Re: [slim] Is there anyway to prevent .......

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Herger
My SB3 display from defaulting to Now Playing when I hit the remote's left arrow button while listening to a song . without deleting Now Playing in my Home Menu (ie Players - Menu) setting box? Try using the Now playing (jump back) screensaver: it won't bring you to your music

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
Thanks to all the replies. I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. At the present moment,

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet - FLAC decoder bug

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
Ar... I tried EAC and sure enough, the same song in flac does not produce any pauses. The problem with EAC is that it is not a unicode application. I've CDs in different languages and it is not getting the text correctly unless I set windows to default to a particular char set for

Re: [slim] Annoying audio coming from where???!!!

2008-04-08 Thread SuperQ
Oh.. ouch.. 3 options come to mind: * Spybot Search and Destroy * Adaware * Ubuntu - my personal top recommendation ;-) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Annoying audio coming from where???!!!

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
m1cross wrote: Can someone please help!! When using my computer(windows / xp), sometimes an annoying advertisement or spam or whatever it is will start to play in the background. It drives me nuts!! I would close or X it out, but i can't find it anywhere?? Control/alt/del shows nothing

[slim] Duet support for Unicode Chinese

2008-04-08 Thread ismewor
Just got my Duet tonight, and it is really nice with the screen and all. but when i access the artist for Unicode chinese and japanese it all show square. My SB3 support chinese. is the duet support that? please confirm if not when will be the ETA on that? however the SC7 display nicely with

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread autopilot
Kuro;288891 Wrote: At the present moment, my option is to convert all the ALAC files to FLAC via dbPoweramp :( Why's that a problem? Thats what i would do, FLAC's a better format in some ways anyway and you wont lose any sound quality as both are lossless. I would set up Foobar2000 to

[slim] All Songs alphabetically

2008-04-08 Thread gorma
When browsing by artist, a right click gives a list of all albums. The top item of the list is All songs. Long time ago All songs-list was listed alphabetically - now the tracks are listed album by album. The old sorting was very useful when you knew the artist but not the album of a certain song

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet - FLAC decoder bug

2008-04-08 Thread consciouspnm
I use DBPoweramp Ref edition, I find it a lot easier to use then EAC. -- consciouspnm Duet/SB3 - Linn Kinos - Linn 5Ch Amp - Linn Speakers consciouspnm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5961 View

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

2008-04-08 Thread Kim . T
I agree the powercord on the cradle shold be detachable. But insted of putting a plug into the power supply (I don't think the the plug should be on the cradle) they should have made the powersupply with a USB plug - the SBC must have 5V and that is what is comming out of USB. That give us the

Re: [slim] Can you delete playlist from Duet Controller

2008-04-08 Thread autopilot
pc4ever1;288816 Wrote: Can you rearrange songs within the Duet's playlist? I know that I could use shuffle but this randomly moves the songs around. I would like control to arrange the songs as they are being played. You cant as far as i know, but it's something i and others have requested

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread fcm4711
Hi jason3fc I meant power cycling Receiver. Anyhow, I would like you to do the following test if you don't mind. Setup your SBR (with SBC) so it has a dark white light (paused). Now, disconnect power from SBR, wait 10 seconds and reapply power. Does it go to dark white again or is it also stuck

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread JimC
Kuro;288891 Wrote: I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. As I understand it, that

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread copernical
Thanks for this SuperQ. Good to have some ideas of things to try. I'm afraid I am not very clued up on the jargon of networking though. Could you point me somewhere I can find out about changing channels? I can move the SB receiver locally to a more exposed position rather than surrounded by my

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread rbl
aubuti;288831 Wrote: But if possible, I'd try a wired solution for the SB3 first. Thanks, but does a wired solution actually help? Surely it just stops intereference, but the network speed won't be much better (signal strength in my flat is pretty good). I do think about upgrading to a

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet - FLAC decoder bug

2008-04-08 Thread Teus de Jong
Kuro;288895 Wrote: Is dbPowerAmp any good then? Anyone? I also use dbPowerAmp reference. In my opinion it is easier to use and much faster than EAC, while having about the same reliability of encoding. (And both use AccurateRip.) Teus -- Teus de Jong

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread davis
It's probably your wireless network signal strength. The channels available are slightly different radio frequencies (basically). It may be that you have a neighbour with a wireless system on the same channel, and that's causing interference. The option for changing your radio channel is

Re: [slim] Slow response on SB3 display

2008-04-08 Thread emong
Just wanted to give some feedback on this issue. I also experienced the same problem, and as Michael suggested (giving the SB3 a name) it fixed the response time on the device right up while running V7.0 of squeezecentre Thanks. -- emong

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
JimC wrote: Kuro;288891 Wrote: I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. As I

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread copernical
Thanks Davis and SuperQ I've shifted the SB receiver to be on the top of all my HiFi stuff, so it's a bit closer to the router which is on the floor above. It is now also less surrounded by nearby HiFi equipment which does seem to have been shielding it - my signal strength has now gone up to

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
rbl wrote: aubuti;288831 Wrote: But if possible, I'd try a wired solution for the SB3 first. Thanks, but does a wired solution actually help? Surely it just stops intereference, but the network speed won't be much better (signal strength in my flat is pretty good). I do think about

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread copernical
Oh Dear! I spoke too soon. A few hours later and I had the same problems. Difficulty to get the SB to connect to the network and when it finally did, the signal strength was again down to 10% without my having moved anything. I can't understand how it is changing so much. I'm certainly not going

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread rbl
peter;288977 Wrote: Wireshark is an option. but that usually won't work with a wifi interface Does that mean I have to run it from my wired desktop, and not my wireless laptop, or does it mean I wont see the wireless activity anyway (e.g. the SB3 activity). Many thanks for your help ...

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
rbl wrote: peter;288977 Wrote: Wireshark is an option. but that usually won't work with a wifi interface Does that mean I have to run it from my wired desktop, and not my wireless laptop, or does it mean I wont see the wireless activity anyway (e.g. the SB3 activity). Many thanks

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread bpa
Microsoft has a network monitor which also monitors Wifi - but I think it is Vista only. Use this as a start point http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=18b1d59d-f4d8-4213-8d17-2f6dde7d7aacdisplaylang=en and here http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/ -- bpa

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread bpa
but the network speed won't be much better (signal strength in my flat is pretty good). Speed will be much better - 100mbs/sec vs at best 54mb/sec. I think Wifi also has dead time between packets which will further reduce throughput. Even if you manage 54mbs/sec - it is shared amongst all

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread aubuti
rbl;288955 Wrote: Thanks, but does a wired solution actually help? Surely it just stops intereference, but the network speed won't be much better (signal strength in my flat is pretty good). I do think about upgrading to a gigabit setup which I guess would help, but these gigabit setups

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
aubuti wrote: rbl;288955 Wrote: Thanks, but does a wired solution actually help? Surely it just stops intereference, but the network speed won't be much better (signal strength in my flat is pretty good). I do think about upgrading to a gigabit setup which I guess would help, but these

Re: [slim] Duet support for Unicode Chinese

2008-04-08 Thread DVB
Have a look here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44890 /DVB -- DVB DVB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13707 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Can we please have a sort by Album Artist option

2008-04-08 Thread luga00
Man, this problem has been around for what seems like a generation now. I'm not sure why SlimDevices persist in not having an Album Artist category in the Browse/Search menus. Is there some technical reason why they don't just do this. -- luga00

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread aubuti
peter;288984 Wrote: [color=blue] Gigabit is not really that expensive any more, but it won't give you a 10x speedup either. I get about 200 Mbps with file trnsfers between my laptops and server over GB ethernet. With wireless I would be very pleased to achieve 54Mbit with real world

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread radish
Kuro;288891 Wrote: I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. That's the correct

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet - FLAC decoder bug

2008-04-08 Thread radish
Kuro;288895 Wrote: Ar... I tried EAC and sure enough, the same song in flac does not produce any pauses. Can't you just transcode FLAC-FLAC but use the real encoder on the second step? Would be easier than reripping. -- radish

Re: [slim] Fileshare Problem with SqueezeCenter v7.0

2008-04-08 Thread Ed C
Thanks Michael. Yes, both os.files and os.paths were, and still are, set to debug. Ed -- Ed C Ed C's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14966 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SB3 drop out when transfering large files

2008-04-08 Thread Peter
aubuti wrote: peter;288984 Wrote: [color=blue] Gigabit is not really that expensive any more, but it won't give you a 10x speedup either. I get about 200 Mbps with file trnsfers between my laptops and server over GB ethernet. With wireless I would be very pleased to achieve 54Mbit with

[slim] Custom Fonts using 7.0

2008-04-08 Thread Duman
I have been using a custom large font to display the time on my SB3's. I purchased a new server computer, installed 7.0 (I had been using 6.5 on my old server computer), and put the custom font file in the Server/Graphics folder of the new computer. However, I do not see the custom font file as

[slim] Additional duet players availability???

2008-04-08 Thread d2tw4all
I just got my duet yesterday and I LOVE it, however I really need more zones and want to buy players. There doesn't seem to be any indication of when they will be available, only pricing, can you give us any insight as to when the players will be available? Tom -- d2tw4all

[slim] SqueezeCenter version check?

2008-04-08 Thread greg_burns
When I start SqueezeCenter it quickly changes to this page: http://update.squeezenetwork.com/update/?version=7.0lang=EN and the html displays nothing but 0. It used to do this with slimserver, but restarting the service always got it going again. Stopping/starting SqueezeCenter doesn't seem

[slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has considered putting some software similar to that on the controller onto a PDA? I've just got a WiFi PDA (Dell Axim X51V), and it'd be great to be able to control the slimserver that way. Non of the skins for the web interface quite does it for me I'm afraid.

Re: [slim] Controller Album List Album Art Missing

2008-04-08 Thread aubuti
There is a separate album art cache on the controller. The only way I know how to refresh it is to do a complete factory reset of the controller. Turn off the SBC, then turn it back on while holding down the + button. Then you go through setup again (including re-entering WPA key if you have

Re: [slim] Xbmc

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Sandee
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:49 AM, d2tw4all [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Great product, I just got my duet yesterday and it's great. I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the Xbox Media Center project (XBMC). Basically it's an open source project that turns the original xbox into a media

Re: [slim] Completely stuck after 7.0 upgrade

2008-04-08 Thread tlimon
I too, am stuck and frustrated after the 7.0 upgrade. My wireless SB2's are plagued with low signal, drop off the net, and, for the most part, are unusable. I've tried the nightly's, but am still dissatisfied with the performance. Can someone point me to the download link for 6.5.4? I'm

[slim] What is this Squeezebox?

2008-04-08 Thread Soonerfunk
I am looking for a device on which I can download all of my music, and then take outside to my deck, hook up to my outside stereo via RCA jacks and listen to music. That's all I want. Is the squeezebox what I am looking for? Do you just transfer music from the computer to the device and then

Re: [slim] What is this Squeezebox?

2008-04-08 Thread radish
Short answer - not quite - the audio is streamed over your network. Read more: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread radish
The plan is (AFAIK) that the software on the controller is going to be ported to other platforms, but there's nothing available yet that I know of. In the meantime, you could look at something like Telcanto (http://www.telcanto.com/). -- radish

Re: [slim] Dumb WHS SqueezeCenter install question

2008-04-08 Thread Zaragon
bonze;288055 Wrote: flaky as in the few times I used it yesterday - it crashed and locked me out of the WHS. I'm fully wired from the desktop to the WHS. I'll stick with the Console for now :) Now the really interesting thing about that is that the console also uses the remote desktop, it

Re: [slim] Custom Fonts using 7.0

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Herger
However, I do not see the custom font file as an option in Squeezecenter's Display Settings screen. Should old custom fonts work with 7.0? Do I need to do something else? It's probably a caching issue: delete fonts.bin from SC's cache folder and restart SC. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread aubuti
The name is SqueezePlay, though I don't know if it will be able to run on a PDA. See the wiki for more info (and source code if you're game to compile it and try it out): http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SqueezePlay -- aubuti

Re: [slim] Dumb WHS SqueezeCenter install question

2008-04-08 Thread consciouspnm
The console is just the 'noddy' interface to the server. WHS is just a copy of Windows Server 2003 with some bits taken out and some other stuff added. If you want full control over it use MSTSC and remote desktop. There's no need to be physically in front of any windows server nowadays to

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet - FLAC decoder bug

2008-04-08 Thread gharris999
EZ-CDDA is a unicode app. See: http://www.poikosoft.com -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45998

Re: [slim] Buying Duet in Hong Kong

2008-04-08 Thread agentsmith
I posted this and also emailed sales a long time back with no reply from either. What gives? Can I at least get a yes/no answer? -- agentsmith System 1: SB2 and a mostly Naim system System 2: SB2 connected digitally to a Meridian F80

Re: [slim] Xbmc

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Sandee
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:24 AM, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: XBMC runs some kind of linux, right? I'd have thought you could compile squeezeslave for it. XBMC is a native Xbox application, a sort of modified win32 API. You can boot Linux on an Xbox and I'm sure squeezeslave would build

[slim] SqueezeBox Controller Batter

2008-04-08 Thread ik632
I'd like to get a spare battery for the controller since we tend to use it for extended periods. I have found part number 190582- (on the battery) and it appears that this is similar to the battery for the Harmony 1000 but I can't find the cached page anymore. It looks like the part number

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Controller Batter

2008-04-08 Thread slimpy
The controller's battery is actually the same as the one used for the Harmony 1000. Confirmed by Dean in this thread (post #23): http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43239page=3 -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile:

Re: [slim] Controller Album List Album Art Missing

2008-04-08 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Is the artwork all there in the web interface? If so are you maybe experiencing this bug? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7666 I'm hoping they publish this update shortly. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's

Re: [slim] Is there anyway to prevent .......

2008-04-08 Thread Pneumonic
mherger;25 Wrote: My SB3 display from defaulting to Now Playing when I hit the remote's left arrow button while listening to a song . without deleting Now Playing in my Home Menu (ie Players - Menu) setting box? Try using the Now playing (jump back) screensaver: it won't

[slim] Rhapsody Enabled Slaves

2008-04-08 Thread FredFredrickson
I have the Squeezebox Duet. I am, of course, looking foward to buying additional receivers, but in the mean time, I'm hoping to get something else going. I read that using receivers I can sync up to 3 players at a time with rhapsody (license restrictions). With Softsqueeze you cannot play

Re: [slim] Buying Duet in Hong Kong

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
I bought two by buying from the slimdevices website. They ship to HK. -- Kuro Kuro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45642

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread ncarver
If you have metallic items in your walls/floors this can severely limit distances for Wifi. We had to span a distance of only about 20' for one connection, yet had to go to directional antennas on both ends to get 100% reliable connections (heat pump pipe and electrical wiring issues). My Duet

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
Basically, I'm running the slimserver on a NAS (Synology DiskStation DS-207+). I'm trying to build a turnkey system for some of the people I know. None of us here wants to have a PC turned on 7x24, hence the idea of a NAS as mediaserver. I've been watching the slimdevices for many years now,

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], aubuti[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The name is SqueezePlay, though I don't know if it will be able to run on a PDA. See the wiki for more info (and source code if you're game to compile it and try it out):

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread Michael Herger
That's not *exactly* what I'm after. SqueezePlay appears to replace SoftSqueeze (i.e. it's a player in its own right). It's able to do both. In fact for now only the remote control part is working, while playback is still in the pipeline. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Need help with a Duet

2008-04-08 Thread mkozlows
JimC;288870 Wrote: EDIT: Saw your second post just now, and 50 seems low unless you have a lot of interference. I'd suggest a call to Technical Support is in order. Well, the 50 SNR was on the Controller (I believe the SNR rating on the Controller applies to the Controller itself, right?),

Re: [slim] Playstation 3

2008-04-08 Thread Steven Moore
Tried the classic skin and it seems to mostly work, I'll try a few others and see if I can get better results. The main problem now is that you sit a distance from the tv screen and small characters are hard to read. So I'll keep on looking. Thanks. -- Steven Moore

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread Eric Seaberg
My server is a Mac MINI with external 500GB drive... that's what I bought it for and it does nothing else. It's been on 24/7 for 18+ months. No monitor, no kbd... just power and an ethernet cable. All my files are ALAC and transcoded to FLAC without issue. It boots up, it works. It seems

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread FredFredrickson
Squeezeplay is the software that is currently running the Duet's Controller. Currently, it does not actually play music, but instead communicates with SqueezeCenter to play music through any receivers connected. So, yeah, SqueezePlay is what you want. Additionally, the source is available, so

[slim] SqueezeCenter Rescan Problem

2008-04-08 Thread golson
Hi to all... first post to the forum. I recently up-leveled from Slimserver to SqueezeCenter. I'm having an issue with the SqueezeCenter Rescan function. My music files (FLAC) reside in two locations; a NAS drive and my laptop. I like to keep some of my favorites local on my laptop for access

Re: [slim] Xbmc

2008-04-08 Thread d2tw4all
I know it doesn't have the horsepower for HD but for the money it's an AWESOME way to stream DVD .iso files. I also use MythTV and I have frontends for them that are HD capable and MythPlayer can play .iso's too but honestly XBMC is SO much better from an interface standpoint than even Myth.

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread radish
Kuro;289083 Wrote: Seriously, Apple only needs to build an interface in iPod Touch to wirelessly control iTune on the PC for wireless music distribution via Airport express and slimdevices will be doomed. Ahh yes, the SD killer. Was Audiotron, then Roku, then Sonos, then Media Center, now

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Rescan Problem

2008-04-08 Thread radish
I'm amazed that even worked on Slimserver :) The normal approach (which has remained consistent) is to add shortcuts/links between the directories. http://slimdevices.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/slimdevices.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5992 -- radish

Re: [slim] Controller Album List Album Art Missing

2008-04-08 Thread radish
It should be in the latest nightly now. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46006

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread PSSO
@lex;289109 Wrote: Still no response from SlimDevices development team :-) Maybe you are very busy solving bugs :-( What is happening? Do you find solutions? Some information would be nice :-) I don't dare upgrade now as my system seems to be running (with minor errors), but what about all

Re: [slim] Xbmc

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Sandee
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:32 AM, d2tw4all [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it doesn't have the horsepower for HD but for the money it's an AWESOME way to stream DVD .iso files. I also use MythTV and I have frontends for them that are HD capable and MythPlayer can play .iso's too but

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezbox/Receiver/Transporter

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
I also don't have a usage model where I use sync regularly. I used to have a setup with a Transporter in the living room and an SB2 in the bedroom. I felt no need to sync these although I might have for testing purposes. When I was testing out the SBR I had it connected to the living room

Re: [slim] Controller Album List Album Art Missing

2008-04-08 Thread Jeff Flowerday
radish;289108 Wrote: It should be in the latest nightly now. I didn't get it this morning before I left for work. I'm still 2171 -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile:

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
Both the SB3 and the SBR are limited to 48 kHz due to the limitation in computing power of its CPU, even though the DACs are capable of it. The Transporter's CPU is clocked higher and does not have this limitation, it can play 24/96 and a beta firmware can play 24/88.2. -- Mark Lanctot

Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
rmigneron;286826 Wrote: Of course, if the music is on a headless server, then I can understand spending on the SBC. But with Macs and Leopard, you can use the VNC implementation in iChat to control the server, thus SlimServer, so you don't really need the SBC to play music You can control

Re: [slim] SB Receiver without controller?

2008-04-08 Thread snarlydwarf
rmigneron;286826 Wrote: You don't really need the SBC to control the music when you can do it from the computer. I don't have a computer in my bedroom or my livingroom... and my ass is firmly fixed to the couch where it belongs when I am listening to music. I am not about to get up and find

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
Hi Eric, The thought of buying a Mac Mini did cross my mind before I went for a NAS solution. The problems with Mac Mini are that: 1. it is too expensive for this application (overkilled), 2. Rumors say either Apple will drop the Mini or they'll bring out newer models using 3.5 internal HD. If

[slim] SqueezeCenter Rescan bug?

2008-04-08 Thread Kuro
I found that if I do a rescan of newly added album/songs in the SqueezeCenter, the tracks are all out of order if I go from Library-Album. But if I go from Artist-Album, then the tracks are in the correct order. This is using SqueezeCenter 7.01 with the Duet controller. -- Kuro

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread Kim . T
I got an answer that they where investigating HW issues... And I guese that nerwork errors not are simple to reproduce or predict - they can't test every router before they release a product. -- Kim.T HP T5700 Thin Client running FreeNAS + SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 Synology DS-101j / Samsung

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread JimC
copernical;288975 Wrote: Oh Dear! I spoke too soon. A few hours later and I had the same problems. Difficulty to get the SB to connect to the network and when it finally did, the signal strength was again down to 10% without my having moved anything. I can't understand how it is changing so

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread Pat Farrell
JimC wrote: If I had to guess, I'd say that you have external interference that's reducing your wireless signal strength. 2.4GHz is a very crowded spectrum, with all kinds of devices competing for bandwdith and signal. A new neighbor installing their own WiFi can cause troubles. as well as

Re: [slim] Can we please have a sort by Album Artist option

2008-04-08 Thread MrSinatra
slimkid;288839 Wrote: In the meantime, I have found another 2 issues with this functionality. I think it is so broken that it has past the point where it makes sense to raise bugs. It needs serious shakedown. First somebody who really understands the complexity of tagging to develop a

Re: [slim] SC7 library logic tags wiki entry project needed!

2008-04-08 Thread MrSinatra
why is this thread getting no love from the company or the community? are my posts too long? surely the need for this is evident as the issues are systemic and abundant. all i'm asking for is some help, i'm prepared to do a lot of work to test the logic and powers of SC7. if the community

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread Armand
My story is similar to most previous ones, but maybe it contributes to the solutions: I've two SB classics working fine, my new SB receiver works fine as well, but the SB controller doesn't. Somehow it can't connect to my computer/server. I've rebooted the SB receiver, rebooted my computer,

Re: [slim] Can we please have a sort by Album Artist option

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Sandee
SLIM DEVICES, or the community, what say you? Believe it or not, the current TPE2 tag functionality works how I want it to right now. I'm sure there are other people who are satisfied and have gotten the server to do what they want with the current implementation. Any suggestions to scrap

Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?

2008-04-08 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], FredFredrickson[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Additionally, the source is available, so you can compile it and try it on your PDA. It technically can run on anything that it'll compile on! Ok, anyone with the ability to compile programs for an Axim X51V

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Controller Batter

2008-04-08 Thread ik632
Thanks for confirming my suspicions as well. -- ik632 ik632's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13780 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46025

Re: [slim] SC7 library logic tags wiki entry project needed!

2008-04-08 Thread radish
Well there's already this page: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerSupportedTags I'm sure it's out of date but it's a starting point. -- radish radish's Profile:

Re: [slim] Completely stuck after 7.0 upgrade

2008-04-08 Thread SlimPvC
Hi Tlimon. Sounds like different problems than I had. You can download old server versions here: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ Good luck -- SlimPvC SlimPvC's Profile:

Re: [slim] Can we please have a sort by Album Artist option

2008-04-08 Thread MrSinatra
thats a very short sighted view. just b/c it works for you does not mean good enough. all you have to do is see all the people complaining and all the bugs filed. SC7 should act on GENERIC and REASONABLE assumptions, and be PREDICTABLE. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread ModelCitizen
pfarrell;289146 Wrote: my microwave oven, which kills all WiFi in my house. You've mentioned this a few time over the last 2 or 3 years Pat. Have you ever thought about getting a new Microwave? I can recommend my Sharp one, which never interferes with my wifi network. ;-) MC -- ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread Pat Farrell
ModelCitizen wrote: You've mentioned this a few time over the last 2 or 3 years Pat. Have you ever thought about getting a new Microwave? I can recommend my Sharp one, which never interferes with my wifi network. Well, I have considered it. But my day job is using ZigBee networks which also

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread rtitmuss
@lex;289109 Wrote: Still no response from SlimDevices development team :-) Maybe you are very busy solving bugs :-( Give me a chance, I last posted an update yesterday. And yes today I have been busy fixing bugs, I'll post when I have information to report. The connectivity bugs are our top

Re: [slim] SC7 library logic tags wiki entry project needed!

2008-04-08 Thread MrSinatra
yes, and theres a various artists logic page as well, (also out of date). but i am asking for a whole different thing... maybe i am not being clear? what i am saying is we need flowcharts, and they would say essentially given this such and such would be a result. so one flowchart would be

Re: [slim] Lost Squeexebox

2008-04-08 Thread Mnyb
WRT54GL is good (with for example Tomato firmware). When I got my WRT54GL I cranked upp the wifi power and got consistent 90-93% strength insted off 68-73% as i had with my netgear. This will not always be the trick as communication is two way, but as most com is TO the box (the audio stream

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread rtitmuss
Kim.T;289138 Wrote: I got an answer that they where investigating HW issues... To be clear we are investigating a possible manufacturing fault with a small batch of units, not a hardware design issue. Kim.T;289138 Wrote: And I guese that nerwork errors not are simple to reproduce or

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-08 Thread mellie
I am looking in the /latest/trunk dir but i cannot find the lates jive.bin file to update the controller. I also cannot find it in the .tgz archive? Where is the 7.01 r firmware for the controller located? Melle... -- mellie

Re: [slim] Can we please have a sort by Album Artist option

2008-04-08 Thread JJZolx
I just ran an experiment. The library is all Flac files, so this has nothing to do with TPE2/BAND options or problems. I took a Van Morrision album, Astral Weeks, and set the ALBUMARTIST to 'Cannonball Adderley'. Was: ARTIST=Van Morrison ARTISTSORT=Morrison, Van Now: ARTIST=Van Morrison

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