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

2011-06-18 Thread Ron Olsen
jdoering;636858 Wrote: Yeah! I've been a long-time iPeng user and decided to pick up SqueezePad both to see what it's like and to help support third-party app development. While I don't think I could quite give up iPeng (I like the power interface for syncing, etc); the simplicty of

[slim] 5.1 flac issues

2011-06-18 Thread bits
I recently tried to get my SB3 to play 5.1 flac files. With the native flac decoder I get the error message: Ran out of decoder data memory With FLAC - PCM the files play in stereo and playback is at wrong speed, it is slow(the files are also 48khz which might be the issue there not 100% sure)

Re: [slim] 5.1 flac issues

2011-06-18 Thread Mnyb
No and no and no. Btw spdiff can not carry 5.1 pcm in any aplication its not in the standard it does not exist . an adition to the standard is that spdiff can carry lossy bitstreams if 5.1 for home cinema but it is AC3 dolby digital or DTS , but that is not lossles discrete pcm channels .

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2011-06-18 Thread bluegaspode
Version 1.7.5 finally got reviewed by Apple Here is the list of enhancements - alphabetic index-bar now works again with the beta 7.6 Squeezebox server - finetuning of alphabetic index-bar: letters with diacritics (É, Á etc) don't start new sections. More finetuning done on the

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

2011-06-18 Thread bluegaspode
Ron Olsen;636899 Wrote: Shuffle and Repeat on the Player control screen are not in the SqueezePad 1.7.5 update that became available in the App Store today. I hope this feature makes it into 1.7.6. 1.7.5 was finished already and went through my final testing when the discussion about

Re: [slim] 5.1 flac issues

2011-06-18 Thread bits
yea been reading the spdif python script stuff. Just getting through the ac3/dts rips now, I had originally ripped the MLP sources. I forgot you cant do 5.1 PCM over spdif, everything else is connected by HDMI these days :) -- bits

Re: [slim] Better quality BBC live Radio outside the UK

2011-06-18 Thread bpa
Just noticed that Triode had already included these URLs in the BBCiPlayer plugin under Special Events-Listen Live - AAC Test streams I think the Radio 7 menu is actually 4Extra. Previously, I had ignored the Special Events menu because none of the entries worked outside UK -- bpa

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

2011-06-18 Thread ralphy
rpress;636893 Wrote: I'm having difficulty implementing the rotary encoder volume knob. The IR command interface does not lend itself well to this, the increments are too small. I tried to repeat the IR command but it seems there is repeat code on the server side that is thwarting me. Any

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

2011-06-18 Thread lrossouw
bluegaspode;636832 Wrote: It's not possible to change yet. If I find a free hour on the weekend I might implement the playername as a setting. Thanks! -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw)

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Forum

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
Hi All, I was looking around this and other forums in relation to my SB Classic but could not find the solution. My SB does not show anymore time or date when switched off. I checked several times the settings to make sure that it’s set to show time and date when switched off, disconnected and

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic Forum

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
Hi All, I was looking around this and other forums in relation to my SB Classic problem but could not find the solution. My SB does not show anymore time or date when switched off. I checked several times the settings to make sure that it’s set to show time and date when switched off,

[slim] No time or date displayed when switched off?

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
Hi All, I was looking around this and other forums in relation to my SB Classic but could not find the solution. My SB does not show anymore time or date when switched off. I checked several times the settings to make sure that it’s set to show time and date when switched off, disconnected and

Re: [slim] 5.1 flac issues

2011-06-18 Thread ajkidle
I've tackled this in the past, and I recall it not being as easy as I'd hoped. But frankly, as I think about I think it was my ripper that was the problem. DVDAudioExtractor ended up going the job very well, combined with the Python script. There are threads on this topic elsewhere in the

Re: [slim] No time or date displayed when switched off?

2011-06-18 Thread bitstopjoe
I assume you have checked to make sure the time is correct on your PC? When I set up a SB Radio for my mom a few months ago, no time. I went upstairs to her PC and adj. the time ( it was way off) and still no time on the SB.. BUT an hr or so later it must have syncd and all has been ok since...

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

2011-06-18 Thread nieldm
Hi, I appreciate that Squeezeslave doesn't support Rhapsody, but I am also having trouble getting it to work with Spotify. It seems to be working, allows me to search artists and select them, but nothing will play. It simply doesn't start playing when I click play. Help with this would be much

Re: [slim] No time or date displayed when switched off?

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
bitstopjoe;636940 Wrote: I assume you have checked to make sure the time is correct on your PC? When I set up a SB Radio for my mom a few months ago, no time. I went upstairs to her PC and adj. the time ( it was way off) and still no time on the SB.. BUT an hr or so later it must have

[slim] Not showing date and time when switched off

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
Hi All, I was looking for the answer through this forum and could not find the solution, so perhaps someone will be able to answer or attach a link to solve the problem. My SB Classic does not show date and time when switched off. I’ve checked all the settings, adjusted brightness (according to

Re: [slim] Not showing date and time when switched off

2011-06-18 Thread sebp
The SB Classic is unable to display date and time when its server is down (or asleep), it just has itself no idea what time it is. Try connecting it to mysqueezebox.com before shutting the server down. -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp)

Re: [slim] No time or date displayed when switched off?

2011-06-18 Thread aubuti
See the response to the other thread you started today on the same topic. The SB3 needs to be connected to a server (either your pc running SBS or mysqueezebox.com) to show the time. If it is connected to SBS (with the computer running, that is) or mysqueezebox.com and it's still not showing the

Re: [slim] Not showing date and time when switched off

2011-06-18 Thread toby10
SB3 has no internal clock or time/date mechanism. No server = no time/date displayed. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Anyone thought about AIRPLAY support in Squeezebox Server?

2011-06-18 Thread jovapo
astfre0;636797 Wrote: Get ShairPlay4w, configure and install it as service (at least true if you are running a Windows box as Squeeze server), do sound setup, then enable the WaveInput Plugin and create a favourite. Done! Works like a charm. :-) Oh... Make sure you have valid Sound I/O

[slim] Newbie: using controller as MP3 player

2011-06-18 Thread jonmhall
Can someone tell me how to enable the controller on the Duet to listen to the music streaming from the server through h/phones whilst moving around the house. When I plug the h/phones in I can hear the system sounds but not the streaming music. Thanks -- jonmhall

Re: [slim] Newbie: using controller as MP3 player

2011-06-18 Thread aubuti
Welcome to the forums. First you need to enable playback on the SB Controller (SBC), via Settings Advanced Beta Features Audio Playback. Then you should be able to choose the SBC as a player under Settings Choose Player. If you don't see it listed under Choose Player, try rebooting the SBC

Re: [slim] Newbie: using controller as MP3 player

2011-06-18 Thread kidstypike
jonmhall;636982 Wrote: Can someone tell me how to enable the controller on the Duet to listen to the music streaming from the server through h/phones whilst moving around the house. When I plug the h/phones in I can hear the system sounds but not the streaming music. Thanks On the

Re: [slim] Newbie: using controller as MP3 player

2011-06-18 Thread jonmhall
Many thanks both that fixed it. I knew there must be a way to do that. Just acquired this SB and I can't imagine how I managed without it. Cheers -- jonmhall jonmhall's Profile:

Re: [slim] Not showing date and time when switched off

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
toby10;636976 Wrote: SB3 has no internal clock or time/date mechanism. No server = no time/date displayed. Hi, Hmmm, that is very strange because it was showing the time and date for good couple of months no problem and developed this problem only recently I swear! One day just disappeared

Re: [slim] No time or date displayed when switched off?

2011-06-18 Thread Maciej
aubuti;636964 Wrote: See the response to the other thread you started today on the same topic. The SB3 needs to be connected to a server (either your pc running SBS or mysqueezebox.com) to show the time. If it is connected to SBS (with the computer running, that is) or mysqueezebox.com and

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

2011-06-18 Thread ralphy
nieldm;636941 Wrote: Hi, I appreciate that Squeezeslave doesn't support Rhapsody, but I am also having trouble getting it to work with Spotify. It seems to be working, allows me to search artists and select them, but nothing will play. It simply doesn't start playing when I click play.

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

2011-06-18 Thread farisha8k
thanks! -- farisha8k farisha8k's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47635 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67769 ___

[slim] Party/Quit Erasing My Playlist Mode

2011-06-18 Thread MusicManiac
Is this only possible with a third-party controller app? I read on the wiki there was a party mode type deal before, but that it was removed. Still no native way to do this I take it? Its pretty frustrating to build up a playlist only to have somebody, even accidentally, wipe it out while

Re: [slim] Party/Quit Erasing My Playlist Mode

2011-06-18 Thread pippin
MusicManiac;637011 Wrote: Is this only possible with a third-party controller app? Right now AFAIK yes. I believe 7.6 will have something similar again to at least avoid accidental touch-to-play but I don't know exactly how that's supposed to work. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox

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

2011-06-18 Thread rpress
ralphy;636926 Wrote: Are you modifying the IR code loop in interactive.c? Pretty much, I'm writing my own handler but it works in a similar way. The buttons on the empeg have just keydown and keyup, and the knob will send a keydown when turned one detent up, or one detent down. There is no

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

2011-06-18 Thread ralphy
rpress;637018 Wrote: Sure, I attached a diff. My mod is pretty simple but it should work okay as the bool will be written in one instruction cycle so no need for a mutex lock. Thanks for the patch. I'll need to see if that holds true for all the platforms that squeezeslave supports.

Re: [slim] 5.1 flac issues

2011-06-18 Thread bits
yea got it working. It seems silly you need to jam the ac3 and dts data into another container that wasn't intended to have that data. Why cant the squeezeboxes just stream dts and ac3 straight through? :P -- bits

[slim] Vortexbox + iPeng + Duet freezes between songs

2011-06-18 Thread jammypac
Hi, For quite a while was just running squeezebox server off a vortexbox and using my iphones as devices with iPeng software. I finally added a Duet to my mix (for optical to my receiver) and now every 2-3 songs, when synced, it stops in between songs. If I hit forward on iPeng or on the remote

Re: [slim] Vortexbox + iPeng + Duet freezes between songs

2011-06-18 Thread Ron Olsen
Are you trying to sync the Duet with VortexBox Player or with the iPeng player? This does not work very well, and is likely the source of your problem. Does the Duet play OK when it is not synced? If you want to sync the Duet with a software player, use Squeezeslave instead of VortexBox Player