Re: [slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller

2012-01-02 Thread JJZolx
tonyptony;681173 Wrote: > I have until Jan 31st to return the NT. If the gang at XDA Developers > haven't figured out by then how to permanently get around the NT > restrictons I may return it. I don't want to have to keep checking in > every time B&N releases an OS update, hoping the team will f

Re: [slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller

2012-01-02 Thread Apesbrain
@tonyptony, thanks for all that. "More info" is absolutely better as I'm just learning about both devices. You don't need to root either device to install a SB controller app, right? Also, both will install the SlideMe app? Thanks. -- Apesbrain --

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread margolbe
Hope that the touch is not the last stop. Would like to see an upgraded version of the Touch; better processor, able to handle higher resolution files. -- margolbe margolbe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller

2012-01-02 Thread tonyptony
I have the NT and it works very well as a SB controller. I'm using the free Logitech app right now and I'm having no troubles with it. As to which one would be better, I'm not sure. The NT entered the market as a potential sweetheart tablet. It was quickly rooted and showed signs of having a futur

[slim] Kindle Fire vs. Nook Tablet as Controller

2012-01-02 Thread Apesbrain
I would like to purchase one of these but I can't decide which. I've played with the Nook at my local B&N and liked it. The Fire is cheaper but I haven't experienced one "hands-on" yet. I know I'll use it to control my Squeezeboxes. (Having implemented Soundcheck's TT mod my Touch no longer ha

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread aubuti
CharlieG;681078 Wrote: > Funny, when I want to say "me too" I generally just say "me too" :-) Or if one has to bring it into the txt msg realm, a simple "me2" -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread garym
steinarb;681068 Wrote: > > CharlieG forums.slimdevices.com>: > > > I give up. What are you trying to say? > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aol+jargondb gosh, never in a million years would I have guessed this. -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, B

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread garym
bluegaspode;681065 Wrote: > As garym already pointed out SqueezePad doesn't use a custom order, but > the order visible on all other Squeezeboxes. This is intentional. > > To reorder them for all Squeezeboxes you will need to use the > web-interface of the Squeezebox-Server (as garym already pro

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox control app for the HP Touchpad

2012-01-02 Thread GretelNick
What a fantastic app! A must have, I'd say, for any Touchpad and Squeezebox owner. -- GretelNick GretelNick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread sebp
+1 is also nice, isn't it? :-) -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92232

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread yeomanspc
+1 for spicefly and sugarcube. The utilities provided on the web site to get MIP up and running and sugarcube itself are excellent. A great way to rediscover all your music. -- yeomanspc yeomanspc's Profile: http://for

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread Wirrunna
To add to aubuti's information, there is some good documentation on the SugarCube Spicefly site - http://spicefly.com/ I suggest that to start off you let MusicIP analyze just a section of your music - this will give you an idea of the total time needed to analyze your whole library and also let

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread aubuti
I (and many others here) think it works great. And one of the very nice touches is that you can tailor how different or similar the tracks MusicIP playlist are compared to the "seed" track(s) that you use to generate the list. There are two parameters you set, Mix Style and Mix Variety. You can al

[slim] Happy new year

2012-01-02 Thread gruntwolla
HI folks, I would just like to thank everyone for their insight/advice/comments/reccomendations and patience. Happy new year to you all, Trev -- gruntwolla Debian sheeva plug running sbs 7.5.4 SB3 + my hifi Duet + AE5's 2 Booms 1 Radio Squeezecommander on htc desire ipeng on wifes iphone ---

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread kidstypike
CharlieG;681078 Wrote: > Funny, when I want to say "me too" I generally just say "me too" :-) me too! -- kidstypike kidstypike 1xSB3 - 1xDuet - 1xBoom - 1xRadio - 1xTouch kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread CharlieG
Funny, when I want to say "me too" I generally just say "me too" :-) -- CharlieG CharlieG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=9

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread dpotts
"patience both for getting things setup, and for the analysis of your tracks, which can take a verrry long time." Well, exactly. So I'd better read up first and pull the trigger later. :-) Following your advice, I looked harder for some discussion threads and found a couple of recent, lengthy on

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread Chrobrego
Hi bluegaspode, thanks for your answer, I will investigate iPeng solution on its dedicated thread - this seems to be closed to what I was looking for. For now see this as a feature suggestion for your nice app. :-) -- Chrobrego ---

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
> CharlieG : > I give up. What are you trying to say? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=aol+jargondb ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread bluegaspode
Brackster;681058 Wrote: > Hi - just downloaded squeezepad and was wondering how you can amend the > favourites list of radio stations to re sort them into some order as > opposed to just the order that I added them to the list? > > Thanks! As garym already pointed out SqueezePad doesn't use a

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread aubuti
Fair points about the references to musicip.com and such. I agree about the need for some background research, and would add that a lot of patience is required. That's patience both for getting things setup, and for the analysis of your tracks, which can take a verrry long time. I really enjoy Mu

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread bluegaspode
Chrobrego;681061 Wrote: > Hi pippin, will your solution work without using Erland's plugin? I mean > if the lyric is embedded in the LYRICS tag - this is the way I do. Yes iPeng prefers lyrics in the lyrics tags for those rare individuals that indeed have them there ;) May I kindly ask to move i

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread Chrobrego
Hi pippin, will your solution work without using Erland's plugin? I mean if the lyric is embedded in the LYRICS tag - this is the way I do. -- Chrobrego Chrobrego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread garym
Brackster;681058 Wrote: > Hi - just downloaded squeezepad and was wondering how you can amend the > favourites list of radio stations to re sort them into some order as > opposed to just the order that I added them to the list? > > Thanks! doesn't it just use the favorites order from the SbS/L

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread Brackster
Hi - just downloaded squeezepad and was wondering how you can amend the favourites list of radio stations to re sort them into some order as opposed to just the order that I added them to the list? Thanks! -- Brackster B

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread dpotts
Thanks for your reply. Perhaps I may be forgiven for thinking that this article's constant references to the defunct musicip.com website for info, instructions, downloads, etc., meant it was out of date! Fortunately, it begins to seem as if everything that's needed can be found at spicefly.com. T

[slim] Re-program volume control?

2012-01-02 Thread joeriz
Can someone tell me if it's possible to re-program the volume control for the Transporter such that it no longer controls the volume on the Transporter itself but rather controls the volume on another device that has a remote volume control (e.g. a preamp or receiver)? Thanks, Joe -- joeriz T

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread bpa
Don't forget to vote for it yourself - just creating the report is not enough. When it has enough votes ( think 3 or 4), it will get confirmed and then developers will look at it. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimd

[slim] App help please

2012-01-02 Thread rantsc
I've hit the walll and become frustrated trying to get Pandora and Tunein Radio to run on my Squeezebox Classic. For reference, I'm running the latest software and firmware. This is where I am today; Pandora and Tunein Radio show up in "My apps". When I select either and attempt to play, they'l

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
> Steinar Bang : > bpa : >> There are some AAC stream which the Radio and Touch firmware cannot >> play. This looks like to be another one and so you should open a bug >> report for it. > Ok. Will do! Reported: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17851

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread aubuti
CharlieG;680994 Wrote: > I give up. What are you tying to say? Amen Out Loud? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph

Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread aubuti
Those "obviously obsolete" wiki articles still work for me when setting up MusicIP headless with LMS. A few months ago I changed the OS on my server and had to re-install everything, and this wiki article contains everything I needed to know: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_Music

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
> bpa : > Duet Receiver cannot play AAC natively so the stream gets transcoded by > your SBS/LMS server. > There are some AAC stream which the Radio and Touch firmware cannot > play. This looks like to be another one and so you should open a bug > report for it. Ok. Will do! > Workaround

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
> toby10 : > h. you are right, it is not playing, just making a fast clicking > noise. It's what I occasionally get on the Radio. Other times I just get a silence. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimde

[slim] MusicIP documentation?

2012-01-02 Thread dpotts
I have become interested in looking into MusicIP as a way of dynamically generating playlists of related songs, but I am having trouble finding out anything about it. MusicIP as a product seems to be defunct, but LMS includes a MusicIP plugin as though this were something we could implement. Howev

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

2012-01-02 Thread TimT
Another feature request, please: can you add an indicator of the number of playlist items and the current item number? For example: 3 of 17 Thanks for your hard work! Tim -- TimT TimT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread pippin
Lyrics is a mess. I investigated a bit around the issue when I did the Lyrics screen saver for iPeng for iPad and I believe the only way to do it is to have a full licensing scheme in place which also monitors from where the Lyrics are being requested. The problem is that there are few sites who

[slim] "connection reset by remote host"

2012-01-02 Thread Benefactor
I've done some google searches on this, and also checked the forums...but I didn't see anything definitive. Have had three squeezeboxes for coming up on three years now, and I don't remember seeing this message come up until recently. Around three weeks ago, I migrated everything over to a new (

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread toby10
h. you are right, it is not playing, just making a fast clicking noise. Maybe I had my URL cut & pastes mixed up when I thought it was working? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?

Re: [slim] Android Controller App

2012-01-02 Thread lukaslouw
Santa brought me a Nook Color for Xmas, so the first thing I did was to convert it to Android, using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1000957.html That worked great, so I tried the Logitech app, which is very clunky, then got Squeeze Commander, which is a brilliant

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread CharlieG
Okay, I know I'm getting old but I just can't keep up with these internet acronyms. I looked up AOL and found; America Online, Inc. Art of Living Angel of Light Adventure of Link (video game; sequel to The Legend of Zelda) Application Object Library Army of Light (Starwars Galaxies guild

Re: [slim] Unable to stream Digitally Imported

2012-01-02 Thread Tex
Well I tried to stream Digitally Imported and it is fine as of this morning. -- Tex (1)Duet, (3) receivers, (1) Touch, (1) Boom, Acer Home Server w/ WHS Tex's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30118

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread bluegaspode
Wow, but still cheaper than a WMA decoder license :) Based on your info its even more unlikely SqueezePad will get such an option then. -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remot

Re: [slim] How To Change Signature Permissions

2012-01-02 Thread garym
erland;680910 Wrote: > If you just want bold, you can use the BB code for this: > > Like: > [ b ]I love my Squeezebox[ /b ] > [ img ]http://forums.slimdevices.com/images/icons/icon7.gif[ /img ] > > Which (without the intermediate space characters) will result in: > I LOVE MY SQUEEZEBOX > [image

Re: [slim] SB3 constantly dropping connection

2012-01-02 Thread jo-wie
Do you have a break in the audio stream when the message is shown? I do not know anything about the underlying protokoll used by the SBs to communicate with the server, but it could be time critical and, different to the buffered streams, a short break can have an impact on it. -- jo-wie 2 * C

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread bpa
toby10;680941 Wrote: > Also you can try this URL: > > http://lyd.nrk.no:80/nrk_radio_p1_ostlandssendingen_aac_l I had already tested that URL as it is in the M3U and it doesn;t play for me on my Touch. Does it play OK for you ? -- bpa -

Re: [slim] Unable to stream Digitally Imported

2012-01-02 Thread toby10
Sky/DI is aware of the problem and has promised to contact Logitech to fix it. Apparently Sky/DI updated their API on Dec 31, so now Logitech needs to make a change or update to this new API change. -- toby10 toby10's Prof

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread toby10
Also you can try this URL: http://lyd.nrk.no:80/nrk_radio_p1_ostlandssendingen_aac_l -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2012-01-02 Thread erland
bluegaspode;680861 Wrote: > > iPeng does have a lyrics screensaver, but to be of some use you'll need > to install erlands song lyrics plugin. Be aware that erland started to > license his plugins (looks like doesn't affect song lyrics yet) which > would probably give you an additional cost of 5

Re: [slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread bpa
Duet Receiver cannot play AAC natively so the stream gets transcoded by your SBS/LMS server. There are some AAC stream which the Radio and Touch firmware cannot play. This looks like to be another one and so you should open a bug report for it. Workaround is to disable native AAC (WebUI Setting

[slim] Radio won't play an AAC stream played by Duet Receiver

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
I've put this one in my favourites: http://lyd.nrk.no/nrk_radio_p1_ostlandssendingen_aac_l.m3u It plays fine on my Duet Receiver, but won't play on my SB radio. Server Version: 7.6.1-r33110@Wed Aug 17 18:52:34 PDT 2011 Receiver Firmware Version: 77 (yes... that's what it says...) Radio Firmware

Re: [slim] Just 5 years and a bit less than 2 month Logitech has acquired Slim Devices

2012-01-02 Thread Steinar Bang
> FredFredrickson > : > I use my duet daily. AOL! > I also use my touch daily. Don't have one. > The radio is a great player to have during the summer for patio bbq, > but during the winter the thing just sits there. AOL for the summer use. During the winter, I use it as my alarm