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

2015-01-31 Thread norderney
So could this project have continued if it had been called something other than Community Squeeze? Was it just the name or was it other issues? Seems rather strange and very sad, especially after all the work that was as put into the development. Transporter (Black) Cyrus 8XPd QX BW CDM1NT

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2015-01-31 Thread CommanderROR
Thanks! Glad to hear things are progressing! CommanderROR's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59408 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102497

Re: [slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread JackOfAll
norderney wrote: It is really sad to read that Community Squeeze is ending. And this is exactly why people are being asked to be quiet! You cannot end something that has already ended. Community Squeeze ended in April last year. It didn't end yesterday, regardless of what anyone may have led

Re: [slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread JJZolx
JackOfAll wrote: I respectfully ask people not to discuss this in any way, shape or form. Unless it's fully explained why, that's not very likely to happen. What was John Swenson threatened with? JJZolx's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2015-01-31 Thread pippin
Sure. There's just more to do than just client-side work and features :) We have learned a number of things from the open beta that we have to work and for some items we also have to work with service providers to find the issue/solution (e.g. some issues with streaming stability some users are

Re: [slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread JJZolx
Three people don't make up the SB community. It only takes one dick in a closely held project like that to fuck it up for the rest. I suspect, as usual, that money is involved. Of course, if someone wants to deny that, this is an open forum.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread doctor_big
Pascal Hibon wrote: There is no sane manufacture out there who will design and produce a product based up on an EOL product (which they even do not own). The financial risks are way to high. Bryston has included squeezelite in their BDP2 streamer. The product is outrageously e pensive

Re: [slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread JackOfAll
JJZolx wrote: Unless it's fully explained why, that's not very likely to happen. Then fine! Ignore my polite request, continue speculating and people posting factually incorrect and misleading information, and see where that gets anyone!

[slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player

2015-01-31 Thread mbonsack
A prominent post in the last two days mentioned this: The driver is designed to work with Triode's SoA project, it is currently already working with SoA. SOthat got me thinking. What would the reason be for not being able to design, and discuss here, a high-end, low-cost hardware player

[slim] Qobuz irritation

2015-01-31 Thread Furry
Qobuz, it appears, is being especially irritating today: First, I attempted to play the new Mark Ronson album (to see what it's like, as you do), and the SBT kept stopping for re-buffering. On checking the website, I noticed that the album is no. 2 in the streaming 'chart', so I wonder if this

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread Pascal Hibon
doctor_big wrote: Bryston has included squeezelite in their BDP2 streamer. The product is outrageously e pensive considering what it is, but maybe it's a turnaround for the SB... Jason Glanced at the manual. They have indeed included Squeezelite but that's not a Logitech product. So it

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread doctor_big
Pascal Hibon wrote: Glanced at the manual. They have indeed included Squeezelite but that's not a Logitech product. So it isn't based on any Logitech product or code. Besides Squeezelite, the BDP2 supports other player protocols too. Obviously it's not a Logitech product. But the BDP2 is

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread Lem
Pascal Hibon wrote: I believe you need to make a distinguish between technical knowledgeable customers and customers without technical knowledge. For sure, those of us who are able to get a Pi or whatever hardware running as a streamer won't pay that kind of money. But there are far more

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread JJZolx
doctor_big wrote: But the BDP2 is still a commercial product that fits into the LMS/SB ecosystem. It's a good sign. The Bryston BDP2 is a horribly overpriced box containing an off-the-shelf Atom motherboard running Linux. They tossed Squeezelite on it as an afterthought. Because they could.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread JJZolx
Lem wrote: The bulk of LMS is open source is it not (from the old Slim Devices days)?, and still being developed upon by users of this very forum.. I don't see why it would be such an issue if you were to bundle LMS into a streamer. Somebody with some balls and a little moral integrity

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread d6jg
I believe there is a market for a mid priced non-techie player but I don't think it would be commercially viable unless it could handle LMS DLNA. I have a Pi but aesthetically it isn't a Touch or an SB3 so I can't site it in my Living Room set up. It's WAF is far too low! QNAP TS419P 4TB

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2015 - Is the Squeezebox Universe Expanding of Shrinking?

2015-01-31 Thread JJZolx
d6jg wrote: I believe there is a market for a mid priced non-techie player but I don't think it would be commercially viable unless it could handle LMS DLNA. I have a Pi but aesthetically it isn't a Touch or an SB3 so I can't site it in my Living Room set up. It's WAF is far too low! Hide

Re: [slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player

2015-01-31 Thread markiii
I think the issue is it can be designed and discussed just not with any implication that it's a part of or in any way related to the community squeeze project Transporter (Lounge) Touch (Office) Touch (Kitchen) Radio (Bedroom) Radio (Garage) SqueezePlay 7.8 on 2 x Windows 7 PCs LMS 7.7.3 on

Re: [slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player

2015-01-31 Thread dasmueller
Or leaving Squeeze out of the discussion so it is not perceived in any way, shape or form w Logitech. That would make sense to me. dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this

Re: [slim] High-end, low-cost hardware player

2015-01-31 Thread mbonsack
markiii wrote: I think the issue is it can be designed and discussed just not with any implication that it's a part of or in any way related to the community squeeze project So how did the full posting I drew from, in any way, shape, or form, reference those two taboo words? It sure got

Re: [slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9

2015-01-31 Thread Michael Herger
Which LAME should I use? I know there is one for iTunes. And where does it go? I don't know about any specific Lame for iTunes. But as long as you can run lame from the command line, you should be fine. Check Settings/Information/Helper Applications Folder for a place where to put your

[slim] LAME: where to put on OS X 10.10 and LMS 7.9

2015-01-31 Thread SamS
I know there are a few threads on this, but non seem to answer the question for OS X. Which LAME should I use? I know there is one for iTunes. And where does it go? I did a complete reinstall of LMS on a brand new machine, and I need LAME for transcoding my library on-the-go to my iPhone, via

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

2015-01-31 Thread Owen Smith
JackOfAll wrote: Michael, if John or Greg has not already asked you to do this, and you are reading this, please, please, lock this thread. John Swenson has edited his original post and removed the section asking for no posts here and for the thread to be closed. I therefore see no reason to

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2015-01-31 Thread SilverRS8
I believe this is a bug in IE. To get a 'portable' version of the catalog you can create a PDF instead. 1xTouch, 1xSB3, 1xDuet, 1xRadio, 1xiPhone iPeng, Ubuntu NAS + SBS SilverRS8's Profile:

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

2015-01-31 Thread Squeezemenicely
Ok, now I am totally confused. Two days ago John Swenson wrote a long post, saying the Project is not dead and that a kit for the Wandboard will be available and a day late the same John Swenson wrote the project is dead and that there will be no kit. This after months of silence. So why make

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

2015-01-31 Thread Owen Smith
skip_pack wrote: It would seem that the most provocative characteristic of these revelations is the name -Community Squeeze-. I would hope a path whose goals are consonant with those associated with that dreaded name will become apparent. Skip In which case why wasn't that said in the

[slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread norderney
It is really sad to read that Community Squeeze is ending. Luckily my Transporter is still working ok but I am thinking I may need to look at hardware alternatives in case my Transporter should fail. I doubt I will find any product with software that beats or even equals LMS. So sad really.

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

2015-01-31 Thread JackOfAll
Owen Smith wrote: I for one want to know what all these legal issues are. Because having spoken to a lawyer friend and described the situation as it is publicly known on these threads, he can't see what the so called legal issue is. I'm sorry, but I just don't believe this. Hence I am

Re: [slim] Sad to hear Community Squeeze is ending

2015-01-31 Thread CommanderROR
Luckily we have the Odroid U3 as a Server device (Max2Play Image) and the PiCorePlayer for Raspberry Pi with the Hifiberry DAC, Digi and Amp, so we have everything Sonos offers and more. Of course it's not quite as Plug and Play as a Sonos System, but it's worth the effort. I'm particularly fond

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

2015-01-31 Thread stof77
Thanx for your answer, that's too bad, so I must generate the pdf from the computer where ACC is running. For me that's a bit annoying because I am mainly on a Mac now. I should have take note of the ACC settings I worked with years ago. HiFi : SqueezeBox3, SC V7.3.2 - 24695 (avec SSODS de

Re: [slim] Announcement - ickStream open beta release on Squeezebox !

2015-01-31 Thread CommanderROR
@Pippin @remd Is there any news on further ickstream development? It has grown awfully quiet lately. I hope the project is still alive and well... ;) CommanderROR's Profile: