[slim] Re: Italian owners?

2006-11-27 Thread Mario
I'm also italian and thinking of buying a SqueezeBox too. I've emailed to computime.it, the only italian reseller listed on http://www.slimdevices.com/au_resellers.html#italy. They are in Rome, I'm in Venice. Waiting for a feedback... By the way, who of you bought SB from US, how much did you

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 und Sony psp - wie geht das??

2006-11-27 Thread Michael Herger
Hallo Richie deinserver damit ist die ip von dem rechner gemeint, der Slimserver und die ext. Festplatten bedient, also mein Musikserver? Ja genau. Die Eingabe bei der psp ist auch etwas fummelig, das macht bei meinem Kollegen mit dem Handheld und telcanto mehr Spaß... Ich glaube, das ist

[slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread P�tur
shameless posting bump *looks at SD support* -- Pétur Alternative free open source firmware for your mp3 player - http://www.rockbox.org/ Pétur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=363 View this

Re: [slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread kdf
Pétur wrote: shameless posting bump *looks at SD support* I'm guessing you haven't noticed that it is a holiday weekend. not to mention, this isn't how you get in touch wth support directly. If you want their attention here, you have to wait. -kdf

[slim] Re: Place for feature request

2006-11-27 Thread slimpy
An NTP client built into the squeezebox is rather useless without a clock to set. Currently, there is no clock function in the squeezebox. When the squeezebox shows the time and date it is the server that runs the clock and merely sends a display update to the sb once a second. The preliminary

[slim] Re: 6.5.1 You don't do that to *my* system

2006-11-27 Thread gorman
Furthermore, this has an extra side effect... Considering the problems 6.5.1 has given to me, I might want to try to install new builds as they become available, to see if the problems are being solved. But with such an incomplete uninstaller... I fear those days. :( -- gorman

[slim] Wake On LAN for Squeeze box

2006-11-27 Thread mjhmjh2
Hello, I've been reading through many of the posts and believe there may be a WOL function but cannot seem to get it to work. Does the Squeeze box one support this? I'm running firmware 40. Thanks Matthew -- mjhmjh2

[slim] Re: Wake On LAN for Squeeze box

2006-11-27 Thread fcm4711
Hi Matthew Unfortunately, SB1 doesn't support WOL. Cheers Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This cannot be done. But one day someone came along who didn't know about this - and did it. (Source unknown) fcm4711's Profile:

[slim] Re: Wake On LAN for Squeeze box

2006-11-27 Thread mjhmjh2
oh that is a real shame - guess not too much point in trying to get the standby mode of my PC working afterall! Thanks Matthew -- mjhmjh2 mjhmjh2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8681 View this

[slim] Re: Stuttering, crossfade, Buffer empties and doesn't fill up

2006-11-27 Thread oreillymj
Perhaps it varies by vendor. My experience of everything I've bought is that it was set to channel 11 when powered on. Channels 1, 6 11 are completely non-overlapping. So if you're seeing por signal strength on channel 11, it worth switching to 6 or 1. If you have a wireless laptop, it's worth

[slim] For Sale Brand New Playstation 3 for just $250

2006-11-27 Thread ade1
This is Phones2Cell Limited. We are a registered and authorise mobile phones distributors. We deal on brand new Unlocked mobile phones with original boxes. Presently we are running our end of year promotion, Buy 4 phones and get 1 free with free shipping via FedEx or DHL. Our prices are

[slim] Re: For Sale Brand New Playstation 3 for just $250

2006-11-27 Thread ajmitchell
Please send me all of the listed items as quickly as you can and I'll pay in the New Year when funds allow. On second thoughts hold for now. -- ajmitchell Check out my other hobby http://ajmitchell.shutterpoint.com

[slim] FS: Bolder modded Elpac

2006-11-27 Thread ecruz
I'm selling my Bolder modded Elpac to upgrade to the bigger PS. I paid $40 for the Elpac $85 for the mod (Wayne's now charging $100 for the mod). I'm asking $110 plus shipping. I also have a wireless Squeezebox(the original model) that I'm going to list on ebay as soon as I receieve my new

[slim] Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread Tbrooke
I have been enjoying more internet radio particularly Wjzz and I was wondering if there are any options for better sound quality It sounds good but I understand they are mostly 128kbs mp3. Are there any flac quality services or stations. I noticed radioIo has CD quality - What does it mean? --

Re: [slim] Place for feature request

2006-11-27 Thread Jack Coates
As mentioned earlier, the best solution is to transparently switch to SqueezeNetwork when the server goes away, and switch back when it comes back. That whole transparent thing is easier said than done, and the potential complaints are staggering. On 11/27/06, slimpy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [slim] 6.5.1 You don't do that to *my* system

2006-11-27 Thread Jack Coates
Bugs.slimdevices.com Search for uninstall If there's already a bug, add yourself so you'll know when it's fixed If there's not, file one and you'll know when it's fixed On 11/27/06, gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furthermore, this has an extra side effect... Considering the problems 6.5.1

[slim] Re: Stuttering, crossfade, Buffer empties and doesn't fill up

2006-11-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
oreillymj;157766 Wrote: I used to have a jpeg showing what nearby channels overlapped each other but cannot find it now. Something like this? http://technet2.microsoft.com/QueryWS/GetOpenContent.aspx?assetID=87018765-a919-4f94-99d8-999c34c737eeDocumentSet=en-USRenderKey=XML from

[slim] Re: Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
Tbrooke;157776 Wrote: Are there any flac quality services or stations. Almost none. I've heard mention of a couple but it's exceedingly rare. The continuing bandwidth demand is very expensive. Also the general public views 96 - 128 kbps MP3 as good enough so there's no big drive to change.

[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5

2006-11-27 Thread cmaskelyne
I am running Windows 2003 server fully patched but without R2. I have experienced some of the issues on this forum but primarily the ones around the whole tagging problem. I know that many people say you have to go through with a certain tagging program and put them all onto a certain format v4

[slim] Re: Tons of Problems with 6.5

2006-11-27 Thread ceejay
cmaskelyne;157788 Wrote: I am running Windows 2003 server fully patched but without R2. I have experienced some of the issues on this forum but primarily the ones around the whole tagging problem. I know that many people say you have to go through with a certain tagging program and put

[slim] Re: Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread gerph
Mark Lanctot;157787 Wrote: It's the most misused term ever devised by marketers. It can mean whatever they want it to mean. True CD quality is 1440 kbps WAV (snip). Ok, you'll have to correct my maths here, 'cos I may be dim. CD = 44100Hz (samples per second). There is stereo data (two

[slim] Re: Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
gerph;157802 Wrote: Ok, you'll have to correct my maths here, 'cos I may be dim. CD = 44100Hz (samples per second). There is stereo data (two channels per sample) and each channel is 16bit. So that's 44100 * 2 * 16 = 1411200 bits per second. Which is 1411.2kps or 1378.125kibps. Neither of

[slim] Re: Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread Wombat
I am not using these streaming services but i think some stations offer ogg streams meanwhile. At 96kHz it already can sound surprisingly good imho. -- Wombat Wombat's Profile:

[slim] Re: Should SlimServer show running in processes?

2006-11-27 Thread JJZolx
tbessie;157727 Wrote: I'm having it start at login, so then I suppose the service is turned off, and slim.exe is run as an app. And I suppose then that if I changed it to start at boot, the service would be changed to Automatic and would be running? I can't say for sure since I don't use

[slim] Re: Best Stream quality

2006-11-27 Thread gerph
Mark Lanctot;157807 Wrote: Whoops, my memory was off here, it's 1411 kbps of course. Edit coming up. Phew! I thought for a second that my mind was going more than it already is :-) -- gerph gerph's Profile:

[slim] Re: What counts as 'new and changed music'?

2006-11-27 Thread Diana
Jim Thanks ever so much for a very clear and comprehensive summary - it was really helpful. I think I will take your hint, and stick to 'clear rescan' as the most reliable method of updating the library. This does not take long, as I only have three thousand or so tracks. As 'clear and

[slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread P�tur
kdf;157750 Wrote: I'm guessing you haven't noticed that it is a holiday weekend. not to mention, this isn't how you get in touch wth support directly. If you want their attention here, you have to wait. -kdf Well I was under the impression the weekend would end on monday (it usually does

Re: [slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread kdf
Quoting Pétur [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf;157750 Wrote: I'm guessing you haven't noticed that it is a holiday weekend. not to mention, this isn't how you get in touch wth support directly. If you want their attention here, you have to wait. -kdf Well I was under the impression the weekend would

[slim] Restructuring physical folders for Various Artists

2006-11-27 Thread ob_kook
I enlisted some help to undertake a pretty big ripping project (over 2000 CDs) and ripped everything to FLAC. The tags were set up well and except for some minor clean-up using TagRename, I'm pretty happy with this aspect. THe problem is that I missed a setting in EAC and instead of all the

[slim] Slimserver must be open to connect

2006-11-27 Thread SlimChances
Set up a Sqeezebox 1 for a friend using a wireless connection (DLink 624 router) and an older P3 computer. He is able to run the squeezebox only if he goes to the computer and opens the Slimserver page. I tried to start the slimserver from his squeezebox with the remote and it appears to connect

[slim] Re: Slimserver must be open to connect

2006-11-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
Is slim.exe running? Check services.msc, it should be shown as running and automatic. Does he use the tray icon? What does it indicate? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile:

[slim] Re: Slimserver must be open to connect

2006-11-27 Thread radish
Is the process running? It sounds to me like it's not set to auto-start and so it's only started when you launch the UI from the tray icon (which has the sideeffect of starting the server if needed). -- radish radish's

[slim] Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread boybees
Is there a button on the remote that when pressed does NOTHING except light up the backlight? I ask this because all the buttons seem to do SOMETHING so when a I press one to light up the remote, SOMETHING happens that I don't necessarily want to happen. Thanks! -- boybees

[slim] What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread jmpage2
Come on SD guys, even Amazon.com gave away 1000 Xbox 360's for $100. You guys seriously need to have a holiday sale and I'm not talking about that buy 2 and get $100 off crap (J/K)!! :) We need a big sale on SB3 before the new ones that are branded Logitech start to ship out. :P And there

[slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread kevin
Pétur;157062 Wrote: And I really would like to know if my SB2 arrived, what's wrong, what it will cost me and when I'll have it back. I love my SB2 but I'm getting a headache from support and I've lost my trust in the build quality too: it was ONLY 1.5 years old (18 APR 2005) and out-of

[slim] SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread your momo
As already told here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29897 my biggest concern with Transporter is the lack of a stand alone mode. As music lover and audio enthusiastic I'm interested to find a solution to get free of all my CDs and enter in the music streaming age. The fact

Re: [slim] SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread Pat Farrell
your momo wrote: I'm targeting especially on Transporter as it offer enough inner space for that, his higher price point also allows more freedom. I can see a niche product about the size of a transporter with some sort of built in server. But I can't see who would buy it in volume. I can't

[slim] Re: Support problems

2006-11-27 Thread P�tur
thanks Kevin! -- Pétur Alternative free open source firmware for your mp3 player - http://www.rockbox.org/ Pétur's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=363 View this thread:

[slim] Synology / 60'000 tracks

2006-11-27 Thread Klaus
Hello I currently have a couple of external USB drives attached to a pc running slimserver. I'm just thinking of buying a Synology Disk Station DS-106. I have two main questions a) has someone tried out to use synology with over 60k tracks? if so, how is the performance? b) how many

Re: [slim] SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread Jack Coates
On 11/27/06, your momo ... Therefore I'm proposing to implement a minimal stand-alone mode on board. I'm targeting especially on Transporter as it offer enough inner space for that, his higher price point also allows more freedom. ... Have fun, and good luck. There've been about ten similar

Re: [slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread Pat Farrell
JJZolx wrote: Pat Farrell;157881 Wrote: I can see a niche product about the size of a transporter with some sort of built in server. But I can't see who would buy it in volume. Same people who buy these: http://www.olive.us/ yeah, right Olive|OPUS 400GB ($2,999) Not a lot of mass market

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread your momo
I think I was not clear enough, the goal is to fit the NAS Board inside Transporter's body not to build a 2nd full box. HDD must not be located close to Transporter it can be a network drive hooked behind several meter of LAN cable... About customer unfilled attempt, Slim's claim on Transporter:

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread Kahuna
ALL of the buttons do nothing if you hold your other hand in front of the emitter! ;-) -- Kahuna Kahuna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8689 View this thread:

[slim] Re: TouchScreen Skin

2006-11-27 Thread bklaas
I just checked in changes to provide IE support in the Touch skin. Changes are checked into both 6.5 and Trunk branches. If you find issues with this, please update/reopen the bug at: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4507 This was a very non-trivial change, as I had to significantly

[slim] Re: Transporter broken?

2006-11-27 Thread Kahuna
Unfortunately, my Transporter died as well. I sent an e-mail over the holiday weekend (#14519, if support is looking at this)and am waiting to hear about next steps. The first thing I did (probably on 11/17) was to check these forums for any news on this. At that time, this thread didn't exist

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread ceejay
If there's a button you don't want its easy enough to map it to do nothing - you need to create a custom.map file (search the forum if you need more hints) Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile:

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread boybees
Kahuna;157908 Wrote: ALL of the buttons do nothing if you hold your other hand in front of the emitter! ;-) Nice solution - way to think outside of the box! Not perfectly elegant as it requires involvement of the other hand, but certainly good enough. -- boybees

[slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread kanoot
I'm waiting for the transporter fire sale - one that doesn't include another SB3. Maybe I'll wait till Logitech screws the pooch and pick up a used one on ebay. -- kanoot kanoot's Profile:

[slim] Re: Visa and Mastercard Cut Off AllofMP3

2006-11-27 Thread ccaccc
http://digg.com/business_finance/Mastercard_and_Visa_Banned_AllofMP3_Yeah_right -- ccaccc ccaccc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8692 View this thread:

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread jeffmeh
your momo;157902 Wrote: I think I was not clear enough, the goal is to fit the NAS Board inside Transporter's body not to build a 2nd full box.. Your goal may be to do that, but with all due respect I do not share it. I would find that to be an inferior solution to what SD already offers, I

[slim] Re: Italian owners?

2006-11-27 Thread RiccardoR
Sorry for everyone that don't speak italian: Per Mario: Ho visto che ti sei accodato ad un vecchio messaggio. Ad oggi, con la recente acquisizione, ritengo che per noi in Italia sia il caso di aspettare che lo Squeezebox venga distribuito proprio dalla Logitech (e magari a prezzo inferiore!). Se

Re: [slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread kdf
Quoting kanoot [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm waiting for the transporter fire sale - one that doesn't include another SB3. It has been stated before by SD that when that deal runs out, the price is the same. Consider the SB3 as the free bonus, rather than a package deal. You can always sell

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread MelonMonkey
The market for a server + client solution is obviously greater than that of a client-only solution. Slim devices already has the software and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Logitech puts together the box to run it. Note, I think the idea propsed in the first message is way off base.

[slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread Skunk
If the Transporter were to get cheaper, the SB1 would have to be selling for $99 by now. They'll just put the AK439_X_ and probably bump the price up $200... (wild speculation) -- Skunk Skunk's Profile:

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread JJZolx
MelonMonkey;157933 Wrote: People who want a two-box pre-amp aren't audiophiles, they're just folks with too much money and very little sense. Plonk. Nutball alert. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile:

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread richidoo
The home network is becoming ubiquitous and slim is playing on this, marketing to a growing market of dual personality nerdy computer geeks / ultracool music loving dudes. This demographic is becoming 'normal' in younger age groups and is growing very fast! So, they do not need to market to other

[slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread richidoo
Perceived value of Transporter is rising like a rocket. There are no major reviews published yet to drive sales from standard issue hifi nuts and hardly anyone in the high end community knows about it. Audiophiles are just getting up to speed with SB which is hitting its publicity peak now after

[slim] Re: What?? No holiday super sale? :)

2006-11-27 Thread Bradley
Why not a repeat of the Buy 2 SB3's, get $100 off Or how about Buy Three , get One Free? Sign me up for either of these. My CC is ready! -- Bradley Bradley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46

[slim] Version number?

2006-11-27 Thread outsider
Where do I go to find out the version number of SlimServer? -- outsider outsider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30085

Re: [slim] Version number?

2006-11-27 Thread Pat Farrell
outsider wrote: Where do I go to find out the version number of SlimServer? on the bottom of the server-settings page. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread MelonMonkey
I suppose all the other audiophiles I know are also engineers. So while a $5-10K prepro is not out of the question, no one I know spends hours tracing their CDs with green markers nor worrying too much about the power cable they're using (as long as it's adequate for the current). While my

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread boybees
On the default.map file, brightness hold = dead. So just press the brightness button and hold it, and you light up the remote without doing anything else (and without changing the brightness). -- boybees boybees's

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread azinck3
boybees;157954 Wrote: On the default.map file, brightness hold = dead. So just press the brightness button and hold it, and you light up the remote without doing anything else (and without changing the brightness). Actually, not such a good idea...brightness.hold updates the firmware! You

[slim] Re: Transporter broken?

2006-11-27 Thread Amadeus
My transported died last night. I can't turn it back on. Unfortunate, since my SB3 is a poor substitute. -- Amadeus Amadeus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4484 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread kdf
azinck3 wrote: Actually, not such a good idea...brightness.hold updates the firmware! You don't see it in the default.map file because that's the one button with functionality that's hard-coded into the device. It is something to be cautious of, but the hold time to activate firmware is

Re: [slim] Re: SlimLite + NAS on board

2006-11-27 Thread Michael Herger
The market for a server + client solution is obviously greater than that of a client-only solution. I doubt it: I'm running five clients but only need one server. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a

[slim] Re: Transporter remote backlight question

2006-11-27 Thread ceejay
boybees;157954 Wrote: On the default.map file, brightness hold = dead. So just press the brightness button and hold it, and you light up the remote without doing anything else (and without changing the brightness). The other thing to watch out for (and the reason I suggested creating a