Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-27 Thread nyceyes
Hi Again Friends: :) Since my last post earlier in the thread, I noticed now that station KPOJ doesn't play on my SB Touch either, when I attempt to start that stream using my display remote as opposed to starting it via the touch screen (which does work). I can and do start/play other

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-20 Thread Mnyb
pongagt;664379 Wrote: I know what you mean and i wonder why KPOJ would limit its audience like that. You think they could collect more advertising revenue with a larger audience. It's too bad because i listened to them quite a bit. If that spreads the Boom will be useless unless you want to

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-20 Thread toby10
pongagt;664379 Wrote: I know what you mean and i wonder why KPOJ would limit its audience like that. You think they could collect more advertising revenue with a larger audience. It's too bad because i listened to them quite a bit. If that spreads the Boom will be useless unless you want to

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-20 Thread Mnyb
This was one of the factors considered when they developed Touch and Radio . Much more flexible OS and cpu it can be made to support more codecs etc . Old players is not very powerful and they are already 100% utilised no more room for anything . So it was clearly time for a new player for the

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-20 Thread garym
pongagt;664378 Wrote: I would prefer to use my Boom being located in a more central location in my apartment but i really don't want to run a computer all the time i want to listen to streaming. I gave up on listening to over the air radio. I may have to look for the Radio even though i love

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-20 Thread Mnyb
Don't accidentally mix cables from left and right channel thats all. output is a bridge of some kind, nieter + or - is connected directly to ground or probably, gnd is somewhere in the middle of the amp circuit ? other amps with - at gnd plane for both channels migth tolerate that you switch -

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-19 Thread toby10
pongagt;664155 Wrote: I used to listen to KPOJ all the time until about 2 weeks ago. Why would I want to have a computer and the squeezebox running to listen to a stream when I can hear the stream from just the computer. I don't want to run my computer all the time so i will have to go

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-19 Thread pongagt
garym;664172 Wrote: In my case because most of my listening at home is in places around the house that are NOT near the computer (bedroom, porch, living room, kitchen, etc.). so simply listening in front of the computer would be very limiting. p.s. you could also pick up a TOUCH or

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-19 Thread pongagt
toby10;664238 Wrote: Keep in mind it is the station at fault here, not your SB player. Your SB player plays all the same formats today that it played the day you purchased it (possibly more). KPOJ changed it's streaming format, also KPOJ is not making itself available to some of the most

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-18 Thread pongagt
I used to listen to KPOJ all the time until about 2 weeks ago. Why would I want to have a computer and the squeezebox running to listen to a stream when I can hear the stream from just the computer. I don't want to run my computer all the time so i will have to go without KPOJ unless they resume

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-18 Thread garym
pongagt;664155 Wrote: Why would I want to have a computer and the squeezebox running to listen to a stream when I can hear the stream from just the computer. In my case because most of my listening at home is in places around the house that are NOT near the computer (bedroom, porch, living

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-17 Thread toby10
That is an AAC format stream. Touch can play AAC natively connected to MySB.com, Duet cannot do this. If you connect Duet to SBS on your computer it will play because SBS will transcode AAC to MP3/WMA so the Duet can play it. -- toby10

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-17 Thread bpa
toby10;663803 Wrote: That is an AAC format stream. Touch can play AAC natively connected to MySB.com, Duet cannot do this. If you connect Duet to SBS on your computer it will play because SBS will transcode AAC to MP3/WMA so the Duet can play it. SBS will transcode AAC to MP3 or Flac not

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-17 Thread nyceyes
Thank you Toby10 and BPA. That's what I was afraid of and needed to confirm. No SqueezeBox Server for me. :) I don't like to keep a PC on (or have to think to turn one on when listening. Plus it saves me/us energy... it all adds up :-)). (Side note: Perhaps when the monthly cost of a cloud

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-17 Thread Antilope
Here's another link to the KPOJ stream, but I don't know what format it is using. KPOJ AM Portland http://kpoj-am.akacast.akamaistream.net/7/164/20052/v1/auth.akacast.akamaistream.net/kpoj-am -- Antilope Antilope's

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-17 Thread nyceyes
Thank you Antilope. I just tried that one and it doesn't work either (though I didn't sniff the traffic to see the format type). I'll keep searching. :) Probably if the originating stream source of KPOJ is AAC, and there is no publicly available transcoded version of it into a DUET compatible

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-16 Thread nyceyes
Hello Friends: I need to jump in here. :) About two weeks ago the station, KPOJ (AM 620), stopped being able to stream to my SqueezeBox DUET. (Note: I do not use Squeeze Box Server). So I deleted the KPOJ FAVORITE, then re-added it using the remote. It did not resolve the issue (specifically

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-11 Thread SaharaCez
UPDATE: After a few days, I'm sorry to report that the method I described above proved unstable (intermittent connectivity, constant rebuffering), and finally stopped working altogether after two days. Next step for me: I'll either pick up a newer model Squeezebox, or simply connect my Android

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-11 Thread Antilope
The links are still working on my 2 Squeezebox radios. -- Antilope Antilope's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50257 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90731

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-07 Thread audiophile
Antilope's method doesn't work for me. The strange thing is using both my original link and the modified Antilope link the song name and album art from the radio station show up but no audio. -- audiophile audiophile's

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-07 Thread SaharaCez
I finally found a working method: (1) I made sure my Boom was linked to SqueezeBox Server (=Logitech Media Server) on my PC. (instead of MySqueezeBox.com, as I used to have it) (2) On the Boom from its root menu, I *manually* initiated a search for KFI by actually entering in the characters K F

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-06 Thread rocano
Thank you Antilope, I'm listening to my stuff again. I right clicked on the URLs that you provided and did a Copy Link Location and then Pasted directly into the Ass Favorite URL entry box. I then looked up the id# from the Clear Channel station that was not working from the favorites list below

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-06 Thread Antilope
Also I found that it is case sensitive. At first I accidently entered a capital S in the station ID string and it didn't work. As soon as I corrected it to a small s it worked. -- Antilope Antilope's Profile:

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-06 Thread Dylanc421
I also lost the ability to listen to kfi among many other clear channel stations. I also listen daily to WJNO in Florida. Can someone tell where/how I can find these new addresses to place into mysqueezebox to resume hearing this station. Is there a list of clear channel using this new aac format

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-06 Thread Jack Martling
Greetings, I tried Antilope's method, but still cannot connect to kfi 640 am without using SB server on my computer. I have a squeezebox boom which I read that being an older player will not play aac format without using SB server. Does this method work only with the newer squeezebox? Any

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-06 Thread toby10
Jack Martling;661672 Wrote: Greetings, I tried Antilope's method, but still cannot connect to kfi 640 am without using SB server on my computer. I have a squeezebox boom which I read that being an older player will not play aac format without using SB server. Does this method work only with

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-05 Thread golson
We have also lost the ability to play Clear Channel stations on our Touch. Up until ~ two days ago, everything was fine. Now, upon selecting a station with the Tunein app, the station info displays and the Touch goes through a 'Connecting' cycle. The cycle always ends with a three-line error

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-05 Thread rocano
Same here on 1 of 2 squeezebox radios, one seems OK and the other will not play clear channel stations, KKGN-San Francisco KPOJ-Portland to name a few. Tried deleting the problem radio from mysqueezebox.com account, restoring to factory setting and then adding back the radio to my account with no

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-05 Thread toby10
My local Clear Channel playing fine for me on Touch Radio at 32k AAC. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [slim] clear channel radio station not playing again

2011-10-05 Thread Antilope
My Squeezebox radio quit receiveing KFI Am, KSTE AM and KNEW AM on Monday. After reading the suggestion from JimPT in another thread (GENERAL DISCUSSION - KFI 640 AM Los Angeles) , I was able to get all three stations working with the method below. My Squeezebox radio receives them standalone