Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-07-31 Thread chamonix
If you can replace the capacitors, you will revive your SB3s. That has been my experience I had a member on this forum, recover two of my SB3s (bought direct from Slim Designs in 2006) that were constantly re-booting. He replaced the Caps on both and they immediately worked perfectly. The

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-29 Thread philippe_44
pablolie wrote: > The connection the mysqueezebox doomed ecosystem is an evil that needs > to be eradicated from the any LMS connected device. > > I am not even sure if I deleted or still included the mysqueezebox > account, but if I do it is by accident. My LMS just plays local music or >

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread Michael Herger
Wouldn't the access stats of repos.squeezecommunity.org give an even better indication, as LMS checks with it even with --nomysqueezebox? It actually only checks that if that parameter is set. I'd have to do both counts... But good point! I need to keep this in mind. It also gives me an idea

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread Roland0
mherger wrote: > > Ok, with --nomysqueezebox not even update checks would reach out to > mysb.com, but LMS would without it, but no credentials set. The update > check is what gives me a rough number of installations out there. > Otherwise I have no means to know how many there are Wouldn't

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread kidstypike
mherger wrote: > >>> What's the difference between running (*a*) LMS with the > >>> ---nomysqueezebox.com- parameter, or (*b*) LMS with > mysqueezebox.com, > >>> but not using mysb.com? > >> > >> Now that's actually a very good question :-)... does it still do > update > >> checks with

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread Michael Herger
What's the difference between running (*a*) LMS with the ---nomysqueezebox.com- parameter, or (*b*) LMS with mysqueezebox.com, but not using mysb.com? Now that's actually a very good question :-)... does it still do update checks with --nomysqueezebox? Plugins? LMS nightlies? Yes of course, I

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread edwin2006
+1 @JoeMuc2009 I'm on the same page. For MySqueezebox.com. If it has a meaning i will login but at the moment i'm not using it at all. Not logged in via LMS but also at the same time not using the --nomysqueezebox option. *SqueezeBoxes:* 1x Transporter (Living room) 1x SB2 (shed), 1x Radio

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread kidstypike
mherger wrote: > > > > What's the difference between running (*a*) LMS with the > > ---nomysqueezebox.com- parameter, or (*b*) LMS with mysqueezebox.com, > > but not using mysb.com? > > Now that's actually a very good question :-)... does it still do update > checks with --nomysqueezebox? >

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread Michael Herger
I prefer to run LMS with the ---nomysqueezebox.com -parameter, have done so for years. Now we're being told not to do this. I have absolutely no use for mysb.com. But for this forum and the build system pushing out nightlies. What's the difference between running (*a*) LMS with the

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread slartibartfast
kidstypike wrote: > > > Does it make any difference to the numbers of units Logitech are seeing? > :confused: >From Michaels posts about this it seems it does make a difference. Even if you use it for nothing else it can do artwork resizing for you.[emoji3] Sent from my SM-G900F using

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread JoeMuc2009
Any Squeezebox device is worth keeping. They are pretty reliable in comparison to other gadgets nowadays. Might not be quite so true for some of them, the Radio for instance, but in general, the construction of SBs is solid. Michael is doing a superb job in keeping the platform up and running.

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-25 Thread kidstypike
I prefer to run LMS with the ---nomysqueezebox.com -parameter, have done so for years. Now we're being told not to do this. I have absolutely no use for mysb.com. What's the difference between running (*a*) LMS with the ---nomysqueezebox.com- parameter, or (*b*) LMS with mysqueezebox.com, but

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread erland
pablolie wrote: > The connection the mysqueezebox doomed ecosystem is an evil that needs > to be eradicated from the any LMS connected device. > > I am not even sure if I deleted or still included the mysqueezebox > account, but if I do it is by accident. My LMS just plays local music or >

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread pablolie
doctor_big wrote: > Hey there, > > Wondering if Michael might have some way of counting how many devices > are currently being used? > > Perhaps an estimate of how many devices currently connect to > mysqueezebox.com? > > Just curious. > > Sent from my SM-G955W using Tapatalk The

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread jp14
mherger wrote: > > Looking at it a different way - do you know how many Logitech sold? > > No. > > -- > > Michael Michael - I've always been curious about this - why are you still working on this project? I don't mean that in a negative way - what I'm wondering is if Logitech killed off

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread edwin2006
You're so right. I've got one license but 7 squeezeboxes. Some original hardware and some pcp based. *SqueezeBoxes:* 1x Transporter (Living room) 1x SB2 (shed), 1x Radio (Kitchen), 1x Boom (Dining room), 1x piCorePlayer (jacuzzi), 1x piCorePlayer (Garden) 1x OSMC + Squeezelite (Movie room),

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread pippin
edwin2006 wrote: > Well there is a sort of way by looking how many people are using apps > like squeeze cntrl, ipeng and Squeezelite-X. > Not sure if they are willing to share numbers. I can't reliably say that. A few 10k monthly active users from what I can see, but for example I know it's

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread Michael Herger
Looking at it a different way - do you know how many Logitech sold? No. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread d6jg
mherger wrote: > > Wondering if Michael might have some way of counting how many devices > > are currently being used? > > There's no reliable way to do so, unfortunately. I know it must be > hundreds of thousands. But that's a large span :-). > > -- > > Michael Looking at it a different

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread bpa
Sourceforge has been the preferred location for 3rd party repo even though it has access issues, it provides down statistics For example, The number of downloads of BBCiPlayer plugin (and timeline) indicates "active" users

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread ralphy
Greg shared some 'Squeezelite-X download stats' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?108550-Announce-Squeezelite-X=943686=1#post943686) recently. I'll see if I can get something similiar for my client builds downloads. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *1*-UE Radio

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-24 Thread edwin2006
Well there is a sort of way by looking how many people are using apps like squeeze cntrl, ipeng and Squeezelite-X. Not sure if they are willing to share numbers. *SqueezeBoxes:* 1x Transporter (Living room) 1x SB2 (shed), 1x Radio (Kitchen), 1x Boom (Dining room), 1x piCorePlayer (jacuzzi),

Re: [slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-23 Thread Michael Herger
Wondering if Michael might have some way of counting how many devices are currently being used? There's no reliable way to do so, unfortunately. I know it must be hundreds of thousands. But that's a large span :-). -- Michael ___ discuss mailing

[slim] How Many Squeezeboxes still in use?

2019-06-23 Thread doctor_big
Hey there, Wondering if Michael might have some way of counting how many devices are currently being used? Perhaps an estimate of how many devices currently connect to mysqueezebox.com? Just curious. Sent from my SM-G955W using Tapatalk