Just to clarify for David (and apologies if you know this), you need an
Ethernet cable for (a) and (b). The same cable should fit both
applications. The wired SB3 comes with a 10 foot cable in the box. Cat
5e and Cat 6 is a reference to the type/quality of cable used and will
possibly be
-None-
tf8252 wrote:
Your instructions mention that ver 2.x install process is slightly
different. Reading throug your tutorial, I'm at the part where I'm
changing the ROOT password, but have not been instructed to install
OpenLink to enable Telnet access.
Other threads have mentioned that
I use boxbackup to continuously sync my music (and anything I want to
back up), to a disc I've installed remotely at a friends house over
ADSL.
http://boxbackup.hostworks.ca
This is a secure solution in that the connection is encrypted with SSL
and authenticated with certificates, is totally
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Originally Posted by davidcotton
That reminds me. What type of cable would I need to
a)link a wired squeezebox3 to a qnap? I know fifer mentions ethernet
but is that all I have to ask for when I go into somewhere like pcworld
or order it online?
As I understand it. You need ethernet
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 08:32:57AM -0800, panter wrote:
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
However, the equipment seems to be harder to find..
That is correct but still no reason for Slim Dev not to implemend
hardware support.
There are a lot of 802.11a users. :-)
An extra $5-10/unit in hardware
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... so nothing to interrupt the sound...except for EMI.
Yes, I have some dodgy recordings by EMI too
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ultra238a Wrote:
TS-101 = 266Mhz CPU, 64Mb RAM, 1x Internal sATA Drive
TS-401T = 800Mhz CPU, 256Mb RAM, 4x Internal Hot Swap sATA Drive
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Hi Paul,
I am currently running SlimServer on a fairly powerful dedicated
windows machine. I only use WMA
Hi Andrew,
It all depends on a number of issues I guess.
How many music files do you have in your collection?
Do you plan to get any more Squeezeboxes?
I personally have just over 10k music files on my TS-101 with a mixture
of MP3 192VBR and FLAC files. Plus I run currently 5x Squeezeboxes (a
ultra238a Wrote:
Hi Andrew,
It all depends on a number of issues I guess.
How many music files do you have in your collection?
Do you plan to get any more Squeezeboxes?
I personally have just over 10k music files on my TS-101 with a mixture
of MP3 192VBR and FLAC files. Plus I run
I have been experiencing the same problem. I've upgraded to sox 12.17.9
and still have the same problem (with or without the -x). Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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thanks for that link, it did shed some light.
It might a bug that has crept back into 6.2.2 as it was definitely OK
in 6.2.1.
Maybe I'll downgrade..
Although didn't i need 6.2.2 for Pandora
Oh well.
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I use a mac mini running headlessly and wired straight to the
squeezebox. Have about 350 albums ripped at 320 mp3 (80%) and flac
(20%). Takes about 45gb of the 80gb disc iirc, so depending on what
format you use, it should be enough space, but you can always expand if
you need to. I didn't rip on
I'm only using one SB2 at the moment, but the remote response using the
Qnap is indistinguishable from that of my PC set-up. Both are virtually
instantaneous. I might set up my SB1 at the weekend and try both running
together.
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Yes, I have some dodgy recordings by EMI too
'Better than Sony though.'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22115)
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Thanks, but I am none the wiser to which Linkstation is PPC and which is
MIPS, and what processor each has. I was looking at the HD-H250LAN, but
I cant seem to find any info that tells me. Am I looking at the wrong
thing?
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Hi -- thank you for your response.
1. When I first set up the SB, I told it to use Laptop A. Now I have
decided that I no longer want to use Laptop A to connect to the SB, I
want to use Laptop B, as it is the one with my music library on it.
Laptop B is the machine that I want to connect with ,
AFAIK originally Linkstation were all PPC both the HD and HG models.
The HG have a Gigabit ethernet interface.
The HD models were updated (Linkstation II) and now use the MIPS
processor.
So if the HD model is brand new it is likely to be MIPS.
You should look at the following site abotu the
Thanks very much BPA.
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It appears that the automatic, scheduled, rescan is an update rescan,
not a start from scratch rescan.
Is there a good reason for this? I would prefer a clean rescan over
night - unless there is some loss impled by that which I'm not seeing.
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OK, I've just MIP Server up and running (following your instructions
FairyLiquidizer - thanks!).
One question: HOw do I get the server or slim to obey settings I have
in MusicMixer, such as don't include songs which aren't enabled in
mixes.
THe mixes I'm getting include tracks from my library I
The problem is persisting. I left the SB connected to SN overnight (was
poking through the environmental sounds, hoping to find a harbor with
foghorns. No luck.)
This morning, I got up, and used the remote to connect the SB to a
Live365 stream. Now I'd like to change channels with the computer,
Have you changed your SB's MAC address? Did you use the same PIN it's
currently displaying?
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In the SS web ui, go to Settings, MusicMagic. The top option is
something like Choose to give each player access to the musicmagic mix
settings before generating a mix.
Set this to Yes.
Remove any player chosen settings in the boxes below (as they override
the server settings and remain,
Mark Lanctot Wrote:
-And now for something completely different!-
I got an exercise bike today. It's described as a magnetic exercise
bike. I suppose this means the resistance is provided by a magnet
acting on a ferrous disc attached to the pedals but I couldn't locate
any technical
Do either of the bikes in question have electronic speed displays? If
so, has anyone tried removing the battery?
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Do either of the bikes in question have electronic speed displays? If
so, has anyone tried removing the battery?
Good idea, mine has a simple one - but I believe all the displays do is
count the pulses generated by (I would imagine) a Hall Effect sensor as
the wheel spins.
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This question is mainly related to the Nokia 770 web interface, but it
may also relate to the main interface. How does the interface decide
which player to select in the dropdown list? Mine seems to always
default to my Squeezebox3, regardless of the fact that it's not on, my
Squeezebox2 is
I guess the issue may not be solved as I had hoped. I will keep looking
into it.
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I notice that foobar2000 0.9 went final yesterday.
I understand it's very different from 0.8.3. How do people find it at
doing SlimServer-related tasks, i.e.:
- encoding FLAC to MP3?
- encoding one bitrate MP3 to another (for use in portable players)?
I could never get my 0.8.3 to export
Looks as though you need to configure the SB again.
Press and hold the Power key until you get the setup screen.
Go through the setup procedure. You don't have to enter most of the
information again, just pressing the Right button will move through the
steps.
Do this until you get the
Currently the best way to fix the relevant SB is to use its MAC address
as part of the Web page address.
For instance, my main SB is bookmarked by
http://localhost:9000/index.html?player=00:04:20:05:aa:a2
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I am running the server as a windows xp service. Is there any way for
me to specify initial debug options which will be in force each time it
starts?
The service manager won't let me set persistent parameters.
It would be better yet if the parameters survived a server install.
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max.spicer Wrote:
Why doesn't the web interface use a cookie to store which player was
controlled and then go back to that if it's not overridden by an url
variable?
Damned good question.
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By the way, this thread should probably be moved to the
SqueezeNetwork forum.
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Hi Paul,
Seriously thinking of getting a qnap now. Do you have these in stock
atm? Also whats the url to your website to order from? Is it
www.multitask-computing.co.uk? One last thing, is it possible to have
it delivered to a separate address from the billing address? IE if I
went ahead I
I am running SoftSqueeze at work and connecting to my SlimServer at home
via SSH. All has worked pretty well until recently.
Now when I launch SoftSqueeze, I get the usual warnings about
connecting to a private network, but at the point where the connection
succeeds, the screen on the SoftSqueeze
FWIW, I work on 3CDs per GB for FLAC (Apple lossless should be about the
same), so 80GB should hold about 240 CDs.
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hickinbottoms Wrote:
I use boxbackup to continuously sync my music (and anything I want to
back up), to a disc I've installed remotely at a friends house over
ADSL.
...
It's saved my bacon in the past.
Although I know a lot of people are doing automated syncs using any
number of
also allow around 13-15gb for all the stuff that comes installed...
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JJZolx wrote:
hickinbottoms Wrote:
I use boxbackup to continuously sync my music (and anything I want to
back up), to a disc I've installed remotely at a friends house over
ADSL.
...
It's saved my bacon in the past.
Although I know a lot of people are doing automated syncs using any
GS Player works well thanks.
Java is available on the PPC - there's a few options, but I think
you're right - by the time you have Java and Softsqueeze running, the
PPC will die...
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rsnapshot, previously mentioned by me and a few others in this thread,
is a nice packaged implementation of just what Jack described in the
previous post. It uses rsync together with hardlinking to be able to
store multiple snapshots of whatever it is you want to backup with only
a delta more HD
Using XXCopy ... (WIN32)
set source=\\htpc\d\media\music\
set dest=g:\backups\music\
xxcopy %source% %dest% /bb /s /oNxxcopylog.txt
Only copies new files to the backup. Any changed files get ignored.
If I know a file has changed, I delete it from the destination
beforehand.
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Aaargh, it's worse than I thought. I've just spent 10 seconds in the
source and it appears that if there isn't a player specified in the
url, the server picks a RANDOM player. Why would you want to do this?
It means that not only do you not get the one you used last, you don't
even get a
max.spicer Wrote:
Aaargh, it's worse than I thought. I've just spent 10 seconds in the
source and it appears that if there isn't a player specified in the
url, the server picks a RANDOM player. Why would you want to do this?
It means that not only do you not get the one you used last, you
Im not the most technical person on here by any stretch of the
imagination, but I thought i'd post this up to (hopefully) save some
people the time and pain I went through.
Ive had my squeezebox for sometime now and mostly been happy, but i was
getting plagued by drop outs and what seemed to be
Late post but I can highly recommend the Thompson Speedtouch 580
Wireless ADSL router. I have used (and supported for friends and
family) various Belkin, Netgear linksys routers, all have utimately
failed or been buggey.
Have installed 5 Thompson Speedtouch 580 routers in a number of
business
Michaelwagner Wrote:
You must be single. :-)
Or maybe I just have a forgiving wife ...
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Okay, I'm taking this thread over to the SqueezeNetwork forum.
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DG824G / FW V3.01.29 / WPA-PSK / 63 character key / 802.11g / 54Mps /
Broadcast of Name Disabled / Defined LAN IP for the Squeezebox
paired with
Squeezebox 3 / FW 35 / 6.2.2
works perfectly.
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I'm running a large convertion task with 0.8.3 so i'll wait till it's
done before updating to 0.9.
But looking at the changelog is interesting, especially Improved audio
CD support, with simple secure ripping functionality. I don't know how
secure this is or how it compairs to EAC.
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I checked the config on another pc running softsqueeze.
On the Neworking tab instead of localhost, I had [localhost].
I don't know why...
I wouldn't think it would even matter (but then again, I'm not even
sure how I set this up to begin with) since I'm connecting via SSH, but
as soon as I
Multi Task Computing is a reseller, i know they do allow you to ship to
an address other than your billing address as i've used them before.
Progressive Computings retail website is www.cooltopia.com
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Good advice - my Zero Config continuously fights for control over my
Intel Network Connector.
When I go in to one, I find the other has taken control.
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Never had a problem with exporting tags, but have noticed a couple of
things; Firstly, i miss the 'Show file info' menu, i found editing tags
much easier with 0.8.3, even though you can do a bit more with 0.9.
Also, the Libary/Album list is a far to fussy for my liking; Even if
two files/tags
Sorry if I'm hijacking this thread, but I did a search of forum topics
and hadn't seen anyone mention RadioIO lately. I've been having
problems with it on my SB2. Running via SN, the RadioIO Eclectic, 70s,
and Rock stations all seem to be having intermittent dropout problems
(by that I mean, the
Just saw a program that can do this:
'Online Radio Tuner' (http://tinyurl.com/loohe)
It's in beta, but one of its features is:
Record what you hear as MP3's.
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hi peoples
I am still looking for the ideal server for my SB3
I like the idea of a cheap RAID system now, previously looking at
Kurobox, or Linkstation
the Thecus 2100 has got my eye now
anyone have any experience with this, and would it be able to run
slimserver independently
thanks, jeremyo
Worked like a charm! So . . . when fresh out of the box, SB needs to be
told where to look to find the Slimserver. If you want to change to
another server, you have to do the hold down the power button to enter
the config menu thing. On-the-fly switching would be nice, as a
wishlist item.
Thank
Ah - I see what you were thinking.
Keep in mind SlimServer and SqueezeNetwork are two different things.
When you are connected to one, the other one won't see your player.
This is normal behavior. The SB can't handle being connected to two
servers at the same time.
Slim's intention is to
I've noticed the same thing, and also with Pandora, so the problem might
actually reside with SqueezeNetwork. I wouldn't be surprised if they
are having bandwidth hiccups from increasing server demand (especially
since bringing Pandora on board).
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squeezebox2 (with elpac linear
Does this work for stations that stream through real player?
I'm having a devil of a time trying to get the stream from
http://wntk.com (click on Live Radio icon on RH side) to play on SN
or Radio tune in on SS.
When I click on the link on the home page, it opens real player, and
none of the
I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure SqueezeNetwork doesn't actually
stream anything to you, it just handles control and display, the audio
comes directly from the provider.
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This should be added to the new page on wireless networks in the wiki.
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I lost all of my music files in a major screwup, so now I'm ripping
again. I was trying to update my backup HD using SyncToy. I don't
know what went wrong, but I ended up with an empty folder on one hard
drive and one that was all but useless on the other. Files were so
messed up (Etta James
Kyle Wrote:
I lost all of my music files in a major screwup, so now I'm ripping
again. I was trying to update my backup HD using SyncToy. I don't
know what went wrong, but I ended up with an empty folder on one hard
drive and one that was all but useless on the other. Files were so
Total bummer! I really like http://www.smsync.com/ . It does cost
money but it is the best I have seen.
Dan
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I've been having the same problem lately, too -- last four or five days.
No problem over SlimServer, strictly a SqueezeNetwork problem. (Other
streams unaffected.) I started a thread on the SN forum.
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