Re: [slim] controlling squeezebox/slimserver from my own app

2010-11-30 Thread marcoc1712
Hi, seems to me we are working on very similar projects... I've builded up a PERL/JAVA application to grab info and tags from music files, musicbrainz and other services on the web, store it on a DB , then organize and browse the entire collection and feed SBS (I'm using WAV and CUE files, but is

Re: [slim] iPeng vs. SqueezePad

2010-11-30 Thread pippin
Both have the love and ban feature but only iPeng has dedicated buttons for it, in SqueezePad you have to go through the context menu. Both work with MySB. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com --

Re: [slim] iPeng vs. SqueezePad

2010-11-30 Thread digitalknight
pippin;591456 Wrote: > I think there will not be a lot of differences on Pandora. iPeng will > show bigger images of artist and stations and it does have shortcut > buttons on the home screen and the screen saver for like and ban. > > I believe these are the only differences. > I'm not sure righ

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
MrSinatra;591888 Wrote: > > well it sure sounded like you were offering your personal stance as > justification for your broader views, or else why say it to begin with? > but np. Well, I guess it could have come across that way, if so, my bad. It was meant more as a commentary on me

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
toby10;591890 Wrote: > In great part, not talking to ones neighbors has a lot to do with the > very technology you are promoting. Funny, I don't buy into such > technology yet I know all of my neighbors, and they know me. ;) exactly right, thats the point. but even the most loquacious couldn'

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
MrSinatra;591888 Wrote: > .. > sure talking to your neighbors is fine, but the truth is thats a lot > more limited nowadays > > .. frankly, i don't think too many people are swayed by the > "seatbelts??? who needs em!?!" argument. In great part, not talking to ones neighb

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
toby10;591880 Wrote: > Yes, I have indeed been a victim of crime. Luckily not a home break in. > But no app would have helped me. his break in was not the first or the last in the neighborhood. the point is that it may have been prevented had the neighborhood been aware. had this app been wid

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
MrSinatra;591872 Wrote: > so you've never been the victim of a crime? lucky you. i suggest you > check out american crime stats, and then consider your chances of never > suffering a crime over a lifetime. > > i keep making this point, but it seems to have gotten lost. this isn't > just a "sa

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread pippin
toby10;591868 Wrote: > I never wear a seat belt Well, after having worked with somebody selling restraint systems and seeing his test videos of these systems I'd encourage you to rethink this part or at least get your air bag deactivated. Believe me, without a seat belt any crash beyond 30mph wi

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
toby10;591868 Wrote: > Mr Sinatra, > I'm not knocking your brothers app. I was only commenting on pippins > comment about the US' obsession with safety, and overly intrusive > weather warnings are a pet peeve of mine. > > I'm into skydiving, bungee jumping, whitewater rafting, and I never > wea

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread pippin
Phil Leigh;591861 Wrote: > DB can't keep a schedule! Oh yes, that's true, they never can. But they could stop blaming it on the weather. In the winter it's too cold, in the summer it's too hot and in autumn and spring it's too wet. If you listen to them their trains only work under controlled la

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
Mr Sinatra, I'm not knocking your brothers app. I was only commenting on pippins comment about the US' obsession with safety, and overly intrusive weather warnings are a pet peeve of mine. I'm into skydiving, bungee jumping, whitewater rafting, and I never wear a seat belt nor my motorcycle helm

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
aubuti;591866 Wrote: > In our neighborhood the app we've been using for that is called > 'listserv'. Works brilliantly. The advantage is that you don't need an > iThing to be suitably informed, although it also works on iThings. The > disadvantage is that it's sooo 20th century ;o) the real

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread aubuti
MrSinatra;591862 Wrote: > with this app, neighbors can not only inform each other, but the police > can inform the app users, and the app users can inform the police. > these burglars had an MO and a vehicle that people could have looked > out for, if only they knew WHAT to look out for. In our

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
pippin;591858 Wrote: > I've seen those warnings back when I used to work in Indiana from time > to time. > > Here in Germany we are one step beyond that: We have weather excuses. > Just heard a comment on the radio that due to the "early winter" (you > can _bet_ on the last week of November bein

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
toby10;591799 Wrote: > Sadly this goes well beyond obsessive to the point of paranoia. my bro-in-law and family live just off-campus, by emory in atlanta. very "safe" and expensive neighborhood. 4 kids. while they were all home and sleeping, burglars broke into their finished basement and sto

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread Phil Leigh
pippin;591858 Wrote: > ...German Railways now has trouble keeping their schedules... > DB can't keep a schedule! - maybe they need a lesson from the Swiss (only joking - my local railway into London is now owned by DB and they seem to be doing a fine job so far...) -- Phil Leigh You want to

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread pippin
I've seen those warnings back when I used to work in Indiana from time to time. Here in Germany we are one step beyond that: We have weather excuses. Just heard a comment on the radio that due to the "early winter" (you can _bet_ on the last week of November being cold in Germany, it's the same _

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
ftlight;591846 Wrote: > Many of them didn't... > > Bill Yes, and people still die today from weather, yet here we are... still overpopulating the earth. ;) The weather paranoid people should buy a $10 weather radio to feed their neurotic tendencies 24/7. This instead of bothering the vast maj

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread ftlight
toby10;591799 Wrote: > How did human beings ever survive the past 200,000+ years without > weather warnings? Many of them didn't... Bill -- ftlight ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2010-11-30 Thread Prospect
Thanks Mnyb I tried to run SBS on the same machine as SS and indeed SS showed up in MySB. However I was not able to connect to it. -- Prospect Prospect's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41787 View

Re: [slim] squeezebox keeps randomly re-booting

2010-11-30 Thread Fozzy
I have two Squeezeboxes which I believe are SB3s. One of these acts as a wired to wireless bridge between the wired LAN that has the NAS running Squeezebox Server on it and the wireless LAN with the other squeezeboxes. As noted in another post I am having some trouble with the wireless access po

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2010-11-30 Thread Mnyb
Prospect;591803 Wrote: > I am currently running SqueezePlay with mysb so I do not think that > blocking is the issue. While SqueezePlay has a gui for providing > credentials and logging in to mysb while SS have not. It is stated in > the wiki that SS should work with Squeezenetwork. I just don't

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2010-11-30 Thread Prospect
ralphy;591796 Wrote: > I've never tested this, but others have reported that Logitech "blocks" > softplayers on mysb.. I am currently running SqueezePlay with mysb so I do not think that blocking is the issue. While SqueezePlay has a gui for providing credentials and logging in to mysb while SS

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2010-11-30 Thread ralphy
truehl;591685 Wrote: > > Right now I thinking about to make a collection to by you a dockstar > device!!! I'm sure you will love that!!! Could you tell me the price > for a dockstar in Canada??? > > ;) Greetings from Germany, > Thomas I've sent you a PM. -- ralphy Ralphy *4*-Classics, *2

Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread toby10
pippin;591777 Wrote: > . > You Americans are always so obsessed with safety :) Beyond obsessive to the point of paranoia. You should see all of the silly warnings splashed across our TV screens to warn us of a thunderstorm two counties away (90 miles). Yes, a silly thunderstorm. My f

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2010-11-30 Thread ralphy
Prospect;591726 Wrote: > Would it be possible to use SS directly with squeezebox.com without > running a Squeezebox Server locally? I have tried to run > > ./squeezeslave-intel mysqueezebox.com > > There are no error messages so it seems that SS connects to the server > but I do not understand

Re: [slim] Help! analogue outputs on SB3 are muted ?

2010-11-30 Thread praganj
Thanks to everybody for help ! My old SB3 is still listed in mysquezebox.com and i found the setting under: players - squezeebox - audio - Preamp Volume Control set to 63, so the analogue output are muted. Set it to 0 and everything is OK :) -- praganj

Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

2010-11-30 Thread bluegaspode
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Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

2010-11-30 Thread JaviT
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Re: [slim] What should be in the next version of SqueezePad (part 2)

2010-11-30 Thread johansombekke
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Re: [slim] Hail Mary time for Logitech with its Google TV?

2010-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
well, its all new so i think there is but i don't know all the details yet. i'll report back when i know more. its not just a safety/neighborhood watch app, but its hard to describe what it is beyond that. its local civic awareness too, like report a leaky fire hydrant or pothole, but more than