Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread erland
gruntwolla;665426 Wrote: Point 2 - I currently pay around £50 per annum for anti virus/firewall software, £60 per annum for Napster, and £120 per annum for Spotify. I don't know what I would pay for my squeezebox.com, but why couldn't a partnership be established with ( let's say spotify

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread HectorHughMunro
Now that larger SSD are becoming available, isn't the real competition for Squeezebox going to be the laptop or some kind of tablet plugged in to an asynch USB DAC? We're about a year or two away but surely, this is the future. In the interim, Squeezebox is fine and mine will cope until 500 Gb

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread JJZolx
HectorHughMunro;665474 Wrote: Now that larger SSD are becoming available, isn't the real competition for Squeezebox going to be the laptop or some kind of tablet plugged in to an asynch USB DAC? What does SSD have to do with it? -- JJZolx » » Download 'Squeezebox Server 7.5.6 r35834'

Re: [slim] I don't want to pay for trackstat !

2011-10-26 Thread Phil Leigh
castalla;664663 Wrote: A bit off topic - but it all seems a bit of a storm in a teacup. What real world use is a track rating system anyway - it's sort of like OCD trainspotting in my book. If I rate a track as rubbish, borderline, uninteresting, then I just dump it. I also recognise what

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread HectorHughMunro
JJZolx;665475 Wrote: What does SSD have to do with it? Because you can have something in the listening room that doesn't make a noise. I find spinning drives barely tolerable. -- HectorHughMunro HectorHughMunro's

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2011-10-26 Thread ciarpame
flattermann;665291 Wrote: But the last state of the Overlay (with shuffle/repeat/progress slider) is stored now, i.e. if you've opened the Overlay, it will stay open until you close it. Maybe it's just me but when the bottom controls (volume slider, etc...) in the NowPlayingScreen are

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread JJZolx
HectorHughMunro;665479 Wrote: Because you can have something in the listening room that doesn't make a noise. I find spinning drives barely tolerable. I can't hear an enclosed 2.5 drive from more than a foot or two away. But if it bugs you, you can use a small SSD for the boot drive and

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread vrette
Kuben72;665026 Wrote: How about Olive 03HD? Had a SB3, Then an Olive 4, followed by an Olive 4D. Eventually sold the Olive and came back to SB. While the Olive is a great one box solution, it is also a closed system. Heck, they even put special security screws on the case in a effort to

Re: [slim] Print out of CD list

2011-10-26 Thread DK_Dennis
This just to keep up the hope.. it still might take a while. I've jumped aboard the graphics programming - not easy, but still seems doable, within a reasonable time horisont. For my own, private, reasons I want the program to function and look the same, on Windows, OSX and linux. That will

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread erland
HectorHughMunro;665474 Wrote: Now that larger SSD are becoming available, isn't the real competition for Squeezebox going to be the laptop or some kind of tablet plugged in to an asynch USB DAC? We're about a year or two away but surely, this is the future. In the interim, Squeezebox is

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

2011-10-26 Thread pski
I am still disappointed that Logitech won't drop some cash on advertising. Invariably, when I describe what the boxen do, people are very interested, especially the older more affluent people who want to get their music from a real stereo (or at least a HTIB) rather than an iPod/Phone. Several

Re: [slim] Print out of CD list

2011-10-26 Thread bobertuk
DK_Dennis;665527 Wrote: This just to keep up the hope.. it still might take a while. I've jumped aboard the graphics programming - not easy, but still seems doable, within a reasonable time horisont. For my own, private, reasons I want the program to function and look the same, on

Re: [slim] Print out of CD list

2011-10-26 Thread DK_Dennis
Yes, the final program will work on Macs as well.. The first version(s) will make a copy of your database (for more than one reason), so if the file library.db is visible from any device (windows, linux, OSX) attached to the NAS, of if you can download a copy of the database, it should work -

Re: [slim] Print out of CD list

2011-10-26 Thread bobertuk
DK_Dennis;665539 Wrote: Yes, the final program will work on Macs as well.. The first version(s) will make a copy of your database (for more than one reason), so if the file library.db is visible from any device (windows, linux, OSX) attached to the NAS, of if you can download a copy of

Re: [slim] I don't want to pay for trackstat !

2011-10-26 Thread briank
Phil Leigh;665478 Wrote: +1 Life is too short to rate tracks... And rating tracks is actually the antithesis of music discovery, especially if you are going to use ratings to seed random playlists. -1 I disagree. Erland's excellent plugins provide the tools to create the (IMHO)

[slim] Why doesn't my Squeezebox2 support WPA encryption?

2011-10-26 Thread briank
Hi, (Couldn't see any discussion group appropriate for old Squeezebox2 questions so that's why I'm putting this in the General group) I've been intending to upgrade my wireless network from WEP to WPA encryption for years now but I always believed I couldn't because I understood Squeezebox2

Re: [slim] Why doesn't my Squeezebox2 support WPA encryption?

2011-10-26 Thread andyg
Is your wifi network currently running WEP? This is probably why it only lets you choose from the 2 WEP choices. Try changing to WPA or WPA2 and it should ask you for a password instead. -- andyg andyg's Profile:

[slim] Scrobbling from Squeezebox Touch server ?

2011-10-26 Thread Lambchop
Hi, Is it possible to scrobble to Last.fm from the Touch server? I have seen this question raised several times but I have not seen a positive answer yet. When connected to Touch (USB)server, if I go to settings advanced Last.fm audiscrobbler the only option is do not scrobble. How can I add

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...

2011-10-26 Thread bluegaspode
undret;665252 Wrote: I was thinking what state we left this question in? Hi Stefan, um - I have to admit I forgot to care about it, as noone else ever mentioned this problem. Could you please write me a mail to supp...@squeezeplayer.com I'd like to provide you with a custom version where

Re: [slim] Scrobbling from Squeezebox Touch server ?

2011-10-26 Thread garym
Lambchop;665560 Wrote: Hi, Is it possible to scrobble to Last.fm from the Touch server? I have seen this question raised several times but I have not seen a positive answer yet. When connected to Touch (USB)server, if I go to settings advanced Last.fm audiscrobbler the only option is do

Re: [slim] Why doesn't my Squeezebox2 support WPA encryption?

2011-10-26 Thread briank
Excellent - Thanks Andy - that was it! I just naturally assumed it would list all the types it supports irrespective of how the router is configured. That's solved a long time mystery! Thanks for your speedy response. -- briank

Re: [slim] How can I add Guardian podcasts?

2011-10-26 Thread JonTheSticks
I had the same problem but have finally worked it out. I've tried to post them but it seems I need to post at least once before I can post links (not sure why) so here is my first post then hopefully it'll work next time. -- JonTheSticks