Pale Blue Ego;332299 Wrote:
RANT
Excuse me, but WHAT A CROCK! What if you don't even own a PC - you
have to buy a monthly net account just to watch TV? And what happens
if you lose the net connection, the TV signal cuts off?
Does your cable company install the ethernet jack for free at
SuperQ;332287 Wrote:
Actually, you don't even need to wire the set top box, just plug it into
the back of the transporter and use network bridging mode. This way the
set top box will get full time access via your transporter's wifi. I
did this a while back to stream video with no dropouts.
Could you try editing your my.cnf again? You can but the log-bin back
in, but could you change the line:
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:128M
to:
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:256M
(ie increase the 'max' part).
I think the problem may be that the InnoDB
liffy99;331916 Wrote:
[2] Note that there is currently an outstanding bug concerning the
Squeezebox's handling of positive ReplayGain settings. See here for the
gory details: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5119
Is this fixed yet ? Now that I've found a number of albums (mostly
So what advantage over an SB3 does the Wadia have? They both deliver
digital to your DAC.
Do you connect your Transporter to an offboard DAC too or use the
built-in?
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Thanks Nonreality
I think I do understand the Loudness Wars and the problem with dynamic
range (and that brush strokes probably would not start out at 89db - a
rather extreme example I'm sorry). What I struggle with is the
different scales being used.
One moment I am told that 0db equates to
I certainly wish this rumour is true! A small kitchen radio that
connects to Squeezecenter would be sooo nice - I have had to connect my
receiver to an iPod speaker to achieve something like that - two units
to switch on/off, two power supplies, too many cables etc.
My wish for Christmas:
A
Michael,
it's Dutch, not German :) But the translation was spot on.
They only ship within Belgium, so that makes the 4.9 look allright.
regards,
Peter
Michaelwagner;332400 Wrote:
I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means.
When you click on where can I have
Michaelwagner;332400 Wrote:
I speak a bit of German, so I can guess at what the following means.
When you click on where can I have this product sent to, it says
Dit toestel is beschikbaar in volgende winkels en kan aan huis geleverd
worden vanaf Donderdag 28/08/2008
followed by an empty
liffy99;332522 Wrote:
Thanks Nonreality
I think I do understand the Loudness Wars and the problem with dynamic
range (and that brush strokes probably would not start out at 89db - a
rather extreme example I'm sorry). What I struggle with is the
different scales being used.
One moment I
Pale Blue Ego;332299 Wrote:
RANT
Excuse me, but WHAT A CROCK! What if you don't even own a PC - you
have to buy a monthly net account just to watch TV? And what happens
if you lose the net connection, the TV signal cuts off?
Does your cable company install the ethernet jack for free at
So I don't want to use my receiver for volume control...
But I'm getting bored of having to go into the preferences every time
to re-set it...what's up? Is it me shutting down the controller or
something?
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Squeezebox Duet
Receiver wired to router
Controller wifi'd to router
XP
I'd really like to test out a beta of squeezeplay on my pc but I don't
want to compile one myself.
Are there any restrictions for anyone to post a link here to a working
binary?
If not, please do.
I understand that it is in an early developing stage, but I'm just
curious to test it out.
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Nonreality;332536 Wrote:
Exactly what I was thinking, I would change suppliers or refuse. What a
bunch of bull.
My provider has the fastest and most stable Internet and the right
selection of TV channels for my tastes.
They do offer an STB that doesn't need Internet connection, but the one
Hi All,
I've been experiencing some issues with my SB Duet over the weekend,
below is some high level information, I can add some more information
if required.
Any help on this would be appreciated
SETUP
I am running SB Duet on a fully wireless set-up, my main Music source
is on a laptop
I had exactly the same issue on Vista Ultimate when upgrading from 7 to
7.1 and was only able to resolve it by completely uninstalling 7,
rebooting, then installing 7.1.
I have to say my heart sinks whenever I upgrade Squeezecentre (and,
previously, Slimserver) as I have found it to be the most
liffy99;332522 Wrote:
Then this arbitrary level of 89db is touted around, but db is a relative
scale, so 89db compared to what ? It surely can't be 89db below full
output ! Or is it 89db above the -96db that might equate to the lower
threshold of Red Book resolution (which, presunably, could
Al Jones;332513 Wrote:
Based on input here, I will get a double socket installed and
use the second one for the Transporter until I need it for something
else. Then I can always go wireless again for the Transporter.
Al Jones
Or just add a simple $20 wired hub down the road to the
Brilliant! That did it for me!
Thank you so very much, hickinbottoms.
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No problem - sorry it took a few goes to narrow it down.
You can remove the max:??? bit of that line altogether so the size is
unlimited if you're worried about not remembering what the problem was
next time. I'm not sure why Gentoo imposes that limit by default - I
don't think that's commonly
Here's a potentially dumb question, but I don't find any previous
threads.
With all the enthusiasm for a low-wattage storage system, but a
relatively small number of punters with the capacity to create and
administer a server-based system, why isn't there a LT proprietary
option? Surely it can't
Yes, guys, I knew it was Dutch. That's why I said I speak German, but I
can puzzle this out. If it was German, I wouldn't have put the
disclaimer in.
If you speak English, French German (I do), then you can puzzle out
most Dutch words by recognizing their roots. I don't get the grammar
worth a
Gizmologic;331676 Wrote:
I have at present 2750 albums that are in FLAC mostly. These are divided
in 4 folders.
Putting that many items into such a small number of folders is bound to
slow any system down.
You'd be much better organizing it as recommended:
DanielTheGreat;331677 Wrote:
To this end, Mark, can you point me to the protocol for communicating
with the players, which you say is open and documented.
See http://[SqueezeCenter IP]:9000/html/docs/help.html then Technical
Information.
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Make it so it doesn't suck is a
I am working on a project where we are integrating a Transporter with a
Crestron System. Is there a module for this or has someone used the
squeezebox module to control a Transporter through Crestron?
Thanks in advance for your help/advice.
Cheers,
Edge
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liffy99;332171 Wrote:
So, this will mean that when I listen to them with RG on, levels will be
much the same for the average perceived music loudness but I'll have to
crank the volume control round more to get back to the original volume
levels of the tracks that have had gain reductions.
I'd like to see something built to run SC for joe six pack as well.
Personally I'm more than happy to use whatever cheap machine I can get
my hands on as a server, or better yet just run it on my desktop which
will be on most of the time I'm home anyway (not to mention where I
have the ripping
Looks like another leak stomped on. Krefel have removed the item from
their web-site.
It's in page 30 of their brochure
http://images.krefel.be/krefel_promo/folder_2008-35/Code_Krefel15_NL.html
, but when you click on the embedded link the URL returns this
message
Dit product is momenteel
All good points skunk. I guess it's a market pitch. I guess theres an
argument that luring joe away from iTunes DRM and whatever pirate stuff
s/he can download is tough.
I am currently debating the merits of testing my capacity with a
readyNAS setup but for a common boob like me, I might waste
Well, the intent is the same, but no, a closer translation would be
this product is, at the moment, not shippable from this e-shop
Which is effectively what it was saying yesterday when it told me the
list of places it could ship it to was null, just a little more
explicit.
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Michaelwagner;332593 Wrote:
Well, the intent is the same, but no, a closer translation would be
this product is, at the moment, not shippable from this e-shop
That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping
the ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait.
better read this
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51347
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Yeah, this is a good idea, but as Skunk mentioned, the networking is
another significant part of setup difficulty.
It's too bad that there isn't a larger market that would support a 3rd
party putting together a server/SB package that would be reasonably
priced.
For me, I enjoy the process of
Mnyb;332495 Wrote:
Many UPS units are also default configured in so called bypass mode.
To save energy and battery life.
How to explain that with my English ? ok what you want an UPS to do in
many cases is to run the incoming AC to the rectifier trough the
battery stack and then make new
simbo;332594 Wrote:
That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping the
ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait.
hahaha!
I reckon this is a cracking product. Fingers cross it's a) true b) fast
and c) distributed internationally. (We're still waiting
maggior;332600 Wrote:
Yeah, this is a good idea, but as Skunk mentioned, the networking is
another significant part of setup difficulty.
It's too bad that there isn't a larger market that would support a 3rd
party putting together a server/SB package that would be reasonably
priced.
MartinP;332466 Wrote:
My Squeezebox classic was one of the innocent victims when lightning
struck my house earlier this summer. The stereo amp and TV were fried
too, though the Uninterruptible Power Supply they were connected to was
unaffected! The Squeezebox seems completely dead. I've
from 'Moose setup' (http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/setup.html)
Moo file - This is used by the library window. Rather than rely on
Slimserver's database, Moose maintains its own small super-fast
database of music file information. The database is stored in the
specified '.moo' file.
simbo;332594 Wrote:
That's weird. When I type this into Babelfish it says We're keeping the
ones we've been sent for ourselves. You're gonna have to wait.
lol! I knew there was a reason I never trusted Babelfish. Never get the
same result twice. When I typed it into Babelfish, it said Poisson
ThomP;332523 Wrote:
I certainly wish this rumour is true! A small kitchen radio that
connects to Squeezecenter would be sooo nice
That is what the reference to Squeezebox Boom was all about.
See this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50760
and expect an official
Dingostrategy;332608 Wrote:
even purchasing a new SB3 involved a trip to the distributers home,
chai, phone calls, delivery on a bicycle.
And I thought the distribution channels in Canada were slow and tedious
:D
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hellesangel;331070 Wrote:
After a slightly deeper look it seems that running Softsqueeze produces
a box that says something like 'This Softsqueeze is optimized for
Squeezecenter 7.0 but you're running 7.1, please download a newer
Softsqueeze version',
I submitted that as a bug and it's
peter;332248 Wrote:
I'd put in another double socket to future-proof things ;)
LOL. In all seriousness, just use the single socket you already have,
plug a switch into that, and plug however many other ethernet devices
you want into your switch! I'm actually doing exactly that, not for
This is from a Norwegian webshop...
http://www.expert.no/product/product.aspx?identifier=93063
It says not in stock on the page, but the price in NOK seems to be
decided... (NOK 2300 is 290 by todays exchange rate).
Can't seem to find it in any other norwegian shops yet, but it has to
be
oreillymj;332585 Wrote:
Looks like another leak stomped on. Krefel have removed the item from
their web-site.
It's in page 30 of their brochure
http://images.krefel.be/krefel_promo/folder_2008-35/Code_Krefel15_NL.html
, but when you click on the embedded link the URL returns this
Ahahhh - I can see clearer now . . . .
Thanks CliveB. So 89db SPL is an absolute measure, not a relative
one. I quite agree that if we all referred levels to the 0db full
output mark it would make a lot more sense.
And the 11db thing is just a complete red herring.
And as for cranking the
Try the plugin page:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/PluginRemoteControls
there are several CRestron modules there.
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After approx. 10 hrs with this, I'm just about ready to return my Duet.
I'm using SC 7.1.0 on a MAC 10.5.4.
SqueezeNetwork works great.
When I go to SqueezeCenter in preferences, I can start the server but
web access (which points to http://localhost:9000/) hangs.
Using
bobkoure;332614 Wrote:
A lot of this stuff seems to be forgotten now that we're running
machines that make Z80 and 8088 based systems look less than pitiful...
Thank god I'm not the only older person on the forum today. I remember
Z80s like they were only yesterday. Somewhere in a box I think
Michaelwagner;332620 Wrote:
And I thought the distribution channels in Canada were slow and tedious
One never complains when the final result is satisfactory. The whole
experience was rather pleasant in the end. The distributor's notions of
what the SB actually does were rather amusing. Why
Nobody else has had this problem?
To recap, Now Playing on on the controller doesn't refresh to show
changes when new songs are added or deleted. Restarting the controller
corrects the data. Any ideas on fixes???
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Posted this on another thread first by a mistake...:
This is from a Norwegian webshop...
http://www.expert.no/product/product.aspx?identifier=93063
It says not in stock on the page, but the price in NOK seems to be
decided... (NOK 2300 is 290 by todays exchange rate).
Can't seem to find
atrocity wrote:
peter;332369 Wrote:
Nah, they should've made PC mini disk drives from day one. Being able to
play/read, write/record and copy on a PC would've been a huge thing
back
then. Now, they were left behind by the CD which - eventually - did
allow that. Too afraid of
Pat Farrell wrote:
Peter wrote:
Nah, they should've made PC mini disk drives from day one. Being able to
play/read, write/record and copy on a PC would've been a huge thing back
then. Now, they were left behind by the CD which - eventually - did
allow that. Too afraid of 'piracy', of
It's happened to me a couple of times. I just turn the SB controller
off from the advanced settings menu, and then restart. Seems to solve
the problem.
Rob
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If you have your music folder in squeezecenter set to the same location
itunes uses then you can also browse to the folder itunes just created
for your new music. this will add that music to squeezecenter database.
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Dingostrategy;332569 Wrote:
Here's a potentially dumb question, but I don't find any previous
threads.
With all the enthusiasm for a low-wattage storage system, but a
relatively small number of punters with the capacity to create and
administer a server-based system, why isn't there a LT
I'd forgotten all about this post, in the excitement of the new Boom.
Turns out your source was good, OP. I have newfound respec' for hi-fi
salesmen.
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Hmmm, this is pretty cool. I had never heard of this project before.
This is really handy for remote streaming since it incorporates the
player and a web browser in one.
I got it to work pretty easily shortly after downloading it. The only
problem I've run into is that I can't get the stream
I figured this would be one forum where people might know and care about
sound quality in portable digital music players.
I'm wondering if it's possible to get a sound quality as good as a
slimplayer from any portable music player, that supports flac?
I have an ipod, I didn't buy it by the way!
It is far more challenging to get good sound quality from a portable
device. A good power supply, DAC, and output stage require board space,
and packing everything close together makes issues like internal EMI
noise much harder to deal with. The designer has much fewer components
to choose from
Let me preface this by saying that you're very unlikely to get
SB3-quality audio from a portable. So just let this requirement go,
and your choices start looking better.
I'm a RockBox user myself, and I personally use an iAudio X5. For what
it is, the audio quality is quite good. I've also
Crikey, fast reponse here!
Thanks for the interesting points folks.
I don't even know where the original headphones are for the ipod! They
were irrelevant. I'm using little sennheiser ones, they kind of hook
into your ear. They sound pretty good. I used to use a big pair of
sennheisers but
My next suggestion would make the entire Audiophile forum burst into
flames, so thanks for posting in the General Discussion forum, for
everyone's sake.
I think that lack of detail you may be hearing is not from the file
format, DAC, EMI, headphone jack, or headphones. It's the wind (and
let's
Hi!
I was trouble shooting a different application and was running
DebugView from Microsoft. While debug was running, this message was
constantly in the viewer.
[4980] Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
I noted over 40,000 instances in less than 10 minutes. I began
shutting down
Bump
More info :
I've found that I can select some albums to play (using either Winamp
or Mediaportal), and after closing and restarting the player the
selected albums restart. However, if I then select random play and
close the player, on a restart the previously-selected albums play
again.
Yeah - As I mentioned, I've found turning the controller off fixes it,
but I didn't know if there was a better solution.
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I've uninstalled and installed 30X with no luck. I just don't know what
to do.
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seanadams;332691 Wrote:
It is far more challenging to get good sound quality from a portable
device. A good power supply, DAC, and output stage require board space,
and packing everything close together makes issues like internal EMI
noise much harder to deal with. The designer has much
This is an interesting thread as I have been thinking along these lines.
I spend a lot of time on planes and at airports. This means that I can
use my laptop most of the time to generate music. BUt the sound quality
from the soundcard is poor. I am considering a headphone amplifier (USB
type)
Cool so you mean I could literally give it sox on the dancefloor! :D
Didn't know sox could do that kind of stuff actually.
Of course the only place I hear the difference with the ipod is plugged
into a good system, but it'd be nice to have the SBs quality in a
portable way for playing through
radish;332473 Wrote:
Have you tried restarting the router? I've often seen problems where
they're unable to add new wireless clients without a restart.
Restarted the router, the access point, the squeezebox, all multiple
times.
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Just for testing, can you try disabling any WEP/WPA security on the
router? There have been a number of issues where it appears the SB is
connected, and the only problem is DHCP, but in fact there's an
encryption problem.
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Same here, Duet seems to turn itself on everyday, SB3 is fine. Started
happening when I changed wireless hub from a BTHome hub version 1 to a
version 2.
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I have the same problem. It manifests also in an additional way ... I
have connected my Duet through coax digital output with the external
DAC. External DAC is always powered on but it is normally in stand-by
if there is no signal from the source. When I put my Duet Receiver in
OFF state, my DAC
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