Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread willyhoops
You could always pick up a tiny monitor if all you wanted was audio and it would have the advantage of a big interrface. The movie rental deal with all the studios and for many countries not just the USA is of course amazing and really shows Apple's power. Clearly they can and will put together

Re: [slim] Want to be able to run the SBR with the SB3 remote?

2008-01-16 Thread amcluesent
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42229 Question:

Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?

2008-01-16 Thread ModelCitizen
Robin Bowes;259137 Wrote: Or maybe sooner... Yeah, haven't you finished reading that Perl for Beginners book yet? MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Bryston 4B ST PMC OB1s

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

2008-01-16 Thread willyhoops
I think after the apple tv presentation last night (discussed here http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42292 ) we can say Microsoft is going to have to lot better than logitech and slimdevices. -- willyhoops

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread SilverRS8
Problems should be fixed now and will be tested by Schatzy prior to posting them again (learned my lesson) :) Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SlimServer

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread snarlydwarf
With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?

2008-01-16 Thread mvalera
JJZolx;259096 Wrote: He doesn't want a controller. Many existing users prefer to control their Squeezeboxes with laptops, PCs, PDAs, Nokia Nseries, iPhones, iPod Touches, etc. If you're going to place the SB in a closet, the $150 SBR makes more sense than a $300 SB3. The current setup

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread Diana Artemis
snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is this OK? Or do you need to

[slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Espen
(first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a Squeezebox? I would like to

Re: [slim] Sound card w Toslink for playing DTS FLAC files

2008-01-16 Thread DanielTheGreat
Honva, Thanks for your further input. But I've already tried setting the volumes to 100%, with no success. What I'd really like to know is how PowerDVD manages to bypass whatever's altering the bit-stream, and produce perfect DTS surround, when none of my audio players can do this! Thanks also

Re: [slim] Album Gallery

2008-01-16 Thread Michael Herger
Nokia N800. All works well EXCEPT the Album artwork is not showing up in the Album Gallery view. The artwork for each track is working as expected. I have rescanned several times but to no avail. I am assuming What version are you using? Make sure you're using the lates available (6.5.5 or

[slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes

2008-01-16 Thread Kim . T
Will it be possible to run the Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes ? And will the remote be quick enough and display cower art. All my music is stored on my NAS today but the NAS isn't powerfull enough to run SqueezeCenter 7.0 (Synology DS-101j) and I don't wan't to have a PC running. -- Kim.T

[slim] Slimserver just quits - help needed!

2008-01-16 Thread popmarter
It happened to me twice now and i am getting a very irritated now. I have a modem, connected to a Linksys WRT54G router. From that point it goes wireless to a laptop. Router is with cable connected to a Ds107+ NAS. Than i have a Squeezebox 3 wirelles connected to the NAS to listen to music on

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread teejay
You can add a tag to your mediafiles called ALBUMSORT. I've done that on all mp3s and flac files, and filled them with 'artist-year-album title' for non-compilation albums. The albums are then sorted by this new tag, while the display still shows the contents of the albumtitle tag. I don't know

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes

2008-01-16 Thread smc2911
Not sure you get cover-art when playing from mp3tunes via SB/Duet (although you do with other Music Services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Slacker). -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?

2008-01-16 Thread Robin Bowes
ModelCitizen wrote: Robin Bowes;259137 Wrote: Or maybe sooner... Yeah, haven't you finished reading that Perl for Beginners book yet? Ha! I'm on page 5... ;) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet only with MP3Tunes

2008-01-16 Thread funkstar
Running the Duet with SqueezeNetwork and MP3Tunes will work just fine. No idea bout cover art and MP3Tunes though, I've not used it. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Robin Bowes
Espen wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
tamanaco, You should find the configuration file in the acc-v1-RC2 folder that is crated on unzipping the downloaded file. If you are not seeing it is may be hidden by windows. 1. open the folder with ACC in it. 2. click on tools (in the tool bar at the top) 3. click on folder options 4. click

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Espen
Thanks. I just noticed the custom browse plug-in myself as well. I use UNIX for the servers, but windows is available aswell so I am sure I will find an efficient tool. -- Espen Espen's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
Secret Squirrel, quoteAlso, I wonder why ACC accesses the internet./quote IE will always try to access the internet every time it is opened, whether you want it to or not. That is just the way the browser works normally. You could manually set it to not access the internet but then when you

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
Secret Squirrel;259099 Wrote: Also, I wonder why ACC accesses the internet. Overall, I happy with what I have. Thanks again, SS Secret Squirrel IE is normal set to try and connect to the internet normally. This can be changed (work off line mode)but then every time you go to use it

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread tamanaco
SilverRS8;259165 Wrote: Hi all, Sorry for the problems caused. Frank Frank, everyone using beta software should be aware that issues like this will occur from time to time. No need to apologize. I'm amazed at how quickly you fix and add functionality to this thing. I appreciated all the

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread tamanaco
schatzy;259274 Wrote: Did you get it to work? Schazy I removed it. I'm waiting for Frank to upload the next release. Thanks... -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-16 Thread shawkie
I have decided that my current QNAP TS101 is nowhere near powerful enough for SC7 (I reckon it needs at least 256MB RAM). I looked at upgrading it but I can't find anything that ticks all the boxes. Most cheap NAS boxes are too limited in CPU and RAM. Mini-ITX based systems are too big and power

Re: [slim] Support Form Issues and Empty Playlists

2008-01-16 Thread pRC
Are you running SlimServer as a Windows service or as a user program? As a user program, set to be accessible by all users... Do you know if SlimServer can see the external drive? Well, I can browse to all the music via File Folder or Genre, or Artist, etc. All the music will play, but the

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
tamanaco;259267 Wrote: Thanks Schatzy... I run my systems so that I can see all the hidden files as an administrator. Frank said that the file is created when the script is executed. It is not in the zip file. I usually remove every trace of the previous version of any beta software from my

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread tamanaco
schatzy;259254 Wrote: tamanaco, You should find the configuration file in the acc-v1-RC2 folder that is crated on unzipping the downloaded file. If you are not seeing it is may be hidden by windows. 1. open the folder with ACC in it. 2. click on tools (in the tool bar at the top) 3.

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread Secret Squirrel
Secret Squirrel;258993 Wrote: Frank, You're amazing! I don't know how you're getting all of these things straightened out and added so quickly and maintain a normal life. I don't have any software consultants that work that fast (okay, one). I can't wait to get home tonight and try the

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread Marc Sherman
Diana Artemis wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration files; is

[slim] MySQL purchased by Sun

2008-01-16 Thread 4mula1
If you haven't already heard, Sun Microsystems is plunking down about 1 billion USD for MySQL. Not that it should have much effect on us in the short term, but you never know about the future. -- 4mula1 SlimServer 6.5.4 + Solaris 10 x86: Because Linux would've been too easy!

[slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox

2008-01-16 Thread Poff
Anyone else that is looking for a universal remote that can control SB? I had my eyes for Harmony 1000 for a long time, and if a version came out that supported SB and had the same features as the new controller (browsing, album art etc) it would be a direct buy for me. The only other one that

Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread radish
willyhoops;259181 Wrote: Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited. Only if you have an HDMI capable DAC. Outside of home theater I'm not aware of too many of those. Then you could play any CD in the world and move anything you fancy onto your ipod all for a flat monthy

Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox

2008-01-16 Thread Rick B .
Just about any Harmony remote will work with an SB3. -- Rick B. Rick B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42317

[slim] Announce: Spicefly Syncer - Automatic MusicIP and Slimserver Synchronisation

2008-01-16 Thread cparker
Dear All This is the first public release of Spicefly Syncer written to deal with the time consuming issue of synchronising MusicIP and Slimserver libraries when adding new music. Just put your new music files into your file store and let SpiceFly Syncer do all the hardwork! Spicefly Syncer

Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox

2008-01-16 Thread Poff
Rick B.;259302 Wrote: Just about any Harmony remote will work with an SB3. Yes of coarse, I’m just looking for something with a display like the Harmony 1000 where you can easier browse your files, see the album art etc. If that could be done in a Universal Remote Ill be very happy. I’m

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-16 Thread mflint
shawkie;259280 Wrote: I have decided that my current QNAP TS101 is nowhere near powerful enough for SC7 (I reckon it needs at least 256MB RAM). I looked at upgrading it but I can't find anything that ticks all the boxes. Most cheap NAS boxes are too limited in CPU and RAM. Mini-ITX based

Re: [slim] iTunes Album Art in SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread robroe
Not wanting to sound like an I'm a Mac/I'm a PC advert, but if you are using a PC I think you can use the iTunes Update plugin(http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer/index.html). This makes slimserver use the iTunes artwork without having to embed it in the files. (You have to set the appropriate

[slim] Changing firmware manually on Debian

2008-01-16 Thread peche
How do you force a SqueezeBox 3 to use a different firmware version on a Debian system? I've installed the SqueezeServer v7.0 software from the slimdevices unstable repository but the box reboots itself constantly, always within a couple of seconds of playing any file or internet radio, and there

Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Lanctot
willyhoops;259181 Wrote: Remember the HDMI output means sound quality is unlimited. From what I understand it's not much better than S/PDIF. Higher bandwidth but no bi-directional mechanism for clock synch for jitter reduction. HDMI is primarily for video, audio is an afterthought, a matter

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread bobharp
Diana Artemis;259199 Wrote: snarlydwarf wrote: With debian, yes, you should do an uninstall and then an install because the package name changed. Thanks for this. Of course, on Debian 'uninstall' is not so simple. Just doing aptitude remove slimserver will leave the configuration

Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox

2008-01-16 Thread radish
I personally think it will go two ways. My belief (and it's only that!) is that we'll get basic IR functionality from the controller pretty quickly, probably an offshoot from the exisiting IR Blaster SC plugin. I also believe that at some point (could be quite a while) Logitech will produce

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread SilverRS8
Just posted (http://www.vanholt.nl/acc/acc.htm) the RC2a version with the following changes: FIXEDProblem with script running slow message of RC2 and screen updates FIXEDWhen selected startingfolder or compilation folder containing a ' character the script stopped ADDED

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread MuckleEck
Frank, This is an excellent program however I can't get it working... The new RC2a version starts ok but the script running slow message comes up after a few minutes. Looking at the log file, which is about 4M has hundreds (possibly thousands) of entries like STATUS : 15:23:34 ;Various

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread Rick B .
Many thanks for this, Frank. I love it! I'm not happy, however, with the quality of my album covers. Most of them are thumbnails that I copied from Amazon.com. They are generally 115 x 115 pixels. They look quite fuzzy on screen and in print. Would I get better quality covers if I went with

Re: [slim] Universal remote and Squeezebox

2008-01-16 Thread Marc Sherman
radish wrote: I personally think it will go two ways. My belief (and it's only that!) is that we'll get basic IR functionality from the controller pretty quickly, probably an offshoot from the exisiting IR Blaster SC plugin. I also believe that at some point (could be quite a while) Logitech

Re: [slim] Doesn't connect to slimserver or loses contact

2008-01-16 Thread Aguida
According to Slimdevices some of those bugs have been fixed in the latest firmware which is available installing Slimserver 7 (see here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5116) -- Aguida Aguida's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread SilverRS8
MuckleEck;259327 Wrote: Frank, This is an excellent program however I can't get it working... The new RC2a version starts ok but the script running slow message comes up after a few minutes. Looking at the log file, which is about 4M has hundreds (possibly thousands) of entries like

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread MuckleEck
Rick, try album art downloader http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=51896 Which trys various sites to get the images, I find that images between 300 and 500 pixels square look best. For covers that are impossible to find I resorted to scanning them in myself! --

Re: [slim] Soft Squeeze Won't Connect Remotely to SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread Mark Lanctot
Ed C;257417 Wrote: 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? Yes, you'll need that. Also you need to port-forward both 9000 and 3483 to your SlimServer PC. Finally, check Server Settings - Security -

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
MuckleEck;259333 Wrote: Frank, Config file is SF| G2E| CF|Y:\Music\V\Various Artists DT|True DG|False ACS|True APPS|True SB|1 Last message before all teh various artists messages were:- STATUS :WHERE INSTR(UCASE(tracks.url), 'FILE:///Y:/Music/V/Various%20Artists')

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread MuckleEck
structure is as follows:- y:\music\v\various artists\album\track# artist - track name.xxx xxx is either FLAC or mp3 There are 120 albums in varius artists some with upto 200 tracks total of 3500 tracks Alasdair -- MuckleEck MuckleEck

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
MuckleEck;259343 Wrote: structure is as follows:- y:\music\v\various artists\album\track# artist - track name.xxx xxx is either FLAC or mp3 There are 120 albums in varius artists some with upto 200 tracks total of 3500 tracks Alasdair MuckleEck, Please try and select just one of

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread Secret Squirrel
SilverRS8;259321 Wrote: Just posted (http://www.vanholt.nl/acc/acc.htm) the RC2a version with the following changes: FIXEDProblem with script running slow message of RC2 and screen updates FIXEDWhen selected startingfolder or compilation folder containing a ' character the

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
Secret Squirrel;259348 Wrote: Frank, I'll be happy to do that this evening, but won't get to it until about 8 EST. Sorry! Thanks, as always, for all of your work on this! SS Secret Squirrel I found i had to change the file association for .htm and .html to force it to use FireFox.

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

2008-01-16 Thread ToddSTS
crooner;259176 Wrote: Exactly Microsoft killed HDCD. And what a shame since its a terrific format. I think the market was more responsible for killing HDCD along with 'mostly dead' SACD and DVD-Audio. People want their compressed audio online from iTunes, Amazon, wherever. They don't

Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread moley6knipe
I'm sure it'll get addressed in an AppleTV firmware update, but for now searching and browsing for songs on a SB3 is a lot more fun than on an AppleTV. My friend's got an AppleTV with a VAST music collection attached, and it makes my eyeballs go disco-crazy scrolling through it all. Plus, as

Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread willyhoops
Yes, but the potential is there with buffering. Apple TV is the be all and end all of video on demand, but a few more things are needed before they take audio. Still I think the future is clear and if they play thier cards right they can take it. Quite an amazing thing and with the shares at $162

Re: [slim] AppleTV and SlimServer/SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread moley6knipe
Oh for sure. It's a great piece of kit notwithstanding my comments; and I have to say when I move house it's going to replace the SB3 in our living room; that way I just have my DVB-T PVR (and let's face it, they're already an 'old-fashioned' way of watching TV!!) and an AppleTV. And I guess

Re: [slim] GUTTED: The end of Pandora in the UK!

2008-01-16 Thread gorman
amcluesent;257515 Wrote: through squeezenetwork it has never stopped working At least part of the SB3 connection to Pandora makes calls to a API services on the Squeezenetwork. Maybe this is sufficient 'proxy' for Pandora to be happy the user is in the USA?I suggest this kind of discussion

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread Diana Artemis
bobharp wrote: My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage Presumably you added the bits at the end about having to do more than just the

[slim] Boxed in

2008-01-16 Thread HeavyB
I seem to have a problem or rather a lack of some basic comprehension as to how my Squeezebox et.al. should be configured/set up. I have muddled through and figured out how to get everything to work (Squeezebox plays my music library on my stereo and I can switch it to Squeeze Network and listen

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-16 Thread krikor
Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Here's my system: 2 wired-only SB3

[slim] change port used for slimproto

2008-01-16 Thread maggior
I have 2 servers running in my house that run 6.5.4 Slimserver (SuSe Linux). I've been using softsqueeze to stream music at work from one of the servers. I'd like to be able to stream from either. To do this, I need to change the ports that are used for each server. This way I can set up my

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread bobharp
Diana Artemis;259374 Wrote: bobharp wrote: My upgrade was relatively smooth. I renamed the old directory (/usr/share/slimserver/) after the update to squeezecenter. I updated the wiki. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DebianPackage Presumably you added the bits at the end about

Re: [slim] Soft Squeeze Won't Connect Remotely to SlimServer

2008-01-16 Thread Ed C
Thanks Mark! Both port 9000 and 3483 are forwarded. I learned some more last night. This may have something to do with my work PC which is on a really large company's network behind their firewall. I had an old Win95 notebook at home that I connected by dial-up to the internet. I confirmed that

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-16 Thread bonze
krikor;259377 Wrote: Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Here's

Re: [slim] Boxed in

2008-01-16 Thread maggior
When you turn on the squeezebox, press and hold the left arrow (navigation) button. This will bring up a menu where you can go into the network settings. Actually, you probably don't have to turn the squeezebox on to do this. Scroll through and you will see an option to connect to

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-16 Thread Robin Bowes
krikor wrote: Perhaps it has been covered already and I missed it, but has it been confirmed that the new remote will work through an ad-hoc connection with an SB3 connected via wired ethernet to the server? I know there was a question as to whether or not this is possible. Yes, this will

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Espen
Robin Bowes;259257 Wrote: Look for the Albumview options button just above (?) Help in the bottom left of the page. (I assume you're using the default skin) R. I use the standard skin (Logitech green so to say). I see no such button on the general front page. I am using

Re: [slim] Boxed in

2008-01-16 Thread HeavyB
I appreciate the reply but I don't have any problems connecting to Squeeze Network, that is as long as it was connected the last time I turned Squeezebox off. The problem (if it is one?) arises when I am listening to my music library via SlimServer and I turn off the Squeezebox and also shut

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Robin Bowes
Espen wrote: Robin Bowes;259257 Wrote: Look for the Albumview options button just above (?) Help in the bottom left of the page. (I assume you're using the default skin) R. I use the standard skin (Logitech green so to say). I see no such button on the general front page. I am using

Re: [slim] Boxed in

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
HeavyB;259375 Wrote: Later in the day, I turn Squeezebox on to listen to the radio via Squeeze Network without turning on my PC. Squeezebox attempts to connect but in that the last thing I had been using was the aforementioned SlimServer, Squeezebox attempts to connect to it but

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread Espen
Robin Bowes;259408 Wrote: You need to first browse to a list of albums, e.g. Albums, or Artists-Albums. R. Ok, thanks. That helps in the web interface, but what I really look for is the same behavior when navigating on the SB itself. Seems that the dropdown menu only controls the

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

2008-01-16 Thread mvalera
mkozlows;259127 Wrote: Ah! That's the thing I was missing. So can you put a playlist with a mix of your Rhapsody music and your local-stored music? We had never tried that, but I just did. It worked! Good job Andy! :) Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech

Re: [slim] Can't get SB3 to connect to server anymore (OS X)

2008-01-16 Thread Husted
It's working again. It turned out that I by mistake had enabled Virtual Interfaces which messed things up badly. I posted my problem on arstechnica.com and got some very skilled help from OS X expects. So big thanks to a guy who goes by the handle costique. -- Husted

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread JJZolx
Espen;259221 Wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

2008-01-16 Thread matthijskoopmans
ToddSTS;259352 Wrote: I think the market was more responsible for killing HDCD along with 'mostly dead' SACD and DVD-Audio. People want their compressed audio online from iTunes, Amazon, wherever. They don't know/care about the sound quality difference. Online music will kill off the CD

[slim] SqeezeBox to connect without a router or access point - not working

2008-01-16 Thread stax
Hello Just got my SqueezeBox today together with a D-link DWA-140 wireless USB adapter. I got no other wireless devices connected to my computer besides that. Im trying to set up my wireless connection due to the guide: 5996 Configuring a SqeezeBox or Transporter to connect without a router or

Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller

2008-01-16 Thread Robin Bowes
mflint wrote: I happily use a Kurobox HG/WR for SqueezeCenter 7 with a Squeezebox Controller. It has just 128Mb, but seems to perform well with my collection of approximately 4000 tracks. It also has gigabit ethernet (but probably not enough processor grunt to make use of it!) Matthew,

Re: [slim] Boxed in

2008-01-16 Thread HeavyB
maggior schatzy, Thanks much for the replys, I feel much better now! I love the Squeezbox . . . -- HeavyB HeavyB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14935 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread Diana Artemis
bobharp wrote: I just added: -or for the development release (currently SlimServer 7.0a1)- apt-get remove --purge slimserver apt-get update apt-get install squeezecenter I doubt that a purge is necessary. I did not have to configure perl or install libexpat1-dev. That's good! And

Re: [slim] Sorting albums by year? Possible?

2008-01-16 Thread mapatton
Espen;259221 Wrote: (first post in this forum, hope this is the right sub forum). I have always named my ripped albums to folders named like artist - year - album title to allow a proper chronology when listing folders (alfabetically) in a filesystem. Is it possible to do the same in a

Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q

2008-01-16 Thread mapatton
No one can assist with this? I find that odd. mapatton;258973 Wrote: Bump Any assistance? -- mapatton Mark Sony XBR5 / Pioneer Elite VSX-94THX / Panasonic DMP-BD30 / Toshiba HD-35A / Pioneer Elite DV-48AV / SqueezeBox 3 / SA 8300HD / all with a Pronto TSU7000

Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q

2008-01-16 Thread Super-Gonzo
How much work is the CPU doing (on the server) to transcode 2 streams at once? Perhaps your running out of oomph there, rather than bandwidth? If this is the case, you might try changing the lame encoding quality to a lower level, which has less cpu cost. -- Super-Gonzo

Re: [slim] help me design audio in my house

2008-01-16 Thread friendlyfire
Greg, I am a pro audio installer based on Vancouver island and I have a few suggestions, but first a basic question: Are you planning to hire a pro for the wiring job? If so, they should be able to provide you sound advice. Your best bet is someone who deals in both the installation and the

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2008-01-16 Thread bklaas
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question:

Re: [slim] Streaming interruption Q

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
mapatton;259452 Wrote: No one can assist with this? I find that odd. Sometimes it takes a little while (sometimes as much as a day or more) to get someone on the forum that knows the answer to your question. I would presume it is a bandwidth issue (using a 5Mbps cable connection) on the

Re: [slim] iTunes Album Art in SqueezeCenter

2008-01-16 Thread wyrob1
Great thanks. Sorry - i do run on a PC so will try the iTunes updater. Is there though any PC version software that embeds the album art into the files like the apple software to avoid the plugin? thanks -- wyrob1

[slim] Squeezebox Duet and Remote - to buy or not to buy?

2008-01-16 Thread PLynas
I am interested in the new Squeezebox Duet with the new remote but am undecided due to the high cost and not having seen the remote in action. If anyone who has used the new remote could help me it would be greatly appreciated. Apologies for the long post but I will try and explain my setup and

[slim] Yet another twilight zone moment...

2008-01-16 Thread pablolie
One thing with the SB3 and SS combo is that things will work great for months, and then one does something harmless like... Change the fade-in-fade-out option for both players. Then all things go to hell. None of the players would play music. They'd have access to SS and would see the playlists

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread funkstar
Diana Artemis;259451 Wrote: That's good! And really simple. Thanks for the confirmation. [If the process is now that simple, I do hope there's some way of tidying up the wiki so that it's less confusing. I guess many of us have had the experience of being led astray by HowTos and

Re: [slim] help me design audio in my house

2008-01-16 Thread grego . speiser
Brian: thanks for the reply. Hiring a pro. I will check into this. The house is currently gutted right down to the studs. We are currently framing the walls and we (i.e. our contractor) will be adding plumbing, electrical and structured wiring before any drywall goes up. I was thinking we

[slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre

2008-01-16 Thread jezbo
If I have one album, but the songs are tagged with different genres, slimserver seems to create two or more different albums, one per genre. Is there any way I can have it ignore genre in album accumulation ? -- jezbo

[slim] Slimserver/Squeezebox Performance Issues

2008-01-16 Thread Samson
Hi, I am experiencing performance issues with my Squeezebox. It runs OK most of the time, but then occasionally (every few days) gets itself into a state where the music keeps dropping out, the screen goes blank, tracks restart randomly. I'd like to determine whether this is due to wireless

[slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 can't find my music files

2008-01-16 Thread andrew28
Just installed SqueezeCenter 7.0, which also successfully uninstalled SlimServer 6.5.4. Everything looks okay, but for some reason it can't find my music files on my NAS file server. I put in the directory name, simply mapped as Z:\. This directory is easily accessible via Explorer. If I

Re: [slim] Slimserver seems to break albums by genre

2008-01-16 Thread jezbo
Oh hang on, it may be breaking it because the files are split across directories - I've seen some other threads on this. Is there any resolution to this yet ? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Yet another twilight zone moment...

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
pablolie, It would help all of us to know what versions you are using and also what firmware the SB3 has. Also what operating system and some basic configuration info on the computer running SS. Also have you though of upgrading to SC7 rather than SS6.? I personally have had no problem with SS

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

2008-01-16 Thread Diana Artemis
funkstar wrote: If someone makes a bad change to the Wiki, can it not be rolled back to the previous change? I amways thought this was one of the features of Wikis, they have a bhuilt in versiion management system. Or does that depend on the Wiki backend software? The problem is not so much

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 can't find my music files

2008-01-16 Thread schatzy
Have you checked that SC7 has permission to access the Z:\ drive? That is probably one of the first things you should check. -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI

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