[slim] I will pay you to fix this

2009-08-29 Thread jdulltasha
The player is the older squeezebox slim server downstairs. It has in "now playing" the song that the computer says it is playing. no sound comes out after one song. The first song plays and then nothing. Run upstairs to computer and song plays along. No problem on recieving the music, runni

Re: [slim] Repair broken ethernet?

2009-08-29 Thread m_gustafsson
Called the support here in Sweden. They will not repair any units, but will replace them if there is still a guarantee. The guarantee does not cover the case when a unit is struck by lightning and my unit does not have any guarantee any longer. So, I guess that I am stuck here. -- m_gustafsson

Re: [slim] Linksys by Cisco launches direct competitors to Squeezebox products

2009-08-29 Thread damager
Maximumpc magazine just did a review of these products - it was not positive. -- damager damager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [slim] Local Radio Station not Playing

2009-08-29 Thread Corndog
Unlikely it's that. I don't like to install beta versions. Sometimes that can just add to the problems. There must be something in a config file somewhere that is pointing to an incorrect KFI stream. Something got jacked up for this particular stream and it's probably an easy fix. I just have to f

Re: [slim] "Ban" feature

2009-08-29 Thread MeSue
Check out Erland's plugins--custom skip in particular. I think it works with the "Zapped" playlist that SC creates. With his other plugins you can do even more elaborate stuff, like exclude based on ratings or recently played. -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue

Re: [slim] Linksys by Cisco launches direct competitors to Squeezebox products

2009-08-29 Thread maggior
thing-fish;452195 Wrote: > I'm actually disappointed with Sound and Vision (something that is > happening more and more often) because in their review they never > mentioned Squeezebox...they only talked about the Linksys products being > cheaper alternatives to Sonos. I used to subscribe to Ste

Re: [slim] Local Radio Station not Playing

2009-08-29 Thread dsdreamer
Corndog;452941 Wrote: > Must be some kind of config issue on my end then. Is there a log file or > something like that I can purge that might help? If you're using 7.3.3 you might want to try 7.3.4. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..."

[slim] "Ban" feature

2009-08-29 Thread jgenthner
How about a feature that removes a track from your library, without really removing it? Sort of a recycle bin--you could "reinstate" tracks later. I prefer random play of my ripped CD library, but there are some tracks on there that I just don't want to hear. But who knows? I may want to a few

Re: [slim] Local Radio Station not Playing

2009-08-29 Thread Corndog
Must be some kind of config issue on my end then. Is there a log file or something like that I can purge that might help? -- Corndog Corndog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23503 View this thread

Re: [slim] Local Radio Station not Playing

2009-08-29 Thread Mark Miksis
Don't know, works for me on a Boom. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67174

[slim] Squeeze Box InfraRed Remote

2009-08-29 Thread blackswan
My Squeezebox IR remote has just given up on me. I've been able to program some other universal remote to work with the player when it's connected to Squeezecenter (using the infrared code for the JVC DVD player), but not when it's directly linked up to Squeezenetwork. It's as though each connect

Re: [slim] PDA-controller SlimControl 0.95

2009-08-29 Thread Theli
Hi Locuth, I'm having some issues with 0.98. (SC is 7.3.3) When installing I got an error message stating "the program you have installed may not display properly because it was designed for a previous version of Windows Mobile Software". I'm running Win 2003 SE on a Toshiba e830 But it still

[slim] Local Radio Station not Playing

2009-08-29 Thread Corndog
This is weird. A local Los Angeles radio station KFI-640 will not play on my Duet or Boom. When I access it, it will display the show title then after about 20 seconds, it chokes and says HTTP/ 1.0 404 Not Found. I can go to Radio time and load the station and it works, but not on any of my play

Re: [slim] Best of Luck - moving on...

2009-08-29 Thread pablolie
let me preface all of this by saying - i LOVE teh squeezebox philosophy. but my order of favorites goes 1. sb classic (ie 3) 2. boom 3. duet the duet got relegated to secondary duty in the bedroom system. for those who still complain about it: the controller is very finicky about the wireless ro

Re: [slim] Internet over CableTV wiring instead of wireless

2009-08-29 Thread crawform
garym;452839 Wrote: > Good point. They are pricey. I'm sure they'll get cheaper over time like > all technology. But with my CD/music purchasing habit, equipment like > this is rounding error You can find a much cheaper alternative on eBay (which I've been running for about two years) with

Re: [slim] WLAN: Fixed vs. Automatic Channel Selection

2009-08-29 Thread Hering
I tried to alter a lot of settings on dd-wrt: And I might have foud the cause for the WLAN drops: The encryption algorithm. Now that I've changed it from TKIP to TKIP+AES the connection seems to be stable. I may also set the channel to a fixed frequency without getting troubles. My first observ

Re: [slim] Support for ASX "starttime" and WMA stream seeking

2009-08-29 Thread LP8
Hi - am considering buying a Squeezebox primarily for the purpose of accessing the KEXP streaming archives. But, techno-moron that I am, I have concerns that I won't be able to figure out how to use the above OPML wrapper. Looked at other posts re: OPML on this site, the wiki, etc. but am still

Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?

2009-08-29 Thread MikeWynneDub
jaysung;246287 Wrote: > Anyone tried the Eva 8000 of Netgear? From what I read it has good > interfaces and plays videos and stuff just using smb/cifs indexing the > library itself. That looks like a good solution if you already have a > server box sitting somewhere remote. Yeah, I have one of t

Re: [slim] Got my Squeezebox Touch...

2009-08-29 Thread ghostrider
Will it connect to Squeezenetwork as the server? -- ghostrider ghostrider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18959 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67109 ___

Re: [slim] Got my Squeezebox Touch...

2009-08-29 Thread jmpage2
If you'd read the thread at all you'd realize that he can't get it working because the software apparently is not ready yet (even though the unit has shipped). -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/me

Re: [slim] WLAN: Fixed vs. Automatic Channel Selection

2009-08-29 Thread Hering
Further investigations show, that also with wireless channel set to "auto" the connection drops but by far more seldom. And I connected a SB3 classic wirelessly: The same issue here: FLAC files cause the connection to break every few minutes. All devices are very close to the router (about four

Re: [slim] Internet over CableTV wiring instead of wireless

2009-08-29 Thread garym
Good point. They are pricey. I'm sure they'll get cheaper over time like all technology. But with my CD/music purchasing habit, equipment like this is rounding error -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [slim] Internet over CableTV wiring instead of wireless

2009-08-29 Thread maggior
I have come to a similar conclusion as you. I find that the Boom and SB3 do fine in my house with wireless, but the SBR is much more finicky. The one in my kitchen didn't have a chance since it sat next to the microwave. It's great that these MOCA adaptors work for you, but did you check out pow

[slim] Internet over CableTV wiring instead of wireless

2009-08-29 Thread garym
A common theme of problems with squeezeboxes is the use of wireless. I've learned the hard way that my squeezeboxes are much more sensitive to having a strong wireless signal than, for example, my laptop computer. I had a location with a wired CableTV outlet but no hardwired internet. Searching a

[slim] Slacker Premium Issue

2009-08-29 Thread rasafrasit
I have a Slacker Premium account but SqueezeCenter returns "405 Not premium user" when I try to access my Slacker library from SC and iPeng. Any insights? -- rasafrasit rasafrasit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

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

2009-08-29 Thread ayoung1012
Where can I download this?? -- ayoung1012 ayoung1012's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30291 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66555

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze setting question...

2009-08-29 Thread bpa
I don't know what KMixer - JavaSound just plays through standard PC audio. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67144

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze setting question...

2009-08-29 Thread rtate
so does that mean I have to use the K-mixer or shoul I disable it? -- rtate rtate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29346 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67144 ___

Re: [slim] Got my Squeezebox Touch...

2009-08-29 Thread gorman
Is AAC and Apple Lossless supported natively now? -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67109 _

[slim] WLAN: Fixed vs. Automatic Channel Selection

2009-08-29 Thread Hering
Hi all, All my SBs beside a boom box are connected via ehternet cables. The boom box is connected wirelessly to either an Asus router with dd-wrt firmware (details below) or an additional access point (details below)(same SSID, same WPA key). Because of the additional access point, I want to set

Re: [slim] iPod / iPhone as a receiver

2009-08-29 Thread pichonCalavera
I bought it, but it always crashes when trying to play the first song. And for the record I can play the stream.mp3 stream just fine from Winamp. Hoping an update fixes things. -- pichonCalavera *rip* (eac) > *convert* (flac) > *tag* (musicbrainz/mp3tag) > *normalize* (replaygain/foobar2000) >

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze setting question...

2009-08-29 Thread bpa
SoftSqueeze uses JavaSound - I don't think there is working ASIO support for JavaSound. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.