Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-01-29 Thread Ikabob
I wonder if Rhapsody developers plan on some compensation to the subscribers for the extended downtime? It seems reasonable and fair to expect this. Is there a contact email address for Rhapsody? Ikabob Squeezebox Touch w/LMS;Benchmark DAC1 USB;Marantz Pre-amp; SAE Amplifier;ESS Heil

[slim] SB3 Wired - Ethernet appears to be disconnected

2014-01-29 Thread Peteb1951
Having just discovered that my Zyxel NAS has a built-in copy of the Logictech Media software, which seems to offer all I want to stream my CD rips to the Hifi downstairs, I have bought a Wired only SB3 from Ebay. Setting it up today I have found that it works very well connected to a Gigabit

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-01-29 Thread pippin
Tony T wrote: Well, it's really not Rhapsody's issue as we can still listen with their other Apps (iPhone) and Web player. You can't really say that. After all, both their Apps and their Web player are under their control. So if they made a change these could have been adapted. With the

Re: [slim] Beats Music to replace MOG..Where does that leave Squeezebox?

2014-01-29 Thread freelsjd
I used to use spotify before switching over to MOG. It is really a shame to have lost MOG. I really did like it; especially on my squeezebox. Losing MOG is only 2nd to losing squeezebox; squeezebox being a slow death due to Logitech buying them out. I have been a loyal purchaser of Logitech

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-01-29 Thread Ikabob
Tony T wrote: Well, it's really not Rhapsody's issue as we can still listen with their other Apps (iPhone) and Web player. However, you do have a point and Rhapsody has good customer service, so email them at h...@rhapsody.com Thanks for the email address. I'm a patient person and since I

Re: [slim] debug alarm on boom?

2014-01-29 Thread Greg Klanderman
On January 28, 2014 fragfutter fragfutter.68n...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: The two times it didn't work, the boom turned on, displayed the station information but made no sound. Yeah that's what I've seen in the past. This morning I woke to the backup alarm sound, a computer

Re: [slim] Pete Seeger RIP

2014-01-29 Thread dasmueller
The Hudson River is crying. dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100852

Re: [slim] Pete Seeger RIP

2014-01-29 Thread aubuti
I only saw him play live once. It was just a little more than five years ago, and it was really special. That's Pete in the middle, with his grandson Tao on the left and some skinny guy from NJ on the right. +---+ |Filename:

Re: [slim] debug alarm on boom?

2014-01-29 Thread Mnyb
Maybe increase the radio buffer time to 30 seconds in the server and possibly also proxy radio trough the server. Boom. An not determine if a radio stream actually is playing any audio , its a truly slim device . Try another channel ? Or local playlists

[slim] Pinky Perky voices on BBC radio ??? (Squeezeplay Beta)

2014-01-29 Thread itm
I've just tried playing some BBC and other radio stations (e.g. Heart London) using the Squeezeplay Beta client on a Windows 7 PC. The voices on all of the stations sounded speeded-up (like PinkyPerky for older listeners). Other stations (e.g. Absolute Radio) are fine. Has anyone else had this

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-01-29 Thread Tony T
Ikabob wrote: I wonder if Rhapsody developers plan on some compensation to the subscribers for the extended downtime? It seems reasonable and fair to expect this. Is there a contact email address for Rhapsody? Well, it's really not Rhapsody's issue as we can still listen with their other

Re: [slim] Beats Music to replace MOG..Where does that leave Squeezebox?

2014-01-29 Thread garym
Ponos is a hires music format and hardware player. Unlikely to ever work with squeezeboxes. But also unlikely to ever see the light of day. Google it a bit more. And I simply shake my head about this. But I live Neil. I flew to nyc a couple of weeks ago just to see him at Carnegie hall.

[slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
Hi folks, It's one of those days when I wonder why I persevere with these things. definitely! I posted this in the Boom forum, but I'm taking it over here because it seems I was too hasty and it's a wider issue.. This morning, I tried to turn on a Boom that hadn't been used for a good few

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread garym
Reboot everything Start with router *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) LMS 7.7.2 Touch Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) LMS

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
so, I'll set out what steps I take to try and fix this.. Just powered everything down, and started again, router first, giving it lots of time to reboot before turning on the PC vortexbox. This time, in case there's any conflict between different versions of LMS (now running 7.8 on both PC

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
garym wrote: Reboot everything Start with router Thanks gary - learnt that lesson last time. Our posts crossed. Wasn't the magic bullet it was last time round. D SB user since 2000... 2 x SB1 ; 2 x SB3 ; 2 x Boom ; 1 x Touch ; 1 x Controller Windows 7 and LMS Version: 7.7.3 -

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
hmmm. I had tried to connect the 'Bedroom SB3' a couple of times, as mentioned above. I then came through to the PC to make the last couple of posts. Went back into the bedroom - and it's now connected.. How does that work? A 'sticky' connection with the router? Something intermittent in

Re: [slim] SB3 Wired - Ethernet appears to be disconnected

2014-01-29 Thread d6jg
My SB3 has both wired wifi. Wired works fine over Devolo home plug. Try rebooting the home plug at each end. (Switch off and on again) QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 -

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
So: Touch (wifi) connected no probs; SB1 (powerline ethernet) connected no probs; Garage SB1 (powerline ethernet) connected fine; SB3 in the cellar connected fine. but still the two Booms just can't get through. I've done several factory resets; the see the network SSID instantly, they offer

Re: [slim] Beats Music to replace MOG..Where does that leave Squeezebox?

2014-01-29 Thread Julf
freelsjd wrote: I discovered pono which is expected out soon. It has been expected for quite a while now. It might be more out than anything... This appears to be much smarter Smarter? Yet Another Proprietary Format With Silly Copy Protection - not sure I would use the adjective smart.

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
sorry folks, I'm sure this is getting boring.. I can now connect the 'kitchen boom' to the server and play music, but only in the same room as the router. Once it's connected, if I switch it off, and move it to its normal location - where it's lived for years and years - it won't connect.

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
and finally. Getting that Boom connected was driving me nuts. It wouldn't connect in location A in the kitchen, but would in location B in the same room; then I'd take it one room further away, wifi strength dropped to 50% but it connected and played. Back to location A - nope. Back to

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread SlimChances
Any source of wireless interfeence present? New cordless phones, microwave, garage door openers etc. Try changing the Routers wireless channel below 11 and not on auto (I have mine set at 7 and no problems with boom or radio any more) Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.0 - 1385715836 @ Fri Nov

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
SlimChances wrote: Any source of wireless interfeence present? New cordless phones, microwave, garage door openers etc. Try changing the Routers wireless channel below 11 and not on auto (I have mine set at 7 and no problems with boom or radio any more) hi - thanks. I looked for anything

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread SlimChances
Setting the channel to a fixed number below 11 is easily done and may help isolate the problem Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.0 - 1385715836 @ Fri Nov 29 02:23:56 PST 2013 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.14.2 -

Re: [slim] SB3 reboot loop -- hardware error?

2014-01-29 Thread nicketynick
Funny, one of my SB3's starting doing the same thing this week as well! I changed power supplies, tried ethernet, but still doing the same thing. Still seems to run SuperDateTime without any issues, so that's good. I'll try the xilinx just to see. Wondering what I can do to help prevent

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread d6jg
You said it is a fairly new router. Id say it sounds highly like interference and the advice to try some different channels is the way to go. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE

Re: [slim] SB3 reboot loop -- hardware error?

2014-01-29 Thread Recoveryone
I did all of the resets and even switched out one player for another and the results were the same on the bad unit. Unit sets up fine shows Date Time fine but when asked to stream it plays for about 10-20 sec and then goes into a reset loop and back to the date Time. Slim Device Transporter

Re: [slim] SB3 reboot loop -- hardware error?

2014-01-29 Thread nicketynick
Recoveryone wrote: I did all of the resets and even switched out one player for another and the results were the same on the bad unit. Unit sets up fine shows Date Time fine but when asked to stream it plays for about 10-20 sec and then goes into a reset loop and back to the date Time.

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread donmacn
thanks guys, I can login to the router admin easily enough, and I can see where to alter the channel. No probs with that. But, not being in any way an expert on these I wondered if that would cause further problems? Do the various clients just adjust automatically, or would I need to

Re: [slim] SB3 reboot loop -- hardware error?

2014-01-29 Thread Recoveryone
I have done everything but crack it open at this point, I would like to fix it, but I did just score on another Touch. Always good to have a back up unit for the future. Slim Device Transporter wirelessly connected 2nd SqueezeBox 3 Wirelessly connected (MasterBedroom) 3rd SqueezeBox 3

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread SlimChances
I believe there are other threads on this topic. Quoting Garym 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?100731-Radio-WiFi-woes-is-it-hardware-or-softwarehighlight=router%2Bchannel) yes, check with something like the program inSSIDer what channels nearby wifi networks are using.

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-01-29 Thread Tony T
pippin wrote: You can't really say that. After all, both their Apps and their Web player are under their control. So if they made a change these could have been adapted. With the Squeezeboxes, the change needs to be backwards compatible. You mis-quoted me, by leaving out However, you do

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread garym
SlimChances wrote: I believe there are other threads on this topic. Quoting Garym 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?100731-Radio-WiFi-woes-is-it-hardware-or-softwarehighlight=router%2Bchannel) and inSSIDer seems to be a paid program now. Try netstumber or vistumber (win7)

Re: [slim] SB3 Wired - Ethernet appears to be disconnected

2014-01-29 Thread Peteb1951
Thanks d6, I've managed to get it working as you suggest by rebooting the Powerline adaptors - I was distracted because other stuff connected to the switch appeared to still be OK. Whatever I had done wrong seems to have been sorted by the rebooting. So I now have a server upstairs feeding

Re: [slim] Pete Seeger RIP

2014-01-29 Thread garym
aubuti wrote: I only saw him play live once. It was just a little more than five years ago, and it was really special. That's Pete in the middle, with his grandson Tao on the left and some skinny guy from NJ on the right. nice! *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.8 Transporter,

Re: [slim] Google Chromecast

2014-01-29 Thread BJW
can u expound? Using: Win7 64 Duet with ipads and the logitech app, and ipeng on an ipod BJW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58242 View this thread:

Re: [slim] It's all gone pear-shaped.... and for no good or obvious reason

2014-01-29 Thread durks
On these two specific questions: donmacn wrote: Is there any 'rule of thumb' for the channels in the UK? Lower numbers = better range for example? No. The only issue in interfence/contention on the channels. Additionally, there is overlap between the various channels in the 2.4GHz band

[slim] I need help with a script to start Squeezelite, Squeezeboxserver and spotifyd

2014-01-29 Thread hagensieker
I bought a Chromebook and installed Crouton which is Ubuntu Linux. It's a side by side OS thing and it's weird. squeezeboxserver lives in /usr/sbin squeezelite lives in /usr/bin spotifyd lives in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/InstalledPlugins/Plugins/Spotify/Bin/i386-linux/ So I have this