[slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Adjunkten
Hi, In my office (8-10 m2) I use squeezeplay and Logitech pc-speakers - but the sound is horrible. What is the best way to add a room to your server these days? If I could buy another Boom, I would do that - I can't use UE-products, right? What about DLNA? Thanks for your advice! Best,

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Michael Herger
If I could buy another Boom, I would do that - I can't use UE-products, right? You can convert a UE Smart Radio into a SB Radio. There's a menu option to do this on the Radio. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Mnyb
Adjunkten wrote: Hi, In my office (8-10 m2) I use squeezeplay and Logitech pc-speakers - but the sound is horrible. What is the best way to add a room to your server these days? If I could buy another Boom, I would do that - I can't use UE-products, right? What about DLNA?

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread Mnyb
Trying out some of the things . If would like to report some issues . I've sucesssfully created a login at your forum but i cant log in to post ? On the UberStations we have a lot of stations having ##Unable-to-Display## as name ? I found a whole lot of them in local stations . Calm Radio

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread Mnyb
Rad.io seems equally broken for me . UberStations and Radionomy seems to be the working radio options for now , keep them comming . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
Any spare iThingies or Android devices? With external speakers they make for pretty good players and one tends to have a few old ones around these days. The old IPeng can still be installed on devices with iOS 4.1.2 and newer and I believe SqueezePlayer on Android still supports some 2.x versions

[slim] Tidal 'HD' resolutions?

2014-11-23 Thread Furry
I think this has probably been discussed elsewhere on this forum, but I haven't been able to locate the answer. Whereas Qobuz streams 16bit/44.1kHz 'CD-quality' FLAC, Tidal states that it streams FLAC at 1411kbps. So, does Tidal (I haven't tried it yet) stream at higher resolution, e.g. stuff

Re: [slim] Tidal Hi-Resolution Streams available on ickStream, soon for all Squeezebox users!

2014-11-23 Thread jimmypowder
cymbop wrote: I was able to get subscribed to Tidal and install the Ickstream plugin within an hour or so. Minor hiccup when the Ickstream platform itself seemed to go down for a while, and I had to futz with the FLAC playback settings within the LMS Advanced tab to get all tracks to play.

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread d6jg
At a remote office I run Squeezeplay with a pair of ION Deskrocker USB Active Speakers. Sound is fine. ION don't manufacture them anymore but they are now made by Alesis. +1 for old iThingy as well. QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Server with Squeezeslave to turn on speakers when playing

2014-11-23 Thread TheD6Bel
hello, i tried for you on a new install of picoreplayer 1.18b, and i can't run script! on picoreplayer you need libraries and is not inclued, you don't have python, nano, gpio,... for you the best way, you install squeezeplug, boot time is not same but it's work ;) sorry for not can help you

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Grumpy Bob
How about a Raspberry Pi running piCorePlayer with a 'HiFiBerry Amp' (http://www.hifiberry.com/amp/)? This would be a standalone device...never tried the HiFiBerry amplifier, but their DAC is very good. I have a Pi running piCorePlayer with a small USB Headphone DAC/amp which is a pretty good

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread jimmypowder
I have noticed that when I view the my artists in Tidal that only the artists A through B show up . I flushed the cache on ipeng, that did not help . I can press the empty spaces and bring up the artists though ,but of course you have no idea what your gonna get

Re: [slim] WOR AM (New York)

2014-11-23 Thread pbroughton
nypatrick wrote: Anybody have the WOR AM stream info? Sorry for not responding sooner with what little I know. I thought for sure that someone from the NYC area would respond. (I used to be) WOR Radio 710 is an iHeart station and urls that work are hard to come by. If you happen to

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread garym
Better pc speakers is a good idea. I use something like the Adams metioned, also with the wedges. Also, make sure you don't have bit rate limiting set for the squeezeplay player. Look in Lms - settings - player - audio. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom,

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Server with Squeezeslave to turn on speakers when playing

2014-11-23 Thread palmerx
Again BIG thanks TheD6Bel! I do no longer work with piCorePlayer, I have installed Squeezeplayer on wheezy debian. If I want to edit rc.local, I have got the Error writing /etc/rc.local: Permission denied I logged in as user pi is that wrong? #!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Server with Squeezeslave to turn on speakers when playing

2014-11-23 Thread palmerx
Ok I did sudo nano /etc/rc.local then I could save! :-) Now it looks like this, ist that ok? #!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will exit 0 on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread GeeJay
pippin wrote: Any spare iThingies or Android devices? With external speakers they make for pretty good players and one tends to have a few old ones around these days. The old IPeng can still be installed on devices with iOS 4.1.2 and newer and I believe SqueezePlayer on Android still

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread garym
GeeJay wrote: pippin, I tried this the other day. Unfortunately, it didn't sync well with my other players. I didn't try making manual timing adjustments, but it was off by quite a bit. Perfect sync may not be a requirement for the earlier poster, but if it is I'm wondering if this is a

Re: [slim] If I migrate from MSB to ickStream, how do I transfer my Favourites?

2014-11-23 Thread Nick_G
pippin wrote: Good point. This _should_ be doable. Maybe we'll write a little tool for this (or someone else has fun doing it). All one needs is a way to parse the OPML file into ids for the respective services and then create ickStream ids from it which is usually straightforward. I'm doing

Re: [slim] Improved Squeezebox config availible for Harmony users.

2014-11-23 Thread Pete7874
I realize this is an ancient thread, but was hoping some of you might have come across this. I've run into a problem with activities on my Harmony 900 remote when it comes to Squeezebox Classic (v3). I have it configured as I want to turn off this device when it's not in use, yet, whenever I

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
GeeJay wrote: pippin, I tried this the other day. Unfortunately, it didn't sync well with my other players. I didn't try making manual timing adjustments, but it was off by quite a bit. Perfect sync may not be a requirement for the earlier poster, but if it is I'm wondering if this is a

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
Is this your own artist library or which menu do you use? How many artists do you have in there? --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the

Re: [slim] If I migrate from MSB to ickStream, how do I transfer my Favourites?

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
Well, there it's simply right, isn't it? I mean... There IS a new version out now. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New: iPeng 8, the Universal App for

Re: [slim] Improved Squeezebox config availible for Harmony users.

2014-11-23 Thread rbz5416
Pete7874 wrote: What can be the problem? I have a 900 with a Touch have no problems. In Devices I have Power set to PowerToggle, On set to PowerOn Off set to PowerOff. Don't know if that helps? rbz5416's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread jimmypowder
pippin wrote: Is this your own artist library or which menu do you use? How many artists do you have in there? I am using Tital's artist section . I have about 100 artists saved . Only a few show whether using ipeng,squeeze pad or orangesqueeze . Here's a photo of the cutoff . If I press the

Re: [slim] If I migrate from MSB to ickStream, how do I transfer my Favourites?

2014-11-23 Thread remd
..you can download lms 7.7.4 from here manually if it doesnt download through the update link: http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download Interested in the future of music streaming ? www.ickStream.com - A world of music at your fingertips.

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Adjunkten
Thanks for all your advice, it's appreciated. Pippins idea with 'spare thingies' made me think of, that my kids both have dumped their first laptops, so maybe I could use one of those instead of buying a Pi. It is a small Packard Bell Kav60 running Windows XP. How do I set it up, so that it

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Server with Squeezeslave to turn on speakers when playing

2014-11-23 Thread TheD6Bel
Hello, when i did /yourpath is your path directory. My script is in /home/script/ and i add on rc.local: python /home/script/relay.py ;) TheD6Bel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58077 View

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread Mnyb
With an old laptop you have several possibilities to consider. Keep XP or install some linux OS on it . The players to use are SqueezePlay or Squeezelite . Is the internal soundcard good enough or should some USB DAC be used , but this migth not be an issue unless you get really good speakers

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread garym
Adjunkten wrote: Garym, I stream FLAC, so it can't be a bitrate issue - but I might look for some new pc-speakers. Yes, but even if you are streaming FLAC files, if you've accidentally set your bitrate limit setting in the player audio settings and have it set to something like LAME mp3

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread jimzak
I have tried repeatedly to get this plugin installed correctly. Only one player of many (a Boom) shows up in the list of registered devices on the ickstream website. I have tried installing it multiple times after deleting the ickstream folder and .prefs file. I'm running Windows 8 64 bit on

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
When was the last time you tried it? Which player models do you use? What does Settings-Advanced-ickStream tell you, does it ask you to still confirm a license? Could you PM me your account e-mail? --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread d6jg
If you are going laptop then try to find one where you can remove the battery but still run it off mains. Some have mains input into the battery direct some into the laptop outside of the battery. WOL is unlikely to work even on an Ethernet connection as above as Laptops hardware spec doesn't

Re: [slim] Improved Squeezebox config availible for Harmony users.

2014-11-23 Thread Pete7874
rbz5416 wrote: I have a 900 with a Touch have no problems. In Devices I have Power set to PowerToggle, On set to PowerOn Off set to PowerOff. Don't know if that helps? I tried both options: Power Toggle as well as discrete Power On and Power Off. It makes no difference.

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread pippin
Of you want to play the computer in sync with other devices consider using Linux, it won't really work with Windows. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinlovesmusic.com *New:

Re: [slim] WOR AM (New York)

2014-11-23 Thread nypatrick
pbroughton wrote: Sorry for not responding sooner with what little I know. I thought for sure that someone from the NYC area would respond. (I used to be) WOR Radio 710 is an iHeart station and urls that work are hard to come by. If you happen to have a UE Radio, there's an app for

Re: [slim] What is the best way to add a room to your server these days?

2014-11-23 Thread BenH73
I was recently looking at options as a friend was thinking about Sonos and I was trying to see if there was a nice squeezebox alternative that might save him some money. In the end the Sonos worked out to be the best option for him, but the best I could come up with was: Aktimate Micro powered

Re: [slim] Looking for recomendations for Christmas Streams url

2014-11-23 Thread whomever
I feel for you d6jg wrote: I don't like it but her indoors likes Christmas music and films from mid Nov onwards! I got dragged out yesterday morning to see Santa arrive for his festive stint in the grotto of a local Garden Centre. November 15th FFS. Bah Humbug!