Re: [slim] What would make it easier to recommend a Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread Meridion
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Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread erland
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Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread Skinny
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Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread Mnyb
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Re: [slim] Network Test

2011-07-24 Thread Skye
No, never any problems with dropouts with wired Squeezeboxes (SB2 SB3), but problems with the Receiver/Controller setup on WiFi. This led me (some time ago) to check the wired streaming rates to establish what rates the AP could expect to receive the data stream on the Ethernet port. I was

Re: [slim] ReplayGain - How effective?

2011-07-24 Thread amcluesent
I use album RG on all pop/rock, since that's been afflicted by the 'loudness war' and needs 6/7/8 dB knocked off. Never needed for classical. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

[slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread onemeg
Hi all; I'm running squeezebox server 7.3.3 on a Buffalo Linkstation NAS (HS-DHGL8C3). Until recently, I've been using a squeezebox boom and also a Roku M1001 accessing the NAS wirelessly via Squeezebox server, Apart from odd drop outs, it's all held together well. I've just bought a SB

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread erland
onemeg;642759 Wrote: 1. With regard to reliability etc am I better using the Touch as a server for the Boom/Roku (i.e. buy a USB HDD) or stick with the NAS approach running the server? You could try, the built-in server in the Touch works for some people and doesn't work at all for other

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread Mnyb
best bet would be to get 7.5.6 beta going ( has some anoying scanner bugs fixed ). 7.6 may be to much beta but it has better performance on low spec hardware. if 7.6 works all is well but it has the potential to not work at all ( it is an experimental beta ) all plugins is not yet supported, for

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread onemeg
thanks v.m. for the initial messages. I'm confused then how the Touch somehow, for a while, happily worked with the 7.3.3 but I take your point. This therefore leads to a further question! Assuming 7.5.6 will run on the Linkstation NAS, how do I upgrade the server on the NAS? I previously ran

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread Mnyb
onemeg;642768 Wrote: thanks v.m. for the initial messages. I'm confused then how the Touch somehow, for a while, happily worked with the 7.3.3 but I take your point. This therefore leads to a further question! Assuming 7.5.6 will run on the Linkstation NAS, how do I upgrade the

Re: [slim] Rhapsody no longer plays on Squeezebox Classic

2011-07-24 Thread mcoste
Same problem here. The Boom and Radio play Rhapsody but the Classic doesn't output audio though I can select tracks. I upgraded to 7.5.5. My classic is unfortunately not accessible so it would be a real pain to connect an Ethernet cable to check if bridging is enabled. Is there any way to verify

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread aubuti
onemeg;642768 Wrote: I'm confused then how the Touch somehow, for a while, happily worked with the 7.3.3 but I take your point. I strongly suspect you never actually had the Touch running with 7.3.3. It may have been running off its internal server, or off of mysqueezebox.com. onemeg;642768

Re: [slim] General Issues / a bit of help please?

2011-07-24 Thread Mnyb
aubuti;642773 Wrote: I strongly suspect you never actually had the Touch running with 7.3.3. It may have been running off its internal server, or off of mysqueezebox.com. First you are correct that Twonky will not work with Squeezeboxes. You need Squeezebox Server 7.5.0 or later to

Re: [slim] Wimp app... so stupid...

2011-07-24 Thread OppfinnarJocke
pippin;642707 Wrote: Hm, works fine in iPeng so I'd say try: On the Controller, press the play button on the track you want to play In SqueeezeCommander, hold the track and then select play. Nope... that's the way it should work, and I thought it did work that way, but it doesn't. Not on

Re: [slim] Wimp app... so stupid...

2011-07-24 Thread pippin
OppfinnarJocke;642786 Wrote: Nope... that's the way it should work, and I thought it did work that way, but it doesn't. Not on the Duet controller, not in Squeeze Commander. On the controller: * clicking play with a song selected, just shudders * middle button click on a song, just

Re: [slim] Wimp app... so stupid...

2011-07-24 Thread pippin
Hm, now that I try this again I can't seem to actually play anything from WiMP anymore. I still don't see your symptoms (it loads the playlist just fine), just actual streaming doesn't seem to work. It did tonight when I tried this (After your post). -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox

Re: [slim] Network Test

2011-07-24 Thread Skye
Well, tried that: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit gave pretty much the same results as XP. Hmm.. -- Skye Skye's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11214 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Network Test

2011-07-24 Thread Triode
Net test relies on timers in the operating system to generate the test traffic. I've not tried it on windows recently, but it may be that this causes the limitation. It will be different on Touch/Radio with 7.6 and should be more accurate. If it reads 1500 all the time I would not worry - it

Re: [slim] Free AVG Anti Virus Software

2011-07-24 Thread spile
The last review I read in PCPro showed AVG to trap more virus's and worms than all other comparable products. It was awarded a best buy. -- spile spile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37780 View

Re: [slim] Free AVG Anti Virus Software

2011-07-24 Thread Labarum
As a Barclays online Banker I have found I have three full subscriptions tp Kapersky - I will uses those. http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/barclays_faq -- Labarum Brian In Southampton: Quad 77 Integrated Amp - AVI Neutron 4 In Nicosia: Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man - Quart 980s German Tower

Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread atrocity
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[slim] Squeezebox won't play

2011-07-24 Thread thesil
So, everything is fine, server is running, squeezebox on, amp is on, but when I hit play , it won't play. what can be up? -- thesil Gerry. When you ain't got nuthin', you've got nuthin' to lose SB3 with duet controller; Rotel power amp and Rotel receiver, BW Z4 speakers and BW subwoofer

Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread Kaizen28
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[slim] Synchronise SBs with iPeng

2011-07-24 Thread shogger
I've recently got Ipeng (iPhone app) to control 3 different SBs and am trying to work out how to sync (and unsync) them all to play the same thing. Can anyone advise? Many thanks -- shogger shogger's Profile:

Re: [slim] Synchronise SBs with iPeng

2011-07-24 Thread pippin
shogger;642883 Wrote: I've recently got Ipeng (iPhone app) to control 3 different SBs and am trying to work out how to sync (and unsync) them all to play the same thing. Can anyone advise? Many thanks Help-Quick Tutorials-Players and Music Source or

[slim] Spotify skipping

2011-07-24 Thread MediaCenter
I have a premium account with spottily USA. Everything works fine on their software but squeezebox keep skipping songs. I have tried both official and triode plugin to no avail, any pointers? -- MediaCenter Source Device: Transporter Amplifiers: NAD C272 x 2 Bridge Mono Speakers: Magnepan MMG

Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread GRC
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Re: [slim] Synchronise SBs with iPeng

2011-07-24 Thread shogger
Cheers Pippin, and also for the link to the tutorial -- shogger shogger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88987

Re: [slim] enough of the silliness!

2011-07-24 Thread Applegarth
citabria327;642702 Wrote: i re-installed 6.5.4i need some stability I may need to do this, would you tell me how to go about it ? I've had my nice new Squeezebox a few days and have been unable to get one musical note out of it I'm trying to use it plying from an external hard

Re: [slim] Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread Applegarth
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Re: [slim] enough of the silliness!

2011-07-24 Thread garym
Applegarth;642895 Wrote: I may need to do this, would you tell me how to go about it ? I've had my nice new Squeezebox a few days and have been unable to get one musical note out of it I'm trying to use it plying from an external hard drive but it's not working this is likely not a

Re: [slim] Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread garym
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Re: [slim] Why recommend someone to get a Squeezebox ?

2011-07-24 Thread garym
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Re: [slim] enough of the silliness!

2011-07-24 Thread aubuti
Applegarth;642895 Wrote: I may need to do this, would you tell me how to go about it ? First, read this: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison . On that page, note that none of the players released since the Transporter will work at all with 6.5.4. So if you have a Boom,

Re: [slim] Moderating the forums

2011-07-24 Thread Hannah987
Well with this step amount of conversation in the Audiophile forum will be affected seriously. -- Hannah987 Hannah987's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48414 View this thread:

[slim] New Drive - what to do with playlists?

2011-07-24 Thread pablolie
anyone has any suggestions on how to most effectively migrate playlists? I have a Linux system, it keeps drive names in the playlists as a reference. I guess I should have thought about it when naming my drives... :D -- pablolie ...pablo Server: MiniITX build w/Intel DH61DL i3-2100T - Ubuntu