erland;467443 Wrote:
What would you like it to do ?
I'm sure Logitech is open for ideas how to make it better.
Add a feature that users can cange easy on the squeezecenterserver (i
am confused with those namechanges) change the account and i think more
important is to give access to a local
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now mapped to SB favourites, but pressing 1 or 2 BOTH select favourite
one... buttons 3-6 work fine. The setup in the Harmony software looks
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See my reply here
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I'm using iPeng since it's available on iTunes store. It has changed
completely my usage of SqueezeBoxes... I've always found the Squeezebox
interface very limited -- such as browsing through a list of artists or
album on a single line display. And did not want to carry my PC in the
living room.
Yes! It's back to normal now. My budgie is content again, as when I am
out, WS is his preferred channel.
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Maybe it's proper to file a bug against the documentation.
Yes, please do so.
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I have problems with all BBC stations yesterday, nothing would play for
more than 10 seconds without rebuffering.
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It works best on the Touch with its bigger screen, makes a good screen
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autopilot;467544 Wrote:
It works best on the Touch with its bigger screen, makes a good screen
saver, if your into that kind of thing. And many people are.
And it makes for a nice, popular logo on the box.
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Apologies if this is somewhere obvious, but I can't find it.
I have an SB Controller which is set to use a static IP address. I'm
now reconfiguring my whole network and want to set it back to using a
DHCP address. I've looked in the user manual and can only see
instructions for setting from DHCP
tosi;467379 Wrote:
Just installed the Facebook App - what's the point? Doesn't allow
sharing the song (understandable), doesn't play a low-res version in the
background, doesn't do much except put a few links to SB ads around the
small line that actually says what's playing now.. am I
snoogly;467510 Wrote:
My budgie is content again, as when I am out, WS is his preferred
channel.
My dog's too.
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pippin;467546 Wrote:
And it makes for a nice, popular logo on the box.
It seems from this point of view that Logitech have the main profit
inside this application. Free advertisement for the Squeeze arround the
world.
The man is going to work and wife or kids playing with the Squeezebox.
His
arztde;467463 Wrote:
As i do not see much sense in a facebook or flickerl inside a
music player.
Gimmicks and marketing and adding to the feature list. Just about
every electronic device I own has features I'll never use. But,
obviously, someone does use these features and
iPhone;466165 Wrote:
I can guarantee for every one person that posts they have an issue or
problem with SBS 7.4 that there are hundreds if not thousands that don't
have ANY problems and don't post.
I disagree with the above. Maybe hundreds...maybe. Thousands, I
really doubt. I have a
After installing SP-7.4.1 on my Windows 7 x64 system it wasn't able to
find the SB-7.4 server that's on the same subnet on my home WiFi
network. It would ask for language then go catatonic. AFAIK there was
no firewall on either side.
I fixed this by manually editing
toby10;467560 Wrote:
Gimmicky? Sure. Will many people use it? Probably. Will everyone
use it or care? No. Will Logitech up their sales of these units with
such gimmicky features? You bet! :)
The good thing is that these marketing gimmicks are well buried
features (must enable
If Logitech really wants this thing to get big they need to think
'toaster' or as close as they can get to that type of deivce.
What customers seem to forget is that they don't want a toaster. It's not a
standalone device like a toaster or even an iPod. It's a networking device. But
with the
mojojoj0;467103 Wrote:
The fact that there is no sound on my pc when synching is a
dealbreaker and should be top priority for a bugfix.
I don't see how this can be a dealbreaker when Squeezeplay (synced or
not!) is a FREE best-efforts bonus feature that is NOT part of the
core SB
mherger;467591 Wrote:
If Logitech really wants this thing to get big they need to think
'toaster' or as close as they can get to that type of deivce.
What customers seem to forget is that they don't want a toaster. It's
not a standalone device like a toaster or even an iPod. It's a
mherger;467429 Wrote:
I cannot connect to 7.4 running on Mac OS 10.6 via the web interface
on
any computer other than the host Mac. iPeng 1.2 works just fine.
No
If iPeng can access it, you should be able too. What URL are you using
on
your local machine? What on your other
arztde;467587 Wrote:
Anyways myrespond was to erlands question about any ideas. The idea is
to make it possible to push the sucked pictures straigt forward to TV or
LCD Screen.
It is like an idea how a newsserver works. Somehow. Suck and push...
can mean to push it to a network
Howard Passman;467598 Wrote:
...You can't flame folks for thinking that it should be easy to use
because the advertising leads one to believe that. When those consumers
get frustrated and vent, some folks take them to task for not
understanding it *isn't* a toaster.
Howard
I am not so
toby10;467608 Wrote:
Yes, I was just addressing the I don't see the sense in Facebook or
Flickr on a music device comment. And again, MANY do agree with you!
:)
I just did post a comment inside the Rude thread.
I never saw before inside the Forum of Logitech that so much people
concern.
arztde;467615 Wrote:
Because mediaplayers have their biggest problem to play reasonable
music.
i am shure after such an announcement noone look to facebook or
something because it is less important for the most of them.
I think _this_ would be a really, really, bad idea.
The problem
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The problem with (multi)media players is that the use cases for audio
and video are so different. Whenever you try to combine it you will end
up with a product that sucks for one feature (usually audio) or even
both.
That's what you've seen so far. Someone has to be the first to do it right
pippin;467629 Wrote:
I think _this_ would be a really, really, bad idea.
The problem with (multi)media players is that the use cases for audio
and video are so different. Whenever you try to combine it you will end
up with a product that sucks for one feature (usually audio) or even
both.
mherger;467591 Wrote:
Some users really want the online music, even Facebook and Flickr
integration. That's our biggest challenge: Hide the huge complexity the
user wants from the user.
With the greatest respect I must ask who wants Facebook or Flicker (I
have no idea what flicker is)on a
7.4 is the best release yet, IMHO. I run on a headless Ubuntu box
(running under Hyper-V on Server 2008 R2), driving two SB3s and a Boom.
This time I decided not to retain settings, I just set it up afresh.
And, this is the first time I've switched from Fishbone. The standard
GUI was always
mherger;467639 Wrote:
That's what you've seen so far. Someone has to be the first to do it
right :-)
There is no right. Convergence is a myth, a technical myth. In the
end. it's not technical platforms that sell systems but user needs.
arztde;467640 Wrote:
I disagree to you Pippin. And i
There is no right. Convergence is a myth, a technical myth. In the
Well, I guess you'd agree that an iPod Touch is proving to be a usable web
client. Some years back you'd have said that a device that small can't be a
good browser platform, right?
pippin;467667 Wrote:
My list of things that will never be successful, I offer bets about beer
on this:
- Multimedia Players that replace your audio equipment; you will see
audio features in Media Players (obviously) but they will be a pain to
use and pwople will have other solutions along
I suffered a scrambled display on the Classic until it managed to
perform a factory reset. Had to do a clean install of Squeezebox Server
first (I chose 7.4.1 in an attempt to fix the other problem i.e. failure
to scan music folders).
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Quoting autopilot (autopilot.3zmnkn1254819...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com):
It works best on the Touch with its bigger screen, makes a good screen
saver, if your into that kind of thing. And many people are.
Yep. It was the first thing I installed, exactly for that reason.
It's now my
erland;467443 Wrote:
What would you like it to do ?
I'm sure Logitech is open for ideas how to make it better.
Open source it so 3rd parties can improve it in ways that Logitech
itself cannot?
Btw, did Facebook allege that the app violated some written FB
guideline or rule? Does FB not
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@pippin i just say i disagree and one will be the first one... ;-) :-)
First to say i have a PCH A110 and my Xtreamer have Sebastian. I have 2
Multimediaplayers but not a TV. Surprizing?
But to use an old LCD Monitor for streaming Pictures to the wall is a
nice idea.
And to change the topic a
Just want to echo what's been said; This release fixed a number of
problems experienced with my Duet. Album art now appears YES! and the
overall feel and operation of the controller is hugely improved. Many
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mherger;467672 Wrote:
There is no right. Convergence is a myth, a technical myth. In
the
Well, I guess you'd agree that an iPod Touch is proving to be a usable
web client. Some years back you'd have said that a device that small
can't be a good browser platform, right?
Of course I
pippin;467722 Wrote:
Of course I would. I've used smartphones for 10 years now (staring with
the Ericsson R380) and the very mioment the iPhone came out I wanted one
without the phone for mobile browsing. I always said: forget about the
phone, I just want the i... I still believe the iPhone
Agree. But it's still pretty similar use cases: Communication and doing
computing stuff while on the move.
You won't write a book on it, use it to watch soccer (unless you have
no alternative) or use it to listen to opera in your living room.
I don't believe that will not buy
- a computer
- a
AppleTV, PS3, Xbox, and others have been quite successful in the
multi-media platform. But one of the most common reasons people do
not choose these platforms for music is because they do not wish to run
their 400 watt TV simply to select their next song. :)
There are other reasons to be sure
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Phil Leigh
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mojojoj0;467103 Wrote:
The fact that there is no sound on my pc when synching is a
dealbreaker and should be top priority for a bugfix.
I don't see how this can be a dealbreaker
pippin;467735 Wrote:
Yet that's the claim for convergence devices and I say: not gonna
happen.
It sounds a bit like your definition for convergence devices is
things that haven't yet and aren't likely to converge ;)
My definition includes things that could and already have converged.
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andynormancx;467748 Wrote:
It sounds a bit like your definition for convergence devices is
things that haven't yet and aren't likely to converge ;)
My definition includes things that could and already have converged.
OK, I won't bet against YOU unless we could agree to adopt my
I'm not sure why there's such a kerfluffle over 7.4, it's working just
fine over here...
I first installed this on my Ubuntu 9.04 server. I tried copying the
prefs over, it kept the prefs for my SB2 but I lost my Boom prefs.
Didn't take too long to get things back to where they were before
Hi,
I am thinking of getting a Squeezebox Touch. Right now I use iTunes w/
an Airport Express and use my iPhone REMOTE app to control iTunes and
the volume. If I do get a Squeezebox Touch, and use that for streaming
my music to my stereo, can I still use my iPhone REMOTE app at all, most
jrgrott;467765 Wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking of getting a Squeezebox Touch. Right now I use iTunes w/
an Airport Express and use my iPhone REMOTE app to control iTunes and
the volume. If I do get a Squeezebox Touch, and use that for streaming
my music to my stereo, can I still use my iPhone
Quoting Phil Leigh (phil.leigh.3zn8bb1254846...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com):
jrgrott;467765 Wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking of getting a Squeezebox Touch. Right now I use iTunes w/
an Airport Express and use my iPhone REMOTE app to control iTunes and
the volume. If I do get a Squeezebox
The first thing to understand is that the Squeezeboxes don't control
iTunes at all. They can't import your iTunes library, but when playing
music on a Squeezebox the iTunes UI isn't involved at all.
You won't be able to use the iTunes iPhone remote to control anything
to do with the Squeezebox.
pippin;467753 Wrote:
OK, I won't bet against YOU unless we could agree to adopt my
definition...
I was specifically talking about convergence in home entertainment but
agree that at least my car comment had nothing to do with _that_...
Was more in my direction i guess... because in
I've only just become aware of this so I thought I'd pass it on.
Probably common knowledge and I'm way behind.
Napster Unlimited streaming service is now £5 per month, and includes 5
free mp3 downloads per month. I only became aware of this when I was
informed that my £9.95 sub would entitle me
Ben Sandee;467744 Wrote:
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Phil Leigh
Phil.Leigh.3zmsnz1254826441 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
mojojoj0;467103 Wrote:
* The fact that there is no sound on my pc when synching is a
dealbreaker and should be top priority for a bugfix.
No, is the short answer, as others have posted already, but there's
another app that's better.
As others have just said, Squeezebox does not control iTunes. In fact,
it doesn't control anything (unless you use the Squeezebox's remote
control - see below). It is just the box that plays your
mherger;467591 Wrote:
If Logitech really wants this thing to get big they need to think
'toaster' or as close as they can get to that type of deivce.
What customers seem to forget is that they don't want a toaster. It's
not a standalone device like a toaster or even an iPod. It's a
The SB owners and potential owners I know don't want huge complexity
as Michael says.
My using complexity probably was a bit confusing. Sure, nobody wants
complexity. But the feature set you want can cause a great deal of complexity.
If you don't know about this, then at least we partially
The problem with toasters is that they are notoriously hard to
upgrade...
Want more slots? - muffin or croisant warming? Buy a new toaster...
The fact is that the SB products are not intrinsically hard to setup or
use - PROVIDED some basic rules are followed. Somewhat regretably, the
desire to
The wonderful Sirius plugin that GoCubs created years ago stopped
working for good for Canadian Sirius users many months ago. I've waited
patiently for GoCubs to come to the rescue, but I think he has more
pressing isues to deal with outside of Squeezeland.
I know nothing about how these things
I'm sort of slightly embarrassed that it has never crossed my mind that
the problem above could be caused by my main PC (the one hosting
Squeezebox Server), but it looks like it might be.
At this moment I can not get any BBC ASX streams to play via Windows
Media Player on my my main home machine
Phil Leigh;467850 Wrote:
The problem with toasters is that they are notoriously hard to
upgrade...
Yep, they only have two purposes...making toast or taking a bath with
it after the latest SB upgrade :-)(Do not attemp this. We are
professional bathers in a closed tub...)
Most folks don't
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Yep, they only have two purposes...making toast or taking a bath with it
after the latest SB upgrade :-)(Do not attemp this. We are professional
bathers in a closed tub...)
Most folks don't buy devices with the thought of doing much upgrading.
Generally, a
Like a regular player that will play all of my songs on the computer
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arztde;467800 Wrote:
Was more in my direction i guess... because in another thread i was
writing in missunderstanding the english topic, that i use it with
SlimControl and UMTS in my car and let transfer the music via bluetooth
into my car stereo.
No. That's my own past experience trying
IMHO the reason for the current problems lies in the attempt to
integrate all kinds of players into one mysqueezebox platform. The
features are much too diverse for a successful integration. There should
be at least two platforms, one for audio-only players and another one
for the new players
Hi there,
Long time, no posting from my side. It does not mean I do not enjoy my
Squeezebox iPeng. In fact I am actually using this daily (iPeng was my
main motivation for buying my original iPod Touch). It looks fantastic
(finally the home-screen-icon app. graphics that you've been longing
OK, I canned my version of 7.4 and installed the release version of 7.4
as advertised by Logitech in the public site. Everything works fine
now. Thanks for the advice given.
A question - I downloaded 7.4 the night before the public release.
After the public release, my system told me an
Some security s/w still interfere with network streams even when
disabled - I find definitive test is when the security s/w is
uninstalled.
There are few possible sources of the problem such as DNS, HTTP for ASX
or buffering the audio. A reasonable test to see what is happening
during
WustrowO;467888 Wrote:
IMHO the reason for the current problems lies in the attempt to
integrate all kinds of players into one mysqueezebox platform. The
features are much too diverse for a successful integration. There should
be at least two platforms, one for audio-only players and another
That's probably right. But I guess most of the normal people have just
one player.
Another solution could have been to focus on the new models and
mysqueezebox for some time and migrate Squeezenetwork after a
consolidation period. There only a few Touch/Radio users yet but many
users with legacy
people should be able to express their frustrations, and do so in a way
that isn't rude, altho rude is rather subjective.
having said that i generally like the direction logitech is taking
everything, and i do think one day it will be tivo-ish simple to use for
most folks.
what i do wish
Sune;467889 Wrote:
- Tapping on the left/right side of the dots on the now playing
screens does no longer seem to have any effect - choice or bug?
Choice. It was always buggy and you were at risk of disconnecting the
dot control from the actual page.
Did you actually use this?
- I
I have an XP based laptop which has SC loaded on it. I use a NAS for my
library. The laptop is on WiFi, my SB and NAS is ethernet.
This works fine most of time. Then I will lose my connection to my
library. Everything looks right on SC, and the SB shows Now Playing but
nothing happens. After
WustrowO;467888 Wrote:
There should be at least two platforms, one for audio-only players and
another one for the new players with advanced display capabilities like
the Touch. Logitech should have kept Squeezenetwork for audio-only
players and build mysqueezebox for the new ones.
And where
Out of pure curiosity I'm really interested to get more insight in the
current Squeezebox Dev-Team !
How many of you are there ?
What are you responsible for ?
Where do you live ?
How often do you meet ?
How would you call your software-dev-process (scrum, xp, waterfall,
crystal, chaos) ?
Whos
IMHO most of the issues stem from three areas:
- Teething problems because this was such a big change and you have to
release it _some_ time. You can do beta programs as long as you like,
you never find all the issues. These will be sorted out.
- Changing a few paradigms which confuses users who
Like a regular squeezebox player.
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Ben - the applet/LUA guy - is he programming with notepad, or does he
has a big secret how LUA-coding can be comfortable ?
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I don't use Windows for SC/SbS, so I can't help you with the specifics.
However, as to the general problem I suspect that when booting, Windows
is loading SC before your NAS drive gets logically attached to the
system. SC looks at where you've indicated the library is (eg,
\\NAS\music), sees
MrSinatra;467924 Wrote:
i track many bugs in bugzilla and to me, its just ridiculous which ones
get attention and which ones don't, even after years and years. the new
client rollout for instance has delayed the new schema work which when
finished will quash (hopefully) a HUGE number of
well, they have done so. there are enough clients at this point.
(altho i personally think the radio is one stupid product, and
transporter ridiculously overpriced)
regardless of if radio and touch were or will be money makers, (or were
in fact needed) i think the current lineup now is enough
Settings says I still have the following podcast directories in addition
to the standard 3
NPR Podcast Directory http://www.npr.org/podcasts.opml
Digital Podcast Directory
http://www.digitalpodcast.com/opml/digitalpodcast.opml
BBC Podcast OPML
MrSinatra;467924 Wrote:
people should be able to express their frustrations, and do so in a way
that isn't rude, altho rude is rather subjective.
having said that i generally like the direction logitech is taking
everything, and i do think one day it will be tivo-ish simple to use for
aubuti;467927 Wrote:
And where would that leave the SB Controller, which is a SqueezeOS
device with an LCD screen just like the SB Radio and SB Touch, even
though it is old?
MySqueezeboxcontroller.com? :D
Seriously, the controller worked with Squeezenetwork.com, didn't it? ;)
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WustrowO;467960 Wrote:
MySqueezeboxcontroller.com? :D
Seriously, the controller worked with Squeezenetwork.com, didn't it? ;)
Correct, but the old devices work fine with MySqueezebox.com. At
first I didn't understand your suggestion to have two parallel services
running (SN and MySB), as
ajkidle;466275 Wrote:
Great update Pippin, the new UI is a big improvement.
Question regarding the Facebook integration. Is there support for
multiple accounts? My wife and I each use iPeng on our iPhones -- but
both point to my Facebook page, which is annoying. This may be more of
a
I just upgraded my Duet to 7.4, finaly got it connected.
While playing with the menu on the Controller, I saw an option to
choose Musicsource, and then choose for Controller. The Controller
froze, restarted. And the strange thing is: I cannot find the option
anymore to choose for Controller as
elbee;467583 Wrote:
I fixed this by manually editing
\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\SqueezePlay\userpath\settings\ChooseMusicSource.lua
to:
settings = {poll={[192.168.2.100]=192.168.2.100,},}
Thanks for the hint. While SqueezePlay found my real Server in the LAN
and could also connect to
Hi Pippin,
Ok, thanks for the ultraquick support :-) I will look where described.
I tried checking the help on the website, but did not manage to find
anything related to MusicIP, but guess I should have searched for
mixers in general. My bad. I will try tomorrow.
As for the Cache thing,
Sune, neither the G4 nor your library size should cause issues.
The AAC on the other hand...
Is the browsing slower if you play something? AAC is being transcoded
on your server so THAT will consume quite a bit of CPU.
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Cheers for this. I installed mplayer and entered the string. It played
BBC Radio 4 just fine... whilst WPM and SBS would not.
I don't know what to make of the log. There are errors, but mostly they
look inconsequential to me (missing bitmap files where you'd not excpect
to have them anyway etc),
mplayer ingores most of the HTTP header info and tries to play a stream
by processing the byte stream so sometimes it tests a lot of choices
which fail before it gets it right - it makes mplayer very flexible.
This sort of implies that the http headers being returned from BBC are
being
This is yet another reason (I now have about 20) why using a NAS purely
as an audio drive makes no sense - much better to use a USB disk for
this purpose. Sorry.
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
SB Touch Beta
I have downloaded Version 7.4
About half of the albums on my music file will not now play
They are listed on my handset Duet but when I ask them to play I get
the title and starting to play legend then a no artist no album message
and no music . Tries to play for 30 second then resets to try
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