Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread amey01
Why on earth would you look for an inferior alternative? Squeezebox is a one of a kind. It is for this reason you even have to ask such a question in the first place. It is also for that reason that I think the future is bright. How could you think otherwise? Simply because they are not into

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread verypsb
amey01;695685 Wrote: Why on earth would you look for an inferior alternative? I don't like the fact that development seems non-existent, that the choice of Squeezeboxmodels is shrinking rapidly. I think the market wants a Boom II (or a Receiver II / Touch II with amp), a Receiver II and maybe

Re: [slim] MonkeySqueeze

2012-03-14 Thread Gingernut63
New Beta release! Nothing major with this one just a change to the options page to aid connection to LMS on a Windows Home Server 2011 or other server product. Link: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19t=59907p=333888#p333888 Cheers Gingernut63 -- Gingernut63 MonkeySqueeze -

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

2012-03-14 Thread TheDrizzle
bluegaspode;695357 Wrote: Hi TheDrizzle, does it work, if you sync SqueezePlayer only to one Squeezebox? Or if you play local mp3 or FLAC from your own library? Unfortunately synchronization on Android devices is a hit or miss. I wrote a longer blog post about the difficulties of the

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

2012-03-14 Thread bluegaspode
TheDrizzle;695688 Wrote: Sorry it took me so long to respond. It doesn't seem to be a problem with syncing at all. When I set the droid X by itself, the spotify songs continue to pop and randomly speed up and slow down. One sync issue that I just noticed is that the squeeze player does

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released

2012-03-14 Thread ralphy
Kvaks;695622 Wrote: The problem is: Squeezeslave becomes unresponsive to playback and control after being left dormant for a while. Typically if left unused for some hours, certainly almost always when left unused overnight, nothing will play. Sometimes the server will list the squeezeslave

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released

2012-03-14 Thread ralphy
dangerusty;695386 Wrote: I've been trying to make a solution work where I use the 3 pairs of analog outputs from a 5.1 card to an amp with 3 pairs of inputs. I tried the -z option on the devices in the screenshot below (Windows 7), and it does the following: -o 10 -z 2/3 = music in rear

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

2012-03-14 Thread TheDrizzle
Thanks for the reply.I made sure that there was no other sync players. It was just the droid X, which runs stock firmware. I reviewed the playback percentage, all non-spotify songs run between 77-80%. When i play a spotify song this changes to about 19-20%. There is no pause, it just pops

Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2012-03-14 Thread sbp
Just updated my Samsung SII 9100 to Android Ice cream sandwich - and then the old apk did not function any more. However, the new one you linked to is fine. -- sbp sbp's Profile:

Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Herger
Just updated my Samsung SII 9100 to Android Ice cream sandwich - and then the old apk did not function any more. However, the new one you linked to is fine. Thanks! It's currently in QA, and I hope to get thumbs up before the end of the week. -- Michael

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2012-03-14 Thread TheLastMan
Vicke;695616 Wrote: Can anybody explain this? or even better find a way which makes it work without all this hassle. Thanks in advance!A possible reason for the problem is that Avast somehow uses Flash and the presence of DSbridge files in the Flash folder confuses it. If I were you I

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread DaveWr
Pascal Hibon;695433 Wrote: Linn is not a multi-room system either. You can't synchronize different players. So in that sence it can't be an alternative to Squeezebox. Incorrect, Songcast built into Linn DS boxes allows synchronised playback. I own two DSs and 3 Squeezeboxes + a partly dead

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2012-03-14 Thread castalla
Vicke;695616 Wrote: Dear Forum, I seem to have a simular problem as Castalla. Updated avast (now version 7.0.1426) the other day and then DSBridge wouldn't work. Before it all was working fine. The sympton is the following: Right after Windows (Vista SP2)and Avast starts, the red

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread amrace
verypsb;695686 Wrote: I don't like the fact that development seems non-existent, that the choice of Squeezeboxmodels is shrinking rapidly. I think you're right and the virtually zero presence of Squeezebox on the UK high street doesn't do much for the confidence of potential purchasers. There

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread stop-spinning
If you want sound quality then a good alternative would be a Shuttle XH61 which is essentially a small form factor PC with zero fan cooling and the facility to stick in a really quick processor. Then connect that to a USB DAC. -- stop-spinning

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2012-03-14 Thread Vicke
TheLastMan;695786 Wrote: One thing an AV program does is check for changes in critical folders. In your position I would try the following: 1. Remove the DSbridge files from the Flash folder 2. Uninstall Avast 3. Reboot (to make sure Registry entries for Avast are all uninstalled

Re: [slim] DSBridge - A simpler way to stream Spotify

2012-03-14 Thread Vicke
castalla;695788 Wrote: If it works, why wrangle with it??? Just accept there's some strange anomaly! Renaming the 3 files in the Flash folder everytime I start and before I quite windows is no long term solution for me. -- Vicke

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

2012-03-14 Thread DJKick
Hi there, I just bought the Squeezeplayer app on Google play and I am running the SBS on my QNAP NAS. While I got no issues on my ipad, here on Android using Squeezeplay on my Galaxy Note, I cannot get proper streaming. The app buffers then plays then buffers then plays. It does not seem to do

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2012-03-14 Thread zowie
If the touch suits his needs he should buy it and be happy with it. Just because something better hits the market doesn't make the performance of whatever came before it any worse. It is still the exact same item he bought! This is a psychological phenomenon I don't understand. It affects

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2012-03-14 Thread zowie
garym;610306 Wrote: My concern about FLAC or other lossless purchases is understanding the chain of creation. I know that mp3 files purchased can have all sorts of differing codecs used (some better than other, VBR, CBR, ABR, as well as differing quality codecs to begin with, LAME vs

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2012-03-14 Thread zowie
ralphpnj;609048 Wrote: Actually in the early days of CDs I took a completely different approach. I went out and bought myself a very nice turntable (a used Linn LP12) and while all my friends were busy replacing their vinyl collections with little silver discs I only bought CDs of new

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

2012-03-14 Thread zowie
TheLastMan;601957 Wrote: The Jazzloft sleeves are brilliant, cannot recommend them too highly. Well worth the cost of importing them from US. I access them mainly to refer to the CD booklets. To me the main problem with digital music is the lack of sleeve notes and lyrics. If the record

Re: [slim] Why not in a car?

2012-03-14 Thread jfalk
2010 GLK (although the same system is in all current Mercedes, I believe). There is an alternative system which reads CDs and creates an up to 6GB database using Gracenote tags. This system is, for many reasons, no good for me. I'm still looking into the USB system which I thought was not

[slim] Tinnitus Notched Music Therapy

2012-03-14 Thread Apesbrain
See: http://www.google.com/search?q=tinnitus+notched+musicsourceid=ie7rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Addressie=oe= I tried the following modification in custom-convert.conf: Code: flc flc * * # runs ALL flc through SoX to notch out one designated octave for

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

2012-03-14 Thread bluegaspode
TheDrizzle;695747 Wrote: There is no pause, it just pops and goes at random speeds. I just registered to Spotify and can reproduce the problem. Once the buffers have filled (for me they pretty fast go up to 99% / 97%) the effect goes away. So it looks like either the plugin or Spotify are

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

2012-03-14 Thread bluegaspode
DJKick;695818 Wrote: Hi there, I just bought the Squeezeplayer app on Google play and I am running the SBS on my QNAP NAS. While I got no issues on my ipad, here on Android using Squeezeplay on my Galaxy Note, I cannot get proper streaming. The app buffers then plays then buffers then

Re: [slim] Looking for a Squeezebox logo / graphic

2012-03-14 Thread sebp
I've got those with archive.org: http://squeeze.le-seb.org/slimp3-front.jpg http://squeeze.le-seb.org/squeezebox1-front.jpg http://squeeze.le-seb.org/squeezebox2-front.jpg http://squeeze.le-seb.org/squeezebox3-front.jpg http://squeeze.le-seb.org/transporter-front.jpg

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

2012-03-14 Thread bluegaspode
TheDrizzle;695747 Wrote: There is no pause, it just pops and goes at random speeds. If you would like, i can post a youtube video later today. Hi TheDrizzle, I searched this forum for the error messages I had in the logs (and beside others that had trouble with their Duets/Booms without

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released

2012-03-14 Thread Phil Meyer
Squeezeslave 1.2-311 is now available on 'sourceforge' (http://sourceforge.net/projects/softsqueeze/files/squeezeslave/squeezeslave-1.2.311/). Does anyone know if there an equivalent app for Android OS? I have an HP Touchpad tablet, and had an equivalent app in WebOS. I've recently installed

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2012-03-14 Thread Jokke
what about onkyo t-4070? -- Jokke Jokke's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91090

[slim] Podcast confusion

2012-03-14 Thread Millwood
There appear to be two podcast players, and I don't understand why. Player 1. configured on the server settings podcast tab. accessed on the web interface extra menu podcast entry. can't find it on the controller at all. Player 2. configured as an app on mysqueezebox.com and accessed in the

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2012-03-14 Thread Mnyb
2 years is not long for this kind of product and it is upgradeable and gets continius upgrades all the time. Note that all old players since a decade back are supported by the server so planned obsolescence is not a factor. -- Mnyb

Re: [slim] Looking for a Squeezebox logo / graphic

2012-03-14 Thread aubuti
Also, smaller images of those and the rest (Controller, Touch, Radio) are in the wiki: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

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

2012-03-14 Thread TheDrizzle
Glad to hear that you guys now have Spotify. I love it. I disabled FLAC like you said. The pops and random speeds went away, but this caused another problem. All Radios started to pause and skip tracks (I did try with the droid X both synced/unsynced and the droid X off and on.) The