slimmert;336081 Wrote:
I've been looking for a touchscreen solution too for controlling
squeezecenter. Take a look here:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8349493265.html
Had a look a that lot, thanks. IMHO the right product just hasn't hit
the market yet.
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Hello,
I'm using SC 7.2.1 nightly (23233 current version) and since more than
10 days i'm unable to update JIVE via the controller UI menu.
I'm sticked on the r2907 version and my controller display an error
(see server logs) when i try to update.
Thank's for any idea.
Here is the log message
tot wrote:
You should think your setup and where the player is located and how
convenient it is to use.
I have classic next to my bed and added the controller to hold on hand
(easier to operate when using headphones in the bed.) Much better.
I agree that a controller is a must for in
What's the current status of iSqueeze?
Is there a rough roadmap/timeline for this project?
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jjsqueeze;343046 Wrote:
Hi,
Since the SC code is open source, can someone make an updated version
of the last.fm plugin without the #skips restriction ?
Cheers,
jjsqueeze
There is one already it's the old lastfm plugin which is still
available to download and use. Try
egd;343181 Wrote:
Had a look a that lot, thanks. IMHO the right product just hasn't hit
the market yet.
Yet? What makes you think there's much call for such a product? The
technology to do it has been around for years.
Is it going to be stationary, such as mounted on a wall or sitting on
Goodsounds;343111 Wrote:
Yes.Yes.Yes
I'm a relative newcomer (first product purchased a few years ago), but
it appears the founders of the company were able to bootstrap product
development with their Open source - Kumbaya scheme to get free labor.
This allowed them to make more
mattybain;342845 Wrote:
Wow I didn't know you cared ;) like MikeekiM said LastFM has it's
problems like when you accidentally leave something on repeat. And yes
I scrobble from multiple sources like anyone who has more than 1
squeezebox.
Actually I was going to add that my profile is
ModelCitizen;342686 Wrote:
You can edit that Tracy Chapman album out of your Last.fm profile if you
want.
Where's the option for that? I've not seen again it since they removed
it a couple of years ago.
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I'm thinking of starting to get my music as FLACs rather than MP3s but
first I'd like to make sure my network can cope with streaming FLAC to
4 SqueezeBoxes simultaneously.
I can run the Network Test on my SBB SB3 just fine. Initialy I
couldn't find the option on my SBR and then found that it's
Khuli;343212 Wrote:
Where's the option for that? I've not seen again it since they removed
it a couple of years ago.
Go to your profile (http://www.last.fm/user/[yourname]), click on the
little cogwheel that appears when you hover over a track and select
Remove from your Library.
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Odd. I've seen this happen with one file before, but I don't know if
iTunes did it or SC. And it was ages ago.
In my case it was because I had a colossal number of characters in the
folder path and filename.
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I have longer filenames and paths, but that does look a likely cause.
Though I can't understand why it hasn't happened before.
iTunes is running, but the time of creation is exactly the time of the
Squeezecentre scan, so I'm pretty sure iTunes isn't doing it.
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Since last week, I have been encountering some odd behaviour from
Squeezecentre. I had been running 7.0 but upgraded to 7.2, and I
simultaneously installed MusicIP, which I didn't like so have turned
off.
The odd behaviour is that when I scan my music library, two files are
created by
Thanks!
In process of figuring this all out, I discovered that there are IR
amps, and that IR emitters come in bug (direct contact with
controlled eqpt's IR in), wide area (also called cabinet flood),
and blaster - as well as the normal ones (no modifier). Some come
in both low-power and
I'm planning to get a 4th SB, this time to install into the garden, and
a controller plus duet seemed the obvious choice; already tested one of
my others to try the speakers and cheapo £8 ($15) amp from China and it
works a treat - garden audio is cool :). I had a few queries though and
would
The missing perl module errors were known/common. They got it all
figured out in later releases. I was getting the same thing in some
releases, and then that went away in later releases w/o me changing my
server.
I believe you do need 7.x for the controller.
What amp are you using?
-Chris
On
Is there a reason you can't use the player UI?
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Just an update here.
The problem appears to have been resolved after weeks of frustration. I
did a registry clean up using some free software and the SB has been
running happily for the last few days.
As this problem started when I installed SqueezeCenter 7.3 I
uninstalled it and rolled back
Mark Lanctot;343260 Wrote:
Is there a reason you can't use the player UI?
Nope...not really... But since I can do so many things centrally, I
found my kids asking me if I could please set their sleep timer to 30
minutes on the Rain Outside natural sound effect...
It triggered me to look for
Nonreality;342511 Wrote:
Ape tags sometimes take over preference in programs and sometimes they
have very little info. If you use mp3gain to do your replay gain this
could be the problem. It writes the replay gain tags to v2.4 so a lot
of programs only see the replaygain tags and not the
MikeekiM;343163 Wrote:
I agree... new music means that I just added it to my library...
new music (to me) does not mean that I have touched it or modified
any of it's characteristics...
Then set your tagging program so that it doesn't change the mod time on
the files and all will be well.
Sure - I was just curious. :-)
I'm looking at my own usage model. I never use the Boom's sleep
function, but if I did, using the local controls would be far easier
than going down 3 flights of stairs, turning on the laptop, waiting for
it to connect to the WLAN, digging into the settings, etc.
All the Squeeze products use different firmware files (appart from the
SB2/3 which is identical hardware). Both parts of the Duet package, The
SqueezeBox Controller and SqueezeBox Reciever, require the use of
SqueezeCenter v7 or higher.
The server has come a long way since 6.3.1, I would
Thanks for the reply. The last version I tried was
squeezecenter-7.0-17793 back in May so I'll try the latest and see what
happens.
For the amp, I bought item 320238699615 from ebay.co.uk. There are some
other similar designs around. In fact it was about 16 quid with postage,
but an even cheaper
Hi, thats a great idea.
I vote for it - so i hope many people vote for this, too!!
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ioncube wrote:
with bass around mid-way and treble wound right up. Speakers are omni
directional GS5's from www.outdooraudio.co.uk. Despite positive
You mean you didn't get the 'Stone Stereo'? :(
I wonder how they sound...
Regards,
Peter
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ioncube;343255 Wrote:
I'm planning to get a 4th SB, this time to install into the garden, and
a controller plus duet seemed the obvious choice; already tested one of
my others to try the speakers and cheapo £8 ($15) amp from China and it
works a treat - garden audio is cool :). I had a few
funkstar;343272 Wrote:
The new syncronisation code might be a benefit to you too, this makes
things much more reliable especially with wirless and different product
generations working together.
Thanks and clearly I'll have to upgrade, although 6.3.1 has been a
fairly golden version for me.
Hello. I'm trying to troubleshoot some comm problems / lockups with Duet
controller / receivers and have a general question (sort of)
Let's say I have a WIRED Duet receiver in a location that also happens
to be in a good to excellent WIFI area due to a nearby installed WAP in
the LAN.
Will the
iPhone;343281 Wrote:
If you are worried about the outdoor range, I think the bigger issue
will end up being the display. It is not an outdoor glare proof design.
The device is mainly an indoor device so it would have to be used in the
shade or hooding the display with your body or hand.
Non, I agree with most of your comments.
It will be interesting to see where things are a year plus from now. I
wouldn't think Logitech bought Slim Devices just to play in a niche
market. But, as you allude to, the company needs to get more average
user friendly, and a fair number of the cranky
peter;343284 Wrote:
ioncube wrote:[color=blue]You mean you didn't get the 'Stone Stereo'? :(
I wonder how they sound...
If the garden design had similar type rocks then I'd have been tempted,
although I think that the rocks are directional and would give a more
focussed sound than the omni
ioncube;343288 Wrote:
Thanks for that, the display was another thing to wonder about. I'm not
too concerned about range as I've cabled CAT5 to the garden so can run
another hotspot there if needed, although I'd probably improve the
antenna on the existing router as first preference. I figure
I may not be seeing the same thing as described in this thread. I let
my controller go to sleep overnight and tried to start it this morning.
I pressed the on button this morning while it took over 5 minutes to
connect to the receiver, it did so without any other problems. I never
saw a blue
Siduhe;343105 Wrote:
Which user has permissions over the playlist folder - Slimserver or
Squeezecenter? May be worth checking.
drwxrwxrwx 2 squeezecenter squeezecenter 4096 2008-09-22 00:56
playlists
Ownership for the files: squeezecenter:squeezecenter
permissions of files: -rw-r--r--
chrisla;339801 Wrote:
In talking to a hardware engineer at the BBQ yesterday, he mentioned
that the current crop of products with VFDs will likely be the last
they sell. New stuff will be LCD based. I expressed that was too bad,
since the VFDs are quite functional and easy to read from
What is the content of the playlists? Local files, radio stations,
music services like Last.fm?
I have seen behaviour like this with radio stations urls, but this was
a bug in 7.1 that AFAIK is fixed in 7.2. I also see that behaviour if
I try to create a radio station with a Last.fm playlist,
Siduhe;343316 Wrote:
What is the content of the playlists? Local files, radio stations,
music services like Last.fm?
Well, they are local files, here's an excerpt of one created within
the SS interface:
#65279;#CURTRACK 0
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,Seemann
simbo;343216 Wrote:
Go to your profile (http://www.last.fm/user/[yourname]), click on the
little cogwheel that appears when you hover over a track and select
Remove from your Library.
I think there is a grace period for deletion...once you pass that
period, it becomes a part of your
Just wondering if anyone had done any further investigation into this,
only bumped into the bug yesterday. Audible support would be a
fantastic addition I think, especially including support for files that
contain a bookmark like .aa files.
I'm happy to help out where possible in getting it
I set up a new wireless network using an old Microsoft Access Point
(wireless B) and a Belkin USB adapter (wireless G).
I re-ran setup on my Duet controller and player and within 5 minutes
everything was working perfectly.
That was 12 hours ago and its rock solid.
The original router was the
Kuben72;343033 Wrote:
This plugin doesn't work on the SBC. I wrote the author and he confirmed
my suspision. It works fine on a SB3 but not on the SBC and since he
hadn't a SBC he didn't have any plans to port it to the Duet.
It is a great plugin though. Something SlimDevices should
Hi,
Upgraded to 7.2 together with itunes 8.0 and lazysearch+itunesupdater.
All working ok...apart from nothing being submitted to LastFM. I know
audioscrobbler is now built in and my ID is correct. Is there anyway to
check whether it is not being submitted or received? Could it be a
router
aubuti;343266 Wrote:
Then set your tagging program so that it doesn't change the mod time on
the files and all will be well.
Not all tagging programs offer this option.
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sk33ve;343329 Wrote:
Just wondering if anyone had done any further investigation into this,
only bumped into the bug yesterday. Audible support would be a
fantastic addition I think, especially including support for files that
contain a bookmark like .aa files.
I'm happy to help out
Yeah, I know there are ways and means, I use a mechanism now to get
them transferred, it is very far from ideal though, both in a time
manner, and also useability.
Proper support would be a huge improvement.
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MeSue;343336 Wrote:
Not all tagging programs offer this option.
Then use a better tagging program
(someone had to say it :) )
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Since upgrading to SC7 (currently on 7.2) I have noticed some songs stop
momentarily part way through and then the SB3 moves to the next song in
the random list and continues playing. If I step back to the 'rogue'
song it plays through normally. Most of my listening is on Random Song
Mix so not
egg;342435 Wrote:
i have this problem every morning when take it to bed. Want to know a
easy fix? JUST SELL THE CHARGERS... PLEASE
Post the info later.. Love the product.
AMEN BROTHER!
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Sorry slow to respond. I don't spend that much time online and God
knows I
Can now playing be rearranged easily with the controller like you can
with drag drop in the default skin of the Web UI? Moving songs up or
down in the playlist. This is something I can't do in any of the skins
on my PDA.
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Hi Philip Meyer,
do you know any other plugin like yours? Do you see any chance that
there is sometimes a modify version of your playlist manager that works
with the duet controller? I realy miss this feature and i hope there is
any intelligent plugin writer outside who can make this work ;)
funkstar;343345 Wrote:
Then use a better tagging program
(someone had to say it :) )
I shouldn't have to when Squeezecenter is the one doing it wrong. :-p
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I play mainly Random Mix on my Duet from a 38,000 tune library. When I
press skip several times , the remote freezes then takes a minute to
reconnect to the server. If I wait 5 seconds or more between songs it
is less likely to occur though it does freeze up half the time.
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Recently upgraded to SC 7.2 and now my 2 SB3s are just about
worthless... Constantly freezing up, disconnecting from wireless, and
plain shutting down. When they actually stay on, the menus are very
unresponsive and frequently lock up.
Running Windows XP Pro SP3, IE 7, and a Linksys G Wireless
JJZolx;343096 Wrote:
No, there's no choice of bold/regular font weight, only the overall
size.
Thanks for the response. Any idea why the top line on the display is
regular, and the bottom line is bold?
To me, the regular font looks neater, and you would get more characters
if this were used
Curiouser and curiouser...
I would turn on playlist debugging, create a fresh playlist in SC, save
it, then do a playlist only rescan. Then have a look at scanner.log.
It should give you an idea where things are going wrong.
I would still guess at permissions - because the type of behaviour
An upgrade to 7.2 caused my last.fm plugin to stop submitting as well.
No itunes involved for me though.
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Hi,
i addes some new songs to my SqueezeCenter and after this i scanned my
music liberay again and if i search on the webinterface for the new
songs i find them. But if i search with my duet controller i don't find
the new songs.
I restarted the controller but in dont find the songs :(
Did
Looking through the posts I saw this from Irony but didn't see a direct
reply. I have noticed the same problem. They aren't arguments or
theories, they are scientific/mathematical facts or explanations.
That's like saying that you've heard all the arguments that two nickels
(USD $0.05) have the
Hi, Have you deleted your library before your new scan?
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How are you searching for the songs on the Controller? By Artist name
or Album?
Also, can you browse to the songs under the Music Library (for example
by going to New Music)?
If the album is a compilation the songs won't come up on an Artist
search - what happens if you search for the album
No you can't change the now playing order like that on the Controller.
You can do that on the iPhone/Touch with the iPeng plugin though.
Great though the iPeng plugin is however, it doesn't compare for
responsiveness with the Controller. The Controller is still better to
use that iPeng. Maybe
ajmitchell;343337 Wrote:
Hi,
Upgraded to 7.2 together with itunes 8.0 and lazysearch+itunesupdater.
All working ok...apart from nothing being submitted to LastFM. I know
audioscrobbler is now built in and my ID is correct. Is there anyway to
check whether it is not being submitted or
deleted? no - is this necessary?
i understand this so that this option will delete my hole music songs?
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Need more information to help. Are your Boxes loosing their wireless
connection or are they loosing their connection to SqueezeCenter?
Anything else new on your pc? Did you recently do the SP3 update or
that was done before the problems began?
Do you have any other wireless devices? Are they
tedfroop;343375 Wrote:
Need more information to help. Are your Boxes loosing their wireless
connection or are they loosing their connection to SqueezeCenter?
Anything else new on your pc? Did you recently do the SP3 update or
that was done before the problems began?
Do you have any other
Drat... that is a bummer. We really need better playlist management on
these things.
I don't own any iAnything and probably never will, so no iPeng for me.
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To help you know whats going on:
SB3 Reset - you'll see the logitech logo as it boots up again
SB3 wireless/network problem - display/IR response not happening, but
if you check your server computer SC is still running. IR and display
just magically start working again when wireless comes
I found that last night before I went to bed, spinning up a delphi app
or some PHP to translate it to RSS or static HTML should be a walk in
the park.
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what_to_buy;343157 Wrote:
And, now the music is playing through ethernet. For the record, it's
really nice how fast it is now switching around the music menus in the
controller. Hopefully this is the happy ending to the story! Thanks for
all the help.
Great news !
I think that, after all
I've added a preference to disable scrobbling of radio tracks to 7.2.1.
Note that Now Playing data is still sent to Last.fm but this does not
affect your profile. If you love a radio track, it will be loved and
scrobbled normally.
This preference also applies to music services where you don't
This issue drove me crazy!
As very few of my tracks are Apple lossless and 7.2 has been running
well since install, the whole thing appeared to be a random problem.
Finding this thread (top kudos to the OP!) and following the OP's
instructions solved this extremely annoying bug.
It's an
Evening all
Sorry for not posting earlier - been away for the weekend.
Anyway have ordered a new Classic controller from ripcaster here in the
Uk - no idea when it'll turn up though!
Thanks for all the advice - though if anyone has a spare one lying
around i can always cancel the order
Server to SBR. (The same way your music goes.) You need a minimum of
2000 @ 100% to consider flac.
Build some test files and give them a listen as well.
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There seems to be a bug in the SC 7.2 classic skin when using Firefox
(verified with 3.0.1 linux) when switching to Gallery View is
impossible. The link in Text View is incorrectly pointing right back
to the Text View. This does not seem to be a problem at all testing
in IE.
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Hello
I've had my squeeze box duet for about a week. Turned it on this
morning and got nothing but a blinking purple light on the receiver.
Doesn't look good, modern tech trounced by my 80's tech CD player.
I hope the returns policy isn't too strict as I've tossed the packaging
away.
Any
Best bet, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for info (or call them if you
want more direct contact). If you purchased direct from SD, you can
get an RMA and returns are reportedly fairly simple. If you purchased
from a local retailer, you'll need to work through them.
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Please contact support:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You need to arrange an RMA.
From the 'user guide'
(http://www.slimdevices.com/documentation/WEB_Duet_User_Guide_EN.pdf):
Blinking Purple: This indicates an unrecoverable hardware error.
Please contact Logitech Technical Support for an
RMA. Even if
What are the current bitrates offered for BBC radio?
What CODEC are in use?
Does the BBC have ambitions to raise bitrates?
Will the quality match what is available from Sat and cable boxes,
which I think is 128 @ MP2?
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Seems to work ok here (winxp, ff 3.0.1, sc 7.2.1). True, what I have a
slightly newer but the code for classic skin hasn't changed in that
area since the release of 7.2.
The link for text view (shows in the status bar at the bottom) while in
text mode should be javascript:toggleGalleryView(1),
Hahaha. It has been a very involved project. In addition to your list,
there was also purchasing and learning MediaMonkey and dBpoweramp. I
appreciate you helping me out on various threads related to the whole
set up! Thanks! Of course, now my husband is playing music all day, and
I want him to
Siduhe;343361 Wrote:
Curiouser and curiouser...
I would turn on playlist debugging, create a fresh playlist in SC, save
it, then do a playlist only rescan. Then have a look at scanner.log.
It should give you an idea where things are going wrong.
I would still guess at permissions -
Many moons ago I responded to a thread on the audiophile forum asking
what people thought should be changed if there was ever to be a
Transporter V2 released. My suggestion was that a cheaper version of
the Transporter would be a good idea, my argument being that
significant cost reduction could
kidstypike;343357 Wrote:
Any idea why the top line on the display is regular, and the bottom line
is bold?
No idea. I imagine someone selected the font styles for maximum
readability. I'd also imagine they've gone through some changes over
the years to arrive at where they are now.
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If you talk nice to support and get their permission first... (since
this will void your warranty otherwise), it may be the same problem I
had...
My SBC bounced off the floor a few times (I have the most ungraceful of
cats...) I got the dreaded purple light.
Opening it up and reseating the
Thanks Andy.
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JJZolx;343425 Wrote:
No idea. I imagine someone selected the font styles for maximum
readability. I'd also imagine they've gone through some changes over
the years to arrive at where they are now.
Thanks. Maybe someone from Slim can shed some light?
kidstypike
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andyg;343384 Wrote:
I've added a preference to disable scrobbling of radio tracks to 7.2.1.
Note that Now Playing data is still sent to Last.fm but this does not
affect your profile. If you love a radio track, it will be loved and
scrobbled normally.
This preference also applies to
what_to_buy;343415 Wrote:
Hahaha. It has been a very involved project. In addition to your list,
there was also purchasing and learning MediaMonkey and dBpoweramp. I
appreciate you helping me out on various threads related to the whole
set up! Thanks! Of course, now my husband is playing
Phil, the update to the plugin is great.
I wasn't bothered by the scan speed, as I always do a complete rescan
every night.
However, the use of SqueezeCentre's scan of the tag data is far better
than MusicIP and I now get the expected impact of tag changes.
I'll look and see if any other
So, you missed the whole point. The reason that the Transporter is
expensive is not just the price tag of the parts inside, but the RD
it took to design it was very high. It's also not marketed at people
wanting it cheaper. If you think it's too expensive, buy a Squeezebox
of some kind.
It's
PLynas;343423 Wrote:
Many moons ago I responded to a thread on the audiophile forum asking
what people thought should be changed if there was ever to be a
Transporter V2 released. My suggestion was that a cheaper version of
the Transporter would be a good idea, my argument being that
I fear this is a really dumb question, but I looked in the forum and
didn't find the solution.
I like SC7 Default interface a lot, but I have decided to revive a
nokia 770 and the Touch or Nokia 770 skins are much more adequate.
Can I keep the default skin for regular computers, and request a
epoch1970;343491 Wrote:
I fear this is a really dumb question, but I looked in the forum and
didn't find the solution.
I like SC7 Default interface a lot, but I have decided to revive a
nokia 770 and the Touch or Nokia 770 skins are much more adequate.
Can I keep the default skin for
Thanks for responding :)
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The Controller either connects through your wireless network, or in
Bridged mode thru a wired Receiver.
It's a one or the other choice of mode, and you chose the method during
initial setup only. The only way to switch between the two wireless
modes is to repeat initial setup.
Mike
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Has anyone experiencing either Controller or Receiver disconnecting/not
reconnecting made changes to their DHCP lease time?
I'm curious if there is a connection to short DHCP lease times. Also,
anyone using 7.3? Thanks again!
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Im considering buying an Acer Aspire L5100 desktop to put upstairs in
the family room to store/run FLAC files primarily but also give our
frequent guests internet access (so they dont need my computer). This
computer would be wired to the rangebooster. I have two Dell laptops
running off the
MeSue;343160 Wrote:
I don't understand why SC uses the file's modified date for new
instead of the creation date.
I'd bet this is because UN*X systems (MacOS X included) don't keep
trace of when a file was created ...
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