Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-06-10 Thread SilverRS8
jimzak;553802 Wrote: I'm running SBS on a Win XP SP3 machine with an Atom processor and 2 GB of RAM. I download the zip file for ACC 3.4 and then unzip it to the desktop. I then double-click the .hta file and the application opens. I check off the options and then hit the generate

Re: [slim] Storage suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread ROBBIE BURNS
thanks for the advice, i should point out that I have over 600 plus disks and i have only ripped 140 so far. With regards to disk storage space, i had expected 140 cd to take up more room than 45gig as they are being ripped as FLAC files, or is this file size about right for that amount of disks?

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.4 released today

2010-06-10 Thread Midnight
I have to say Bliss is just fantastic! -- Midnight Midnight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33287 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79414

Re: [slim] What happend to 'Music Folders' in web control?

2010-06-10 Thread Siduhe
dnighorn;553588 Wrote: That is almost certainly it. I have that setting blank because I am integrating with iTunes. If I put my music library location in that field, will the scan still work from iTunes? Yes, it should merge the info, between the local library and iTunes. Problems

Re: [slim] Syncing Problems -

2010-06-10 Thread shane732
snarlydwarf;553558 Wrote: If you can, keep it wired. Yes, especially in antenna design. Only if you have other devices that support it. Squeezeboxes will stay in the 2.4G range but if you have a laptop, it could use the 5Ghz are and not collide... the catch is that a laptop

[slim] how to setup a proper ABX test

2010-06-10 Thread Nando1970
Hello I would love to setup a proper ABX test using Squeezebox players, but I couldn't find a dedicated plug-in. My main goal is to verify if I can discriminate between MP3 V2, MP3 320, FLAC 16/44, FLAC 24/96 using my current hardware configurations: 1) Duet - Harman Kardon AVR-255 - Chario

Re: [slim] Storage suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread spile
I backup my FLAC collection to a 200Gb external drive. When I plug in the drive a backup starts automatically and I keep this drive in my office ie off-site. I use the free SyncToy to do this using the Echo function. All automated which I like :-) I also backup everything to an external 2Tb

Re: [slim] How to stream Spotify on a Mac

2010-06-10 Thread whitman
So, that sounds to me like a deafening reply of 'there have been no developments'. Pity. It means my Squeezeboxes are lagging behind in one of the most important developments in online music. I'm not used to that. -- whitman

Re: [slim] Scans seem slow? web, SBC ui slow? how to make them faster! vote for this bug!

2010-06-10 Thread bobkoure
turls;552454 Wrote: Are the tweaks in here still valid? Yes. These are tweaks to improve the performance of MySQL in the special case of having a database small enough to fit into memory (MySQL is normally used with databases that do -not- fit). Further, the default settings that SqueezeServer

Re: [slim] How to stream Spotify on a Mac

2010-06-10 Thread toby10
whitman;553877 Wrote: So, that sounds to me like a deafening reply of 'there have been no developments'. Pity. It means my Squeezeboxes are lagging behind in one of the most important developments in online music. I'm not used to that. The real limiting factor here is your Mac. As you

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.4 released today

2010-06-10 Thread elstensoftware
Midnight;553857 Wrote: I have to say Bliss is just fantastic! Can I quote you on that Midnight? :D :cool: -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://musiclibrarymanagement.blogspot.com)

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2010-06-10 Thread fphredd
SilverRS8;553839 Wrote: For a first run I would try to naarow down the scope of files using the Starting Folder option buts besides that, even with very large collections ACC should show a progress indicator at the bottom of the screen in percentages. This is your indicator wether ACC is

Re: [slim] Storage suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread fphredd
ROBBIE BURNS;553855 Wrote: thanks for the advice, i should point out that I have over 600 plus disks and i have only ripped 140 so far. With regards to disk storage space, i had expected 140 cd to take up more room than 45gig as they are being ripped as FLAC files, or is this file size about

Re: [slim] 760 WJR Detroit not Streaming

2010-06-10 Thread mishmash
toby10;553566 Wrote: WJR 760 is playing fine on my Boom. Tried numerous attempts, switching from WJR to other stations then back to WJR. Each connection attempt works fine. WinXP, SBS 7.5.1 Newbie here, have not been able to get WJR(and a few others)for months, using the search

[slim] SB3 volume control on digital out

2010-06-10 Thread AntonBerg
Hi, I use the squeezebox 3 and an external DAC, the dac is connected directly to my poweramp, so I use the volumecontrol in the SB3. Works great, but I would like the minimum output to be lower and it would be nice to change log scale output of the SB3. is there anyway to change this?, it must be

Re: [slim] Storage suggestions

2010-06-10 Thread JJZolx
ROBBIE BURNS;553855 Wrote: thanks for the advice, i should point out that I have over 600 plus disks and i have only ripped 140 so far. With regards to disk storage space, i had expected 140 cd to take up more room than 45gig as they are being ripped as FLAC files, or is this file size about

Re: [slim] Transporter Bitrate Question

2010-06-10 Thread JJZolx
mcvan;553997 Wrote: So what did you find out? I'm seeing the same thing w/ a 2604kbps VBR file that seems to get (Converted to 705.6kbps ABR) in a Squeezebox 3 Classic. What is a '2604kbps VBR' file? What file format, bit depth and sampling rate is it? By default, uncompressed lossless

Re: [slim] Transporter Bitrate Question

2010-06-10 Thread mcvan
PencilNeckGeek;552012 Wrote: Thanks for the replies. I will have to double check all the volume controls again and report back So what did you find out? I'm seeing the same thing w/ a 2604kbps VBR file that seems to get (Converted to 705.6kbps ABR) in a Squeezebox 3 Classic. -- mcvan

Re: [slim] 760 WJR Detroit not Streaming

2010-06-10 Thread toby10
mishmash;553941 Wrote: Newbie here, have not been able to get WJR(and a few others)for months, using the search function no longer finds WJR except for searching local stationsand that link doesn't work either, Radiotime links do not work. XP 7.5.0 Make sure your SB player is

Re: [slim] SB3 volume control on digital out

2010-06-10 Thread peterw
AntonBerg;553947 Wrote: Hi, I use the squeezebox 3 and an external DAC, the dac is connected directly to my poweramp, so I use the volumecontrol in the SB3. Works great, but I would like the minimum output to be lower and it would be nice to change log scale output of the SB3. is there

[slim] Kgo

2010-06-10 Thread Leo63
Does anyone have a streaming url for KGO. They just changed their stream and radiotime doesn't have it updated as of yet. -- Leo63 Leo63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38158 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Kgo

2010-06-10 Thread snarlydwarf
http://www.kgoradio.com/listenlive.asp says... http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/KGOAM.pls And it works for me. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View

Re: [slim] 760 WJR Detroit not Streaming

2010-06-10 Thread mishmash
Thank you Toby, you're right...it does work on server. -- mishmash mishmash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79477

[slim] Using iTunes and having high quality

2010-06-10 Thread isaacc7
I've been loving my touch and everything is working very well. I have SB server running on my macbook which is wired to the same switch as my touch. I have a 170GB library, mostly in mp3 and aac formats. Now that I have a good source to hook to my stereo, I would like to rip my entire collection

Re: [slim] iPad SoftSqueeze App?

2010-06-10 Thread GeezerD
Since connecting to the stream made no sense to me, I bought Squeezecast. ugh mistake. The app ui is crude, at least as far as setup is concerned. It prompts for the dns of the server, which neither of my SB products needed to be fed. I don't even know what the dns is though I agree it must

[slim] Control your SqueezeBox or Transporter with Foobar2000

2010-06-10 Thread stuffedspacedog
Hello all, first post here. I don't really like the interface of SqueezeBox Server, my favourite music frontend is Foobar2000 which I've been running for some years. About a year ago a guy posted an AutoIt script which would allow you to control SqueezeBox Server (and whatever hardware players

Re: [slim] Control your SqueezeBox or Transporter with Foobar2000

2010-06-10 Thread audiomuze
stuffedspacedog;554040 Wrote: If there's any interest, I'll post links to all the files you need and installation instructions on my web site. I've pre-compiled the script into a small .exe file which will run on Windows XP/Vista/7.Post it, please. -- audiomuze Oh, and yes, I almost

Re: [slim] Control your SqueezeBox or Transporter with Foobar2000

2010-06-10 Thread Mad Chemist
Please! -- Mad Chemist Mad Chemist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3735 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79575 ___