The firmware never was open source.
On 8/20/06, Free Lunch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But the firmware is no longer open source, right? So 24/96 on thesb3 remains at the whim of Slim Devices..
If you want to get closer to the music, spend your money on microphones ;-)FL
You should be able to try TelCanto for free. I did. (30 day trial)On 8/14/06, CarlOtto
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TelCanto seems to lack these things as well (from reading on theirwebsite). I can't find out for sure since I refuse to pay for a programonly to find out it doesn't work.It seems that
Squeezebox on the hip? Hmmm, you need to get in touch with the guy that posted that because the stand looked like a handle, that made it a portable unit. Therefore, when you drop it, the vacuum display shouldn't break. It was a design flaw which was discussed at great length and with at times,
I run a 1.6 GHz or so toshibasatellite laptop running linux. The screen is always closed. It's in my basement so noise is not an issue. I run an external 80GB drive in a maddog usb 2.0 case. Theysharean apc 350 ups.
Itdoesn't have to be silent if you put it in the right place. With ethernet and
This part of the problem cannot be a transcoding problem, unless he means that while a song is already playing it take 30-40 seconds. If it takes that long without music, something else must be wrong. Maybe the HD is set to spin-down if the system is idle.
My laptop server under linux seems to be
Don't clear it, just start a new one by using 'play'On 8/9/06, CarlOtto
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davep Wrote: ... and in any case how many times does anybody need to point their SB at a new music server? If he meant the SqueezeBox then I can only guess he was doing an initial setup and couldn't
Most 3.5in drives, even the screamers at 10k or 15k rpm use more like 12-15 watts.On 8/2/06, Michaelwagner
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I tried Michael's calculator too.Any system with a 3.5 HD takes 30 or so watts for the HD, according toit.A 2.5HD is 8, according to it.Are those numbers right? 30
I think you and it are just in differentusability worlds.On 7/21/06, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting idea for a remote control, but probably a long shot for realworld usability.
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What part turned you off? Do you think there is a difference?On 7/7/06, Mark Lanctot
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Wow, the first line jumped right out at me:I don't get why some audiophiles still think that saving data using a lossless compression scheme like FLAC or Apple Lossless sounds any
But then, neither is a squeezebox!To also be helpful, my in-laws got a pair of wireless speakers (which I helped pick out- shame on me), the 900Mhz type I believe, and they are prone to a lot of interference. They're not too picky about it and just ignore
Mark, didn't mean you were unhelpful, just that my comment about the Squeezebox not being wireless was not helpful, so I wanted to add something.I did try changing the channels an not much helped.Interestingly, but annoyingly, I beleive that the bluetooth on my Moto Razr might cause some of the
Maybe Slimedevices is OEMing it. Which would mean that their lawyers have already seen it.On 6/22/06, dangerous_dom
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I would suspect that Slim Devices lawers would be very interested to seethat,
The yac2slim http://www.savardsoftware.com/yac2slim/ package already outputs caller Id stuff to the SB. It seems like it would be pretty simple to have the music pause at least. Getting it restarted might still require a button push.
On 6/6/06, Kevin Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
This is
That would be really cool... Don't have much use for it though as the phone company has my voice mail.On 6/6/06, Lowrent
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Also, it lit up a new idea in my mind : Answering machine on the PCwith via a modem and get messages on the squeezebox with delete andarchive features.
It has, and the answer is no. Unless you have a very specific one.
Seach the forum for Irfant.
On 5/23/06, drumkid
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Hello,
I hope this has not been asked and answered before.
Is it possible to make the Squezebox 3 work with a network hard drive
and without even
Sorry, that's Infrant. (made up words,,, hard to remember)
On 5/23/06, Jim Dibb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It has, and the answer is no. Unless you have a very specific one.
Seach the forum for Irfant.
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I'm in.
On 5/11/06, davep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have recently started to run a FAH client on my main box and think
that a TeamSlim would be a great idea for this community of ours to do
something beyond worrying about flac tagging and absolute polarity :)
So I have gone ahead and
BTW, I love Yac2slim! Sorry I can't help though.
On 5/10/06, Rod Savard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One way would be to 'push' a new mode onto the player with your display
info, then 'pop' it off when done.
I haven't actually written a plugin.. just a separate EXE that
communicates with the
I'd think you'd be better off switching them around so the SB2 and SB3
are sync'd. They use the same hardware so they'd probably stay in
sync better. (just a guess/opinion though).
On 5/10/06, hashref
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My setup:
3 Squeeze boxes.
SB1 in den
SB2 in bedroom
SB3 in
On 5/2/06, mitip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How wonderfully amusing all these replies!Yet it is a fundament ofdesign to make an object to LOOK appropriate for its job
i.e. a sportscar look fast, a couch look comfortable,Your're making a function follows form argument. Yet sports car's look fast
It made me check the calendar to make sure it was May1 not April1.
Original poster,
Sorry your SB3 is broken, but do you complain to the manufacturer when
you drop anything else and it breaks? Like a crystal glass, or a
china dish or a vase, or an egg? They are all much more portable
than a
Use VNC. Run the server on one machine and the client on the other. Then you can have a small window of the recording machines desktop open while you use the graphics machine. (Unless its not appropriate to have the recording SW display on the graphics display. Do you actually display CG during
Glad to help.On 4/20/06, azinck3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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37 (for about 6 more weeks) and male (hopefully for a lot longer than that.)One reason I'd guess there's not a lot of interest in the college set is living environment.You probably live in a single room, where you can just connect your PC to a set of speakers.
You probably live with others, where
The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it (at least in the gmail email client).On 3/30/06, Siduhe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Whilst sincerely hoping that this thread is TFIC [Tongue firmly in
Cheek], have you been following the rash of technology ruined myrelationship stories starting
On 3/30/06, Skunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
jimdibb Wrote: The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it
Be a man and delete the extra )I can't. I replaced the delete key on my keyboard with one that enters Shut the F*** up
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:)On 3/30/06, Skunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
jimdibb Wrote: I can't.I replaced the delete key on my keyboard with one that
enters Shut the F*** upThis aggression will not stand, man. [the Dude]--Skunk
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In general (there are lots of different devices so specifics may differ) all the disks in a Raid 5 are seen as a single logical disk. Some versions let you configure the set of disks as multiple logical disks.For Read-Mostly applications like the squeezebox/slimserver, the performance is generally
Other disks (bigger, slower) is the primary way at the moment, unless you've done it incrementally over time to smaller media (backing up your library to DVD as you rip it will make the ripping take longer but is much less daunting than doing the same thing after ripping the whole thing)
In
I wasn't referring to write corruption but the chance of simultaneous loss of 2 drives. If you have a drive failure in your R1, it still needs to be replaced and rebuilt before the second drive also fails. 2 drive failure is also what you primarily worry about in R5 systems, but the chance of two
Smiley not withstanding,R10 is neither more reliable nor cheaper than R1. Nor more expensive really. Also, the math from my previous post applies for why it's at all more reliable than R5.Just keeping it real. :)
On 3/23/06, cjhabs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's time to pull out the wallet and
The same applies to the mirror. The surviving drive is under just as much stress during resynching.On 3/23/06, Robin Bowes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Jim Dibb wrote: I wasn't referring to write corruption but the chance of simultaneous
loss of 2 drives.If you have a drive failure in your R1, it
The reliability is only per protected set. Which in a R10 still is only 2 drives. Consider per usable capacity.On 3/23/06, Robin Bowes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Jim Dibb wrote: Smiley not withstanding,
R10 is neither more reliable nor cheaper than R1.Nor more expensive really.Also, the math from
If the cost of the backups is more than the data is worth, you have too much.On 3/17/06, m1abrams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:When it comes to backups you can NEVER have too much.
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I thought maybe they were ripped at 16 2/3. :)On 3/17/06, verbatone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:96kHz is not supported:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20512highlight=96khzThere is a feature request link in this same thread.96kHz is double48kHz, so that's why it's playing at half
Seems like a really quick way to use up your bandwidth allocation. I wouldn't think you could do it, but you should be asking the 11 people.On 3/16/06,
rme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok,Then is there a way to store my data on the web host, map a networkdrive (ftp? or other way?) to the remote web
But which switches/routers actually supply power that way? ALso, I guess it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how many would really downgrade to the power that would come over an ethernet cable from some random switch?
This whole thing brings up an interesting thing from my
Very interesting. ThanksOn 3/10/06, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Dibb wrote: But which switches/routers actually supply power that way?More and more every day. It is the coming thing, as you more thansave a wire, you have one less thing to worry about.There are four spare pairs in most
Search will find you many threads.On 3/3/06, gbruzzo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:Dear All,I am thinking about buying the nokia 770 to get over the childish
lack-of-sonos-remote-syndrome.I currently use a linkstation to store my music/run slimserver 6.2 andstream it via belkin wireless router to the
No, I couldn't because I didn't know the answer. Not having a Nokia 770 (but rather an AXIM x50V - which I tried telcanto on but do not generally use because I don't have it handy at all times) I don't know what's required for a Nokia 770. But after following the email list for quite some time I
IMHO, such responses simply waste more bandwidth, particularly when they include the original post. Cheers.That is one point I could have done better with. The gmail interface somewhat makes me forget the quoted text is even there because it's hidden automatically on incoming messages and the
It applies to any hard drive that's full. Or, the better description is a WORM hard drive. Write once, read many. You can fill that type of device right to the top.On 3/1/06,
jonheal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A read-only drive implies that the user will never again add any newmusic. Who does that
Isn't it in perl? So, if perl is faster, it will be faster. Maybe the DB engine is faster too.To the original poster, since it's in perl, why wouldn't it just work on vista?
On 2/27/06, joncourage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is Slim on XP 64 any faster?I'd imagine since it wasn't specifically
I haven't tried it, but did you look for an option or config file to set up an exclusion list based on file types?On 2/1/06, EnochLight
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I'm afraid that if you use the sync iTunes library option in SlimServer,
that will happen.I think that syncs playlists from iTunes as
The home routers and such need snazzy (?) web interfaces to configure because they don't have screens. Configuring the network interface on a squeezebox by using the screen and remote is what fits the device.The squeezebox doesn't run a web server, so why add one just to configure a few network
It does support wep and WPA even. The security level is not a function of the wireless speed.On 12/3/05, Fifer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is b only but that shouldn't be an issue for control, unless you're
worried about the effect on your network as a whole or security, 'b' doesn't support
I have an Axim X50v so I can add a little.The screen is really nice, 480x640, can be used landscape or portrait, left handed or right handed. I don't know how big the 770 screen is but the axim is 2.5 in. x 3.0 in. With that much resolution, having a bigger screen is important or you can't read it
To make a small correction to what's below, you do not have to read the
same sector from every other drive to write to one drive. You
only have to read the sector you are writing to and the
corresponding parity sector. So, there's still a penalty, but not
as large as what's suggested below.On
One small point about cost. RAID1 has the smallest buy in, but
$/MB is more expensive than RAID5 (as long as the R1 and R5 controllers
are about the same price.)
Finally a subject that's in my area of professional expertise, rather than hobbyist interest.On 11/11/05, Dan Goodinson
[EMAIL
On 11/10/05, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:kolepard Wrote: put a NAS or NAS RAID inside a fire-resistant gun safe.A lot of them
have electrical outlets insideAn interesting idea. Just curious, though ... why would a gun safe havean outlet inside?How
much free airspace is in there? You'd
I've got a whole amiga 1000 setup, working condition, with external ram
(starboard II, maybe not working), disk drives, lots of floppys/sw in
various conditions, mouse if anyone is interested. I could come
back with a more complete list and an asking price.
It does have the designers names on the
The weird IP addresses are the automatic address assignments that are
used in adhoc mode. Are they on the 169.x.x.x? That's what
I find on my adhoc connections.On 9/26/05, orrinc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:I'd love to post the instructions, but it came about through random
fumbling- I'm not sure how
I used to own a .b belkin which worked fine until I upgraded to a
netgear .g, which also works fine (for general use, I have a wired SB1).
A nice thing about belkin products is a lifetime warranty. I sold
the .b (after some time of sitting on a shelf) to a coworker who found
that it was
Are you sure you chose the right player in the web interface? You need to select the player then start the stream.On 9/2/05, Daniel Cohen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:So, I've now got my second Squeezebox. I will probably synchronize
them at some point, but for the moment I don't want to do this.I
No ripping CDs? Where does the music come from? The CD ripping part
would be one of the best aspects of this type of box. Simple rip any
cd inserted and when done, open the drawer for another, repeat
Sounds too 'niche' to make money off of. Price would have to be $200+
at least for parts.
Why does it have to be upsidedown? Because the bottom isnt pretty enough?
Use velco to stick it to the bottom.
On 8/9/05, gonk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to mount the SB2 upside down under a shelf in the kitchen.
This gives me two problems:
1. How to fasten the device
That ribbon cable looks too short to twist.
On 8/9/05, JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
gonk Wrote:
2. The text must be rotated on the display. Anyone know how to change
this in the Slimserver code? Is it possible at all?
Ideas, anyone?
It looks like you might be able to flip the
Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :)
(Just had my second 10 wks. ago).
On 8/3/05, Todd Fields [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to
$199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do
everything I can to restrain
Actually, I fully agree.
On 8/3/05, T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :)
Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby.
Tom
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Old palm pilot might be cheap, but not many have ANY network
capability built in. Remeber to factor in the cost of a wi-fi card.
On 6/10/05, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have software that would allow me to emulate a Squeezebox
remote with display on a Palm Pilot.
When I was working with the handheld skin on 5.4.x on my Axim I saw a
very similar issue, where a song would keep restarting at the
beginning from almost the same point every time.
It seemed that particular problem was related to the pocketIE browser
refreshing the page. Each time it
Caves, I'm with you. I can't see why there's any desire to have 3
FLAC copies of the same song off 3 different compilations either. If
you chose 1 as 'best' of the 3, why would you care if you had the
other two as long as the albums the came from played correctly
including that song? An
and as a supporter of the idea (and
how it borrows from other reference counted strategies) am glad to now
have more insight.
Sorry I missed this part.
Jim Wrote:
*I applaud your idea*, however I think it's more of a solution to gain
space from a lossy collection.
Regards,
Another Jim
That's a great idea!
On 5/2/05, CavesOfTQLT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wouldn't it be great if you could have just one copy of the track
stored on your server, and the Slimserver software just references to
that track in each album where it should be. I'm thinking along the
lines of a scenario
:
Jim Dibb Wrote:
That's a great idea!
Cheers Jim.
...
Hey maybe the Slimserver team could lead the way on this idea, because
I don't think anybody else has thought about it ... yet ;)
--
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Hi, I had another thread on TelCanto earlier and got this link to a
forum specifically about TelCanto where you may get a better answer.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telcanto
On 4/26/05, bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I downloaded the trial for Telcanto onto an AXIM X30 yesterday and I
Once you get it set up, it's probably better to just keep using a static IP.
On 4/25/05, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:46:51 +0200, Justme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[..]
Thing was, I had to set the IP address manually, and I was wondering is
there anyway
On 4/20/05, mcai8rw2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it possible to have ONE slimbox in one room, a second SLIM box in
another room, a third slimbox in a third room etc...and to have all of
those devices accessing the same PC in one room.
Yes
If this IS possible, can each separate box access
One solution to the battery life is to keep a charging cradle in your
'listening area'. Then set it there when you're not using it. If the
cradle is in a convenient enough spot, you can use it while it's
actually on the cradle.
Another thing to think about is that the unit will 'stand by' every
Dave,
Telcanto has a PPC only client that works with Slimserver on unix just
fine. I used the trial, still have a few weeks left. It actually
seems to work quite well (after you get it set up right, which is a
little tricky if you're not on the 6.x server), but will not utilize
true 640x480 VGA
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:45:54 -0700, Orb
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What do people recommend for a basic house server?
I could get my hands on an old (very cheap) Pentium 3, 600 MHz, 256mb
ram pc. I have a 200gb drive where my music is stored which would live
in the house server.
This
] wrote:
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 08:29 -0400, Jim Dibb wrote:
The only time I really have a problem is when the SpamAssassin daemon
goes crazy and chews up the whole CPU. That happens from time to time
and I don't know why.
How do you filter?
My utility box that does everything
On 4/18/05, elmtree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've noticed some discussions around the quality of mp3, however I am
experiencing something that I've yet to find a duscussion on... It
sounds like various tracks within my .mp3 library are degrading over
time.
You probably haven't found a
On 4/14/05, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 22:29:08 -0400, Jim Dibb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
See first paragraph, I am running 5.4.1
They have updated TelCanto to run with 6.0 - maybe you have to download an
older release?
When I went to look for an older
On 4/13/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
jgallardo wrote:
The long-term solution is clear: make your product the easiest one to
use, and aggressively market yourself as the such. Whether SlimDevices
can produce a remote that competes with Sonos' quickly enough remains
to be
http://slimdevices.com/dev_telcanto.html
not having bought or used it, i can't really say what makes it sellable.
it being an app, i'd expect it to have better general UI responsiveness
than the webUI on a PocketPC or PalmOS device. maybe someone who's used
it can comment on it.
the
On 4/13/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Dibb wrote:
Understood. I happen to have a Dell Axim x50v that's just waiting for
something really cool to do. I'll give the trial version a try when I
get a chance and post a followup.
cool. i look forward to it.
--rt
OK, so I've got the TelCanto trial on my Dell Axim X50v. I'm running
slimserver 5.4.
First thing, when I installed it, I got the note saying This app was
written for an earlier version of Windows. It may not display
correctly assuming 2002. The Dell is 2003.
The library display seems
On Apr 12, 2005 8:23 AM, Robert Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use google mail which currnetly offer you more than 2GB of storage.
I have quite a number of invites to give away. If anybody is
interested drop me a mail at robert.jorgensenatgmail.com. The at
should of course be replaced
Well said. The outside of the carton doesn't say Includes free web
support forum.
Anyway, I'm in a bad mood because gmail tech support is terrible.
Emails that state exactly what the reproducing steps and symptoms of a
SEARCH problem are, are returned with You should use our search
function,
I'm still on the 5.4 server. My question is, is the softsqueeze
'remote' supposed to be locked into position relative to the display?
I click the horizontal or vertical arrows to get the remote display,
but if I try to reposition it, the display and remote move together.
Is this intended
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