Re: [slim] Cheap active speakers?

2010-09-01 Thread Robin Bowes
On 01/09/10 10:49, TheLastMan wrote: I have given up on the iPod dock with Aux input as an alternative, as anything decent is about twice her budget and probably not as good sounding. She only has an 8GB iPod, all her music is on the SBS server anyway, and she likes to surf Napster. So she

Re: [slim] Digital output level for Duet and Touch

2010-07-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 20/07/10 00:09, tonyptony wrote: When the players' digital voume control is set to max, are the digital outs for both the Duet and the Touch (coax RCA for both) at the same level? That is, will they produce the same volume (within .1 or .2 dB) when fed into the same system with the same

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-11-30 Thread Robin Bowes
On 30/11/09 21:29, gabe01 wrote: Hello - I have posted in the past with a problem that my SBR light went blue and I couldn't get everything configured correctly with UDAP. In the end, I bought a remote controller, ran the configuration, and then returned it =P...well, now it's happened

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-09-07 Thread Robin Bowes
On 07/09/09 10:31, TKSQB wrote: hello, I bourght a 2nd squeezebox receiver. The firts is configured with udap_shell and I use my HP PDA. Everything works well. Now I tried to configure the 2nd one. The night was short but it don´t works the receiver goes to blue but don´t find the server.

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-24 Thread Robin Bowes
On 24/08/09 20:58, grego.speiser wrote: I have a squeezebox classic whose display stopped working last week. It played music fine. I called tech support, they had me do a factory reset (holding down '+' on remote) which did not fix anything. Unfortunately, the unit is no longer

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 17/08/09 18:32, MillmoorRon wrote: Is this just for the initial setup so that you can set network stuff, then Squeezecenter is used normally for other options? That's correct. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 18/08/09 08:14, karibe wrote: robinbowes;449118 Wrote: In that case, it may be that your SBR is faulty. You might like to try calling Logitech support, although you may find that they only offer offical support if you have the Controller as well. R. I'm afraid I have to care

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-19 Thread Robin Bowes
On 18/08/09 15:25, ggoodwin wrote: I've been stuggling with getting a new SBR working using the UDAP exe all day. Tried wired and wireless Light turns blue SBR has an IP from DHCP (seen in SBR config and DHCP server) SBR does not respond to ping though also tried static ip and dhcp

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-15 Thread Robin Bowes
On 07/08/09 14:25, daviseh wrote: THanks Robin - One last question. I am not sure about the lan_network_address. If the address of the NIC card in my desktop is 192.168.0.100 per ipconfig and squeezecenter settings gives me that address as the server where do you find the lan_network_address.

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-06 Thread Robin Bowes
On 04/08/09 20:34, daviseh wrote: Thanks Robin. I changed interface from 0 to 1 and I was able to use iPeng to connect to Squeezenetwork. When I log into squeezenetwork the player is there. However, squeezecenter does not find the player and I can not connect to squeezecneter from iPeng.

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-08-04 Thread Robin Bowes
On 04/08/09 05:18, daviseh wrote: I am having a problem figuring this out. I have a wired setup with the following specs IP Address = 192.168.0.105 Gateway = 192.168.0.1 Squeezecenter address=192.168.105 So I reset the SBR and entered the following: discover conf 1 set interface=0

Re: [slim] Another flac2mp3 query

2009-07-27 Thread Robin Bowes
On 26/07/09 23:36, socistep wrote: Hi All Have got flac2mp3 working well on my server, scheduled to run daily. On checking outputs I've noticed that each time it runs that the following files are updated Writing tags to /storage/music/mp3/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Take Them On, On

Re: [slim] flac2mp3 issue

2009-07-23 Thread Robin Bowes
On 20/07/09 20:05, ModelCitizen wrote: socistep;442141 Wrote: Any ideas what could be causing this ? Yup, the $ character. Robin only thinks in pounds. Specifically: https://projects.robinbowes.com/flac2mp3/trac#Donations ;) R. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-07-07 Thread Robin Bowes
hase wrote: hi there, i got a SBR today, and tried setting it up with the net::udap tool, unfortunately i was not very successful :(. the perl script seems to be running ok, but the 'discover' command does not find the SBR. i'm using - ubuntu 9.04 - netgear wgr614v2 router with only 2

Re: [slim] Duet Receiver Only Question

2009-06-28 Thread Robin Bowes
dsdreamer wrote: For more info, look here: http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP/trac This is not a polished or user-friendly program, so it may not suit everyone and as I say it is *not* supported by Logitech. It is possible that you could buy a receiver and find the task of setting it up

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-06-17 Thread Robin Bowes
jackamo wrote: OK! Thank you! What are functions I miss if I choose only Receiver without Controller? Is there smth I can do with Controller and can't in SqueezeCenter? I don't believe the SBR can do more without the SBC, but I suggest you post that as another question in a separate thread

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-06-16 Thread Robin Bowes
jackamo wrote: Hi! I'm absolute beginner in all this stuff together with very poor english. So my Q are: 1. what should I do if my wireless network is without WEP and WPA - MAC adress filtering only? Don't enable WEP or WPA: set wireless_wep_on=0 wireless_wpa_on=0 2. where I can find

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP not discovering?

2009-06-15 Thread Robin Bowes
gregcann wrote: Hello All! I have just bought a Squeezebox receiver to add to my original Squeezebox player / center. I downloaded the UDAP software installed with ActivePerl on a direct wired laptop on the same network as my new receiver (wired) and existing Squeezebox (wireless). Double

Re: [slim] Any reason why a SB3 playing FLAC out Toslink would sound different than a CD player?

2009-06-13 Thread Robin Bowes
DrewSB wrote: Let's say you have a SB3 connected via Toslink to a receiver and are playing FLAC files ripped from a CD. Is there any reason this would not sound identical to the same CD being played through a decent CD player's Toslink output? Both players should be sending identical bits to

Re: [slim] Product Longevity

2009-06-04 Thread Robin Bowes
Gooner wrote: Hello everyone. I'm interested in views as to how many years I could expect a Squeezebox to function fault free. If you own one of these, could you let me know how long you've had it and whether it continues to work :) This is in relation to a dispute I'm having with

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-05-22 Thread Robin Bowes
sderuiter wrote: I've copied all files to a subdir under /usr/bin. When I run the command from your wiki, the following output greets me: Which wiki page are you following? Code: Nemo:/usr/bin/ndap/tags/RELEASE_1.0.0# scripts/udap_shell.pl -bash:

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-05-20 Thread Robin Bowes
sderuiter wrote: mirhon;405516 Wrote: @Peter I'm not sure how to add WEP key using your udap_shell_1_0_0.exe. On Net-UDAP site: http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP/trac#January212009 I can read: I just committed a change that switches to hex entry for WEP keys. This simply means that

Re: [slim] Issue with UDAP

2009-05-08 Thread Robin Bowes
There are some examples on the web site: http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP/trac/wiki/SampleUsage Failing that, try posting to the mailing list: net-udap {at} projects.robinbowes.com R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Spotify on Squeezebox

2009-04-21 Thread Robin Bowes
bpa wrote: A plugin based on current API would only work on x86 Linux systems and premium users. I think it may be necessary to wait awhile for a more generic API. N, I run x86 linux systems! Would be nice to steal a march for a change; it's usually Windows that are catered for first.

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2009-01-31 Thread Robin Bowes
Mr_Sukebe wrote: simonjedrake;391149 Wrote: All you need to do to access your SC via your mobile isto enter /handheld/ after the www address of your SC as per the below example. http://192.168.1.11:9001/handheld/ I use my Nokia E71 the whole time as an extra remote on my Wifi network at

Re: [slim] Controlling Squeezecentre with a Nokia phone

2009-01-30 Thread Robin Bowes
Mr_Sukebe wrote: Please excuse my lack of knowledge on this, I did try searching for info, but there wasn't much and it left me even more confused. In short, I bought a snazzy Nokia 5800 today, which I'm guessing is capable of controlling my SB. Squeezecentre is running on my XP PC. I

Re: [slim] Just a thought

2009-01-11 Thread Robin Bowes
coffeetime wrote: Hello everybody! I was just wondering-relating to the forum; for example, after a problem is solved, the OP adds [*solved*] into the thread. This would help searching for solutions for new users. Than maybe an IRC channel would be good too? And by the way, are here any

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-10 Thread Robin Bowes
Howard Passman wrote: peter;381812 Wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Hi all, Net::UDAP is a Perl module to configure the SqueezeBox Receiver (SBR) from a PC, i.e. without requiring a SqueezeBox Controller (SBC). The project homepage is here: http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP Net::UDAP

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-10 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: I don't understand how they get away with selling the SBR as a separate product without providing a simple setup tool with it. Open Source does not mean you let your users do all the work. The SBR is sold separately for users who require 1 receiver with just one controller,

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: I've 'compiled' this version with perlapp from the Activestate Perl PDK. The resulting executable is a probably bit easier to user for the average SB user. You can put it up on the Net-UDAP page if you want. http://slim2lirc.myown.mailcan.com/udap_shell_1_0_0.exe Thanks for

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-09 Thread Robin Bowes
Robin Bowes wrote: Peter wrote: I've 'compiled' this version with perlapp from the Activestate Perl PDK. The resulting executable is a probably bit easier to user for the average SB user. You can put it up on the Net-UDAP page if you want. http://slim2lirc.myown.mailcan.com

[slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
Hi all, Net::UDAP is a Perl module to configure the SqueezeBox Receiver (SBR) from a PC, i.e. without requiring a SqueezeBox Controller (SBC). The project homepage is here: http://projects.robinbowes.com/Net-UDAP Net::UDAP was originally released in June 2008 and there have been no

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: Excellent work, Robin! I'll check it out. IMHO LogiTech should make a handsome donation for your good work (and work they should've been doing themselves). How about 5 free Duets for each of your kids? ;) Oh, I get my rewards, direct and indirect. For example, I start a new

Re: [slim] Need New Wireless Router

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
radish wrote: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/RouterStatus I personally use a D-Link DIR-655 and love it, others will no doubt proclaim love for DD-WRT and suggest you put it on your WRT54GS. Certainly worth trying! I use a WRT54GS and a WRT54GL, both with DD-WRT, both excellent. Try

Re: [slim] Need New Wireless Router

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: radish wrote: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/RouterStatus I personally use a D-Link DIR-655 and love it, others will no doubt proclaim love for DD-WRT and suggest you put it on your WRT54GS. Certainly worth trying! I use a WRT54GS

Re: [slim] Need New Wireless Router

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
mewzshn wrote: My wireless router (Linksys WRT54GS) seems to have hit bottom - I'm having to reset it multiple times a day just to get internet. The old one has 2 antennae which I replaced with ugly longer ones and my wireless coverage was not great but OK much of the time. I decided to try

Re: [slim] Need New Wireless Router

2009-01-08 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Peter wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: They're all wireless-g though, aren't they? And? And I'd like an alternative firmware AP with wireless-g. Eh? You mean wireless-n ? The OP is using his current device with 3 Squeezeboxen - they too

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter 7.3 will not play .flac files

2008-12-19 Thread Robin Bowes
cvj wrote: After installing 7.3 (Windows XP) I get the following error message when I try to play .flac encoded files on my Squeezebox 3: Problem: Unable to play this filetype I have lots of .flac encoded files and never had a problem playing them on my SB3. I checked Advanced Options

Re: [slim] Transporter - why is there no digital output when using the digital inputs?

2008-12-18 Thread Robin Bowes
StigErik wrote: When connecting a digital source to any of the digital inputs on the Transporter, there is output at the analog outputs, but not at the digital output. Is there any good reason for this? I would really like this to work, as I use other digital sources with my Transporter, and

Re: [slim] SB2/3 Modular Native Codecs in Firmware

2008-12-16 Thread Robin Bowes
ian_heys wrote: Has anyone ever considered tackling this issue. Apparently there is limited capacity for native codecs within the SB2/3 but some formats are provided that I don't use. For me the ideal native combination would be: WAV*/AAC/AAC+/WMA*/MP3* (* = already native) I

Re: [slim] Classical tagging - an idea...

2008-12-06 Thread Robin Bowes
I'll respond here to both yours and sepb's comments. JJZolx wrote: Databases like that are a bit of a chicken and egg problem. How do you expect to populate it? In order for it to be at all useful, you'll need to convince developers of tagging and/or ripping software to integrate with it.

[slim] Classical tagging - an idea...

2008-12-05 Thread Robin Bowes
Hi all, I've been tagging a whole load of classical music recently and couldn't help but feel that it could be a whole lot easier. I've got the initial rumblings of an idea for a classical music version of FreeDB and have done a bit of a braindump here:

Re: [slim] Better sound: Boom or SBR with Audioengine 2s?

2008-10-22 Thread Robin Bowes
StuartC wrote: So I'm interested in other opinions about the comparative sound of the Boom vs. SBR with powered speakers. Have I fooled myself with my unscientific listening test? Who cares?!! Use whatever you think sounds the best - anyone else's opinion is irrelevant. R.

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-12 Thread Robin Bowes
funkstar wrote: tygar;339512 Wrote: Finally, I found a post suggesting a factory reset. It didn't tell how to do it that. Here is how. With your first hand, hold your Transporter. With your second hand, plug in the Transporter. With your third hand (apparently, this reprogramming system

Re: [slim] MusicIP - definitive install instructions for 7.1/7.2 (inc. headless)?

2008-09-10 Thread Robin Bowes
ModelCitizen wrote: My PC is not very state of the art at all. Heh, I still chuckle when I remember that machine you brought round to try and install linux on to run Slimserver. Wasn't it a P1 with 32MB of RAM, or some such? :) R. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Come BBQ with the Squeezebox and Pandora crew

2008-09-04 Thread Robin Bowes
Paul Webster wrote: How about getting the Logitech folks in UK to team up with last.fm for a similar event. I'm sure that enough of us enthusiasts from south of England could do the demos if Logitech UK are not up to speed. *South* of England We're friendlier up here! R.

Re: [slim] What output level on the SB3 is best?

2008-08-04 Thread Robin Bowes
Aguida wrote: I guess as most people I don't use the SB3 volume control but the one on my stereo amp. So the question is what is the best setting for the output volume of the SB3 with regard to distortion and S/N ratio? I usually have it on 95% but I got the doubt wheter I am too close to

Re: [slim] Protecting library with NTFS permissions

2008-07-03 Thread Robin Bowes
amcluesent wrote: We'll I did say I was using RAID1 as TBH an exernal backup regime for 1.5Tb isn't really tractable... Sure it is. Here's a couple of ideas: 1. Copy everything to external drives - 4 x 500Gb external drives would only cost around £200; 1GB drives might be a bit more pricey.

Re: [slim] Duet review on Notebookreview

2008-06-27 Thread Robin Bowes
MrSinatra wrote: yeah, how DARE i have an opinion that doesn't require pom poms. what was i thinking? Straight in with the fan boy line of defence, I see. *yawn*. i stand by what i said, and if u don't like it or disagree, fine, but i find NOTHING exaggerated with what i said. You

Re: [slim] Duet review on Notebookreview

2008-06-27 Thread Robin Bowes
MrSinatra wrote: don't ignore the context of what i said... Ok, here's what you said, in its entirety: again, i respect SC and i'm not saying it should be thrown overboard, but why force it to be the only solution? You then follow that up with: i was talking about what slim does, and they

Re: [slim] Improvements in Duet?

2008-06-26 Thread Robin Bowes
ianstuart wrote: I have been having connection problems with my two Duets for the last several months. Support now blames the Netgear Range Extender that I bought to permit the receivers to work more than 15 feet from the router. Odd that my old SB3 works perfectly with the Range Extender and

Re: [slim] Duet review on Notebookreview

2008-06-26 Thread Robin Bowes
MrSinatra wrote: i am suggesting that developing SC as the only pgm possible to power the hardware isn't the best soluton, given its serious limitations, which are legion. Mr. Sinatra, you're talking bollocks again. SC has its flaws, yes, but from the way you talk anyone would think it's

Re: [slim] Duet Receiver Break Up with 85% signal !

2008-06-11 Thread Robin Bowes
tonythetiger wrote: Thanks all for the replies. I have changed to FLAC but not sure if it's helped. The TX rate has dropped to 2Mb some times, and has been 0 before too. I wasn't sure if that was SqueezeCenter not pumping out the tracks or if that was just bad network. Anyways, it seems

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-06-09 Thread Robin Bowes
NathanielK wrote: I find it very hard to believe that all of these different sources would mention the bridging feature yet not a single one acknowledges the fact that it is unsupported in the interface or documentation for the product. Nathaniel, From what I can gather, bridging is

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-06-08 Thread Robin Bowes
NathanielK wrote: Low and behold, when I ran the shell, if worked exactly like the short instructions in the post by jrfuda; even discovering and configuring over my wireless network. Glad it's working. It sounds like this was a network issue, and the scripts are not entirely bulletproof,

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-06-07 Thread Robin Bowes
NathanielK wrote: in the shell window, I can execute the help and list commands, but when I try discover I get a huge amount of text. I copied it to notepad and it seems to be this, repeated over and over: Use of uninitialized value $rawstr in length at C:/UDAP_Thing/scripts/../src/Net

Re: [slim] Filing Bugs - Any Point?

2008-06-04 Thread Robin Bowes
rbz5416 wrote: Brown nosers need not post telling me it works for them - I'm not interested. I AM interested in why this bug report appears to be being completely ignored. Displaying attitude like that will not help your cause. Bugs are prioritised and dealt with accordingly. I do not work

Re: [slim] Filing Bugs - Any Point?

2008-06-04 Thread Robin Bowes
is therefore likely a low priority to SD and, because it's not getting the attention *you* feel it should have you extrapolate from that that Logitech aren't committed to the product line? Ha ha haha . rbz5416 wrote: Robin Bowes Wrote: Displaying attitude like that will not help your cause It's

Re: [slim] Filing Bugs - Any Point?

2008-06-04 Thread Robin Bowes
rbz5416 wrote: Zzz Unsubscribes. By! R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] faulty transporter anyone?

2008-06-04 Thread Robin Bowes
bad.wolf wrote: Anyone else had similar experiences? Yeah, some guy posted in the audiophile forum with exactly the same issues. :| R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-05-11 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: Even when configured, the UDAP protocol is UDP-based so the UDAP source (PC) and UDAP destination (SBR) have to be on the same network segment. There's no causality in that. UDP works fine over the Internet. You probably mean it's broadcast based which

Re: [slim] Questions re: bridging with SBR

2008-05-10 Thread Robin Bowes
mflint wrote: (For some reason, Net-UDAP couldn't discover the SBR unless it was hard-wired to my router) I wrote the tool specifically to configure a factory-supplied (i.e. no config) SBR from a PC without requiring a SBC. Until the SBR is configured, it cannot connect to any wireless

Re: [slim] Sharing a server

2008-05-10 Thread Robin Bowes
jaffacake wrote: Thanks to all for the responses. A few more ideas... One way to do this would be to run multiple instances of SC. If you want to run these on the same box, you would need to use different IPs for each instance. You'd probably also want to use a system-installed MySQL

Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos

2008-04-04 Thread Robin Bowes
jaffacake wrote: I have absolutely no desire to waste my time defending myself against false accusation and speculation. Robin Bowes, and others, are attacking me with untruths and guesswork. This is damaging to my reputation yet you choose to allow it to remain within your forums. I can

Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos

2008-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
jaffacake wrote: The review is fairly flawed in several areas, but not entirely surprising given the limited research the author often does for his articles. snip Ahem, unlike your totally fair and thoroughly researched cnet reviews, eh Ben? More FUD from the Sonos fanboy. R.

Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos

2008-04-03 Thread Robin Bowes
jaffacake wrote: Robin Bowes;287134 Wrote: Ahem, unlike your totally fair and thoroughly researched cnet reviews, eh Ben? More FUD from the Sonos fanboy. R. Very much unlike. At least everything in my review was accurate and factual. Did you write that review [1] based on having

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezbox/Receiver/Transporter

2008-04-02 Thread Robin Bowes
Khuli wrote: MuckleEck;286440 Wrote: I see no point in syncing the bedroom SB Depends what sort of parties you have ;) Nah, you'd want different music in the bedroom - Barry White, for example ;) Personally, I've found that Bill Wither's Greatest Hits never fails :) R.

Re: [slim] 64 bit Slimslimer

2008-04-01 Thread Robin Bowes
badbob wrote: How come a 64 bit version wasen't been released? Because you don't need a 64-bit version. It would just be bigger. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Grave doubts about Logitech 'support

2008-03-27 Thread Robin Bowes
One (important) point that no-one has yet pointed out is that I don't believe that Mandriva is an officially supported platform. Although, on looking this up in the FAQ, it only says: Squeezebox, Transporter and SlimServer are officially supported under: * Windows NT/2000/XP, * Linux

Re: [slim] New Wiki categories

2008-03-18 Thread Robin Bowes
JimC wrote: As you may have seen from my earlier post, we're going to be migrating from kwiki to mediawiki. I'm currently going through some housekeeping in preparation for the Great Re-editing that will start later this week and I wanted to float a question to the community: Should we

Re: [slim] Low footprint integrated headless player required

2008-03-16 Thread Robin Bowes
ModelCitizen wrote: Hello, In my quest for true whole-house audio it's struck me that I need a Windows-based low footprint player, integrated with SlimCenter, that does not show on my PC (is this headless?). I only need to control it via the SlimCenter web interface and the jive controller.

Re: [slim] Why is SlimServer so slow?

2008-03-13 Thread Robin Bowes
DanielTheGreat wrote: [lots of stuff about a poorly Windows box] IMHO you should do a clean re-install of your Windows box. R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Thanks Slim Devices / Logitech!

2008-03-13 Thread Robin Bowes
seanadams wrote: http://web.archive.org/web/20021112224742/images.slimdevices.com/photos/assembly/sean.jpeg ... but I have since been replaced by a big machine for this. Assimilated, even. ;) R. ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Anyone noticed the Apple TV has no volume control?

2008-03-12 Thread Robin Bowes
smc2911 wrote: I would conclude from the discussion here that I'm not really suffering in any way by doing this (other than missing out on a bit of volume of course :)) Can you hear any deficiency? If not, you're not missing out on anything. Actually, you're not anyway but, even if you were,

Re: [slim] Does Logitech Streaming Systems know the meaning of Customer Service?

2008-03-11 Thread Robin Bowes
haunyack wrote: Just a stupid story about a stupid mistake that could be made by any stupid induvidual or company. You're the guy who posted the drunken rant about how you lost all your music at a party using beta software, aren't you? Bit of a pattern developing here, isn't there? R.

Re: [slim] Anyone noticed the Apple TV has no volume control?

2008-03-11 Thread Robin Bowes
egd wrote: willyhoops;278251 Wrote: Powered speakers... the downmarket things you plug into your computer which don't have a remote volume becuase you adjust it on the computer. ROFLMAO...do you have any idea what you're ranting about? Heh, that is quite clearly a rhetorical question,

Re: [slim] Anyone noticed the Apple TV has no volume control?

2008-03-11 Thread Robin Bowes
willyhoops wrote: ok maybe i am wrong on the exact details Heh, you can say that again, without the maybe, and perhaps adding a completely. but smc2911 i will try and calculate just how bad the quality of your squeezebox playback has been the last few years. using:

Re: [slim] Does Logitech Streaming Systems know the meaning of Customer Service?

2008-03-11 Thread Robin Bowes
The point is, he would have got an immediate response if he had called on the phone instead of ranting on here. His order shipped the day after he placed it but he did not receive the confirmation email(s) because of a problem with the email address. I use email heavily, and most of the time

Re: [slim] Anyone noticed the Apple TV has no volume control?

2008-03-11 Thread Robin Bowes
willyhoops wrote: gee you are not reading it... not me they messed up. Er, I am reading it. I'm obviously not understanding you very well. are you understanding what i am saying... if 6v is the max level that when it comes out of his hifi makes a party kick... then one third of that will

Re: [slim] Why is SlimServer so slow?

2008-03-10 Thread Robin Bowes
DanielTheGreat wrote: My music server is a 3GHz P4 Win2k PC with 2GB RAM and heaps of HDD space free. That should be more than enough power to run SC. If I reboot the PC it is several minutes (with much disc-thrashing) before I can play anything from SlimServer. Why is this? That doesn't

Re: [slim] Duet can't connect to SB

2008-03-09 Thread Robin Bowes
mowensmd wrote: Guess the community can't help much. Good luck Slim, you have a great form factor here but the connectivity is in the dumpster. Maybe the wifi here (congested condo area) is the issue, but it doesn't affect any of 3 other laptops/tablets. I've gotten connection to my

Re: [slim] I'm only half joking.........

2008-03-07 Thread Robin Bowes
miked wrote: Doesn't the US-centric spelling just make it sound more exotic elsewhere? I notice that many places here in the states say theatre when they're trying to sound more upscale and/or Euro, so I always presumed that spelling it the US way in Europe would have the same connotation .

Re: [slim] Duet reviews posted at pcmag and cnet

2008-03-07 Thread Robin Bowes
Siduhe wrote: This is getting a bit silly - most of the people who posted on the Sonos forums in response to Robin were more than reasonable, but I guess some people just can't help themselves. I doubt Ro53ben/Jaffacake are representative of the wider Sonos community.

Re: [slim] Duet reviews posted at pcmag and cnet

2008-03-06 Thread Robin Bowes
ModelCitizen wrote: He's got to be a Sonos stooge. It's his one and only post to cnet. What is annoying is that you cannot leave a comment on the biased and factually incorrect review. It does show that Sonos are quite worried though... which indeed they should be. I've joined the Sonos

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-03-02 Thread Robin Bowes
Marc Sherman wrote: mvalera wrote: Please see my announcement at the top of each forum for details on the delay. I'll post the manual as soon as I get a final one. Hey, Mike, please remember that some of us read this as a mailing list. Forum announcements don't get gated to the mailing

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-29 Thread Robin Bowes
brant wrote: Anybody got one yet? Can't wait... :) I've got three :p R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Date Added?

2008-02-25 Thread Robin Bowes
verdemar wrote: Wouldn't it be more correct to use the created timestamp to select new music? I find it kind of irritating that the new music list is full of music that I recently retagged, but that has been in my library for ages. So, don't modify the timestamp when you update the tags.

Re: [slim] Can I do this with the new Duet?

2008-02-25 Thread Robin Bowes
AlexV wrote: Hello, Just a quick questions regarding the new Duet. - I'm NOT an album type of guy... I don't sort my files by album... Can I still use the Duet ? Because, on the CES video, the browsing seemed to be album-based... What if I want to sort my files by genre only ? Possible ?

Re: [slim] Date Added?

2008-02-25 Thread Robin Bowes
verdemar wrote: Yes, the problem is that my tagging software won't allow it (and they will not implement it as it is incorrect behaviour). Which is true, I guess. I'm using MusicBrainz Picard. It's not incorrect behaviour. It's not correct behaviour either. It is down to the user to choose.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox €169 = bargain?

2008-02-23 Thread Robin Bowes
meep wrote: Hi Browsing my local PC superstore this week I see they have Squeezebox for €169 - down from €299 a few weeks ago (I think). This is surely a bargain, right? Now, I'm wondering, are they just clearing local stock or is there a new version coming out and would I be better

Re: [slim] Multiple artwork for one album - possible??

2008-02-21 Thread Robin Bowes
JJZolx wrote: It was a good question. How do you so painstakingly test software for months and months on end and not bother to look at the documentation? Or does everyone just naturally accept that good documentation is a distant, secondary concern and that corrections will come whenever

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

2008-02-20 Thread Robin Bowes
johndpar wrote: I just hope that M$ is not the cause of the murky water. I'm sorry but I (like many) will not purchase Duet if M$ eats Logitech/SD Hopes now turned to fears. Old news now turned to wild rumour-mongering, I feel. R. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Best place (UK) to sell QNAP NAS?

2008-02-20 Thread Robin Bowes
gcogger wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if we're allowed to sell items on this forum? If not, can anyone suggest a good place (e.g. a forum) to sell my QNAP TS-109 NAS drive in the UK? eBay? R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Multiple artwork for one album - possible??

2008-02-20 Thread Robin Bowes
JJZolx wrote: bulletmark;271394 Wrote: Yes, but still poorly edited. A 20 second look of that single page shows there still 3 references to artwork thumb files which should be deleted. And really, am I the one who should be reviewing this? Is this representative of QA there at Logitech

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-15 Thread Robin Bowes
JimC wrote: Robin's plug-in, which requires SqueezeCenter and a wired connection to the Squeezebox Receiver, would allow a user to configure a Squeezebox Receiver without the controller. Perhaps now is as good a time as any to release a little more information about what I'm working on...

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-13 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: Some people have no trust in this community. Is your plugin going to include setting up a wireless WPA key so that we can configure an SBR over ethernet and then continue using it over Wifi? I trust it will, but perhaps you'd better confirm that to the doubtful part of the

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-13 Thread Robin Bowes
mvalera wrote: djfake;268947 Wrote: Mike - when Robin does get this plugin written, I hope Logitech does something very nice for him. I'll buy one, that's for sure. Also, why doesn't the old remote for the Squeezebox not work with the SBR? We're very familiar with Robin. He's one of our

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-13 Thread Robin Bowes
djfake wrote: mvalera;268629 Wrote: Robin's developing a plug-in to solve that. The SB Receiver will get an IP address thru DHCP automatically on the Ethernet port (didn't know that till today) so his plug-in will be able to find and configure the receivers without too much trouble. The hard

Re: [slim] Can we avoid inflamatory titles?

2008-02-13 Thread Robin Bowes
JimC wrote: This thread has been closed by a moderator for one of the following reasons: * Profanity: This post contains expletives or vulgar language. Please post in more friendly manner. * Personal attack: Insults or rude ad hominem arguments directed at another member are not

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-02-13 Thread Robin Bowes
Peter wrote: rene50 wrote: hallo mooi nederlands,ja ik heb veel mp3's op de pc staan of op de apple imac. ik heb een goede geluidskaart,maar ik vraag mij af of dat nodig is ,maar dat is misschien een domme opmerking. IK HEB EEN FOCAL ICUB SET DIE ZEER GESCHIKT IS OM TE VERBINDEN MET

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