Bought an original SB but have now moved on to a Touch - that pushed me
into sorting out the artwork, since one could now see it - the sound
quality on the Touch is also fabulous - way better than the old SB,
although that really worked well too.
The whole thing made me (continuously - to this
Sorry, but I'm not able to do that. When I click on the attachment link
(either directly in your message, or by going to the bug and getting to
the download link that way), the browser visibly loads something, but
then nothing apparently happens. Either I'm a moron and it's just
downloading
sherington;671037 Wrote:
Bought an original SB but have now moved on to a Touch - that pushed me
into sorting out the artwork, since one could now see it - the sound
quality on the Touch is also fabulous - way better than the old SB,
although that really worked well too.
The whole thing
shaboyi;671001 Wrote:
Please, please, please replace the Touch, get a good USB dac and enjoy
MediaMonkey. You should be happier.
Can you explain why this strange piece of advice ?
Like a lot of people, I love the Touch hardware, but I am fed up with
SBS/LMS.
It is a common point of view
Yes, any wire can be influenced by ground loops and EMF. Whether they
are present or even audible on your system is another matter.
Do you know that you have such issues? Or just being cautious?
I use two long 50' runs of very basic RJ5 ethernet through two switches
in my home with no such
nicolas75;670946 Wrote:
Sorry not for me ...
The clock was wrong, not the same time than the computer.
And since I was playing flac files from the USB stick, there is no
doubt I was running TinySC, not MySB.
May be just starting LMS, without connecting to it, is enough to make
the option
thank you, I was not thinking straight.
I use the dutch language and mixed the terms random and shuffle.
my problem solved.
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toby10;671061 Wrote:
Unless Touch is actually connected to LMS then LMS cannot communicate
anything to the Touch, certainly not give Touch an added menu item
Touch by itself is lacking.
Plugins are not usable on TinySC, so again unrelated.
I am talking about a plugin developed by Erland
nicolas75;671068 Wrote:
LMS necesseraly communicate with TinySC in some basic way, because when
both are available, you have the option to switch from TinySC to LMS, so
TinySC knows LMS is available
No magic there, it is simple TCP/IP discovery, both Touch and LMS (ie
your computer)
toby10;671071 Wrote:
No magic there, it is simple TCP/IP discovery, both Touch and LMS (ie
your computer) are simply broadcasting there presence, nothing more.
Same as your WiFi being seen by your device (SB player, computer,
whatever), just because they see each other does not mean they are
nicolas75;671068 Wrote:
I am talking about a plugin developed by Erland to suppress any kind of
automatic scan.
It was especially useful for TinySC and Erland developed it after I
asked him for TinySC.
I actually used it with TinySC 7.6.1, so guess this plugin is usable on
TinySC :)
nicolas75;671072 Wrote:
I have some network knowledge, and know how TCP/IP and Wifi works :)
Well call it whatever you want and explain it however you like.
(the word magically was ironic)
Well, if you know how it works then you would not be making the claims
you are making. ;)
Two
Sorry, what I called a plugin was a patch, and was installed through a
plugin.
You are right about that.
We could go on playing with words, but I don't think it is really funny
for anyone.
Unlike what you say, the option Swith to MySB was actually NOT
available on my Touch when connected to
Did I understand you correctly, ACC only works with 7.5.5 and below?
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nicolas75;671076 Wrote:
Sorry, what I called a plugin was a patch, and was installed through a
plugin.
You are right about that...
You know, the big problem with SBS/LMS on this forum is that it seems
you often have to dive into endless discussions with people DENYING
FACTS, or
Hi all
I have SB3 wirelessly streaming FLAC and spotify through my retro kit
of Denon PMA 250 III amp and Mission 760i speakers.
I also have a 50% discount code which is burning a hole in my pocket so
could get a touch for £130.
My question is, would I notice a significant improvement in sound
Gingernut63;670955 Wrote:
Go to the MonkeySqueeze addons site Version history and download
Version 1.5.0.110814. It was the last version to communicate with the
SS or LMS CLI so it may work with TinySC.
http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/monkeysqueeze/
Uninstall the present
After the last upgrade I've lost my ability to play Pandora. Under My
Apps is App Gallery. Any thoughts? Remote won't help either.
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maximus;671078 Wrote:
Did I understand you correctly, ACC only works with 7.5.5 and below?
Correct.
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keep the SB3 -and- get a Touch :) , use the SB3 in another room
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MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Is there any place where you may also wish to have sound, such as
bedroom? If so, consider getting the Touch for your main system. Then
connect the SB3 to a pair of self-powered speakers (such as Audioengine
A2, or whatever your budget permits) in another room. Or if you have old
amp and speakers
Buy it, decide later whether to keep it or not!
Best case is you try it and agree to the anticipated upgrade in SQ.
Worse case is you unload it on eBay for what you paid for it, likely
even make a buck. ;)
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Can you play other Apps? Sure your MySB account info is correctly
entered onto your LMS after update?
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toby10;671081 Wrote:
Then you misunderstand the forums. :)
People try to help others, part of that help is explaining the basic
architecture of the SB system (hardware software) and share
experiences.
About what is useful and really helps ...
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17769
Thanks to you and chill for your help with this.
- Ken
On 11/17/11 11:41 PM, Mnyb wrote:
kjg;671028 Wrote:
On 11/17/11 10:42 PM, Mnyb wrote:
And you are browsing it by going *artist* or *album* menu NOT via
music
folder :-/
Then it looks
toby10;671059 Wrote:
Yes, any wire can be influenced by ground loops and EMF. Whether they
are present or even audible on your system is another matter.
Do you know that you have such issues? Or just being cautious?
I use two long 50' runs of very basic RJ5 ethernet through two switches
nicolas75;671105 Wrote:
About what is useful and really helps ...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=669304postcount=26
Well perhaps after you read Mnyb's other 7,600+ forum posts you will
come to a different conclusion. ;)
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No problems for me either. I've been running squeezecentre in all its
various incarnations from 7.3 to 7.7 and never had a problem on my
Windows 2003 R2 Small Business Server. The server is also running
exchange and sharepoint and copes admirably.
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1xRadio, 2xReceiver,
I had similar situation happen to me. bought what I thought was a fully
functional squeezebox classic on ebay and turns out to be a demo model
(non-functional). seller has offered to refund me my $, but he wants
me to send him back the unit. as I don't want anyone else to fall prey
to this,
i cant connect to sq ctr...and pandora is no longer on my apps list...do
i need to reinstall 6.5.4?
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Which player are you trying to connect? Tried rebooting player, router,
SBS 6.5.4, computer?
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Now trying this:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86169highlight=%22ethernet+appears+disconnected%22
When SB3 logs into network, instead of taking the ip from the dhcp
server, I created a static ip for it that is outside of the dhcp
scope.
Will report back results.
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toby10;671110 Wrote:
Well perhaps after you read Mnyb's other 7,600+ forum posts you will
come to a different conclusion. ;)
I read a lot of them as well as yours.
It confirms my conclusion about what's helpful or not, and not mistake
quantity vs quality.
To be honest, I knew that before,
toby10;671118 Wrote:
Which player are you trying to connect? Tried rebooting player, router,
SBS 6.5.4, computer?
i have 4 classics ver 2 or 3, i think...i rebooted the router...on my
desktop, sb doesn't have pandora in apps anymore..not sure how to
reboot the player, tho
thanks
mike
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nicolas75;671120 Wrote:
I read a lot of them as well as yours.
It confirms my conclusion about what's helpful or not, and not mistake
quantity vs quality.
To be honest, I knew that before, since I have been developing
softwares way more complicated than LMS for quite a lot of time
Everyone I have come across has been superb here. I walked in her
totally blind to the system and Garym has been patient and a wealth of
information. Now I just have a bad case of cataracts lol.
garym;671124 Wrote:
aha! Another data point for my anecdotal conjecture I've reported before
garym;671124 Wrote:
aha! Another data point for my anecdotal conjecture I've reported before
that posters that profess to have extensive networking or software
development expertise sometimes report struggling the most with SB
software and/or hardware. ;-)
p.s. In my opinion, mnyb and
Tried this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88684highlight=avast
Avast anti-virus software might be affecting sb3.
Tried the following:
In your touch, go to settings, advanced, diagnostics and write down
the two TCP ports used by the touch to access your squeezebox server.
I am not an expert on computers, LMS or anything. From what I gather,
it seems like a system that is semi-raw/rough on the edges. This has
some disadvantages in that it does require a learning curve which some
people are unwilling go through. I do wish the layout was more more
user-friendly. On
If the seller refunds the money, it's only fair that you return the
unit. To help prevent this happening to someone else, (a) file a
complaint with eBay, and (b) give the seller negative feedback,
explaining the deception.
The seller may not have been aware it was a non-functional demo -- some
artintampa;671132 Wrote:
I am not an expert on computers, LMS or anything. From what I gather,
it seems like a system that is semi-raw/rough on the edges. This has
some disadvantages in that it does require a learning curve which some
people are unwilling go through. I do wish the layout
nicolas75;671129 Wrote:
You know I have no problem with Squeezeboxes and networking, but I have
problems to accept the poor user interface and behavior..
I'd add poor documentation to that as well. This is an area that has
always been lacking with these devices. :(
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toby10;671139 Wrote:
I'd add poor documentation to that as well. This is an area that has
always been lacking with these devices. :(
That's true, but I'd add another thing developers usually don't like.
The RTFM thing is stupid.
When a user interface is good and clear, you should almost
nicolas75;671129 Wrote:
.
Of course it is a lot more fun (and far easier) to spend time helping a
lot people and show how good and helpful you are.
But it is far more effective to point out what should be corrected
(instead of saying everything is great), so that people do not need you
nicolas75;671140 Wrote:
...
When I try a new software I always start to run it without reading the
doc.
.
We're guys! Who reads manuals! :)
But there are indeed glaring omissions in their minimal docs manuals.
A quick example: Right out of the box for initial setup on both the
SB3
citabria327;671121 Wrote:
i have 4 classics ver 2 or 3, i think...i rebooted the router...on my
desktop, sb doesn't have pandora in apps anymore..not sure how to
reboot the player, tho
thanks
mike
Just unplug the players, plug them back in, that reboots them.
Again, other Apps present
toby10;671143 Wrote:
I think if you look at the top posters in here compared to the top
bug/enhancement contributors, they are likely the very same people.
;)
The bug/enhancement section gets real issues data directly to the
actual (sadly few) developers. Whereas in here it's almost
aubuti,
Yeah, I just didn't want the thing to go back out and potentially screw
someone else. He probably didn't know but who knows.
thanks for the reply. Once I get a working unit I am sure I'll be back
with a more relevant question on its operation. :)
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I finally fixed this.
Adding the port setting to Avast did not fix the issue.
However, once I turned off the Avast virus software, it finally
worked.
I did, turn off Avast for 10 minutes, then turn back on.
For 10 minutes it worked great. I even timed it on my stop watch.
As soon as the 11th
nicolas75;671129 Wrote:
You know I have no problem with Squeezeboxes and networking, but I have
problems to accept the poor user interface and behavior.
Funny that you and them seems to have very few problems with SBS/LMS,
and claim everywhere it is fantastic.
That's probably why you can
Started with SB2 and begged on this forum for a Boom-like Squeezebox I
could use outside and move around the house. Surprise! Got invited to
beta test the Boom after participating here for several years! Bought a
Duet at some point through a great deal on eBay, and also beta tested
Radio and
ghostrider;671155 Wrote:
Best home entertainment dollars I've ever spent! Been lucky that I
haven't encountered any major software problems that I haven't caused.
My sentiments exactly.
I started out with the SB3 when it was still Slim Devices. I got one
at first. Not long after, I got a
garym;671158 Wrote:
this forum IS FOR USERS HELPING OTHER USERS. It is NOT the forum for
asking logitech to fix or change anything.
That's the usual fanboy complaint when users are not happy and complain
on those forums.
I totally disagree.
In my opinion, on slimdevices forums, people are
My intitial reason for buying squeezbox products is that the 'duet' was
relatively inexpensive. I was always very disatisfied with the sound.
The duet started having issues (many issues) that simply became more
frustrating than it was worth. I started to do research on an
alternative. I
artintampa;671173 Wrote:
I hope I didnt derail the discussion too much.
Since you are the original poster, I guess we are (may be especially
me) the ones who derailed the discussion :)
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toby10;671148 Wrote:
Just unplug the players, plug them back in, that reboots them.
Again, other Apps present and play?
You can try to delete your Pandora App on the www.MySqueezeBox.com web
UI, then reinstall it, add back in your Pandora account info, sometimes
that works.
But I suspect
nicolas75;671129 Wrote:
It would be far more effective to push Logitech and developers to make
problems disappear.
(asking weird NAS platform, or funny plugins, instead of getting decent
library management push them the other way).
That's what I have always been doing for what I
The problem is resolved all the rest of the information from that point
on has been very informational which is something that in this topic I
could surely use! I find myself reading just to see if I catch
anything through osmosis lol
nicolas75;671175 Wrote:
Since you are the original poster,
nicolas75;671172 Wrote:
That's the usual fanboy complaint when users are not happy and complain
on those forums.
I totally disagree.
In my opinion, on slimdevices forums, people are talking about
slimdevices (now Logitech) products and softwares.
They can tell if they are happy, unhappy,
Mnyb;671180 Wrote:
So is there something wrong with helping each other and make good use
of what there is instead of just ranting.
There is nothing wrong in helping each other.
There is something wrong saying no other discussion should be allowed
(Garym words, not yours ...)
I experienced
garym;671182 Wrote:
You're wrong. I don't know how much clearer I can make it. I gave you
the links to the OFFICIAL logitech squeezebox forums. They are
different. The forums we are posting in now are the old slimdevices
forums that logitech was nice enough to leave open for users to talk
garym;671182 Wrote:
I gave you the links to the OFFICIAL logitech squeezebox forums.
Guess what ? I knew them and I have already posted there :)
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nicolas75;671183 Wrote:
There is nothing wrong in helping each other.
There is something wrong saying no other discussion should be allowed
(Garym words, not yours ...)
I've NEVER said that a person couldn't discuss anything they wanted on
these forums. You are the one that attack others for
garym;671186 Wrote:
I've NEVER said that a person couldn't discuss anything they wanted on
these forums. You are the one that attack others for helping solve
problems with the existing software rather than demanding that the
software be improved. You obviously have a chip on your shoulder
JRiver fixed it in a beta release that is not public yet!
Do you know if Replay Gain data in MC is used for SB playback. The
tracks I have tried so far is played significantly louder than normal
on my SB players.
I also noticed that the progress bar in MC is not following the
progress of the SB
nicolas75;671191 Wrote:
Well I suggest you cool down and take it easy.
You replied to me
this forum IS FOR USERS HELPING OTHER USERS. It is NOT the forum for
asking logitech to fix or change anything.
The fact is I understood you consider I should not be allowed to rant
here.
I disagree,
nicolas75;671089 Wrote:
Another question :
Sound quality is much better with MonkeySqueeze and Touch, than if I go
through a USB dac from the PC to the amplifier.
The USB dac I tried is not as good as Touch's one.
But if I understand correctly, with MonkeySqueeze, you just tell LMS
vagskal;671193 Wrote:
JRiver fixed it in a beta release that is not public yet!
Do you know if Replay Gain data in MC is used for SB playback. The
tracks I have tried so far is played significantly louder than normal
on my SB players.
I also noticed that the progress bar in MC is not
vagskal;671193 Wrote:
JRiver fixed it in a beta release that is not public yet!I am delighted to
hear this!
vagskal;671193 Wrote:
Do you know if Replay Gain data in MC is used for SB playback. The
tracks I have tried so far is played significantly louder than normal
on my SB players.If
MrC;671203 Wrote:
Repeat settings are set on MC, not SB, in this usage.Not 100% true.
- If repeat is on in JRMC, then JRMC repeatedly sends the play this
track command to the player.
- If repeat is off in JRMC, then JRMC sends one single play this
track command, but if repeat is on in SBS,
Uninstalled avast.
Installed Microsoft Security Essentials
Added the following files to exclude
MYI
MYD
Still getting problems. DOn't have problems when virus software is
turned off, however.
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The Touch has better analog audio, but be aware of what you lose when
you switch from SB3 to Touch. Some very useful (if you are into heavy
customization) plugins don't work anymore, such as IR Blaster and
KidsPlay.
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Good point. Also, at greater distances the SB3's VFD screen is much
easier to read than the Touch's LCD screen. Actual distance depends on
your eyes, lighting, angle, etc, but in general it's hard for most
people to read the Touch's screen beyond 3m / 10 feet.
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aubuti;671239 Wrote:
Good point. Also, at greater distances the SB3's VFD screen is much
easier to read than the Touch's LCD screen. Actual distance depends on
your eyes, lighting, angle, etc, but in general it's hard for most
people to read the Touch's screen beyond 3m / 10 feet.
Yeah, I
routerunner;670805 Wrote:
thank you for the reply, but now is the linker that complains:
Code:
configure:12715: checking for oggpack_writealign
configure:12771: mipsel-linux-gnu-gcc -o conftest -O20 -ffast-math
-D_REENTRANT -fsigned-char
I've now uninstalled all plugins and it crashed again at some point over
the last couple of days (I can't tell when). The last few days of server
log is attached (I have a scan scheduled for 1am each morning). Does
this give any clues?
nicolas75;671129 Wrote:
So you keep spending your time giving advices and tricks, for problems
which should simply not exist at all.
It would be far more effective to push Logitech and developers to make
problems disappear.
(asking weird NAS platform, or funny plugins, instead of getting
Tried deleting the whole cache folder ? Is this a clean install or
upgrade.
Do you run a lot of plugins ? disable all but thr logitech delivered
ones.
Here ends my knowledge I never used win2003 server.
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