pippin wrote:
As usual... it depends :) In this case, on your server settings I
believe or the language the server is set to?
Anyway... They are supposed to be sorted under O and A and that's how it
happens for me except when I use CustomBrowse where the German Umlaute
(ÄÖÜ) get sorted
If you find out which one of the 3 players is the weak link that make
sync fall apart , then you could perhaps use Ethernet to that player ?
Instead of wifi .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621
You have track repekt on ?
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex
At the same location you also find a version file it is that one that
tells LMS that's it time to update .
So just place the new fw file and version file in updates folder and
restart LMS .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS
Another use for EDO is USB only DAC's . They are quite common , the idea
behind them is to have good computer audio and USB is commonly found on
computers . Now you can utilise such a product on a Touch .
IMO it is quite silly to not have multiple inputs on a DAC , I like my
products practical
aubuti wrote:
It has been a long time since I've done this, but isn't it possible to
update the Touch's firmware via a USB stick? That is, copy the firmware
file to a USB stick (root directory), insert the stick in the Touch, do
the Touch's Settings Advanced Software Update menus, and then
Yeah the transporter is high quality , the only thing that would worry
me a bit in an old used unit is the VFD displays ( 2 of them ) .
But if the price is rigth...
A Toy quality thing like Touch can last a while too just wondering a bit
about it's display quality .
In any case , a hint I many
Prpoertirs of the wi-fi adapter especially tcpip ipV4 or what was it's
name .
A cmd window and use ipconfig /all to what's up . Do you have an IP at
all if not try ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew ?
My syntax may be a bit off have no win machine near me at the moment .
Try to ping your router with cmd window .
But ipconfig should tell you basics such that if have a DNS etc .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2
Do the aiff files have any tags ? that would enable LMS to built a
proper dB when scanning and the much faster artist / album / genre menus
would start working properly .
But they rely on proper metadata in the files themself .
and search to uses the dB it probably eventually go for file names
Peiter wrote:
and a special thank You to Michael Herger for dedicating so much of his
time to the Squeezebox community ...
+1
Merry Xmas
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
Thg6276 wrote:
Pippin, could you have a look on the picture please, because on this
screen artworks are always missing.
Do not understand why ?
All covers are included in flac files.
I see that to ( reported earlier ) on every album
garym wrote:
mine did on my ipad without me having to do anything other than install
the new ipeng7
+1
Yes and on my iPhone too !
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200
Oh i had not noticed ,the price tag was unusually low :) :) (
investigating the receipt ) .
Was it really rigth that I got iPeng 7 on two devices and playback on
two devices for the price .
Good app's for the squeezebox system are not exactly plentifull , get
them while they last .
I was bored
I don't mind the Xmas penguin :) but it forces pippin to come out with
an update very soon after the holidays it gets old quickly .
But I've sot of got used to him too .
Some nifty design that actually modifies the icon depending on time of
the year...
Features , I really like that you can expand the rigth hand pane when
browsing albums or anything to get more images visible.
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200
Phone version :
New music behave strange it flickers with the artwork every time you
enter the list ?
At album track level where you see single tracks there is never any
album artwork ,just the placeholder picture.
This section below is with the small artwork view, it behaves different
with
tandy1000rl wrote:
Just an update on this, where I was having playlist startup problems
when syncing a large number of Radios through wifi.
I had mentioned that I had 3 APs on the same network, all on separate
channels. While rewiring the basement, I turned off one of the APs and
pippin wrote:
iPhone 4 or 4S?
Yes, it's a known issue and yes, it (hopefully) won't come back, it has
to do with the modal dialog at start.
iPhone 4 , and it has worked from now on .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS
Eh just tried it on my phone , feeling somewhat stupid .
How do you get away from the multiplayer menu to say any other menu ?
I'm stuck there ? No buttons no arrows no gestures ?
Edit:
Ok a restart cured it , all controlls at the bottom off the screen where
missing :confused:
They returned
I must applaud the dark mode :) i like that .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen:
... and now my iPad AIR is here :) bought the app very impresive design
, will decommission the old pad over the holidays
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200
Maybe your ISP shuffled your ip adress at that time and the SB3
reconected to mysb.com ?
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MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel
And it ha to be done at the server the players have no inputs .
The wav input plugin can work with anything else making sound on the
server .
But latency can be more than 30 seconds
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J
Track image :) :)
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4
CharlieG wrote:
You can now edit from the now playing playlist screen instead of the
dropdown?
pippin wrote:
Ah. Finally :)
Yes. All of it: dragdrop, context menu, deleting tracks.
pippin wrote:
Well, for just bought the rule is: contact me as soon as it's out.
Btw, this will be a
jimbobvfr400 wrote:
Good Call, I'd also suggest 7.8 while being a beta has been better
stability wise than 7.7.3 and brings quite a few extra features that are
handy.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
And imho do a clean install from such ancient version .
Rick B. wrote:
What does a clean install mean? Don't do an upgrade but instead
uninstall 7.3.3 and then install 7.7.3 from scratch? Any tips, please?
Thanks.
Ok do try the upgrade first if you want to . It may work . But expect a
rescan anyway , they changed the database for example , so it
Rick B. wrote:
I have restarted the server, installed the latest version Squeezepad,
but still the same problem - using Squeezepad I can't navigate Internet
Radio more than 2 levels down the menu tree and then nothing happens
when I touch the screen. No problems with SB3 remote,
reinholdk wrote:
Great to see that you could sort things out.
Are you aware that the Touch can indeed run it's own LMS (sometimes
called 'TinyLMS' over here)?. Since I've never used it, I'm not sure
whether it does this automatically when you add a SD card or USB drive
to it or
reinholdk wrote:
Thanks for correcting me - as I said, I've never used it. Could there be
any other reason why the OP mentioned that the Touch seemed to want to
start its own version of LMS?
Not really I think you can start it in a menu somewhere , or he did
attach a usb stick or something .
erland wrote:
Just to confirm, the appropriate persons within Logitech is aware of the
problem, as I've understood they did some internal infrastructure
changes that accidentally caused problems for the wiki.
Ok got it :)
Any lossles format really rip once and be done , flac has good tag
support and is working really well with squeezeboxes .
On some other platform it migth be something else .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J
fsoares wrote:
After years of joy, for a couple of months I have had this problem.
Music (wether streaming or local files) plays for two, or five, or even
twenty minutes - and then the Sqbox 3 cuts off, goes blank for a couple
of seconds and then automatically restarts, showing the Logitech
reinholdk wrote:
but tagging usually needs some additional manual work. Don't expect that
tags will be perfect after the VB is finished with it!
So I use Album Art Downloader if VB didn't find cover arts to my liking
and, of course, mp3tag to polish the tags.
Regarding the hardware,
There are more to it than soundquality , but I agree it's a lot of time
I've done it with my first 1000 CD's :) ouch.
Archival and transcoding its more future proof as lossles I only have
physical CD's of 1/3 of my collection.
When times moves forward and current lossles formats gets obsolete I
The wiki is down ! It's quite a resource to have hopefully it will be
back on track soon.
I've filed a bug report
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18059
That may not be entirely correct , I also wrote to webmaster about it .
Wifi ?
What kind of files ?
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch + powered
Your LMS is probably not communicating with mysqueezebox.com .
Did you enter your credentials in LMS ?
I would check the network settings especially DNS settings in the NAS .
What's in the log files ?
Reboot the NAS , does it work now ?
Restart LMS without rebooting the NAS , any difference
The server is that Ethernet to ?
Wifi ,you can probably investigate wich channels that afe in use by
neighbouring networks with some tool like inSSIDer or similar .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621
Have a closer look at the file paths in the playlists are they the same
?
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Will this help for the more random general issue that the backligth can
come on just about anytime ? I have the screen on except in stopped or
off then it should be blank (no backligth ) .
Bonus case to solve this also randomly happen when there is no server
conected ? such as when i turn off
Otto-Wilhelm wrote:
Will not work in Germany during longer trips on the Autobahn due to
incomplete UMTS coverage and will be very expensive on holiday trips
abroad using a German mobile phone SIM.
Thats true everywhere in Europe go by car to another country and you
have interesting roaming
boardtc wrote:
I have rebuffering problems to on my classic, wifi kit in the same room
works without problem but the classic buffers continuously on my local
library and deezer streaming service. I posted about this on this thread
set interface=1 lan_ip_mode=0 lan_gateway=192.168.3.1
lan_network_address=192.168.3.10 lan_subnet_mask=255.255.255.0
primary_dns=192.168.3.1 squeezecenter_address=192.168.1.150
I this correct would not the gateway (your router ) for example be
192.168.*1*.1 it is usually only the last digits
induna wrote:
I had the same issue with my Vortexbox. I had to edit
/usr/local/sbin/network_up.sh and add the following 'echo ethtool -s
eth0 wol g | at now + 1 minute' to set the WOL configuration after the
network had started. This is with Fedora 16, so YMMV.
nah that did not work i had
epoch1970 wrote:
I don't think this has much to do with memory.
I surmise either:
a - soft power off mode differs from cold power off in the network card
status
b - when the machine encounters a power failure event, somehow the bios
gets zapped to a factory config that has the NIC disabled
The server is HP microserver N36L with clear OS 6 beta ( redhat Linux )
WOL is enabled in bios it works for my daily and weekly use , the
problem only occurs after a long time away .
The router is an old linksys wrt54L with tomato firmware there are some
simple Netgear switches in use ( blue
Due to my erratic travel schedule I have no clue to exactly how long I
have to be away = not using the equipment
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MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2
d6jg wrote:
I'd say likely to be the router forgetting the location of the server
due to inactivity. ARP tables etc
But is not wol supposed to work over broadcast ? if i use an utility
where i can manually spec the mac anything on the net with that mac
should wake up ?
But keep the ideas
Thank's again ! i will read this more carefully when i get home .
Why i wanted to pull the plug was to test if the root cause is that the
server looses its memory , before investigating more complex causes . It
can be that simple as everything works fine ( including wol ) when i'm
around .
One part solved for now ( I must gather more data after a long stay from
home ).
Fact I forgot to mention i use WOL to boot the server it's not ojust the
standby part .
The server NIC can't remember a thing even if remove the power just a
couple of seconds . So power cable must be in even if
Still nothing of this exclude each other .
Squeezelite is better and more configurable as a player these days and
can easilly be installed with the local player plugin , done .
That would not exclude SqueezePlay as a possible UI among many .
But then again iPeng is the better UI imo and easy to
induna wrote:
I had the same issue with my Vortexbox. I had to edit
/usr/local/sbin/network_up.sh and add the following 'echo ethtool -s
eth0 wol g | at now + 1 minute' to set the WOL configuration after the
network had started. This is with Fedora 16, so YMMV.
Really ? I'll check my
induna wrote:
Yes, it does. I believe that the problem was a timing issue. Although
the WOL setting was correct, it was being applied before the network
interface loaded and wasn't taking effect after cold boots, but did take
effect after warm boots. The work-around re-applies the proper
lemmy999 wrote:
I have a third computer that I could install the latest server on and
give it a try. I assume the radio will upgrade to the latest firmware
when I switch to this server?
Yes eventually , it migth not do it directly it fetches the fw from
somewhere and it usually be aviable
gstew wrote:
And thanks for your response, JackOfAll.
One question I have about bit-perfect streams from the CSP... isn't the
intent of the device (Wandboard + CSPx) to use SOX resampling to
upsample the stream to 384 (or was it 352?) and bypass the digital
filter in the DAC chips?
jimbobvfr400 wrote:
So does that mean it wouldn't work. The OPs issue is setting it up
without the remote so won't be able to connect it to LMS to change that
setting?
Sent from my HUAWEI Y300-0100 using Tapatalk
garym wrote:
hmmm, not sure. One can go into LMS without the player being
JohnSwenson wrote:
Currently the hardware for CSP1 has three DACs, one feeds the RCAs, one
XLR+ and one XLR-. The same data gets sent to the RCA and XLR+ DACs,
there is a hardware inversion on the way to the XLR- DAC. There is no
provision for a user selectable inversion on the DATA stream.
One could greatly reduce the Touch's confused identity by .
1. Remove the built in server and just pretend that that never happened
:)
2. Use the freed up resources to make the USB an oficial ,audio output
.
( but I suspect this would have had to happen in the development state .
In reality
This is a strange one . I don't actually expect to solve it but
plausible explanations would be nice .
WOL works fine for me , with one exception if I've been away for some
weeks ( work usually ).
It does not work I have to manually fire up the server once then all is
fine indefinitely until
gstew wrote:
Q1 - Yes.
Q2 - It can be easily done in either the SW or the firmware. I'm not
sure where it could be most easily done in this architecture, I figured
asking here might get a response that would clarify that.
Greg in Mississippi
Think laterally if the recording is somehow
autopilot wrote:
Ben, what a legend. I know what a huge part you played in making it all
happen. Thank you :)
I wish I had not mentioned 'stability'. That's not really what I wanted
to convey. It's more general maintenance, for example my wife or young
children wanting to buy and add a
kipeta wrote:
Daphile is surely not for everyone. There are trade-offs in making
selections and it's difficult please everyone.
My target is to develop a distribution that would be easy to setup and
maintain also for a non-technical person (I know: still work to do ;-).
Related to this
avoid using wifi ch above 11 with radio like ch 13 , this is due to a
bug with the radio and it's automtic region sensing .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200
Also make a decision if you are going to use the iTunes integration
plug-in or not .
If you dont use it is as simple as abuti put it just piont LMS to a
folder where you keep files that you want it to use . You can use
combinations of folders and shortcuts (aliases ) to make a more
elaborate
The server in the hifi rack ? That's actually the exact opposite of the
original squeezebox idea .
Players ( multiple of them if you wish ) where the music should be and
server tucked away somewhere else .
Pulling music from players with thier ir remote screen or nowadays
tablet or phone app ,
lemmy999 wrote:
The former UE Radio using the newer server software is completely
independent of the other Radio running on the older server. The same
goes for the mysb.com. The former UE Radio has its own server, and its
own mysb.com account. This is because this is my wife's radio and
bb1959 wrote:
I download only 24/96. Would upgrading my NAS be the way to go? I
really hate to do that but if it's the only solution...
BTW, I've had the NAS for 4 or so years and I've been downloading 24/96
flac for at least several years and never had the dropout problem until
You could also attach a switch to the router and all stuff to the switch
and then the actual traffic with local files goes trough the switch and
router only handle DCHP and Internet .
As long as NAS and players got their ip subnet dns etc correct , it will
work .
Btw check the ip of server and
This is usually down to DNS errors , but it usually manifest at startup
and apps and and radio are constantly gone .
But you also have mismatched firmware versus server version ? and really
old servers ,that can be a problem ?
I'm surprised that 7.4 even work on Radio ? What's the minimum
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Question:
You have a Touch , it was meant to have native alac support but it's off
by default .
If you go to advanced settings file types you may turn it on .
It was some kind of bug that made them do this I don't really know why ,
it usually works .
Also if you have slow server don't browse by music
audiomuze wrote:
Has anyone filed a bug for LMS not deleting orphaned genres from the db?
Running a scan looking for changed files picks up that there are
changes to genre entries, however, orphaned genre entries are not
deleted - they still appear in the genre listing albeit browsing an
If you run debian testing ? why not run the 7.8 beta version of the
server that have some fixes for the perl issues ( perl 5.18 ).
if your prepared to run a beta versions of an OS Why not of the server
.
I run the very Stable ClearOS6 beta for my server ( perl 5.10 ) iti just
runs .
audiomuze wrote:
Yep, but other than the DAC and IV stage I doubt there's anything
'specially engineered' to be different to regular component hardware.
Yes , the only difference is that the sync code is thoroughly tested
against that hardware.
And that its purpose coded OS is made to be
leafygreens wrote:
I wonder if the lossless feature applies to Squeezelite software players
as well? Is the lossless/bitperfect a function of the protocol and the
server setting or the specific player?
Squeezelite is good in this respect it is usually as lossles as a
hardware player ,but
What server version ? 7.7.3 solves an artwork cache bug (growing huge)
If clear and rescan dont work do the cache cleanup from the controll
panel .
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
the Squeezebox players are suposed to sync better mainly because they
are more predicable and the sync code is thoroughly tested with them .
Syncing a real player with a random computer puts in a lot of unknowns
that could upsett things , but your are syncing basically the same
things it should
Thanks for the headsup ,both of you .
The DSD2PCM plugin looks interesting even for US not using a DoP capable
DAC the vendors selling these files migth turn up some good stuff
eventually, a good remaster or something new. You could simply turn
these into 24bit flac of some kind .
(there is a
Julf wrote:
Most decent ripping programs fetch the metadata automatically.
The problem with having only mp3's is that you ever want to move to
another format, converting one lossy compression format to another tends
to be a very lossy operation, whereas a FLAC collection can always be
erikerikerik wrote:
If I request it several times, over and over... will that boost the
priority rating? :P
I have no idea what it would entail, but isn't it possible to copy n
paste the setttings from a normal squeezebox type of deal, to add a
feature like that?
The actual gain
And all the good sound on movies ,rip
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch +
wcndave wrote:
To be honest when i first ripped my collection of ~500 i did not have
the energy or patience for tagging, and hoped the tagging of the ripper
db would be ok.
Now I've added some itunes, amazon and others, It's getting a bit mad,
but I really don't use genres. Hence I did
garym wrote:
p.s. like Mnyb tagging (and modifying/improving my tags) is my lifetime
hobby.
Not yet I still have some 20 years of active work career to do first :)
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621
wcndave wrote:
Ok, that's what I thought in the first place.
I just tagged all the files in those folders to kids and will exclude
that.
I also noticed that as i add files, their genres are not auto added, so
a lot of new music has been excluded from random play.
That's the problem
a factory reset ? or just try toset up the ethernet conection again .
Try at different points in your network and different cables ? are you
using powerline ethernet adapters , multiple switches , anything else .
Main hifi:
ajrobson wrote:
I do have a couple of switches between the modem and Classic. Turns out
one of the ports is not working well.
Moved the cable and now all is well.
Thanks for the help.
;)
great !
Main hifi:
I have a feeling that there sometimes is more than bitrate missing here
, many radio providers probably do other things to the sound compression
eq ? the 64k can sometimes be mono .
My own experiments with for example 128k mp3 seems to sound better than
any such radio stream , I use lame and the
what are you trying to play ? try a regular local mp3 or flac file ?
Volume not muted and its not synced to another player ?
if you use the ir remote and try to browse a song and play from there ?
is it really conected to your local LMS ? so it's not on
mysqueezebox.com ,browse to my music on
bert1e wrote:
Just tried to do a yum update on my clearos box and no update available.
It appears to check
http://repos.slimdevices.com/yum/squeezecenter/release/ for a new RPM.
You can use rpm instead , I do that out of habit since clarkconect it
works but maybe yum is the prefers way to do
If you have Toto on some best of or compilation check those files.
It only takes one misstaged toto file with an artistsort or similar done
wrong to sort all of toto this way.
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Puddletag is also very good
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MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex
OK ill gues that ce and ul marking etc is easier with an external supply
?
Could not the psu sesnsitivity has the same origins as some of the
squeezeboxes ,ie it's not from the player itself but the switcher or
cheesy linear psu could interact with the rest of the hifi .
In fact John did you
About 4 get Tune in account and install and configure the tune in app ,
then you get much better localisation than geo ip .
Presets ? Be carefull which server you are conected to the local LMS or
mysqueezebox.com the presets are server specific !
I sugest to always use your local server .
Btw
Re 3.
If you have to select my music , have the players been conected to
mysqueezebox.com ?
Nowadays the radio show red or white , it used to have more colours like
the duet reciever .
What happens when you choose my music is that it connects to your local
LMS sever it is probably already on
westiebj wrote:
Hi
I am using the dac's built into the Meridian DSP3200 speakers ( they are
active ) and support 96k
I don't have any 192k music ( doubt I will ever either )
Thanks
Cool speakers :) Then an unmodified Touch would do just fine , that's
what I use to feed my Meridian
SB3 supports 24/48khz so it's at least 24 bits .
A Touch or Transporter also have better spdif outputs with lower jitter
etc.
But realistically if you use it as transport to a decent DAC I doubt you
can actually hear the difference under controlled cicumstances ( abx or
ab blind test ) ,
Arre you already using a separate dac ? If not you may find the analog
out of touch an improvement .
And the ability to run some apps and native AAC that an sb3 can't
handle.
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J
Any SB3 remote around ? the simple boom remote may be able to navigate
fw menu ? Suppose you want the brightness button ? to perform the
upgrade .
If you can into the setup menu you may find a setting to let it
autoupgrade without confirmation with the brightness button ?
I dont know when this
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