The other issue I see with not using iTunes to manage things is having
to manually rename files and such.
So right now what happens is that I get an MP3 from somewhere, like
Amazon. I just import it into iTunes. iTunes does the right thing -
it puts it in a consistent directory structure and
Milhouse;326973 Wrote:
There does seem to be a much reduced level of interest from
developers/support staff where Controller/network issues are concerned
- we don't even get suggestions as to what logs could be gathered which
may help pinpoint the issue, in fact we get pretty much nothing at
Hi,
Just wanted to tell you that I did went back to my supplier and they
gave me a new SB3, no questions asked really. Good experience!
(Wifisound in The Netherlands.)
No power supply issues anymore. Optical out is still flaky, but it
might be my cable. Planning to use the coaxial out.
Sorry
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No, at least you and I agree on silent. That is why my music server is
in the basement next to the furnace and A/C
The idea that the music server needs to be anywhere near the
SqueezeBox,
Transporter or Duet is missing the point.
Oh man I'd love to put some
Okay, so when this SlimBoom finally hits the market Logitech/Slim
Devices will have shown that they can expand the market for the music
streaming devices. Now they have to move forward with some more
innovative products. I've already suggested in another thread that Slim
Devices should partner
Pétur;327333 Wrote:
the general idea was to change the SB firmware to be uPnP compliant and
have a free choice of media server. Don't know if anybody ever thought
in doing this or maybe even started it once?
The current SB firmware is not open source as far as I know.
Pétur;327333 Wrote:
Milhouse;326973 Wrote:
However the apparent lack of interest in Controller/network bugs from
Slim Devices on the forums is quite worrying - perhaps it's the
influence of Logitech. I even added to a bug in bugzilla, which has
been ignored.One of the things that's happened is that the user
With regard to the tags, I have not had much luck with cutting down the
returned data. Is it possible to get rid of everything that is not
playlist related?
No, I don't think so. The player status is what this command is about.
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I've had the same problem with my power connector. If I move the SB it
will reboot every time if I'm not real careful. I should get it
replaced but I don't want to be without the SB3 while I ship it back
and forth. I'm worried about it lasting so I really need to do
something about it. It fits
Patrick Dixon;327340 Wrote:
One of the things that's happened is that the user base has grown
significantly and these forums are a lot busier as a result. The
people who have helped in the past are probably overwhelmed with the
number of users who are looking for networking help, and having
Wow, am I the only one with this problem. I think I'm honored. :)
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Just tried, and only managed to change the title of my posting.
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Pétur;327333 Wrote:
We had a chat about this over at rockbox (where we do use perl, but
only for what it was intended for: scripting some automated stuff), and
the general idea was to change the SB firmware to be uPnP compliant and
have a free choice of media server. Don't know if anybody
It is noticeable that a good proportion of the people here reporting
Controller connectivity problems that they fail to solve are far from
being networking newbies. It is worrying when people like Milhouse, who
appears to have a good grasp of how networks work, can't get their
Controllers to
Here we go...
My new Duet turned up yesterday and I was able to give it a spin for a
couple of hours - first thing I did was check the button diagnostics
and they all work fine, yay! :) The controller arrived with 7.01
firmware (sorry, can't recall the exact revision).
Next, I tried to connect
Hi,
Here's what my setup has been until my Western Digital 500gb NetCenter
failed:
Wired ethernet Transporter to router, wired ethernet laptop to router,
wired ethernet NetCenter to router. SlimServer installed on laptop.
Worked great. 99% of the time I would use SqueezeCenter gui on the
laptop
Milhouse;327364 Wrote:
Assuming this is all reproducible (I'd be happy to send anyone a backup
copy of my troublesome routers config) then would it be too much to
expect Slim Devices to take an interest in helping resolve a problem
with what is probably the most prolific range of wireless
But it seems to me I won't be able to run the SqueezeCenter gui on a pc
other than the server .. say my laptop as before ..
Sure you can! Just open http://ip.address.of.your.server:9000
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A long winded question and a beautifully compact answer!
Thanks!
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erland;327370 Wrote:
Contact the Logitech support team via e-mail or phone, you will find the
contact information in the Support menu at the top of the
slimdevices.com web site.
If you are lucky someone from the support team will find this thread
anyway, but to be sure you should really
Hi all,
I have a problem where my Squeezebox display turns into a mess with say
70% of pixels lit up and playback stops. The remote continues to work
and I can see the Display text change but nothing plays. This happens
at random times when the system is playing. If I unplug the power for a
bit,
However the lack of interest expressed in the forums regarding
Controller/WiFi problems
I think it may be the *perceived* lack of interest.
Unlike SC where it is relatively easy for anybody to change and find
bugs. The SBC is a full Linux system and the WiFi problem is probably a
kernel
bpa;327379 Wrote:
I think it may be the *perceived* lack of interest.
Perception is everything, or so they say... :)
bpa;327379 Wrote:
Unlike SC where it is relatively easy for anybody to change and find
bugs. The SBC is a full Linux system and the WiFi problem is probably a
kernel /
I can't browse by Music Folder after the 7.1 update. Running OS X
(10.4.11) PPC, updated from SS 7.0. All other browsing methods like
Artist, Album, New Music, etc are working fine. On the SB2 menu, it
says 'Loading Music Folder ...' and then times out. On the web
interface, nothing happens when
Does anyone have any idea of when the Boom is expected to be released? I
have a friend who is itching to buy one of these.
Cheers,
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Maybe a silly question: but what's the use of the screensaver ?
Is the fluorescent display susceptible to burn-in ? Or are there other
drawbacks of keeping brightness at the maximum level ?
E.g. at default settings the brightness of the clock screensaver is set
to minimum which means it's totally
chrisla;327246 Wrote:
My nearest neighbor is 10,000 acres of redwood forrest, so the one
problem I'm pretty sure I am not having is bumping into someone else's
wifi :)
-Chris
And always change the routers default wifi channel. Changing mine
from
the mfr default ch 6 to ch 11 gave
pippin;327354 Wrote:
Bad idea. What sense does this make? The real advantage of the SBx
(apart from the sound quality) is it's ability to be remotely
controlled through SC. There's no standard for that in UPnP, would have
to go with a proprietary control point and the you can just as well
Maybe a silly question: but what's the use of the screensaver ?
Displayer more interesting/nice/funny things than the menu structure.
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menno;327391 Wrote:
Does anyone have any idea of when the Boom is expected to be released? I
have a friend who is itching to buy one of these.
Cheers,
Menno
It has not even been officially announced yet! They people in the know
are keeping quiet, they might even be rethink release dates
The display in the SB can gradually decrease in brightness afaik so best
not to have static text.
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While installing version 7.1 this occurs:
ERROR. C:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter`SqueezeTray.exe. An error
occurred while trying to copy a file: The source file is corrupted.
Click Retry to try again, Ignore to skip this file (not recommended),
or Abort to cancel installation.
I tried to
erland;327339 Wrote:
The current SB firmware is not open source as far as I know.
Correct the firmware of the players has never been open source.
There are a couple of good reasons for this. 1) It allows SD to include
support for paid services like Rhapsody 2) the Ubicom development suite
runs
@ Milhouse
Your setup with third part firmwares might not be that common, but i
think any information you can supply to SD on the issue will be useful.
Although fixing and software problems just for that scenario isn't
likely, the logs and debug information could well help correct more
The slot can handle SDHC cards too, I believe Dean has tested it with a
32GB card he managed to scrounge from somewhere.
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mherger;327400 Wrote:
Displayer more interesting/nice/funny things than the menu structure.
I should have phrased my question differently: why dim the display ?
I was indeed thinking: why would I dim the display while I can have all
sorts of information (e.g. RSS feeds) shown on the
ralphpnj;327338 Wrote:
I've already suggested in another thread that Slim Devices should
partner with one of the established audio companies, such as Sony,
Marantz, etc., and produce an A/V receiver with a built-in SqueezeBox
Receiver. SqeezeNetwork and SqueezeCenter can then be used to
Milhouse;327426 Wrote:
A very good idea - my Onkyo TX-NR905 has a built-in ethernet (cable)
based music streamer and it's *rubbish* for two reasons: 1) I need to
switch on my TV to choose tracks and 2) the UI is incredibly clunky.
If, as you suggest, it were based on Receiver + Controller
OK, I just need the mp3 file to reproduce.
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BTW, am I the only one who thinks the name 'Boom' is a bit ridiculous ?
I'd never call it like that, even not if it were a boombox kind of
thing (which it clearly is not).
I sure hope they come up with a different/decent name upon release.
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The Squeezebox Controller already has an inactive IR emitter next to the
headphone socket. I hope the function one day gets made use of, but i
have not seen or heard of any development sadly.
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ralphpnj;327430 Wrote:
I'm was also thinking that many, if not all, A/V receivers already have
some kind of built in display and therefore the display could be
modified to work in a similar manner to the SqueezeBox Classic.
Many mid to high-end (and this is what we're talking about here, not
The Squeezebox Controller already has an inactive IR emitter next to
the headphone socket. I hope the function one day gets made use of, but
i have not seen or heard of any development sadly.
Works as a SB remote emulator is accessible through
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With only a limited number of hard buttons and no touchscreen on the
Controller it becomes somewhat impractical to control anything but the
most basic device, which automatically rules out pretty much any AV amp
these days!
Really, what do you want to do? All most people
Let me start by saying that I love the duet now that I have it working.
The UI on the controller is quite snappy and I love the seamless
integration of Pandora and Slacker - no explicitly connecting to
squeezenetwork! I gave my wife a 30 sec. tour this morning and she's
off and running with it.
CardinalFang;327139 Wrote:
I'm in a newer house now, but my last was Victorian
We built ours... about 11 years ago (so a newborn compared to some
folks here). At the time, I thought I was being really smart by
installing a home run system of CAT5e. Now I wish I'd installed -two-
runs of CAT5e
A lot of people also prefer not to have bright lights on all the time
(e.g players in bedrooms).
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Milhouse;327376 Wrote:
Once I've had more time over the weekend to confirm/reproduce what I saw
last night I'll open a new bug in Bugzilla (something along the lines
that Controller/SC don't play nice with Linksys WRT54GS v2 with
after-market firmware). I'll attach relevant SBC/SC and
bobkoure;327447 Wrote:
We built ours... about 11 years ago (so a newborn compared to some folks
here). At the time, I thought I was being really smart by installing a
home run system of CAT5e. Now I wish I'd installed -two- runs of
CAT5e or better yet had future-proofed myself with conduit.
I am using SC7.2 from the testing main trunk on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. I
think I followed Bpa's instructions correctly. The plugin is installed
in the correct directory, permissions match the process launch user
(squeezecenter:nogroup) and the aacpmplayer.sh has the execute bit set.
The SC server
Edit AACplus plugin install.xml (use Wordpad if you are running Windows)
and changed the Maxversion from 7.0.+ to *. Then restart SC.
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Milhouse;327440 Wrote:
With only a limited number of hard buttons and no touchscreen on the
Controller it becomes somewhat impractical to control anything but the
most basic device, which automatically rules out pretty much any AV amp
these days!
I want to see the Controller merged with a
Pétur wrote:
Are the hardware internals of the SB also 'open'?
Some. I haven't looked in detail, but I remember: The DSP chip is
programmed and the vendor of the DSP chip does not release their support
libraries. While Sean has said he was willing to open the code Slim
wrote, it needs a $10,000
menno wrote:
Does anyone have any idea of when the Boom is expected to be released? I
have a friend who is itching to buy one of these.
Slim and Logitech has a long established policy of never talking about
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iPhone;327459 Wrote:
I want to see the Controller merged with a Harmony 1000. Larger screen
for larger artwork, easier to read lists, need for ONLY one remote for
everything! With the touch screen, we could edit playlists right on the
SBC1000 by dragging and dropping them. WiFi control with
Some of our firmware code is going to be open source in SqueezePlay,
which is a pretty close port for things like the mp3 decoder, etc.
BTW, we will be adding better UPnP support in the near future, so you
can be connected to SqueezeNetwork and still access local music on UPnP
servers. This way
Great, that did it! I guess I need to dig a bit deeper next time.
Streaming aacplus now works - Thanks! Is this plugin suppose to handle
m4a files as well? It seems like it does not since the Decoder select
boxes for File Type Apple AAC or Movie File are ghost/grey. I guess I
can still do the
I am also experiencing the issue with library scanning coming back with
all zeroes.
Platform: Vista Home Premium
Library: Network share (z:\mp3) resides on a MyBook World Edition 1TB.
Scanner.log *always* remains 0kb even though I see the scanner.exe
process running and taking a substantial
AACplus is NOT AAC.
You need to change different setting for MOV in convert.conf to handle
AAC. Look up the Wiki.
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WiFi control with total IR control, could anything really be better?
You forgot Bluetooth for the PS3 :)
iPhone;327459 Wrote:
The increased price is justified because it is now replacing two devices
as well as becoming a universal remote to replace all the other
phaedra;327010 Wrote:
It is clear people have different problems, for me SC never rescans,
there is no corrupt drive or such because a manually initiated scan
does scan the whole library without problems.
Not sure how this will be fixed as the loss of auto rescan seems to
have crept in
I certainly don't have corrupt data. Permissions on the drive are fine
as I can access the music directly using WMP or winamp or vlc or
whatever. Its just the rescan that appears to do absolutely nothing
but take up disk and CPU cycles.
If only the horsepower on the MBWE was better, I'd just
maggior;327444 Wrote:
Issue 2: Connecting to the server
=
This was a bear. And I'm not sure how I made it work. After getting
over the wireless hurdle, I set up the receiver. It shows up on the
list, the lights do their dance, and all is well. Then it
silverarrows and seedoubleyou,
I have no issues with initial scanning in Windows (XP, service pack 3
installed). I have not tried adding something to the library and then
scanning for new and updated music.
You should contact support, or if you're sure there's a bug, open a bug
report.
On my
That struck me as well. This is more of a Table Radio type of product.
Squid wrote:
BTW, am I the only one who thinks the name 'Boom' is a bit ridiculous ?
I'd never call it like that, even not if it were a boombox kind of
thing (which it clearly is not).
I sure hope they come up with a
Hi Milhouse -
I saw your other threads when I was trying to figure out what I was
doing wrong. If connecting to SN didn't work, my next step was going
to be to revert to the stock FW. Interestingly enough, it was only the
night before that I moved to dd-wrt - guess that was bad timing.
People on the list have been asking for a Boombox for years, I think
they just took the name that their public gave it.
-Chris
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That struck me as well. This is more of a Table Radio type of product.
Squid wrote:
BTW, am I
maggior;327491 Wrote:
Regardless, I think that the bug I ran into was that it couldn't deal
with your local server if you had a password set on it.
Ah I see - my apologies! :)
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No apologies necessary!! I appreciate the input.
I forgot to thank you for telling me how to skip the wizard - I'll have
to file that away for when I need it.
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This bug report looks relevant to problems with the scanner on Windows:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8939
(MP3 file causes the Scanner to crash.)
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I received my duet the day after I ordered (won) it from him. It is a
great price. They are brand new in the box and boxed very well.
If you are sure you want one and don't need the 30 guarantee that
Logitech offers, it's a great deal. I'm not sure you can find them any
cheaper.
He must have
maggior;327444 Wrote:
Issue 1: Wireless configuration
===
I followed the instructions and the setup does not follow the
documented flow. Nor is the flow intuitive. I don't broadcast my SSID
and I have WPA set up. It asked for my SSID and that was fine. But
This looks like a nice edition to the family. I'm hoping the
AudioEngine people worked on the amp/speaker design. If so, the Boom
will sound excellent.
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A) - If you just want the core functionality, then run an earlier
version of Slimserver. 5.4.1 is a good, stable one. But I'm betting
you'll miss a lot of the features and functions that have been added in
the past few years.
B) - RAM is cheap.
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Very very ineresting topic! I have thought about the same thing more
than once but never produced a thread about it!
Cheers! Boo
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Hey thanks Andy. I've raised a bug ticket (9078) and have attached a
file that pops/clicks every time on startup. I did a lot of playback
last night and discovered that the files that show the problem are only
a minority and generally ones that aren't ones I ripped/created myself.
I honestly
Hi,
I've been using my SB3 for a while now and everything was OK until now.
I needed to connect my Blu Ray player to the Internet via LAN, knowing
that SB3 can provide a wireless bridge (WB). I followed the
instructions on how to achieve that and wasn't successful. It says in a
manual that after
I guess I had better go to a nightly and hope it's fixed. Just now I
was playing some Neil Young and half way into a song the SB3 switched
to random play. That's a new one. I was pouring a cup of coffee and
started looking for ghosts in my living room. :|
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toby10;327231 Wrote:
And always change the routers default wifi channel. Changing mine from
the mfr default ch 6 to ch 11 gave me an instant 20% signal boost.
30+% on some days. :)
One caveat on switching channels from the default. Many of the type N
routers will only use the N setting
IMO you neither need a 3rd party plugin or to retag files.
In SqueezeCenter's web interface, go to Settings (lower right of
window) and then select the Music Library tab. The very top setting
should involve which tags to recognize for artist searches.
FYI, I believe I fixed this for the
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If I recall correctly, the option only shows up if you have a device
actually connected to the LAN bridge port of the SB3
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I have a rudimentary understanding of the Default.map and Custom.map
files. I want to map a button press to a MUTE function. I would like to
simultaneously press on both the VOL_UP and VOL_DOWN buttons and get a
volume level of ZERO (Mute).
How would I do this? Also, would the line go into
And obviously only if you choose wireless setup as well.
Remember to use a crossover cable.
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My SB3 gets switched off when my hifi system is not in use and SC
(currently running 7.2) is configureed to sleep after 3 min
inactivity.
I leave my Controller on all of the time and I'm findng that the
'Choose Player' option keeps disppearing from the menu and I have to
restart the thing to
Im using the DUET (firmware 42 with SC 7.2 beta) and when i play 24bit
FLAC with over 3100Kbps i have distortion and music is choppy.
I dont think it's my network since 24bit WAV with over 4600 Kbps play
just fine.
Look more something like the DUET hardware is not fast enough to
decompress
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erland;327467 Wrote:
Squeeze PictureFrame = Picture frame which basically is just a display
(maybe with a touch screen) that is a complement to the receiver in the
living room and makes it possible for everyone to see what is playing.
Aha, sounds familiar :)
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m1abrams;327450 Wrote:
Not sure vinyl garden hose would be up to code in many areas. They tend
to be picky about stuff that is inside walls and how it burns. So I
would check local building codes before using that.
Sure you're not thinking of plenums? Things are lots stricter when it's
What happens if you use m4a for your lossless format? Will itunes manage
that for you? I'm pretty sure SC will transcode that on-the-fly to flac
or wav so you won't lose any sound quality when playing through SC -
just the ability to skip forward/back in a song, and, of course, your
music server
Pale Blue Ego;327507 Wrote:
B) - RAM is cheap.
True, unless you are using a low power NAS device which can't be
upgraded with more memory. Of course, those kind of devices aren't
really the optimal hardware to run SqueezeCenter on anyway.
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erland wrote:
True, unless you are using a low power NAS device which can't be
upgraded with more memory. Of course, those kind of devices aren't
really the optimal hardware to run SqueezeCenter on anyway.
Yes, this is a more fundamental answer. Stop pretending that a low
powered NAS can run
What's the sample rate? 24/44.1 or 48 shouldn't have a bitrate that
high. Normal 24/96 files only have a bitrate of around 2300-2500k.
88.2k and 96k files on Receiver are also downsampled so that may also
be what you are experiencing.
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Thank you. Yes, I did connect my player via Ethernet port with an
ordinary LAN cable. When checking the Internet status, it fails. On SB3
when checking current settings, I can see Wireless bridge - NO. And I
can't turn it ON, it just doesn't give me an option. :(
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serserr;327576 Wrote:
So, is that a special cable? Not the one usually comes together with a
router?
No - it looks the same but is wired differently.
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As far as names go: how about **Squeezeblaster** :o)
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I've already got a squeezeblaster. :)
-Chris
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As far as names go: how about **Squeezeblaster** :o)
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