Re: [slim] Squeezebox receiver + iPeng - reliable?

2009-11-24 Thread pippin
For me, it's been very reliable. But if you want to be on the safe side, how about browsing around for a Classic?they can be had at pretty good prices right now and you can always set it up with the IR remote -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com

Re: [slim] internet radio problems

2009-11-24 Thread toby10
daverich4;488595 Wrote: the only way I can play Internet Radio is through mysqueezebox.com. Is that the new program?... No, that's not how it is supposed to work. You should be able to play all Internet Radio and Music Services through SC and SBS. I use both SC and SBS servers and

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-24 Thread Locuth
Thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely implement 1. Very likely 3. And consider something for 2. Concerning the 4th suggestion. Do you have to set a special option in Squeezecenter or simply separate the artists by ';' -- Locuth Use your PDA/Phone as SqueezeBox remote --

Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge

2009-11-24 Thread ralphy
I'm unable to download the log file. wget http://twistedmelon.com/downloads/squeezeslavelog.zip --2009-11-24 06:54:38-- http://twistedmelon.com/download/squeezeslavelog.zip Resolving twistedmelon.com... 69.163.181.173 Connecting to twistedmelon.com|69.163.181.173|:80... connected. HTTP request

[slim] Any tips on moving to ReadyNas Duo from a PC

2009-11-24 Thread John_F
Sorry if I've missed an obvious thread, but a search of the forum and the Wiki doesn't seem to have an answer. As the title says, moving from an Windows PC to ReadyNAS environment, and hoping that the set up will be straight forward. Just wondered if there were any hints or tips anyone could

Re: [slim] Any tips on moving to ReadyNas Duo from a PC

2009-11-24 Thread aubuti
You'll find most NAS-related threads in the 3rd Party Hardware forum on this board. Plenty of info on ReadyNASs there. You will need to tell your SB to change its music source. You can do that via the menus on the SB (exactly how depends on which SB model) or via the SbS web interface. --

[slim] Failing display on SB3

2009-11-24 Thread nolan
I've got one of the last white SB3's which I bought direct from Slim Devices in April 07 when they were being discounted. The display has developed a weird issue where a horizontal line across the display near the top (probably about 1/4 of the total display height) soemtimes flickers and

[slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread MikeekiM
***Attention Logitech/SlimDevices Employees in the know*** Every year Logitech/SlimDevices holds an open house (and in the last couple of years, it has been a hosted BBQ in the Mountain View parking lot in September). I was told by an employee in September that the open house would be moved to

Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread Matt Wise
I doubt it -- Matt Wise Matt Wise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71782 ___

Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread mparry
Unfortunately I am 98% sure we will not be having an event this year. -- mparry Matt Parry-SMS Sales sa...@slimdevices.com 650-210-9400x2 mparry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12345 View this

Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

2009-11-24 Thread ModelCitizen
I did a full destroy and rescan last night. I don't know if anything changed but I have just noticed today that my playlists have MusicIP mixable status (i.e. an M icon next to them) but that my local music files do not. How can that be? MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze

[slim] Screensaver When Off

2009-11-24 Thread WrightDawg
Hello, I've seen similar posts in the threads with no resolution? I have my SB3 set (normally) to show the clock when off. The last couple days it hasn't done so. I finally went into the settings to turn it back on and now when I look the ONLY option for screensaver when off is NONE. Can

Re: [slim] Better sound with Rhapsody, Touch or Classic?

2009-11-24 Thread radish
The Touch seems better than the Classic, but to be honest if you're only playing Rhapsody I wouldn't expect any noticable difference - you're hampered by the source material. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/)

Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Herger
I did a full destroy and rescan last night. I don't know if anything changed but I have just noticed today that my playlists have MusicIP mixable status (i.e. an M icon next to them) but that my local music files do not. Do you see the mixable status on albums? Would you mind to enable

Re: [slim] Better sound with Rhapsody, Touch or Classic?

2009-11-24 Thread jess
Thanks for the reply, I am both relieved and dissapointed. Relieved because that being true, I can just stick with my current hardware. Dissapointed because I thought 192KBPS offered plenty of information for detailed sound reproduction. -- jess

Re: [slim] ReplayGain manual adjustment

2009-11-24 Thread ShadowWar
I've been wondering about asking this question for a while: is it possible to implement a ReplayGain offset value anywhere? All my tracks with ReplayGain are quite a lot quieter than those without. It would be great if it was possible to boost the volume level by a particular offset value of all

Re: [slim] ReplayGain manual adjustment

2009-11-24 Thread Stan Pulsar
Hi, and thanks for your answers. ShadowWar, the ReplayGain played files are quiter to allow enough dynamics. Generaly, players implementing ReplayGain (e.g. Winamp, ...) support proceed the other way, they apply a -6 dB gain to files without gain tags. Rick, I didn't try Foobar recently, but

Re: [slim] ReplayGain manual adjustment

2009-11-24 Thread Phil Leigh
ShadowWar;488844 Wrote: I've been wondering about asking this question for a while: is it possible to implement a ReplayGain offset value anywhere? All my tracks with ReplayGain are quite a lot quieter than those without. It would be great if it was possible to boost the volume level by a

Re: [slim] Is anyone using DAB Bar? How to auto-start?

2009-11-24 Thread appeland
lostboy;41782 Wrote: I'm sucessfully running DABBar as a service on a Win 2000 box using the MS utility 'srvany.exe'. I'm not sure if its availble for Win XP SP2, but a google might show something up. Chris Thanks for the tipp, I also tried using SC.exe but that doesnt work indeed. I am

[slim] Worth upgrading from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1? (Squeezebox 3)

2009-11-24 Thread NaimSqueezer
Hello, ist it worth upgrading? I am using Sbox, Center 7.3.3 and a Windose as server. Most things run fine, not much to complain. So, is the changed SB3 Gui, or something else, worth the hassle, or should i stick with 7.3.3 for some more months? Will upgrading without uninstalling be ok, or

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox UK stockists

2009-11-24 Thread Troutmaster
anguston;486797 Wrote: Has anyone else noticed that the prices for squeezebox's in the UK appear to be rising rather than falling. I guess this is to do with exchange rates, but it is annoying. Worse though is comparing the US prices with UK ones. The radio should be about £95 to £120 max.

Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

2009-11-24 Thread ModelCitizen
mherger;488825 Wrote: Do you see the mixable status on albums? Would you mind to enable debugging for plugin.musicip and scan again? And you're on Windows, aren't you? Albums are not mixable. Only playlists have an M next to them (and in the web gui at least, when I click on the M SBS says

Re: [slim] Worth upgrading from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1? (Squeezebox 3)

2009-11-24 Thread Wirrunna
Have a read of this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71342 for some opinions. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile:

Re: [slim] Worth upgrading from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1? (Squeezebox 3)

2009-11-24 Thread Andrew Heald
I'm in much the same sort of situation. I'm considering loading up the latest Squeezecenter in a VM alongside my original 7.3 VM. I'm presuming that connecting my SB2 and Duet to the new SC instance will cause a firmware update. Would this cause problems with reverting back to the original if I

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

2009-11-24 Thread m97rek
Hi, I have trouble getting this to work. I run my SqueezeCenter on my NAS (QNAP) and Spotify on my laptop. I have created a favorite pointing to the IP:8124 of my laptop. I have also disabled my Windows firewall on my laptop. In addition I have created an playlist called Spotify.m3u in my

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

2009-11-24 Thread Stratmangler
m97rek;488896 Wrote: Hi, I have trouble getting this to work. I run my SqueezeCenter on my NAS (QNAP) and Spotify on my laptop. I have created a favorite pointing to the IP:8124 of my laptop. I have also disabled my Windows firewall on my laptop. In addition I have created an

Re: [slim] HowTo- Install SqueezeSlave as a Windows Service

2009-11-24 Thread fphredd
Now that I'm completely frustrated because I can no longer get something to work that worked for me before (eve tried wiping and reinstalling), I figure I'll go the batch file route. Problem is, I'm not sure what to write... What I want to accomplish is a batch file that does launches as

Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread tamanaco
Well, I guess Logitech has deep pockets... but its arms are a bit short. No BBQ for you my friends!...:-)) -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Laplante
Too bad, I've bought all but one of my (6) SB's at the BBQs. I guess they are unclear which side their bread is buttered on. -Chris On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:20 PM, tamanaco tamanaco.426f6n1259101...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Well, I guess Logitech has deep pockets... but its arms

Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?

2009-11-24 Thread vasik
Hi everybody, looking for something similar, I would need multiroom system for playing FullHD h264 movies from one fileserver on multiple LCD Tv's in our offices. Actually the same as squeezebox, just for video (which I will use for music - thought about Sonos, but like Squeezebox so much more).

[slim] Squeezebox Classic Distortion!!!!

2009-11-24 Thread Duku
Can anyone help I am new to this, I have owned my Squeezebox classic for a while now and its been great but just recently I have noticed its developed a strange noise whilst playing the only way I can describe it is it sounds distorted I have checked all connections and all seems fine, playing

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox UK stockists

2009-11-24 Thread socistep
WhaleOil;487673 Wrote: Radio is being advertised by Currys at the moment, but haven't seen it in store. Currys and PC World have stocked the Boom and Classic in the past, but don't ask for support. John Lewis also stocks them - probably better service. I would also recommend

Re: [slim] Any tips on moving to ReadyNas Duo from a PC

2009-11-24 Thread garym
Also, be prepared for a much slower web interface and much,much longer file scanning time. I have a ReadyNas and once setup with correct version of squeezeboxserver, music scanned, etc., it streamed my files (FLAC, mp3) just fine. But doing anything on the web interface is painfully slow. I

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.2 for iPhone now on the AppStore

2009-11-24 Thread pippin
Today, iPeng 1.2.1 got released on the App Store. iPeng 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which primarily improves the compatibility with Squeezebox Server 7.4 and fixes some errors but it does come with a few improvements as well. Improvements include: * Better handling of context menus in SBS

Re: [slim] Any tips on moving to ReadyNas Duo from a PC

2009-11-24 Thread Julius D .
Here is a useful link: http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=12125 Also, some file formats will not stream from the ReadyNAS because of the limited processing power. Some files need to be trancoded before it leaves the Nas, and the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Distortion!!!!

2009-11-24 Thread Jippers
Yes I have had the same problem too. I'm only using Softsqueeze on my home-built Media Centre PC and I get it too, but it's intermittent, it doesn't happen all the time. I find that if I shutdown Softsqueeze client on the Media PC and restart it, it fixes it. My theory is that there may be

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Distortion!!!!

2009-11-24 Thread Duku
Hi That sounds possible but my SB is running via ethernet using a Dulan ringmain network so I think it maybe hardware related if thats feasible, very bizzare I wonder how I can get it checked out as I bought it on Amazon and am based in the UK? -- Duku

[slim] $20 off VortexBox Appliance

2009-11-24 Thread agillis
The VortexBox Linux open source distribution is 1 year old this month and I'd like to thank everybody in the SqueezeBox community that helped me work on it. I'd like to offer $20 off every VortexBox Appliance we sell preloaded with VortexBox software including the new VortexBox Micro Appliance.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Distortion!!!!

2009-11-24 Thread ghostrider
You can try an xilinx reset. Unplug and then plug back in while holding the 1 button on the remote. -- ghostrider ghostrider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18959 View this thread:

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-24 Thread Rob W
About your query and suggestion 4: There is an option I have selected under one of the server settings tabs to split artists in the artists list. (I can get the exact details tonight.) There is also a box to enter the preferred delimiter for artists, I use ;. So a typical artist list that I

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-24 Thread Locuth
Hey Rob Yes - I will leave the playlist displayed until you press the popup menu button again. (the one in the lower right) I was planning to add a special item 'all artists' / 'all albums' / 'all tracks' at the top of the current list. Just like on the Duet controller. (the Duet has that

Re: [slim] Will There Be a Logitech Open House in MV This Year?

2009-11-24 Thread iPhone
Sean is long gone and Dean has been gone for a few months. This probably tells the tale. Say goodbye to the April Fools Press Releases and Open House/Fall BBQs. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp,

Re: [slim] Better sound with Rhapsody, Touch or Classic?

2009-11-24 Thread iPhone
jess;488828 Wrote: Thanks for the reply, I am both relieved and dissapointed. Relieved because that being true, I can just stick with my current hardware. Dissapointed because I thought 192KBPS offered plenty of information for detailed sound reproduction. Tons of information is missing

Re: [slim] Screensaver When Off

2009-11-24 Thread WrightDawg
Anyone? Has this happened to anyone else? -- WrightDawg WrightDawg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2793 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71785

Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Herger
[09-11-24 18:41:03.9615] Slim::Plugin::MusicMagic::Importer::setMixable (347) Couldn't get track for

Re: [slim] PDA controller solution

2009-11-24 Thread Rob W
Hi Sebastian, That's fine for the All Artists etc. It's the same way the Squeezebox Classic works, so would be good to make it consistent (and with the Duet). Not sure what the best solution for the special characters is. A special character mode would be good, but not sure how you activate it.