Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-18 Thread awy
Here is a copy of a comment I posted in bug 13092: Bug 9517 meant that, prior to 7.3 (SB fw 117, TR fw 67, SBR fw 52, SBB fw 37), FLAC playback was almost incapable of generating the necessary underrun events to provoke rebuffering. There may have been gappy playback but no rebuffering

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

2009-08-18 Thread karibe
robinbowes;449118 Wrote: In that case, it may be that your SBR is faulty. You might like to try calling Logitech support, although you may find that they only offer offical support if you have the Controller as well. R. I'm afraid I have to care myself. Two last ideas: 1.I'll try to

Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

2009-08-18 Thread Pascal Hibon
This issue is not related to FLAC streaming only. I stream WAV and I also experienced the issue with 7.3.3. For now I went back to 7.2.1. and that works fine. I guess it is fair to say that the issue is more likely to occur when streaming larger audio formats (lossless). I noticed that the

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread cliveb
I'm sure the powers that be must have good reasons for switching from MySQL to SQLite, but a few years ago (back around 2005/6) SlimServer went the other way: switched from SQLite to MySQL. I reckon there must have been very good reasons to make that switch at the time. What were those reasons,

Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?

2009-08-18 Thread lrossouw
rcstevensonaz;449023 Wrote: p.s. so far, the best I have come up with is 6 Duets and 6 Audiosource AMP-100 amplifiers. For the outdoor speaker, add one of those 'timer switches' that you twist to set the amount of time and then it automatically ticks back to off. But, I hope there is

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread WSLam
No one has a need for this feature? -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter - Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC - dartZeel NHB-18NS - darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Transporter, Inside Out' (http://photos.lam.ws/gallery/1930618) | 'Photos of my Setup'

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread morris_minor
Hi Frank, I'm getting an error when trying to connect to the database from a Vista pc (and I have installed the MySQL 3.51 driver). I get error 3716: Safety settings on this computer prohibit accessing a data source on another domain. My music library is on a WHS machine, and I've mapped the

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread lrossouw
If the IP of the PC at work doesn't change you could block based on IP. Maybe only allow access from local IPs and your work IP. Then you could remove the password? -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *-

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread WSLam
You mean on the router level? It seems like an easy to do feature. Many routers have this now... -- WSLam WSLam Slim Devices Transporter - Berkley Audio Design Alpha DAC - dartZeel NHB-18NS - darTZeel NHB-108 Model B + Magico Mini II 'Photos of Transporter, Inside Out'

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Peter
rtitmuss wrote: We will be moving to SQLite in a future release of SqueezeCenter, probably 8.0. This change is being made to improve performance, especially on NASes and similar devices. It was decided that the SQLite changes will not be complete for the 7.4 release, which is why we reverted

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread Sike
WSLam;426571 Wrote: Just wondering if this is possible. When I access my SqueezeCenter within my LAN, I obviously do not want to be bothered with entering a username and password everytime. But I do stream music to remote location at times (i.e. office) and by opening up the port to access

Re: [slim] Suddenly Loses Connection

2009-08-18 Thread tedfroop
I used to have the same problem... Went away when I wired the PC SqueezeCenter was on to the network. Don't know why but it did and I have not had the display go blank since. That's one of the reasons you read posts and the guy says test it wired and see if you have the same problem. (HINT)

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread snarlydwarf
cliveb;449385 Wrote: I'm sure the powers that be must have good reasons for switching from MySQL to SQLite, but a few years ago (back around 2005/6) SlimServer went the other way: switched from SQLite to MySQL. I reckon there must have been very good reasons to make that switch at the time.

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

2009-08-18 Thread ggoodwin
I've been stuggling with getting a new SBR working using the UDAP exe all day. Tried wired and wireless Light turns blue SBR has an IP from DHCP (seen in SBR config and DHCP server) SBR does not respond to ping though also tried static ip and dhcp reservation with same results Eventually I saw

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Matt Wise
The 'why' for most of our decisions can be found in the Developer and Beta forums. I suggest that if anyone is curious to why we've made certain architectural decisions, you check there first. -- Matt Wise Matt Wise's

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Dogberry2
I didn't understand the rant, until I read downthread and found out it's about a beta release. I still don't understand the point of ranting about a beta release, since one would normally expect problems (else why become a beta tester?), but the Beta forum does seem like a more appropriate place

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread kolding
Goodsounds;449256 Wrote: One company employee says that the focus is to be more friendly to average joes. I agree with this, it's the market potential the company needs to serve better. It's also the biggest growth opportunity. Another says the changes are to make the software perform

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread SilverRS8
morris_minor;449410 Wrote: Hi Frank, I'm getting an error when trying to connect to the database from a Vista pc (and I have installed the MySQL 3.51 driver). I get error 3716: Safety settings on this computer prohibit accessing a data source on another domain. My music library is

Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?

2009-08-18 Thread badbob
Multi-room is easy, it's just if you want to control every room from every every controller. Perhaps something from Lutron or Crestron? Very expensive though. -- badbob badbob's Profile:

Re: [slim] Need someone to test a Radio Station for Me

2009-08-18 Thread jonkeo
Working again, thanks -- jonkeo jonkeo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32262 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66734

[slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.8 released

2009-08-18 Thread agillis
VortexBox 0.8 has been released. It includes many of the most requested features from this user forum. We now get cover art from both Google images and Amazon so VortexBox should be able to find a good image for almost any CD. Realtime ripping status from the Web GUI was another highly requested

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread erland
peterw;449366 Wrote: 7.3 has been very good to me. 7.4, not so much, but then I usually avoid running the betas anywhere other than my development system until public release seems imminent. I, too, wish there was more guidance about where things are headed. I think communicating plans and

[slim] Compliment to Logitech support

2009-08-18 Thread Aurumer
Normaly most people in forums write about their problems. So something from the other side... I got a brand new transporter a few weeks ago. Very nice, very good sound but now and then some problems with noise form the transnav knob. It often degausses and makes some ticking and clicking. So I

[slim] RedEye universal remote control?

2009-08-18 Thread GRC
Although I have a Controller, I have been interested in the iPhone apps for controlling the SB devices. However, I have also been toying with the idea of a universal remote for all my other IR-controlled gear. I've recently come across the RedEye universal controller at

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread lrossouw
WSLam;449412 Wrote: You mean on the router level? It seems like an easy to do feature. Many routers have this now... On SqueezeCentre (the web thingy) go to settings, advanced, security. Here you can then set your SqueezeCentre to block incoming connections (by changing do not block to

Re: [slim] Dead SB3

2009-08-18 Thread lrossouw
Thanks, I'm sending it in... -- lrossouw -* 'Recently Played on my Squeezebox 3s' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw/charts/?charttype=recenttracks) *- lrossouw's Profile:

Re: [slim] LAN - no password, WAN - password. Possible?

2009-08-18 Thread agillis
I use simplify media to stream. Works with an iPod, PC, etc and has it's own security. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer VortexBox agillis's

Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?

2009-08-18 Thread rcstevensonaz
peterw;449340 Wrote: You say it's multi-source, but it sounds like a Squeezebox-only setup, right? If so, then your Audiosource plan sounds fine. So far, that approach is easiest solution I have available right now. It means that I only have a single source per room (which may be OK since

[slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-18 Thread Bert57
Have been using musicip headless for about a year and it has mysteriously stopped working. I have no idea if I did something or not. Where should I start to find a solution? So far I have checked services and it shows musicipstarted. Have also made sure that musicip is checked in settings.

Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-18 Thread maggior
How is it that it is not working? Are you no longer seeing the option to create an IP mix in the squeezebox UI? Are you trying to generate mixes but they are coming up empty? Has anything changed in your environment such as you firewall? Is the port used by MusicIP suddenly being blocked?

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread snarlydwarf
erland;449502 Wrote: Well, you can't blame Logitech for this. They provide the database abstraction layer because it contained all functionality they needed for the server implementation. You can't really expect them to make an abstraction layer to cover every possible usage. Oh, no I

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Pat Farrell
snarlydwarf wrote: The backend db for anything (whether it is SC/SBServer/SS/whatever) is almost always a religious issue. For sure. And the vendors of the DBMS love to sucker you into using their special extra cool feature. Writing code to transparently swap between two packages is not all

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

2009-08-18 Thread Ryssen
Why not use Wav as output format? -- Ryssen QNAP TS-119Pro,Firmware v3.1.0(0627T),IBM HDS7210KLA330 Ryssen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12754 View this thread:

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

2009-08-18 Thread Labarum
Ryssen;449545 Wrote: Why not use Wav as output format? And how would I do that? -- Labarum Brian Squeezebox 3 Classic and Virgin Cable Box Beresford DAC TC-7520SE (Caiman) - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man Quart 980s Speakers Boom in kitchen.

Re: [slim] RedEye universal remote control?

2009-08-18 Thread badbob
Although the itouch may offer feature IR control as well as other stuff, full touchscreen remotes are horrible to use. -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread:

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread tipsen
Spotted at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-74-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002LARRDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1250551324sr=8-1 - sorry if it's old news but didn't remember stumbling upon it earlier in the thread. -- tipsen

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

2009-08-18 Thread Ryssen
Well,I don´t know..I thought you knew.. So you need an encoder to make it work? Would Flac work? -- Ryssen QNAP TS-119Pro,Firmware v3.1.0(0627T),IBM HDS7210KLA330 Ryssen's Profile:

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

2009-08-18 Thread sjschaff
Looks promising. But until I know how to ensure a way back, in case I run into problems, I'm not going to try this. Maybe, over time, we'll get some official support for this. Meanwhile, I'll use a Dell Mini 9 as my SqueezeCenter server. The carbon foot print it fairly low. -- sjschaff

Re: [slim] Musicip quit working...What to check?

2009-08-18 Thread Bert57
How is it that it is not working? Are you no longer seeing the option to create an IP mix in the squeezebox UI? Are you trying to generate mixes but they are coming up empty? Have always been able to select one track and musicip took over from there. Now it just plays that one track. Has

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread morris_minor
OK - RTFM, eh? :O) I'm a little closer, having followed your suggestions. I now have an error connecting to Slimserver Db: mySQL driver not installed or is not set to use default credentials. This IS installed on the machine running ACC (Vista PC); does it need to be installed on the server

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Webster
The Amazon one has already been pulled. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread:

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread JJZolx
Paul Webster;449558 Wrote: The Amazon one has already been pulled - it was listed at 299 USD. It was there 30 minutes ago and had been there for days. Apparently someone at Logitech is watching this thread very closely and spending their time rounding up cats. -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread SilverRS8
morris_minor;449557 Wrote: OK - RTFM, eh? :O) I'm a little closer, having followed your suggestions. I now have an error connecting to Slimserver Db: mySQL driver not installed or is not set to use default credentials. This IS installed on the machine running ACC (Vista PC); does it

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread maggior
The SBT just wants to be free...release it already!!! :-) Yeah, they closed down that amazon link very quickly! I saw it for $299 too. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread SteveEast
Interesting that it should appear, briefly, on Amazon on the same date the NZ store said it would be available. I guess it's ready to go but Logitech have to keep putting back the release date waiting for the software to be ready. Steve. -- SteveEast

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread maggior
SteveEast;449567 Wrote: Interesting that it should appear, briefly, on Amazon on the same date the NZ store said it would be available. I guess it's ready to go but Logitech have to keep putting back the release date waiting for the software to be ready. Steve. You're probably right.

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread SteveEast
Looking at Bugzilla, there are still 177 open bugs targeted for 7.4. But when you only include those with a severity of blocker, critical or major the count comes down to 20 - of which 3 are critical and 17 major. Steve. -- SteveEast

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread Sike
tipsen;449549 Wrote: Spotted at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-930-74-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002LARRDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1250551324sr=8-1 - sorry if it's old news but didn't remember stumbling upon it earlier in the thread. Interesting: Date first available at

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Michael Herger
However, I also understand the reasons. It takes time and effort to communicate with the third party developers and if you need to prioritize between fixing a bug to reach a release date or help a third party developer the prioritization is pretty easy. Excellent point. One good approach to

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread morris_minor
OK! Almost there . . . The connection looks OK. I now get error opening text file: path\AlbumCatalog-18-08-2009.html.CAT Err.number 62. Input past end of file. At the moment I'm just running ACC from a desktop folder. ?? Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: Transporter Study: Receiver

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread morris_minor
Looks like problem solved! I had the mapped drive set in the Filter Starting Folder, not in the Remote server options page. Doh! I now have a nice display of my library! Thanks for your help, Frank, and thanks for a really useful piece of software! This Squeeze-experience just keeps getting

Re: [slim] Logitech remote Volume Solution

2009-08-18 Thread batka
Hi Just to let you know, if someone is interesting, I reported this for Logitech, and now they fixed it within 1 day! :D So now the volume button is correct on Harmony 555 for SqueezeBox v3. It can be hold down to change the volume. -- batka

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread 4mula1
I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC) regarding the Touch. Further

Re: [slim] How to do whole house audio (multi-room, multi-source)?

2009-08-18 Thread peterw
rcstevensonaz;449513 Wrote: Thanks, I'll look up Aescules -- that is a new vendor I had not heard of. Aesculus (Chris) is another forum user. You can learn more about his Denon AVP Control plugin here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60114 My DenonSerial plugin is in

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread Nonreality
Labarum;448106 Wrote: As I read what little we know the touch will natively stream 24/96. Provided you have the latest version of Squeezecentre installed, Squeezebox Classic, Duet and Boom will play 24/96 files by downsampled to 24/48. It would be difficultto hear the difference, even on a

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread sleepysurf
Nonreality;449666 Wrote: I think the answer is a big maybe. You would have to have the right system and very good ears and then maybe. I've downloaded some albums from HDTracks, in both redbook and 24/96 formats. After volume matching them, the 24/96 tracks (even when downsampled to 24/48)

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread maggior
4mula1;449652 Wrote: I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC)

Re: [slim] New Logitech MM STREAM Squeezebox Touch spotted !!

2009-08-18 Thread Goodsounds
4mula1;449652 Wrote: I've held off on posting this for awhile now but I figure it's all public record anyway... Earlier in this thread there is a link to a blog with a link to a test report filed with the FCC (post 227 for those of you who can't be bothered to search the thread for FCC)

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v1.5 (ACC)

2009-08-18 Thread SilverRS8
morris_minor;449616 Wrote: Looks like problem solved! I had the mapped drive set in the Filter Starting Folder, not in the Remote server options page. Doh! I now have a nice display of my library! Thanks for your help, Frank, and thanks for a really useful piece of software! This

Re: [slim] Re-ordering SqueezeCenter Menus?

2009-08-18 Thread cherryplinth
If it is easy to change player menus, shouldn't it be easy to change the SqueezeCenter menus? Personally, I think the menus on the left side of SqueezeCenter are getting a little bloated. -- cherryplinth cherryplinth's

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread erland
mherger;449599 Wrote: One good approach to improve your chance to get an answer is to keep postings short and clear I know, I suspect long posts sometimes tends to be ignored because no one has the time to read through all the text. It feels wrong to post many small threads instead of

Re: [slim] Re-ordering SqueezeCenter Menus?

2009-08-18 Thread erland
cherryplinth;449689 Wrote: If it is easy to change player menus, shouldn't it be easy to change the SqueezeCenter menus? Personally, I think the menus on the left side of SqueezeCenter are getting a little bloated. Yes, making it possible to hide the stuff you don't use would be a good

Re: [slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?

2009-08-18 Thread Mnyb
my 2c/ If I'm going to volunteer some time to beta testing, the beta has to be somewhat functional as I only have one server/image no special test system to play around with. This has been the norm for the last 2 years, the dev's have been slowly introducing new things bugs get found and sorted,