Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2013-04-13 Thread bluegaspode
Zogzog wrote: Copy paste from an email sent to support but i'm sure the following request might be interesting for several users Hello First of all, let me tell you thank you very much for squeezepad application which is my best purchase on ipad. This is really a fast and smooth way to

Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream Music Platform

2013-04-13 Thread HeadBanger
This is great news indeed and I shall certainly support it (assuming the costs are not prohibitive)! I may have misunderstood but from the limited information it appears that the plan is to have a cloud based server and local; is that correct? If so, will the local version run on multiple OS

Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream Music Platform

2013-04-13 Thread erland
HeadBanger wrote: I may have misunderstood but from the limited information it appears that the plan is to have a cloud based server and local; is that correct? A cloud server focused on account management, integration with premium streaming providers and some other exciting

Re: [slim] Pre-Announcement: ickStream Music Platform

2013-04-13 Thread HeadBanger
That sounds very promising - thanks. I've signed up to receive the news email and very much look forward to hearing more about it. HeadBanger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38024 View this

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Squeezemenicely
From the very beginning of this Community funded SB replacement, I have been very excited. But it went from the idea of having a device that can stream high quality music to an amp to a Touch clone with display and buttons and infrared etc. for users who have no smartdevice. In other words, it

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread larsfloe
Squeezemenicely wrote: From the very beginning of this Community funded SB replacement, I have been very excited. But it went from the idea of having a device that can stream high quality music to an amp to a Touch clone with display and buttons and infrared etc. for users who have no

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Triode
larsfloe wrote: I would whish it could be something that could be a cheap alternative to the other HW platforms (ie running on rasp. pi) giving the opportunity to attach whichever good USB DAC one would choose - the market is flooded wi such a vast line up of nice DACs... //just my oppinion

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread guidof
Squeezemenicely wrote: From the very beginning of this Community funded SB replacement, I have been very excited. But it went from the idea of having a device that can stream high quality music to an amp to a Touch clone with display and buttons and infrared etc. for users who have no

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread bonze
larsfloe wrote: I agree... UI is much better done via smartphones. If one hasn't got a smartphone that person would most asumingly not be interessted in this fairly geeky Slimdevices re incarnation. At the end of the day that was what killed it- it was too difficult for most people to adhere

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Triode
It has already been stated on this thread and the Community Squeeze announcement thread - the initial hardware is focussed on high quality audio playback. It will support HDMI and IR over USB for its own UI as that's easy to achieve and almost free from a hardware perspective. However what

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread dasmueller
If you are in need of more testers perhaps a new thread is in order giving a breakdown of what is necessary to set this all up-knowledge base, hardware software etc. There have been so many posts over several threads that it would probably be difficult for many to sift through it all and grab

Re: [slim] NEW Netgear ReadyNAS and Squeezebox

2013-04-13 Thread gregb
The released Logitech Media Server package and binaries for x86 won't directly run on the new OS and new processor for ReadyNAS 516. I'm looking to stream music to MANY squeezeboxes from ReadyNAS series. Has anybody rebuilt LMS package and binaries for new ReadyNAS OS6 and new processor?

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Squeezemenicely
bonze wrote: Count me out of this project then, and I'm guessing a few others. I don't ever want to rely on controlling my music with a smartphone/iThing. I'd also like to take this opportunity to apologise for 'killing' the previous platform with my non-geekyness. Sorry but that

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread bakker_be
dasmueller wrote: If you are in need of more testers perhaps a new thread is in order giving a breakdown of what is necessary to set this all up-knowledge base, hardware software etc. There have been so many posts over several threads that it would probably be difficult for many to sift

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread JJZolx
Triode wrote: Now if only we could hardness all the brainpower on this thread to help with the development and testing... (The software is at a stage where contributions to help test it on a wandboard is appreciated) What hardware purchase(s) would this require on the part of testers? What

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Triode
JJZolx wrote: What hardware purchase(s) would this require on the part of testers? What exactly is being tested? Is there a bug database set up yet? A basic test setup for the moment (and very viable player for a USB DAC) would be: - Wandboard dual (http://www.wandboard.org/) - note there

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread bakker_be
JJZolx wrote: What hardware purchase(s) would this require on the part of testers? What exactly is being tested? Is there a bug database set up yet? Hardware: at the moment the only thing I've bought is the following:14713 For a distributor where you live :

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread dasmueller
Does one need to be familiar w the Linux OS ? Is the person who is only familiar w Windows or Mac systems going to be frustrated with how this software operates ? dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Mnyb
For a comunity kit a black box does it for me :) why I'm suggesting more stuff if is simply if we are Lockyer enough to go beyond that and these guys design a true product , it must probably be something like Touch 2 outage mass market appeal

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread JJZolx
The Wandboard.org site doesn't link any PSUs from the US distributors. It's 5V, but how many amps are necessary with wifi? 2.1mm ID connector, correct? JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-04-13 Thread Triode
JJZolx wrote: The Wandboard.org site doesn't link any PSUs from the US distributors. It's 5V, but how many amps are necessary with wifi? 2.1mm ID connector, correct? I doubt you need more than 1 amp for the board itself, but most PSUs are 2 amps to allow for powering external usb devices -

Re: [slim] NEW Netgear ReadyNAS and Squeezebox

2013-04-13 Thread kouta
gregb wrote: Has anybody rebuilt LMS package and binaries for new ReadyNAS OS6 and new processor? I think you might be referring to the 'add on' that 'Mherger' from Logitech has mentioned in his post. If so, we need someone with the appropriate skills (Java and XML?) to make a start and

Re: [slim] NEW Netgear ReadyNAS and Squeezebox

2013-04-13 Thread gregb
why do additional work for a dead product? Because there are many ten-thousands+ users with ReadyNAS running LMS. Should we start a new thread asking for people with the appropriate skills? Yes! for all new ReadyNAS targets (1xx, 3xx, 5xx series).