Re: [slim] SB3: randomly jumps to next track (after working fine for years)

2013-12-22 Thread Deaf Cat
Hi I had similar problem a while back, I am running on an old pc pentium D which should in theory work fine, but it just skipped to the next track every now and then, a right pain! It seemed that it had trouble part way through tracks, and then skipped, just now and then. I turned it into a

Re: [slim] Squeezebox continually cuts out.

2013-12-22 Thread toby10
Also temporarily try it on WiFi but much closer to the router. What are your walls made of? Perhaps the wall construction is hampering the signal? toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread pipo1000
I just upgraded from iPeng HD to iPeng 7 on my iPad Air. It looks much cleaner, I never did much care for the look of the HD version, especially the photo's during startup. I am glad they are gone. However even on my iPad AIR the app is not running smoothly. It stutters all over. The HD version

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2013-12-22 Thread jimbobvfr400
Sorry if I've misunderstood this buy aren't you changing 2 things at once which is pointless for narrowing it down. Try leaving as it is but using the internal player, you could also try connecting directly but sticking with Squeezeplay. Sent from my HUAWEI Y300-0100 using Tapatalk

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2013-12-22 Thread ButC
Did as you suggested. Inserted an sd-card and used stock player - pop is still there! I also tried with an Xperia Mini Pro and there's still a pop but a little less harsh - on the other hand it's is - with the Xperia - a popping every second while pausing the player; it's like a rolling sound, a

[slim] BBC Radio 4 - The World This Weekend art mystery!

2013-12-22 Thread castalla
Has anyone else noticed the now playing screen with the station logo shows a 'foreign' art image for this programme? The art shows CBC radio The World This Weekend Seems this anomaly is evident on Tunein streams. Very strange! Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2013-12-22 Thread jimbobvfr400
So am I right in saying it's only when in the dock you get the pop? Does Squeezeplayer do the same if just connected directly to the the amp, how about if you use the input on the amp you used for a direct connection with the dock. Again apologies if I'm misunderstanding what happens but it

Re: [slim] BBC Radio 4 - The World This Weekend art mystery!

2013-12-22 Thread bpa
castalla wrote: Has anyone else noticed the now playing screen with the station logo shows a 'foreign' art image for this programme? The art shows CBC radio The World This Weekend Seems this anomaly is evident on Tunein streams. Very strange! I'd say it is a Tunein issue

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread pippin
pipo1000 wrote: It is not only the artwork, as the simple text based lists are not smooth as well. Hopefully you can fix these small issues. Well, see above. It's hard. The text lists are something I can fix if I do away with the semi-transparent section headers (or you can do away with it

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread guptaas
Thanks for the revised app. I have been using Squeezebox Server 7.5.4 for a very long time and have been reluctant to add any plugins or upgrade because past attempts messed up a very reliable setup. I am ready to tinker around again. What would be the best server version to install and which

Re: [slim] Touch replacement

2013-12-22 Thread ButC
I'm sorry, but I cannot - in any way - reproduce the non-popping. I tried to many different ways, I believe, and I know suspect that I did something wrong when managing to get it connected and not pop. But, with the volume on maximum and a lower amp-volume it might not be that huge a problem.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox continually cuts out.

2013-12-22 Thread kc5f
One other consideration is whether you can move the router. We had low signal on our duet receiver and moved our (dsl) router to the kitchen. Only about 12 feet, but it also removed two walls from the signal path. Since then we've had no signal problems with the duet or our other Squeezebox

Re: [slim] Would like to sync music from Itunes library up to squeezebox server.

2013-12-22 Thread aubuti
If I understand your question correctly, you can have LMS read your iTunes library by using the iTunes integration plugin that comes with LMS. Look for it on the Plugins tab in the Settings page of the LMS web interface. Alternatively, you could simply point LMS to the folder on your computer

Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

2013-12-22 Thread jimzak
I've been watching all the great replies to my question. This is what I have come up with: storage: Mediasonic 8-bay hard drive enclosure with USB-3 and eSATA with four to eight 3-4 TB hard drives installed

Re: [slim] Jim Hall - RIP

2013-12-22 Thread tommytrousers
He is one of my favorite jazz guitarists, and played with the creme de la creme of jazz talent such as Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins...the list just goes on. Rest in peace fella. tommytrousers's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...

2013-12-22 Thread tommytrousers
If your TV only has digital coax output the 'Sonos Play bar' (http://www.hifigear.co.uk/sonos-playbar-wireless-hifi-tv-soundbar.html) can be fed from a small CYP AUD2 coax to optical converter which costs less than 50GBP.

[slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread RioTubes
having difficulty uninstalling softsqueeze 3.9b2. Error message says no JVM found on system. Please point EXEC4_java_home to a JRE. Ultimately, I'd like to replace softsqueeze with squeezelite. Any help appreciated!

Re: [slim] Squeezebox continually cuts out.

2013-12-22 Thread jimyyz
thanks. good suggestions from all of you. I will get a long ethernet cord and try that out. then I will see what I can about moving the modem and rounter or the homeplug ethernet route. thanks again jimyyz's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sonos PlayBar...

2013-12-22 Thread MichaelJ
Stoker wrote: A little off topic, but hopefully close enough to get a reply! Does anyone know of a sound bar type product, which could be used with a sub-woofer to make a 2.1 sound system for the TV that also has a bluetooth (A2DP, I think) input so you could pay music from you phone

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread mps
pippin wrote: Just install the Music Artist Information plugin. You can do that in the server's web interface under Settings-Plugins. You might have to enable 3rd Party Plugins on that page. Got it, thanks! Unfortunately, I use all CustomBrowse menus, so IIUC, I will need to upgrade to LMS

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread DJanGo
RioTubes wrote: having difficulty uninstalling softsqueeze 3.9b2. Error message says no JVM found on system. Please point EXEC4_java_home to a JRE. Ultimately, I'd like to replace softsqueeze with squeezelite. Any help appreciated! Please read your own question and think about 2 seconds

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-12-22 Thread Kynao
Hi, I've recently upgraded from 7.7.2 to 7.7.3 (on the readynas and the duet). I use 2 squeezebox receivers. The receiver connected on ethernet continue to work. The receiver connected via wifi has not light anymore. Never see this behaviour before. I tried several times to unplug the power

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread mps
mps wrote: Got it, thanks! Unfortunately, I use all CustomBrowse menus, so IIUC, I will need to upgrade to LMS 7.8 according to forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49483-Announce-New-versions-of-erlands-plugins/page132. Thanks, Mike This is weird. I upgraded to 7.8 to get artist

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread paulster
With the new artwork logic, Custom Browse is having a real problem displaying artwork. It's causing me all sorts of problems at the moment. Two track 1's and no track 2 after a scan for new and changed? Please vote for serious scanning bug '17782'

Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

2013-12-22 Thread Andy Hawkins
In article mark.miksis.66n...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Mark Miksismark.miksis.66n...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: For anyone considering cloud backup, I'm very happy with crashplan.com. It's about $60 per year for unlimited storage. The initial backup can take quite a

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread mps
paulster wrote: With the new artwork logic, Custom Browse is having a real problem displaying artwork. It's causing me all sorts of problems at the moment. Hmmm, if it's a Custom Browse problem, I'm not sure why it would only occur in both iPeng 7 and iPeng HD but not in Squeezeplay or the

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread RioTubes
DJanGo wrote: Please read your own question and think about 2 seconds how we can help you. Didnt you forget something?:mad: Prior to posting my Q, I downloaded java. I could not find the file with home in the name referenced above.

Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

2013-12-22 Thread jimzak
Mark Miksis wrote: For anyone considering cloud backup, I'm very happy with crashplan.com. It's about $60 per year for unlimited storage. The initial backup can take quite a while depending on how much data you have, but from then on it just updates itself incrementally. Upload speed

Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

2013-12-22 Thread Mark Miksis
jimzak wrote: I wonder if backing up 7 TB of files is even feasible? Seeing that even over USB 2, a 2TB drive takes 12-24 hours, I doubt it. crashplan.com offers an option where you can ship them a drive for the initial backup at an extra cost. Otherwise, yeah it can take quite a while.

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread paulster
mps wrote: Hmmm, if it's a Custom Browse problem, I'm not sure why it would only occur in both iPeng 7 and iPeng HD but not in Squeezeplay or the web interface. Should I crosspost to the Erland's plugin thread? No, it's not Custom Browse itself. My response wasn't very clear. It's the new

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread pippin
H, actually I don't know exactly how CustomBrowse handles artwork. I do use a number of album-based CustomBrowse menus and they worked fine for me and I briefly tested Artists and that's OK for me, too. But what I don't know is how the artwork is actually represented in the artists menus in CB (I

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-12-22 Thread w3wilkes
You have done a factory reset on the receiver that you did the long button press on. You will either need to use a Duet controller to set it up (it will need your network info before it can connect to your server). If you don't have a controller you can use NET::UDAP to set it up. 2 Duets - 1

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-12-22 Thread Kynao
I resolved it in the meantime, thanks for your answer and your NET::UDAP thing may be interesting for all of us as a general point of information. Kynao's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44161 View

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread mps
pippin wrote: H, actually I don't know exactly how CustomBrowse handles artwork. I do use a number of album-based CustomBrowse menus and they worked fine for me and I briefly tested Artists and that's OK for me, too. But what I don't know is how the artwork is actually represented in the

Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

2013-12-22 Thread JJZolx
jimzak wrote: I wonder if backing up 7 TB of files is even feasible? Seeing that even over USB 2, a 2TB drive takes 12-24 hours, I doubt it. Backup to the cloud? Not likely. But backup to disk, why not? It's not like you're breaking rocks while that backup is happening. You're off doing

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread bpa
To uninstall Softsqueeze - delete the softsqueeze jar file unless you are using a AWS but I think that is unlikely since Java is not working for you. I think EXEC4_java_home is an environment variable which is specific to your system and it should be setup as part of the JRE installation so I

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread RioTubes
Thanks BPA I have LMS 3.7.7 installed on a win7 desktop PC. The music files are stored on an USB external HDD. Softsqueeze is installed on this PC because i used to stream to an SB Touch which is no longer in the system. I have recently purchased a NAD D 7050 digital amp/streamer, which is in a

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread bpa
RioTubes wrote: Does this make sense, or is there a better way to accomplish this? Thank you Seems like a very complicated solution. Would DLNA from PC to NAD with DLNA control point on Ipad not be simpler ? Squeezelite has better support of different audio interface which might be useful to

Re: [slim] help me uninstall softsqueeze and replace with squeezelite

2013-12-22 Thread RioTubes
Do you have any suggestions on a good UPNP/DLNA control app (iPad) and DLNA server? I have never used either. One hesitation I have is that most of these DLNA servers are subscription based. Experience here? RioTubes's

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 7, the iOS 7 Squeezebox App for iPhone and iPad

2013-12-22 Thread mps
mps wrote: Hi Pippin, Almost all artists show correctly (I've only noticed Hendrix being wrong), so I guess it's not surprising that you didn't run into it. As you suspected, Flushing the cache does not have any effect. Is there any way for me to completely flush the cache to check if it is

Re: [slim] Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 released

2013-12-22 Thread w3wilkes
Net::UDAP is a utility created by Robin Bowes. It is a command line thing that allows you to set up a receiver without having a controller. Here's a link to Robin's project; http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP/trac You can also do a google search and you should find more examples of its use