Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread JohnSwenson
adamdea wrote: > John could you help me with what a complex and simple filter means. By a > simple filter do you mean something like a [rectangular?] windowed sinc > function? I have been trying to read up to see what the standard way of > designing filters was and have been pointed in the direct

Re: [slim] What does VortexBox give me that I didn't know I needed?

2013-04-12 Thread socistep
maggior wrote: > Huh, I didn't know vortex box supported DVDs too. What format does it > rip too? Which Roku are you using to stream? > > Thanks, > Rich Its rips to mkv, I've got a roku xs with the plex channel installed, plugged into tv, also got plex app on phones/tablet for streaming there

Re: [slim] Playlists gone wild

2013-04-12 Thread aubuti
rp9197 wrote: > I shut the server down and restarted my Imac, this seems to have cleared > things up (fingers crossed). I toggled through the sync settings on all > three players just in case a shuffle setting was engaged. The weird > part was that half the time it would shuffle the songs to th

Re: [slim] Playlists gone wild

2013-04-12 Thread Mnyb
If you have multiple players and use hi bitrate lossles files you should definitely wire the server . I would consider using wifi for an LMS server . Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 Vie

Re: [slim] Playlists gone wild

2013-04-12 Thread rp9197
I shut the server down and restarted my Imac, this seems to have cleared things up (fingers crossed). I toggled through the sync settings on all three players just in case a shuffle setting was engaged. The weird part was that half the time it would shuffle the songs to the current playlist. Ot

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Mark Miksis
I've been having the same thoughts about USB displays - both touch and non. They are much cheaper than hdmi and even a vga resolution would be sufficient in some uses. Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

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

2013-04-12 Thread Zogzog
Copy paste from an email sent to support but i'm sure the following request might be interesting for several users Hello First of all, let me tell you thank you very much for squeezepad application which is my best purchase on ipad. This is really a fast and smooth way to control logitech multiro

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Mnyb
Triode wrote: > I can only do part of the dream at present - there's an applet in the > current code to do wifi and player setup over hdmi/ir [but you do need a > screen and usb ir receiver] Personally I'm happy with all our indirect interfaces ,as you do setup with an web-UI you removed the hid

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Triode
JJZolx wrote: > A USB touchscreen interface would be pretty cool. It wouldn't need to be > integrated into the case, and you probably wouldn't want it to be - a > touchscreen on a several foot long tether would be much more flexible. > > While we're dreaming... What would be nice for an integrat

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread JJZolx
A USB touchscreen interface would be pretty cool. It wouldn't need to be integrated into the case, and you probably wouldn't want it to be - a touchscreen on a several foot long tether would be much more flexible. While we're dreaming... What would be nice for an integrated screen somewhere down

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Triode
erland wrote: > Any idea if one of these would work ? > http://www.mimomonitors.net/index.html > > It's USB but they have Linux drivers through DisplayLink as far as I > understand. > Would even the touch screen work for controlling jivelite ? I've considered that too, but not purchased anythin

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread erland
Triode wrote: > We've discuss the screen issue a bit. There are multiple options for a > screen which work with the hdmi output - I am currently developing using > with a 16:9 21" lcd monitor which is probably the lowest cost one off > solution and is not that big for a listening room scenario.

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Triode
Mnyb wrote: > But IR will be a bit awkward without a screen anyway ( I do not intend > to keep a 65" plasma going when listen to music ). > > Certain functions could be used as skip, pause ,volume ,mute and "off" . We've discuss the screen issue a bit. There are multiple options for a screen w

Re: [slim] Announce: Community Squeeze

2013-04-12 Thread Furry
JohnSwenson wrote: > The wandboard consists of two pieces, a cpu module and a carrier board > that has the peripheral interfaces. The module uses an emerging standard > (the EDM standard) which several companies are supporting. We are > currently using the wandboard in its entirety because it is

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread adamdea
JohnSwenson wrote: > First let me say that I don't have a fully defined set of rules such as > "if xyz is greater than abc it sounds bad" . Also it's difficult to find > out exact implementation details of particular filters without the > designers telling you what they did in the chip. (some do,

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread pierreh
Mnyb wrote: > But IR will be a bit awkward without a screen anyway ( I do not intend > to keep a 65" plasma going when listen to music ). +1 (again) pierreh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56559

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Mnyb
But IR will be a bit awkward without a screen anyway ( I do not intend to keep a 65" plasma going when listen to music ). Certain functions could be used as skip, pause ,volume ,mute and "off" . Mnyb's Profile: http://foru

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread pierreh
durks wrote: > You didn't check with me! > > Of course there are alternatives, but I generally use my SB Touch units > via their IR remote controls, and I have no particular desire to use a > smarttphone (or similar) as controller instead. So there is a valid > point lurking here. +1 ! --

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread durks
kesey wrote: > All sorted. I've checked with the only 3 Squeezebox users on the planet > who do not have either a smartphone, tablet, laptop, pc, or duet > controller and they reckon they'll figure things out. You didn't check with me! Of course there are alternatives, but I generally use my S

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-12 Thread Alcaudon
dasmueller wrote: > In addition to this thread there are the ones below which appear to be > related in one form or another. > My questions would be > > 1. For the novice non techie person running a Windows 7 or 8 system, a > Mac system, is this going to be a reasonably easy setup process to > u