Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread swayzak
Well touch wood, my network has been better since moving over to different channels. I guess, despite being the same SSID / password, the 2 networks are different physical networks which a device has to link to communicate through. And defined by the SSID, not the channel number as you say.

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread kesey
swayzak wrote: Avoiding shared channels with your neighbours (to minimise interference issues) would also apply to this situation ? Yes, depending on how far away they are. If you have an Android phone,down load Wifi Analyser. You'll see what wifi networks are in your vicinity, what

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread swayzak
kesey wrote: Yes, depending on how far away they are. If you have an Android phone,down load Wifi Analyser. You'll see what wifi networks are in your vicinity, what channels they are on etc. There's probably a similar iOS app That's exactly what I use already - and obviously showed very

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay on Windows 8

2014-02-13 Thread pizzaman
bonze wrote: I have been happily running Squeezeplay on my Win7 (now 8.1) machine for a few years with no problems. My LMS is installed on a WHS. Yesterday, for apparently no reason, Squeezeplay stopped talking to the LMS. It may have been because I was rebooting the WHS at the time, but

Re: [slim] Squeezeplay on Windows 8

2014-02-13 Thread bonze
pizzaman wrote: My guess is it just took a while to get your LMS (logitech media server) online and active. In between SqueezePlay defaulted to squeeze network. If you would have just waited a little bit and then restarted squeezeplay, it might have given you the choice of your media server

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread garym
swayzak wrote: That's exactly what I use already - and obviously showed very strong signals from both my networks on the same channel number. If different devices are connected to the separate networks (despite sharing same SSID/password) then I would suspect interference could be an issue.

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread reinholdk
In addition to the correct points garym made: All devices communicating over a certain channel have to share the limited bandwidth of that channel and have to avoid collisions while talking. So the more clients are talking on a channel the less throughput can be expected. And the different

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

2014-02-13 Thread sle118
I am having issues downloading music tracks as mp3 from my collection, which is in FLAC. The problem is documented as a new TRAC ticket http://orangebikelabs.com/trac/orangesqueeze/ticket/137 In short, downloading a single track correctly initiates transcoding on my server (grabbing the URL from

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-02-13 Thread Tony T
spozate900 wrote: It's not working for me. It still says down for maintenance. Firmware update not out yet, should be soon. You'll see a message to update the software/firmware when it's ready. Tony #63743; SBTouch #9834; SBRadio #9836;

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-02-13 Thread spozate900
Tony T wrote: Firmware update not out yet, should be soon. You'll see a message to update the software/firmware when it's ready. Ok. Thanks Tony for the update. spozate900's Profile:

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

2014-02-13 Thread jimbobvfr400
Personally I also use Orange Squeeze Preview too and haven't manually started squeezeplayer for ages. In OSP just goto the player screen and click the option to start squeezeplayer. Note this is only the player menu available from the left swipe main menu, then option to start SP doesn't appear

Re: [slim] Google Chromecast

2014-02-13 Thread DBCooper
Found one answer to that question. Bought this: 15600 That adapter's ten bucks on eBay. Has an HDMI in, to plug in the Chromecast device, then use that audio out to achieve the equivalent of a Squeezebox device, for line level music input. Plug that audio into a little $20 Lepai 2020+ amp

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread Mnyb
Pay some attention to which AP your squeezebox actually is connected to ,they are not known to have a very good roaming function , especially the controller you may have to force it to reconnect sometimes . Main hifi: Touch +

Re: [slim] stream from android tablet?

2014-02-13 Thread T-bird
I have done it with DLNA and others to http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?100503-LMS-7-7-2-QNAP-und-DLNAp=764431viewfull=1#post764431 1 x Touch 1 x Radio LMS 7.8 running on QNAP 219P Squeeze Commander Squeeze Player Phone: HTC Desire HD

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

2014-02-13 Thread Mark Miksis
jimbobvfr400 wrote: In OSP just goto the player screen and click the option to start squeezeplayer. Thanks for the suggestion - I'll try doing it that way. Mark Miksis's Profile:

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread pbroughton
Thanks for the added info. I will be trying 1,6, 11 in lieu of 6 on each. I'll use Wifi Analytics to document any changes room by room to satisfy my own curiosity. thanks again. phb (3.5 Booms, 2 SB3, 1 Rec'vr, 2 Controllers, Touch, 2 Radios (1UE), iPeng UE: itouch iPad, Squeezepad, 2

Re: [slim] Google Chromecast

2014-02-13 Thread Labarum
Thanks. I have found that HDMI-VGA adaptor on Ebay UK. Am I right that it will require a power supply. Some of the other adaptors show a power cable terminating in a USB plug, Have I got this right? The HDMI cable carries no analogue audio, so the adaptor must have an on board DAC. Have you

Re: [slim] Extended wifi network - use same channel ?

2014-02-13 Thread Mnyb
pbroughton wrote: Thanks for the added info. I will be trying 1,6, 11 in lieu of 6 on each. I'll use Wifi Analytics to document any changes room by room to satisfy my own curiosity. thanks again. Edit: HELP!! I am using the Securifi Almond Router set up as a Range

Re: [slim] Rhapsody crashing Squeezeplay devices?

2014-02-13 Thread Michael Herger
Firmware update not out yet, should be soon. You'll see a message to update the software/firmware when it's ready. Here's another update. As I mentioned earlier this week we do have firmware with a fix for the Rhapsody/Napster issue. Unfortunately it turned out that this came at unexpected