chicks wrote:
> It will run in the Linux container. Unfortunately, the IP addresses on
> the Linux container won't be available outside of the ChromeBook, unless
> there's some workaround I'm not aware of. It's a very secure OS.
The Linux settings have a port forwarding section.
Thanks. I have the Chromecast with Google TV, so I've just been casting
the Material Skin. I'll give Squeeze Ctrl a try.
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Are there any apps that work well on Android TV? I don't need a player,
just a controller/artwork display.
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Agreed. It's been slow the past few weeks, but today is MUCH worse.
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There are many folks running LMS on lots of different flavors of Linux.
it works great and has a lot of support on this boards. Just pick
something fairly mainstream and you'll be fine.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but the simplest approach is probably to
just install the Spotty plugin on your existing server. Why does using
Spotify warrant a new server?
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> So I finally cracked it, and have Google Home controlling my LMS
> server/players.
Very cool - thanks for documenting this. I'm looking forward to trying
this when I have time to set it up.
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> Very interesting. I've been giving some thought to what I will switch
> to when the SB is no longer viable and this device is high on my list.
> My current LMS usage consists of:
> - Spotify (using Triode's plugin)
> - Local music (just a small li
bpa wrote:
> This post is long and a more of a brain dump to help others think about
> and discuss the issue.
>
> I've done a bit of investigation into Chromecast to see what sort of
> solution is possible and whether it would be usable.
Very interesting. I've been giving some thought to what
bpa wrote:
> If you replaced all your SB players - I agree it makes no sense.
Ah, now I see! Makes sense now.
I'm curious, do you think your solution would have reliable sync?
Either between chromecast players or between heterogenous players? I'm
anxious to see how well the future sync
Mnyb wrote:
Another q should a microwave oven really leak that much ? I would change
the oven . My old wrt54gl did not have problems with my microwave .
And especially if the effect is not very local and if it can disturb
stuff rooms away , I would definitely change the oven .
Agreed.
To me, the sad thing is that I wonder how many other potential third
party projects or contributors are deterred by the mystery and
uncertainty of all this. I suspect that the truth about all of this is
much more mundane and narrowly defined than most people suspect.
Without knowing that for
This is very cool. I don't have a use case for ickstream right now, but
it's great to see development like this getting released. Congrats
guys!
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I've found dar.fm to be unreliable. They have also slowly removed
features from the free version over the last few years. I now use
streamripper which is a simple tool that can be run from cron.
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In OSP just goto the player screen and click the option to start
squeezeplayer.
Thanks for the suggestion - I'll try doing it that way.
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Is there any way to have Orange Squeeze Preview available as one of the
Start App options?
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I wonder if backing up 7 TB of files is even feasible? Seeing that even
over USB 2, a 2TB drive takes 12-24 hours, I doubt it.
crashplan.com offers an option where you can ship them a drive for the
initial backup at an extra cost. Otherwise, yeah it can take quite a
while.
For anyone considering cloud backup, I'm very happy with crashplan.com.
It's about $60 per year for unlimited storage. The initial backup can
take quite a while depending on how much data you have, but from then on
it just updates itself incrementally. Upload speed seems to be limited
only by
Skyhawk wrote:
Hi there. At the weekend, I downloaded both the preview and regular
versions of Orange Squeeze to my Google Nexus 7. It looks great and
seems very smooth. However, the app only seems to display the list-view.
I've played around with the number of columns but I can't get the
slartibartfast wrote:
Just updated my 2012 Nexus 7 to kit kat and Orange Squeeze initially
worked but after rebooting the device it crashes every time I try to
access Artists, Albums etc. This applies to preview version as well.
The 1.x version hangs/crashes for me too, but I didn't notice
I've been running Orange Squeeze Preview for a few days on a Nexus 7
with Kit Kat. No problems so far.
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I've seen this happen to my SB2's after a power glitch where a byte or 2
of the MAC will flip to FF. You can set the MAC address in the firmware
menu.
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lower the volume when the phone the phone is in use. Did you enable
this?
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Let's see whether it has an api available.
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dar.fm integrates with the mp3tunes app and works pretty well.
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DAR.FM looks like it uses a pretty sketchy way to gain access to Howard
Stern daily radio shows. I tried it one time; and, it already gave me
an error related to accessing todays stream. I have no idea how it
access the radio show when it doesnt even ask for my sirusxm
cliveb wrote:
I don't have a speaker recommendation for you, but if you are thinking
about running Squeezelite on a Pi, be warned that the Pi's USB
implementation is known to have issues that mean it is not compatible
with some USB DACs.
I have Squeezelite running on a Pi feeding a cheap
As a non-audiophile, I've been thinking about how I might use
Squeezelite with a Pi/Wandboard/etc as a tabletop replacement. Can
anyone recommend good quality USB speakers (AC powered) suitable for
this purpose? By good, I mean something similar in size, price and
quality to the Audioengine A2
guidof wrote:
Nothing wrong with the Audioengine A2, unless you can afford the A5.
Oh, I agree. I like them both. My question is whether there is
something similar with an integrated USB DAC.
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non. They are much cheaper than hdmi and even a vga resolution would be
sufficient in some uses.
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The Wandboard Dual is the preferred hardware platform. This will not
change. The JS DAC carrier board has been designed to work with the
Wandboard and its EDM connector. If you wish to use the JS designed DAC
carrier board when it becomes available, it will only work with
Triode wrote:
To add to this - we specifically picked the Wandboard for two reasons
(and you can see some agonising on this on the thread re hardware):
1) We know it supports USB Dacs well as it has hardware ehci based
scheduling. Other platforms such as Beaglebone and Pi have serious
I agree - I don't want to have to turn on my TV to listen to music.
However, Spotify has changed how I use my SBs. I have basically stopped
maintaining my local music library and only have a library of specific
artists and albums that are not on Spotify. So I now use my SBs in one
of three
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There is no concept of factory reset like there was on the Touch. The
Touch used a union file system with a separate file that kept the
changes to the relesed image. The factory reset just cleared out the
changes file. The software guys do not seem to be developing
How about a single front panel LED that indicates connection status via
a complicated series of different colors and flashing rates? :P
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It sounds like the indicator of the Reciver.
Yes. It was a joke...
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Gen05 is going to have an ethernet jack, serial port, RCA analog and
TOSLINK digital, and two host USB ports, thats it. It just enough to be
able to get drivers going for our audio interfaces. I'm thinking that
this just has Squeezelite for the first launch of Gen1
dustinsterk wrote:
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I have started a list of things we will need going forward. Please
include your username for anything you want to help or assist with and
copy and paste this list in your post (so it continues to grow):
1) Hardware design and implementation - John S.
2)
pippin wrote:
They do license a lot for the players.
There are two aspects here:
Software licenses (probably for mp3, WMA, and AAC) and patent fees (at
least mp3 and WMA, not sure about AAC). Both come with a fixed minimum
cost that makes them prohibitive at low volumes.
Note also that, as
mherger wrote:
Because you are not alone there are no plans to shut down mysb.com.
I think the real question is what will happen if, for example, Spotify
changes their API and updates are needed on the MySB side to keep it
active. Will the music services just all fade away one by one as this
lambono wrote:
Agh! When did this (end of SqueezeBox) start??
Late 2006.
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Marvell and Globalscale have done a crappy job of supporting their
products and developing a community around them. It's a mistake to
judge the Linux community as a whole based on this example.
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...as long as Rhapsody, last.fm, TuneIn, etc don't change their APIs.
Which they will. If there's no incentive to update mysb.com it *will*
die.
This is the key point. I anticipate that my SBs obsolescence will be
driven by incompatibilities with music services going forward.
Note that many of these cheap tablets come with no Google apps which
means no Market. Be prepared to sideload the Logitech app and anything
else you will need. Depending on your budget, you can also look for a
used Nook Color and install a custom ROM.
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Mice and keyboards, man. Should have stuck to mice and keyboards.
I really like the Revue's keyboard :)
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after
Logitech stops supporting them.
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online streaming and cloud music services. Without active support,
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miab;654690 Wrote:
I'm not sure it's a good idea to buy the XL for $10 if you might not be
supporting it in the future. Will you be giving a coupon code or
reducing price if you decide to go another route?
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Muele;647862 Wrote:
Basically I need a sign from Logitech that Squeezebox has a future.
I suspect this is a common sentiment.
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app
takes too long...
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Interesting. I prefer my Harmony for a different reason. When
watching TV, perhaps in the dark, nothing beats a good remote with hard
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and Harmony improvements instead :-)
Yes. The Revue should do more, but IMO is quite a disappointment. As
an owner of both, I consider the Squeezebox a much more mature, stable
and capable product than the Revue.
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Anybody know of a good comparison of Spotify, Napster and Rahpsody in
terms of library breadth? I've googled but haven't found anything
useful. I'm a fairly happy Rhapsody customer, but would switch if
Spotify has a larger library.
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Hi Matt,
I just signed up 5 minutes ago and was able to log in from mysb.com. I
can't test anything else, though, since I don't have any players here at
work.
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Thanks Sue. How is the catalog on Slacker Premium? How does it compare
(breadth-wise) to Rhapsody or Napster?
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I'm fairly happy with Rhapsody and I like that I can use it on my
Android devices as well as Squeezebox. There are still quite a few
things missing though. I might try Slacker Premium if full Squeezebox
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If you are running SBS, synced players will used proxied streaming. For
me, this can maintain perfect sync for many hours of internet radio.
I'm not sure how reliable it is if you use mySB.
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fphredd;632740 Wrote:
Is this app sorting my albums by year, or did i mess up one of my server
settings (that i can't find at the moment)? thx
There is no other option at the moment. I have already filed a bug for
an enhancement to allow different sorting options.
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Does anyone know if the Slacker app works with the new Slacker Premium
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Bug filed at http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17180.
I have no idea why some people see this and others don't.
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I hope you are cynical
JJZolx is never cynical.
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ganjastone;629301 Wrote:
I don't get it. These are CD cover arts which are square by definition.
You are playing DVDs? Can you post a cover example?
You will probably also have to deal with the non-square artwork problem
when you get internet radio artwork supported.
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You guys prefer icons or textual indication or some sort of combination
(static icon with text state below)?
I'd prefer icons that are the same or similar to the Logitech ones.
Even if you don't like them, I think it's best to be consistent.
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I posted this earlier - not sure if you saw it.
When I browse my library by album, they are sorted alphabetically.
When I browse by artist, albums are sorted by year. Is this
intentional? Is there a setting to change this?
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Nice work! I like the integration that provides a button for
Squeezecommander or the Logitech controller.
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a lot of available real estate
to take advantage of--can this be made a display setting (or is it
already I haven't found it)?
The Logitech app does this.
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Not sure how long it's been like this, but on 152621, if I browse by
Artist-ArtistName, I get a list of albums sorted by year. If I browse
by Album, they are alphabetical. Are these 2 separate options
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3rd party options already exist?
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You aren't asking ME, are you??? ;)
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I need to play with this some more, but looks pretty cool.
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in Portrait
mode. This of course can be modified if there is such demand.
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Ordered, paid, but no icon, nor can I open it from the app description
screen in the market...
Help?
thanks
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there is a selected player when on the NP screen and some players are
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flattermann;624535 Wrote:
You can deactivate this (indeed new) feature in the Settings:
Enable Don't Group Controls in the (Basic) Settings.
That works, thanks. (I need to get better at looking for new settings
in newer versions.) :)
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I also noticed on the betas that the player list is no longer
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I'll take a look at the player sorting... Thanks.
Thanks. I think I was the one who reported the same issue on your
early betas, which you fixed. :)
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Yes. :-)
PS: It should work now.
Works, except for the first member of the sync group. I guess that's
the sync master first? I never understood why I would want to see that
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will be improved if you take the time to
figure out how to do this.
That said, it would be nice if Logitech also posted the apk somewhere
for download. Maybe even nightly builds for testers.
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Testing the latest beta on a CM6 Droid and CM7 Nook Color. No caching
problems found, but my library is fairly small atm and probably not the
best test. SP menus OK so far.
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With unlimited transfer (apparently) it's much cheaper than current S3
offerings, and it's great for offsite backup.
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streaming for SB support. You have to use the web player or
Android player.
OT, it also seems to want to compete with other (non-music) cloud
storage services, but at 4X the cost of Google Apps.
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S3, but with no bandwidth charges. So yeah, streaming this to a
Squeezebox wold be very cool. :)
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experience. On the other hand, the experienced android user will find
it just weird that, for example, some screens have a back button on the
screen in addition to the native one on the device.
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how about detect a SBR without a SBC to set it up?
Flatterman had an app for this, but I'm not sure if he ever released
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It doesn't do the side-by-side landscape display, which is the probably
the only advantage I've seen so far in the Logitech app.
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7 tablet it looks pretty good, but might not be so great on 10.
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movie watching device yet. Otherwise it works well as an android
tablet. I like Gingerbread on this size device and have some questions
in my mind about whether Honeycomb will be better or not.
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If you mean Nook Color CM7 in general, it's pretty amazing for $250.
CM7 is still pre-RC, but mostly works. Great screen. BT has crappy
range and HW video decoding is still being fixed so it's not a great
movie watching device yet. Otherwise it works well
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