Ok I got myself an old pc. Installed voretexbox on it and it all seems
to work. I am able to connect to the voretexbox via network under
windows. And I can get to the menu of the box by typing the ip adres
under firefox. So far so good.
The only problem I have is that I don't get to copy my
*Playback Comes to iPeng*
Here#8217;s the first new release in 2011 and it brings you a
long-awaited functionality for iPeng: Playback.
*How Does it Work?*
iPeng Playback will make your iOS device show up on a Squeezebox Server
like any other Squeezebox Player and you control it just like that,
Well done Coolio, you've put a lot of effort into chasing pippin around
the room to get Playback for iPeng up and running:-) I'm looking
forward to using it.
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Hi Pippin,
Playback is a killer feature - well done!
I use Ipeng on my Touch though and dont own an Ipad.
How do I get playback on my Ipod Touch only?
thanks.
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My mistake - old habits etc...
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Gazjam;609232 Wrote:
Hi Pippin,
Playback is a killer feature - well done!
I use Ipeng on my Touch though and dont own an Ipad.
How do I get playback on my Ipod Touch only?
thanks.
Update iPeng to 1.3 and then you can purchase it through the
Settings-Enable Playback menu option.
It's
Well my supposedly 7.5.2 but advertises itself as 7.5.3 Squeezebox
server failed to make the radio play my chosen alarm this morning so I
received the intensely aggravating default loop instead. I am now
concerned that I am not running 7.5.2 or that something else has
changed.
MC
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Hi Pippin
This is fantastic - it's a feature I've been looking forward to for a
long time.
I'm quite happy to pay the additional £2.99 for this on my iPhone, and
I expect this is the best way to do it in my case, because the iPad
version that I've bought was a gift purchase for my wife's iPad.
ralphpnj;609048 Wrote:
Actually in the early days of CDs I took a completely different
approach. I went out and bought myself a very nice turntable (a used
Linn LP12) and while all my friends were busy replacing their vinyl
collections with little silver discs I only bought CDs of new
chill;609238 Wrote:
Hi Pippin
This is fantastic - it's a feature I've been looking forward to for a
long time.
I'm quite happy to pay the additional £2.99 for this on my iPhone, and
I expect this is the best way to do it in my case, because the iPad
version that I've bought was a gift
have a problem with the new version?
I updated it via appstore to V1.3 through my Touch and it constantly
crashed back to the home screen.
Did a hard reset - same thing, got as far as the splash screen (without
the christmas hat!) then crashed.
I uninstalled IPENG, then reinstalled but the
OK, understood. £2.99 is a small price to pay for this feature. I'm
happy to avoid all the iTunes shenanigans anyway!
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SHIT!!!
Looks like the FLAC library is not compiled for arm7, this is what's
causing the crash on all iPod touch 1G, 2G, iPhone 1 and 3G devices.
I'll try to fasttrack an update with Apple.
This is kind of a messy thing: You can't test the App Store builds
because they require an Apple
OK, yes, there appears to be some problem here. If I press Brightness,
then MSB upgrades the f/w. The process takes its sweet time and I have
access to MSB, yippee. Alas, when I pick Connect to Squeezebox Server
to switch back to my LAN server, I immediately get Press BRIGHTNESS to
upgrade
thanks Pippin.
(and sorry! :))
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Another victim of the update:-( Please can you also include in your
ignore list the 8GB - 3rd Generation iPod touch (which is functionally
identical to the 2nd generation).
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Gazjam;609262 Wrote:
thanks Pippin.
(and sorry! :))
Not your fault, you are the one who's got the annoyance.
It's my fault but I hate that it's
a) so hard to find and
b) so hard to change since I can't just fix it.
Apple installed that review process to assure quality but in cases like
this
That's because your local SBS server is a different FW version than is
on MySB.com. Your options are:
1. update your SBS to 7.5.3, now they will be the same FW and no
updates needed when switching between SBS and MySB
2. don't switch between SBS and MySB
3. do switch between them and get
onionjack;609263 Wrote:
Another victim of the update:-( Please can you also include in your
ignore list the 8GB - 3rd Generation iPod touch (which is functionally
identical to the 2nd generation).
Are you sure I tested it on that one this morning and it did work
then.
iTouch 3G supports
Absolutely, I just had to reinstall the last version.
To clarify - the 8GB (and only the 8GB) iPod Touch is functionally
identical to the 2nd generation.
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onionjack;609273 Wrote:
Absolutely, I just had to reinstall the last version.
To clarify - the 8GB (and only the 8GB) iPod Touch is functionally
identical to the 2nd generation.
Yes, the 8GB iTouch _IS_ the second generation. Only 32GB and 64GB
models are 3rd generation ones.
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ralphpnj;609029 Wrote:
Quick question: what are you planning to do with the empty jewel cases?
Offer them for free on Craig's List or FreeCycle.org. Some local
musician or student might want them for whatever reason.
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pippin;609274 Wrote:
Yes, the 8GB iTouch _IS_ the second generation. Only 32GB and 64GB
models are 3rd generation ones. They use a different processor.
Yes, but the problem was that it was sold as a 3rd Generation Touch -
so please can you also include in your ignore list.
pippin;609265 Wrote:
Not your fault, you are the one who's got the annoyance.
It's my fault but I hate that it's
a) so hard to find and
b) so hard to change since I can't just fix it.
Apple installed that review process to assure quality but in cases like
this it just has the opposite
You have to be a bit careful. You may be trying to copy the files to the
wrong directory. It can be confusing with the vortexbox.
The folder you add music to is \\vortexbox\files\music\flac
Notice this is DIFFERENT than the directory you point SbS to for
reading the files (this is
Pfff that was it. I tried to copy to the wrong directory. Pasting to
files\music\flac did the trick. Scanning and running squeezeserver now
works ok.
Again many thanks for your support Garym. I really appreciate it.
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Koensk;609292 Wrote:
Pfff that was it. I tried to copy to the wrong directory. Pasting to
files\music\flac did the trick. Scanning and running squeezeserver now
works ok.
Again many thanks for your support Garym. I really appreciate it.
Great. I think you'll like the Vortexbox approach.
I'm torn on this ... I love last.fm as a means to scrobble stuff and see
what I'm listening to (I know that no-one else cares but it keeps me
amused) ... yes this will continue to be free, for now.
I also love using last.fm as a music discovery tool and have lost count
of how much I have spent
gazjam;609281 Wrote:
understood.
Thanks for your efforts. Having playback is well worth waiting for and
i'm sure you'll fix it through as soon as you can.
Just a glitch ;)
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So to get free playback in iPeng on my iPhone, I have to restore the
iPad backup to my iPhone?
This doesn't sound quite right to me. I'm a little concerned it's
going to mess with settings that I may or may not have different on the
devices.
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Hi
I'm after a magic cable that will sit between the audio cable and if
there is sound will turn on the power for my amp.
I *dont* want to replace my amp with an auto sensing one, but looking
for a way to power if off when its not used. It also provides my alarm
clock so I cant just unplug it!
Jeff Flowerday;609315 Wrote:
So to get free playback in iPeng on my iPhone, I have to restore the
iPad backup to my iPhone?
This doesn't sound quite right to me. I'm a little concerned it's
going to mess with settings that I may or may not have different on the
devices.
It works, I have
Hey Pippin -
I saw this update pop up on my iPod Touch this morning and couldn't
resist grabbing the update right then and there. When I saw that
playback was a separate purchase, of course I had to do that right then
and there too :-).
I just played about 1 minute of FLAC on it and it seemed
maggior;609323 Wrote:
I'll verify this for myself later, but is the player gapless (I hope
so)? If so, is it gapless for all formats? I'm especially interested
in FLAC and LAME encoded mp3.
No, not yet. Will come.
Thanks for a great update! I hope you can work through your glitch
pippin;609320 Wrote:
It works, I have tried it. But it will remove all Apps that are
different.
It doesn't sound right to me either yet I haven't found a different
way.
The only other solution I came up with was to set up an online service
an require registration with it. For all users.
Oh, OK. I'll look for a future update to support gapless playback. I
hope it is a priority. For media players in general, this always seems
to be a feature that is put off. In the meantime, if I'm listening to
something where it really matters I'll just continue to use
squeezecast.
Out of
Thanks for this! I'll happily pay extra despite having both iPad and
iPhone!
I can confirm, however that the new version crashes my 1G iTouch. If
that were to work, my ideal use case would be a reality!
Very well done, congrats.
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vett93;609203 Wrote:
without the 2.4ghz wifi, it sounds a bit sweeter!
ok?
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Out of curiosity, who is James Fearon and which app does he author?
He's the author of Squeezy.
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see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and
*New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com
pippin's
Right, you sold me the update of SBS real well ;) (Though aren't you a
little disingenuous perhaps? There's a f/w file somewhere in my SBS
tree which I suppose I could just delete, and that would put a stop to
it, too, no? Anyway, will update SBS.)
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Awesome - upgrading did the trick. Thanks Toby.
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By popular demand, I ripped some audio books for my children the other
day. Some have an incredible number of tracks - total book 500
tracks. I worked out that initially the books would not play to the
end because there's a limit on the playlist. I forget what it was -
seemed reasonable.
What do you mean by hit and miss? Properly encoded formats will be able
to seek perfectly to the point you select.
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cue sheets?!
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Mem)
Tied together by D-Link DIR-655 + DGS-1008D
Is the OP referring to automatic bookmarking? I've never even
considered this with my Squeezeboxes so don't know whether it's an
existing feature, but I certainly remember it being a useful feature
(for these very same books) on my kids' MP3 players.
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ovonrein;609349 Wrote:
Awesome - upgrading did the trick. Thanks Toby.
No problem. Enjoy! :)
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I'm an XM subscriber and now that the plug-in no longer works I've
enabled the Sirius App. Now I discover there's been a problem with
lots of users experiencing the Stream Stopped, you are no longer
authorized to listen kick-out message. I Searched many complaint
posts but have found no fix for
Hello All,
I have a Squeezbox Duet and have been exploring different Internet
Radio and Music Streaming Services (Last.fm, Slacker, Pandora) for many
months. I cannot find a service that has Squeezbox support and streams
at 256Kb or higher. Heck, I'd even consider 192Kb. In fact, very few
About once a year I bug Wolfgang's Vault asking that they make their
streaming (at least for premium members) available to SB users. I noted
that recently they are now on SONOS. Any others that are interested
should contact them via their web contact and ask for squeezebox
support.
Hi Pippin.
just made a bad mistake.. instead of creating the code on the iphone
app, I did it on the ipad app.. now I enabled the iphone version on my
ipad. How can I undo this and get the ipad version working with
playback?
thx
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It would be good to know where you are located, as no services are
available in all countries. Overall, other than a few internet radio
stations, very few services stream at 256kbps or higher. Maybe Spotify?
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adekka;609408 Wrote:
Hi Pippin.
just made a bad mistake.. instead of creating the code on the iphone
app, I did it on the ipad app.. now I enabled the iphone version on my
ipad. How can I undo this and get the ipad version working with
playback?
thx
Close the ipad app down and
aubuti;609412 Wrote:
very few services stream at 256kbps or higher. Maybe Spotify?
Yes, I believe Spotify is 320kbps
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Hi,
I have a SqueezeBox 2 which is completely frozen.
The issue appears to relate to using LazySearch, it's been showing for
a while as:
Search with LazySearch
Play a track
Hit the left button
Screen shows 'The Current playlist'
Box is now frozen and ignores every button on the remote for about
Never mind, I connect over the network from the PC and managed to get
the unit switched off/unfrozen.
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@AndyG: Well, there are any number of challenges with that
implementaion:
(1) The over-loading of the track skip buttons (on the remote) with
the track pointer feature is unpleasant to work (if your (little)
finger jitters a bit, then you did not quite hold it down long enough
for the SB to
Does the Bookmark plugin not do want you want?
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No idea. Worth a try. Sounds reasonable. Thanks.
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Yes, Bookmarks V2 is just the ticket. My sons will love it. Thanks
again.
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onionjack;609280 Wrote:
Yes, but the problem is that it was sold as a 3rd Generation Touch - so
please can you also include it in your ignore list.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewId=3202607
Awesome! It just works. (Especially after I remembered to forward port
3483 :-)).
Any ideas on the relative battery use of flac vs. mp3 decoding?
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Yes, I've looked at those plug-ins but I don't see any option for doing
a query against bitrate.
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How about using mp3tag. first create a custom column to display the
bitrate info. For example, use this as the value in a custom column:
%_bitrate% kb/s $left(%_vbr%,1)
then sort your files by that column. Then you can select large numbers
all at once, and assign a custom field within your tags
Linn Radio is 320k. The BBC Radio 3 live stream from Iplayer is 320k.
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Linn Radio is 320k. The BBC Radio 3 live stream from Iplayer is 320k.
radio paradise has a nice 192kbs stream. The Linn jazz at 320 can be
quite nice!
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Well there are many high bitrate stations, but I think the OP wants a
service, not just a stream.
ShoutCast App alone shows this many streams:
320k = 160
256k = 184
192k = 500
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SteveEast;609454 Wrote:
Agreed. Apple sell refurbed versions of the 8GB, 32GB and 64GB Touches -
all labelled as Previous Generation. Which fooled me into thinking my
8GB version was a 3G. Which made me ignore the warning and download the
update. Which made me restore the old version :)
I believe MOG has put a public API out there so hopefully
there will be a MOG plugin soon
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Just deleted Lastfm.here is only so much I'm gonna pay.
Rhapsody,Mog,etc.
Mog would blow Rhapsody away if it ever comes to the Squeezebox.
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The Bookmark plugin is also used by my girlfriend for her audiobooks -
it's possible to store up to 11 different bookmarked playlists with the
system - and if not already within Squeezebox Server it can be found
here http://kdfplugins.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo.xml
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I just noticed this on the App store and had to post to say how
impressed I am!
Got Neil Young playing on my iPad right now and will back up an sort
the iPhone side in a minute.
Many thanks :)
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mkt;609464 Wrote:
Awesome! It just works. (Especially after I remembered to forward port
3483 :-)).
Any ideas on the relative battery use of flac vs. mp3 decoding?
Doesn't matter. Both are currently horrible. Working on it.
You won't get more than 4h of playback out of it.
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Gazjam;609493 Wrote:
How did you restore the old version Steve?
The sequence I went through probably wasn't very efficient as I was
googling and experimenting at the same time. I'm sure I went through a
bunch of unnecessary steps! But the first and most important step was
finding the previous
Hi all, new member here and first post. I do like the concept of the
squeeze system but it's darn near a part time job trying to figure it
all out. Overall I'm satisfied. I have a Radio and a Boom for 2 months
now and having some difficulty streaming some radio stations. I am
using sbs 7.5.3
Can anyone confirm if apple lossless tracks Play and at what quality ie
lossless or mp3?
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Damn! I saw v1.3 in iTunes and downloaded the update. Then I read the notice
that there's a problem running on iPhone 3G.
I haven't synced my device yet, so still have previous version, but I fear that
when I turn the iPhone on, it will auto sync and fail. Is there a way of
deleting the
Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'm in the US. Yes I prefer a
service that keeps track of the tracks I like and dislike. Spotify
looks good, but it's not available in the US. There are some hacks on
getting it to work in the US. I haven't tried it yet. Also, the
Spotify Squeezebox App
Pippin,
this is a wonderful update.
I got playback for free on the iPad, tried it and found the effect
magic enough to warrant paying the 4 in-app purchase on my iPhone:
- my iPhone goes to work, and my lazy iPad stays at home all day. I
feared the cross-backup procedure would have nixed my
ModelCitizen;608969 Wrote:
Anyone else notice a degradation in reliability since 7.5.3?
This on Windows 7.
I have one instance on native Ubuntu 10.04 and am seeing:
1. Squeezebox 3 looks fine...I turn it on and try to go to the library.
I immediately get the Can't connect to server...
Steven Moore;609522 Wrote:
Can anyone confirm if apple lossless tracks Play and at what quality ie
lossless or mp3?
Yes, they do.
They play lossless when you are on a WiFi network and need to be
transcoded over cellular networks due to bandwidth limitations. See the
announcement above.
Philip
I'm listening to FLAC through the built in player on iPeng now. It's
been playing solid without a single hiccup - very nice!! Well Done!
It's much more convenient than having to deal with starting up
Squeezecast first.
I do miss gapless playback though. I hope it's high on your list and
maggior;609541 Wrote:
I do miss gapless playback though. I hope it's high on your list and
doesn't fall through the cracks.
I believe this will come as a package with better battery life and
better syncing. I believe the solution for these three things are
related.
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I get the same thing. The last time it happened, I looked at my server
log and got the following:
Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::Players::_players_error (308) Unable
to get players from SN: Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor,
retrying in 300 seconds
Anyone else getting this 308 error?
pippin;609544 Wrote:
I believe this will come as a package with better battery life and
better syncing. I believe the solution for these three things are
related.
Thanks Pippin - that's good to hear. Getting syncing to work would be
great - you set the bar high! :-).
Tonight I tried
I need your help Pippin. I stream fine to my ipad over wifi but when I
switch to 3G I have no server found. I must be missing something
obvious but couldn't locate any information regarding settings. I did
forward port 3483 on my router. Any other suggestions?
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I'm *soo* close to being able to offer you that. A while back I worked
on a plugin that adds two new protocols for Squeezebox. One is for
executing CLI commands like sleep 900 (900 = 15 minutes). Another is
for executing commands on the machine running Squeezebox Server. The
idea is that these
Oh, if you want to look at what I have (broken as it is), the code is in
http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/slim7/TESTING/SqueezeCLIHandler/ and you
can install it from my test repo,
http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/slim7/repodata-test.xml. The plugin
name is SqueezeCLIHandler.
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If I officially buy the in-app purchase on one of my iOS devices (for
example the iPhone4) do I get it also on all the other devices using
the same iTunes account and app for free (for example the iPod Touch)
?
Or do I have to buy it on each individual device ?
I don't want to mess with the
garym;609469 Wrote:
How about using mp3tag. first create a custom column to display the
bitrate info. For example, use this as the value in a custom column:
%_bitrate% kb/s $left(%_vbr%,1)
then sort your files by that column. Then you can select large numbers
all at once, and assign a
sotie;609552 Wrote:
I stream fine to my ipad over wifi but when I switch to 3G I have no
server found. I must be missing something obvious but couldn't locate
any information regarding settings. I did forward port 3483 on my
router. Any other suggestions?
How does the app know how to
The pause on call setting isn't working on my iphone 4. After an
incoming call is completed the currently playing track starts over from
the beginning instead of at the same place it was at when the call came
in.
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erland;609558 Wrote:
If I officially buy the in-app purchase on one of my iOS devices (for
example the iPhone4) do I get it also on all the other devices using
the same iTunes account and app for free (for example the iPod Touch)
?
Or do I have to buy it on each individual device ?
I just
If you haven't synced it it should not be on the phone yet.
You can just delete an App in iTunes by deleting it from the Apps
section in the left hand pane (in your library).
I assumed that would then sync the app deletion to the device (and I'd have to
buy it again?).
I saw some other people
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