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

2009-07-23 Thread Labarum
Tradewind25;442707 Wrote: For those of us in the UK, by far the most reliable, best quality reception of live BBC radio programmes is via FM broadcast. Let's not get carried away with internet radio just because it is there. Horses for courses! Not true. The 192Kb/s WMA Radio 3 Stream

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC Players

2009-07-23 Thread tommyz
Don't use Cowon - they don't support gapless playback (and probably never will). Unless you are willing to wait for a working rockbox port... TommyZ -- tommyz tommyz's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread gandt
Ok got this to the point that it sees the database which is on \\hpserver\music which i have tried entering in both that form and as a mapped drive. In both cases it does the same thing - it finds a single album (Procol Harums Home which is not the first of last folder i added!) and nothing else

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread SilverRS8
gandt;442773 Wrote: Ok got this to the point that it sees the database which is on \\hpserver\music which i have tried entering in both that form and as a mapped drive. In both cases it does the same thing - it finds a single album (Procol Harums Home which is not the first of last folder i

Re: [slim] Lounge music station changed it's url.

2009-07-23 Thread Roger66
Does anyone know what's up with them ? Since a few days I always get the message empty playlist Is loungingsound.com down ? -- Roger66 SB classic SB Boom Win XP Pro SP3 Thinkpad X60s Roger66's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread gandt
Ive done all your pre reqs so ive attached the log hope it helps +---+ |Filename: acc.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7861|

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread browellm
Does this support 64bit Vista yet? -- 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 this thread:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread tamanaco
I'm now running SC 7.4 SQLite builds, will this new version work from the server if I enter the drive\path to the folder\files of the library in the ACC settings? Any plans to support SQLite? -- tamanaco tamanaco's

Re: [slim] BBC Completely Unavailable

2009-07-23 Thread KMorgan
Just got back from holiday. iPlayer works in all respects. Doing nothing seems to fix things eventually. I'll remember that next time and leave it all well alone. Keith -- KMorgan - Sorry, can't spare enough hours

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC Players

2009-07-23 Thread agbagb
Quote: Originally Posted by aubuti View Post Then if you haven't used Robin Bowes' flac2mp3.pl script you should definitely check it out. It's great at creating and maintaining an MP3 mirror of a FLAC collection. And when you update your FLAC tags it also has an option to only update the MP3

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2009-07-23 Thread johmi
Hi! I recopied the package and this solved the problem. /Mikael -- johmi johmi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64590

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC Players

2009-07-23 Thread aubuti
agbagb;442817 Wrote: And I did - but running Perl scrips is a step beyond my comfort / disposable time zone Is there anything out there with a decent GUI that will do much the same? It's actually easier than it looks, but then everyone defines his/her own comfort zone. The batch

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC Players

2009-07-23 Thread thurstongarden
tommyz;442770 Wrote: Don't use Cowon - they don't support gapless playback (and probably never will). I bought a Cowon S9 and love it but missed gapless playback. Lo and behold, the most recent firmware update includes gapless playback! -- thurstongarden Thurston Garden SB2 - Duet

Re: [slim] Separate Controller?

2009-07-23 Thread USAudio
Ah, thanks guys. Seems like it used to be listed separately in the products section. 2 follow-up questions: 1) What exactly is a refurbished unit? One that was bought then returned but is otherwise in brand-new condition? 2) I see there's a Signature Series Squeezebox Classic that is

Re: [slim] Separate Controller?

2009-07-23 Thread andynormancx
USAudio;442842 Wrote: 2) I see there's a Signature Series Squeezebox Classic that is described as The last of the original Slim Devices Squeezeboxes... ... does that mean there's something new about to come out to replace it??? It just means it has the Slim Devices branding on it rather

Re: [slim] Separate Controller?

2009-07-23 Thread aubuti
andynormancx;442844 Wrote: It just means it has the Slim Devices branding on it rather than the Logitech branding. The Squeezebox Classic (or SB3) is still a current product. That, and the Signature Series units also have the signatures of SlimDevices founder Sean Adams and Pandora founder

Re: [slim] Separate Controller?

2009-07-23 Thread aubuti
aubuti;442845 Wrote: That, and the Signature Series units also have the signatures of SlimDevices founder Sean Adams and Pandora founder Tim Westergren. There are some great photos somewhere in these forums of them signing each unit. Oops, my mistake. The units were signed by Sean and Dean

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC Players

2009-07-23 Thread CatBus
tommyz;442770 Wrote: Don't use Cowon - they don't support gapless playback (and probably never will). Unless you are willing to wait for a working rockbox port... TommyZ Only time travellers need to wait. Rockbox has been working on my Cowon player for about four years now. --

[slim] Xiva M8

2009-07-23 Thread agentsmith
Has anyone heard of this new product from Xiva? Plug and play all in one NAS/ripper/server that supports SqueezeCenter/Sonos and Linn! http://www.xiva.com/musicm8/index.html No price though -- agentsmith System 1: Transporter+Hi-Line RCA-DIN, Naim 202/200/Hicap+Powerline/NAPSC, Naim NAT03

Re: [slim] Streaming internet station buffer

2009-07-23 Thread mctigercom
What I'm going to do until I figure out something else is to just run a wget on the stream and capture the file. I start and stop it with a cronjob. -- mctigercom mctigercom's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread SilverRS8
gandt;442783 Wrote: Ive done all your pre reqs so ive attached the log hope it helps The problem is in the remote path you entered. You used an UNC notation. You should use a physical path reference. If you press the test button a record from the database is displayed. The first part of

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread SilverRS8
browellm;442788 Wrote: Does this support 64bit Vista yet? It hasn't been tested on Vista 64 yet (as I don't have this platform). Earlier test from users revealed that it did not work due to the ODBC driver. As a workaround you could run a Windows 32bit Virtual Machine. -- SilverRS8

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.4 (ACC)

2009-07-23 Thread SilverRS8
tamanaco;442799 Wrote: I'm now running SC 7.4 SQLite builds, will this new version work from the server if I enter the drive\path to the folder\files of the library in the ACC settings? Any plans to support SQLite? I believe that the database scheme is also changed with the re-introduction

Re: [slim] Streaming internet station buffer

2009-07-23 Thread aubuti
mctigercom;442871 Wrote: What I'm going to do until I figure out something else is to just run a wget on the stream and capture the file. I start and stop it with a cronjob. Then you might also want to look at streamripper (http://streamripper.sourceforge.net), which is designed to do exactly

Re: [slim] Lounge music station changed it's url.

2009-07-23 Thread LoungingSound
Yes, we're down for the moment. But we'll be back online very soon! :) Keep your eyes peeled @ http://www.loungingsound.com -- LoungingSound Lounging Sound Ambient | Lounge | Psytrance http://www.loungingsound.com 'LISTEN NOW' (http://www.loungingsound.com/listen.m3u)

Re: [slim] Xiva M8

2009-07-23 Thread aubuti
agentsmith;442852 Wrote: No price though ...and all the dealers are -Coming soon - please contact XiVA for more information-. Looks good, like a Vortexbox, but jazzed up with a few more bells and whistles (the server itself as well as the slick web site). -- aubuti

Re: [slim] Lounge music station changed it's url.

2009-07-23 Thread Roger66
LoungingSound;442882 Wrote: Yes, we're down for the moment. But we'll be back online very soon! :) Keep your eyes peeled @ http://www.loungingsound.com Thanks for the confirmation ... and PLEASE keep on lounging :D Roger -- Roger66 SB classic SB Boom Win XP Pro SP3 Thinkpad X60s

Re: [slim] Streaming internet station buffer

2009-07-23 Thread bpa
You could try VLC and its timeshifter module -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65832

Re: [slim] flac2mp3 issue

2009-07-23 Thread Robin Bowes
On 20/07/09 20:05, ModelCitizen wrote: socistep;442141 Wrote: Any ideas what could be causing this ? Yup, the $ character. Robin only thinks in pounds. Specifically: https://projects.robinbowes.com/flac2mp3/trac#Donations ;) R. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread Mike Meyer
I'm going to hi-jack this thread because it deals with Sounds Effects. Any chance that a Bar Pub Ambiance sound effect could be added? Just some bar chatter or something like that. It would be fun to play that downstairs in the bar area if I ever finish it. :P Thanks. -- Mike Meyer 'My

[slim] Problem logging in to Live 365

2009-07-23 Thread Khuli
I can search Live365 from SqueezeCenter, and have my Live365 account set up in SqueezeNetwork. However, when I click on my favorites in SqueezeCenter I just get the Live365 announcement Please log in with your Live365 account. Anyone know if this is a known issue, or whether there's something

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread SuperQ
Hrm, sounds like I need to bring my mics around town and do some recording. I would love to have a sound loop called Zeitgeist. :) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View

Re: [slim] Streaming internet station buffer

2009-07-23 Thread makemoneyquick2009
hmmm -- makemoneyquick2009 makemoneyquick2009's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31836 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65832

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread Mnyb
I want more birds , why not a separate bird category. I use meadowlark on sundays as alarm, Would be nice to have a set of different birds and shuffle that. Thinking of simply DL some bird sounds and do me a bird playlist. Maybe not include crows ravens seagulls and bickering vultures :) --

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread andynormancx
Mnyb;442917 Wrote: I want more birds , why not a separate bird category. http://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/ChilShow/Sesame/BigBird/SSBB10.wav ? -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread Keymaster
Mnyb;442917 Wrote: Maybe not include crows ravens seagulls and bickering vultures :) God bless the SqueezeRooster. This blessed animal ensures that I am NEVER late :) -- Keymaster Keymaster's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread andyg
If you're interested in cool sounds, I would encourage everyone to visit http://faculty.virginia.edu/fieldrecording/ Someday I want to have all those sounds as loops within Sounds Effects. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

[slim] Track order w/ multiple file types

2009-07-23 Thread danull
Hello, I'm having some trouble and hoping somebody here knows what I can do to resolve it. I was unable to find a similar post using the Search function on this forum. Currently using Slimserver 7.3.2. I have ripped several of my CDs in WMA 192 Kbps format but they were old CDs and so some

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread Mnyb
Thank you andynormancx and andy now I have two sources of interesting sounds. Big bird ? V for work , that goes on weekday alarms ;) -- Mnyb Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this

Re: [slim] synchronization problems - and getting worse

2009-07-23 Thread CatBus
Sounds like you've already done much of the troubleshooting, so I'm not left with many good suggestions. Have you checked to see if the server clock has noticeable drift from correct time? Have you noticed any difference in behavior on transcoded vs non-transcoded tracks? If you set up a test

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-07-23 Thread joz
My SB3 was a dream until I updated to 7.3.2. Before it ran like a swiss watch,after the update my rebufferring woes began. Nothing else changed in the network,but since I ran the upgrade it seems my wireless router needs re-booting if I'm ever experiencing the drop outs. Still not sure what I

Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?

2009-07-23 Thread MikeekiM
Mark Miksis;375090 Wrote: Too bad there still aren't any actual alarm clock sounds. ;-) I agree with this... I do wish there were a few sounds that just sounded like your typical alarm clock beeping, ringing and/or buzzing... I am currently using the local newsradio about 30 minutes before I