Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience

I was having re-buffering issues as well. Turned out my problems were, 1 interference and 2 weak Access-point. I live in Amsterdam and there are SO many wlan's around me that the biggest problem for me was interference. I used wifiradar (Linux) to see what channels were being used around me and

Re: [slim] ipeng as player?

pippin;512922 Wrote: iPeng's playback is ready in release 1.3... Ohhh nice. -- nicklouse Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail. nicklouse's Profile:

[slim] Good Server Hardware Option

Based on my experience with the Atom platform, this would seem to be a great piece of hardware to serve as a SB server: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220006nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL020510cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL020510-_-DesktopPCs-_-LE6A-_-83220006 -- jimzak http://zzzone.net

Re: [slim] 7.4.2 nearing release, need your help!

So when can we expect 7.4.2 to be released? -- jwagner010 jwagner010's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29405 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74608

[slim] mysqueezebox on twitter - how should I use it

Hi there, I just started to watch http://twitter.com/mysqueezebox - and - as I'm not used to twitter at all - it rather confuses me. Could you give some guidance on whats the best way to use it (without creating a twitter account) ? Currently what confuses me most is the @messages. They are

Re: [slim] mysqueezebox on twitter - how should I use it

Could you give some guidance on whats the best way to use it (without creating a twitter account) ? Subscribe to the RSS feed. Doesn't require an account, and you'll get the tweets anyway. Should I just ignore this ? I do so. -- Michael ___

Re: [slim] Good Server Hardware Option

jimzak;514021 Wrote: Based on my experience with the Atom platform, this would seem to be a great piece of hardware to serve as a SB server: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220006nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL020510cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL020510-_-DesktopPCs-_-LE6A-_-83220006 If you

Re: [slim] Good Server Hardware Option

agillis;514037 Wrote: If you buying a new system you might want something with a larger then 160GB hard drive. A system that can support an internal 3.5 hard drive would be better. Yeah but the system is only 219.00$ after rebate. With an external drive this would make a fine low powered SB

Re: Guide: Setting up a VPN to your Squeezecenter for easy access in �Music Source�

raven22;513570 Wrote: Does anyone know about a good guide to achieve this with a linux (debian) sbs server? I use Hamachi. It has not seen much development in the past few years but it does work well. Check out the FAQs and guides here: https://forums.hamachi.cc/ -- johnas

Re: [slim] Can my Squeezebox decode AAC format?

You do not specify which model player. The SB2, SB3, Boom, Duet and Transporter do not support AAC natively and need a local SBS to transcode. Radio and Touch do support AAC so they can play the station when using mysb.com -- bpa

Re: [slim] Can my Squeezebox decode AAC format?

bpa;514094 Wrote: You do not specify which model player. OP said Squeezebox (classic) so (s)he needs a local SbS. Steve. -- SteveEast 3*SB3, 1*Boom, 3*Radio. Currently running 7.4.1 release on Acer Aspire easyStore H340 WHS.

Re: [slim] Can my Squeezebox decode AAC format?

My unit says Squeezebox v3 on the bottom. Forgive me, but what is SBS? Does this mean that I will not be able to play the stream with just my Squeezebox connected to my network? I.e., will I have to have my computer running too? :-( -- rhswain

Re: [slim] Can my Squeezebox decode AAC format?

rhswain;514113 Wrote: My unit says Squeezebox v3 on the bottom. Forgive me, but what is SBS? Does this mean that I will not be able to play the stream with just my Squeezebox connected to my network? I.e., will I have to have my computer running too? :-( SbS is SqueezeboxServer.

Re: [slim] Can my Squeezebox decode AAC format?

SBS is Squeezebox Server, the local software that plays music files. If you want your SB3 to play AAC streamed radio, you will need a local computer running Squeezebox Server to transcode the stream from AAC to MP3. Sorry. Dave -- DaveWr

Re: [slim] mysqueezebox on twitter - how should I use it

Just for the records, I've made a filter on Yahoo Pipes that converts a twitter feed into a more Squeezebox-friendly format. You can subscribe to it with either the RSS Newsticker screensaver or the Information Browser plugin (but since configuring feeds on MySB is borked this will currently

Re: [slim] Announce: Desktop Gadget for Windows

Looks great, my only comment would be that I'd like to see tooltip text when hovering over the buttons. When you click hammer the buttons on the popup have tooltips, just need them on the main window aswell. -- dave77 Boom - Controller - Touch (on order)

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

Hello, I have signed up for Sirius/XM online couple of days ago to get my SbRadio online. I setup the Sirius/XM via phone and got online to verify my access was correct. Everything was setup correctly. I logout online Sirius/XM account. Went into SBS and setup for Sirius/XM plugins and

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

There seems to be a couple of different issues related to this. The first issue can be resolved by defining more than one account for each music service on mysqueezebox.com (for example, I now have two Internet user accounts for sirius/xm radio (which I pay extra for). I also have two users

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

This place has gone down hill since I first purchased my SB's 2003. I even added the extra info requested and no one has even said boo. As I stated previously the SB's that I have DO NOT/ Cannot connect to the Squeeze Network and Live 365 has disappeared as on option in my Server Software.

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

Roy Owen;514198 Wrote: This place has gone down hill since I first purchased my SB's 2003. I even added the extra info requested and no one has even said boo. As I stated previously the SB's that I have DO NOT/ Cannot connect to the Squeeze Network and Live 365 has disappeared as on option

Re: [slim] mysqueezebox on twitter - how should I use it

usch;514138 Wrote: You can subscribe to it with either the RSS Newsticker screensaver or the Information Browser plugin (but since configuring feeds on MySB is borked this will currently work with your local SBS only): and it's not all that useful to get a Hey, MYSB is down for emergency

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

For official support, follow the links on the Support tab at the top of the forums page. Is the Live365 plugin activated on your SqueezeCenter? As described in the SDT thread in the 3rd Party Plugins that I mentioned, the problem was that weather.com changed the format of their feed. The author

Re: [slim] mysqueezebox on twitter - how should I use it

usch;514138 Wrote: Just for the records, I've made a filter on Yahoo Pipes that converts a twitter feed into a more Squeezebox-friendly format. Cool ! thats the one I'll use in my RSS-reader (not on a SB-device though *g*) Many thanks ! -- bluegaspode 1x SB-Controller+Receiver (Duet),

[slim] SB Duet - Dented Box

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/promotional_items/devices/5712cl=us,en Another Good Deal - while waiting for the Touch - decisions, decisions... -- lynnvin lynnvin's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3

Posted version v3.1 which has the new Date filter included and a few important bug fixes. New features won't be implemented for a while as I await the upcoming coding work required to support the next major version of SBS. Of course if you find a bug, post it here and I'll fix it... Frank --

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

The SDT I can live with out Live 365 I cannot as I am a paying subscriber. And this USED to be the offical support forum! -- Roy Owen Roy Owen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=187 View this

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.1 released

have to say I'm very impressed with the vortexbox player, for the first release it performs very well - I have my newly purchased wireless headphones hooked up to it and it sounds great. Its not 100% for me yet, non mp3 streams (e.g. napster with wma files) via internet aren't working but sure

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

My SB Classic showed up today and is up and running. It doesn't look like a dented box to me. There are no markings on the box and the box is in perfect shape. It has a nice large display which is one reason I wanted to grab one of these. N. The remote is a lot nicer the the Boom remote.

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

I recently helped a friend set up three dented-box SB3's - I honestly didn't see anything wrong with the boxes and the SB3's were fine. Sometimes when a shipping container sustains damage, the insurance makes a settlement for all the contents. If that happened, there were likely some individual

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

It happened again. I tried using direct stream instead of proxied audio stream... however, I got the same result. I am certain I dont have any players using this same slacker account. It's pretty straight forward to setup. Whatever it is, there needs an adjustment to the backend which handles

Re: [slim] Dropping support for previous hardware ?

kdf;513375 Wrote: both devices are supported if run as a server on a PC. They are not supported when run as tinySBS on the touch device. This is due to additional overhead in the protocol for these devices..[ In 4 words: they are too slim...!? :-) It's fascinating because back in 2005 0r

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

Thanks for the information...it was helpful to understand the systemic issues that has been reported. Since I am running the SBS and SBRadio on a corp network, I could have QOS enable and manage the traffic. How do I go about looking for network specs/requirement that I can provide to our corp

[slim] Sirus not displaying info

I have a SB Duet running 7.4.1. When playing Sirius radio none of the album/artist/song information is displaying. This is on the Duet Controller, as well as within the Squeezebox Server web interface and on a softsqueeze installation. Is this a known problem, or something only I'm dealing with?

Re: [slim] SB Classic Dented Box

Holy moly, $179?! Just ordered one and I don't even have a place to put it. (My wife says I have a sickness.) -- ajkidle 2x SBR, Boom, Radio, iPeng ajkidle's Profile:

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

An update on using XM Online plugins vs. Sirius plugins. I have loaded this afternoon using XM Radio Online (v3.5.1) by Neil. It's been solid so far 6 hrs. -- qtech qtech's Profile:

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

This is an issue with slacker as well. (Read above theory) qtech;514387 Wrote: An update on using XM Online plugins vs. Sirius plugins. I have loaded this afternoon using XM Radio Online (v3.5.1) by Neil. It's been solid so far 6 hrs. -- mkanet

Re: [slim] Is there a way to send song info (now playing) to Trillian chat?

Its been a while... I thought I'd check back to see if anyone ever figured out a way to get Now playing displayed in the status message of Trillian Astra. If there was a Trillian Astra social network app on mysqueezebox.com, that would work very well. Maybe, it has to be the other way around

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

I gave up on Slacker a long time ago due to this issue. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71255

[slim] Any way to update Facebook status with what's playing on my Squeezebox?

I got all excited when I added the Facebook app to the msqueezebox.com. It turns out, it does absolutely nothing.. just a limited method of seeing what you can already see on facebook.com. How can we start doing more useful things like telling MSN Live, Trillian, WinAmp, Itunes, AIM, Facebook

Re: [slim] Any way to update Facebook status with what's playing on my Squeezebox?

mkanet;514415 Wrote: I got all excited when I added the Facebook app to the msqueezebox.com. It turns out, it does absolutely nothing.. just a limited method of seeing what you can already see on facebook.com. Try bringing up the context menu. How you do this depends on the device, but

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

It's actually not slackers fault. Nor Sirius radio which has a very similar message. It's the people who maintain the code for mysqueezebox.com. They screwed up sometime a little after Logitech took over. I've been tring to get his to andy's attention; however, it's not something simple he

Re: [slim] Any way to update Facebook status with what's playing on my Squeezebox?

Well, you CAN post what you are listening to to your Facebook profile using the default app, though it does not change your Facebook status. An alternative is to set up Last.fm scrobbling, then use the RSS from last.fm to feed those other sites. I use twitterfeed to post my listens to Twitter

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

mkanet;514421 Wrote: It's actually not slackers fault. I suspect it's mysb.com as well, but that really doesn't matter. It's just not worth the bother. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: