Peiter wrote:
WiMP HiFi has a known issue that it is far from all the music that is in
FLAC quality (about 20% are still in MP3. The 20% is confirmed by a DK
HiFi dealer for about half a year ago).
Can it be confirmed with certainty that Tidal is exclusively FLAC
streaming?
/ P
Got
mherger wrote:
Locked at your logs there are some real errors that mherger migth
look
at .
Which ones? I don't see anything particular for the past two weeks.
--
Michael
OK considering the time stamps
Maybe its prudent to wait untill OP can produce a fresh error while
Locked at your logs there are some real errors that mherger migth look
at .
Inwas going to sugest a separate install on another computer but you
already did that :/
On a clean install you dont have to worry to much about settings and
plugins you change the stuff neded to make your things work
Wonder if there more than one issue ( since your reinstall) ?
Have you done a xilnk reset on your Squeezboxes ? Or maybe a factory
reset .
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Special_IR_Keys_on_Reboot_for_Factory_Reset_and_Last_FW
No sound is the system otherwise working can LMS se the
swayzak wrote:
Hi
I've just created an m3u playlist (with FB2K) which references my
library on USB HD E:\
I then realised that the laptop I will be using for up coming event has
duplicate library on USB HD F:\
Doh.
So I have changed the drive letter of event laptop USB HD music
If your clever you don't replace C or some such chose a bit longer
string C:\foo for D:\foo so that not part of names gets replaced :
and \ in the replicement may be enough to prevent that
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robinbowes wrote:
Heh, it's good to see the audiophile arguments lumbering on, and on,
and on... ;)
It's like I've never been away. :D
R.
Some off us left the cult in the meantime :D
All these differences go away once you do proper tests like ABX .
Any reasonably good transport is
d6jg wrote:
Cable it all on one network. If the server is too far from the router
use home plug with 2 Ethernet ports at the server end - one for the
server and one for the Transorter.
What you currently have is never going to work optimally.
Nicely summed , homeplugs for the transporter
Why can't the servers ethernet port be on the same network ? Having a an
192.168.0.x adress ? That may just solve your issue without the need for
multiple servers . You may have to bridge the interfaces in some way on
the server .
Or I see that the server is also wireless a good idea woul be to
roggae wrote:
no they all have different sample rates. though i get gaps no matter
the sample rates.
Try with only 16/44.1 tracks in a row the same result ?
What kind of player did you use again ?
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The best thing is to actually have a line level or preferably a digital
filter in the amp or ht reciever or ht processor . and accept that the
squeezebox is source component .
If this filte is good (read steep enough ) conected with some DRC very
good results can be obtained .
I do unload the
phantom_lord wrote:
Is it possible to add a subwoofer to any of the squeezebox devices or is
it only possible with the boom?
The other squeezeboxes does not have any subwoofer filter built into to
them possibly Radio ? .
Yuu can always put an y split cable to a classic and route the extra
Is this with the digital output or analog output ? Try the headphone or
analog out .
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My pow .
Use something x86 based ,use internal SATA drive one separate drive for
the OS ( not just its own partition ) other drives for the music . The
OS drive can be an SSD .
Use vortexbox or some linux OS on your own , preferably annOS wihtout
Desktop ( GUI ) a server OS . You will admin it
What is mysterius to me is why resurrecting the hardware part a wand
board compatible DAC is such a problem .
it locks just like any of the other solutions around this forum , with
diverse hardware conected to PI boards or odroids and similar .
Software to make it a squeezebox emulator is
If have always had better luck with full size drives in a real computer
compared to laptops ?
It had been explained to me in these forums that this should not really
be the genral case , but that's what I've noticed .
Main
Ok then have Bryston contributed anything towards LMS or
mysqueezebox.com ?
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sub.
The LMS compatibility is not even mentioned on brystons website ? it's
ofcourse very easy to add just install squeezelite . Is the whole LMS
server also preinstalled ? it can use external storage and play files
from usb sticks and hard drives .
The manual mentiosn MPD as the player .
The price
raindog911 wrote:
That is great advice. Thank you.
I did a test and down-sampled to 44.1K and the files played fine. I'll
convert all my music back to that format for temporary use.
I was planning to re-rip and archive my CDs regardless. What is a good
ripping program for the Apple OS X
Phonophobe wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out, d; yes, to clarify, I want to play ANY
audio through the squeezebox. For example: youtube, BBC iPlayer, movies
on my hard drive or DVD.
I do already have LMS running on Win 8. Your suggestion about upnp
sounds interesting. Do you have more
Hopefully someone know about the 104 readynas and can assist . What is
the LMS version ?
Even if you can get the transcoding to work it still not a good idea to
have NAS transcode all,the time .
(Your squeezeboxes supports 24/48 btw and that the rate used by the
transcoding in your case)
And the
What kind of ready NAS ? not the old DUO i hope (because it cant
transcode not enough cpu/memory ) ?
What kind of squeezebox do you have it's only the Touch or transporter
that supports 24/96 natively . If you have one of those and it still
tries to resample you got some settings wrong .
Dou
Use LMS logitech media server . And there is a WAV-in plugin for sources
other than files that LMS has scanned .
And with the latest LMS 7.9 you can use to browse folder without scan
and play the files .
But forget about using for movies or video games , the buffering
involved means just to much
gershbec wrote:
BTW, I've tried to submit the server log but for some reason it needs to
be approved (because it has urls?) Anyway, hopefully that will appear
here soon.
You can take the complete log files and zip them and post here ( or add
the txt files if they are small enough ) , just
I was a member of BW music club for a couple of years . A vaguely
similar idea ( with some obvius differences maybe a case study for you )
.
I also gets a newsletter called 14 tracks , thier blunder is not to
offer Flac files . Some 14 track offerings are really interesting but
only aviable as
Yes to many subscriptions then you get flooded with music options again
.
Looking forward to see what irregular offerings this initiative will
provide .
Any idea on how often a boxsett will apear , but on the other hand a
user don't have to buy all the sets .
Preview samples would be an
emmbeegee wrote:
I really want full albums rather than samplers. Samplers are know to be
free. I want full albums at an almost free price.
That would be great if you manage to do that .
Your angle at the record company would be enticing new customers that
normally would not be buying these
It can be the only way for some that listen a lot to classical music ,
tags don't really suffice and Erlands suite of plugins can help this but
can be hard to setup properly .
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Yes you supply your email and when the first boxsett is prepared you
Will probably be given some download options.
I did sign up .
Now let's see if anything comes out of it :)
It could work , some labels still do stuff like sampler discs , bundle a
bunch of those and you have a boxsett .
Either you have selected shuffle mode , so unselect that .
Or you use music folder instead of album or artist to browse you music
.
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When browsing folders you are not using the embedded tags in the files
like track number . But they are sorted like the OS sorts the folders
and files .
So folder browse find the files alphabetically so make the filenames so
the files sort as you want .
For,example,name the tracks like 01-track
Yes I still buy stuff , I've found Bandcamp to be a great resource .
and on this forum there is a what are you listening to rigth now tread
that is great . In general the music sub forum here is filled with great
ideas .
And I use spotify and play some distant but very musical friends
playlists
Piont seem to be to traffic shape when needed , you get the full Rez
when your bandwith is up to it .
But .
Only a very limited amount of tracks at the moment .
So it can't be a drop in replacement for any current streaming service
due to the lack of program material .
If there is nothing to
Compare withnthe sound lips here
http://www.grooveyardrecords.com/gregkochstratsgotyourtongue-.html
Can it be some sound effect ? I have only listened with my iPad without
headphones
Extremely cool record btw never heard of this guy but this record is
soon to be added to my collection :)
It is probably possible to somehow configure McAffe to behave , but if
the windows firewall is easier to maintain use it instead .
Afiak I think LMS presets some rules in the windows firewall on install
.
If you use another product ( or another OS ) you have to set the
firewall rules yourself .
there is a setting for stream vs local files but no such thing for
different streams
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Todays Spotify price in Sweden Premium 99,00 SEK = 10,51 EUR including
VAT 25.0%
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sub.
Mnyb wrote:
Todays Spotify price in Sweden Premium 99,00 SEK = 10,51 EUR including
VAT 25.0%
prices are much about marketting and psychology going over even number
as 10 or 100 looks expensive .
People doing any bussines have to make some educated guess about what
people are willing to pay
Have it fallen of the shelf or something ? or maybe picking it to clean
with wires hanging out of it ? half bad cold solders can get worse over
time ? small tip solder iron try the re-flow the connections . It migth
be fiddly i'll go and see my optician before I try :/
Does an actual ethernet cable directly to the main router work ?
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sub.
Bedroom/Office:
Hmm ethernet is on the main board wifi is a separate card ? The ethernet
port may actually be broken .
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I agree wth the statements re recording quality .
So wake me up when we routinely gets music released that actualy
has intrisinic sq beyound the humble cd :)
When the world has changed and all music has the same sq as those very
few audiophile recordings that achive this AND with real
I've changed router wow , these buggers have developed some in the last
6 years :) my old trusty wrt54gl (linksys) was behaving more and more
erratic after 6 years deployment . I do think they overheat .
Replaced it with an wrt1900ac ( picking between it and some asus models
).
Maybe I could
bklaas wrote:
Greetings Zombie Squeezebox Owners,
If you navigate to Radio-Staff Picks-Ben's PicksPodcasts, the list
has been refreshed with some new picks. Two trivia/quiz show style, one
sports commentary, and one music-based podcast.
Ask Me Another (NPR) blends brainteasers and local
A thing tomcheckmis if SoX is innstalled in LMS bin folder .
This can be seen innthe file typer settings too . Can SoX be selected
for flac transcoding or is this option greyd out .
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Squeezemenicely wrote:
SoX is selected for Ogg Vorbis - so it seems to be there.
I have DSD player installed, does that change anything?
What are your settings for flac files any transcoding disabled there ?
No the play DSD should not change anything for the worse , rather the
opposite you
Squeezemenicely wrote:
Flac all normal, set to native. There is no extra setting for down
sampling.
In the flac settings inspelad set PCM to flac too , hopefullynsomeone
have a better idea .
There really is no setting for HiRez resampling it should just work
if SoX is running properly .
Your results are actually expected.
There is no reason to that it should be any difference unless one of the
cables is seriusly broken .
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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?
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
Rad.io seems equally broken for me .
UberStations and Radionomy seems to be the working radio options for now
, keep them comming .
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MeridianDSP5200
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
ab.wagener wrote:
Yesterday I installed the ickstream plugin in my LMS without any
problems. Then I got a test account from qobuz - Tidal refused to give
me one because I'm german. I can now play Qobuz albums, but only the
first album from a list. I go into the WebGui from LMS to:
Or shuffle play , turn off shuffle .
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sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch +
Is your upload bandwith sufficient ? Getting the same trouble with mp3
files ?
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callesoroe wrote:
One album can sound better on Qbuz and antoher can sound better on wimp,
depending on the material they received from The Record Companies. So
comparing is only possible, if you test with same raw material.
That was the point really , they apparently do not have the same
Did you try without security on the router ? WPA or WEP password ?
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golddustpeak wrote:
I disconnected all devices (wired and wireless, and shut them down) from
router.
Reset router.
Attempted to connect with only the troubled device.
NO LUCK. Same result.
Device sees the network but after entering the network password (yes it
is correct and in correct
mphearn wrote:
A year or so ago I replaced my trusty Squeezebox Classic (latest
version) with a Squeezebox Touch because I needed Spotify compatibility.
This system is continuing to deliver music to my great satisfaction. I
now wish to add my old SB Classic back into the system, but only as
mphearn wrote:
The Touch will receive Spotify. All I want to do is have the Classic
replicate the Touch display (Particularly 'Now Playing'). Is this
possible?
Why does the audio from the Touch vanish when I synchronize Classic and
Touch?
Because you also synchronise the audio , the
mphearn wrote:
Wow! Sounds too good to be true! I shall try what you suggest over the
next day or so and let you know. Thank you
And now you can play spotify with your classic too .
The official,plugin have 2 advantages , runs without a server , and can
play multiple different streams , but
The oficlal app is good for some situations , when the server is of for
example .
And you can tell them apart the ofical green icon triodes plugin orange
icon .
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The thing is that the LMS server transcodes to the classic , so it must
be capable of handling lossles flac around 750kBps or PCM .
What's the sever running on ? And if the server also are on wifi it
could get a bit weird .
mphearn wrote:
No, I can see no reference to Spotify in any of the Classic menus. Now
why would that be?
It not connected to your local server ? But are still on
mysqueezebox.com ?
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mherger wrote:
Are non-native formats transcoded to and streamed as FLAC under the
default server configuration? That was my understanding, but is it
universal for all formats?
If no bitrate limiting is enabled and the player does support flac, then
yes, iirc LMS would transcode to
What about gapless playback ? And while discussing sync , gapless and
synced .
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CommanderROR wrote:
@remd
I'm trying to figure this out now...
Is your ickstream system a replacement for Mysqueezebox.com? So, is it a
kind of online server that we'd have to subscribe to if we want to use
the new plugins?
Or are the Plugins real LMS plugins that run locally on our
Fizbin wrote:
Just a warning for anyone who runs this. Make sure your FLAC/FLAC File
Types setting is set to Native. (As opposed to Disabled). I have no clue
why but if it's set to Disabled and you're using FooSQ AND you skip to
another part of the track that's being played... POOF, you get
Fizbin wrote:
Yes it's only with FooSQ. And no outboard DAC is being used. I can
duplicate it every time, when switching to disabled. I had to
troubleshoot it as much as possible because there's no way I'm going to
catch a blast of that with the volume tuned up. I was lucky mine was way
Fizbin wrote:
Yeah, I figured very few people would have that setup like that, but I
had to mention it.
Anyway, I hope to see a few fresh batch of newbies trying this script
out soon. I'm curious on your thoughts. Very shortly I'll post an
updated script that will get rid of the shut
cege wrote:
@ bpa
Ok, I checked this and the information in Setup/Information@Squeezebox
Classic is exactly corresponding with the @Webinterface.
Firmware is 137
There are no problems to connect either with LMS or MYSB.com -
everything is fine until I expect hearing something or see the
remd wrote:
Yes it will also include ip3k players - Boom, sb3, Duet etc..
Good timing to lauch your own service btw , but OT is there any overview
how this integration of LMS/squeezebox system with ickstream works in
practice ? really hands on . I've seen you blogs but they are not so
specific
pippin wrote:
They do have support for Sonos and UPnP renderers so it's probably more
than just a few IR codes, for UPnP you need to use a pretty
complicated discovery and SOAP protocol so they clearly have these
capabilities.
The problem will rather be how you unify UIs. Beyond simple
Different kind of products different departements I use a similar
product called iRule with iTach modules ( you don't just have one kind
of base unit you can have as many as you like ) , there there some work
against building natively squeezeserver controll by some entusiast (
doubt that it get
BlueWombat wrote:
I bought the new Logitech 'Home Hub'
(http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/harmony-home-hub?crid=60)
(IR/BT/Wifi remote control via smartphone), but (of course), I can't
seem to find any way to link my formerly Logitech Duet. This is a bit
ironic since it supposedly can
But you can have several apps to controll the receiver on the same
smartphone
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rcampbel3 wrote:
The response to POODLE vuln is generally dropping support for SSLv3 on
servers and clients. It's 15 years old and has been recommended to be
deprecated for a while now. So, anywhere in the squeezebox / LMS /
Plugin code that uses SSL... it needs to be configured or set to
garym wrote:
Not that products can't go bad of course, but I've never had a single
issue with my Transporter and it is in daily use, day in, month in, and
year in, probably 8 hours per day. I also don't recall seeing any posts
from transporter owners on hardware/repair problems.
That would
Great topic ! Does anyone of those players override the original music
player in iOS7 especially in a car .
I suffer the ( insufferable ) well known iOS7 bug that makes the music
player automagically start playing music if my car media player is on ,
no and the music player does not even have to
Lets introduce the blasphemous idea of going with the specs :)
Transporter has very good data better than Touch (but Touch is not bad
either ).
Even if a component can't be singled out in a listening test it can
still add noise and distortion to the whole .
Said player/dac will be connected to
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Yes there is a re bug in all the ipk3 cpu based squeezeboxes SB2 to
Transporter they can emit horrible noise at 100% volume a xlink reset
usually fix that . it's very rare it will go years between events . I
had it once on an SB3 just once .
So some kind of attenuation is a good thing even when
jimbobvfr400 wrote:
I might be remembering this wrongly but didn't they do 2 versions of the
SB3 (or classic as I seem to remember it was also called). One was WiFi
but the cheaper one was Ethernet only?
Make that thre versions the logitech versions who's only difference is
the label and was
..and try the faulty SB3 on the working ones location ! Wifi coverage
can be spotty
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Jeff_G wrote:
Wanboard? I googled it but as I am not so technically minded it doesn't
mean much to me. I need to use my phone to select the music and radios
from the Synology DiskStation.
I'm not so fussed about 192/24. I think 98/24 is more than enough. It
would be nice to have it if
And some wifi problems does not usually means that the device is
broken . OP migth be trying to solve the wrong problem ?
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The oficial has some bugs but it does work and it works without LMS ?
But it only supports new players like Touch or Radio none of the older
players would work .
Due to technical limitations of the old players the necessary software
would never fit inside an SB3 or Boom or receiver or
castalla wrote:
Why not just use a larger programmable remote ?
Or a tablet , I'm happy with the tablet solution as it also solve the
display issue :)
I also run iRule on to have remotes for other stuff ,Meridian system TV
and TV box and blueray player .
bonze wrote:
Is there currently any other solution besides a 'tablet' for use as a
display?
Probably among some of the DIY users here , seen treads about hooking up
something to some of the DIY players pi or wand board or whatnot ? I
actually think there is an interface that could go out on
A dedicated server is nice i'm happy with that solution My generell
purpose machine have 2 OS and i symptomet Game on it and mess about with
a lot of things . And my server only do LMS ( ClearOS Linux )
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Yes , that's the thing there is no way the LMS server can subtly
influence the sound either it is up to the task to fill the players
buffer which is 30 seconds or it's not .
And there is whole can of worms with drivers , kernel streaming wasapi
drivers etc ? And whatnot the squeezebox system
Aha end of mainstream free support in 2015 but security updates until
2020 for win 7 .
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The usual suspect are the power supply a loose connector to the power
supply or the wifi card .
The wifi card can be removed and then you can run it as wired only .
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Or a Squeezebox Touch PSU they work,on SB3 too .
http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/promotions/4876?pcid=4872
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didjean wrote:
Not yet. Is 7.9 stable enough?
Funny to read this post as I was just thinking of installing a radio to
my 6 years old son. Just wondering as I haven't tried nor investigated
yet, is it possible to fix the volume up to 50 instead of 100?
Is it also possible to fully
I have hit a compromise , I WOL from completely shut off , booting my HP
microserver , but then it does not sleep .
So I just boot it when I get home from work , touching any of my players
then let my server run during the evening and then turns it off when I
go to bed .
Some weekends it may
ModelCitizen wrote:
Thanks for you reply. I've used the web interface to access the server
but the Smart Mix plugin settings page does not include the option you
mention (settings/plugins/Smart Mix). Am I looking in the wrong place?
I am using Smart Mix version 1.4.5, Windows based
Squeezed_Rotel wrote:
I have always experienced this behavior using 7.3 through 7.8. My server
is a W7 box that sleeps 24/7, or until a boom or iPad sends a wake up
(wol). In my case, the server never completes the wake up in time to
prevent the waking up server...connecting...cannot
You can also contact the seller and ask him to login to mysqueezebox.com
and delete the player
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