Re: [slim] What is purpose of #EXTURL in playlist?

2011-08-30 Thread graemesar
ItÂ’s really a nice piece of reading. Amazon Kindle skin covers give complete protection to our phone from harsh environment. -- graemesar graemesar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49422 View

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music2touch 1.4.3 for the Blackberry Playbook released

2011-08-30 Thread monideth
Hi, Just installed version 1.5.4. Initially I had some problems getting it to fully connect with my Squeezebox server. The problem being the default web and CLI ports. My server was using the default web port, but CLI port was different. The Music2touch app 'connected' OK - but there was not

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

2011-08-30 Thread jeebers
socistep;653939 Wrote: My desire HD loses connection, not sure what causes and won't auto reconnect. The only way to solve is to turn wireless off and on. Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk Same with my Desire HD, although intermittently -- jeebers www.last.fm/user/gbennett115

[slim] Spotify Crashes Radio

2011-08-30 Thread christate99
Hi, Strange problem, when I use the official spotify App, it works fine for about 3 searches, then when I search again (using the iPhone app), it totally crashes the radio and causes it to reboot. I will see if it does the same if I just use the radio controls tonight, I was just wondering if

Re: [slim] MonkeySqueeze

2011-08-30 Thread Gingernut63
MonkeySqueeze is now on twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/MonkeySqueeze1/ For the latest info on all things MonkeySqueeze, latest releases, news, tips, beta releases and development. A quick way to find out what is happening and telling you when to visit the forums. Feel free to tweet your

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
I've come back from work after leaving the Touch unplugged all day, switched it on and found it very slow at connecting. In fact the second time I tried to connect via MySB I just got the spinning cursor. Third time I get 'Bad Gateway' and sure enough, on the Mac when I try to refresh MySB

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
OK - now I can connect on the Mac - time to try on the Touch... ...'We could not connect to MySqueezebox.com'! This really needs to be sorted out! -- Nick_G Nick_G's Profile:

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
Nope - it's lost the connection to MySB again, on the Touch and the Mac It's like a constant battle of wills between myself and this damn Squeezebox. -- Nick_G Nick_G's Profile:

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
OK I seem to have cracked it...BUT... I now seem to have lost a lot of my music. Many albums have gone! The bit I had got wrong was not removing the path entry for Music Folder within SC basic settings so that SC can will get its info from the MiP database. Within MusicIP settings I have

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654118 Wrote: Nope - it's lost the connection to MySB again, on the Touch and the Mac It's like a constant battle of wills between myself and this damn Squeezebox. Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network issue. Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
Back again. A clear and rescan seems to have cured that problem...BUT...I now have duplicate tracks but only in some albums. For example Interpol. Every album has each track twice! I think I'm getting closer but boy oh boy this has certainly tested my limited abilities. Thanks for all help

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
garym;654125 Wrote: Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network issue. Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static (fixed) IP address (not a reserved DHCP address). 1. Temporarily turn off your DHCP server in router. (may need to then reboot router) 2. unplug then

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread Phil Leigh
Don't do that! Set it to only import mixable status and point SBS at your flac folder as the music library. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654162 Wrote: Thanks Gary. Are you saying that if the last number in the IP address is less than 100 then it is fixed? If so then mine is fixed. I have the same IP address appearing in the Squeezebox Server Status page as I do in the Networking pane in System Preferences on the

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread alfista
garym;654125 Wrote: Given the intermittent problems, I still think you have a network issue. Have you tried to give the TOUCH a static (fixed) IP address (not a reserved DHCP address). Then again, you haven't been treated to the european MSB experience. It's the definition of intermittent.

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
garym;654164 Wrote: I'm not on a mac, so not sure, but I'm thinking the SbS status page is showing the IP address of the computer running SbS (your MAC). This is different from the IP address of the SB Touch itself. most routers I know of have an address of something like 192.168.1.1 or

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
alfista;654166 Wrote: Then again, you haven't been treated to the european MSB experience. It's the definition of intermittent. From a computer on ethernet I can sometimes access the web page, my SB3 is freqently disconnected for longer or shorter periods, if I use the diagnostic feature of

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654167 Wrote: The router is an Orange Livebox. My IP address fits those criteria that you mention above: above .1, and below .100, and therefore outside the DHCP range. So I'm concluding that I already do have a fixed IP address. And yes, that url above does access my router.

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Mnyb
Sometimes it can even be country specific or isp specific ? A lot of people have trouble tonigth, but the website is still up from where I'm at I can use shoutcast via mysb.com with SqueezePad in a hotell room with thier shodddy wifi rigth now ? -- Mnyb

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
garym;654171 Wrote: hmmm, odd that the touch would have a fixed IP without you having given it one. It wouldn't have been automatic. But in any case, a quick search of the forum led me to lots of posts that complain about issues with using the Orange Livebox. And the IP address is not

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
And would you believe it - just after my PS note above, the Touch has gone to standby and lost MySB again. I can still access it via the web though. -- Nick_G Nick_G's Profile:

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654177 Wrote: That is what I was thinking Gary. The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB (about 280). I just wish

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
And then even the Mac stopped accessing MySB Favourites for a minute or so. Definitely still very flaky. -- Nick_G Nick_G's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38427 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
Given this seems a Europe issue - would this work do a factory reset (painful, I know) then in the setup choose the US servers. I guess because we are in EU we just choose Europe. Anybody tried that - what happens? -- castalla

[slim] still have MusicIP confusion

2011-08-30 Thread dbinder101
I have had MIP running with SBS for a while now and thought I had everything set up correctly. But then I read that in the Basic Settings tab in the SBS page, for the Music Folder entry, this should be blank and it will automatically pick up MusicIP and the scans will run quicker. So that is what

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Mnyb
The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB If you have mysqueezebox.com integration on and your login set in your local server (

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654188 Wrote: And then even the Mac stopped accessing MySB Favourites for a minute or so. Definitely still very flaky. hate to say it, but a vortexbox appliance (or equivalent headless unit stuck in a back closet somewhere) is a very nice investment. On 24/7. About $20 electric cost to

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Mnyb;654191 Wrote: For reasons unknown to me mysb.com can be a resoanable stable background service for the local server at the same time it's knackered on direct contact ? Yes, very good point. The only time I remember mysb.com being down in the states for me (maybe a couple of decembers

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
Well, I've got triple redundancy then - two win7 servers, and one linux arm tablet. Still, I just hate it when there's a significant feature which just doesn't work! -- castalla castalla's Profile:

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
Mnyb;654191 Wrote: The most reliable way of getting a consistent experience on the Touch at present is by using my local SBS, but that means having the computer awake, and also 99.95% of my Favourites are stored on MySB If you have mysqueezebox.com integration on and your login set in

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
garym;654195 Wrote: Yes, very good point. The only time I remember mysb.com being down in the states for me (maybe a couple of decembers ago), I switched to SbS and everything worked fine (even the services that needed the mysb.com backend to work). So using mysb.com directly and having SbS,

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654198 Wrote: Exactly - I can access it via SBS on the Touch but if I try to go direct it doesn't want to know. Why is this? I wish I knew... -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.5) SbS 7.5.4 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) System 2:

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread aubuti
castalla;654196 Wrote: Well, I've got triple redundancy then - two win7 servers, and one linux arm tablet. Then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com? In 'another post' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=653985#post653985) you said something about doing it for the

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
Thanks, but can you explain why? The following are the instructions from the Integrating MusicIP with Sqeezecentre(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) configure SC to use MiP and remove any references in SC's setup to the library path - SC will take its

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread alfista
garym;654183 Wrote: And yes, use of SbS 24/7 solves LOTS of problems I think. Undoubtedly, it's however not reasonable to expect those who only use their systems for listening to online content (web radio, Spotify et al) to install and maintain SBS. And since SBS relies on MSB to provide access

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
aubuti;654201 Wrote: then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com? In 'another post' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=653985#post653985) you said something about doing it for the non-geek members of the family, but it seems to me the best favor you could do them (and

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
aubuti;654201 Wrote: Then why are you ever connecting directly to mysb.com? ... err, like Everest, because it is there! -- castalla castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread aubuti
paul44birch;654202 Wrote: Thanks, but can you explain why? The following are the instructions from the Integrating MusicIP with Sqeezecentre(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) snip MusicIP would not work until I did this. I realize I directed

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
castalla;654206 Wrote: ... err, like Everest, because it is there! So you can beat your head against the wall, trying to bust open a hole to get outside or you can go through the open door nearby. But you keep trying the wall approach because it must be possible. Oh well, everyone needs

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread Nick_G
garym;654210 Wrote: So you can beat your head against the wall, trying to bust open a hole to get outside or you can go through the open door nearby. But you keep trying the wall approach because it must be possible. Oh well, everyone needs their hobbies. ;-) ...and because it's the

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
Well, this evening's TV schedule is utter tat ... gotta fill in the abyss somehow! If the greedy part-time capitalists hadn't scooped all the 99$ HP Touchpads (and reselling for 250) then I could have been wrangling with their operating system! Gr. -- castalla

Re: [slim] still have MusicIP confusion

2011-08-30 Thread aubuti
Even though some instructions say to leave the music library folder location blank when using MusicIP, that never worked for me. I now set mine to check for mixable status only, and I enter the path to my library in the SBS Settings. It works that way and finds all my tracks, so I don't question

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread Phil Leigh
paul44birch;654202 Wrote: Thanks, but can you explain why? The following are the instructions from the Integrating MusicIP with Sqeezecentre(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) configure SC to use MiP and remove any references in SC's setup to

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
OK, just to be clear, Are you suggesting that I go back into SBS settings and reinstate the library path back to my original music files? Will I need to do anything within the MIP headless interface? -- paul44birch Its all about the music, but I do like my squeezebox toys! All CDs ripped

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
Nick_G;654211 Wrote: ...and because it's the most convenient solution for people like me who use it to listen to streaming services. It should be a given that you can connect to MySB directly, otherwise, why have it in the first place? Regards, Nick I don't disagree with you. My comment

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread garym
castalla;654233 Wrote: ...now, don't get me started on Toasters! Actually, toaster is probably a bad example. My wife tells me that she can't replace our old toaster because all of the new ones she buys just don't work right ;-) -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.5) SbS 7.5.4

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
garym;654224 Wrote: the toaster level (plug it in and it works). ...now, don't get me started on Toasters! -- castalla castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread aubuti
paul44birch;654218 Wrote: OK, just to be clear, Are you suggesting that I go back into SBS settings and reinstate the library path back to my original music files? Will I need to do anything within the MIP headless interface? You should reinstate the library path _and_ set MIP/SBS to only

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
OK cheers -- paul44birch paul44birch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37318 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89962

Re: [slim] Logitech servers down in the UK again?

2011-08-30 Thread castalla
Never understood what was wrong with the old coal fire and a toasting fork (plus burnt fingers). All these new-fangled gadgets, eh? -- castalla castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread Phil Leigh
aubuti;654230 Wrote: You should reinstate the library path _and_ set MIP/SBS to only import mixable status. I don't have SBS in front of me right now so I can't tell you exactly where that setting is, or even if it's on the MusicIP headless interface or the SBS interface. Then do a full

Re: [slim] still have MusicIP confusion

2011-08-30 Thread Phil Leigh
aubuti;654217 Wrote: even though some instructions say to leave the music library folder location blank when using musicip, that never worked for me. I now set mine to check for mixable status only, and i enter the path to my library in the sbs settings. It works that way and finds all my

Re: [slim] still have MusicIP confusion

2011-08-30 Thread sebp
phil leigh;654247 +2 -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90034

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

2011-08-30 Thread s7mx1
@ralphy Based on the template makefile makefile.linux26-armel-alsa I have created a special version of squeezeslave that is optimised for HP TouchPad with the following enhancement 1) CodeSourcery Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q1-203 as the cross compiler 2) Added -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a8

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread paul44birch
Do you mean a full rescan from the settings - basic settings - Rescan music library (and then choose Look for new and changed music, or Clear library and rescan everything), as their is no option to do a rescan from settings - plugins - musk ip page in the web ui? If so is the clear library and

Re: [slim] How to make musicIP work

2011-08-30 Thread bobkoure
paul44birch;654263 Wrote: If so is the clear library and rescan everything the best option? Yes. A 'find changed' scan will do a MusicIP 'mixable status' scan only on those files that have changed. When first starting out, this is not what you want. -- bobkoure

Re: [slim] SB3 - no screensaver when off all of a sudden?

2011-08-30 Thread mherger
squeezeb - what platform are you running SBS on? -- mherger Michael - http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR mherger's

Re: [slim] still have MusicIP confusion

2011-08-30 Thread chinablues
+3. Also, in MIP settings I have changed to 'Import All Song data from MusicIP (slower)'. It may be slower, but not by very much. Some time ago this 'worked for me' when there seemed to be other issues with MIP scans...so I've left it there. danb -- chinablues