How about a name that's related to Squeezebox, without running into
trademark problems. How about 'Accordion'?
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I love thinking of names. Some ideas:
Harmonica
MusicBox
TheDAC
MusicPipe
On Tap Music
Music on Tap
Music on Call
Touch
MusicPi - if based on R Pi
Blender - instead of squeeze
MusicBits
BeatBit
It's going to be open right?
OpenBox
OpenTunes
OpenHiFi
OpenTransport - like this one
OpenMusicBox
Could we get a Slim in there? In homage to the original creators? :-)
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Rising up out of the ashes of logitech: Phoenix.
I liked Phoenix Music Streamer...until I realized the acronym would be
PMS :)
Having Music Streamer in the name might help with marketing in the
long term tho.
I've created a separate thread for a discussion on the naming, to ease
up this thread for more primary discussions...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97975
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Oh and my personal contribution...
SlimStream :-)
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CharlieG wrote:
I liked Phoenix Music Streamer...until I realized the acronym would be
PMS :)
Having Music Streamer in the name might help with marketing in the
long term tho.
How about something snappy ...
eXprimo
(Spanish for 'I squeeze'!)
... notice the capitalised 'x' !
The Streamer
OpenFisch (
http://blog.logitech.com/2012/09/28/an-open-letter-to-squeezebox-fans/ )
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CharlieG wrote:
I liked Phoenix Music Streamer...until I realized the acronym would be
PMS :)
Having Music Streamer in the name might help with marketing in the
long term tho.
The last few posts remind me of a Douglas Adams's Hitch Hiker story that
humans are the descendants of exiled
TheLastMan wrote:
The last few posts remind me of a Douglas Adams's Hitch Hiker story that
humans are the descendants of exiled Golgafrinchan management
consultants, hair dressers, telephone sanitizers and marketing
executives.
The Golgafrinchan race thought they would be so much better
How about simply 'OpenSqueeze'?
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Mnyb wrote:
If you get an external server , get one that can transcode (x86 cpu ) .
The native ALAC support is a bit flaky the transcoded is more robust ,
as it is disabled by default in most server versions excepts when we
dont have any other options , on the Touch itself or similar cpu
Go on then, I'll have a go...
HugBox
SqueezeMe
ExSqueezeMe
SqueezeHere
SqueezeAble
QueaseBox (olde English)
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First a negative contrib
I think all names with open really sound nerdy and should be avoided.
No squeeze or Touch because of related trade mark (or similarity.
Staying away is just better.)
I'm not against slim, but I'm not sure it makes sense if player design
is more fat than thin client (or
Transport
or Transform
or Transpose.
Starting to like Blender
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lrossouw wrote:
Transport
or Transform
or Transpose.
Starting to like Blender
Blenders mash things into a pulp!!! Not a good image for marketing!
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jarrod2750 wrote:
I was thinking of getting a synology ds212j as the server. It seems
that it has good reviews. I was surprised how flaky the server on the
touch becomes as your library grows.
Haven't used a NAS as a server myself. Just make sure it's powerful
enough to handle the files
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_festivals): montreux,
Montreux - which is at the gates of the Logitech headquarter in
Morges...
http://goo.gl/maps/F39PQ
(very nice place and music festival!)
Galah, Ruff#8230; Bobolink ???
Bobo... which is the nickname for one of the founders of
How about some musically-themed words? Coda, Forte, Libero, etc?
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Libero is a diaperbrand
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Libero is a diaperbrand
Ha ha! And that's exactly why we'd need international representation!
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How about Concertina?
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First a negative contrib
I think all names with open really sound nerdy and should be avoided.
But this project is inherently nerdy pretending that it's not would be a
bit daft.
I would have thought you would have a platform name or overarching name
such as OpenSqueeze
lrossouw wrote:
Haven't used a NAS as a server myself. Just make sure it's powerful
enough to handle the files you want to throw at it. Don't want to end
up in the same boat as you are now with the touch as server.
That's one reason I like the Vortexbox setup so much. With an Atom
Taking inspiration from musical terms in latin, how about these in
spanish:
caja naranja (orange box). Maybe run it together...cajanaranja. Mash
them together to make up a new word...caranja, or la caranja. caranjita
- little orange box.
delgada (slim)...delgadaBox (abbreviated dB).
This is
mlsstl wrote:
That's one reason I like the Vortexbox setup so much. With an Atom
processor and 2GB of RAM, it uses very little power. I leave mine on
24/7. Yet, it is very responsive to the Touch (and my 3 other
Squeezeboxes) and shows no hesitation when looking for or playing music.
I've
mlsstl wrote:
That's one reason I like the Vortexbox setup so much. With an Atom
processor and 2GB of RAM, it uses very little power. I leave mine on
24/7. Yet, it is very responsive to the Touch (and my 3 other
Squeezeboxes) and shows no hesitation when looking for or playing music.
I've
Some ideas based on this page:
http://www.operaamerica.org/content/education/learningCenter/glossary.aspx
Someone into opera or from Italy will have to confirm which are
good/bad:
- BelCanto - An Italian phrase literally meaning beautiful singing.
- Crescendo - A gradual increase in volume.
Concertina?
Harmonica?
Accordéon
Fisarmonica?
Dragspel? :)
Harmonikka, Hanuri, Kurttu? :)
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erland wrote:
- OpenEnCore
Or OpEncore ;-)
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simbo wrote:
:-) The way I look at it, these kind of what shall we call it?
discussions are inevitable, and as long as they don't detract from the
more pressing discussions over architecture and design (which is why I
wanted to separate them out) then I see no harm... I think they're
As the names are added can we keep a running list on the first post? We
should also think about turning this into a poll as we will need to vote
at some point in time. :)
--Dustin
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What about muuze as it combines music and squeeze and music?
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dustinsterk wrote:
As the names are added can we keep a running list on the first post? We
should also think about turning this into a poll as we will need to vote
at some point in time. :)
--Dustin
All these music related names are either daft or clumsy - how about
TromBone?
+1 for Vuvuzela :D
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+1 for Vuvuzela :D
-1 for Vuvuzela :D
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dustinsterk wrote:
As the names are added can we keep a running list on the first post? We
should also think about turning this into a poll as we will need to vote
at some point in time. :)
--Dustin
OK done, but the list is getting a little long and I'm not sure every
idea is serious ;-)
simbo wrote:
OK done, but the list is getting a little long and I'm not sure every
idea is serious ;-)
Here's my suggestion; *names that get multiple votes (+1) will be
shortlisted, and from there we can have a poll.*
Such a shame that Vuvuzela vote got cancelled out
Nice
simbo wrote:
O. J. (like orange juice but an acronym for 'Open Juice')
... and popularly known as 'The Simpson' !!!
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...analogue out in tandem with the already announced coaxial SPDIF out).
I was optimistic, but these guys are starting to sleaze me out. Their
plan to provide the analog out appears to involves a separate connector
box, for which they will be charging extra, and which will
SlimBox
Best wishes,
Peter
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The last few posts remind me of a Douglas Adams's Hitch Hiker story that
humans are the descendants of exiled Golgafrinchan management
consultants, hair dressers, telephone sanitizers and marketing
executives.
The Golgafrinchan race thought they would be so much better
Interesting thread.
SlimBox?
Best wishes,
Peter
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Simbo,
Thanks for separating that out in a new thread. Back to the technical
discussions
Question for John.when it comes to distribution, once the order is
placed will the product need to ship to just one location and distribute
to end buyers from there? I am
chill wrote:
-1 for Vuvuzela :D
+1 again
from the country that punished the world with it ;)
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JohnSwenson wrote:
I'm in California, San Francisco Bay area in specific, the place I'm
having do the boards is in Canada, somewhere in Ontario. I would GREATLY
appreciate someone else taking charge of distribution of boards.
The other issue is money. Kickstarter might be a nice way to do
I have been looking into what processor to use, IF the BeagleBone tests
go well I would like to keep it with the TI processor line I have been
looking at, they have really good support systems behind it, much better
than many of the other manufacturers, which will make getting a board
out much
jarrod2750 wrote:
Yes this could be an option. Did you purchase a specific model Foxconn.
I was researching the Foxconn's yesterday and there many different
options. Thank you.
I'm using an R10-D4 model. It has the Intel Atom CPU and I put 2 GB of
RAM in it and a 7200 RPM 3.5 hard drive.
ninthsrw wrote:
I was optimistic, but these guys are starting to sleaze me out. Their
plan to provide the analog out appears to involves a separate connector
box, for which they will be charging extra, and which will require some
sort of proprietary umbilical connection to the portion
I like the idea of Gen1 and Gen2 having same processor. It seems to make
sense to figure things out the first time around and not get surprised
by something subtly different on Gen2.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Ardrossan??
Has absolutely nothing to do with music. It's the name of the town in
Scotland where my wife is from.
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JohnSwenson wrote:
I have been looking into what processor to use, IF the BeagleBone tests
go well I would like to keep it with the TI processor line I have been
looking at, they have really good support systems behind it, much better
than many of the other manufacturers, which will make
John,
As a side note for the kickstarter site. I cannot create anything until
the following has been completed. So we maybe a little early for it
just yet. I may need to have a more formal discussion with you once
this is a little further along:
A functional prototype. Projects in the
JohnSwenson wrote:
I have been looking into what processor to use, IF the BeagleBone tests
go well I would like to keep it with the TI processor line I have been
looking at, they have really good support systems behind it, much better
than many of the other manufacturers, which will make
What about just plain simple:
Harmonic
A harmonic is any of a set of sine waves by which a complex tone is
described.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)
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Great tune!
;)
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I'm leaning on just going with the 3874 for Gen1 so it is the same as
Gen2, just not the display subsystem etc. Just doing that increases the
cost by about $35, so we are now up to $205, if we go with the 512MB
that adds another $25 or so, so we are now up to $230, $60
Triode wrote:
Lets see how the async usb tests go - if the otg port works then the
3358 seems resonable for the first gen. Means there's less code to
write too :)
One thing I still don't completely understand is how important the USB
really is if we:
1. Have a DAC that generally produce a
erland wrote:
One thing I still don't completely understand is how important the USB
really is if we:
1. Have a DAC that generally produce a better analogue out than
everything else than high-end external DAC's
2. Have a S/PDIF that's significantly better than the Squeezebox Touch
Are
dustinsterk wrote:
I would be happy to start a Kickstarter Project site. It will take some
time to get setup with amazon payments, etc. Is our goal 25 boards @
$150 a board for all of the goodies?
Just some thoughts regarding this.
Do you really need/want a kickstarter project for GEN1 ?
erland wrote:
Just some thoughts regarding this.
Do you really need/want a kickstarter project for GEN1 ?
My feeling is that GEN1 might be easier to handle just through PayPal or
similar, I suspect you won't have any problem what so ever to find 25
people interested, what will be harder
erland wrote:
Do you really need/want a kickstarter project for GEN1 ?
I tend to agree w/ Erland (his 2 previous posts.)
The way I see it, the honor system + paypal would do fine initially.
I hope there are 25 devs on board ;) and that they'll all have the
latitude to spend the money necessary
BelCanto reminded me of hifi stuff. I found
http://www.belcantodesign.com (US company, named Bel Canto) and there
are certainly more.
Hence votes the avenger of the Vuvuzela: -1 BelCanto
(seriously. If Vuvuzela gets picked, then only for GEN1, please
)
Triode wrote:
It will be for the audiophile community which wants to use usb (several
people using touch for this for example). Some dacs work best with usb
others best with spdif. John can comment in more detail than me, but I
think we need to make sure both work. Otherwise there will be
MainSqueeze ?
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PerfectSqueeze
FinalSqueeze
NextSqueeze
Slimsback
Seanaudio
Seandevices
EarNext
AudioRevenge
Audiobox
FastForward or FWD
Freedevices
Musebox
a-Head
Audiomaze
Infinitears
Cleverears
Audioears
Audiostream
haveUheard
smart?
doaudio
domusic
lasido
Dorémi
Musiqueeze
Any software player that works on Win 8/64?
Softsqueeze. NO
Squeezeslave.NO
Squeezeplay.NO
Thanks
BFL
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Slim phoenix ?
J
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Have been following this thread for days. I wish you the best in
developing a unit you and others are happy with. While I might be
interested in participating, I also understand Erland's discussion of
being wary of who is involved. I certainly am no software/computer whizz
so would probably not
ninthsrw wrote:
I was optimistic, but these guys are starting to sleaze me out. Their
plan to provide the analog out appears to involves a separate connector
box, for which they will be charging extra, and which will require some
sort of proprietary umbilical connection to the portion
banned for life wrote:
Any software player that works on Win 8/64?
Softsqueeze. NO
Squeezeslave.NO
Squeezeplay.NO
Thanks
BFL
I've successfully used both Squeezeplay and Squeezelite with Windows 8.
I haven't tried any others.
JohnSwenson wrote:
Yep,
it looks like kickstarter will be much better for GEN2.
My own personal feeling is that we want to keep GEN1 to 25 at least for
a while. During the phase where linux distributions are being developed
etc it's going to be a VERY geeky thing, I don't want too many
epoch1970 wrote:
However the thread is aptly named Community *Funded* Squeezebox
Replacement. How about someone (John S. ?) pooling donations from the
community at large, to help financing the 1st batch of development
machines ?
Not a bad idea.but the question remains would the
gruntwolla wrote:
they sure do seem to be listening
That's because they have been deleting all the posts (their own and
backers) that are contrary to their current position - including posts
wherein they said the connector box would not cost current backers
anything extra, and posts
ninthsrw wrote:
Nothing wrong with chasing a profit, but I'm eager to replace my
substantial SB ecosystem and was really hoping for more from these guys.
Curious, why the strong urge to replace your Squeezeboxes?
ninthsrw wrote:
That's because they have been deleting comments (their own and backers)
on their indigogo page that are contrary to their current position -
including posts wherein they said the connector box would not cost
current backers anything extra, and posts pointing out that a
dustinsterk wrote:
Not a bad idea.but the question remains would the community be
willing to donate for the first round? Even at $10.00 a donation we
would need over 500 users to reach a goal of 25 units @ $200 a board.
As someone who have tried donations previously in this community,
This reminds me of my BO system and what it used to look like. I got it
because I wanted music in more than one room and it supports their
proprietary multi-room system. It has a built-in radio, and we had a CD
player, cassette player, and record player. To it we connected a large
reel to reel
And squeezeslave works too...
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