Additionally, I would suggest that, if you have done so already, you
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FYI, if your folder and file names follow some type of standard, you can
convert them to tags using mp3tag.
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would feel better to our irrational selves. And who'd want to hear
three
Ramones tracks in a row anyway?
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Yes, human beings tend to find true randomness to be counter-intuitive.
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That being said, if it is simple to implement, optional, and defaults
to off, I would have no problem with it, lol.
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concur with your objection.
I'm not really clear on the problem with the attenuation via the
player's digital volume control. I would expect this to be additional
attenuation, after replaygain is applied. Is that not how it works
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to satisfy both those who want to write and read off-topic posts, and
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are in the US with typical wiring
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in our single
days that thought milk crates, plywood, and cinder blocks were
acceptable building materials for furniture in one's home!
And a large cable spool makes a great table, lol.
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love to be able to get it running without shipping it
off for repairs.
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But do you really get the tags and the covers and the MusicIP info
embedded in the files read by doing that? I thought not, but perhaps
I'm wrong ?
Zevs
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, you can bet thats what the
engineers focused on.
So some anomalies in the track counts for your music are analagous to a
car exploding? Interesting value judgment :)
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I don't have mp3tag in front of me, but it is something akin to Tags -
Filenames. There is even an icon to do it up in the menu bar. You
need to supply a format string, and you likely want a different format
string for compilations.
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help you there.
Overall, I am pretty happy with the sound quality and with the device.
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efficient to support the more prevalent platform than the less
prevalent one. Given this, Logitech's approach to this makes good
financial sense.
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I would think that you could either change the Mac to use 10, or change
the router to use 2. Most routers should allow this.
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Also, be sure that you have matched the volume levels for the
comparison. And if you really want to be certain, see if you can tell
the difference in a blind comparison ducking for cover.
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watts it is using on
standby? Would be nice to be able to compare it to other devices...
Cheers,
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Can you fool her by setting the brightness to be off when the SB is
idle? :-P
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Patrick Dixon;270158 Wrote:
Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the
thread :-)
Unless, of course, the F is for free.
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Well, I switched the locations of the two SB3s. On day 6, the
problematic one lost connection with the SlimServer again. I guess I
need to contact support.
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perplexed
as to why you'd want other folks picking out the music selections
during a party. I've yet to have anyone ask to select music at my house
during a party.
That's my party solution also. Set up the playlist in advance, start
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In the meantime, any ideas as to why power cycling the SB3, or going
through network setup, does not get it to reconnect to SlimServer,
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uses a dynamic IP address.
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a location problem.
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If you run the SB3 digitally into some $300 unit, you are unlikely to
get comparable sound quality to the SB3's analog outputs. You may wish
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standards outside the
U.S. An electrician can also bridge the phases with some fairly
inexpensive parts.
Try a google search on X10 coupler
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, multiple networks might be
required to provide the necessary bandwidth.
Perhaps one of the developers could chime in on this.
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mp3tag is free, and there is a good write-up in the Wiki Guide to
Ripping and Tagging.
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computer/network problems, etc.). Best of luck getting it sorted out.
P.S. I guess I should have read until the end of the thread before
posting, as you seem to have figured it out already. Obviously,
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and there was no problem at all.
Actually, the two wireless hops can definitely be the reason. While
that can work for some, it leaves very little margin for any wireless
problems. If you can wire one of them and get it to work, do so.
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access a
single SlimServer instance through the web interface, through
http://slimserver address:9000.
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Heartbreaker/Living, Loving Maid
Of course, they already split them on the Led Zeppelin boxed set, and
it always seems a bit off.
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Also bear in mind that you will be using much more bandwidth to stream
FLAC than MP3, and your ISP may limit your upload bandwidth.
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, etc., streaming to a PC with a larger
buffer would be less likely to be bad enough to cause problems with
the music.
With enough tweaking of the network one can solve most SB3 wireless
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of the deciding factors for me in choosing
the SB vs. hooking up the computer directly to the stereo.
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If SlimServer is on the laptop then, yes, the network traffic would go
through the laptop. Wireless may work, but it may not.
IMO, it is not something I would count on. There are plenty of other
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I guess it is all relative, because my immediate reaction to your post
is, Where can you get one for $200?
Even at $299 US retail, I think it is a good value relative to the
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I use these.
http://www.buy.com/prod/Case-Logic-CDW-320-320-Disc-Nylon-CD-Wallet/q/loc/101/10380795.html
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could stick with a software version that works for you and
listen to music flawlessly, as many do.
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. How many people bother posting that everything
is fine?
Also, most reasonable people report that the SD/Logitech service has
been good even in the event of a faulty unit.
If you decide you want one, I would not worry about the quality. FWIW,
I just bought my third SB3.
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was wondering how you could be so
patient as to perceive no problems with a four month wait, lol.
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I have never heard the term in that context, but I do remember this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler
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=~ 60 days.
Some of the services also limit your download bandwidth, so check that
out also. But if you achieved 8Mb/sec, it would still take about 6
days to get your data back.
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, have you tried swapping the locations of the SB that resets and
one that does not, to try to determine whether it is location or device
dependent? Any chance that the one that resets is losing power?
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I voted 75/25, but it is more likely 90/10.
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:\Music? I am assuming that Home is the
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quality. FLAC will also
consume much more space and drain the battery faster.
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is not that difficult, and for a flash player with limited
storage you will get much more music onto the player.
The X5 supports Rockbox, but I do not believe the D2 does at this time.
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SlimServer broadcasts the date/time to the Squeezeboxes. Could it be
trying to get out across your modem for some reason?
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through civil
law, but I do not expect to see that in my life time.
As far as it being a question of what is best, that is a pretty heavy
philosophical discussion in itself, lol.
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Have you tried playing the tracks on a PC using Foobar, WinAmp, or some
other FLAC-capable player? It seems like a good next step would be
verifying that another player can play the FLAC files, if you have not
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SlimServer may not be recognizing the mapped drive. Have you tried
entering as the music folder:
\\Host\Music-Home\iTunes\iTunes Music
where Host is the network name of your network drive?
You should be able to find that name in My Network Places.
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The one referenced above is inexpensive and works well with the SB3.
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remote. The Squeezebox provides as good or better audio quality at a
better price.
I can understand your frustration, but it is not clear to me that you
should be annoyed with SlimDevices because you bought a NAS that does
not have SlimServer installed.
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, but it works pretty well all around.
If I had to do it again I would probably build my own headless RAID
server, but I am satisfied with the ReadyNAS. I would not give up my
Squeezebox, regardless.
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I also have mine behind glass and have no problems with the remote.
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FLAC should be your best bet for transcoding, as it will not further
deteriorate the sound quality by performing an additional lossy
compression, and it will use less bandwidth than WAV. Why not just
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and describe
the logic hierarchy, so it is not really unknown. On the other hand,
there would be no guarantee that the logic hierarchy would stay the
same in new SlimServer versions, so just checking FLAC seems like the
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Do you have any shortcuts in that folder that refer to files/directories
on the other drives?
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out of stock of the regular remote and chose not to hold
orders.
In any event, you can purchase the backlit remote separately for $29.
https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi
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In my opinion, SD should either address the problem, or they should put
some serious disclaimers on the ReadyNAS bundle (or stop selling it).
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snoogly;191283 Wrote:
How does one do that?
Normally you can set MAC address filtering by going to the
administration page of the wireless router or access point, entering
the MAC addresses it should accept, and enabling MAC address filtering.
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from thinning the gene pool, I would
have to agree. :-P
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and could seed it with the 85 GB by connecting a USB drive, I might
consider doing incremental uploads from there. However, even that is
pretty impractical unless you have much better upload bandwidth.
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to do this, but these are all pretty
straightforward (in order of most to least simple, IMO).
Hopefully this will give you some ideas.
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I'm telling Al Gore. :-P
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the Replaygain values in the LAME Tag. If you
want to use Replaygain with MP3 files, you can use MP3Gain or Foobar,
each of which should write to tags SlimServer can use.
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as the reference value at this point in time, like the latest
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that already have the replaygain tags.
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No, you should not need an internet connection for SlimServer to play
files that are on your local network. Check your network settings to
make sure the SB3 is on the same subnet as the SlimServer machine.
Maybe someone else will chime in with other ideas.
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Winamp will play them also.
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I agree that Foobar is pretty unfriendly, although I did work through it
to get it working. Winamp, on the other hand, is pretty easy to deal
with. I have the free version.
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fans,
noisy hard drives, etc. out of the listening room.
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a router.
Check out the wiki.
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkDesign
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When you browse the SlimServer web page, go to Player Settings and
make sure you have chosen the desired display settings under Title
Format. Hopefully that will sort it out for you.
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ever does, it will almost certainly say that you have a right to make
copies of a CD you *own* to play in various devices.
Once you've sold it you don't own it any more.
YMMV
Ceejay
I think you summed it up quite well.
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Yes, you need an amplifier to drive your speakers. The SB does not have
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It sounds like a wireless issue (if you are using wireless). If so,
search the forums for wireless interference.
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MP3Tag works well. Read the wiki.
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Have you tried just putting a cover.jpg file in each folder. That seems
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: Do you use your Slim Devices equipment wired or wirelessly?
- All wired
- All wirelessly
- I have several units, some operate wired, some wireless
2 SB3's on wireless here.
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