Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread ja2038
toby10 wrote: > Well, these are not recording devices, they are streamers. If you want > 30 minutes to hours of recorded station streaming you need to actually > record it. Buffering is needed to prevent choppy playback. If you are > listening to a station and the players buffering interferes

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread geoffh
Sorted!! I installed the BBC Radio App, as suggested and reception now works AOK - the problem now is, I am listening to the bad news of England getting hammered at cricket, in India so I may well remove the App!! : ) Once again, many thanks for the speedy, helpful responses - your help ha

Re: [slim] Please tell me it ain't so.

2012-11-15 Thread johnas
Yeah I agree with you. I wouldn't even limit it to the touch, I prefer my old SB3 to the Connect. johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/show

Re: [slim] Please tell me it ain't so.

2012-11-15 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
I recently purchased a Sonos Connect as a fail safe should Logitech pull the plug on mysqueezebox, which they eventually will, to listen to music services such as MOG. After a couple of months of use,i still prefer the Squeezebox Touch and no I don't have any 24/96/192 files and I don't exceed t

Re: [slim] Please tell me it ain't so.

2012-11-15 Thread JJZolx
erland wrote: > They probably wanted to change customer base, basically get rid of the > geeks and music enthusiasts and start attracting mass market users who > mainly want to listen to internet radio and don't ask for bug > corrections and new features all the time. Their only problem at the >

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread toby10
ja2038 wrote: > Depending on the station, and I am listening to streams found via > internet radio search ranging from local to faraway NPR stations as well > as various AM stations, I can get anywhere from 30 seconds of buffer to > literally 7 or more minutes (All of LA Woman and more.) > > Thi

Re: [slim] Failed fetching filters from MusicIP

2012-11-15 Thread lrossouw
Does it actually cause filters not to be available. I've seen that error as well but generally my filters are available and working. lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread

Re: [slim] Do any Squeezeplayers actually have the horsepower to play 192/24 remote streams?

2012-11-15 Thread JJZolx
Triode wrote: > My spotify plugin will remote stream pcm (at 44.1), my signal generator > plugin will stream raw pcm at up to 96k but that's direct from the > protocol handler, however the idea of setting the track parameters is > probably still valid. But will this influence the frequency of bu

Re: [slim] Do any Squeezeplayers actually have the horsepower to play 192/24 remote streams?

2012-11-15 Thread Triode
AndrewFG wrote: > Are you able to give me any tips about how I could do this? i.e. what > existing HTTP protocol handler methods (or others) would I need to > override? My spotify plugin will remote stream pcm (at 44.1), my signal generator plugin will stream raw pcm at up to 96k but that's dire

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread jo-wie
Hold the pause button pressed for 2 seconds to stop the stream. jo-wie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17952 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97257 ___

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread ja2038
azinck3 wrote: > I'm not arguing with your feature request. I can see merit to it > working either way but in the short term have you tried using power > on/off? After turning it back on just hit play. The workaround I use is to change to a different station and then come back to the station I

Re: [slim] Please tell me it ain't so.

2012-11-15 Thread erland
tin wrote: > > I fail to understand why it was not possible. Sure it's not possible now > (well not quite true, but not without a giant u-turn on the part of > Logitech). > > If they had altered MSB to operate exactly the same as they want with > UE, and make a brand new squeezebox work exclusi

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread azinck3
ja2038 wrote: > Depending on the station, and I am listening to streams found via > internet radio search ranging from local to faraway NPR stations as well > as various AM stations, I can get anywhere from 30 seconds of buffer to > literally 7 or more minutes (All of LA Woman and more.) > > Thi

Re: [slim] Changing to Wired Connect SB Classic

2012-11-15 Thread bert1e
I had a similar problem a long time ago and found if I used a crossover cable between the powerline adapter and the squeezebox it worked. In the end I put a switch in as I had more than my squeezebox to plugin. bert1e's Pro

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread ja2038
Depending on the station, and I am listening to streams found via internet radio search ranging from local to faraway NPR stations as well as various AM stations, I can get anywhere from 30 seconds of buffer to literally 7 or more minutes (All of LA Woman and more.) This is a terrible behavior.

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread geoffh
Folks, that's great, REALLY helpful some positive stuff for me to have a go at. I will get back to you at the weekend to let you know how I got on. Once again, many many thanks - v.much appreciated. and very much the positive side of the web coming through!! : ) Best Regards. Geoff

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread bpa
With a Radio or Touch, the URL stridingedge ghave should work for you - you need to add it as a Favorite from the mysqueezebox.com web page and then play from the Favorite menu on the Radio/Touch. I suggest using the following version of the URL as it removes some Stridingedge specific details and

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread StridingEdge
Geoff Just to clarify - that URL was taken from my touch settings and that it needs no further intervention from me to enable the stream to work. I didn't mean that it was the URL for listening via the internet on a PC. If it doesn't work for you then I suspect it is as others have mentioned and

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread geoffh
Thanks bpa. My radio is a Logitech Squeezebox: Firmware version: 7.7.2 r9963 (which is the latest) Hardware version: 5 and, from the SB menu, I selected: Internet Radio/Sports/More sports and teams/Stations(+25)/BBC Radio 5 livesports extra (UK) Thanks StridingEdge. I tried that link on

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread bpa
StridingEdge wrote: > I have an SBTouch and listen to 5LSE on a regular basis. I just found > the station in the list of BBC programmes and added it. I'm listening to > TMS as we speak! > > It uses this url... > > http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s50459&formats=aac,ogg,mp3,wmpro,wma,wmvoi

Re: [slim] Do any Squeezeplayers actually have the horsepower to play 192/24 remote streams?

2012-11-15 Thread AndrewFG
Triode wrote: > For pcm streams which are received without any transcoding, the critical > thing is for LMS to tell the player what the bitrate/sample depth is in > advance. This means custom protocol handler or LMS connecting to the > remote stream to parse the audio stream and then telling the

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread StridingEdge
I have an SBTouch and listen to 5LSE on a regular basis. I just found the station in the list of BBC programmes and added it. I'm listening to TMS as we speak! StridingEdge's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.ph

Re: [slim] Changing to Wired Connect SB Classic

2012-11-15 Thread Andy Cudlip
didn't get time lat night. Hopefully will over the weekend... Andy Cudlip's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19672 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97235

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: changing Pause into being more like Mute

2012-11-15 Thread toby10
ja2038 wrote: > ... > Are you referring to some radio streams that offer that versus some > that do not? Or are you referring to things like My Music (mp3, etc.) > streams which do versus radio streams that do not?... Only referring to internet streams, local music is different.

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread bpa
THis is due to geo ip locking and playing the WMA stream for 5LIve. There are a number of workaround but first some info is needed. What type of player are you using ? Which menu/app are you using to play 5live ? bpa's

Re: [slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread bonze
Not sure if it works through the country you entered on mysqueezebox .com - but worth checking it is correct bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

[slim] Accessing BBC5 Live Sports Extra

2012-11-15 Thread geoffh
Hi. Here in the UK, I can quite happily listen to BBC5 Live Sports Extra via the Internet, through my PC. However, trying to tune in to the same programme via my Squeezebox I merely get a recorded "due to rights restrictions this program cannot be received" message. I guess this must be to do w