03-25 Thread vinnielo
Track titles are not available for Windows Media streams, so no, there won't be any. -- 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

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

2009-03-25 Thread ralphy
Unfortunately squeezeslave doesn't support mono files in any format. Only 16bit 44.1KHz stereo streams, everything else needs to be transcoded on SC. Or as you have done, convert the file before added it to the library. Not sure but SC might be able to convert mono streams to stereo using sox

Re: [slim] Internet radio station: Planet Rock - get track titles?

2009-03-25 Thread mooblie
OK, thanks, shame. You'd think that an all digital-friendly station (DAB anyone?) like Planet Rock, would do whatever it takes to provide the best experience on any digital delivery mechanism. Like Radio Paradise, for example. Oh well. -- mooblie Martin at *_'HeadSpin_HD'

Re: [slim] Squeezebox (v.3) can't connect to SqueezeCenter??

2009-03-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
LiggySasha;409854 Wrote: Then I did a bit of playing around and found the problem is Comcasts DNS addresses. Seems to be a lot of chatter on the internet about how crappy they are! Most ISPs tend to overload their DNS servers. Mine sure does! So I found OpenDNS and used their address

Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP

2009-03-25 Thread Moonbase
It#8217;s actually Power Searches (you need an activated key for this, i.e. the paid-for MIP #8212; well worth the money, btw). When using the GUI, you#8217;d input something like ?GENRE CONTAINS \TRANCE\ BPM = 140 BPM 150[/B] OR [B]?SEVENTIES GENRE CONTAINS \ROCK\ ALBUMTYPE = \LIVE\ into

Re: [slim] mp3HD

2009-03-25 Thread Skinny
sveinan;409430 Wrote: (...)To me the value will be that this may contribute to making more online sources of lossless content available. Sure, they will probably price the 'HD' edition of music tracks higher (hype + money). And I will need to convert the mp3HD to FLAC. But in this day and

Re: [slim] mp3HD

2009-03-25 Thread servies
Skinny;409990 Wrote: This is a very good point, indeed! I would absolutely prefer buying FLAC files from music stores, but this doesn't seem to catch on very well. And why o why would that be the case... So, I'll gladly start buying mp3HD:s if they start showing up. Converting to FLAC would

Re: [slim] Internet radio station: Planet Rock - get track titles?

2009-03-25 Thread vinnielo
Planet Rock were using IceCast for a short while, before they got sold off by Global. That would have been compatible, but even then, there were no song titles. -- vinnielo RADIOFEEDS UK IRELAND..[/B] AN UP-TO-DATE RADIO DIRECTORY FOR YOUR SQUEEZEBOX/TRANSPORTER CLICK:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox (v.3) can't connect to SqueezeCenter??

2009-03-25 Thread LiggySasha
Thanks, Mark. Surprisingly I actually understood what you were saying!! That all makes sense. I think I'll stick with the OpenDNs for now and if I find it too slow (at the moment it's actually faster than Comcast!) at busy times of day, then I'll call Comcast and find out their DNS nearest to

Re: [slim] Internet radio station: Planet Rock - get track titles?

2009-03-25 Thread andyg
It is possible to do metadata in WMA, but you need an encoder program that supports it, for example SAM Broadcaster. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox (v.3) can't connect to SqueezeCenter??

2009-03-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
LiggySasha;410016 Wrote: Thanks, Mark. Surprisingly I actually understood what you were saying!! That all makes sense. Sorry about my earlier post - it's hard to make things detailed enough to be accurate yet not dumb it down too much and sound patronizing. I think I'll stick with the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox (v.3) can't connect to SqueezeCenter??

2009-03-25 Thread LiggySasha
Mark Lanctot;410023 Wrote: Sounds like you need a Boom. ;-) It's on my wish list (I was secretly hoping that it was the SB that was broken this time - excuse to buy the Boom!) -- LiggySasha LiggySasha's

Re: [slim] I think my squeezebox duet receiver might be toast

2009-03-25 Thread graham_alton
I've finally fixed all my problems and got a working configuration at very long last. I have simply swapped my DG834Gv1 router I was using for a slightly more up-to-date DG834PN router. The new router doesn't provide any better signal or data throughput but does appear to work. I suspect my

[slim] transporter re buffering

2009-03-25 Thread David C
I thought I posted this earlier but dont see it. I have a transporter that all of a sudden is re buffering songs in mid play. It seems to happen most on hi res 96 hz flac songs. Netgear router with mid 60% strenght and set to b/g not higher 130 mps. I have cleared squeeze centre software and re

Re: [slim] transporter re buffering

2009-03-25 Thread tcutting
First off, if possible, connect wired - wired is always preferred to wireless. Second, why are you in b/g mode? Do you have b devices? This may be reducing your wireless network bandwidth. If you don't need to support b devices, switch to g only. If still having problems, suggest you check for

Re: [slim] Squeezebox (v.3) can't connect to SqueezeCenter??

2009-03-25 Thread snarlydwarf
LiggySasha;410024 Wrote: It's on my wish list (I was secretly hoping that it was the SB that was broken this time - excuse to buy the Boom!) Well as long as you have more rooms, you can have more players... That is part of the cool factor. -- snarlydwarf

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

2009-03-25 Thread andynormancx
I was under the impression that paid add-ons could only be data and not code. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile:

Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP

2009-03-25 Thread sander
sander;347674 Wrote: I'm still only a week in... Well, five months later and I've got to say MusicIP was well worth the effort. It has totally changed how much I listen to music as before it was a hassle figuring out playlists or albums, whereas all I need is one song and I'm on my way. The

[slim] Squeezebox for sale

2009-03-25 Thread mikeruss
Hi all Not sure if this is against forum rules but I thought I'd let you know about my Slimdevices Squeezebox 3 is for sale on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemItem=250396009162Category=81741 -- mikeruss

[slim] Vote! Logitech products up for devices of the year award on Engadget

2009-03-25 Thread bizdevguy
The Logitech Squeezebox Boom and Logitech Squeezebox Duet have been nominated for Engadget's Home Entertainment Device of the Year and the Logitech diNovo Mini is nomited for Engadget's Peripheral of the Year award. These awards are heavily decided by readers like you! Please take a minute to go

[slim] Napster - Now Playing List issue

2009-03-25 Thread Flipper
Signed up for the Napster trial and the whole family is enjoying it. I noticed an issue this evening while scrolling through my now playing list on the SB controller. I selected an album with approximately 21 tracks. If I attempt to scroll through all of the tracks in the now playing list, I can

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

2009-03-25 Thread pippin
andynormancx;410089 Wrote: I was under the impression that paid add-ons could only be data and not code. There is no difference from a business point of view. Doesn't matter whether you pay for a codec (code) or access to a service that requires a codec (data). -- pippin --- see iPeng,

Re: [slim] Last.fm becoming pay-service.

2009-03-25 Thread RyanS
This stinks - yet could turn out to be a growing trend on the web forcing us to pay to listen and enjoy the big conglomerates music. We can all say don't listen to their music and boycott, but ppl have said that for years and we still love/consume their content! I think we might have to get use

Re: [slim] Native AAC Support

2009-03-25 Thread ianr
Hi, Now that AACPlus is the defacto for iTunes purchases, has there been any thought given to implementing either native support or at the very least FF/RW functionality for these files? I really don't want to transcode the files to mp3 (quality loss) or flac (takes up additional space and no

Re: [slim] Native AAC Support

2009-03-25 Thread agillis
Support for various music encoding formats is one of SqueezeCenters strengths. Because SC is extensible Plugins can make it support any type of file. Unfortunately most NAS systems don't have the processing power to handle plugins and transcoding. This is why I created VortexBox to allow the

Re: [slim] Native AAC Support

2009-03-25 Thread Ron F.
Where I use AAC and AAC+ is not in my own library, but streaming internet radio stations to my SB3. My own library is in FLAC of course. -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 - CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A - Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:*