Re: [slim] Squeezeboxes are constantly losing wireless connection

I only had my duet for 4 days when it kept saying connection timed out by remote host it still happened when i disabled all the virus scanners and firewalls. eventually i tracked the problem down to a vista update the occured on the 18th. As this was the only change that had occured since

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

It's not the consumers job to provide product information, it's the manufacturers. No supplier can possibly provide information about all the possible in-use combinations for their products. The community provides a very useful service in adding that. -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] iSqueeze for iPhone/iPod touch preview

I'd be happy to test it out. -- helene helene's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15075 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51849

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

ahh the stations that I was listening to dont -- TurnipFarmer http://www.last.fm/user/TurnipFarmer TurnipFarmer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17883 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxes are constantly losing wireless connection

macattack;341897 Wrote: I wasn't aware that the 1TB drive attached to the Airport Extreme would have its own IP address, so I guess that's probably what happened. I'm quite happy to have my music back and just may pick a boom up later this week [now if I could have all that in the car,

Re: [slim] Controller doesn't reconnect to network after sleep - Please post your issues

AV_Spyder;341746 Wrote: I get this problem quite often. My setup is bridged mode as I don't have a wireless network. I don't have the details with me now but will make a note of them when I next get the problem. As much as I wanted to use bridged mode when I first got my DUET, I

Re: [slim] Controller doesn't reconnect to network after sleep - Please post your issues

It occurred to me after replying to another poster on this thread that it might be interesting and a good control to see which users connect their controller bridged and which connect through a router. Then what percentage of each has issues with the controller. As I mentioned in the other

Re: [slim] Wrong self-assigned IP for SB Duet receiver

d60pdp;341939 Wrote: Thanks. I'll try again, but I don't have so much hope as stated below: There are 2 wireless routers to provide 2 wireless networks in my house: - one WEP-encrypted using Actiontec MI424WR b/g wireless router. - one WPA2-encrypted using D-Link DIR-655 b/g/n wireless

Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question

However, there have been suggestions from quite a few users that the way that last.fm handles such scrobbled internet radio plays is not very good (it goes into your last.fm profile in the same way as a regular personally selected CD track). Last.fm have said that they are going to re-evaluate

Re: [slim] Controller doesn't reconnect to network after sleep - Please post your issues

Howard Passman;341979 Wrote: Maybe try connecting your controller to your router just to see if the same is true for your setup. Howard Thanks for the advise. I'm not sure how I can connect my controller to the router directly. The router is wires only (I'm still in the dark ages with no

Re: [slim] Consolidating two separate Music Directories

Thanks for the input guys; you’ve given plenty to go on. I’ve used Synctoy before so I will investigate that method but in sound like I should get away with a straight drag and drop, initially I will probably try that and see how I get on when I drop the second directory on the drive. Thanks for

Re: [slim] iSqueeze for iPhone/iPod touch preview

I've been testing iSqueeze and I have to say it is amazing, really quick for artists and looks brilliant. However although album view worked fine at first it now crashes every time, I only have 1,860 albums so not sure why. Also for some reason LastFM album art doesn't come up and track

[slim] Hey....

Am I missing something simple or is there absolutely no way to clear a playlist using the controller. For one reason or another, I find times when I'd just like to clear a playlist without starting another playlist, song, stream, etc.. You can do it in SC, so should there be something on the

Re: [slim] SC 7.2 - Gap between songs

I've just received a mail from Slim... A fix was put in place that have fixed my problem. The nightly can be downloaded there: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/latest/7.2/tp://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/latest/7.2/ Slimdevices, as usual, Wows !!! Thanks a lot ! -- didjean

Re: [slim] Hey....

It could really do with a way to clear the playlist without opening the play list. I few times now I have ended up accidentally adding lots of tracks and the only way to sensibly clearing the playlist at that point is via the web interface. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes,

Re: [slim] Hey....

If you scroll down to the bottom of the playlist don't you see a Save Playlist entry and a Clear Playlist entry? I do on my controller :o/ Bob -- morris_minor Living Room: SB3/SBC Sonifex RB DAC1 Musical Fidelity X10v3 Sudgen Headmaster Yamaha DSPAX-750SE Kitchen: SBR Sony Minisystem

[slim] SqueezeCenter 7.2 disconnects EVDO connection

I have a confusing problem. I use EVDO (a USB cellular modem)broadband service, and I use ICS to connect to Sirius, etc. I have no router, but this setup worked flawlessly for months with SC version 7.0. Once I upgraded SC (now, version 7.2), I began experiencing disconnects on my EVDO

Re: [slim] SBC Update doesn't work

Worked! Thanks a lot. -- schoen schoen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52610

Re: [slim] Hey....

andynormancx;342010 Wrote: It could really do with a way to clear the playlist without opening the play list. I few times now I have ended up accidentally adding lots of tracks and the only way to sensibly clearing the playlist at that point is via the web interface. I'm curious why the web

[slim] SqueezeCenter fails to start after SP3-SP2 downgrade

ok, I have this weird situation where I had for some reason to downgrade my Windows XP from service pack 3 to service pack 2 (Samsung scanner drivers...) Since the latest version (7.2) of Squeezecenter had been installed when service pack 3 was installed, after the downgrade it didn't work

Re: [slim] Hey....

I agree with aubuti, it's pretty quick and easy to clear a playlist using the controller, as described. But I very rarely feel the need to clear the playlist anyway. If there's stuff in a playlist and I don't want to continue listening to that list, I select what I do want to hear and hit Play.

[slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Any chance there is a way to play music through the SqueezeCenter (either the computer that my music library is sitting on, or a remote laptop or desktop located on my home LAN)? -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile:

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SoftSqueeze -- Mark Lanctot Make it so it doesn't suck is a good design target, but hard to implement - Michael Herger Mark Lanctot's Profile:

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Yes...on all counts. To use your server as a player, you can use something called squeezeslave: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeSlave This creates a player that can be controlled via the web interface (or the controller). You can also do remote streaming. On the web page for you

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Very cool! So it says I need to install Java and the SlimServer... Is SlimServer already running on a normal SlimCenter/SlimNetwork system (that is, is the slimserver already running as an imbedded service within the slimcenter installation)? Or do I need to install and run slimserver on top

Re: [slim] Hey....

Does anybody else find it annoying that a confirmation is requested when you want to clear a playlist? -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 10.2 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.2, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave http://www.last.fm/user/maggior

[slim] Boom arriving today...!

To join a household with 3 SB3s and one Duet. I am excited! :-) I hope it performs well in our house-gym, but it is small enough to be useful anywhere! -- pablolie pablolie's Profile:

Re: [slim] Hey....

morris_minor;342009 Wrote: If you scroll down to the bottom of the playlist don't you see a Save Playlist entry and a Clear Playlist entry? I do on my controller :o/ Bob Yes, you're right. For a long time I was worried about it deleting the playlist. I really should have asked if

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

MikeekiM;342046 Wrote: Very cool! So it says I need to install Java and the SlimServer... Is SlimServer already running on a normal SlimCenter/SlimNetwork system (that is, is the slimserver already running as an imbedded service within the slimcenter installation)? Or do I need to

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

MikeekiM;342047 Wrote: Ah... So there are two solutions for what I am trying to do? SoftSqueeze and SqueezeSlave? SoftSqueeze is a fairly resource-intensive Java application. squeezeslave is a lightweight version that does not use Java but it has no user interface, you start it from the

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Mark Lanctot;342053 Wrote: Not sure I get what you mean. You have to install SqueezeCenter on a computer. See here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeCenter Sorry... what I mean is that I went out to read about how to install SoftSqueeze, and it has as prerequisites that I

Re: [slim] Boom arriving today...!

MikeekiM;342058 Wrote: You'll love it... Don't expect it to have overwhelming bass...but I think it has pretty reasonable bass levels given the size of the package and the size of the drivers... I've got three Booms myself...and I want more! Have fun! Thanks! So have you connected a

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Mark Lanctot;342060 Wrote: SlimServer is the older version of SqueezeCenter. I'll update the wiki. Ah...great... So it wasn't a stupid question on my part then :) (at least as a newbie who doesn't know the history that slimserver and squeezecenter are one and the same...just a versioning

Re: [slim] eBay Warning - demo units

What official eBay store? We don't have one AFAIK. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile:

Re: [slim] Before I Switch to Mac...What Should I Know?

ezkcdude;335666 Wrote: 2) Is there an equivalent to EAC now for the Mac? Have you tried XLD? http://tmkk.hp.infoseek.co.jp/xld/index_e.html It seems to be the closest thing to EAC for the Mac (including having a zillion parameters that can be adjusted such as offset correction,

Re: [slim] 7.2 Duet/Music Library/Music Folder/

thought i would ask; can anyone else after updating to 7.2 do this? meaning, through the duet controller going to music library then music folder and manually hitting the play () button on a speific music file (mine are flac's)? i am currently using my duet with the sb3 receiver. before i

Re: [slim] SquuezeBox Classic Remote Control

I have the harmony 880 upstairs and an MX downstairs. The harmony is colorful and my wife pretty much knows how to use it. However, the MX is much more straightforward. The harmony is convoluted and complicated. They try to force you to use activities which work great when you start from

Re: [slim] Hey....

Really cryptic (or should I say useless) header for this thread. In this day of too much email etc, hey really helps. Got my attention though and here I am perpetuating the thread. I used to be able to read all the postings on this forum, but sadly not anymore. But I hoped that at least the

[slim] Gapless Internet Access on SoftSqueeze

I've set up my SqueezeCenter so that it can be accessed over the internet, and I've installed SoftSqueeze on my computer at work so that I can listen to my collection on my home computer. However, it is inconsistent in providing gapless playback when I am listening to OGG files. I've been

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

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

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Re: [slim] Gapless Internet Access on SoftSqueeze

I don't believe gapless playback is supported with softsqueeze. It is using the Java mp3 decoder, which does not support gapless playback. I'm not sure about ogg files though. The limiting factor here is the Java playback engine. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 1 duet, 1 receiver.

Re: [slim] SC 7.2 - Gap between songs

In fact, after testing it... It doesn't work well ! Start up not working... I have to start up manually when playing a song, there are saccades... -- didjean SB3 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Morel Applause MKII SE ; Receiver Controller - Yamaha JBL TLX 45 ; Boom ; Windows XP SP2

Re: [slim] Gapless Internet Access on SoftSqueeze

In my experience it does seem to provide gapless playback for OGG files, but only if it preloads the file. And it does that inconsistently. -- elgoodo elgoodo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Boom arriving today...!

My Boom just joined 3 SB3 Classics this week and I absolutely LOVE it! Try it naked before thinking about a sub; I don't think you will need it. Its speakers are very well balanced and sound amazing for such a small device. It's much smaller than I thought it would be and setup was a complete

Re: [slim] Hey....

Howard Passman;341994 Wrote: Am I missing something simple or is there absolutely no way to clear a playlist using the controller. For one reason or another, I find times when I'd just like to clear a playlist without starting another playlist, song, stream, etc.. You can do it in SC, so

Re: [slim] Show audiobooks ONLY in Music Folder view

I'd suggest taking a look at the multiple library plugin that way you can create two separate libraries, one for music and one for audiobooks. Then when you really do want to listen to an audiobook you can use that library and have all the SC capability at your disposal. Though it might require

Re: [slim] SquuezeBox Classic Remote Control

roll - gybe;342099 Wrote: The harmony is convoluted and complicated. They try to force you to use activities which work great when you start from scratch, but if you want to go from watching a DVD to listening to SB or something like going from listening to SB to watching cable TV, you are

Re: [slim] Is It Possible to Play Music Directly from SqueezeCenter?

Are there any no-brainer instructions on how to get squeezeslave up and running in OSX? -- snoogly snoogly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9155 View this thread:

[slim] Transporter and Newly downloaded songs

using the Transporter and a MAC I have the slim Devices server on the MAC set to use iTunes and when I download a new song or CD into iTunes it can take days before it shows up on the slim devices server. Is there a way I can do a refresh when I have added new music? so I can see it right

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

Thanks for the animated discussion in response to my original post. A few points to take home: (a) Some have implied that I am arguing against upgrades, or insisting that upgrades be 100% error free. I am not suggesting that at all. However, given the widespread frequency of this problem, I

Re: [slim] iSqueeze for iPhone/iPod touch preview

After a longer testing period I am still really impressed. This is just what the SBC should have been like, fast, responsive and easy to use. However one thing is really annoying me and that is that I keep selecting to play a track by accident rather than add it to the playlist. I know what I am

Re: [slim] Transporter and Newly downloaded songs

Nothing like answering my own question. In the setup under iTunes there is this parameter ITUNES RELOAD INTERVAL When your iTunes Music Library changes SlimServer will automatically import the library information. You can specify the minimum amount of time (in seconds) that SlimServer will wait

Re: [slim] SquuezeBox Classic Remote Control

Don't any SB users have extra SB remotes they can send to Emmings? All you people who have replaced your original remotes with the backlit candy bar or the Duet Controller or a Harmony? Fess up! -- Pale Blue Ego Pale

Re: [slim] SquuezeBox Classic Remote Control

I've also never had any luck with activities... I think the concept would work if the real remote had single buttons for things, but when it has say an HDMI button, that you use to cycle thru the 4 HDMI ports on my TV it is constantly getting it wrong, or turning off the TV or some nonsense. My

Re: [slim] eBay Warning - demo units

James_B;341635 Wrote: Ok, yesterday to my immense relief PayPal returned all my money - the vendor hadn´t even bothered replying to the dispute thread and just closed his ebay account. Now what would be the most fitting way to finally put the wretched demo unit out of service? Maybe it

Re: [slim] SquuezeBox Classic Remote Control

I'm not sure how well my threading is working w.r.t. this thread. As I can't see this one from the beginning. Regardless, if the original poster is into hacking, there is the JP1 project alternative. You can buy certain types of remotes (google jp1 remotes) for as little at $10US (radshack

Re: [slim] eBay Warning - demo units

There was a thread a while back about whether it was possible to use a second (audio broken, but display working) SB as a second display for a working SB. Will see if I can find it. Wonder if it could be used like that? -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)?

Re: [slim] Slimserver Apple Time Capsule

Is it possible to run Slimserver on an Apple Time Capsule? I understand there is a way to compile a linux script on an Apple. Can this be applied to the TC? -- jmack jmack's Profile:

Re: [slim] eBay Warning - demo units

I looked it up, it's more along the lines of taking apart the demo unit for parts. A VFD, especially a graphic VFD, is expensive. I, for one, would probably buy it if the price were right. This is just conjecture, but if I were asked to design an SB demo unit the 10BaseT port would be the

Re: [slim] eBay Warning - demo units

Apologies, I see now you are thinking of using the demo unit as a 2nd display. A real (audio broken) unit could possibly be put into sync mode w/a working unit and be used as a display only. I would be surprised if the demo had enough of the original parts or programming to do the same. A

Re: [slim] iSqueeze for iPhone/iPod touch preview

mattybain;341998 Wrote: I've been testing iSqueeze and I have to say it is amazing, really quick for artists and looks brilliant. However although album view worked fine at first it now crashes every time, I only have 1,860 albums so not sure why. I'm definitely looking into crashes

Re: [slim] iSqueeze for iPhone/iPod touch preview

mattybain;342148 Wrote: However one thing is really annoying me and that is that I keep selecting to play a track by accident rather than add it to the playlist. I know what I am supposed to click on it just seems way too sensitive for my chubby fingers. For me this ruins the whole

Re: [slim] Wrong self-assigned IP for SB Duet receiver

d60pdp;341939 Wrote: There are 2 wireless routers to provide 2 wireless networks in my house: BTW, how can I delete a player name in SC? I hope these networks are on different channels. :-) You can change player name in the settings for that player in the web UI. Duet uses DHCP if it

[slim] Help configuring SC for LAME

Love my squeezebox. Just love it. Browsing through the settings after installing SqueezeCenter 7.2 I noticed under Player-Audio-Bitrate_Limiting there is a Note: You do not appear to have LAME installed. But I do have LAME installed, I use it with EAC for ripping/burning. How can I get SC to

Re: [slim] Visit Mountainview?

seanadams;341953 Wrote: Except for PCB stuffing, Transporter is assembled in Mountain View. We even use local vendors for the metal work. Unfortunately there are no factory tours, so you'll have to take our word for it. :) Thanks, Sean. It's good to know you have at least kept final

Re: [slim] No Connection to Internet Radio

90% of the time, I listen to internet radio on my SB's. Said it before, will say it again: internet radio is only as good as the stream. The error that you describe suggests a stream error, and not a SC or SB error. To narrow down the possibilities try opening the station's stream in your

Re: [slim] Keep Losing Connection to SlimServer

With the SB right in front of the router, and assuming a very high signal quality, are you still getting these problems? Since the SB is so close now, is it reasonable to say that if you wire (ethernet) the two together, the problem stops? Assuming the answers to the above are yes, my first

[slim] Setting Sleep from SqueezeCenter...

Is it possible to set the sleep timer on a boom from the SqueezeCenter? I haven't figured out how... It's probably obvious...but I can't find it... Thanks! -- MikeekiM MikeekiM's Profile: