Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

2013-01-22 Thread Calum Mackay
On 21/01/13 19:10, Andy Hawkins wrote: In article 50f89995.1070...@cdmnet.org, Calum Mackaycalum.mac...@cdmnet.org wrote: any chance you would consider adding a volume control of some sort to the lockscreen plugin, please? Might be hard to add a slider, given space, but up/down

Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

2013-01-17 Thread Calum Mackay
thanks, just bought this, having used squeezecommander for years... Looks very good (using Preview), thanks again, glad to see something under active development. best regards, calum. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

2013-01-17 Thread Calum Mackay
On 17/01/13 17:26, Calum Mackay wrote: thanks, just bought this, having used squeezecommander for years... bit cheeky to ask a feature request, so soon after buying, but... any chance you would consider adding a volume control of some sort to the lockscreen plugin, please? Might be hard

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-05-15 Thread Calum Mackay
margolbe wrote: # This network must be connected to the first network interface on the computer, in order for SBR discovery to work. If your SBR is on a network interface other than the first you must either move it, or configure down any preceding network interfaces, until it is so assigned.

Re: [slim] Why is flac.exe running when I am decoding flac using Native?

2009-04-26 Thread Calum Mackay
Mnyb wrote: Are you playing a flac file to ? Then I have to guess that you are using flac/cue files. Is it so one flac file for a whole album then a cue file ? These have to be transcoded with flac to get each song from it. I was going to say that, but the end result is a per-track flac

Re: [slim] Trying to Setup Classic Through Router...

2009-04-20 Thread Calum Mackay
Mick Seymour wrote: 2. Are you using a crossed or straight cable from SB to the router WAN port? Should you be using a crossed or straight cable from the SB to the router WAN port. My guess, without knowing the router, would be a crossed cable. I believe all the current SBs have polarity

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-04-19 Thread Calum Mackay
mirhon wrote: I've done it. It works fine :-) I configured my receiver to use DHCP (via WiFi) but now (from some reasons) I have to change its settings. Can I change this to static IP doing it the same way as at the beginning? Do I have to reset my squeezebox to original state before I

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-04-19 Thread Calum Mackay
loafsta wrote: I'm definitely a novice and apologize in advance if I'm asking this question in the wrong place or if it has been covered elsewhere - I've certainly looked for an answer, but haven't found one that seemed on point. I'm considering getting an SBR (w/out SBC), using NAS running

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-04-19 Thread Calum Mackay
loafsta wrote: Thanks for the input, Calum. The NAS does run SC using an onboard Ubuntu system. ok, I see. Sounds like I should be able to make this work if I can just work my way through Net::UDAP - which may be no small feat for me. It's not too hard, and we can help if you can't get it

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-11 Thread Calum Mackay
mortslim wrote: When attempting to scroll through these players on the Now Playing screen (because only three can be seen completely at one time), there is a little glitchiness in the scrolling behavior. It works for the most part but once in awhile I have to try a few times with my finger

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore

2009-04-11 Thread Calum Mackay
erland wrote: After the 1.1 release I can only see three reasons to buy a SBC instead of a iPod Touch+iPeng: - You need SBC to configure a Squeezebox Receiver I know that you know this, but - for others - you don't *need* it for that... the perl util Net-UDAP will configure an SBR without an

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2009-04-02 Thread Calum Mackay
pippin wrote: I don't care as to the colour, but the current pale-blue versus pale-white is difficult. Okokok. :) I did change the icon for the version I re-submitted to the App Store today. thanks, much appreciated. cheers, calum. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] The perfect universal remote for SB3+receiver+more, maybe this one? (Nevo)

2009-04-01 Thread Calum Mackay
chenrikson wrote: FWIW both the Philips TSU9600 and TSU9400 can directly control the Duet Receiver. interesting; given the Receiver has no IR, I assume these remotes are wireless, too? Do they interface to SC? cheers, calum. ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

2009-04-01 Thread Calum Mackay
Aesculus wrote: Pippin: Would you consider using red rather than blue as your 'On' color? It may show up better. Its very difficult to pick up the blue color vs white on the background. I'd second that; coupled with the inevitable delays in things happening, the subtle colours are

Re: [slim] all wireless SBs lost after restarting SC; wired SB ok

2009-03-24 Thread Calum Mackay
thanks Mick, That doesn't sound 'normal'. quite. What OS is SC running on and how did you restart it? apols. This is on Debian Linux, and I did the usual: /etc/init.d/squeezecenter stop /etc/init.d/squeezecenter start cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] mp3HD

2009-03-24 Thread Calum Mackay
seanadams wrote: I don't understand why anyone is surprised that someone managed to make yet another lossless format. heh. I wonder if they just made the new format by concatenating a flac file onto the end of an mp3? :) cheers, calum. ___ discuss

[slim] all wireless SBs lost after restarting SC; wired SB ok

2009-03-23 Thread Calum Mackay
I just noted an odd thing here: I restarted SC, to enable a few plugins (line in/out, I believe), and when it was up again I noticed that it had lost contact with all my wireless SBs: two Receivers and a Boom. The Receivers were showing the blue light, and the Boom was asking for network

Re: [slim] mp3HD

2009-03-23 Thread Calum Mackay
iPhone wrote: Steve Bernard, Jr;409324 Wrote: C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\Desktop\mp3HD_Toolkit_for_Windows_2009-03-16mp3hdencoder.exe -br 32 -if test.wav -of mp3HD.mp3 ... C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\Desktop\mp3HD_Toolkit_for_Windows_2009-03-16mp3hdDecoder.exe -if

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread Calum Mackay
BiBer wrote: cdmackay;406547 Wrote: my XLD is writing both album and track replaygain settings; I'm using external cue file, but I can't see why it would be different for file tags. XLD seem to have no support to embed the replaygain tags into flac, it only can write them to cue sheets.

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-22 Thread Calum Mackay
BiBer wrote: Well if you're ripping as separate files, you won't be getting any cue sheet, i think. sigh, apols; I keep forgetting I'm in the minority, playing with single+cue :) cheers, calum. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Does rebuffering concern only wifi?

2009-03-19 Thread Calum Mackay
Kyle wrote: I highly recommend wired. My SB3 worked fine for a couple of years, then I began to have dropouts -- probably due to neighbors setting up wireless networks, but who knows? I paid $100 for an alarm company to run CAT-5 from my bedroom to my den (other end of the house). It was

Re: [slim] Which raid?

2009-03-17 Thread Calum Mackay
jsprag wrote: Good summation. The two aren't mutually exclusive, of course. If a user wanted they could have RAID mirroring, another internal drive for nightly (or any other interval) backups, and an external backup. Starts to add up to a lot of drives though... quite. This is why I like

Re: [slim] What's in a name: squeezebox?

2009-03-17 Thread Calum Mackay
Labarum wrote: I like the product very much: the name I dislike. Squeezebox: a downmarket musical instrument. Squeezebox is to accordion as tin-whistle is to flute; and even an accordion cannot be considered a serious musical instrument. I bet that's upset a few folkies :( so on that note;

Re: [slim] Music Catalogue in PDF - Requirements?

2009-03-17 Thread Calum Mackay
tipsen wrote: iPhone;407277 Wrote: Looks good to me. So the layout would do all the albums in artist alphabetical order? Right now the sort order is album artist, year, albumtitle I was going to ask about year, as it doesn't seem to be artist/year in your example... looks really good...

Re: [slim] Random Question

2009-03-17 Thread Calum Mackay
should I be surprised that by using the email interface to the forums I never have to do anything, it just works? or perhaps I'm being moderated anyway? :) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Music Catalogue in PDF - Requirements?

2009-03-17 Thread Calum Mackay
tipsen wrote: cdmackay;407299 Wrote: tipsen wrote: iPhone;407277 Wrote: Looks good to me. So the layout would do all the albums in artist alphabetical order? Right now the sort order is album artist, year, albumtitle I was going to ask about year, as it doesn't seem to be artist/year in

Re: [slim] Which raid?

2009-03-15 Thread Calum Mackay
jsprag wrote: Mistaken deletions are the main reason I don't like RAID for my situation. Loss of data is far more likely to come from fat fingering than it is from hardware failure. Right, and RAID mirroring isn't generally trying to minimise data loss, it's trying to maximise uptime. Your

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-14 Thread Calum Mackay
bephillips wrote: So I just tried XLD for the first time. Looks promising, but some problems I've noticed, unless I'm missing something. Album art is embedded, I guess. Don't see any way to save the cover art as cover.jpg except to do this manually. if you click on the cover, then you can

Re: [slim] Mac related question

2009-03-09 Thread Calum Mackay
53mudg35 wrote: I plan on going FLAC so I assume it would be best to use a windows session to perform my rips. you might consider using XLD on MacOS; I've just started using this, but it seems very capable. Rips to flac with full accuraterip support. cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction

2009-03-07 Thread Calum Mackay
Zaragon wrote: Tags are different things to different people. They are metadata but on SqueezeCentre are used as database identifiers. However since it is possible to tag two files identically eg the FLAC and MP3 versions of the same file the only guarantee of uniqueness has to be the fully

Re: [slim] Did Mike Valera leave the company?

2009-03-06 Thread Calum Mackay
ModelCitizen wrote: maggior;403592 Wrote: the Slim Devices BU was apparently spared a RIF Pardon? OK. BU = Business Unit? RIF... typo maybe? should be RIP? Reduction In Force; fancy name for mass sackings (firings). :-) sadly not. cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] Spotify Security Breach

2009-03-06 Thread Calum Mackay
Mark Lanctot wrote: Threads merged. missed that, apols. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-03-05 Thread Calum Mackay
burnside wrote: Can you listen to live BBC Radio with the iPlayer plugin? yes indeed, if you're in the UK, and I believe it's the highest quality was of doing that (~100Kbps (Radio 3: 128Kbps) WMA, although Listen Again is generally higher ~200Kbps MP3). cheers, calum.

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-03-05 Thread Calum Mackay
I put this little summary together, which might be helpful. Well, if it's correct, of course :) However, I've not used them enough to comment on stability. - inbuilt SC; no plugin 65Kbps CBR WMA native SB decoding; no PC load Live only; no Listen Again

[slim] Spotify: User info stolen from music site

2009-03-05 Thread Calum Mackay
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7925455.stm The music streaming service Spotify has been targeted by hackers. The Swedish company says people's personal details, including e-mail addresses, dates of birth and addresses, were all stolen. However, it is thought credit-card details, which

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

2009-03-04 Thread Calum Mackay
great, thanks; I don't have nearly enough Waits, and this will give me an excuse to get some more :) cheers, calum. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

2009-03-03 Thread Calum Mackay
eq72521 wrote: Coincidentally, I just set up the new SB Receiver in their room tonight (replacing the purchased-in-1993-for-$30 Casio CD Alarm Clock Boombox that was handed down to them). They still just want to listen to the same old Tom Waits Lullaby mix that I made for them a couple years