[slim] should I move to v7 ?

Hello All, I am happily running SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - iso-8859-1 on a couple of Linux boxes. Give me one good reason to move to SqueezeCenter 7... I listen to my ripped CDs and radio channels, and do not want to subscribe to network services. -Gian -- gian

Re: [slim] should I move to v7 ?

thank you for your comments... -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48746

[slim] Duet compared to Squeezebox

hello All, I do not think I really understood what's behind Duet. Is it just a different way to manage the music library, moving the display from the receiver to the remote? How does the sound compare? Any improvements over dear old SB? New features? thanks for your time, -Gian -- gian

Re: [slim] Duet compared to Squeezebox

also, what about SqueezeCenter? I guess SlimServer is not developed anymore? Should I move to SC even if I only have SB3s? I would prefer to stick with SS, since I spent a lot of time to learn how to install it on my Ubuntu box... -- gian

[slim] SD acquired by Logitech

is something that competitors should only try to match. Logitech, on the other side, is an icon for cheap hardware with no support. It's really sad. -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View

[slim] Signal Strenght

wanted to buy a second one for my bedroom... cheers, -GianLuca -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26203

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

Mark, thanks for your kind reply. The access point cannot be relocated because of the phone socket... and, no, we don't have any metal object in walls or close to the AP or SB... -- gian gian's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

placement of the stereo system It would be nice to know if most of you have approx the same values. -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

[slim] Re: SB3 wireless signal strenght

wow ! it sounds great ! I have already added Pingles to my shopping list. -G -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

, unobstructed view of the SB, at 10.5 meters. Don't think that, in this situation, outside walls, be it paper or granite, can matter at all. -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

Mark, I bought it direct from Slim, but I'm pretty sure that warranty is expired...I had to wait summer holidays to find two full days to setup the whole thing... I am not a linux guru, so that's what it took, but I'm glad it works, at least here where the stereo system is. -- gian

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

Mark, I've been fiddling with Netstumbler but: - can only use NDIS mode, so as far as I know, the card in not fully supported (only signal strenght but no noise). - I am able to see just one device, which I believe is the AP. There is no trace of my SB2. Is this correct ? -- gian

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

Niko, one of the strong points of SB2 was WPA security... I would not remove it, although chances of being hacked are thin. As far as your question, my SB2 is streaming radio without hiccups and the signal is 33-36%. -Gian -- gian

[slim] Italian radios

://www.radio.rai.it/live/fd5.ram 5.IlSole24ORE, private channel, news and economics http://www2.radio24.it/real/live24.ram -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

[slim] Re: Signal Strenght

oh yes, it's a 3Com OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless 11g Firewall Router 3CRWDR100A-72 -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Re: My SB2 is behind my head. I need a remote with a display!

the easiest thing I can think of, is a wifi pocket pc, through its web interface. -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] SB3, can fit an external antenna ?

I thought it was not possible, but this SD document says you can: http://www.slimdevices.com/marketing/resellers-guide.pdf see page 3, Wireless Signal Strenght see page 5, Network, Wireless ciao, -Gian [SB2 owner] -- gian

[slim] Wireless range

to replace the SB2 antenna with a longer stud, but would like to know if the insides of SB2 hide any trimmer or is there any tinkering one can try to inprove wireless range. regards, -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Wireless range

. Two of them are the same model and fw revision, but one is much stronger than the other. It seems not possible to draw conclusions about wireless range, everything seems so unpredictable... -- gian gian's Profile: http

[slim] 6.5 favorites are not added

? regards, -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27328 ___ discuss

[slim] Wish List for SlimDevices

in a standard DIN enclosure. I would buy two tomorrow morning, one for my car, and one for my boat. -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

[slim] Re: Wish List for SlimDevices

Phatbox: I don't want to add anything any wiring or extra hw in the trunk, just want to be able to pop in a card/usb disk with my music. -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View

[slim] Re: Wish List for SlimDevices

eq72521, thanks for your link BUT, this cannot read flac files. Beside that, I would never trash my dashboard with such cheap plastic... you know, SD has spoiled us SB3 lovers with such a smart design... -- gian gian's

[slim] Re: Wish List for SlimDevices

. SlimDevices. -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27696 ___ discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

fearing for my tweeters. Had to jump out of the bathtub to save them! Has this issue been fixed or should I revert to 6.5.4 right away?! Also, my playlist are no more usable with SC7. Has the format changed? -- gian

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

thanks, Vincent. I have no evidence, but everything hardware is unchanged, so I guess the culprit must be SC7... I'll consider downgrading to SS6.5.5... but it's really annoying... Logitech, are you there...? -- gian

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

Ubuntu box running SS6.5.4 in my country house, I ssh'ed my playlist folder and found that the URL was: mms://wm.smgradio.com/vruk_vc_hi This works fine. So far, the Sun is shining again on my Squeezeboxes... -- gian gian's

Re: [slim] Bad experience upgrading to SC7 (pops and cracks and pause)

ah, Caleb, thank you very much for you support. It's glad to know that you are there, in case we need. You know, the Squeezebox changed my life, just can't do without... -- gian gian's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Hard drive failures

from my Windows notebook, using Samba. This makes a third backup of my flac library. Couldn't stand to rip them all AGAIN! -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

[slim] Player settings, number of options

, the drop down list in Player Settings has 18 options, in the other much less. Formatting, for example, is missing. Can anybody solve the mistery? thanks for your time, cheers, -GianLuca -- gian gian's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Player settings, number of options

are the same, servers are built on same Ubuntu with Slimserver Debian... I expect to find the same options on the two players... btw, do YOU have Formatting under Home/Player Settings? -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Player settings, number of options

I'm talking about SB3s, if that makes a difference... -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35108

Re: [slim] Player settings, number of options

well... I didn't realize that before... here this server has Formatting both under Server *and* Player Settings. -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Player settings, number of options

kdf, you got it, I restarted server and now Formatting is only in Server Settings. BTW, I am using the std skin because I found Firefox has problems on most of them. So this is a bug for sure, and I will ignore it... thanks all of you for your time and advice, -Gian -- gian

Re: [slim] Umm, Slim Devices Logo (Instead of Logitech)?

okay, okay, you can hack it, but that's not the point... WE WANT THE SLIMDEVICES LOGO BACK ! support your local Squeezebox, claim back your Slimdevices logo! -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Audiophile wishlist

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Re: [slim] Audiophile wishlist

from approaching their sound. I guess I must go for 10K euro speakers, but quite frankly, I don't feel the need. -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http

[slim] SB3 in WHITE

I don't know you, but personally I'd like to see the SB3 in white come back. -G -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Could not resolve ip address

hi there, after updating to 7.3.3, I can't listen to AlienBBC or other radios, because my server complains the it cannot resolve the address. However, if I ssh the box, I can ping a domain, so it does resolve addresses... Any suggestion? thanks for your time, -Gian -- gian

Re: [slim] Could not resolve ip address

...hmmm... I have rebooted the server at least once, since I moved it in another room, and I can't still resolve addresses The only mod I made recently was the network interface from eth0 to eth1, but since it is working fine, SC should not complain... thanks for your replies, -Gian

[slim] Netgear Powerline adapters

find Squeezecenter If I ping the camera from the server, I get values between 20 and 230 ms. Maybe the SB needs quick, constant replies? Is there a solution, or should I give up the idea of having music at that location? -- gian

Re: [slim] Netgear Powerline adapters

I will follow your advice. Thanks for your help. -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66014

[slim] sleep mode in web interface

Hello All, is there a way to control the sleep mode from the web interface? I do not use the remote control, I use a netbook to control my stereo... thanks, -Gian -- gian gian's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] 7.4.1 rebuffering woes

Port Number: 9000 Operating system: Debian - EN - utf8 Platform Architecture: i686-linux Perl Version: 5.10.0 - i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.67-0ubuntu6 Total Players Recognized: 1 Is there a way I can track down the issue? thanks, -Gian -- gian

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

am pretty happy listening to national broadcasts from all over the world. That said, I don't think that Logitech is the best company to manage a niche business. I hope the original Slim Devices founder will get it back.. -Gian -- gian --- town: Musical Fidelity Dr

Re: [slim] Good Squeezebox alternative?

. About running a server at home, it can have many scopes: I use it to backup my laptop, store pictures, music, security camera images, stream video to the TV or other networked PCs, FTP, web, and SB server. -- gian --- town: Musical Fidelity Dr. Thomas, Preamp II

Re: [slim] Thank you Slim Devices.

am very fond of the white SB3 I have with the Slim Device logo. It was a pain to see it go to Logitech, they are too big to manage such a jewel. -- gian --- town: Musical Fidelity Dr. Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Ubuntu 10.4

[slim] play Youtube links

hello All, you can find many wonderful music clips on Youtube. I wonder if I could play them with my Squeezebox server. Not interested in the video part, of course. -Gian town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Ubuntu 12.4 LTS

Re: [slim] play Youtube links

yes I had seen that, but it streams a useless video too, and looks like abandoned... thanks for your kind reply, SlimChances -G town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Ubuntu 12.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity

Re: [slim] 9 y old slimdevice SB3 died

Pascal Hibon wrote: > you can use a FLIRC dongle to control your RPI Squeezebox, even with an > original Squeezebox remote. this is very interesting... but what would I see on the display? If I hook up a display I only see the terminal console... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp

Re: [slim] 9 y old slimdevice SB3 died

hi, I was very sad when one of my SB died because they are not easy to find even on eBay. Then I started to explore a replacement with a Raspberry, Squeezelite and Hifiberry DAC. I am very pleased with the result: you lose display and remote, so you need pc or smartphone handy, which is not a

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

Hi Paul, I followed the instructions from the link you provided: If you have a computer that is running Windows (7 - 64bits for me) you can modify the "initial device bootmode". To change the device bootmode : Download the BlueSuite to modifiy "BlueCore Persistent Store" :

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

hciconfig... not found dmesg | grep Bluetooth returns nothing.. town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 16.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity Renaissance 90, Musical Fidelity

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

it looks that v3.5 now supports BT Audio. I tried that, but the setup interface it is somewhat obscure. I wasn't able to find a tutorial.. and my knowledge of tinycore linux is limited.. ? town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio,

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

OK Paul.. fresh install, Squeezelite is running, wifi connected. [Squeezelite settings] "Do this First: Select Audio output, then press [ Save ]" select Bluetooth Audio, Save "Squeezelite is NOT running" ?? Bluetooth Speaker Setup BT Controller is Off less> = BT Controller Power

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

must add that.. - using on board wifi - turned off on board BT - USB BT dongle plugged in town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), Squeezebox Radio, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 16.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

Hi Paul, dmesg reports: [2.685704] usb 1-1.3: Product: CSR8510 A10 Bluetooth v4.0 Specification CSR8510A10 Features Fully qualified Bluetooth v4.0 specification system Support for Bluetooth v3.0 only available with CSR8510A10 Dual-mode Bluetooth /Bluetooth low energy Draft Bluetooth low

Re: [slim] Bluetooth speaker with pcP

Thanks, Paul, I did not notice first the bottom tabs, when I found the advanced options, I installed the BT packages. However, I was blocked by the warning at the Beta tab, "can corrupt your SD!!" so I could not find how to start the daemon from the interface... Now it's working and is up since

[slim] Alternatives to Spotify

that because you need an authentication, you can only do it with a plugin. thanks for reading, -Gian Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), 2 Squeezelite bt on Raspi, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 18.4 LTS server

Re: [slim] Alternatives to Spotify

thanks Michael, I'll give Qobuz a try. -G Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), 2 Squeezelite bt on Raspi, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 18.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity Renaissance

Re: [slim] Alternatives to Spotify

I have setup Qobuz, and sounds good indeed (at a price). I notice it messes up the order of the playlists, but don't know if it is Qobuz or the plugin. Try Philip Glass, Piano Works, DG, Víkingur Ólafsson. The playlist order is totally random. Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical

Re: [slim] Alternatives to Spotify

here it is Michael, https://play.qobuz.com/album/0002894796921 Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), 2 Squeezelite bt on Raspi, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 18.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5,

Re: [slim] Alternatives to Spotify

ok I see a setting for Hi-Res flacs, I'll try that.. Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic (2), 2 Squeezelite bt on Raspi, Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry, Ubuntu 18.4 LTS server country: Musical Fidelity A-5, Infinity

Re: [slim] Alternatives to Spotify

also, flac tracks very often end abruptly... Not always, though, and if I play them again, they get to the end correctly. Maybe the Raspberry/HiFiBerry cannot cope with that load..? Madamina, il catalogo è questo... town: Musical Fidelity Dr.Thomas, Preamp II, Infinity 7K, Squeezebox Classic