Re: [slim] Satellite radio?

2008-11-28 Thread Ron Olsen
I'm listening to XM Radio Online on my Squeezebox Duet (using Squeezecenter 7.2.1) right now, using this plugin: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=353392postcount=56 -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Satellite radio?

2008-11-28 Thread Ron Olsen
Now that XM and Sirius have merged, it would be great if Logitech could provide official support for XM Radio. This would eliminate the need to use Favorites to access XM Radio stations on the Squeezebox Controller. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Satellite radio?

2008-11-29 Thread Ron Olsen
Squeezecenter) and on XM Satellite radio in my car. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55676

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.3 *FIRST IMPRESSIONS THREAD*

2008-12-12 Thread Ron Olsen
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[slim] Make Search Always Visible in Web Interface

2007-01-03 Thread Ron Olsen
to the Home page and then click on Search to get the Search box to show. See http://www.mountainproject.com for an example of an always-visible Search capability. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Make Search Always Visible in Web Interface

2007-01-05 Thread Ron Olsen
should always be available in the Default skin, not just Fishbone. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31239

[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo

2007-01-19 Thread Ron Olsen
: SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Linux - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.0.6 Perl Version: 5.8.8 i686-linux MySQL Version: 5.0.21-standard Good luck in solving your problem! -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo

2007-01-19 Thread Ron Olsen
in the correct location. Frankly, I don't think there's anything wrong with 6.5.1, nor the Gentoo ebuild for it. There is something specific to your installation that's causing the problem. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile

[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo

2007-01-19 Thread Ron Olsen
/slimserver.prefs has your desired options, and you have the desired third-party plugins in /opt/slimserver/Plugins. Then do service slimserver start as root. This should work. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Help! 6.5.1 Kills Fully Working Server Install on Gentoo

2007-01-19 Thread Ron Olsen
Did you try what I suggested? It's not a bug; it's something specific to your install. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Need User Data to Diagnose GUI Stall Problem

2007-01-30 Thread Ron Olsen
. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32238 ___ discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Network Setup Help

2007-01-30 Thread Ron Olsen
to get SlimServer/Transporter working on my Windows 2000 system. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32279

Re: [slim] Need User Data to Diagnose GUI Stall Problem

2007-01-31 Thread Ron Olsen
identified the source of the problem. With the weather plugin disabled, are you still having perfomance issues? -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-01-31 Thread Ron Olsen
Are you sure the MusicIP Server is running? Point your browser to http://localhost:10002/; you should get the MusicIP Server page. If you don't get anything at this URL, then you need to restart the MusicIP Server so it can communicate with SlimServer. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-01 Thread Ron Olsen
Try stopping and restarting SlimServer. Sometimes that helps get in into sync with MusicIP Server. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-01 Thread Ron Olsen
good, try stopping and restarting SlimServer. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32299

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-01 Thread Ron Olsen
of the MusicIP http://localhost:10002|10040 page to make sure the connection is OK. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Is It Possible To Get AOL-XM Radio Stations?

2007-02-08 Thread Ron Olsen
Use the XM Radio plugin, available here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29867 This gives you access to all the XM Radio Online stations, including AOL Radio, via SlimServer and Squeezebox. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-12 Thread Ron Olsen
version 62. My upgrade was from 7.1; I had previously upgraded to 7.0. Perhaps those who are experiencing problems are upgrading from 6.5 to 7.2, without having previously upgraded to 7.0 or 7.1? -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's

Re: [slim] Why upgrade slimserver? Serious question...

2007-02-16 Thread Ron Olsen
For the changes in the nightly builds: http://svn.slimdevices.com/*checkout*/branches/6.5/server/Changelog6.html -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread

Re: [slim] Speaker wires identical length?

2007-03-02 Thread Ron Olsen
/back_issues/The_Audio_Critic_16_r.pdf for interesting discussions of the factors involved in choosing the right speaker wire. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View

Re: [slim] Speaker wires identical length?

2007-03-03 Thread Ron Olsen
lengths vs. wire gauge and speaker impedance. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33218

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

2007-03-04 Thread Ron Olsen
jfo;185321 Wrote: How does one do this?? I can't seem to find this in the admin tool. Go to your SlimServer installation folder, and edit MySQL/my.tt with your favorite text editor. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

2007-03-05 Thread Ron Olsen
into standby mode if it's not used for a while. If you have a Windows machine, and you leave it on 24x7 and connected to the Internet, make sure you have a good firewall program. See http://kb.iu.edu/data/adls.html for details. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

2007-03-05 Thread Ron Olsen
($1,200 monthly electric bill). See http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/al_gore_energy.htm Please get your facts straight before you besmirch the reputation of our beloved ecological leader! :-) :-) :-) -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

2007-03-05 Thread Ron Olsen
debug flags (d_control, and perhaps others) via Server Settings-Debugging, and post the output when your problems occur. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

2007-03-05 Thread Ron Olsen
you want to hear, but that's how it works. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33324

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

2007-03-06 Thread Ron Olsen
now or are you just being a Troll? -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33324

Re: [slim] play albums in order a to z

2007-03-09 Thread Ron Olsen
Using the SlimServer web interface, go to Browse by Albums. Select play all songs. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Whither the Duet?

2009-09-24 Thread Ron Olsen
through twice to see it. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68270

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.0 what else does it need?

2009-12-18 Thread Ron Olsen
, or b) retry the rip with different options (i.e. less paranoia checking) Overall, I really like the VortexBox; these changes would make it even better. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] VortexBox 1.0 what else does it need?

2009-12-18 Thread Ron Olsen
tracks ripped with reduced error checking to see if I can hear any glitches; most times I cannot. If you don't want to include these capabilities in the VortexBox ripper, perhaps you can include crip (packaged as an rpm) in the 1.0 release. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.1 released

2010-02-02 Thread Ron Olsen
mirroring process. I think it would be better to scale the images to 300x300 or 200x200 before inserting them into the mp3 files. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.1 released

2010-02-03 Thread Ron Olsen
of artwork files much larger than 30k that I wouldn't wanted to be embedded. Let iTunes find missing cover art in a more reasonable size. Another alternative: allow an option to specify maximum size of embedded artwork (say 30k). Scale down artwork that's larger than the limit. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

2010-02-10 Thread Ron Olsen
in separate artist directories: artist1 album1 album2 ... artist2 album1 album2 ... This is what I do on my VortexBox Appliance. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

2010-02-10 Thread Ron Olsen
the directories where the encoded music files are placed. These databases do not have ARTISTSORT information. So the answer to your question is NO. The ripping/encoding/tagging program used by VortexBox is ripit. You can find more information at http://www.suwald.com/ripit/news.php -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

2010-02-11 Thread Ron Olsen
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Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

2010-02-11 Thread Ron Olsen
to retain this setup. It sounds like this is possible with a few minor patches to some tools. You'll need Perl programming skills to do this. You could also contact the ripit developer: ripit at suwald dot com and request this enhancement. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] ground-loop hum or bad transporter?

2010-02-24 Thread Ron Olsen
I had a hum problem with my Transporter and it turned out to be caused by the TV cable. I installed an isolation transformer on the TV cable and the hum went away. See http://www.audioholics.com/tweaks/connecting-your-system/ground-loops-eliminating-system-hum-and-buzz for details. -- Ron

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.2 released

2010-03-12 Thread Ron Olsen
: ifconfig -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76082

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.2 released

2010-03-13 Thread Ron Olsen
VortexBox 1.2 is looking for the IP address on the eth0 interface. Changes will be needed to have it look at eth1 as well. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.2 released

2010-03-16 Thread Ron Olsen
Ron Olsen Wrote: VortexBox 1.2 is looking for the IP address on the eth0 interface. Changes will be needed to have it look at eth1 as well. pski;524928 Wrote: It's no big issue. So long as I'm using the webUI of SBS, everything's Archie. I also have machines that are on eth1 because I

Re: [slim] Announce: VortexBox 1.2 released

2010-03-16 Thread Ron Olsen
.html for details. Disclaimer: I don't have an Acer Revo and haven't tried this myself. But I think it should work. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread

Re: [slim] Another Catastrophic SB Failure

2010-04-03 Thread Ron Olsen
way, but this seems to (ultimately) work for me. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76770

Re: [slim] What else does VortexBox need?

2010-04-06 Thread Ron Olsen
on their website. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76870 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] What else does VortexBox need?

2010-04-06 Thread Ron Olsen
other people's rips of the same CD. It doesn't run on Linux...end of story. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] How Do You Control Your Squeezebox(es)?

2010-04-12 Thread Ron Olsen
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Re: [slim] connectivity issues with 7.5, possible solution

2010-04-17 Thread Ron Olsen
Station Timeout values as you suggested and installed the latest SBS 7.5.1 nightly (r30657). Rhapsody, Pandora, last.fm, and Sirius now seem to be playing fine. Thanks for the tip! -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http

Re: [slim] A Ripping Conundrum

2010-04-28 Thread Ron Olsen
Another option is to install Wine on your Mac; see http://davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/ for details. You should then be able to run dBpoweramp and mp3tag under Wine on your Mac. Google wine Mac for other articles on how to do this. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-05-19 Thread Ron Olsen
High-quality artwork (500x500 or larger) looks great on iPeng (2x mode) on the iPad. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Receiver not connecting

2010-06-16 Thread Ron Olsen
against the r8837 controller firmware if one does not already exist. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 7.5.1. now Duet Controller can't connect

2010-06-19 Thread Ron Olsen
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16303 Fix may be out on Monday. Until then, downgrading to SBS 7.5.0 should fix the problem. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-07-27 Thread Ron Olsen
that the action has completed. Keep up the great work! -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-07-28 Thread Ron Olsen
test myself and need your help ! When I bring up the context menu for a Rhapsody album on the Duet Controller, the first four menu items are: Add to End Play Next Play Save to Favorites These same four menu items appear in iPeng as well. But they do not appear in SqueezePad. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-08-05 Thread Ron Olsen
greatly improve the ergonomics of SqueezePad. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2010-08-06 Thread Ron Olsen
still think a Home icon would be a good idea. There is screen real estate available for one. A feature as necessary as this should have an icon and not an inobvious long tap gesture, in my opinion. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's

Re: [slim] iPeng on iPad - How should it look like?

2010-09-18 Thread Ron Olsen
. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74581 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Rhapsody Bug Fix Coming in Next ip3k Firmware

2010-12-07 Thread Ron Olsen
, Boom, Duet Receiver, SB 2/3). In some cases this will happen automatically. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Recommended Squeezebox controller app for iPad?

2010-12-12 Thread Ron Olsen
right now. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83828 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2010-12-22 Thread Ron Olsen
: This player does not support Rhapsody. A Squeezebox2 or higher is required. I realize that this is a Rhapsody limitation, and nothing can be done to change it. Still, well worth the upgrade price. Thanks for all the hard work to make this happen. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2010-12-23 Thread Ron Olsen
attempts on Windows/XP). When that completes, I'll report my test results on the App Store. I'd be happy to help test Rhapsody; sent you an email. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback arrives on iPad: SqueezePad 1.7.0 released

2010-12-23 Thread Ron Olsen
. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84100 ___ discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Tablet PCs

2010-12-30 Thread Ron Olsen
In my opinion, the best tablet to be released in 2011 will be the iPad 2. Apple is still ahead of the field in this market. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View

Re: [slim] Boom playing commercials on Pandora

2011-01-30 Thread Ron Olsen
pippin;606849 Wrote: I'm getting ads with a strange computer voice, saying This is a pandora beta test ad or something like that. :) Started getting those yesterday, and today I got a real ad (lasted about 15 seconds). The free lunch is over... -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Rhapsody skips only when synced

2011-04-02 Thread Ron Olsen
Upgrade to SBS 7.5.2 or 7.5.3 and see if that helps. According to the SBS Changelog, firmware fixes in SBS 7.5.2 addressed Rhapsody issues in bug #16667: http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.5/trunk/server/Changelog7.html -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] What's your favorite device for remotely controlling your Squeezebox?

2011-04-07 Thread Ron Olsen
In preferred order: 1. SqueezePad on iPad. 2. iPengHD on iPad (to sync players or enter trackstat song ratings -- features not yet provided by SqueezePad). 3. iPeng on iPhone or iPod Touch. 4. Duet Controller. 5. SBS web interface. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2011-05-30 Thread Ron Olsen
Another vote for having Shuffle and Repeat on the player control screen. There is plenty of screen real estate to add these two buttons without a cluttered appearance. Going to the Settings menu works, but it's not as convenient. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Sirius App causes reboots on Radio/Touch

2011-06-10 Thread Ron Olsen
It's not our problem isn't the way a customer-oriented company should respond to problems like this. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2011-06-18 Thread Ron Olsen
. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Vortexbox + iPeng + Duet freezes between songs

2011-06-18 Thread Ron Olsen
or the iPeng player. See http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki-index.php?page=Squeezeslave for info on how to use Squeezeslave on VortexBox. The problem is not with your Duet, it's with your attempt to sync it with a software player. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] You are not authorized=Sirius You are logged in in another location=Slacker

2011-06-29 Thread Ron Olsen
See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=637411postcount=174 for a workaround that eliminates the you are no longer authorized to listen errors. You have to replace the Sirius ProtocolHandler.pm with the version given in the above post. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Ran out of decoder data memory

2011-07-12 Thread Ron Olsen
andyg;640348 Wrote: You need to update to 7.5.5. http://forums.slimdevices.com/announcement.php?f=27 Unfortunately, the Logitech rpm for SBS 7.5.5 does not work on Fedora 14. See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88741 for details. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Problem: Cannot resolve IP address

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
Sometimes, the can't resolve IP address problem is due to Squeezebox Server starting before the network connection has come up. Restarting SBS after the network is up fixes this issue. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
a new bug for your Linux distro if you feel it is warranted. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88877

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxserver on Linux broken

2011-07-19 Thread Ron Olsen
systems as well. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88877

Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-22 Thread Ron Olsen
working. Truly inexcusable performance from a major company like Logitech. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Why do you continue to use your Squeezebox ?

2011-07-22 Thread Ron Olsen
to a screw up in the CPAN libraries that has since been fixed. Many other Linux platforms were similarly affected. Count yourself lucky that SBS 7.5.4 and 7.5.5 worked for you with no problems. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile

Re: [slim] Which amp for a squeezebox?

2011-08-01 Thread Ron Olsen
/prodinfo.asp?number=PAHA23 Beautiful amp with excellent performance. Whatever amp you get, make sure it has enough power to drive your speakers. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Fix (for now) for CBS streaming changes

2011-08-24 Thread Ron Olsen
You can also use these URLs on the SBS web page Tune in URL without logging in to mysqueezebox.com. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Fix (for now) for CBS streaming changes

2011-08-24 Thread Ron Olsen
will show up at the bottom of the Favorites list. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89876

Re: [slim] Fix (for now) for CBS streaming changes

2011-08-24 Thread Ron Olsen
is for those using a computer running SBS. Either method will work. I don't think anything more has to be added to these instructions. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233

Re: [slim] Logitech and the IT Crowd

2011-09-01 Thread Ron Olsen
A power cycle is the first step to troubleshoot any problem with computer or networking gear. That help desk advice is certainly appropriate. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-02 Thread Ron Olsen
If you want faster scanning performance, install a 2 TB SATA drive in your VB and use it for your music library instead of a NFS network drive. SBS 7.6.1 works very well on my VortexBox Appliance with this setup. Scanning times are significantly faster than with SBS 7.5.x. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-03 Thread Ron Olsen
, if not a cover.jpg in each album directory? Which artwork of yours is causing trouble? -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] new features on iPad: SqueezePad 1.8.0 hits the store!

2011-09-04 Thread Ron Olsen
and the same actions do not cause a crash — the context menu is shown. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89562

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] new features on iPad: SqueezePad 1.8.0 hits the store!

2011-09-04 Thread Ron Olsen
not use this feature for other reasons. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89562

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-09 Thread Ron Olsen
If I were facing your problem, I would delete ALL embedded artwork in ALL music files in my SBS library, and just use a cover.jpg file in each album directory. Then do a clear library and rescan everything. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-10 Thread Ron Olsen
pski;656893 Wrote: Remove all embedded artwork. OK. How? It's easier said than done ! P Found this by Googling mp3tag remove embedded artwork action: http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=4043 -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-11 Thread Ron Olsen
want to remove embedded cover art. 2. Select all files. 3. Right click on the cover art box. 4. Select Remove Cover. 5. Click Save. Embedded cover art is removed from all selected files. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-13 Thread Ron Olsen
the mp3 mirror embed the cover.jpg in each mp3 file, however. I then add these mp3s to my iTunes library (running on a Mac). So while there is no need to have cover art embedded in files managed by SBS, there certainly is reason to embed art in files managed by iTunes. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-14 Thread Ron Olsen
is to fix the scanning problem, not to identify the files that cause problems. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-16 Thread Ron Olsen
. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90111 ___ discuss mailing

Re: [slim] VortexBox 7.6.1 FAST! (sort-of)

2011-09-17 Thread Ron Olsen
to ensure proper handling of art by SBS 7.6.1 is to remove all embedded art work and use cover.jpg in the album directory. This conclusion likely holds for all versions of SBS in the 7.x series as well. -- Ron Olsen Ron

Re: [slim] System keeps rescanning and I have to abort to use

2011-09-25 Thread Ron Olsen
travitz;659613 Wrote: My system keeps trying to recan over and over since the last update and i have to go to computer and abort three or four times a day how do i make this stop? Try a Clear library and rescan everything. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.0 released

2011-09-25 Thread Ron Olsen
, which calls amixer to set mixer levels to 100 on all channels when squeezeslave is started via service squeezeslave start. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2011-10-01 Thread Ron Olsen
Tap the Gear icon on the lower right, and change Playlist modification mode to be what you want. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

2011-10-01 Thread Ron Olsen
Long tap the song you want to add; not short tap. Then select Add to End or Play Next. The song will be added, not the entire album. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233

Re: [slim] iTunes (Win)/ iPad2 question

2011-10-22 Thread Ron Olsen
The Apple Remote app (running on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch) can only be used to control an Apple TV, with iTunes as the server. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233

Re: [slim] iTunes (Win)/ iPad2 question

2011-10-23 Thread Ron Olsen
yannyb;664930 Wrote: Unless its changed recently this isn't the case. I used to control my iTunes playback on my mac mini with thec remote app on iPhone... This is correct. Sorry for the error in my previous post. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] iTunes (Win)/ iPad2 question

2011-10-23 Thread Ron Olsen
pski;665039 Wrote: Thanks y'all, Oh, I have to ask: Does Apple Remote on the Ipad2 look like the iTunes interface? (I am so hoping.)(I am so hoping it can be configured.) Yes. -- Ron Olsen Ron Olsen's Profile: http

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