Re: [slim] japanese character on the duet controller

2008-10-15 Thread Michael Herger
hi, my problem is that i can not see the japaneses characters on my duet controller if i listenning a japanese radiostation, which send the ârtist and song information. is there any plugins for it? The SB Controller doesn't support Japanese yet. See the following thread for more information,

Re: [slim] RadioTime - Bloomberg Radio

2008-10-15 Thread pacard
It was working just a few days ago but I believe it was only working through squeezenetwork. Now it's not working at all again. Hmmm. -- pacard pacard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=645 View

Re: [slim] Questions and hints to crossfade function in SC 7.2

2008-10-15 Thread oddquad
Hi CPS! I agree that there needs to be a crossfading option to start new songs at 100% volume, just as good OLD Winamp (and, like, every radio station in the world) does ;) There is a bug report 'here' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403) that addresses this issue. Cast your vote

Re: [slim] Transporter stuck on Now Playing / Nothing with Squeezecenter 7.2/7.3

2008-10-15 Thread ekovalsky
remyz;349420 Wrote: If this happens and you start playing music by using de web UI, does the remote respond again? I experience such thing with my SB3. No, it still doesn't really respond. With 7.2 or 7.3 installed, the remote just doesn't work. Basically the Transporter will not go to the

Re: [slim] Controller or not

2008-10-15 Thread sand
MeSue;349627 Wrote: I asked a similar question not very long ago: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52909 Now that I have a controller, I must say, those who responded were right. It is so much faster and just a more polished experience. And did I say so much faster? I'm very

Re: [slim] Transporter stuck on Now Playing / Nothing with Squeezecenter 7.2/7.3

2008-10-15 Thread Michael Herger
No, it still doesn't really respond. With 7.2 or 7.3 installed, the remote just doesn't work. Did you see my previous comment? Does your player have a name? If so, what is it? -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Is an NMT skin possible?

2008-10-15 Thread trotsky10
Yep that is me. Scratch the swisscenter etc. I have them but they are not as good as squeezecenter and don't support everything i.e. ape etc. As I mentioned in the thread on networkedmediatank I am actually not looking to play the music through the NMT but only use the web browsing

Re: [slim] Touchscreen integration?

2008-10-15 Thread funkstar
I was going to post about this the other day but forgot :) Weirdly Play.com are one of the only places showing this at the moment. Not a retailer famed for being first. It's a shame this monitor isn't a touch screen, could have been an interesting device:

[slim] Wireless Range Expander with Duet Controller

2008-10-15 Thread ajkidle
Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this post -- there doesn't seem to be a dedicated network issues forum, so I guess general is as good a place as any. I've discoved that plaster walls combined with the chimney running through the middle of my house is not a friendly setup for WiFi. Or, at

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread androidtopp
I think this puts me at odds with most people, but I like D-Link's interface best. I have had great results with both the DGL-4300 (802.11b/g, 4-port gig switch) and the DGL-4500 (802.11b/g/n, 4-port gig switch, USB). They're kinda pricey, but I think I've only had to reboot once or twice in four

[slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread GavinLongmuir
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Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread andyg
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Re: [slim] New Wiki Posting Controls - Login Required

2008-10-15 Thread atikus_66
I'm very confused each time when I'm looking for plugins through the plugin wiki. The implemented structure with long table is not comfortable for many people to edit (especially for me). Is it possible to define a mediawiki template that contains following elements: Name, Version, Author with

Re: [slim] Controller or not

2008-10-15 Thread Skunk
mherger;349591 Wrote: OK, so there is custom software in the controller - not just a browser? Is it open source? Yes, it is. You'll find the squeezeplay repository here: http://svn.slimdevices.com/7.3/trunk/squeezeplay/src/?root=Jive -- Michael Open Source or Source-Available?

Re: [slim] Multiple Albums?

2008-10-15 Thread iPhone
FredFredrickson;319766 Wrote: Sounds a bit like the Various Artists bug everybody's talking about, but I've got this problem with a lot of my artists. For no reason, some albums are splitting themselves up. It's a worsening problem. Originally, all my albums were perfect, but over time

Re: [slim] lot's of backgroud noise like tape hiss

2008-10-15 Thread bpa
Have you logged your problems as a bug ? if not then they will not be solved. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread avta
I've concluded that most of the time when I can't connect to the internet or get a disconnect the problem is the ISP not my router ( Netgear ) in spite of them ( Comcast ) telling me there is no problem with the system. -- avta

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread androidtopp
It would not stun me to hear that you have problems with Comcast. I used to have a Netgear (and this is probably just me, not hating on Netgear) and it would hang in the middle of the day. I'd get home, unplug it, plug it back in, and boom - connectivity restored. Good thing I have backup mail

Re: [slim] lot's of backgroud noise like tape hiss

2008-10-15 Thread funkahdafi
grrman;349175 Wrote: Still a bug, see 9638. Pete nope. that one does not apply to this problem. in that case, mov123 won't decode at all. in this case however, it decodes only rubbish. -- funkahdafi funkahdafi's

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread Pat Farrell
Linksys WRT54GL Note the L on the end, it costs about $10 more than the plain WRT54G but is worth it. You can leave it stock, or use DD-WRT or Tomato -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Confused about compilation album settings

2008-10-15 Thread Andrew B.
I'm sorry but I have spent an hour looking for an answer to this and I'm sure it is simple enough but I'm darned if I can make it work properly. Here's the issue: On a compilation album like Pop Party 3, my FLAC file tags show the same album name for all tracks (good) and the actual artist name.

Re: [slim] lot's of backgroud noise like tape hiss

2008-10-15 Thread funkahdafi
bpa;349918 Wrote: Have you logged your problems as a bug ? if not then they will not be solved. yes. read this thread :D -- funkahdafi funkahdafi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5608 View

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread CatBus
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Re: [slim] Moving my Music Library

2008-10-15 Thread Chewie
erland;346567 Wrote: If you don't have Musicbrainz tags there is no way to reconnect the statistics without manually edit the TrackStat backup file in a text editor to change the path's and then perform a TrackStat restore after you have rescanned your library. It looks like I am about

Re: [slim] Moved my Music Library

2008-10-15 Thread funkstar
Sure any file copied between two locations can become corrupt, it is very unlikely though. Your FLACs will be far less prone to this than an executable windows program (for example) as FLAC does have some error correction in there as well. If it was me, I wouldn't be worrying about it at all.

Re: [slim] lot's of backgroud noise like tape hiss

2008-10-15 Thread bpa
Sorry missed your posts and only saw grrmans. I see the custom-convert bug is at the end of 8434. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Multiple Albums?

2008-10-15 Thread Hangleton
I too have had this problem. In the past, it's been differences in tagging, and fixing the tags has resolved it. Usually something like case mismatch (and vs And, for instance). Recently, however (and it may be since version 7.2, I can't be sure), I have seen the problem when there is no

Re: [slim] Is RadioParadise Album Art on Squeezebox Controller possible?

2008-10-15 Thread dem
andyg;348161 Wrote: RP has added artwork to their stream metadata, and this is now supported in 7.3. Now let's get lots of other streams to follow suit! I love this feature. Thanks! -- dem Dave dem's Profile:

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread Peter
androidtopp wrote: I think this puts me at odds with most people, but I like D-Link's interface best. I have had great results with both the DGL-4300 (802.11b/g, 4-port gig switch) and the DGL-4500 (802.11b/g/n, 4-port gig switch, USB). They're kinda pricey, but I think I've only had to

Re: [slim] Moving my Music Library

2008-10-15 Thread erland
Chewie;349861 Wrote: erland, excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by manually editing the TrackStat Backup file? Is it just a case of editing a couple of lines or a line for every rated track? If only the beginning of the path has changed, it is probably possible to use the replace

Re: [slim] Wied Squeezebox

2008-10-15 Thread funkstar
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Re: [slim] Artwork (sort of) missing in 7.2

2008-10-15 Thread herts101
I had the same problem as the OP in SC7.2 Solved problem by unchecking my Use MusicIP setting and doing a full rescan. This bought all the artwork back. I then re. checked the Music IP box and did a New and Changed scan. The artwork stayed in place. Not sure if this is a MusicIP issue or just

Re: [slim] Wireless Range Expander with Duet Controller

2008-10-15 Thread Skunk
Roaming support is supposedly coming with SC 7.3. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53361 In the meantime, it might be easier to manually roam if you added 'Wireless Network' to the Controller's home menu. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread iPhone
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[slim] Moved my Music Library

2008-10-15 Thread Chewie
Yesterday I copied my existing Music Library from an external drive to the shared music folder of my new HP MediaSmart EX475. All seems to have gone well, the two libraries are bit perfect but should I be worried about any FLAC file corruption? Excuse my ignorance but could the FLAC files have

[slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread fuel2000
I'm using a Netgear WPN 824 at the moment but it keeps freezing requireing a power cycle to get going again. Just wondering which is the best one for needs. I have 10meg cable broadband, My main PC running xp, a laptop running Xp, a Ps3, and a Squeezebox duet. The laptop, squezebox controller and

Re: [slim] Transporter stuck on Now Playing / Nothing with Squeezecenter 7.2/7.3

2008-10-15 Thread ekovalsky
mherger;349855 Wrote: No, it still doesn't really respond. With 7.2 or 7.3 installed, the remote just doesn't work. Did you see my previous comment? Does your player have a name? If so, what is it? -- Michael Michael, Player name was set by default to Transporter. I have

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread maggior
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Re: [slim] The Microwave effect

2008-10-15 Thread maggior
The other day I noticed that the microwave was creating havoc with my Duet in the kitchen. It would just clobber it requiring me to clear out the playlist and start over again. I was reminded of a posting I made here boasting that my Duet was immune to the effects of my microwave. So I thought

Re: [slim] Artwork (sort of) missing in 7.2

2008-10-15 Thread jeebers
morris_minor;347414 Wrote: I've another 7.2 album art issue: Sometimes after a rescan a few thumbnails in SC are wrong - the wrong cover's been picked up (a different cover.jpg from a different folder). However, the full size image file is right, and the controller displays all art

Re: [slim] Multiple Albums?

2008-10-15 Thread FredFredrickson
iPhone;349915 Wrote: As you say, Disc 1, 2, and 3 make up the whole album. So why not just rip it as one album? I use dBpowerAmp to rip with. I remove the 1/3 and change all the Disc to 1/1. Then when I rip the second and third disc, I use Track Offset to re-number track 1 on disc 2 to

[slim] streaming Myspace Music?

2008-10-15 Thread chiefersone
Has anyone though about the ability to stream Myspaces music with the Squeezebox? -- chiefersone chiefersone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9413 View this thread:

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread Themis
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Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread maggior
I use a Linksys WRT54GS running DD-WRT. Running stock FW, I had to reboot the router at least once a month. Using the latest version of DD-WRT (V24-SP1), I haven't had to reboot for more than 2 months (68 days to be exact). I've *never* been able to leave it running without restarting it that

Re: [slim] The Microwave effect

2008-10-15 Thread jaw5279
I also have a Panasonic microwave and get stuttering from my duet whenever it is used and I have music going. As soon as it cuts off, all returns to normal. This is a mid level model that I got from Amazon a couple of years ago. The Duet hardware is several rooms/walls away. -- jaw5279

Re: [slim] The Microwave effect

2008-10-15 Thread MeSue
maggior;350003 Wrote: As an experiment, I moved the microwave to the left about an inch and the duet to the right a couple of inches and voila! no more issues. A mere 3 inches of additional separation made the difference! I was pleasantly surprised. Wow! That's pretty crazy that only 3

Re: [slim] The Microwave effect

2008-10-15 Thread Ben Sandee
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:48 PM, jaw5279 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also have a Panasonic microwave and get stuttering from my duet whenever it is used and I have music going. As soon as it cuts off, all returns to normal. This is a mid level model that I got from Amazon a couple of years

Re: [slim] Questions and hints to crossfade function in SC 7.2

2008-10-15 Thread maggior
I think the radio stations did it where the next song just started before the first one ended. Thinking back on when I used to listen to radio a lot, the fadeout would just be the fadeout of the song itself as it was on the record and the next song would be started prior to the first song

Re: [slim] The Microwave effect

2008-10-15 Thread maggior
I didn't encounter stuttering. The music would stop and the SBR would cycle through the lights showing it was reestablishing its connection with the server. The song would start from the beginning, and then just stop until it started playing from the beginning again. This would start minutes

[slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread ungerwu
Hey, can anybody tell me what the hole in the top of the remote is for? I tried plugging in some ear buds, but I didn't hear anything. -- ungerwu ungerwu's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20540

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread funkstar
You mean the Controller right? The remote is just a remote (written with a lower case 'r'). That is a headphone socket which at the moment only plays the clicks that play out through the internal speaker. A software upgrade that turns the Controller into a player is in the works and is being

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread Skunk
I have headphones plugged into mine and can hear music, but I'm using one of the latest nightly 7.3 releases. I.e. playback through headphones is coming soon/eventually. -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread socistep
Will be good to be able to listen through headphones via controller rather then through hi-fi equipment. Any feedback on the sound quality coming through the beta testing on 7.3? -- socistep socistep's Profile:

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread Skunk
socistep;350058 Wrote: Will be good to be able to listen through headphones via controller rather then through hi-fi equipment. Any feedback on the sound quality coming through the beta testing on 7.3? Agreed. In fact it's the first time I've heard my FLACs on headphones. I compared SQ

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread socistep
Skunk;350065 Wrote: Agreed. In fact it's the first time I've heard my FLACs on headphones. I compared SQ to the Boom headphone/line out and they seemed very similar, but that's with cheap Denon earbuds. The Controller went a little louder than Boom, surprisingly. It's miles ahead of the

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

2008-10-15 Thread catbb67
thhv;347941 Wrote: ... I have also seen it give me the choice between two recievers with almost the same MAC digits. #1 ending with 16750F #2 ending with 16750f #2 usually works. I have seen this many times and neither #1 or #2 worked for me. Hangleton;349683 Wrote: ..

Re: [slim] Wireless router advice

2008-10-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Without a doubt ,the best router I have used is the Apple Extreme Base Station I have used Linkys,Belkin ,tried D link and Netgear and nothing compared to this router with the gigabit ports Downside is only 3 ethernet ports while most have 4 and price I think its around 159 or so but in my

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread bizdevguy
Logitech just purchased Ultimate Ears. High end ear phones that will probably do your FLAC files justice. Nice complement to have available once the remote supports music playback (or for those adventurous types who are doing it now). More info here: http://www.ultimateears.com/_ultimateears/

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

2008-10-15 Thread MrSinatra
maybe i'm being dense here, but aren't mac addys always supposed to be in caps? and regardless, why can't the slim clients just be case insensitive? are the routers to blame for cap issues? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.3b -

Re: [slim] streaming Myspace Music?

2008-10-15 Thread bizdevguy
We think about new music services all the time and myspace is certainly on the list. For us it's all about working on what matters most to our customers. One of the questions we've had relates to the overlap of users of myspace and users of Squeezebox. At first blush, you might think that the

Re: [slim] bizarre genre tag!

2008-10-15 Thread ds2021
I don't know much about the Unix strings command, but it sounds like a tag problem. I would run a program that can analyze ID3 V1 and V2 tags, where I imagine you will find your odd genre embedded. I use Dr. Tag, but a good free one appears to be TagScanner. Many more exist. -- ds2021 All

Re: [slim] Hole in the top of remote

2008-10-15 Thread Jonnio
bizdevguy;350086 Wrote: Logitech just purchased Ultimate Ears. High end ear phones that will probably do your FLAC files justice. Nice complement to have available once the remote supports music playback (or for those adventurous types who are doing it now). More info here:

Re: [slim] bizarre genre tag!

2008-10-15 Thread Chris Laplante
id3tool is a simple command line tool for Linux/UNIX for looking at the tags. -Chris On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:21 PM, ds2021 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know much about the Unix strings command, but it sounds like a tag problem. I would run a program that can analyze ID3 V1 and V2 tags,

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

2008-10-15 Thread Flipper
Made a change to my Linksys BEFW11S4 config which appears to have increased stability of my setup so far. I made the change approximately 3 days ago. I changed the client lease time setting to 5 from 0. Linksys documentation indicates that 0 means a DHCP lease time of 2 days but I have to

Re: [slim] Exclude from Scrobbling

2008-10-15 Thread MeSue
okay, I installed SqueezeScrobbler and entered the Genres I don't want scrobbled on one line in a comma separated list. The tracks in this Genre are still being scrobbled. How do I enter multiple genres? -- MeSue Sue http://www.last.fm/user/MeSue

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread syburgh
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Re: [slim] Confused about compilation album settings

2008-10-15 Thread radish
Couple of things to check: 1) AlbumArtist should be unset for compilations. 2) If your directory layout isn't one album per directory, you will probably need to add Compilation=1 tags as well. -- radish radish's Profile:

Re: [slim] Controller or not

2008-10-15 Thread radish
There's a diagram on this page which explains which parts are truly open vs readable: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeOSArchitecture It's not as open as many would like, but it's not as closed as the player firmware (which is a good thing IMHO). -- radish

Re: [slim] Global search ?

2008-10-15 Thread radish
The default search in the web interface works exactly like that - just type whatever you want into the search box and hit enter. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this

Re: [slim] Best Harmony for SB3?

2008-10-15 Thread radish
But the JP1.x units are just normal boring universal remotes - Harmony is more than that. I have a few around the house, the cheapest being under $50 from Sears and they all work fine with SBs, but personally I'd go with one of the better models with a color screen for a living room setup. --

Re: [slim] Best Harmony for SB3?

2008-10-15 Thread SilverRS8
I bought a Harmony 1000 and send it back. I had to push a lot more buttons than on my Denon universal remote. The harmony 1000 also has a delay of about a second between button presses. Thats very irritating and it becomes even more so because it will queue the buttons pressed. Result, you either