Re: [slim] network issue - need some help and advice

2015-04-21 Thread Giza2020
Mnyb wrote: The tv's network settings are they reasonable ? No other media server running on the network that TV tries to talk to , does it try to index some video files somewhere ? I'm just guessing , your problems seems very strange it does not really make any sense . Grounding

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

2015-04-21 Thread callesoroe
pippin wrote: Oh. Yes, probably Ickstream deleted one account, so I now only use my google account. Now it works. But one thing is frustrating. The search results through Ickstream is not very good. Way to much crap shows up, and many not playable albums. The results is much better through

Re: [slim] Can't get a reset password email

2015-04-21 Thread KeBul
But now fixed - woohoo, been trying to post for a couple of weeks! Thanks to whoever sorted it. Kev KeBul's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32883 View this thread:

Re: [slim] network issue - need some help and advice

2015-04-21 Thread garym
Giza2020 wrote: Will check all the above and will try new cables ... tv looking for content is interesting but i don't think it is but you never know! Tv network settings look ok because it looks like it's only squeezebox getting effected i am starting to think it's the homeplug link

Re: [slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread pippin
Which assets? There are no assets besides maybe the brand name. --- 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 iOS 7 and iOS 8*

Re: [slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread bpa
Does it also mean taking over and running mysqueezbox.com and all associated contracts with 3rd parties such as Spotify etc. ? bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] network issue - need some help and advice

2015-04-21 Thread d6jg
Your TV could easily be causing interference to the Homeplug. Are you able to temporarily remove the homeplug from the equation to test ? *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* - iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s -

[slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread earthbased
With proper marketing LMS and hardware can be a success. Make simple to to install and stream to smartphones too over VPN. Social Media reduces marketing costs drastically. earthbased's Profile:

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread garym
roggae wrote: i agree. so should i just reset the SBT and start over? Yes, I'd do a factory reset of the SBT, start over, and enjoy the music. The Sound Quality you get through the Touch via your DAC will be excellent without messing about with offbeat settings. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3)

Re: [slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread usc95
I have already told my wife that if we ever win the lottery that I would want to buy the Squeezebox name and rights from Logitech so I would have something to do with my time. With the power of the tiniest computers - like the Raspberry Pi - now sufficient to power the server and players it

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread roggae
garym wrote: Yes, I'd do a factory reset of the SBT, start over, and enjoy the music. The Sound Quality you get through the Touch via your DAC will be excellent without messing about with offbeat settings. what LMS should i be using?

Re: [slim] network issue - need some help and advice

2015-04-21 Thread Giza2020
The homeplug is a good 12 feet from the tv if you mean proximity interference? Also its not the tv being on that's the issue because If i unplug the lan cable bit keep the tv on the interference goes. The pi server is in the loft as is the nas with my content (At the other end of the homeplug

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread roggae
garym wrote: That tells me you must have been using something like Soundcheck's Toolbox to change settings in the Touch. If so, that would have been an important fact to mention. If you don't really know what you're doing, you shouldn't be using that stuff. (And in my opinion it provides

Re: [slim] network issue - need some help and advice

2015-04-21 Thread DJanGo
Apesbrain wrote: Ping it from another machine on the network. Thats the wrong answer, cause ping is only icmp not a valid check if a dns server is running there... Code: nslookup -q=any slimdevices.com the.ip.from.tvs.dns.setting Giza2020

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread roggae
ok. so i took all of the advice i received here nd found something out. it is not the dac but rather the gaps only appeared when i had the SBT set to digital only in the audio settings. i'm using a digital coax out now and with the settings set to digital/analog out on the SBT i'm not getting

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread garym
roggae wrote: what LMS should i be using? no reason at all not to use the latest. I'd suggest 7.8. 7.9 is beta so you'd have to put up with occasional hiccups, although it has gotten very stable. I use LMS 7.8 on my main music servers, but use 7.9 in my windows LMS just to play with. See:

Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC

2015-04-21 Thread garym
roggae wrote: ok. so i took all of the advice i received here nd found something out. it is not the dac but rather the gaps only appeared when i had the SBT set to digital only in the audio settings. i'm using a digital coax out now and with the settings set to digital/analog out on the

Re: [slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread JJZolx
pippin wrote: Which assets? There are no assets besides maybe the brand name. I imagine there's a fair amount of tooling for producing the Radio, Boombox and Touch cases, schematics for boards, etc. As to whether or not anyone could make a go of it with Squeezebox as a retail project (we've

Re: [slim] Time to Buy Back the Assets

2015-04-21 Thread pippin
The software is open source and the hardware is really old and full of no longer available parts, you'd have to completely redesign it anyway, so you can just as well start from scratch or with one of the 3rd party projects which are more modern anyway. I doubt contracts would be transferable

Re: [slim] Tidal - not very good for classical music enthusiasts

2015-04-21 Thread Daverz
I've found enough classical music on Tidal to make it worthwhile -if- it were easier to find. A search on Mahler will not bring up anywhere near the number of Mahler recordings they have available. You have to search on composer and artist, and even then I'm not sure it's finding everything.

Re: [slim] Tidal Import Playlist Function

2015-04-21 Thread bb1959
FYI...from Tidal: How to import playlists to TIDAL With Soundiiz, you can import your favorite playlist from a wide variety of streaming services to TIDAL. Here are 5 easy steps to import playlists to TIDAL: Go to soundiiz.com. Press “Start to convert”. Connect to TIDAL and the other streaming