Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter slow?

/showthread.php?t=44696 -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter Holding System Memory Problem

If yours is a Windows system, have a look at the info here and check that it is not the cause of your performance problems http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44696 -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Choose audio output, Transporter.

AFAIK all outputs are active at once. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] How to use iTune as a slim player ?

Ahhh, have a look at your file types options. You may find that the AACs are being transcoded to flac, which iTunes cannot handle. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Transporter Remote

I bought my TP in UK, and it definitely has a backlit remote. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782

Re: [slim] New site design

Nice and quiet in the forums since the new skin broke IE6. Came to work today, couldn't get in, until I correctly guessed the URL for the forums. Sitting in favourites now :))) Problem: same as others have reported, no drop down menus. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi

Re: [slim] Poll: Which user category do you belong to ?

, and despite the fact that I'm beginning to get a tad frustrated with my current tagging, I firmly put myself in the audiophile category. Mind you if you want to sub-categorise audiophile, then I'm a tweak-geek lol. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

Just signed up, with the same username as here. Not quite sure how it works yet, but I'm sure I'll see soon enough. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

to an upside down question mark. I can't help thinking this must have something to do with it. Unfortunately I didn't have time to see if I could see the track via the other SC. Anybody else had any issues with upside down question marks in file names? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

guess I'm going to have to go through all 8,000 tracks I have with explorer trying to find and rename the 200 odd tracks that I am missing. Bummer! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

the desktop agrees with mediamonkey, so I think (hope!) all the tracks are there. Maybe I need to see if I have extra code pages addd to one or other of the machines. That's possible as the missus often adds code page 1210. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

Blimey, am I the only person left who still listens to whole albums? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Who are you on LastFM?

Old habits die hard I guess, plus I'm a vinyl man at heart. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

well removing all the upside down question marks found me an extra 130 tracks, but I'm still 140 tracks shy of the expected total. I wonder if there's some other non-standard characters this lappy can't read. What a pain in the . -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

Well, I realised I had nothing at all by Björk, so that was a giveaway. Bizarre considering the machine has German windows and the appropriate characters on the keyboard. I've removed äëöü from all file and folder names now, just re-scanning to see how I get on. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers

Re: [slim] Riddle me this - differing scan results

machine can read these and the other not, as both have German Windows, fully up to date, using the same release ZSan drivers to access the NAS. At least I know what to look out for when I rip in future. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Cannot Scan

as I can see. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] So... are we going to see a new Squeezebox at CES?

There's no two ways about it, I'm going to have to rush out and buy a Jive once it gets on the UK market. (Pre-sold) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's

Re: [slim] Any word of SB4?

I suspect Zten is secretly hankering after an AppleTV :) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View

Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here

The controller on its own is flipping expensive. The duet deal seems a much better bet, assuming you want another SB. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's

Re: [slim] SB4: The 'Duet' is here

Of course the bummer for us QNAP users, and other NASes, is that SS7 is required. So I hope suitable upgrade modules will be appearing soon (Progressive please). -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] squeezebox personal

IMO properly enabling the headphone socket is a priority. At a stroke this would make the controller a much better buy, and the duet package a bargain. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] squeezebox personal

Oh well, back to my iPod then I guess -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

the rest of us in Europe might be out in the cold! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

Oooh! How about a displayless TP then? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

, and that in the intervening time more functionality may become available for the controller. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] BBC article: Copying CDs could be made legal

!!! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41922

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

and their products to suceed. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Receiver with no display - why?

Lately I've been having a problem with the now playing display on my turntable. It seems that after all these years my eyes are struggling to focus on text that rotates through 360° every 2 seconds. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

willyhoops;258329 Wrote: microsoft software skills Oxymoron... -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Rumor: Microsoft to buy Logitech?!

Apple have a media streamer - it's called Apple TV, I have one and it's surprisingly good if you don't use the analogue outs. Pain in the bum for watching your own videos though... -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Is the SB3 different in any way since the Logitech acquisition?

If microsoap take over you'll get the cart first. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

advancedmp3players.co.uk are showing the duet as being expected on 31st January -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Squeezebox review: Laptop Logic

Nice review, not one mention of how it actually sounds. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782

Re: [slim] Squeezebox review: Laptop Logic

Aha, got fooled by the site not following de facto standards about multi page articles (i.e. page 1 2 3 ...) and didn't click next, assuming that would be the next article. Oh well, I take back what I said about no mention of how it sounds. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts

[slim] New FW, old SS questions

? Will I be constantly be requested/required to downgrade the FW? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] New FW, old SS questions

I might give it a go then, see how I get on. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread

Re: [slim] How should I set this up?

it to the router. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Media Server?

Hi, On the QNAP you need to use port 9001 and not 9000. This is a small change required for the QNAP, because as you have seen the pre-installed media server already uses 9000. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] DAC quality...SBR vs. USB-DAC vs. Apple TV

-point, but I wouldn't want it in a music only system. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View

Re: [slim] twonky Media?

running. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Media Server?

I suppose it depends on whether you are using the progressive distro or not. Here is the web page about SS on the QNAP http://www.progressiveav.com/ts109install/ -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

[slim] Looks like Blu-Ray has won

understand it.. Oh dear. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Looks like Blu-Ray has won

-res download opportunities. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] twonky Media?

the machine to see if SS starts, and to see what port it is using. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] twonky Media?

We have two threads going on this problem, and it is getting confusing. Can we stop this thread and continue with the one in 3rd Party Hardware please. If someone could merge the threads, that would be a bonus. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy

Re: [slim] When is SqueezeCenter 7 formally released?

SC7 is not currently available for the QNAP. The good news is that QNAP are intending to make SC7 part of the firmware (like Twonky), but I don't know of a release date yet. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] When is SqueezeCenter 7 formally released?

Have a look at what QNAPAndy wrote on the QNAP forum here: http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=24t=1197st=0sk=tsd=astart=15 -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956

Re: [slim] unprotecting itunes songs - 3rd party software?

But of course Amazon is North America only -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread

Re: [slim] how to set a 2 digit ip on duet - connect to a readynas slimserver

you can enter 192.168.010.001 -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] how to set a 2 digit ip on duet - connect to a readynas slimserver

Sorry, I'm not sure, as I don't have a Duet, but I'm sure someone else will help shortly. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Occasional Garbled Static on Apple Lossless

, with 44.1, 48, 96 sample rates and it will happily pack them into ALAC. (It may do other sample rates and bit depths, these are the ones I have tried) -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

Try Maplins -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] An idea !

A forum for requests for help maybe? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Poll: Best Transporter color

: Transporter: Silver or Black? - Silver - sexy retro chic! - Black - always a classic! Whatever happened to that old Japanese hifi stalwart: Champagne? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps

Re: [slim] logitech support issues

). Mine was bought through advancedmp3players, who I believe source from Progressive. Maybe they are different to Logitech (Europe) sourced ones. Odd! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug

! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug

and washers from drawing emourmous current, by upping the voltage. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug

in the way Sean described would have a benefit. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Network Test: Wireless vs. Homeplug

In most UK houses you will be fine with homeplugs anywhere in the house, bacause all the ring mains are joined at the consumer unit. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Powerline network question.

operate. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] WAV or FLAC ?

, and as such you need have no worry that it will become unavailable in the future. Therefore in conclusion, the best way to go is to store your music in FLAC. The bonus is, you will use half the disc space. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping

In fact if we do have a space below the ground floor, it is more likely to be a cellar rather than a usable basement (or lower ground floor in posh speak). -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Voltage monitor in Transporter - Accurate ???

is the nominal voltage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity for the whole article. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Storing CDs after Ripping

El_Thicko;325881 Wrote: And if we're -really- posh, we're likely to keep some nice bottles of wine in that cold, damp cellar (or lower ground floor). Hah! If only... :) Not some Newky Brown? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

[slim] Low level buzz from Transporter

, as it affects all inputs, and is not volume related. Right now I'm pulling the mains chord when using vinyl, but that's hardly ideal. Ideas anyone? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] Low level buzz from Transporter

As I say, as it's not volume depndent I don't imagine it's a ground loop, but I happen to have such a plug so I can give it a go tomorrow. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more

Re: [slim] please help to solve my SB-3 homeplug problem

Maybe a dumb question, but have you tried swapping the homeplugs to make sure you don't have a faulty unit? -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http

Re: [slim] please help to solve my SB-3 homeplug problem

Oops missed the tiny bit where he said he'd swapped home plugs Congrats on the new arrival - lack of sleep and tetchiness are of course part of the package... -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more