Question: Would you like to see SC7 enhanced to include quot;Scan/
Rescan this folder and its conte
- Yes, I'd love to see this enhancement implemented
- No, don't see any point, I watch TV between updates
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don't use it someone else will.
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tyler_durden wrote:
peter;295375 Wrote:
tyler_durden wrote:[color=blue]
There's no DRM in ALAC files. There are open source ALAC decoders (like
the one Squeezebox uses) that can be used to convert ALAC back to WAV
and then WAV back to FLAC. All conversions are lossless so you lose
Vegas last week and walked by
the Fraunhofer booth. They have come up with a lossless AAC CODEC,
capable of carrying 6-channels of audio at a data rate of 192kbps.
6 channels lossLESS @192 kbps?
Call me a sceptic, but are you sure you read that correctly?
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.) Thanks for your help in advance.
AFAIK you can't run SqueezeCenter on an Airport Extreme router so what
you want would be impossible.
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are waiting for won't do better than the SBC.
In that case I'd rather stay with the two devices.
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radish wrote:
peter;293832 Wrote:
My Harmony lasts for months on a charge.
Really? Which model is that? Both of mine are low within a few days,
which is why they live on the charger next to the SBC :)
It's a 525.
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iPhone wrote:
peter;293832 Wrote:
abd08 wrote:
Heya!
iPhone, I think you hit on what I was thinking - one remote for
EVERYTHING! Oh well... 2 remotes isn't too bad ;-)
Sounds great in theory... But my SBC lasts about 2 days max on a
charge.
My Harmony lasts
?
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, I'm perfectly happy with my controller.
The wheel software could use a few improvements, but overall I'm pleased
with it.
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it in my back jeans pocket regularly.
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money to put in real cat5 networking.
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with cat5 in a star topology. It was very
easy to put in a patch panel and a switch and replace the wall plates.
The phones run very well wireless DECT, with computer data, wired is
always best.
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switch (endspan).
This causes no problems (but has no advantages either).
POE (802.3af) is designed to co-exist with non-POE enabled network clients.
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or something.
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Perhaps SD can make a setting to switch it off entirely.
Perhaps you should file an enhancement request.
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. The colors may look great on a car, but
on a radio? And then you're supposed to put that on a nightstand? I much
prefer an SB3 with a hidden amp and logically placed speakers in my bedroom.
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http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_PRODUCT_PAGE_EVENTproduct=am5_virtuallyinvisible_index
Invisibilty is my ideal as well, but I think the two speakers on the
corners of that fireplace in the picture look pretty awful.
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mvalera wrote:
They should be available by the end of the month.
Both the Controllers and Receivers.
Us ex-beta testers are specifically interested in spare batteries
chargers.
Will they be available at the end of the month too?
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JimC wrote:
peter;289743 Wrote:
mvalera wrote:
They should be available by the end of the month.
Both the Controllers and Receivers.
Us ex-beta testers are specifically interested in spare batteries
chargers.
Will they be available at the end of the month too
Explorer Outlook.
Don't visit shady sites.
Don't post off topic messages on audio boards.
This would only be on topic if the ads came out of your squeezebox.
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You're right about the 30 day return policy, of course.
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is an option. but that usually won't work with a wifi interface
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rbl wrote:
peter;288977 Wrote:
Wireshark is an option. but that usually won't work with a wifi
interface
Does that mean I have to run it from my wired desktop, and not my
wireless laptop, or does it mean I wont see the wireless activity
anyway (e.g. the SB3 activity).
Many thanks
with real world filetransfers, I don't think
I've ever seen that.
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aubuti wrote:
peter;288984 Wrote:
[color=blue]
Gigabit is not really that expensive any more, but it won't give you a
10x speedup either. I get about 200 Mbps with file trnsfers between my
laptops and server over GB ethernet. With wireless I would be very
pleased to achieve 54Mbit
the list wraps too easily, I think they made the right choice here.
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convenient time.
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as unacceptable, but the
principle remains the same.
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of setup?
It works even better than with the Receiver.
You get an extra standard remote and a display!
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sacrificing their geek appeal. Just because we have a place
for people to come and talk about plugins, beta releases, running on
linux, etc does not mean that we expect everyone to participate in
that.
Very ambitious, Sean.
But you've done a great job on the Duet.
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Peter
/man/man2html?1+dbclient) able to
set up tunnels!
Could someone check that the SB Controller has the dbclient command?
# cd /
# find|grep -i dbclient
#
Nope, doesn't seem like it.
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skynet wrote:
Does SS6.5 support duet?
No. SC 7.0 or higher is required.
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taking along for listening to music?
A duet seems quite ideal to control from the deck ;)
Be careful out there,
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and wired LAN used the same IP address range and
are basically one ethernet network.
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PRGeno wrote:
Maybe there is a plugin that does this already, but I haven't found it.
AutoDisplay
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is that if I advise a friend with a
large collection of CD's to go digital it's nice to be able to tell him
to just use XXX format and have it play on his iPod as well as his
slimsystem.
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doesn't make it so.
Cut out the record companies, cut out the Ticketmaster, and cut out the
musicians who can't actually perform well enough to earn a living
through live performance (there are a LOT of those).
What about the people who like those musicians?
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and pass it on. I am sure technology will come up with a way, but
if not, then that method of earning a living will disappear. C'est la
vie.
If you mean that people will have to adjust to the hard realities CD
rips that can be shared with the world in seconds, I'm with you.
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faster than the
SB3/Transporter display too.
Running the SC web interface on a browser on MAC OS is not as smooth as
running iTunes on it. The same applies to the iTouch, iPeng is just a
webskin AFAIK.
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chank wrote:
peter;284811 Wrote:
Well, it looks like the Slim folks fixed this completely on the
Receiver!
... but not with the controller AFAICT. There seems to be no
screensaver setting to turn off the screen altogether when idling in
the cradle. If you leave it out of the cradle
with the new Controller (as Zaragon already
said), if you have a wifi network, that is. You just have to wait until
the Controller can be bought separately. I imagine there's lots of
people who play their music via their PC who could be very happy with an
SBC, if only they knew...
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Peter
.
The SB's can function as a bridge in the sense of this Belkin device:
http://www.directron.com/f5d7330.html , but it cannot function as a WAP.
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tyler_durden wrote:
peter;284180 Wrote:
sapnho wrote:[color=blue]
I find that turning my SB3's off with the SBC is quite a hassle, the
powersave pluging fixed that nicely.
It's nice, but do you know if it is actually saving any power? The
on/off function in the SB is a software
. Perhaps for his next birthday...
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. More like burn-out - the pixels at the center of
the screen are no longer as bright as the rest.
Well, it looks like the Slim folks fixed this completely on the Receiver!
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for the info.
Still, installing the power saver plugin is very little trouble.
I find that turning my SB3's off with the SBC is quite a hassle, the
powersave pluging fixed that nicely.
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I'm not a Mac user... ;)
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The thread was by a guy (or a girl) called Svanur and he quoted a price
of 449 CHF, which is not too bad I guess.
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dbrotzen wrote:
I want to have a multi-room setup - so just buying the Duet won't do
I don't understand this sentence. I have a multi room setup and the Duet
is a very welcome addition.
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ceejay wrote:
I think OP meant that he wants to create a multi-room setup, for which
he wants one Duet and many extra Receivers...
Ah yes, obviously.
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it's worth it. What's that Swiss site?
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I agree, that that's not very intuitive.
I figured it out eventually though ;)
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or . . .
From reading this list it appears that the usual problem is that the
soldering contacts that connect the IR led get loose. Easy to fix if you
have a soldering iron.
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with the
controller.
Personally, I'd use something like Ubuntu for such an application. It's
free, Squeezecenter runs better on it and it needs less resources.
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ModelCitizen wrote:
Thanks for your reply Peter but all you advise is a bit over the top for
me.
* Run Softqueeze ( java - unnecessary permanent overhead. Do not want
graphic interface either)
You have a PC dedicated for this stuff? What PC, bought in the last 5
years, is incapable
in public places.
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ModelCitizen wrote:
Peter;279910 Wrote:
You have a PC dedicated for this stuff? What PC, bought in the last 5
years, is incapable of running SoftSqueeze/Java and Squeezecenter
simultaneously?
No I don't. I have one PC (as stated above) that is always on. This is
my deskop machine
that there was no quality
difference. I suppose that from a marketing viewpoint it may be much
more attractive to make it seem that an SBC/SB3 combination offers a
higher quality sound than the much cheaper Duet... ;)
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. Anyone else agree?
The one without the back cover?
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hard to remember which is which.
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at 1.55 dollars for a
Euro ) they will charge it.
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The great thing about lossless formats is that conversion is also lossless.
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and turning the wheel? If Logitech would leave out the volume controls I
would be very disappointed.
I hate the semi-religious way some people talk about 'apple'.
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comparisons with China?
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Jeff Flowerday wrote:
You really need to quit spewing this crap!
I think I've had enough of this. ;)
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pnielsen wrote:
Here's a photo of the SBC taken with my Canon G9.
Looks familiar. I've seen this kind of 'effect' too, I blamed it on the
source material, never investigated.
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skipping or drop outs but there isn't much you
can do besides buy a new copy.
Don't use crap like WMP, use EAC and FLAC to rip your CD's.
People regularly post here complaining that they inadvertently ripped
their collection in WMA + DRM and now it won't play on their SB's.
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Jeff Flowerday wrote:
I don't remember asking your opinion. FLAC doesn't work on my Zune,
doesn't work worth a crap in MCE. Why should I use it again? Oh yah,
because Peter said so. Rollseyes
Not just me, you'll notice that most people here'll recommend FLAC
instead of lossy
Ross Malegus wrote:
Do you have a link to recommended FLAC software?
This is all you need:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
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I'll bet that's not what your Zune says... ;)
Keep away from the big boys if you want to own your own music.
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great, but I believe the Squeezeplay name is already taken (by
Logitech) for the Controller software as well as a desktop version of
it, so you might want to choose another one.
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Pale Blue Ego wrote:
Or maybe you can buy one cheap from somebody who has replaced his
original SB3 remote with a Harmony, SBC, or candy-bar remote.
Or maybe you can fix it, since I understand it's usually the soldering
contacts to the IR led that
have become bad.
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kidjan wrote:
Pat Farrell;274387 Wrote:
Peter wrote:
radish wrote:
1) MAC filtering is entirely useless.
Agreed. MAC filtering is mostly an incredible hassle.
Word.
MAC filtering is nearly as hard to manage as the olden days of each PC
needing manual
of
my unpaid time where I can and expect no reward , however what I post is
constructive. Im not just a leech!
I see nothing patronising in SuperQ's attemts to help you. I think an
apology is in order.
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on plugins for which
there is no 7.0 version yet.
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by downloading Squeezecenter and
SoftSqueeze. The remote is just another interface to access
slimserver/squeezenetwork. There are also some videos on youtube.
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SuperQ wrote:
Peter;274089 Wrote:
SuperQ wrote:[color=blue]
I'm not much of an audiophile but I like this mod:
I dunno, I don't think it's all that useful compared to an entire tube
amplifier:
http://www.atma-sphere.com/products/s30.html
OR even more tubes
http://www.atma
to
the latest version and still nothing. Also, i don't see an option
anymore for how often i want to rescan the library. Any ideas?
Try rescanning only the playlists.
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to the
standard TP w/nice tube pres (Mac, MW 9.0, etc.).If you factor in the
cost of a nice pre, the mod is actually less expensive.
I thought it was a power amp! ;)
It won't look nearly as cool stacked on top of another amp. :(
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years :)
Some botnets contain more than a 100.000 PC's, you better make sure you
don't get their attention ;)
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Some botnets contain more than a 100.000 PC's, you better make sure you
don't get their attention ;)
True :) You do bring up an important point though, which is to figure
out who you're defending against before deciding on the level of
security
combination of bare tubes and wifi
antennas with the digitally rendered VU meter...
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:46:30 +0100, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
Come on guys, it's february 28!
Luckily enough we're in a leap year ;-)
LOL!
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How about a coverflow interface for the slimserver? The application should
be easily available and would solve many problemsÂ….
See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I_0VPTj_lk
peter
Jetzt aber soll der, der einen Geldbeutel hat, ihn mitnehmen und ebenso die
Tasche. Wer aber kein
and depending on my attenuation setting
my min volume is too loud or my max volume is too quiet. If you have any
improvements I'd be happy to try them!
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Mark Lanctot wrote:
This is a long shot, but is your server a Qnap?
If so take a look at this:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43673
Nope, a PC running Fedora Core 4.
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titles that scroll on my Controller
screen. If the cover art could be disabled more text would fit on the
screen without scrolling. I'd vote to make it optiona which shouldn't be
too hard.
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/show_bug.cgi?id=5376. You might want to add
your comment and/or vote for it.
The request is for an option to hide cover art on the Controller when
there is none. Personally, I'd like to be able to hide it even when
there is cover art.
Voted for it anyway, space is tight...
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ModelCitizen wrote:
The SB2 certainly does not look out of place as a bedside clock
radio.
Yeah, that was the main criticism at the time ;)
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remote control ($399), complete
with scroll wheel and full-color screen mentioned, but the fact that
the Duet has a very similar remote is not mentioned at all.
This type of review is just a little bit to superficial.
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store everything you ever
ripped on a big RAID system and the next time someone comes and gives
you Hotel California you just hand 'm the pre-ripped copy. Money easy
made. The more customers you get the less you do...
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