Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread Michael Herger
I'm aware of that. I ran LMS on a super slow Dual Pentium just fine, but even that had 8GB. I can't imagine what that PC would have been like on 4. If the OP wants a faster LMS, I think a faster PC would be the first approach. Just for the records: I'm running my LMS on a 4 years old Atom based

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread Fizbin
I'm aware of that. I ran LMS on a super slow Dual Pentium just fine, but even that had 8GB. I can't imagine what that PC would have been like on 4. If the OP wants a faster LMS, I think a faster PC would be the first approach. LMS on my i5 is faster...not a by a mile but it's faster.

Re: [slim] Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

2016-10-13 Thread SlimChances
garym wrote: > My (cool) junior high teacher allowed us to pick a song if we wanted to > as our "discuss a poem" class assignment. Must have been 1968 or 1969. I > chose to bring my Jimi Hendrix record "Electric Ladyland" and play "All > along the watchtower" and then discuss the lyrics as

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread reinholdk
You can check for CPU and I/O issues with perfmon.exe, for example. Fizbin wrote: > I suggest saving your pennies for an Intel i7...or at least an i5. And > make sure it has a minimum 8GB Ram. You can barely run Windows on 4GB. Running Windows on 4GB is not a problem per se. Depends on the

[slim] Force a Squeezebox to play a sound file immediately?

2016-10-13 Thread maf
Hi, is it possible to have a Squeezebox play a sound file right away, regardless of its current state? I would like to use my Squeezeboxes (Radio, Duet) to notify me if an error condition occurs on my home server. I'm running a local LMS if that helps. Thanks in advance, maf

Re: [slim] Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

2016-10-13 Thread garym
SlimChances wrote: > never really thought of song writing as Literature but kudos to Bob My (cool) junior high teacher allowed us to pick a song if we wanted to as our "discuss a poem" class assignment. Must have been 1968 or 1969. I chose to bring my Jimi Hendrix record "Electric Ladyland"

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread mandryka
mherger wrote: > >> Probably a perfectly good system for Vortexbox ! But I suspect the > >> external HD is one of the issues. USB 1.0. > > > > What can I do about that apart from getting a PC with 3TB hard drive? > > Figure out what the real bottleneck is. USB _might_ be one. But if the >

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread mandryka
d6jg wrote: > Probably a perfectly good system for Vortexbox ! But I suspect the > external HD is one of the issues. USB 1.0. What can I do about that apart from getting a PC with 3TB hard drive? mandryka's Profile:

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread Michael Herger
Probably a perfectly good system for Vortexbox ! But I suspect the external HD is one of the issues. USB 1.0. What can I do about that apart from getting a PC with 3TB hard drive? Figure out what the real bottleneck is. USB _might_ be one. But if the cache is stored on the main disk, then I

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox player (not controller) for Windows 10

2016-10-13 Thread d6jg
bernt wrote: > Squeezelite as player. > https://code.google.com/archive/p/squeezelite/downloads > > Hide the command windows and autostart. > http://www.ntwind.com/software/hstart.html > > Controller. > https://www.microsoft.com/sv-se/store/p/soundicity/9nblggh0g0hf Those are all deprecated!

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox player (not controller) for Windows 10

2016-10-13 Thread bernt
Squeezelite as player. https://code.google.com/archive/p/squeezelite/downloads Hide the command windows and autostart. http://www.ntwind.com/software/hstart.html Controller. https://www.microsoft.com/sv-se/store/p/soundicity/9nblggh0g0hf SB Touch to Yamaha A-S501, Boston Acoustics A26. SB 3

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox player (not controller) for Windows 10

2016-10-13 Thread Mike Sargent
The foobar2000 Mobile app works, but it's also limited to stereo. If you select a surround (5.1) track, it briefly puts up a message box complaining about 6 channel audio. Mike Mike Sargent's Profile:

Re: [slim] Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

2016-10-13 Thread SlimChances
never really thought of song writing as Literature but kudos to Bob Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1472937447 @ Tue Sep 6 04:19:01 UTC 2016 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8Platform Architecture: x86_64-linux Perl Version: 5.22.1 -

[slim] Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

2016-10-13 Thread garym
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/music/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature.html?hp=click=Homepage=story-heading=second-column-region=top-news=top-news&_r=0 *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch >

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread d6jg
Mnyb wrote: > What kind of plugins ? Even dinosaur hardware runs in a couple of > minutes IME ? > > But maybe not with some versions of Erlands plugins , they do some > database stuff that takes time . > Some of,his plugins are known to drag out startup . > > Run the server without plugins and

Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

2016-10-13 Thread Mnyb
What kind of plugins ? Even dinosaur hardware runs in a couple of minutes IME ? But maybe not with some versions of Erlands plugins , they do some database stuff that takes time . Some of,his plugins are known to drag out startup . Run the server without plugins and then add them one at the