[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread Aylwin
Other than sound quality, why is the SB better than the Roku? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the SB. In fact, I've just bought my 2nd SB2. But where I live, I can't test anything. Even my first SB2 was bought on faith. Anyway, I just had a look at the Roku website. I must admit that the

Re: [slim] AlienBBC and Mac OS X Tiger

2005-08-17 Thread Daniel Cohen
Sorry, folks, as you will have guessed, that wasn't supposed to go to the whole list, it was meant for triode. -- Daniel Cohen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 16/8/05 at 16:47 -0700, CardinalFang wrote danco Wrote: On 16/8/05 at 22:06 +0100, Mark Bennett wrote I had to drop in to my usual dealer, who I generally find reliable. I commented on the fact that they had the Roku but not the Squeezebox, and they said that the Roku was much better. I

Re: [slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread Mark Bennett
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 23:00 +0100, Daniel Cohen wrote: On 16/8/05 at 22:06 +0100, Mark Bennett wrote Possibly hi-fi dealers don't like the Squeezebox, and maybe they haven't tried SB2. Or perhaps the features that make us really like SB don't seem of interest to them. I think there is an

RE: [slim] Re: suggestion from a new SB2 fan boy

2005-08-17 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Most intriguing. I can guarantee you it wasn't the iTunes Update plugin that fixed it for you - having written it myself! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or

[slim] RFI from SB2 wall wart

2005-08-17 Thread Michael Scott
A friend of mine just purchased a SB2 (based upon my recommendation) and he loves it except for one thing. The switcher that SlimDevices uses is throwing out so much RFI that he has to unplug it to listen to radio. This is both AM and FM. He emailed Slim and they sent a new wall wart, which is

[slim] Remote from one room activates another room squeeze box

2005-08-17 Thread peter_harding
Hi all, i have a glass dividing wall in a flat that i am developing and operating the slim remote for the squeeze box in the lounge also controls the squeezebox in the kitchen! Any ideas apart from the obvious - relocating the boxes so there is no line of site. I use some projectors where it is

[slim] Re: SlimServer on a Pda

2005-08-17 Thread radish
Well it's unlikely to be localhost as I've never seen slimserver actually running on a PDA - seems like you wouldn't have much space for flac files :) Anyhow, to view the web interface on a PDA you just need to use a different skin, try http://yourserver:9000/Handheld for starters. -- radish

[slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread BBobley
I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General section. This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Here's a story that reflects why I feel this way:

Re: [slim] SlimServer on a Pda

2005-08-17 Thread kdf
Quoting subsub [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I may be going daft, but I just cannot find out the address of the pda interface to slim server. Using localhost:9000 gives me unweildy frames try: http://serverIP:9000/HandHeld/ making sure that serverIP is replaced with the IP address of the computer

[slim] Re: SlimServer on a Pda

2005-08-17 Thread subsub
That was it, I was having a daft moment. All sorted now thanks -- subsub ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread Aylwin
danco Wrote: Well, sound quality is pretty important. But the open source approach of SS makes for rapid development and improvement also.Sound quality IS pretty important. That's why I own an SB2. ;) But, if you're not an audiophile who just wants music anywhere in the house I don't think

[slim] Re: NAS Drive Running Slimserver Solution

2005-08-17 Thread ultra238a
Don't worry it wasn't a prank. Sorry about the delay and not being round but I have been busy with this and other projects I am working on. All being well we should be going into production in September if all goes well. More as I have it. Ultra238a -- ultra238a

[slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread Jeff52
You said it well so I'll just say that I agree about the plugin. -- Jeff52 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread Bruce Hartley
BBobley Wrote: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Don't you just hate me too posts. But what the hell, ME TOO -- Bruce Hartley ___

[slim] Re: Squeezebox skips end of track

2005-08-17 Thread Nick McGrogan
The problem happens in the same way whether the web interface is open or not. I've not manually triggered a rescan, and I've not added any music since this problem became apparent --- I don't see the point in adding more until it is sorted out since I keep finding new tracks which trigger the

Re: [slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread kdf
Quoting Aylwin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As for SS, apparently the Roku supports it as well. character mode only (think original squeezebox before display upgrade), and 'well' might be oversimplifying. anything I've seen suggests some are happy, some are very frustrated by it. Speaking of which,

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread radish
Aylwin Wrote: As for SS, apparently the Roku supports it as well. I think using the work suppport is a bit of a stretch :) Their devices work with it (5.x only IIRC), to some extent. Speaking of which, if SS is open source, does Slim Devices get paid any royalties or licensing fees

Re: [slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread kdf
Quoting BBobley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General section. This plug-in *really* should be made part of the standard installation. Thanks for the

Re: [slim] Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread dean blackketter
The people have spoken. Let's do it for 6.2. On Aug 17, 2005, at 2:00 PM, kdf wrote: Quoting BBobley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm posting this in praise of the Random Play plug-in (thanks kdf!). I figured that beginners might not know about it so that's why I'm posting in the General

[slim] Re: Stability of 6.1 vs. 5.4

2005-08-17 Thread bishopdonmiguel
Great info and thanks for the responses. I think I'll give the 6.x branch some more time to mature and stay with 5.4.1 for now. -- bishopdonmiguel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread JulianL
Mark.Bennett Wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 23:00 +0100, Daniel Cohen wrote: On 16/8/05 at 22:06 +0100, Mark Bennett wrote Possibly hi-fi dealers don't like the Squeezebox, and maybe they haven't tried SB2. Or perhaps the features that make us really like SB don't seem of interest to

[slim] Duplicative entry when scanning playlists

2005-08-17 Thread thomsens
Hello, I have 6.1.1 running on WinXP and I have my playlists and music files in separate directories that are not nested in any way. When I allow slimserver to scan just the music files, everything is fine. when I allow it to scan playlists as well (created by another program and placed in the

[slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-17 Thread dannyg
Mr. KDF guru, The following settings work great when used in conjunction with your Random plugin. But of course they are not optimal when using other menu items on the SB2; especially the 1 second screensaver delay. -- Screensaver when playing: Now Playing (Jump back on wake) -- Screensaver

[slim] Re: SlimDevices losing out in the UK

2005-08-17 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 17/8/05 at 12:52 -0700, Aylwin wrote As for SS, apparently the Roku supports it as well. But not the current version. of SS And since SS is designed for the Squeezebox (and Slimp3) and they have no connection with Roku, it's unlikely that future development of SS will work on Roku.

Re: [slim] SlimServer and Mac OS X Tiger

2005-08-17 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 17/8/05 at 10:45 -0700, dean blackketter wrote On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:21 AM, Daniel Cohen wrote: Trying to diagnose some problems (with Alien BBC) running on my new Mac under Mac OS 10.4.2 (Tiger) I tried running from the command line with the command