Re: [slim] BBC online radio fiasco - comments, news, moans, campaigns

2015-05-23 Thread drmatt
Seems likely they should be able to cope with providing keys that will be used this way - distributed to many users. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Boom and Radio...what could have been...

2016-06-10 Thread drmatt
It did mention sync. But otherwise I'd rather trawl ebay for used sqb.. the only additional thing I'd like there is a Bluetooth audio- like capability to throw audio from my mobile device. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Boom and Radio...what could have been...

2016-06-09 Thread drmatt
"Retro" design nonsense. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105726 ___

Re: [slim] if you could voice-enable squeeze boxen...

2016-06-01 Thread drmatt
mherger wrote: > > data that's available. it's actually better in the car for the most > > part, at least those systems that relay on Nuance AVR. > > How do you know which system they're using? And what is "Nuance AVR" > anyway? Google doesn't really show up anything interesting... And would

Re: [slim] Music Backup in the Cloud

2016-06-01 Thread drmatt
atrocity wrote: > What I've learned so far about the Amazon Cloud Windows client: > > (5 silly things)... Sounds like a beta version... drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this

Re: [slim] ReplayGain test files

2016-06-17 Thread drmatt
DanielF wrote: > ... encoded them to FLAC with ReplayGain. > Out of interest, what encoder did you use to calculate the replaygain? drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Meanwhile, still would like to find out how to find a live value of the in-use bitrate on the spdif outputs.. Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Obviously I can. A lot of what makes up good sound quality as an > objective criteria can be quantified and measured, and subjective > preferences can also be measured (in the meaning of "assignment of a > number to a characteristic of an object or event, which can be compared >

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
My ears. Haha. YMMV. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105484 ___

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > It should be noted that there are no real 24 bit audio anywhere ( except > some electronica ) both ADC and DAC is practically limited to about 21 > bit in practice a squeezebox touch analog out would be aproxmately 17 > bits . Indeed, I'm told my DAC manages about 18 bit of clear

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > But the point is when there is no difference a human could hear ? then > taste does not come into to it at all . We are there with most digital > sources of reasonable quality . > > Most "issues" these days are of such smal influence that human bias are > magnitudes bigger . > >

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Rather unlikely. I would suspect your DAC getting into some funky mode, > and resynchronizing when you unplug and replug the cable. Also possible. Annoying if so cos trust me I do not have a spare..

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > You keep making claims without any factual support. We don't know that > we can't measure to tell the difference between the type of sound you > prefer and the type I prefer until we try. It might be possible that our > preferences differ based on easily measurable parameters. How

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Indeed. Factual accuracy is a true sign of pedantry. Everything you said was obvious and not "news" to anyone. You still can't measure to tell the difference between the type of sound I prefer and the type you prefer.

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-27 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > As it should be in any decently designed DAC - if your DAC is sensitive > to source, there is something wrong. My point exactly. Bits is bits, so if it isn't awesome, something is wrong. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-27 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > That's weird ? Assuming you have a normally very quit DAC ? Much gain in > the system ? It's not particularly quiet no, and the gain on the DAC through the pre-amp is very high which makes this worse. Result is noise level is relatively obvious if it steps up a few dB (such as

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > So worth trying to isolate the issue. Next time your system goes into > the weird mode, try turning the DAC on and off to see if it fixes the > problem. Pretty sure I have power cycled the amp during this phase before and it didn't snap out of it but yes this is obviously one to

Re: [slim] Remote Access to LMS Options

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Corporate VPN solutions very much frown upon allowing local access to anything, even if you have local admin in windows (so much stuff is policy driven) so the only real option is to password protect and open up your lms to the Internet. Seems crazy to have to send traffic to the office to come

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-24 Thread drmatt
Fwiw (warning: not measured, for those that care) I have the impression that the background noise level is noticeably higher when the issue is happening... Gonna swap the SBT.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Always disable replaygain when doing critical listening as it's done in the digital domain and adds aliasing at the LSB. Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > Squeezeboxes always put out 24bit data 16 bit material is paddel with > 8bits and then the volume control is made in 24bit it's not dithered but > the steps are cleverly chosen so and truncation happens at rely low > volumes where the volume is low :) so you practically don't hear

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Fair enough, but not something I would advice other people to -always- > do. My view really is that disabling RG and setting fixed 100% vol will never hurt the quality and it /can/ degrade it. So I figured it was a fair punt!

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Well, in my case I have an external DAC so I want the original bits off the CD sent to it at 44k/16b. The volume and replaygain are applied within this precision and are audible. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Well I have a 16 bit DAC with an analogue pre-amp and volume control after it. The DAC is 24 bit capable though. Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
It's a 24b/96k DAC. Have to admit I assumed the SB was sending 16 bits because the source is a 16 bit flac.. Maybe that's not true. I am however certain that using the digital volume or replaygain on the SB results in poorer, not just quieter, sound...

Re: [slim] Confirmation of bitrate?

2016-04-23 Thread drmatt
Julf wrote: > Disabling RG will not hurt quality, but you lose the RG functionality, > so there should be a somewhat better reason that "it won't hurt". As to > volume control, digital volume control can often be much better than > analog, so setting fixed 100% vol is actually harmful to sound

Re: [slim] Still using 7.7.5 LMS. Downsides?

2016-05-19 Thread drmatt
Could be just me, but you get to use the official SB app from the play store too. Doesn't work for me after the upgrades to lms 7.9. I did upgrade to hopefully fix some issues with cover photo cache DB size, but nothing much changed. In the end I gained library views, which is cool, but I have

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-20 Thread drmatt
One question - did you check uptime on your router? drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105634

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-21 Thread drmatt
I have heard one or two comments that the WiFi performance can degrade when the power supply degrades.. May not be so easy to try that one out. I have to say though I've run a SB touch on WiFi running 8-12 hours per day streaming radio services and with WiFi strength generally over 60% all day

Re: [slim] Still using 7.7.5 LMS. Downsides?

2016-05-19 Thread drmatt
kidstypike wrote: > Nothing to to with the LMS version, Android OS 5.x and later broke it. > Not likely to get fixed though. Aha, that would be it. Thanks for confirming. Pity, it supported some useful things that don't work in e.g. squeezer.

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-22 Thread drmatt
Dunno I used to have chronic issues with one router that failed to renew any dhcp leases on wired clients once it had been up for more than a couple of days. It was useless... Seems likely the FritzBox will not be this dumb, but you never know..

Re: [slim] Music Backup in the Cloud

2016-05-21 Thread drmatt
I used to use rsync to maintain an offsite backup - you can have it write out the change journal to a file then transport that file via USB drive (or whatever) to be later applied at the target end. But now I go for portable drives so they're not even mounted in order to be susceptible to

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-20 Thread drmatt
If it supports WMM I would turn that off too.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105634

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-20 Thread drmatt
Reason I ask about the router is that the only time I had problems my router was crashing... And the only way you can for sure what caused that last brief outage was to check the uptime.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-17 Thread drmatt
Redrum wrote: > Something else but on topic, Through squeezebox information, I can only > get a snapshot of the signal strength. Has anyone, through a SB app, or, > say SqueezeCntrl (which I use) or similar, created a "live" display of > the % that the SB sees? Just curious. It seems like it

Re: [slim] Receiver Optimal Orientation?

2016-05-16 Thread drmatt
I would look at Powerline ethernet connectors in your position. You don't need a high speed link for audio. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Music Backup in the Cloud

2016-05-16 Thread drmatt
I've been looking at tools for Amazon glacier for ages but never got far with setting anything up. By far the cheapest, for data, and you can (and should) encrypt it before you upload. Not suited to rapid updates though.

Re: [slim] Music Backup in the Cloud

2016-05-16 Thread drmatt
JJZolx wrote: > Why would anyone bother to encrypt media files to store them in the > cloud? More sensitive data, sure. I would likely not just be uploading music, so for me it's a definite. And even amongst the music there may be stuff I do not still own. Ahem. So, just for privacy sake. They

Re: Wifi WLAN Network problems � Attempt to summarize the problem

2016-05-25 Thread drmatt
Signal strength as reported by the SB is "received" signal strength, it does not measure the integrity of the signal that makes it back to your router.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Need to change volume to hear music, help needed

2017-02-08 Thread drmatt
Fair enough, we have a big kitchen so even the missus conceded there was space for a more normal stereo setup.. :) -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] Need to change volume to hear music, help needed

2017-02-05 Thread drmatt
Blackfiction wrote: > I would like to have a single active speaker with AUX in, wireless or > wired, that looks nice, plays ok, and is positioned above ear height. > The Sonos ticked those boxes although I also considered the Audio Pro > Addon T10 and Audio Pro AllRoom Air One. > > Do you know

Re: [slim] Need to change volume to hear music, help needed

2017-02-04 Thread drmatt
Blame sonos. Buy proper active speakers. I guess you must have a reason but I am surprised you would buy a £500 wireless sound system and feed it an audio connection from another wireless sound system..:) -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0

Re: [slim] Bluesound Node 2 vs SBT

2017-02-17 Thread drmatt
Jim Pattison wrote: > After I posted my comment and read it over, I began to wonder if perhaps > I'd shared a little too much... Sounds like BS need to modify network timeouts to tolerate slightly less perfect networks.. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS

Re: [slim] Probably dumb squeezebox question...

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
Did you have to change the access point? Not sure why the devices wouldn't simply require at most a reboot to get back on the same WiFi with the same password on the same Mac. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB

Re: [slim] Probably dumb squeezebox question...

2017-02-09 Thread drmatt
Benefactor wrote: > It has always been a simple reboot to reconnect. > > Today I was prompted to do the setup again manually for some unknown > reason. Household power glitch? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450

Re: [slim] Fix for Squeezebox Controller by Logitech (Play-store app)

2017-03-01 Thread drmatt
Yeah I suspect this app is just past its time now, there are plenty of alternatives. The only advantage it does seem to have is matching the UI a bit more closely. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k

Re: [slim] Turn off all devices

2016-09-10 Thread drmatt
reinholdk wrote: > This would also be a nice task for an Amazon Dash button that you could > stick near your front door. Great idea! But.. I have kids. It needs to be password protected.. :) drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] 24 bit??

2016-09-09 Thread drmatt
Wish my DAC reported its incoming data stream type! drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105986

Re: [slim] Turn off all devices

2016-09-09 Thread drmatt
Apesbrain wrote: > PowerSave plugin will put each player into standby after a set time of > inactivity. Or, using Netcat you can run a batch file at the recurring > time of your choice: > > > Code: > > > @echo off > > ::adapt the following set statements >

Re: [slim] FS: Selling my squeezeboxen (3*boom, transporter, touch)

2016-11-26 Thread drmatt
Would love to take one of your Booms off your hands but not sure import duties etc to the UK would make it worthwhile.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Headphones and Raspberry Pi

2016-11-13 Thread drmatt
The pi audio output also improved drastically between the early revs and the model B. Pi 2 and 3 are pretty decent but you're right they may not produce enough volume for some headphones. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk

Re: [slim] Listen to music at work

2016-11-13 Thread drmatt
Is anyone also just streaming from a dlna server? Saves complications at the client end. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2016-11-20 Thread drmatt
Have to go digging for signatures in Tapatalk! Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] FS: Selling my squeezeboxen (3*boom, transporter, touch)

2016-11-26 Thread drmatt
... but that would involve you taking a boom through customs only to chuck ot over the wall at a greedy eyed Brit. :) drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Play other songs in album or directory - does it work?

2016-12-13 Thread drmatt
Press the + next to the track for more info, it tells you the artist and album.. click on the album. Click play next to the album. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Streaming from android smartphone to Squeezebox

2016-12-13 Thread drmatt
The killer solution would be a software streaming target e.g. a software chromecast, but I think development of that would be a bit of a slog. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View

Re: [slim] Market for used Touch and Duet?

2016-12-14 Thread drmatt
There's a strong market for the touch, but the duet is much less loved. Both are worth money in good order though and if you will really never use them again you should definitely liquidate. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk

[slim] Recording-Software: legal or not?

2016-12-15 Thread drmatt
Depends which country you are in but broadly speaking recording has always been legal, it's what you record and what you do with it that matters. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than

[slim] Recording-Software: legal or not?

2016-12-15 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > Is that any legal difference between a software and a good old fashioned > tape recorder ? Legally no but they have not often bothered to prosecute "lossy" recording methods like tape, historically. They were more concerned about redistribution with the advent of perfect digital

Re: [slim] Streaming from android smartphone to Squeezebox

2016-12-04 Thread drmatt
Wavinput plugin is the usual response, assuming your LMS server has an audio input you can get to (or plug a chromecast into). drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 keeps resetting

2016-12-06 Thread drmatt
Have a search through older threads, but I would start with a replacement PSU myself.. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Streaming from android smartphone to Squeezebox

2016-12-05 Thread drmatt
Aha. DRM. Not much you can do then other than root your phone or connect its analogue audio out to an input that can be streamed from. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this

Re: [slim] Audio Cross-fading

2017-01-03 Thread drmatt
I think by default it also doesn't cross-fade between tracks in the same album. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] Audio Cross-fading

2017-01-03 Thread drmatt
Doesn't it do some analysis of the end/start of each track to see if they are suitable for crossfading too? Or did I dream that...? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

[slim] Recording-Software: legal or not?

2016-12-20 Thread drmatt
The (correct) statement was qualified, cites a reference and postscripts the whole thing with a massive winking smiley. I hope most people didn't take it too seriously. Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS

[slim] Recording-Software: legal or not?

2016-12-19 Thread drmatt
RonM wrote: > You need to be a bit more careful about such assertive, and wrong, > statements. Fortunately the context for the statement that preceded it was "here in the UK".. so in fact it's true. Anyway, the whole area is an international joke. People have been and will continue to format

[slim] Recording-Software: legal or not?

2016-12-16 Thread drmatt
Under fair use it means you are recording the sample (and it should normally be just a sample not an entire track) for parody, criticism, or other legitimate commentary. Fair use provides no protection for arbitrarily recording protected works for indefinite later replays, even if you have no

Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!

2017-03-23 Thread drmatt
Just because no-one knows how ipv6 works.. :) -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. drmatt's

Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!

2017-03-22 Thread drmatt
Wait till they enforce ipv6, then there will be none. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!

2017-04-02 Thread drmatt
I wonder if anyone has searched the darkwebs for LMS attacks..? There are probably "slurp all the music and set some annoying alarms" scripts out there. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No

Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!

2017-04-02 Thread drmatt
You do, you know the control protocol. The script kiddies know nothing, they just run scripts. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] slim devices

2017-04-12 Thread drmatt
Your what? What model? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Spotify Question for Michael - Will it really go away?

2017-04-18 Thread drmatt
Never used Spotify, don't expect to start. Doesn't bother me one jot if it goes away. Everything does, all is ephemeral on the internet. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

Re: [slim] Reinstalling Logi Controller App; lost password

2017-04-01 Thread drmatt
I believe there is a password reset page on the mysb website. The code for the app is frozen in aspic, it will not be updated to bypass MYSB. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x

Re: [slim] Spotify Question for Michael - Will it really go away?

2017-04-18 Thread drmatt
I used to do that in a record library. :) Just saying that for a lot of people the loss of this one aspect won't kill the platform. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2017-08-11 Thread drmatt
If the NAS has a gigabit port it should autodetect crossover. But the Receiver won't it's only 100Mb. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than

Re: [slim] Net::UDAP - SqueezeBox Receiver configuration tool

2017-08-11 Thread drmatt
The word "better" is absolute and needs to be based on a measurable quantity. Truth is it sounds "different", maybe, but not "better". -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450

Re: [slim] BBC radio stations - restoring (hopefully)

2017-07-06 Thread drmatt
Have to say, this is refreshing. We don't often get newbie questions on a forum devoted to obsolete hardware! :) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs.

Re: [slim] LMS must haves

2017-07-24 Thread drmatt
kidstypike wrote: > Android *Squeeze Ctrl* app and *Switch Player* for me. Only this > combination transfers the playlist to another player *AND* the app > switches to controlling the player you've transferred the playlist to!I used > to use Switch Player but it doesn't show up in the menus on

Re: [slim] LMS must haves

2017-07-24 Thread drmatt
kidstypike wrote: > so.. ... ditch Squeezer :rolleyes:No, it's free and ultra fast, I like it, > and MWWM works fine. (Allowing both "pull" and "push" playlist movement.) I even fixed some bugs on it! -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x

Re: [slim] LMS must haves

2017-07-23 Thread drmatt
I use squeezer app, and as for plugins it's BBC iPlayer anyday and "music walk with me" as a playlist shifter from room to room. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of

Re: [slim] Picoreplayer and what else

2017-07-27 Thread drmatt
I would say one Pi3 is more than capable of doing more than one job at a time. LMS is not demanding, even with lame mp3 encoding. I have a Pi3 that's more than capable of running full speed arcade machine emulation at the same time as "motion" security camera type stuff at the same time as

Re: [slim] how big is picoreplayer

2017-07-27 Thread drmatt
I've seen the artwork.db file hit well over a GB on occasions so yeah with LMS i'd give it at least a 8GB card. Impressive that it's only 85KB base image though. For those doing backups, most of the card is empty space so zip it it'll shrink massively. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by

Re: [slim] how big is picoreplayer

2017-07-27 Thread drmatt
Nice work. Next challenge is to get it on the Spectrum Next playing back through the SID chips.. :) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than

Re: [slim] Picoreplayer and what else

2017-07-27 Thread drmatt
This is why I would start with raspbian, add squeezelite, manage it as per raspbian, and add software as I pleased, the raspbian way. That will include lots of features out the box that you don't need, and will work just fine as a media renderer. IMHO it's probably harder to start with PCP and

Re: [slim] Picoreplayer and what else

2017-07-27 Thread drmatt
"Newbie doesn't need to know" ;) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [slim] LMS must haves

2017-07-24 Thread drmatt
Erm, on Squeezer the volume buttons on your device will *always* control the volume on the connected Squeezebox. It even says this when you first install it. This is not supposed to be a religious argument... (And yes I agree the lazy loading of the artists/albums in the scroll list is a bit

Re: [slim] IMPORTANT: Stop forwarding your LMS ports to the internet!

2017-04-26 Thread drmatt
If you can identify their mysb accounts then you could insert a message on their login banner? Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x

Re: [slim] HOW hot you Pi3 get?

2017-08-05 Thread drmatt
Here's what mine has looked like over the past year... No probs whatsoever.[image: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170805/921423a2c3fb5438612603b4225d0397.jpg] -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-08 Thread drmatt
Actually I suspect you'll find a lot of people on the forum are quite happy with the status quo. The Pi/DAC/open source LMS solution is very compelling. Any reignite of Logitech official Interest could well see them grabbing that back in-house. At the very least it would likely be based around

Re: [slim] HOW hot you Pi3 get?

2017-08-05 Thread drmatt
These are smartphone chips, totally designed to operate without dedicated cooling and will throttle themselves if it gets outside range. Unless you find it stuttering or slowing down, it's completely fine. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread drmatt
Mnyb wrote: > > Anyhow some stubborn fellow wants to sync 24/192 pcm over 5 players :D > and comes to our forum. Hah, works for me :) -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-16 Thread drmatt
Those are "new, old stock" transporters. There is no manufacturing for a decade or so. LMS was always too hard for people, Sonos fixed that and appeals to the Apple buying industrial design generation to boot, despite being broadly mediocre for various reasons. Logitech had a ground breaking

Re: [slim] Sonos says users must accept new privacy policy or devices may "cease to function"

2017-08-22 Thread drmatt
This is normal for user agreements See the recent DJI firmware updates; they will brick your drone if you don't update. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of

Re: [slim] Sonos says users must accept new privacy policy or devices may "cease to function"

2017-08-22 Thread drmatt
At least until the law catches up with this latest abuse of consumer rights and stops them, yes.. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x

Re: [slim] Logitech should resurrect squeezebox

2017-08-17 Thread drmatt
Sonos also made the executive decision to cripple their digital outputs, for reasons no one can fathom; nor do they seem interested in sorting it out. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music:

Re: [slim] Large Backups on a Cloud

2017-05-01 Thread drmatt
SlimChances wrote: > Infinite is a bit of an exaggeration. But I can fit 4 -3 1/2" drives in > my box. Right now it is easy to obtain a 10 TB Hard Drive. How much is > Amazon going to charge for 40 TB of data? Also how long does it take to > download that information if your house catches fire

Re: [slim] Large Backups on a Cloud

2017-05-01 Thread drmatt
bakker_be wrote: > Ehm, aren't we confusing *GOOGLE* drive and *AMAZON* drive here? > > Back to Amazon Drive: > 'rclone' (https://rclone.org/) seems to support it, and it has a "check" > function that compares file hashes allowing you to skip files that > calculate as identical. No sign of an

Re: [slim] Strange Behavior with Multiple Duets (low level output on non playing unit)

2017-05-03 Thread drmatt
Input cross talk on your amplifier. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. drmatt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Router Issue (MODERATER: Please move post if there is a better section to be in)

2017-05-11 Thread drmatt
Big question: how is your Lms connection linked in to the LAN? Via ethernet, I assume...? And, we assume that both 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi networks are on the same subnet and are set to bridge on the router..? Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers,

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