Re: [slim] Does Anyone Have a Slimdevice for Sale?

2022-12-19 Thread w3wilkes
I too must defend the Duets. I run two Duet receivers on wifi and they've been rock solid. I did have to replace a power supply for one Duet receiver and a wifi card in the other one. For me the key was a wifi router with good radios like ASUS has. One caution on the Squeezebox radios is they

Re: [slim] Does Anyone Have a Slimdevice for Sale?

2022-12-15 Thread w3wilkes
If no one does you could build a PiCore Player with a touch screen. Here's a link to some instructions. It's very simple, I even built one but I didn't need the touchscreen. https://docs.picoreplayer.org/getting-started/ Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.3.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both

[slim] Fire HD 10 Gen 9 - Material APK Won't Install

2022-12-10 Thread w3wilkes
I have 2 fire hd 10 tablets, one is a gen 9 and the other is gen 11, neither is the ad supported version. According to what I can find from Amazon they are both based on Android 9 API level 28. I've installed the Google playstore on both and that works fine. At some point in the past I installed

[slim] Another Freebie

2022-12-02 Thread w3wilkes
They Might Be Giants has done it again for a short window. John Henry Demos is free for a couple of days. https://tmbgshop.com/ Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and

Re: [slim] Accessing local radio station - help

2022-11-18 Thread w3wilkes
Using LMS 8.3.0 Austin City Limits plays just fine on my Duet receiver. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.1 on Win10

Re: [slim] Feature Request: play playlist starting at track

2022-11-16 Thread w3wilkes
If you "Append playlist to Queue" you can start play anywhere in the playlist. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works since new power supply) and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.1

Re: [slim] Darko Audio's recent video tribute to the Squeezebox (GOAT)

2022-11-16 Thread w3wilkes
agbagb wrote: > That said, is there any chance at all that the SB kit can solve the > WiFi6 incompatibility issue? This issue must just be for specific SB devices. My 2 Duet controllers, receivers, Boom and PicorePlayer all work fine on my WiFi 6 ASUS router. Main system - Rock Solid with

Re: [slim] Darko Audio's recent video tribute to the Squeezebox (GOAT)

2022-11-15 Thread w3wilkes
A great review of the Touch and the Squeeze platform! I've been happily Squeezing my music since Christmas 2008 when I got my first Duet. I now run 2 Duets, a Pi with PiCorePlayer and a Boom. Don't get the big deal about the Duets, mine run on WiFi flawlessly. I did have to replace the WiFi card

Re: [slim] Problems with Mesh Wi-Fi?

2022-10-18 Thread w3wilkes
I have an Asus RT-AX86U wifi 6 router (no mesh) and my 2 Duet receivers, Boom and a PiCorePlayer 3B+ (no SB radio) all work fine on wifi with wifi 6 enabled. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi, farthest unit gets 60% signal strength and always works

Re: [slim] New modified SqueezeAMP batch?

2022-10-06 Thread w3wilkes
bengaldave wrote: > LMS does not have equalizer settings, or does it? Correct, LMS does not have an equalizer. Of course the BUT is... piCorePlayer does have the ability to use the provided 10 band alsa equalizer. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.1 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets ( both WiFi,

Re: [slim] terrible forum search engine -- am I missing something?

2022-04-13 Thread w3wilkes
I have a bookmark/favorite right next to bookmark/favorite for this forum like this. Code: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforums.slimdevices.com== Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system

Re: [slim] LMS Plugin - SQLPlaylist

2022-03-31 Thread w3wilkes
Thanks Robb, I suspect that SQLPlaylist will probably continue to work as long as LMS continues to use SQLite as its database platform. Wilkes Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.0 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model

[slim] LMS Plugin - SQLPlaylist

2022-03-31 Thread w3wilkes
This old plugin by Erland is my 3rd most used plugin behind Material Skin and Music and Artist Information. Now that Erland has dropped support for his plugins are there any repositories that still have his old plugins? If not, how do I go about saving what I currently have so that I don't lose

Re: [slim] Maintaining an Old System

2022-03-17 Thread w3wilkes
Sounds like a classic wifi issue. Have you checked to see if you have competing neighbors on the same channel that you're using for your 2.4Ghz band? I explicitly set my channel rather than have the router use the auto setting, I do think the receivers have issues following the router if the

Re: [slim] MB Vs MiB

2022-03-10 Thread w3wilkes
slartibartfast wrote: > In more than 20 years since then I have never heard anyone use those > terms. I spent 38 years in the IBM mainframe world from 360's up to Z processors and I too had never heard those terms. In that world bytes were always 8 bits, 1K was 1024 bytes and so on. Storage

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-22 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > The only issue I see with reservations is the need to discover the MAC > addresses of all the devices, but I suppose that's not too onerous. I've not seen this issue. With the device connected to my network I then go into the setup for LAN and click the "Add" button which then

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-22 Thread w3wilkes
slartibartfast wrote: > You can't set a reserved IP address outside the DHCP range. Presumably > you mean static. I did not mean static. At least on my ASUS RT-AX86U and my Netgear DGND3700v1 at a 2nd location allows setting a reserved IP address outside the defined DHCP range. Note in the

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-21 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > Just to make sure I've understood this right... > You've seen routers which block IP addresses in the same subnet as those > it's DHCP server gives out? > Please name them so we can avoid! Seems like it was an ISP provided modem/router - years ago. Set DHCP range like

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-21 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > I'm sorry, but who the hell allows their DHCP server to hand out > addresses in the same range as the static addresses they use? If you > know how to reserve IP addresses based on MAC address, you must be > capable of restricting the DHCP pool. Personally I do add reserved IP's

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-18 Thread w3wilkes
d6jg wrote: > There are two stages in WiFi connection. > First is the SSID connection to the WiFi Access Point or Router and > second is the acquisition of IP address from DHCP server and connection > to the network subnet. > If you attempt to give the Pi a static IP address you simply will not

Re: [slim] PiCore

2022-02-04 Thread w3wilkes
What is the IP address and how did you give your pCP that address and what is the IP address of your router? Almost sounds like you've given your pCP an IP address outside your routers LAN subnet. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system -

Re: [slim] Neil Young at it again

2022-01-29 Thread w3wilkes
Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in removing music from Spotify. No Spotify for me. https://nypost.com/2022/01/29/joni-mitchell-removing-her-music-from-spotify-i-stand-with-neil-young/ Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with

Re: [slim] Market for used Squeezeboxes?

2022-01-25 Thread w3wilkes
I would guess your best shot is here on these forums since we know what these are and how to use them. 2nd would be ebay. Don't know how big your library of local music is, but there is a limit to the size of your library with Sonos. I would see Sonos as reasonable for the radio and boom, but

Re: [slim] Sonos-Google lawsuit

2022-01-09 Thread w3wilkes
I would guess it was before 2005. The earliest post I can see in these forums is Apr, 2005. I would think that Slim devices had these capabilities right from the get go. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.0 on

Re: [slim] https connection to LMS ?

2021-12-11 Thread w3wilkes
slartibartfast wrote: > I have no issue using Chrome for LMS. It tells me the connection is > insecure but that is all. What do you mean when you say you have to > force it to use the http favourite? Also works fine for me in both Chrome and the newer Chromium based Edge - Windows 10Pro. LMS

Re: [slim] Can't connect

2021-12-07 Thread w3wilkes
What do you mean by "can't connect"? Can your radio see your 2.4GHz network SSID (name you gave it)? Just FYI, none of the actual Squeeze devices can see a 5GHz wifi network if that's what you're trying to connect to. Please give us more detail. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS

Re: [slim] How to get started on Windows?

2021-11-27 Thread w3wilkes
One little addition to P Nelsons reply. Squeezelite-x can run on the same PC that you install LMS on and will play through your PC speakers. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.0 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model

Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes

2021-11-23 Thread w3wilkes
P Nelson wrote: > I have an old Netgear router I am using as an ethernet hub or access > point. The netgear hardware seems fine and I have never had any > problems. I agree that the hardware is fine. I have an old DGND3700v1 with 3rd party firmware that has been very reliable at another

Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes

2021-11-21 Thread w3wilkes
One other thing, a shameless plug... My old network was Netgear and after switching to ASUS I'll never consider Netgear again. ASUS has way better support for their line of consumer routers and ASUS support can actually be contacted. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2

Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes

2021-11-21 Thread w3wilkes
This last summer I upgraded my router to an RT AX86U and now on stock firmware 3.0.0.4.386_45934. Before my wifi was pretty weak so I had an AP to get coverage. What I've found with the new router is it covers my whole house very well so I no longer require the AP so I didn't implement AIMesh.

Re: [slim] Squezzebox Classic V3 Switch off and reboot mid song...again

2021-10-30 Thread w3wilkes
And don't forget that you can dump the old SB devices and replace them with a piCorePlayer. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.0 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] Using Replaygain for playlist - slightly OT

2021-09-21 Thread w3wilkes
Not too long ago I had a similar question. See this thread; https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?112995-Replaygain-Check-My-Thinking Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.2.0 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model

Re: [slim] A Reminder: When your Squeezebox 3, Touch or *Boom* "stops working"...

2021-09-05 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > Congratulations on finding a way to run a Duet Receiver (9V) from a USB > supply (5V). Sorry, did this for a different android box. For the receiver I did this

Re: [slim] A Reminder: When your Squeezebox 3, Touch or *Boom* "stops working"...

2021-09-05 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > Congratulations on finding a way to run a Duet Receiver (9V) from a USB > supply (5V). https://www.walmart.com/ip/9V-2A-Adaptive-Fast-Rapid-Charging-Wall-Charger-US-Plug-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Phones-Black/835327484 Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.2.0 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets

Re: [slim] A Reminder: When your Squeezebox 3, Touch or *Boom* "stops working"...

2021-09-04 Thread w3wilkes
I've had two Duet receiver power supplies fail over the last 12 years. The last time I had a failure I bought one of these 'cords'

Re: ASUS RT-AX55 Mesh Router�s Compatibility with SB Radios

2021-08-26 Thread w3wilkes
I don't know what's different about the SB radios? I run 2 Duets with controllers and a Boom (along with squeezelite on a couple of PC's) all on a single Asus RT-AX86U with wifi 6 enabled. Used to have a Linksys EA6350 in AP mode over ethernet, but removed it when I found that the Asus gave me

Re: [slim] Compatible WLAN cards for SB3, Boom, Reciever & Transporter

2021-07-28 Thread w3wilkes
I'll post the link for you. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32799056131.html Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.1.2 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.1.2 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave Squeezebox Boom

Re: [slim] LMS can't save playlists - windows permissions required?

2021-06-14 Thread w3wilkes
Interesting. I recently had an issue where I couldn't save playlists from a specific piece of software (SPFLite). Notepad and Notepad++ worked just fine. My music is on an internal separate physical drive "D:", I checked all permissions and ownership which all seemed fine. When the Win10 21H1

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Receiver/Duet - no analog sound

2021-05-18 Thread w3wilkes
I believe this is accomplished with a factory reset, long press the front button on the receiver until you get a fast blinking red LED on the front. You will then have to set up the receiver from scratch, either with the controller or NET::UDAP. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.1.2 on WHS

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Receiver/Duet - no analog sound

2021-05-17 Thread w3wilkes
I too have had great luck with the receivers, I have 2 (both work fine) and have had 1 power supply failure and 1 wifi card failure over 10+ years and was able to get replacement parts for both. If I would have had to solder I'd build a pi/DAC to replace it and I do have 1 pi/DAC in service too.

Re: [slim] Future of codecs in LMS

2021-05-17 Thread w3wilkes
A little off topic, but I think higher bitrate mp3 is quite good and shouldn't be discounted so quickly. About 8 years ago @archimage (a user here) did some double blind testing of FLAC vs higher bitrate mp3 and the outcome of that test can be found here;

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 keeps disconnecting

2021-05-03 Thread w3wilkes
Since you plan on running wired did you try the SB2 with the wifi card removed? I thought I'd read that SB2 will run wired with wifi card removed. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.1.2 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.1.2 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3

Re: [slim] Transporter for sale

2021-03-13 Thread w3wilkes
What is your location since you didn't provide it in your profile? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 8.1.2 on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 8.1.2 on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave Squeezebox Boom - "At

Re: [slim] Replaygain - Check My Thinking

2020-09-29 Thread w3wilkes
I got an answer in the Foobar2000 forum that solves my question. The key is to use %list_index% as the first variable in the File name pattern. So I used %list_index% %title% as my pattern so the file names in my target folder came out with a sequence number and song title in the order they are

Re: [slim] Replaygain - Check My Thinking

2020-09-28 Thread w3wilkes
@garym, Thanks for confirming my replaygain approach! On the Foobar2000 question I think I'll go get an id on their forum so I can post the question over there. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.4 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.3

[slim] Replaygain - Check My Thinking

2020-09-28 Thread w3wilkes
Two questions... I have a playlist of about 80 songs that I've now put on a CD ISO in MP3. The tracks all had track and album gain tags. The CD player in my car doesn't know about gain tags so I used Foobar2000 to copy the tracks to a folder and then used the Foobar2000 utility to apply track

Re: [slim] Bye bye wiki?

2020-09-11 Thread w3wilkes
Here's one that needs nothing added or changed and I've referred other to this in these forums. I find the wiki useful for other stuff too. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SBR_front_button_and_LED Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.4 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave

Re: [slim] Can't download 7.9.4

2020-08-27 Thread w3wilkes
What OS and anti virus are you running? Both AVG and Avast are blocking the Windows .exe downloads for 7.9.3, 7.9.4 and 8.0. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model

Re: [slim] Mini portable internet radio ?

2020-07-30 Thread w3wilkes
My Moto x4 smartphone has FM radio built in, but you must use wired headphones because that's the antenna. It also has a MicroSD card slot so I also have my entire music library on my phone too. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin

Re: [slim] LMS issue with Squeezebox Receiver (duet)

2020-07-21 Thread w3wilkes
Sounds like the power supply for the receiver is beginning to fail. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] Music Folder Offline Squeezer App

2020-06-15 Thread w3wilkes
If you are on a Windows system there's an Android app for your phone / tablet that allows you to mount an Android folder as a drive to Windows or Linux. This would allow for the use of something like SyncToy to synchronize folders between Windows and Android.

Re: [slim] Music Folder Offline Squeezer App

2020-06-15 Thread w3wilkes
I believe AFT is for MacOS or FreeBSD and makes it so you can mount a android folder as a disk drive while the phone or tablet is USB connected. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on Win10

Re: [slim] Music Folder Offline Squeezer App

2020-06-14 Thread w3wilkes
I've not seen anything that automatically syncs LMS music to an android phone. For me it's always been a manual process. I know Orange Squeeze has the ability to download music from LMS to the phone, but it's not automatic. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2

Re: [slim] Seeking advice on multi-room systems for non-techies

2020-06-08 Thread w3wilkes
RobbH wrote: > Speaking of different ways of packaging the same thing, and getting back > to my original question: I am marginally aware of other music systems > based on Raspberry Pi, like Max2Play, but have never felt a need to > investigate anything other than piCorePlayer. Should I be

Re: [slim] Change Request: Music and Artist Information Plugin

2020-06-08 Thread w3wilkes
Thank You! Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.3 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave Squeezebox Boom - "At Large" player around both home and cabin

Re: [slim] Seeking advice on multi-room systems for non-techies

2020-06-08 Thread w3wilkes
RobbH wrote: > Indeed, many albums on LP could be described similarly, with each side > being a separate and distinct work. When the medium switches to CD, or > folder full of files, or a stream from a server, the pause marking the > boundary between sides is lost. And that changes the

[slim] Change Request: Music and Artist Information Plugin

2020-06-07 Thread w3wilkes
@mherger Michael, Would it be possible to move the things in this box up to the Album so you don't have to drill into a song to see these items, at least the Album information and Local Artwork items. If Artist information is from the Artist, not Album Artist tag then Artist information should

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxes available pay shipping only

2020-03-02 Thread w3wilkes
Wondering if you got my PM? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.2 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.2 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave Headphones and car - Android phone/Bluetooth

Re: [slim] Qobuz drops price (and mp3s)

2020-02-29 Thread w3wilkes
d6jg wrote: > Something close to 90% of the population can’t hear the difference > between 320kbps mp3 and 16/44.1 FLAC leaving 10% who can. > Of the 10% only a very few can differentiate consistently above 16/44.1. > I read somewhere that unless you are a dog 24/192 is a complete waste of >

Re: [slim] Plans if Logitech pulls the plug ?

2020-01-27 Thread w3wilkes
FredFredrickson wrote: > VBulletin is free I believe. Base price on your storage is $250 USD or the cloud option starts @ $15 a month and goes up from there depending on storage requirements. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin

Re: [slim] New Logitech Squeezebox 2020 Edition

2020-01-06 Thread w3wilkes
Pretty cool dream, but I'm not holding my breath. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave Headphones and car -

Re: [slim] Music for New Year's Eve

2020-01-01 Thread w3wilkes
Blackfiction wrote: > Hi RobbH, > In the Netherlands every year a national radio station, npo radio 2, is > broadcasting the top 2000 best songs. They start on Christmas day and > they go on night and day to finish at 24.00 at new years eve. People can > vote for their favorite songs in the

Re: [slim] Compatible WLAN cards for SB3, Boom, Reciever & Transporter

2019-11-02 Thread w3wilkes
I brought a receiver back to life with this card, but I see that it's no longer available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Compex-802-11b-WLM54G-23-2-4GHz-Mini-PCI/dp/B003WQPCB6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1519334048=8-1=WLM54G+Atheros+AR2413 You can probably find it somewhere else. For how I brought

Re: [slim] Respecting the heritage!

2019-10-25 Thread w3wilkes
GRC wrote: > > Had a Duet and Controller but they really were a low spot in the line > IMHO so moved them on. > Just goes to show you how it's different strokes for different folks. I have 2 Duet receivers and 3 controllers and I think the Duets are super. Main system - Rock Solid with

Re: [slim] Secondhand market

2019-10-20 Thread w3wilkes
The PiCorePlayers are cheap and easy enough to build which should carry this platform for the foreseeable future. I find the player to be easier to configure and more reliable than a Duet receiver. On occasion the Duet receiver has just started playing loud static that I have to hit Rew and it

[slim] Community LMS?

2019-10-15 Thread w3wilkes
Will we get a official community release of LMS 7.9.2 like we have for 7.9.1? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and

Re: [slim] Back Cover Art

2019-10-15 Thread w3wilkes
The Union (Elton John & Leon Russell) came with a PDF booklet and I viewed it both in the WebUI and OrangeSqueeze. A tablet with Orange Squeeze would be way better than my phone for viewing the PDF. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin

Re: [slim] Back Cover Art

2019-10-14 Thread w3wilkes
That setting was enabled. I tried it with that setting Disable and here's the result, but the "M" is still there. That did eliminate some other buttons though. +---+ |Filename: Other M.png

Re: [slim] Back Cover Art

2019-10-13 Thread w3wilkes
FYI- This plugin also adds the same "Local Artwork" item to the list of things for an album in Orange Squeeze to look at all the local artwork I've stored in the album folder. Dang, now I have to think about scanning any booklets or whatever came with a disc so I can have it available on the

Re: [slim] Back Cover Art

2019-10-13 Thread w3wilkes
Installed and it's not quite as straight forward as it sounded. I had to select the "M" item in the list (circled in red) and then I got the "Local Artwork" item which calls up small images of what's in the current folder. An image can be clicked to bring up a nice sized picture of the image

[slim] Back Cover Art

2019-10-13 Thread w3wilkes
On all my new rips I've been including both the front cover "Folder.jpg" and the back cover as "Rear.jpg" in my album folders. Also as time permits I've been adding rear cover art to the rest of my album folders. Is there any possibility of adding a feature to the LMS WebUI that when I click on

Re: [slim] How do you backup playlists?

2019-09-23 Thread w3wilkes
mandryka wrote: > This is what happened to me. Can you explain how to use relative music > file locations in playlists? Let's take an example and assume "D:\Music" is your root music folder and you have a structure under this that's something like "D:\Music\[Artist]\[Album]\[Songs]". For

Re: [slim] How do you backup playlists?

2019-09-21 Thread w3wilkes
This may sound like heresy to some of the SB folks, but I have all my playlists in my root SB music folder. I've found this works very well as long as you use relative file locations rather than absolute file locations in the playlists. This also allows me to move my entire music library between

Re: [slim] EAC question

2019-08-29 Thread w3wilkes
Do you mean RIP a CD? Reading the CD and creating some type output file (MP3, FLAC, WAV, Etc) is a RIP. Burning a CD is taking files on your computer and writing them to a CD. Once you've RIP'd a CD, you can verify the tags using something like MP3Tag to ensure the tags meet your needs (Album

Re: [slim] Woodstock revisited on WXPN Philadelphia beginning Thursday 8/15 at 5:07pm

2019-08-15 Thread w3wilkes
radish112 wrote: > Even in the privacy of your own home, I'd stay away from the "brown > acid" :) Stick with the Window Pane or Orange Barrel and you should be fine. ;) Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS

Re: [slim] Delete Genres

2019-08-12 Thread w3wilkes
mherger wrote: > You can consider it a bug that you'd now get two genres, but not > the correct list. I fully agree about GIGO. The only part that I would see as a bug is when the tracks that created "Pop" and "pop" genres all get bucketed under just one of these. The songs should be

Re: [slim] Pitastic

2019-07-22 Thread w3wilkes
cliveb wrote: > It's a bit like choosing to go to Tesco (Walmart for our US cousins) in > a Ferrari instead of a Ford - no advantage, and you end up burning more > fuel. The Ferrari does make the journey a lot more fun and if I had the Ferrari I'd probably take the long way both to and from

Re: [slim] Player synchronisation problems with new mesh wifi

2019-07-17 Thread w3wilkes
Dumb question... With the mesh network have you tried restoring the SD card image like you did when you went back to the Airport Extreme? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

2019-06-03 Thread w3wilkes
I would say if your Android TV can access Google Play Store it should work. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] Easy way to show "last played" date for a track?

2019-05-27 Thread w3wilkes
Thanks! A quick google search found a converter for "Unix Time". Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] Easy way to show "last played" date for a track?

2019-05-27 Thread w3wilkes
You can read the "Persist" DB using SQLite Expert Personal (Free). Just curious, what is the format of the "lastPlayed" column? I see values like "1547337301" in the lastPlayed column. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread w3wilkes
I'm in a similar situation and ended up with a Onkyo DR-UN7. I had to get a converter to change the component video out to HDMI. It will not play BlueRay, only regular DVD's and CD's. The Onkyo by itself will only run the front speakers, to run the rest of a 5.1 surround would require a separate

Re: [slim] Transporter LIMITED EDITION (without Transnav knob)?

2019-03-29 Thread w3wilkes
They're legit. The knob was removed in the last Transporter iteration. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] You know those songs that never seem to end...

2019-03-14 Thread w3wilkes
Thanks Slim! That is pretty cool. "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream" Credit Escher +---+ |Filename: Reptiles.jpg | |Download:

Re: [slim] Linux

2019-03-14 Thread w3wilkes
It should run Win10 about the same as it runs 7. Either way I'd upgrade your RAM to 8GB. The biggest and most notable speed improvement I've seen is going to a SSD system drive, it's like night and day difference. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

2019-03-10 Thread w3wilkes
On the SSD finite read/write cycles... Most vendors now build their laptops with SSD main drives. I would think that if this were a real world concern SSD's wouldn't be the current preferred device type for laptops. I would think a music library on a SSD would have substantially less I/O

Re: [slim] Is it time to abandon my Squeezebox Classics?

2019-03-06 Thread w3wilkes
This case is the best I've found for Pi with touch screen https://www.adafruit.com/product/3187 If you do a DAC card you can get a back cover https://www.amazon.com/SmartiPi-Touch-back-HAT-cover/dp/B072M1YSQD/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8=1519310569=8-2=smartipi+touch Main system - Rock Solid with LMS

Re: [slim] Linux

2019-02-21 Thread w3wilkes
Do you mean... Will a Linux install overwrite your docs, excel, jpg's, etc. Like a Windows from scratch install typically formats the drive erasing everything. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1

Re: [slim] Another yesr

2019-01-31 Thread w3wilkes
I believe that if Logitech built full LMS control for Google Play and Alexa with an easier to configure Duet receiver they could be right back in the game. And oh ya, some marketing that knew what they had would also help. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets

Re: [slim] How to organise Poweramp like Squeezebox

2019-01-18 Thread w3wilkes
I would guess that if your RoomAmp has either digital or analog audio inputs you should be able to use it with a SB player. Just plug the the SB output into the RoomAmp input with speakers connected to the RoomAmp outputs. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets

Re: [slim] Naxos Music Library

2018-12-30 Thread w3wilkes
I wonder if the WaveInput plugin would work for this? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/WaveInput_plugin Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+

Re: [slim] How to organise Poweramp like Squeezebox

2018-12-25 Thread w3wilkes
I know this thread is over 2 years old, but I use PowerAmp on my phone. It has been updated to V3, requires at least Android 5. It does have both Folder Hierarchy and just Folder methods to view your library. For an android phone app I'm impressed with how much functionality PowerAmp has. It

Re: [slim] ickStream problems today

2018-12-22 Thread w3wilkes
I don't know if @erland spends time here anymore. You could PM him, he's one of the ickstream people. Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+

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

2018-10-25 Thread w3wilkes
What system are you trying to run UDAP on. If a Windows system just use the .exe file. The Windows .exe file of Net::UDAP is self contained file with all the Pearl stuff integrated. When you run Net::UDAP the receiver needs to be ethernet cable attached to your router and then put into factory

Re: [slim] Can't Play Digital Music Purchases! Help?

2018-10-24 Thread w3wilkes
Matt Hooper wrote: > > If it helps: I just looked at the flac files, played one song in itunes > and it played fine, with a small album image. > I was not aware that iTunes could play flac files. How was that accomplished? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2

Re: [slim] HiFiBerry Amp2 + piCorePlayer pCP4.0.0 sounds amazing!

2018-10-09 Thread w3wilkes
I presume you don't include the cost of the speakers in your "total cost is less than $150" or you need to tell us where you acquired the speakers. ;-) Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on

Re: [slim] Stuff for sale

2018-09-21 Thread w3wilkes
And why? Main system - Rock Solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on WHS 2011 - 2 Duets and Squeeseslave Cabin system - Rock solid with LMS 7.9.1 Official on Win10 Pro - 1 RPi 3 Model B/Hifiberry DAC+ Pro/PiCorePlayer and Squeezeslave

Re: [slim] What are your long-term SqueezeBox solutions?

2018-09-07 Thread w3wilkes
TomAmes wrote: > Preference for convenience over audio quality is a trend that I have > found disheartening. Unless I am in the immediate area my wife prefers > to listen to the Echo in the kitchen rather than the SB Boom. My adult > daughter, her husband and all of their friends are satisfied

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2018-08-13 Thread w3wilkes
One of the things I look for is bands that are capable of doing whole albums like "Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit". I know we had the "one hit wonders" like "J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers", but the one hit wonders don't seem to have that formula for longevity that we saw in the 60's. Main

Re: [slim] Music Noise Artifacts

2018-08-08 Thread w3wilkes
Mnyb wrote: > SB2/3 and transporter can do this , sometimes rebooting helps sometimes > a xilinks reset or factory reset does it. I've had my Duet receiver do the buzz thing too. I can just hit the backup or skip arrow on the controller and it will quit buzzing and start playing again. Main

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