This is great news Pippin, so basically an Ipod etc can now be plugged
into a dock that in turn can be plugged into my Hif-Fi via phono etc.
This means we have a hardware solution going forward now the Logitech
have decided to dump on this community from a great height.
Do we have a screen shot
Gadgety1 wrote:
I've spent the day researching alternatives. [..] I also thought of
using a tablet or a phone, since most people have them anyway. To get
the digital audio out there's a new standard called MHL- Mobile High
Definition Link (brought to the world by Nokia, Samsung and a few
bpa wrote:
At a guess, some user will not be happy with the analogue and spdif
interfaces on these boxes as they will not have been designed for
discriminating users. Support of USB DAC would be the key issue. Given
the difficulty that Triode had with Touch getting DACs to work propers
nonnoroger wrote:
Many thanks for this. I have been trying it under ML (which by the way
is now on 10.8.1 so is no longer a .0 release). Sorry to say that it
still sends output to Airplay (very quietly) despite the environment
variable settings. I tried with Built-in Output.
I will
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/technology/apple-plans-to-challenge-pandora-in-web-radio.html?_r=1hp
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Mnyb wrote:
Thats another problem due to that slimp3 and sb1 have much smaller
buffers , I can see it be a bit problematic to make syncing code that
works perfect in this scenario .
It gets compounded by LMS transcoding in many instances as slimp3 don't
support that many file formats
Ralphy
I set the needed environment variable using export from the command line
and then ran your Squeezeslave using the open command.
Hey presto - sound output to Built-in Output as I had specified.
I checked my environment.plist with the XCode property list editor and
there were no problems.
A bit more on this from the Developer site (the LS stands for Launch
Services - launchd):
=
LSEnvironment
LSEnvironment (Dictionary - OS X) defines environment variables to be
set before launching this app. The names of the environment variables
are the keys of the dictionary, with
They sell consumers hardware, tightly controlling what's available.
They sell consumers software, and censor what software is available,
while taking a cut from third-party developer profits. They sell video
and e-books and censor what content is available, while taking a cut
from content
Thanks for tracking this down.
I should have known to check if the environment.plist file was still
supported in Mountain Lion. Part of the reason I haven't upgraded is
Apple keeps dumbing down OSX with every release.
Could you post your startup script so everyone can benefit?
Agent Smith,
I generally agree and I don't own anything Apple. But MS has done the
same with their Zune music system, tethering users music libraries to a
very select few (and declining) hardware base. Luckily I was steered
clear of both early on. ;)
toby10 wrote:
Agent Smith,
I generally agree and I don't own anything Apple. But MS has done the
same with their Zune music system, tethering users music libraries to a
very select few (and declining) hardware base. Luckily I was steered
clear of both early on. ;)
I generally agree as
I agree, but Apple are so good at selling these services in an
integrated fashion that even when it -is- possible to use a different
service, the vast majority of Apple consumers would still flock to
Apple's own one. It's something that even Google haven't been able to
emulate (for better or for
ralphy wrote:
Could you post your startup script so everyone can benefit?
From a terminal command line, create runPlayer containing the three
lines (assuming the app itself is in your own Applications folder):
export USEPADEVICE=Built-in Output
export USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE=9600
open
erland wrote:
So, let's try to keep this community active and let's keep encourage the
creativity among all third party developers and let's continue being
helpful to users with problems. Let's all be part of the next journey to
musical bliss, I'm definitely ready for the ride!
I agree with
nonnoroger wrote:
export USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE=9600
As soon as I get time I will try creating the suggested dictionary for
environment variables in the Info.plist for the app.
I think this should be export USEPAMAXSAMPLERATE=9600*0*
Once you've tested the Info.plist PM me the details and I
I agree with everything said also. The Squeezebox ecosystem has changed
my life and has introduced me to such beautiful new music with
audiophile quality that I could have never imagined. We have music
everywhere in our home thanks to the Squeezebox devices and thanks to
Ipeng I can be anywhere
I generally disagree :)
Of course, everyone is entitled to his own opinions
you know the rest.
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... and don't forget the Annual Apple Tax tribute is about to be
collected with the release of the iPhone 5.
Most of these devices are simply cash generating devices - and to make
matters worse the end-user has to actually buy the one-arm bandit before
they can start feeding it the coins.
pallfreeman wrote:
As I (almost) said before, Logitech have encouraged people to use their
official forum for the Squeezeboxes for a long time. They may prefer
it if we refer all UE stuff there.
Could be. Either way, Logitech can have it the way they want, an UE
related section here will only
ralphy wrote:
This version plays 24/96 wave and flac files natively using the latest
LMS 7.8.0 nightly.
Does this *require* 7.8.0 LMS, or will 7.7.2 suffice?
Thanks! -mark
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yeomanspc wrote:
I agree Erland, but my reason to ask the question was to see if others
feel it is worth paying for LMS and thus send a signal to either
Logitech or other developers that there is a compromise here without
burying LMS or the old SB's and maybe a more positive way forward for
His song I Knew You When performed by Billy Joe Royal has always been
a favorite of mine. RIP
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I grew up in the South, where beach music was a mostly local
phenomenon in cool places such as Ocean Drive, South Carolina. One of
the great beach music (or any music) bands was The Tams. Back in 1962,
they had a hit with Joe South's Untie Me.
Sounds just as good today as it did when I was a
Shout it LOUD
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The new products are coming about primarily because SB is not easy to
use and completely inaccessible to the general public.
I love the flexibility of SB and have been using it since 2006, but this
product line and the server software are not mass-market products and
can never be without drastic
mbonsack wrote:
Does this *require* 7.8.0 LMS, or will 7.7.2 suffice?
Thanks! -mark
I've tested 24/96 with this version as far back as 7.6.2 any sample rate
higher than 96000 requires a 7.8.0 nightly
ralphy's
I have my music files inside a TS-210 QNAP NAS. My Squeezebox touch gets
FLAC files from the NAS and then digitally feeds a DAC Magic by
Cambridge Audio.
I have noticed the appearance of android-based media players who have
S/Pdif interface.
One of these players with Squeese Player will likely
wellington wrote:
I have noticed the appearance of android-based media players [which]
have S/Pdif interface.
Can you name them, please?
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I finally decided to try a low power squeezebox server. I purchased a
SheevaPlug. I have never used linux before.
I have spent the past few days and many, many hours getting my
SheevaPlug set up as a squeezebox server. In the process, I have posted
several questions and contributed several
Labarum wrote:
Can you name them, please?
Hi
there are some:
http://www.jactek.com.tw/Products_jm400_M.asp
http://www.androidinabox.com/mygica-r5-android-tv-box.html
ciao/Marco
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You could have saved yourself a lot of hassle and frustration if you'd
bought a Raspeberry Pi and installed truehl's Squeezeplug for RPi! Did
you check out his images for Sheevaplugs?
You're correct about the majority of people not having much knowledge of
the geekiness of modern technology -
Simplifying,LOGITECH will be a contender and a leader in the wireless
entertainment field if they:
1: introduce diverse devices above and beyond the Radio; ie, Touch or
SB3 equivalent.
2: include synchronization among all devices.
3: maintain the confidence,credibility and respect of previous
wellington wrote:
Hi
there are some:
http://www.jactek.com.tw/Products_jm400_M.asp
http://www.androidinabox.com/mygica-r5-android-tv-box.html
ciao/Marco
Ta
(That means gracias)
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I agree Squeezebox is not for everyone, but for those that can handle
its complexity it is a glorious product.
Perhaps the new products should embrace a simpler approach, but have an
advanced menu item to turn back on all the more difficult features we
have mastered and love.
It would cost
Labarum wrote:
Ta
(That means gracias)
I know.
By the way I am italian not spanish so that means grazie.
ciao
Marco
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Android media players look attractive as they often have a video output
as well as audio output and so end users may add a display
Many of the latest batch of Android media players run older version of
Android such as 2.2 and 2.3 and on some system where users have XMBC
loaded have noticed that
wellington wrote:
I know.
By the way I am italian not spanish so that means grazie.
ciao
Marco
Yea, I nearly left the 's' off for that reason, but I'm no Latinist!
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Marvell and Globalscale have done a crappy job of supporting their
products and developing a community around them. It's a mistake to
judge the Linux community as a whole based on this example.
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Of these things - Have time, have curiousity about the device, have
knowledge, don't have money,
I think at least three of the four need to apply before it makes sense
to try one of these plug units. Otherwise, why bother? You can easily
find cheap nettops with Windows that'll run all month for
bpa wrote:
Android media players look attractive as they often have a video output
as well as audio output and so end users may add a display
Many of the latest batch of Android media players run older version of
Android such as 2.2 and 2.3 and on some system where users have XMBC
loaded
Funny subject. As the Squeezebox is only one of the many Linux computers
in your life. Then there's your router, your TV set, your music service's
backend, your...
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wellington wrote:
You mean XBMC for Android? I am not thinking to use that.
XBMC was only an example of a 3rd party application having difficulty
with audio on the digital outputs of these media players. I would
expect a developer of a SB player app (e.g. ported Squeezeplayer) to
encounter
Ikabob wrote:
Simplifying,LOGITECH will be a contender and a leader in the wireless
entertainment field if they:
1: introduce diverse devices above and beyond the Radio; ie, Touch or
SB3 equivalent.
2: include synchronization among all devices.
3: maintain the confidence,credibility
Goodsounds wrote:
Of these things - Have time, have curiousity about the device, have
knowledge, don't have money,
I think at least three of the four need to apply before it makes sense
to try one of these plug units. Otherwise, why bother?
Very well said. And that's speaking as someone
Labarum wrote:
I agree Squeezebox is not for everyone, but for those that can handle
its complexity it is a glorious product.
Perhaps the new products should embrace a simpler approach, but have an
advanced menu item to turn back on all the more difficult features we
have mastered and
alfista wrote:
What you didn't just almost say was:
No, what I said was that Logitech have been encouraging use of their
official forum since day 1, which is incorrect.
I don't think we are likely to change that by turning our back on the
users who hop on the UE train now, simply because
bpa wrote:
The user communities supporting these products are often quite small.
True, but they're amazingly enthusiastic and making incredible progress.
XBMC rox.
There are a few Linux alternatives (which generally have a better user
community) such as this plug computer with analoguie
pallfreeman wrote:
True, but they're amazingly enthusiastic and making incredible progress.
XBMC rox.
I just spent a bit of time looking over the XBMC forums and wiki. It's
no small community...in fact, it appears to be bigger than ours. They
just released AudioEngine in May, and it
not easy to use !? really, you point at songs and they play ?
The real timesink and learning curve has been ripping and tagging , no
one want's to spend that much time riping 1000's of CD's and tag them
properly nowadays .
This is whats make it non mass-market you must be a collector and
music
There are many easy to use options to install an LMS server. The plug
computer or the unsupported NAS experience (or other choice of bizarre
hardware ) are hardly the typical LMS server experience .
Usually folks clicks the windows installer and be happy or use a NAS
with a supported LMS package
Mnyb has a point. Amost all of the early problems with my SBs were
network related. My supposedly simple to use iThingies were similarly
affected. Once I got those issues resolved, it has been smooth sailing.
I can't say the same for the three wireless printers I've tried, and the
Dell laptop
anyone using squeezeslave on an NLSU2 (SlugOS) ?
I managed to compile squeezeslave and run it but I only hear white
noise.
My usb sound card and OSS seem o work ok, I can play music using madplay
without any problem.
bpa wrote:
You could open a bug report but I think it is a niche problem and as
such unless you provided a patch to LMS - unlikely to get fixed quickly.
I have added a report to a bug related to podcasts and have voted for
it. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17745 Although it
One of the things I like about the squeezebox gadgets is that they are
so flexible. I'm just a little old lady, but just reading these forums
it is clear that some people (like me) just use them relatively straight
out of the box without much fiddling around and others enjoy hacking
around with
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