Re: [slim] Why is SlimServer so slow?

2008-03-09 Thread agentsmith
On a similar note, does the new Controller interface improve the response time at all? Would I get performance similar experience to my iPod? I have an iPod Classic 160GB with about 5,000 songs and the response is pretty much instantaneous. I agree that the future effort of Slimserver

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread SilverRS8
Phil Leigh;277294 Wrote: Presumably running in high quality mode? What CD player are you using? I'm 99% sure about the high quality mode but i'll check on that. Thx for the tip. The CD player is a Denon 2910. -- SilverRS8 Author of -'AlbumCatalogCreator'

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

2008-03-09 Thread ajmitchell
Further to this idea of scrolling as the main advantage. Can you scroll without album art, thus seeing many more lines at a time? In fact how many lines of songs can you see on the controller's screen? (I dont see any screen shots of this). Also is th menu structure exasctly the same as that in

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-09 Thread Peter
pnielsen wrote: Here's a photo of the SBC taken with my Canon G9. Looks familiar. I've seen this kind of 'effect' too, I blamed it on the source material, never investigated. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Squeezecenter won't start on Vista 64

2008-03-09 Thread starbuck
Have just done the upgrade from slimserver to squeezecenter 7(official build). When I try and start squeezecenter, it shows on taskbar that squeezecenter is starting and does nothing else. Left it half an hour and it still says squeezecenter is starting. Tried the nightly update from the 8th and

[slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Mitch Harding
My SC computer has moved its clock ahead one hour (as have my other computers, my cell phone, etc) but for some reason the SBC still shows the old time. I guess it makes sense that it's not like the SB3, and instead has its own internal clock rather than relying on the SC computer for the time.

[slim] PS3 webbrowser and 7.0

2008-03-09 Thread Len
Hi, I updated the server software with the new 7.0. It is running on a WHS. All is going fine. It's a bit slower but I can access it with Safari and mozilla on my powerbook and workstation (ubuntu). But when I try to login with the playstation3 web browser, it hangs. I even have to reset the

Re: [slim] A major gripe about the charging cradle ...

2008-03-09 Thread MagnusVonMagnum
iPhone;276432 Wrote: My advice, DO NOT CUT YOUR POWER CORD! Be smart and either drill a new bigger hole in the back by drilling two holes large enough side by side and knock out the middle between the holes or just enlarge the current hole. Why chance creating a future problem by

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread b33k34
atkinsonrr;277088 Wrote: I am on MAC OS 10.3.9 most of my artwork has been downloaded automatically from iTunes Music Store. I am glad to hear of your success! My problem is I have never used scripts and when I read Doug's notes on this, instead of being enlightened, I was dumbfounded.

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Zaragon
I don't yet have an SBC but I did notice on another thread that the SBC gets it's time from the SqueezeNetwork rather than locally and the advice there was to log into SN and make sure that your region was set correctly. -- Zaragon

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread egd
EnochLight;277023 Wrote: Hopefully this bug can be fixed eventually...Not so sure it is a bug per se, more another example of how Apple go out of their way to make it difficult to interact with their products. If you're looking to extract album art out of your iTunes library, this may come

Re: [slim] Auto-accept dialogs from iTunes / MusicIP Mixer (Mac OS X)?

2008-03-09 Thread Sune
Finally managed to track down the Mac OS 9 equivalent - Okey Dokey Pro (freeware). The nearest Mac OS X equivalent seems to be Lazy Mouse. Alas...it doesn't click the button...and it's not free either :-( http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/16438 Any input? Sune -- Sune

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start on Vista 64

2008-03-09 Thread pnielsen
FWIW, works fine here on Vista 64 Ultimate. (I upgraded from 6.5.3. to 7.0GA never tried a beta). I noticed a change in behavior though: The desktop shortcut no longer brings up a browser window (I belive it did this in v6). Instead you now have to double click the taskbar icon to bring up the

Re: [slim] unprotecting itunes songs - 3rd party software?

2008-03-09 Thread bigfool1956
But of course Amazon is North America only -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2008-03-09 Thread timmorris
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] Duet and high bitrate AAC

2008-03-09 Thread Marc Sherman
perski wrote: Received my duet. Very nice :-) However, high bitrate AAC files don't seem to be playing smoothly. VERY jittery. Bit of a bummer since I can't listen to any of my iTunes Plus songs. It doesn't seem to be a network problem since Apple Lossless and high bitrate mp3 (320 kbps) are

Re: [slim] Why is SlimServer so slow?

2008-03-09 Thread Marc Sherman
DanielTheGreat wrote: On my music server I have about 15,000 flac files. I also have a few hundred playlists, one in particular (all-nDTS.m3u) that contains the paths of most of my non-DTS tracks (about 14,000) - I can't include my DTS files because SlimServer corrupts them when replay gain

Re: [slim] Duet and high bitrate AAC

2008-03-09 Thread bpa
Depending on your OS - there may be an alternative which gives better performance (e.g. Windows use faad instead of mov123) especially if your CPU is not great on floating point aritmetic. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread b33k34
egd;277337 Wrote: Not so sure it is a bug per se, more another example of how Apple go out of their way to make it difficult to interact with their products. Having purchased a iPod Touch in the last few weeks I have to say that whilst I'm very happy with the hardware, the manner in which

Re: [slim] Install SC7 but maintain SlimServer settings?

2008-03-09 Thread smarjan
radish;277148 Wrote: If you install over the top it will attempt to preserve some settings, but it's not all of them as many options are not directly comparable. I use Custom Browse to get the desired view. Will it preserve the Custom Browse plugin and its query? -- smarjan

Re: [slim] unprotecting itunes songs - 3rd party software?

2008-03-09 Thread bonze
bigfool1956;277349 Wrote: But of course Amazon is North America only Tried Play.com ?? -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 17812 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 3 x wireless SB3 bonze's

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread DrNic
SilverRS8;277302 Wrote: I'm 99% sure about the high quality mode but i'll check on that. Thx for the tip. The CD player is a Denon 2910. Hi, Not shooting your ears down here, but that isn't even a dedicated *CD* transport!! A multi-purpose DVD player, with a reasonable good DAC. Had good

[slim] Two Web Interfaces, One Server?

2008-03-09 Thread NeilB
I've done a quick search and can't find a discussion about this (cue : someone instantly post up a link to the answer :) ) Is it possible to have device specific web interfaces? The handheld and N70 skins are great for mobile devices but are pointless when accessing the SqueezeCenter on my

Re: [slim] Two Web Interfaces, One Server?

2008-03-09 Thread erland
Add the skin to the last part of the url you enter as address in the web browser, for example: http://localhost:9000/Nokia770 http://localhost:9000/Handheld http://localhost:9000/Fishbone -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page'

Re: [slim] Is this possible?

2008-03-09 Thread Svanur
MuckleEck;275048 Wrote: Svanur, 1) Install Squeezecenter on the PC MCE or W2K03 and scan music 2) Install Softsqueeze on the PC MCE and point it at Squeezecenter 3) Use the Squeezebox Controller to Control Softsqueeze via your wireless network You can download and install 1 2 to see

Re: [slim] Bug: Settings don't stick in Opera

2008-03-09 Thread strindberg
I think I found the problem: Opera doesn't seem to save cookies for raw ip addresses. I usually connect to the (private) ip address of my SC: http://192.168.1.8:9000. After checking all the settings in Opera, and restarting a couple of times, I noticed that all the cookies set by SC were lost

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter won't start on Vista 64

2008-03-09 Thread starbuck
All sorted now, just had to uninstall completely then reinstall rather than install squeezecenter 7 over the top of slimserver as I did before. -- starbuck starbuck's Profile:

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Kaizen28
Hi I've not done any further digging but my SB3 is showing the correct time. The Jive remote is not. -- Kaizen28 Kaizen28's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5953 View this thread:

[slim] Gapless When Synced ?

2008-03-09 Thread flipside
Hi im given to understand that this cannot be done on the current setup is that correct ? This isn't a total deal breaker for me right now but it would be nice to know that there are plans afoot to change it and if possible some insight into why it cant be done , how much change is needed to

Re: [slim] all artists are missing!

2008-03-09 Thread gary
I had this, I just done a clear and rescan and all the artist reappeared. -- gary gary's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44379

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

2008-03-09 Thread MarkReif
I've been running version 6.5.4 on a Vista 64 bit self built system SCSI SATA 8GB RAM... ETC bottom line no issues whatsoever. I just tried installing the new SqueezeCenter 7.00 and it failed miserably. I'm about to transition to setup which will have my database (16,303 FLAC files)

Re: [slim] Two Web Interfaces, One Server?

2008-03-09 Thread NeilB
No way! I never knew that - is that a new thing? Anyway, thanks :) -- NeilB NeilB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2375 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44470

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread SilverRS8
DrNic;277365 Wrote: Hi, Not shooting your ears down here, but that isn't even a dedicated *CD* transport!! A multi-purpose DVD player, with a reasonable good DAC. Had good reviews in What Hi-Fi SV over here, but by no means a critical player of CD's It is most likely that the Denon is

[slim] SBC - audio?

2008-03-09 Thread jsturtevant
can I listen to my music via the controller headphone jack? -- jsturtevant jsturtevant's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15913 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread egd
b33k34;277359 Wrote: ...but using iTunes and an iPod it works seamlessly with no user input required for 95% of my library The iPod Touch is my 2nd iPod also, but it will be my last. I don't see why I should HAVE to use iTunes - it is nothing but bloatware that facilitates Apple's lockdown

[slim] Desire Advice: SB drops out

2008-03-09 Thread utowana
I have a problem that just does not seem to go away. I have a 3 SB household, two of which (one wired and one wireless) stream effectively and in an uninterrupted way. The third, located furthest away from my Belkin Pre-N wireless router, takes as long as a minute to start playing (I load

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Thanks for the pictures. I'm playing with it in photoshop and put your image up on the Controller screen. I see a couple of things: 1. The color banding effects are strong with this particular image. I was able to reproduce the color pattern closely in photoshop with 32 levels of

Re: [slim] Two Web Interfaces, One Server?

2008-03-09 Thread funkstar
NeilB;277382 Wrote: No way! I never knew that - is that a new thing? Yes way! ;) Nope, it's been there for years! In fact as long as there has been skins this has been possible, and that going back a long long time. -- funkstar

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread gweempose
MY SBC magically switched to DST. Perhaps you don't have yours set to the right time zone? -- gweempose gweempose's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9579 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Eric Seaberg
Mine was incorrect since it was sleeping during the change. Powering on and back off, allowing it to RESYNC with the server made it right. FYI... -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric

Re: [slim] Two Web Interfaces, One Server?

2008-03-09 Thread NeilB
Oh dear And I've only been a Squeezebox owner for about 5 years. *hangs head in shame* :) -- NeilB NeilB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2375 View this thread:

[slim] Squeezecenter 7.0 no-cpan-arch

2008-03-09 Thread RoyE
Does anyone know where I can find the no-cpan-arch version of squeezecenter 7.0? I can't find it on the regular download page. -- RoyE RoyE's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14704 View this

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread gweempose
Eric Seaberg;277401 Wrote: Mine was incorrect since it was sleeping during the change. Powering on and back off, allowing it to RESYNC with the server made it right. Good call. Mine was off all night, so it makes sense that it would have the right time when I turned it on this morning. --

[slim] Duet not controlling Sirius

2008-03-09 Thread strawnj
I can control Sirius great with SC but I can't get it to play from the Duet. The menus are there and the channels show up with channel art but once I get to an individual channel screen and hit play its say playing nothing. Did I miss understand how in to install Sirius? Is there an applet to

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-09 Thread bradjudy
dean blackketter;277398 Wrote: 2. The photo you took appears to be taken from slightly above perpendicular to the screen. The viewing angle on the Controller LCD is better from the natural angle when holding the device in your hand, slightly _below_ perpendicular. I was able to

[slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread rydenfan
I often spend time on the web while I am ripping discs. Is this ok? Or is there a change I could corrupt the rip in some way? Thanks for the help. -- rydenfan rydenfan's Profile:

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Zaragon
Just seen a message on one of the developer threads that the SBC normally runs from it's own clock and only synchronises when it first connects to the SC. (Which restarting it would do.) There is a bug/enhancement request to get it to resync periodically. -- Zaragon

Re: [slim] SBC - audio?

2008-03-09 Thread gweempose
Not yet, but word on the street is that you will be able to do this sometime in the future via a firmware update. -- gweempose gweempose's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9579 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread RadioClash
SilverRS8;276878 Since everything is digital up until the Receiver, why does the original CD have more 'body' and a little more detail? Frank[/QUOTE Wrote: There are settings within the slimserver that will effect sound quality. Even the specific firmware being used has an effect.

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread Shredder
I always do both at the same time (right now, for example) and have never had a problem. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11380 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Duet can't connect to SB

2008-03-09 Thread Robin Bowes
mowensmd wrote: Guess the community can't help much. Good luck Slim, you have a great form factor here but the connectivity is in the dumpster. Maybe the wifi here (congested condo area) is the issue, but it doesn't affect any of 3 other laptops/tablets. I've gotten connection to my

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread seanadams
Totally OK. In the early days of CD _burning_, you had to be careful because the drives had very small buffers. Any activity on the PC could cause it to run empty and the write would fail completely, because a disc could only be burned in a single continuous operation. Ripping is a completely

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread rydenfan
Thanks so much guys! Always better safe than sorry... -- rydenfan rydenfan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44478

Re: [slim] Duet can't connect to SB

2008-03-09 Thread dean
Please get in touch with our support team. The community (including some Logitech/Slim employees) can help here in the forums, but the support ninjas will do a much better job and will be able to help one-on-one That said, it sounds like from your description: 1. The Controller has good signal

[slim] Incorrect time displayed

2008-03-09 Thread TerryHawkins
Hi, For some reason at some point overnight, the time of my squeezebox has become an hour fast. I am running slimserver on a QNAP TS109 and the time on this is correct, and when connecting to the squeezenetwork the time is correct. Anyone have any ideas as to the problem? I am in the UK.

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter 7.0 no-cpan-arch

2008-03-09 Thread RoyE
Thank you! -- RoyE RoyE's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14704 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44477 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter 7.0 no-cpan-arch

2008-03-09 Thread SteveEast
Try: Code: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/SqueezeCenter_v7.0.0/ Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View

Re: [slim] Incorrect time displayed

2008-03-09 Thread Joe Craig
The US went on daylight savings time overnight. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 12:01 PM, TerryHawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, For some reason at some point overnight, the time of my squeezebox has become an hour fast. I am running slimserver on a QNAP TS109 and the time on this is correct,

Re: [slim] Incorrect time displayed

2008-03-09 Thread dwilliams01
The US had Daylight Saving kick in Sat/Sun - Spring ahead. Timezone issue? In the past I've seen lots of Windows boxes setup with the wrong timezone but the time was set correctly - only would see a problem if sending meeting requests across timezones or when Daylight Savings changes... --

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Mitch Harding
I see this bug opened for it: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7464 I've gone ahead and added my vote. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Zaragon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just seen a message on one of the developer threads that the SBC normally runs from it's own clock and only

Re: [slim] Duet can't connect to SB

2008-03-09 Thread mowensmd
Receiver is 2 feet from wifi, both out in the open. Didn't get better by selecting a channel, actually is better when on auto. Only time it has worked to the point of seeing music colletion is when all security was off... I have not yet enabled MAC filtering or tried a static IP. WiFi signal

Re: [slim] A major gripe about the charging cradle ...

2008-03-09 Thread Pat Farrell
MagnusVonMagnum wrote: So you think cutting up furniture is a smarter move than a simple cut/solder job? Geeze nothing like a huge gaping hole in a book case. I'll take a little electrical tape on the cord any day over that. And since you can plan the cut and solder, you can slide some

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread Kaizen28
A re-synch fixed it. Thank you!! BTW, do most of you let the remote sleep after a defined timeout period? If so, do you have to manually turn it on again? -- Kaizen28 Kaizen28's Profile:

[slim] Music Library - Missing Songs

2008-03-09 Thread akopperl
I am using the SB Duet and scanned my library. If I open a track using the remote and for whatever reason SqueezeCenter is not running - it says that it can't open file - which is fine. However, once SqueezeCenter is running - if I view my library that particular track is missing until I do a

Re: [slim] Incorrect time displayed

2008-03-09 Thread TerryHawkins
I have checked the time and time zone, and these are both correct on my QNAP TS-109. I have even tried restarting it but still the same time?? Terry -- TerryHawkins TerryHawkins's Profile:

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread b33k34
You would have thought so but my original collection rip (using a mix of iTunes, Windows MP, and EAC/Lame contained a lot of files with errors (ie that wouldn't play properly either on my iPod or by SlimServer). I always put that down to doing other tasks at the same time. This time i've ripped

Re: [slim] Using PSP as Client

2008-03-09 Thread HansNy
See my last message. Hovever, the music is more fading our and do not get back until after app 10sec and then faded out again. (I stated scrambled in my last message) Please, any ideas ? /Hans -- HansNy HansNy's

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread dwilliams01
I've got a Dennon DVD 3910 and when I first got my SB3 I did some side-by-side and blind tests. I made sure that the player had processing turned off by using the Direct and Pure Direct modes. There seemed to be a difference between normal and the direct modes of the player (it was doing

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Just make sure that error checking is on with whaterver software you use and you should be fine. I didn't know about error checking in WMP before I started ripping my 2000+ CD collection. Fortunately I found the error of my ways 300 in. Without error checking in WMP I'd get the odd blast of

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread DrNic
SilverRS8;277384 Wrote: I never said I had a audiophile CD player and although a reasonable good DAC it isn't used here because I use the DAC of the receiver. I was just wondering where the sound difference comes from and didn't expect CD players or multi purpose DVD players to tweak the

Re: [slim] Gapless When Synced ?

2008-03-09 Thread radish
flipside;277376 Wrote: Hi im given to understand that this cannot be done on the current setup is that correct ? Correct. This isn't a total deal breaker for me right now but it would be nice to know that there are plans afoot to change it and if possible some insight into why it cant

[slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 extremely slow

2008-03-09 Thread jmsent
Just installed 7.0 on my Mac G4 750 /384 with external WD 500GB firewire drive. 6.5.4 with this setup worked perfectly. With 7.0,my SB3 now responds extremely slowly to commands until I can finally select an album from the playlist menu and hit play. Once that album starts to play, then the

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread Mitch Harding
Album Cover Art Downloader worked for me in Ubuntu. It took a little bit of research to get it to work (thank you, google!), but I eventually got it running. I still had to end up going album by album and select the art I wanted, since it wasn't very reliable about picking the correct art, but

[slim] How Do I load softsqueeze?

2008-03-09 Thread johnfbr
Loaded squeezecenter 7.01 when i go to extras /softssqueeze, just get blank screen. Any ideas ? TIA -- johnfbr johnfbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15955 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread iPhone
SilverRS8;276878 Wrote: What i've always wondered; How can there be a difference in sound quality when I play a CD or play the same ripped CD using the Squeezebox in .flac format? When using analogue outputs I could reason this but in both cases digital outputs are used hence both devices

Re: [slim] Gapless When Synced ?

2008-03-09 Thread flipside
Thanks i guess as the sync engine has been re written and its still not implemented it must be quite a problem, heres hoping for the future. -- flipside flipside's Profile:

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Favorites Sub Folders

2008-03-09 Thread jacques
Is there a way to move items into newly created folders? I'd like to organize my favorites and have created folders, but now can't seem to move things into them. I can rearrange items, but not drop into folders. -- jacques

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread MuckleEck
Geoh;276585 Wrote: Thanks for the info! I'm using Windows XP. If you have the time could you run me through the setup procedure for converting my music from Apple Lossless to FLAC via either of the methods you mentioned (foobar2000 or dBpoweramp), keeping it as simple and detailed (step by

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread Peter
Jeff Flowerday wrote: Just make sure that error checking is on with whaterver software you use and you should be fine. I didn't know about error checking in WMP before I started ripping my 2000+ CD collection. Fortunately I found the error of my ways 300 in. Without error checking in WMP

[slim] Remote Control Command Conflict

2008-03-09 Thread earthbased
Hi, my Lite-On DVD Recorder's rewind command turns on my SB2. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Also, the DVD recorder's rewind command turns on SB2 with something other than the 'toggle power' command because pressing rewind again does not turn off the SB2. TIA, EB -- earthbased

Re: [slim] Bug: Settings don't stick in Opera

2008-03-09 Thread Michael Herger
I usually connect to the (private) ip address of my SC: http://192.168.1.8:9000. After checking all the settings in Opera, and restarting a couple of times, I noticed that all the cookies set by SC were lost on every restart. Wow, I never noticed this... So I suppose this puts it down to a

Re: [slim] Sound quality difference CD player vs SB3 FLAC playback?

2008-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
iPhone;277481 Wrote: The one thing that I believe nobody has addressed yet is how are you controlling volume? When doing a side by side versus a CD player, IMO, the volume on the SD product should be at maximum and the when using the digital out try the fixed setting. The CD player does not

Re: [slim] How Do I load softsqueeze?

2008-03-09 Thread PSSO
I have the same problem (SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 17829 - Windows Vista - EN - cp1252) -- PSSO Ole PSSO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11678 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SqueezeCentre chose player drop down

2008-03-09 Thread Michael Herger
Michael I created the bug 7457 but couldn't work out how to assign it to you as it seemed to suggest I needed to put in your email address which I don't know. No problem, will take care of it. Thanks! -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] SBC (controller) Music Folder limit?

2008-03-09 Thread Michael Herger
When I browse to my music folder on the controller, I seem to only be able to get to about J. I have about 420 subfolders, but I can only get to entry 190 (or so). Is this a bug? (some limit in the protocol) Make sure you have the latest SC installed. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Favorites Sub Folders

2008-03-09 Thread bpa
User interface is not very clean at the moment but here are the steps. It is effectively cut paste Make sure you are editing Favorites (i.e clieck pencil icon) 1. Create the folders you want 2. Select the favorites you want moved. 3. Click the x - the Favorites entry will be delete but there

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread ebin
I find that leaving the SBC on, and having screen saver set to none when charging is the way to go IMHO. I will turn off the SBC at night, therefore it gets a reboot when you first turn it on in the morning (my computers go off at night too) Turning the SBC on and off all the time takes some

Re: [slim] A major gripe about the charging cradle ...

2008-03-09 Thread gweempose
Thanks for all of the advice, guys. For the time being, I simply placed it somewhere else. And while I'm thinking about it, I do have another gripe about the charger. It would be nice if there was a light on the cradle that indicated when it was charging. You could even take it one step further

[slim] Tired of typing squeezenetwork.com ?

2008-03-09 Thread y360
Not liking bookmarks tired of typing squeezenetwork.com ? Well of course - it has 18 characters. Let's come up with a shorter domain that redirects How about squeeze.it ? (yes - it is available) -- y360 y360's

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 extremely slow

2008-03-09 Thread GRC
I'm with you on this one. I installed SC7 and all seemed fine - for about 60 minutes. Then the web interface ground to a halt. Responses from the remote still OK. I'm running the default skin through IE7.0.5730.11 on Windows XP Pro SP2 with an AMD XP 2800+ 2.09GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 40GB

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter Favorites Sub Folders

2008-03-09 Thread jacques
Thanks! That worked great. There's so many new things that I should re-explore everything in Squeezecenter. -- jacques jacques's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8117 View this thread:

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Peter;277490 Wrote: Jeff Flowerday wrote: Just make sure that error checking is on with whaterver software you use and you should be fine. I didn't know about error checking in WMP before I started ripping my 2000+ CD collection. Fortunately I found the error of my ways 300 in.

Re: [slim] SBC not observing daylight savings time

2008-03-09 Thread rabbit
I have the opposite problem. Here in Europe DST doesn't start for another 3 weeks but my Slimserver jumped forward an hour last night. The time and timezone settings on my NAS (QNAP)show the correct time, but both SB's are now an hour ahead. Any ideas or do I just leave it as it will be right

Re: [slim] How to get Artwork?

2008-03-09 Thread GRC
EnochLight;276775 Wrote: This is simply not true. Any album artwork in iTunes should show up fine in SqueezeCenter as well as on your Controller - it works fine on mine. . . . Are you syncing your iTunes Library XML file with SqueezeCenter or are you just pointing SqueezeCenter to a

Re: [slim] Duet Controller artwork quality - no dithering done?

2008-03-09 Thread pnielsen
dean blackketter;277398 Wrote: So the takeaway is that we can do better by doing a proper dither on the device from 888 to 565. Also, the viewing angle matters. Great! I believe this will take care of the problem. Please use Floyd-Steinberg dithering (or an equally good method). BTW, what

Re: [slim] Tired of typing squeezenetwork.com ?

2008-03-09 Thread SteveEast
Takes me 4 key presses: s q down arrow return Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44491

Re: [slim] Squeezebox power adapter

2008-03-09 Thread rmariger
SuperQ;277280 Wrote: Hrm, I thought my SB3 came with a 1A adapter.. As long as the voltage is the same, radish is right. I have a SB2. The adapter I have now was replaced during warranty, so don't know what what it shipped with. -- rmariger

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 extremely slow

2008-03-09 Thread y360
I experienced the same extreme slowness after I upgraded to SC7. The SB3 barely flipped through the menus. I rebooted the machine on which SC7 was installed and all became fine. I have no idea why. -- y360 y360's Profile:

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 extremely slow

2008-03-09 Thread wonder boy
jmsent;277475 Wrote: Just installed 7.0 on my Mac G4 750 /384 with external WD 500GB firewire drive. 6.5.4 with this setup worked perfectly. With 7.0,my SB3 now responds extremely slowly to commands until I can finally select an album from the playlist menu and hit play. Once that album

Re: [slim] is it ok to use the web while ripping discs?

2008-03-09 Thread adamslim
Jeff Flowerday;277520 Wrote: I don't remember asking your opinion. FLAC doesn't work on my Zune, doesn't work worth a crap in MCE. Why should I use it again? Oh yah, because Peter said so. Rollseyes DRM isn't on by default in WMP so why these people turn it on is besides me. I tried

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