[slim] Really Fun To Learn The Savoy Style Dance

2010-08-20 Thread ESTES21
Lindy Hop is a dance style that evolved during the 1920s in Harlem, New York. This dance form fits in the genre of swing dance. It also happens to be one of the many partner dances that are still popular. The steps of this dance style were taken from the Tap and Charleston. This was the first

Re: [slim] Stream music over internet? (classic)

2010-08-20 Thread bpa
dandirk;570466 Wrote: I used to be able to login to the squeezeserver from the internet (using dns, port forwarding etc) and start the old java client from any computer on the internet. About a year back I tried to update the software and found the java player was no longer included. I

Re: [slim] I see vortexbox in a vm as a good solution

2010-08-20 Thread epoch1970
JJZolx;570441 Wrote: Why? If you have a dedicated machine on which to run Squeezebox Server then the VM is just added overhead and administrative complexity. I beg to differ. You just can't ignore the fact that performing a rollback on a VM after an unsuccessful upgrade is so simple. In the

Re: [slim] Stream music over internet? (classic)

2010-08-20 Thread bernt
Moose, squeezeslave and Neorouter. -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3, SB BOOM - vortex...@hp SFF iPod Touch\iPeng bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread lrossouw
MelonMonkey;570265 Wrote: If I was super adventurous, I'd put together a very handsome shelving unit to hold them all in a room upstairs - with a unique RFID inserted into each jewel case. Then a small RFID reader disguised in a piece of furniture near the stereo (possibly a couple of

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-20 Thread lrossouw
This came up in a thread on storage of physical CDs when someone suggested putting in RFID tags in the CD and using a reader to automatically start playing songs on their SqueezeBox. I thought about this and it would seem to be possible already using barcodes on Android. So a feature request

Re: [slim] Improved Squeezebox config availible for Harmony users.

2010-08-20 Thread ikhlas6
good effort -- ikhlas6 ikhlas6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39971 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67769 ___

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread ikhlas6
oh all these cd`s -- ikhlas6 ikhlas6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39971 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369 ___

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread funkstar
lrossouw;570508 Wrote: This is a great idea but you don't even need the RFID\reader. Think barcodes phones. The Android phones can all read barcodes so you can just scan the barcode find the name of the cd and search your library and play. Could be automated by the developers of apps for

Re: [slim] MusicIp/SugarCube settings

2010-08-20 Thread bradcook
Thanks - I will try this evening when I get home from work. I have Erlands plugins installed - the Browse by Selected was what showed me the playcounts. I know that SugarCube isnt for 'true' random playlists - but was quite surpised when I looked into the tracks selected how often the same

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2010-08-20 Thread pippin
lrossouw;570509 Wrote: Obviously not a top priority item but innovative :) Not really innovative. More like retro. :) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] Is a a real Squeezebox client for Android on the works?

2010-08-20 Thread ralphy
Has anyone tried to compile squeezeslave for the droid? You could use squeezecommander to control it. r184 in the source repository has the latest portaudio library which includes support for ALSA on the droid. Code: svn checkout

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread Rodrigo
pippin;568500 Wrote: Ah. I've seen that, too (not iPeng related; when shutting down a server). This means it sticks with the old server. That's probably one of the conditions that require a reboot. I don't fully understand how that works inside the Receiver. iPeng does one of two things:

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread pippin
Rodrigo;570531 Wrote: Why this would not work? It would not just drop the server and let the player find it for itself, but direct it to a specific one. Because I don't think the issue is the wrong account but that the Receiver doesn't switch over at all. But I'll give it a try in the next

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

2010-08-20 Thread ralphy
joevandyk;570091 Wrote: Hi, I have a nvidia ion running xbmc (ubuntu hardy). The speaker test works fine, xbmc audio works fine. I want to play through the hdmi output. Squeezeslave is trying to open your audio devices using 44.1KHz and ALSA is returning an error that indicates the

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

2010-08-20 Thread ralphy
Mr. Floppy;570179 Wrote: Hi there...:-) I saw that some people compile the squeezeslave for other systems. Is it possible to create a bin file for the dreambox? (Linux SAT receiver) thx I have never had anyone report having created a binary for the dreambox. -- ralphy Ralphy

[slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread Sike
Hi Pippin I'm not PM'ing you so that others can see and don't ask again. Any idea when the iPad version will be coming out? Thanks Sike -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View

Re: [slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread pippin
As I said before: No dates anymore, they are always wrong. It's what I work on most of the time now. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile:

Re: [slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread Sike
What about a rough guess? I would just prefer to buy your app (An App that I know how to use) than to buy a different one. :) -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread iPhone
Do you have an iPhone? Doesn't iPeng work on the iPad? You could use that until an iPad specific version is ready. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5

[slim] Sb not recognising album lists

2010-08-20 Thread ROBBIE BURNS
as a junior forum member and a new sb clsassic user i recently requested some advice and assistance (which i got thanks), but this doesnt seem to have solved my problem, maybe its how i described what am trying to do, so here goes again. Im currently ripping my cd collection using mm to store as

Re: [slim] I see vortexbox in a vm as a good solution

2010-08-20 Thread elstensoftware
Not sure if it is of any help, but I wrote a blog post about 'installing vortexbox in vmware server' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/03/23/automatic-digital-music-workflow-with-vortexbox-part-one-installation/). I tried VirtualBox too, but had less success, I found

Re: [slim] I see vortexbox in a vm as a good solution

2010-08-20 Thread iPhone
epoch1970;570497 Wrote: I beg to differ. You just can't ignore the fact that performing a rollback on a VM after an unsuccessful upgrade is so simple, compared to downgrading a machine. In the context where most people want their music server to simply work, and the promise of a distro such

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread Rodrigo
pippin;570532 Wrote: Because I don't think the issue is the wrong account but that the Receiver doesn't switch over at all. But I'll give it a try in the next release. Pippin, I can´t really understand why, but now switching server started working as it should. I´ve playing around a little

Re: [slim] recommendations for powered speakers with classic

2010-08-20 Thread Dogberry2
Just to give another option (among all the A-5 recommendations), I'd also suggest the Logitech Z-2300 line. I'm not saying they're as good as the A-5s, but at less than half the price, they do provide great sound for the cost. No idea about their availability outside the U.S., but they're worth

Re: [slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread bluegaspode
Sike;570560 Wrote: An App that I know how to use Didn't pippin say the iPad version will be totally different from current iPeng ;) -- bluegaspode Big Screen for great Boxes available now at your AppStore: *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad '

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread iPhone
Please bring back the old Player Icons. Just my two cents worth. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco

Re: [slim] Hey Pippin - When is your iPad version coming?

2010-08-20 Thread iPhone
bluegaspode;570587 Wrote: Didn't pippin say the iPad version will be totally different from current iPeng ;) Yes because he has so much more real estate to work with. But if you have an iPhone now and since you can put 'Your' owned Apps on up to 5 devices, why not put iPeng on ones iPad

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread lrossouw
funkstar;570522 Wrote: While I agree, I do really like the implications of MelonMonkey's idea :) Take a CD off the shelf and place it on your coffee table, that album starts to play. Take the CD to another room and the stream follows you around the house. Day to day it might be a complete

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread iPhone
MelonMonkey;570265 Wrote: CDs are currently stored in three large cardboard boxes in the basement. Not having access to a physical object representing an album is a bit of a nostalgic loss. There's something so visceral about browsing through a shelf of disks, like old books. If I was

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

2010-08-20 Thread MrSinatra
EVERYONE, AndyG is willing to make a pref for this, see here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14921 however, i don't know how to answer his question... i wish moonbase was still around. we need a DB settings expert to submit to AndyG in that bug exactly what would be best, and

[slim] Announcement: Whitebear Media Server (UPnP/DLNA) v2.0 released !!

2010-08-20 Thread AndrewFG
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80632 -- AndrewFG Regards, AndrewFG AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-08-20 Thread Claas
and if I'm really good drag and drop of songs/albums from the left to the right ... that would have been one of my requests. 2) Current playlist easier to access. But that seems to be planned. Will play around with it during the weekend and come up with more perhaps. Regards Claas --

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread 05mattjax
Could someone please explain in simple terms the above feature? From what I read enabling this feature will turn on your PC/Laptop/NAS from power off and start the Squeezebox Server? If so can I use it in my set up? I have a laptop and a Netgear ReadyNas Duo (The NAS is what I use the most). I

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

2010-08-20 Thread garym
05mattjax;570647 Wrote: Could someone please explain in simple terms the above feature? From what I read enabling this feature will turn on your PC/Laptop/NAS from power off and start the Squeezebox Server? If so can I use it in my set up? I have a laptop and a Netgear ReadyNas Duo (The

Re: [slim] Sb not recognising album lists

2010-08-20 Thread garym
ROBBIE BURNS;570566 Wrote: as a junior forum member and a new sb clsassic user i recently requested some advice and assistance (which i got thanks), but this doesnt seem to have solved my problem, maybe its how i described what am trying to do, so here goes again. Im currently ripping my

[slim] Unable to Add Podcasts

2010-08-20 Thread soxfan
OK, this is driving me crazy and I hope someone can point out something really stupid / obvious that I'm missing. I saw a thread earlier this week in the Music forum about the Mountain Stage podcasts. After checking it out a bit and finding a couple of shows that I was interested in I decided

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread maggior
iPhone;570606 Wrote: OK, I can understand the nostalgic or sensory loss as I still enjoy the ritual of preparing to play Vinyl. Having said that, the whole idea of the Squeezebox (or any digital media player) is to play digital files relieving us of the need to search or dig through CDs. I

[slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread Porschefan
Newb here...probably a dumb question, but: Is there any way to use my PC as a client to Squeezebox server running on the same PC? I have a very nice audio setup on my PC and when I'm in the office I'd like to use it to play content from the SBS. Of course all my media files are on the PC,

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread garym
Porschefan;570726 Wrote: Newb here...probably a dumb question, but: Is there any way to use my PC as a client to Squeezebox server running on the same PC? I have a very nice audio setup on my PC and when I'm in the office I'd like to use it to play content from the SBS. Of course

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread Nonreality
So far they are in boxes. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them. Probably save them like my albums and never use them again just to haul around where ever I go. Maybe give them away or trade them in (I know,I know.). How about a link for that flac tester. Sounds like a nice choice or

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread Porschefan
garym;570727 Wrote: Yes. Install SqueezePlay. Tough to play synched, but otherwise works. Thanks. Now--where can I download this? (Yes, I searched and am not coming up with it ;-) ) -- Porschefan Stephen Porter Albuquerque, NM (new home)

Re: [slim] Sb not recognising album lists

2010-08-20 Thread Nonreality
garym;570681 Wrote: Use MM (or mp3tag) to add ALBUM ARTIST tag, and enter, say, Various Artists as the Album artist on all these songs. (leave track artist as actual artist). Then change the album name of all these songs to the same thing (as I think you want these to be all treated as one

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread pski
Two references to Squeezeplay but I prefer SoftSqueeze. It is available as a plug-in. You may have to select the display all 3rd party plug-ins and it may show up as community softsqueeze. I have this preference because the skins act just like the corresponding hardware and I have had no problem

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread garym
Porschefan;570731 Wrote: Thanks. Now--where can I download this? (Yes, I searched and am not coming up with it ;-) ) I'll post link in morning. I'm away fromcomputer. But search these forums for my name and squeezeplay and you should see link. It's in the nightlies under 7.5 and it is

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2010-08-20 Thread pski
maggior;570724 Wrote: I'm with iPhone. From a technology geek perspective, it would be really cool, but I don't think it would prove tremendously useful outside of a very select few. I think money and effort could be spent on better things, like developing better tagging schemes, better

Re: [slim] I see vortexbox in a vm as a good solution

2010-08-20 Thread pski
elstensoftware;570569 Wrote: Not sure if it is of any help, but I wrote a blog post about 'installing vortexbox in vmware server' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/03/23/automatic-digital-music-workflow-with-vortexbox-part-one-installation/). I tried VirtualBox

Re: [slim] MusicIp/SugarCube settings

2010-08-20 Thread Nonreality
I was glad to see this thread since I don't use trackstat or dynamic playists or whatever they are called. I've just started using it again and it's worked well so far. thank you until I can afford to thank you again cparker. We have the same last name btw. :) Plus your musicip setup was a

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

2010-08-20 Thread dsdreamer
I am not the database expert you're looking for, but I suggest applying the KISS principle. There's one set of values (from Moonbase) that has been tested by members of this forum for almost a year now, and we've had overwhelmingly positive reports. I don't suggest making new sets of values, that

Re: [slim] How to save a radio station to favorites w/ 7.5?

2010-08-20 Thread Nonreality
Nonreality;542160 Wrote: It really seems to me that when you want to save an radio station it should be smart enough to ask you where you would like to save it? Is that asking too much? Maybe you want to save it to favorites but then again maybe to internet radio stations. I'm not sure

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread johnnydarko
I've been a hardware Squeezebox user since 2004, but thought I'd pursue the ideas put forth in this thread... I tried Squeezeslave today and alas no gapless mp3s. I tried Softsqueeze - nice, but also not quite gapless with mp3s. I tried Squeezeplay and it doesn't pick-up my audio preferences

Re: [slim] Can I make my PC a SB device

2010-08-20 Thread Mnyb
No sure workaround, but you have the stream.mp3 option too . http://squeezeboxserver ip:9000/stream.mp3 Example my server is http://192.168.1.5:9000/stream.mp3 Is the server running on the same machine, use localhost. http://127.0.0.1:9000/stream.mp3 To stream to whatever media player you