I'm sure these must be very uneasy days in Squeezeland...
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you are number 5 to start a thread without seeing the rest.
see the Uh-oh thread, it's been going all day.
It happens in busy forums, particularly when people start threads with
crap subjects like uh oh. A high percent of people won't even open a
thread if the topic doesn't sound
2008-01-11 05:05:41.5684 scanDirectory: Didn't find any valid files in:
[/ext/Qmultimedia]
What does ls -l /ext/Qmultimedia say?
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On 11-Jan-08, at 12:02 AM, jimwillsher wrote:
you are number 5 to start a thread without seeing the rest.
see the Uh-oh thread, it's been going all day.
It happens in busy forums,
yes it does. even in not so busy ones.
particularly when people start threads with
crap subjects like uh
All I can say is I have enough Squeezeboxen and a Transporter to keep me
going. I'll archive the official SC7 release and code and that'll be
the end of the road for me if the deal goes ahead. Hopefully they're
built to last and Sean's non-compete doesn't forever prevent the
re-emergence of
noduplicates wrote:
Peter,
I agree with Erland about the problems of cannabalizing sales of the
current device by releasing a new one and that SlimDevices has already
made a commitment to the current device. However, history and
companies such as Apple have shown that building the right
Having had all sort of problems getting my SB3 to talk to the slimserver
(finally, resolved by upgrading USB adaptor)...all I hear now is white
noise/static, even though there is no flag on the display or slim
server that there is something wrong.
It was working perfectly and then suddenly only
Ripcaster in the UK has the Duet listed for £279, estimated delivery 1st
Feb.
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something - is the PSU plug on the back of the SB3 fully in?
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erland;256935 Wrote:
If thinking about writing your own server, this thread may be of
interest, it contains two alternative simple servers:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38173
erland thank you very much,
Of course, i am not thinking on developing a new server from scratch.
Thanks Patrick, you were spot on...not sure what caused it but just took
out put back in the plug in the back. Is this what you meant by
recycle the power? Cheers Mike
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Is anyone else scared by this?
Hopefully just a rumour as MS don't have the best reputation with Open
Source and imagine the horror of sharing branding with the Zune.
I'm surprised this hasn't been posted already, forgive me if it's a
duplicate!
From TheRegister.co.uk:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/10/ms_wants_logitech/
any unholy thoughts?
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Old news - there have been lots of threads on this already -
consolidated here
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018
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Thread #6 about this rumour...
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Congrats on a great product! I own a SB3 and i think a duet would
complement it well in addition to providing music to one more room in
my house!
Any words on the release date yet? I live in Norway, when can i expect
it to reach the stores? Are we talking months or weeks?
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parubini;257161 Wrote:
Frank
Have you considered if you will be able to include my suggestions for
handling mapped paths in a future release of ACC ? From the very
complimentary comments that you have received I could imagine that you
could have a long development programme should you
Minimal s/w development approach - you could consider the following:
1. Take the current SqueezeCenter sourceand disable all user menu
options you don't want to provide to your users. I'm sure some advice
will be given how to scale to 500 users.
2. If MP3 files are on the same server as
Frank
Have you considered if you will be able to include my suggestions for
handling mapped paths in a future release of ACC ? From the very
complimentary comments that you have received I could imagine that you
could have a long development programme should you wish ! Perhaps you
might consider
...and thread #7 (withing only a few minutes after #6 - wow!)
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I can't see a delete thread option.
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I've also seen this behavior on some FLAC + external CUE sheets (also
made with EAC). I haven't tracked it down to a specific cause. But
basically it is a right PITA with my transporter and 6.5.4 running on
XP pro - often selecting an album the first track is slow to start (
10s) and I get the
Exactly that. Glad you're up and running again.
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SilverRS8;257164 Wrote:
Do you think the ACC user base is already large enough to take it more
serious and do it the sourceforge way? I have no overview of users
really using the tool already because I have no download stats so
judging from the forum thread there are not really that many
Thanks, ordering one of these would be a good solution.
However the slimdevices webshop no longer delivers to Europe and points
to the Logitech website where I cannot find the remote sold separatley.
Argh.
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bklaas;257049 Wrote:
I've yet to ever get my grubby hands on one, but check out the PepperPad
http://pepperpad.com . Does everything (in theory) that the Nokia does,
on an x86 platform, similar form factor, PLUS it's got IR. Same screen
size as the Nokia, so the Nokia770 skin should give
The SB3 remote works with the SB2 and is nicer anyway.
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I have just upgraded my N800 to the latest 2008 OS and performance is
much improved. Previously I had to tap the N800 screen to bring it out
of standby and then wait until it caught up with what the SB3 was
playing. Now this is done in background so tapping the screen brings
instant 'on' and the
I agree with Mnyb:
I have gone through all the phases of SB's from the first batch to the
SB3's
we have today.
I always constantly replace all of my SB's to the latest generation (To
get rid of wireless-B products.. or for the nice
screen/design/form-factor) .. I have probably bought over 40
Use your user name and password in the URL, see point 7:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RemoteStreaming
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Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not
do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz?
peterw: I have the SB2 remote and the problem seems indeed to be the
same as reported in the thread you linked to, which btw is is also
about a broken SB2 remote, not SB3.
Thanks for posting this. I'll try soldering. Any tips on how to gently
open the remote?
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sjuttiosju;257196 Wrote:
I own two Squeezebox2 since quite some time and I'm very happy with
them. But now one of the remotes seems to be broken. The power-button
still works (sometimes) but nothing else. I exchanged batteries and
tested both remotes with both boxes to exclude the box as an
I have no problem to cycle various display information by pressing Now
Playing button. But lately after install nightly 9 Jan, i can't cycle
through.
I have checked SC setting, under Player Settings, Now Playing
Information only shows two rows of format as image shown, is it normal?
SilverRS8;257124 Wrote:
The .MHT file does not populate with album art, but the .HTML file does.
Is there a reason for this?
The .MHT file should be identical to the .html file. I'll also take a
look at this one.
Frank
The appears to be a problem with Firefox. When I open the .MHT
Siduhe;257208 Wrote:
Where are you based?
I'm in Sweden and have just contacted two resellers if they sell the
remote separately. Ripcaster seems to ship through Europe, but the
price is a little steep. Thanks anyway. :)
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noduplicates;257117 Wrote:
Peter,
I agree with Erland about the problems of cannabalizing sales of the
current device by releasing a new one and that SlimDevices has already
made a commitment to the current device. However, history and
companies such as Apple have shown that building the
I would second Heuer's comments. OS2008 is a big step forward in terms
of stablility and speed (and we have Diablo to look forward to in
2009!). Not so keen on the formatting (everything is now thumb/finger
access sized) but it's a lot more snappy.
Word of caution before upgrading to OS2008
Use the 2nd (blank) drop-down box to choose another display option, and
then save/apply the changes. Then you'll see those 2 options, plus a
3rd drop-down box, which is blank. Repeat that process until you have
all the options you want. Then you should be able to cycle through them
via Now
The Duet is an interesting next step in the audio world. It brings
convenient user interface and allows the audio equipment to be hidden
from view (a big plus for me).
As a potential first time buyer, the SBR is spot on. The SBC or the
duet combo is less appealing, as i'm not yet convinced that
I renamed this thread so people are more likely to see it and not post
duplicate threads.
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auronthas;257246 Wrote:
Is it supposed to be as what you described or is it a bug? I noticed all
display information are shown in Now Playing Format in last year
nightly.
I think it depends on what your previous settings were, and whether or
not you wiped out your previous settings when you
aubuti;257242 Wrote:
Use the 2nd (blank) drop-down box to choose another display option, and
then save/apply the changes. Then you'll see those 2 options, plus a
3rd drop-down box, which is blank. Repeat that process until you have
all the options you want. Then you should be able to cycle
I don't think I've yet seen a hi-fi digital audio receiver that
integrates nicely with any of the online stores. I suppose Apple
Airport does, but IIRC you need to control that from a Mac rather than
with a remote, so it's rubbish for living room use. A SqueezuneBox
would actually be a fairly
I own two Squeezebox2 since quite some time and I'm very happy with
them. But now one of the remotes seems to be broken. The power-button
still works (sometimes) but nothing else. I exchanged batteries and
tested both remotes with both boxes to exclude the box as an error
source - it's the one
OK, here's another view:
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/01/11/microsofts-next-bet-logitech.aspx
Basically, Motley Fool think that such a deal wouldn't get past the
competition authorities...
Unfortunately, a glance at the best-sellers on Amazon.com (Nasdaq:
AMZN) or at your local
Where are you based?
'Ripcaster' (http://www.ripcaster.co.uk) in the UK sells the remotes
separately.
https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/203
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Thanks for the tip! Thank goodness there are a lot of smart people
around here...
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My, my, you boys do get excited!
My point was merely that I can't expand my system with a new receiver
since my obsolete SB3 remote control could not be used to configure
it.
I look forward to the change in this situation; as forecast by various
contributors to this thread.
Don't get wrong -
thing-fish;257298 Wrote:
But an iPod touch that could stream from SqueezeCenter, boy that'd be
one hot ticket.
Sorry to reply to myself, but you know what? Has anyone looked at the
Sansa Connect? It is not touch screen, but it is a PMP that has Wifi
*and* internet radio. I wonder if it can
Skunk;256596 Wrote:
Real audiophiles should just get a Transporter anyway.
Is this statement still true, in your eyes, if one's use of the
SB3/Duet/Transporter ends with the digital out?
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erland;257110 Wrote:
Personally I'm still dreaming of a SqueezeBox Portable that will be good
enough to replace my iPod Touch as a portable device.
Serious question (because I don't have an iPod Touch)...am I right in
thinking that the iPod can't do streams right now? I wonder when they
dminches;257302 Wrote:
Is this statement still true, in your eyes, if one's use of the
SB3/Duet/Transporter ends with the digital out?
The Transporter is over priced, IMHO. A SBR or SB3 with a good external
DAC like a Benchmark DAC1 for example has better technical
specifications and thus
Oh no! Please! :(
ceejay;257285 Wrote:
OK, here's another view:
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/01/11/microsofts-next-bet-logitech.aspx
Basically, Motley Fool think that such a deal wouldn't get past the
competition authorities...
Unfortunately, a glance at the best-sellers on
I tried downloading the waveinput plugin and got a the Compressed
(zipped) file is invalid or corrupted error message. I can download it
onto the computer but when I try to open it I get the same message. I
tried looking up the error message on the Microsoft support site but
none of it seemed
noduplicates wrote:
Peter;257149 Wrote:
noduplicates wrote:
It's pretty hard to distinguish between song titles that way.
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Not yet, but I'm getting closer.
inv;257167 Wrote:
Congrats on a great product! I own a SB3 and i think a duet would
complement it well in addition to providing music to one more room in
my house!
Any words on the release date yet? I live in Norway, when can i expect
it to reach the stores? Are we talking months or
A quick glance at the SC7 source suggests the SBR button may not have
the flexibility I hoped for, largely because the canPowerOff() method
suggests the SBR cannot turn off. Dean has asked in the past what
off means, and I'll give you a new answer: it means the player will
go silent and not
I'd like to thank everyone whose posted in the past regarding how to
set-up remote access to SlimServer. Thanks to that wealth of
information, I was able to successfully access SlimServer remotely and
listen to the stream through Windows Media Player with the URL
http://host
i too would be interested in this... anyone have any ideas?
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dminches;257302 Wrote:
Is this statement still true, in your eyes, if one's use of the
SB3/Duet/Transporter ends with the digital out?
Depends on your definition of real audiophile, and possibly what
clocking features their DAC has. The topic has been discussed a lot in
the audiophile forum,
I'm generally in sympathy with you - if not actual agreement. I'm in my
mid-50s and have become increasingly presbyopic over the years. But I
can't see this happening for a couple of reasons: For one thing, it
would be lousy business practice. For another, there's a lot more to
introducing a
sjuttiosju;257227 Wrote:
peterw: I have the SB2 remote and the problem seems indeed to be the
same as reported in the thread you linked to, which btw is is also
about a broken SB2 remote, not SB3.
...
Update: Ha! Fixed it already. It was indeed the broken connection
between the diode and
can i suggest http://www.forwardit.us/ as a buyer/reshipper ( i found
them on ebay and it cost me $5 for handling) they are shipping a chumby
to me as we speak as so far its been very fast service, regular emails
etc ill report back on speed when it arrives if you like.
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BetterDAC;257327 Wrote:
The Transporter is over priced, IMHO. A SBR or SB3 with a good external
DAC like a Benchmark DAC1 for example has better technical
specifications and thus will deliver better quality sound for several
$hundred less than a Transporter.
Stereophile doesn't agree with
aubuti;257258 Wrote:
I think it depends on what your previous settings were, and whether or
not you wiped out your previous settings when you updated to the
nightly. For example, I always preserve my preferences file when
updating, and haven't seen that problem.
My recollection is that
Maybye this should have been posted in the beginners catalog, but
anyhow:
In the server configuration, I set up a location to where my playlists
is stored. I have stored one playlist in there (made
from Rhythmbox, Linux media player). So from what I expect, the
slimserver should easily find my
First, did you do a rescan in slimserver after copying the playlist
over? Slimserver won't know about it unless you at least rescan the
playlists.
Second, there is no one standard for playlist formats. It is possible
that Rhythmbox's playlists aren't the format that slimserver uses, so
TCM;257114 Wrote:
It would be interesting to know which online shops that will carry the
the Receiver and the Controller.
I saw that www.ripcaster.co.uk were going to stock it (later this month
they say...)
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I'm reminded for some reason of an unrelated argument in which someone
tried to persuade me that a company - with 50+% market share -
overpriced their products! Doh
This can easily be true. Not from the company's point of view, of course.
Consider that utterly broken word processor
BetterDAC;257327 Wrote:
The Transporter is over priced, IMHO.
Its only overpriced if it doesn't sell. Judging by the number of
threads started by people with Transporters, they must have sold a few
at least!
I'm reminded for some reason of an unrelated argument in which someone
tried to
mvalera;257330 Wrote:
Please file that at http://bugs.slimdevices.com.
Done. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6584
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Well, in the case of buying the Transporter versus the SB3 + DAC or
competing products such as Sonos, there is definitely enough
competition that one hopes no one is buying a Transporter for that
reason.
On Jan 11, 2008 5:00 PM, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm reminded for some
There a couple things I'd like to see slimserver7
-RhapsodyDirect support. Browse, search, and play from the Rhapsody
Music service natively. This will enable rhapsody streams to be pushed
to all squeezeboxes in the network. :-)
- NetRemote/mediaBridge support, so slimserver can display tracks,
yes, but what about security? is there another way to protect Internet
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Thx. This is so cool. Finally Pandora again available at least through a
webbrowser. I hope some of you guys can get Pandora to work on SC now
too for non US users.
Frank
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They went RTM (Release to Manufacture) on Monday, estimated for the
middle of Febuary for retail stores. Logitec may have them online
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Hmm, well since Rhapsody Direct support has been in SC7 for many months
now, maybe you should give it a try?
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Hmm, well since Rhapsody Direct support has been in SC7 for many months
now, maybe you should give it a try?
Why it's maybe not such a great idea to go six months between releases.
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andyg;257373 Wrote:
Hmm, well since Rhapsody Direct support has been in SC7 for many months
now, maybe you should give it a try?
The page shows 6.5.4 as the latest version still -- when is SC7 going
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I thought the middle of February estimate was stated to someone in
Europe. I got the impression from that post that they may show up in
the U.S. sooner. I could have read it wrong, however.
On Jan 11, 2008 5:47 PM, funkstar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They went RTM (Release to Manufacture) on
Great to hear Pandora after all these months, and I even still can
login.
However, I wonder for how long we are able to enjoy this work-around.
And I don't think doing this will give Pandora much credit either.
For the time being, lets hope a SB plugin is made soon. :)
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From my testing the Musical Fidelity X-DACV3 is an inferior DAC compared
to the Benchmark DAC1, so not a fair comparison drawn. That being said
I'm still considering buying a transporter to replace the SB3 for the
added functionallity and display. Considering the value of the
transporter, maybe
It doesn't matter, use a nightly build.
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/7.0/
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Hello all,
I apologize if a similar question has been posted. My browser and the
search function do not like each other.
Has there ever been discussion about the ability to view text files
from slimserver? I ask because I have many text files that accompany
my music. These text files
mvalera;257336 Wrote:
Stereophile doesn't agree with you. They tested a Transporter and
compared it to the editor's own setup of a SB3 plus a Musical
Fidelity's X-DACV3. The editor preferred the Transporter over his
personal setup:
Yes, the Transporter is worth the upgrade, even from an
I would like to listen to WGCY via my Transporter, but I do not know
what the URL is for the audio feed.
Here is the link for the station -
http://www.wgcyradio.com/Aux%20Pages/Listen%20Live!.htm
Thanks
Andrew Smith
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BetterDAC;257392 Wrote:
[...]its harder to make the leap that a Trasporter would sound better
than a system with better technical specs that was designed by an
audiophile company.
Such as which one?
The DAC1 is an excellent DAC but it does NOT beat Transporter on specs.
Also, it uses
Mitch Harding;257381 Wrote:
I thought the middle of February estimate was stated to someone in
Europe. I got the impression from that post that they may show up in
the U.S. sooner. I could have read it wrong, however.
oh good point, didn't think of that :)
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Michael Herger;257133 Wrote:
2008-01-11 05:05:41.5684 scanDirectory: Didn't find any valid files
in:
[/ext/Qmultimedia]
What does ls -l /ext/Qmultimedia say?
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That its empty :-(
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Chris
Most likely you need to open port 3483. More details about exactly what
you need to do is here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ConnectingRemotely
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seanadams;257401 Wrote:
Such as which one?
The DAC1 is an excellent DAC but it does NOT beat Transporter on specs.
Also, it uses ASRC, which as expected makes for OK measurements but is
not universally believed to be without disadvantages in subjective
sound quality.
Also, note that
Thanks. A Shields-Up probe tells me that 3483 is open. I only have it
set-up as a TCP port; perhaps I need to open it for UDP also?
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andyg;257384 Wrote:
It doesn't matter, use a nightly build.
It matters to me, because I have strict policies against gunking up my
machine with betas and nightly builds, even if I'm assured they're
high-quality. No Ubuntist, I.
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I have finally achieved musical nirvana. After about 5-6 months of
various problems, I thought some folks on 'the path' would appreciate
hearing a success story. Here's what I'm running:
ReadyNAS NV+ running Slimserver 6.5.4- w/ 3x 750gb drives
(3) Slimboxes in 3 seperate (2 distant) rooms
BetterDAC;257413 Wrote:
I haven't written that many posts,[...]
... which is in large part why I am this thoroughly objecting to you.
You've come in here guns blazing, clearly having spent no time
researching the _only_ topic you've thus far raised: better dac. It's
silly.
Everybody would
seanadams;257423 Wrote:
... which is in large part why I am so thoroughly objecting to you.
You've come in here guns blazing, clearly having spent no time
researching the _only_ topic you've thus far raised: better dac. It's
silly.
Everybody would like to have a better DAC, but first
Anyway, congrats to the SD team for this new addition to the hardware
family. This platform is a logical next step to advancing the
interaction and control of SlimServer and ultimately, our music
collections.
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