Re: [slim] Album Catalogue

2013-03-10 Thread DJanGo
amey01 wrote: Hi all, I was using ACC (Album Catalog Creator) which was excellent, but of course not updated for SQLLite. So is there any alternative which anyone is using for SQLLite based servers. All I need is a basic album list. You can also change back sqlite to mysql if aac can

Re: [slim] Album Catalogue

2013-03-10 Thread erland
If you just need a comma separated text lite you might be able to use the Database Query plugin, it contains a report that lists albums together with release year and artist and you can export it to a csv file which can be imported in Excel or similar tool for nice formatting.

[slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread sbp
Hi Sorry for this question, but I just updated to LMS 7.8, and needed to change some settings, and it ask for a restart of the server - but I simply can't recall how I restart the server from the web pages? Therefore, I have been rebooting the computer everytime - but there must be a smarted

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread Julf
sbp wrote: Hi Sorry for this question, but I just updated to LMS 7.8, and needed to change some settings, and it ask for a restart of the server - but I simply can't recall how I restart the server from the web pages? /etc/init.d/logitechmediaserver restart

Re: [slim] Album Catalogue

2013-03-10 Thread amey01
erland wrote: If you just need a comma separated text lite you might be able to use the Database Query plugin, it contains a report that lists albums together with release year and artist and you can export it to a csv file which can be imported in Excel or similar tool for nice formatting.

[slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread bobb
Suddenly the sound is gone in the web interface, the radio and Squeezeplayboth have sound. this is a line from the log: : [13-03-10 11:13:51.5395] Slim::Networking::IO::Select::__ANON__ (147) Error: Select task failed calling Slim::Web::HTTP::sendStreamingResponse: illegal file descriptor or

Re: [slim] How do I add a song that is currently playing to a playlist.

2013-03-10 Thread Squeezed_Rotel
garym wrote: be sure to tick the show 3rd party plugins on that page OK, thanks. I did get the Playlist Manager (v4.0) It is checked off in the plugins list. There is no change in playlist behavior as compared to the default SC type. I see no context menu as described by the author;

Re: [slim] How do I add a song that is currently playing to a playlist.

2013-03-10 Thread Mnyb
Squeezed_Rotel wrote: OK, thanks. I did get the Playlist Manager (v4.0) It is checked off in the plugins list. There is no change in playlist behavior as compared to the default SC type. I see no context menu as described by the author;

Re: [slim] How do I add a song that is currently playing to a playlist.

2013-03-10 Thread Squeezed_Rotel
Mnyb wrote: You only get the context menu on the players and iPeng not in the web-UI . Now when my wife hears something from the random song list, I'll be able to add it to her playlist :) Thank you very much.

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread toby10
The web interface can't play audio. You must be using a software player. SqueezePlay (which you say is working)? SoftSqueeze? toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread sbp
Thank you. I thought that it was possible from within the server web-pages, but your solution is working fine. Somehow I seem to remember that it should be possible from the server pages, but as I haven't found the button to press here - I'm having doubt about my memory

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread toby10
You may be thinking of PC/Mac versions of LMS where there are two places to stop and restart LMS. On a non-PC/Mac version of LMS I have no idea. toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread sbp
Thanks, what a relief, off course that is the explanation, I have previously been using lms on a whs (windows home server) computer. So my memory is almost ok :-) sbp's Profile:

Re: [slim] Usage of online services in your family ?

2013-03-10 Thread kc5f
We use Last.fm as our premium service, with Slacker and Pandora as free services. One account for each for the whole family. The ability to keep track of individual playlists or favorites for each family member: Not a problem in our house. My wife and I have fairly similar tastes, and we have

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread Julf
sbp wrote: Somehow I seem to remember that it should be possible from the server pages, but as I haven't found the button to press here - I'm having doubt about my memory My memory might be just as bad - seem to remember that when LMS tells you it needs restarting, it also offers you a

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread Mnyb
You can also use service squeezeboxserver restart . On windows/mac there is a controll panel . If a plugin has updated itself and you see the text on the left Bolton ofmthe home page . Click that and you get to the plugin page in settings and there it is a popup in the web-UI that lets you

Re: [slim] Usage of local music libraries in your family ?

2013-03-10 Thread kc5f
Just me and my wife, unless the kids come over. Never really had the money to buy lots of CD's, so we only have about 1000 tracks on my computer. It's only on when I'm using it, so LMS is almost never used. We stick with online services and stations almost all of the time. I do use LMS when

Re: [slim] How to restart the server - sorry , I simply have forgot how to do that

2013-03-10 Thread epoch1970
The server Power Control plugin should offer you menus to do that, in the web interface and in the players (ip3k at least) epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How do you want to create/manage playlists ?

2013-03-10 Thread SimonG156
Itunes and use the playlists from there... SimonG156's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94988

Re: [slim] Pause a radio stream ...

2013-03-10 Thread mikael_b
bpa wrote: Most stations are played direct to player with no involvement of the server except in the case of transcoding or sync. If you were to make all traffic go through the server (which would might mean more powerful servers are needed and more local network bandwidth), then you could

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread bobb
toby10 wrote: The web interface can't play audio. You must be using a software player. SqueezePlay (which you say is working)? SoftSqueeze? I call this the web interface,so one of us is confused i guess 14584 +---+ |Filename:

Re: [slim] Pause a radio stream ...

2013-03-10 Thread bpa
mikael_b wrote: already have this functionality, both on iThings and Androids, up to two hours can be saved, you can pause any livestream, rewind or fastforward it. You can also program recordings and save for later listening. Maybe the memory is to limited on a Radio but on the Touch you

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread Julf
So what you have there is two different things - SqueezePlay (that is producing the sound) and the LMS web interface that just controls SqueezePlay but doesn't produce any sound on it's own. Julf's Profile:

Re: [slim] How do I add a song that is currently playing to a playlist.

2013-03-10 Thread Squeezed_Rotel
Mnyb wrote: You only get the context menu on the players and iPeng not in the web-UI . Yes, it works perfectly on all of my players, but in iPeng for iPad, I can see playlist manager in song info, but the only context option I see is +add to end or play. No option to pick another playlist.

Re: [slim] Pause a radio stream ...

2013-03-10 Thread mikael_b
bpa wrote: Sure this faciity has been available on other radio players but we are talking about an Squeezebix context 1. Functionality is similar axcross all types of player SB3, Transporter, Radiop and Touch. You are limiting to Touch (Radio doesn;t have enough memory) when not running

Re: [slim] Pause a radio stream ...

2013-03-10 Thread epoch1970
bpa wrote: you might as well provide a PVR type functionality and save the stream to disk rather than hold it in memory. I think my mom would like that. She's listening to radio on the Boom, but some listen-again programs are only available on the web. So she has to listen to them on the Mac,

Re: [slim] How do I add a song that is currently playing to a playlist.

2013-03-10 Thread Mnyb
Squeezed_Rotel wrote: Yes, it works perfectly on all of my players, but in iPeng for iPad, I can see playlist manager in song info, but the only context option I see is +add to end or play. No option to pick another playlist. If I tap playlist manager, I see the iPeng home page and

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread JohnSwenson
SWAMP05 is going out the door today! (well actually over the internet, I guess that counts as a doorway) Boy did this thing turn out to be harder than I thought. Because I was going for 2 layer (for cost and turn time issues, remember: high quality, fast, cheap -- any two. This had some major

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread reinholdk
JohnSwenson wrote: Balanced adds to the cost and complexity, but is still easier to do on the main board rather than on a daughter board which can be done. If it's on the main board then everyone is paying for it. In the case of HDMI it is litterally an extra 95 cents connector, but balanced

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread toby10
bobb wrote: I call this the web interface,so one of us is confused i guess. Yup, you are confusing your SqueezePlay software player and the LMS web UI. The first plays audio on your computer, the later does not.

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread paulster
I agree. I'd have thought the people who's be wanting balanced outputs would likely to use external DACs. paulster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23073 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread erland
JohnSwenson wrote: So now we should probably start thinking about Gen1 details, such physical size, what case (these two go together. SWAMP05 wound up being 4.3 x 3.6. I don't see Gen1 being any smaller. There are a lot of connectors to put on it, so I don't think my original idea of 4x3

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread guidof
John, congratulations on the launch of SWAMP0.5! On the matter of balanced outputs, it would seem reasonable to think of them as an extra cost 'optional' add-on. If the SWAMP1.0 internal DAC is that good, those of us with balanced setups can probably afford to pay the extra fare and retire our

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread JJZolx
JohnSwenson wrote: So now we should probably start thinking about Gen1 details, such physical size, what case (these two go together. SWAMP05 wound up being 4.3 x 3.6. I don't see Gen1 being any smaller. There are a lot of connectors to put on it, so I don't think my original idea of 4x3

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread epoch1970
JohnSwenson wrote: SWAMP05 is going out the door today! Congratulations! Just my uninformed opinion on wifi and balanced outputs : - In terms of wifi I think it would be really nice if the device could bring its own network, and discover other players or servers locally. So I'd rather vote for

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread garym
paulster wrote: I agree. I'd have thought the people who's be wanting balanced outputs would likely to use external DACs. True, but I'd like the option of using the internal DAC (which is likely to be very good) and feed my balanced inputs of preamp. Perhaps the extra box is the key. I

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread paulster
garym wrote: True, but I'd like the option of using the internal DAC (which is likely to be very good) and feed my balanced inputs of preamp. Perhaps the extra box is the key. I would pay the extra cost for this option. I think that's the key: you'd be prepared to pay extra. I'd say an

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread garym
paulster wrote: I think that's the key: you'd be prepared to pay extra. I'd say an optional board for balanced is the right way to go if it's going to add this much to the price. Knowing John's attention to detail and his engineering credentials I'd probably go for the balanced output,

Re: [slim] My squeezebox classic has wiped firmware i believe how to get firmware on it?

2013-03-10 Thread alfista
Sounds like some electrolytic capacitor or other is on it's last legs. alfista's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32396 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98263

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread Triode
JohnSwenson wrote: Based on previous discussions I think I'm going to put a USB hub on the board, so we will have 4 USB type A jacks, even with stacking that takes up a lot of room for full size jacks. I envision two stacks of two jacks. I was thinking originally of doing two USB with an

Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

2013-03-10 Thread belrik
Hi there. I was wondering if it would be possible to add a notification widget like the music player or the other remotes like xbmc have; where a pause/back/next widget with album art is placed in the notification area? This would be very useful for quick access.

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread bobb
Well... i must not have my day . i could swear this interface use to give sound, but, i'm mistaken . Sorry for the bother. cheers bobb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=57596 View this thread:

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread aubuti
As long as you've got SqueezePlay working, it doesn't really matter though, does it? (That is, other than wondering about memory loss). aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this

Re: [slim] Usage of online services in your family ?

2013-03-10 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
paulster wrote: 1. Single account for MOG 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. No 5. Happy with how it is now. Love that MOG can stream to more than one device with different streams, and supports synchronisation as well. I finding that no 5 is no longer the case . That rug one stream will now

Re: [slim] No sound in LMS web interface

2013-03-10 Thread SlimChances
It might appear that the web Interface is producing sound if you have Squeezeplay opened, as the web interface can be used to control Squeezeplay once it is opened SlimChances's Profile:

Re: [slim] Usage of online services in your family ?

2013-03-10 Thread paulster
jhonsber...@msn.com wrote: I finding that no 5 is no longer the case . That rug one stream will now cutoff the other . I've just tested it again right now and I have two different streams running from MOG perfectly. Weird that you don't. Hopefully this isn't something that's getting

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread reinholdk
I'm really impressed by the passion that people like JohnSwenson, Triode, JackOfAll and others (sorry if I missed a few names) lead them to invest their time and money to work on this project! Although I'm quite happy with my current line-up of Logitech/SB devices and have no fear about the

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread gorman
I saw just now the answers to my request for FLAC multichannel support. I hope it will be considered in the future. Having the HDMI output on board practically begs for it. But I understand software would need to change as well. :(

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread Steve Baumgarten
Maybe it's hard to compensate the time that the people currently driving the development of this project invest. But what *should* be possible is to compensate their expenses e.g. for hardware they're buying to test. Any thoughts how this can be organized? Should we setup a list where these

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread JohnSwenson
Here is a PDF of the SWAMP05 layout. If you print it 1:1 it will be the actual size. With your favorite PDF reader you can zoom in and see the detail. John S. +---+ |Filename: SWAMP05.pdf

Re: [slim] Usage of online services in your family ?

2013-03-10 Thread JJZolx
paulster wrote: I've just tested it again right now and I have two different streams running from MOG perfectly. Weird that you don't. Hopefully this isn't something that's getting rolled out gradually. I just tested it and it works fine for me as well.

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2013-03-10 Thread JohnSwenson
Here are renders of what the top and bottom will look like. John S. 14587 +---+ |Filename: SWAMP05_render.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14587|

Re: [slim] Why I Take My Leave

2013-03-10 Thread Michael Herger
... And now i can see the original post ?? mystery I think the magic behind the posting coming and going again was the forum software's behaviour with links in first time postings: when the OT modified one of the URLs, the posting was sent for moderation again... -- Michael