helpful.
I'm using Squeezecenter 7 on a Linux box (FC8) and everything else is
running smoothly.
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be any more complicated in this regard.
(Though obviously since I don't use it, that isn't a guarantee.)
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an open political forum, for example. The reality is that
constitutional issues are moot in a privately run forum and I have no
problem with that. At such point that this or any other forum ceases
to be useful to me, I have the option to go elsewhere or even start my
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won't require the fancier multiple search
options that is important for a larger collection.
However, since her music would also be tagged, it'd show up as easily
available to you when you search for a specific artist, genre, album,
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$50 is still $50, that is a comparatively small
margin compared to many items that get dropped from product lines.
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or it may be a background thing that you can reschedule so as not to
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collection through the music folders so
the inability to see the album is annoying.
I've bumped into this from time to time with a few other albums.
Any clues? (I'm using an SB3 and the computer is Linux based (FC6 with
Slimserver 6.5.1)
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the area of adding new music and keeping track of things. While it is
hardly a fatal flaw, one does have a nagging suspicion that one or two
albums in your collection usually remain improperly cataloged anytime
you scan your folder.
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mystical happenings.
As another poster noted, some days my system sounds better than other
days. I strongly suspect I'm much more the variable than the equipment.
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Windows Explorer, highlight it and then Map Network Directory under
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while the cable company has the reputation from hell. In another city,
the opposite may be true - or both may have good reputations - or both
may be lousy.
Whatever the case, that is homework that needs to be done at your local
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your community. Their web site allows you to narrow the search by State
and includes both DSL and cable providers.
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wondering if the problem ties to that.
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of the biggest enemies of
electronics.)
All power amps will need service at some point (the electrolytic caps
in the power supply generally need replacement after 15 to 20 years or
so) but that is not really a big on/off issue. In short, do what makes
sense to you and don't worry about it.
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penetration than
the Squeezebox/Transporter issue.
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Before declaring the Squeezebox dead, double check your network (router,
cabling/wireless, etc.) and make sure other computers are visible to
each other. If the SB display is off it could be nothing more than a
bad ethernet cable.
Also, don't forget the check the power supply.
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Guess that's the old bugaboo in pricing high-end products. It isn't
easy to pick that point between maintaining elite snobbishness and the
higher volume that comes from a lower price. In my case, $2K was just
enough the trip the circuit breaker on my snob limit switch.
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, FLAC, MP3 or any
other desired format. You will also be able to burn an audio CDR if you
have a burner in your computer.
There are plenty of well written guides floating around the internet
that discuss the ins and outs of this process, so do a Google search.
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a compromise would be to make the deal available to anyone who
orders on that particular day. Those who participate in the forums
would get an equal shot no matter where they live, but it still
wouldn't be opening the floodgates to the world.
Just a thought.
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a much larger number. That's
an interesting strategy in my book.
Oh well. Time for me to move on.
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. If
they think yours carry the day, then we'll continue to see the current
one repeated. It ain't any more complicated than that.
See you around and have a great Christmas (or whatever strikes your
fancy.)
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I had missed that - I usually go straight to the forums.
However, you're right. The cartoon is a first class annoyance.
(Remember all of the kind comments about Microsoft's talking paper
clip...?)
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between IDs on the two services. My
Flickr was set up with a Yahoo email address and mysqueezebox uses my
regular email. However, I don't want to start over with new accounts at
either place.
Not a big deal if I can't get it to work, but it'd be nice.
Thanks for any leads.
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, I'd
think that since Squeezebox Server is a multiple OS program, this Flickr
problem should likely be considered a bug that needs fixing.
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Final follow up - this was submitted as a bug report and the Slimdevice
team has fixed the problem. The process to link a Flickr account to
mysqueezebox.com using Firefox on a Linux PC now works fine.
Kudos to the Squeezebox guys for a quick response.
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Looks like the official release for Linux is still 7.4 and I've had this
issue a couple of times with my controller so far.
When is 7.41 due to be an official upgrade?
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the head would be the first to show an
unquestionably conclusive effect if it was there to be seen. If there is
an increased risk it pales in comparison to the other risks we routinely
accept as the price of being alive.
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get.amped wrote:
...9 hours per full scan
That's quite a figure! You must have a very substantial music library.
I've got something over 43,000 songs and a full scan on a relatively
run-of-the-mill PC (with Linux OS) takes about 50 minutes.
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not even appear as a menu item. Our work system does not
have ports 9000 and 3484 open, but that was true when I first installed
Squeezeplay when it worked.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times (and also tried the 7.5
nightly) with no change.
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Perhaps the poster who advised against this was thinking of speaker
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I'll second the motion for the question on the floor - why are you
ripping 44.1 KHz CD material at 48 KHz?
That makes no sense and can only degrade the sound.
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or not.
If purchased directly from the seller you've probably been hosed by a
slimebag.
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One note of interest. I recently upgraded my wireless router from one
that supported only WEP to a WPA capable model.
The Duet works fine with both, but I had to reset the Duet and run the
configuration again in order for it to work with WPA.
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have
different needs and priorities so it is good you have some alternatives
identified that will better suit your situation.
Good luck with your search. I'm sure you'll have no problem selling the
SB3 and Transporter when you replace them.
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://bugs.slimdevices.com/. That'll get it logged and it will receive
an official look by the powers-that-be at Logitech.
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andyg: Wrote:
Yeah I hate to burst your bubble but Touch is still a few months away.
Hmmm, sounds like the the February date given back in December was
another pie-in-the-sky guess.
Oh well, at least Touch is doing a good job of keeping the rumor mill
up and running.
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Maybe it will come out on April 1. ;)
And the year?
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interface and display screen.
- The Touch will natively play higher resolution files.
There are other differences, but the above will give you a starting
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Apparently the sales staff at Logitech US has decided they are simply
-not- going to sell SBRs outside of the Duet package and no one's gonna
tell 'em otherwise!
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it, but it can have the potential to
look intimidating. In any case, it is still more than remove from box,
plug in and press the play button.
So I believe SB suffers a bit more from reputation than reality. I'm
sure Logitech would like that reputation to evolve in the coming years.
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testers to forget they have a Touch and most of the rest of us
don't
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They deserve to be called out.
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best customers?
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Or, just buy a new one if the current one isn't under warranty.
They are not very expensive compared to most audio products. I think I
paid $35 for my Belkin and it runs fine.
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Or, just buy a new one if the current one isn't under warranty.
They are not very expensive compared to most audio products. I think I
paid $35 for my Belkin and it runs fine.
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- it played perfectly until it stopped.
A wireless connection does add a few other sources of potential
interference, but those are quite noticeable if they are creating a
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, not too bad. Sorry you feel otherwise. There are always
competitors who'll be glad to sell you their system. ;-)
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pski;646098 Wrote:
I started by trying to update Fedora and chucked that.
Which version of Fedora? My music server runs FC12 and I had no problem
going from 7.5 to 7.6. The switch was quite smooth.
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as device failure.)
My SB3 is now 5 years old and going strong. I believe the most common
problem is the display losing some characters after time, but that's
hardly universal.
My Touch is a year and a half old and hasn't had any issues.
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Did you try clearing the cache before starting a rescan with the new
version of SBS? I'm running Linux (FC12) but it never hurts to start
with a clean slate, regardless of OS.
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All the songs I've played so far seem fine and internet radio works.
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keep the SB3 -and- get a Touch :) , use the SB3 in another room
Another vote for this. That's what I did.
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server without hassle.
About the only way it could have been easier in my book is if the
Kindle Fire was a dedicated SB controller.
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Interesting how many people in this thread seem to think they have
unusual insight into what Logitech should be doing as respects their
product line up.
As a profitable company that's been around for awhile, I strongly
suspect they have more than a few people who know what they're doing
when it
Just love it when one gets a one-line reply that not only discusses
nothing but also seems to illustrate that the poster didn't bother to
read the entirety of the prior post.
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No. You are wrong and MrSinatra pretty much nailed it, that's how it
is.
You should also have a look at Logitech's financial reports as to
profitable company.
Their 2011 report shows a profit of $128 million on sales of $2.3
billion, and a shareholder equity that increased
One quarter of problems in this economy? Big deal.
Don't forget that at one point (1985) Apple's Board stripped Steve Jobs
of all authority and he left the company. In 1997, Apple lost over $1
billion. They've come back, but it's a pretty safe bet that they'll
still make a few errors here and
pippin wrote:
I won't comment on the rest of your observations.
Whatever. 20-20 hindsight is a wonderful thing and no other company
makes mistakes. Still think you guys should volunteer to run the place.
;-)
mlsstl's
Your earlier comments with respect to the financial performance of
Logitech certainly suggested they are failing to do something others
routinely get right. That was the whole point of the Apple comparison I
made. They may be the big cheese at this particular moment, but Apple
has certainly had
Settle down???
What have I written that has been so contentious?
You talk about alternate points of view but the tone of your post
suggests I should have kept my comments to myself. It's either a public
form or it's not.
MrSinatra wrote:
yeah, thats right, b/c you're the one coming on here and acting like the
rest of us have no place to speak, and then get all huffy when we don't
agree with you.
take it easy, francis!
I reread my original comments and you're taking offense where none was
intended. There
sander wrote:
I hope we can make a soft landing and Logitech doesn't move a direction
which would alienate those of us who run older versions of their
software and hardware, but who can say.
I'd be sad if my Squeezeboxes broke and they weren't making them
anymore, but that has happened at
Gingernut63 wrote:
Alas some people have invested a lot of money in this system over the
years.
Not sure where you're coming from with the invested a lot of money in
this system comment. Perhaps those who purchased a Transporter have
more of a claim along these lines, but my Touch is the least
Thanks for the info. I'm not interested in debating, but just trying to
add some perspective. Anytime anyone buys technology there is a risk of
ending up on the out. A lot of people were sure the Betamax video format
was going to win against VHS, but it didn't. Both electric and steam
powered
There are definitely potential issues in storing one's music on the
cloud or depending on it as your music source. There are plenty of
examples of problems in related areas. One of the most famous is the
2009 episode when Amazon went into the Kindle Readers of customers who
had already bought
garym wrote:
...it is actually silly to concern ourselves over these what ifs with
regard to Squeezebox (or other technology for that matter).
Guess we're each entitled to our own perspective, but the copyright
issue isn't a what if situation.
Just Google Righthaven, or check out the RIAA
reinholdk wrote:
...and kept the habit of listening to albums and not to a sequence of
unrelated (maybe even randomly selected) tracks.
This is somewhat off-subject, but the concept of an album as a complete
work is a relatively recent concept in popular music. 78s and cylinders
only
Grumpy Bob wrote:
Sad to see such an excellent and versatile system bite the dust.
Robert
Reminds me of that apocryphal Mark Twain quote: The rumors of my death
have been greatly exaggerated. It is usually best to let the person
actually die before they get buried. ;-)
Hard to say what's actually going on as Logitech has always been very
secretive about such things. A quick check showed the Touch is still
available at Amazon, Crutchfield ABT, so it may be little more than an
inventory issue and the timing of production runs.
I can remember a few years back
Looks like I stand corrected. Thanks to mherger's knowledgeable comments
in the Radio section, it looks like the Squeezebox line has run its
course. See:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96188-New-Squeezebox-Radio.
It's a pity, but not too surprising. The world has many examples of
I have an Slimdevices SB3 from 2006. It's been on continuously since
then (over 6 years now) and it works fine. I do keep the display
brightness low when I'm not using it. My Touch is about 2 1/2 years old
now and is also working fine and the Radio I bought in the Fall of 2009
is also plugging
Letten wrote:
You're frustrated, but you picked a weekendproject in an OS you don't
have any experience with and where install and setup is clearly not just
double clicking on an icon. This is exactly why I stayed away from this
and still run LMS on a windows system.
Excellent point.
I've
I recently purchased a second Touch and have decided to sell my older
Slimdevices Classic Squeezebox. It is the white version, is in very nice
condition and works perfectly. Manual, remote and power supply are
included. Photos will be available, but haven't yet taken them. It's
roughly 5 years
How about some more info? What file type are you using for the music? Is
the hard drive directly connected to a Touch using the built-in server
or running though an outside machine with LMS? If the latter, what OS is
being used? Have file permissions been examined? What file type settings
do you
jarrod2750 wrote:
All the files are apple lossles and the hard drive is connected directly
to the Touch using the Touch's built in server.
I 'm not sure how to check the file permissions or file type settings,
and would be more than happy to do so if you can help me with where I
should be
jarrod2750 wrote:
As my collection has grown to 24K + songs, the problem has occurred
more often. Would I have any better luck with buying a dedicated NAS
device? I'm considering other options other than the touch.
I use a Vortexbox as a server for my Touch and the system works without
lrossouw wrote:
Haven't used a NAS as a server myself. Just make sure it's powerful
enough to handle the files you want to throw at it. Don't want to end
up in the same boat as you are now with the touch as server.
That's one reason I like the Vortexbox setup so much. With an Atom
jarrod2750 wrote:
Yes this could be an option. Did you purchase a specific model Foxconn.
I was researching the Foxconn's yesterday and there many different
options. Thank you.
I'm using an R10-D4 model. It has the Intel Atom CPU and I put 2 GB of
RAM in it and a 7200 RPM 3.5 hard drive.
ninthsrw wrote:
Nothing wrong with chasing a profit, but I'm eager to replace my
substantial SB ecosystem and was really hoping for more from these guys.
Curious, why the strong urge to replace your Squeezeboxes?
ninthsrw wrote:
1) ... I am eager to replace because I've begun to play with 24/192,
don't presently own any Touches, and have recently moved into a larger
home - so need more endpoint distribution, and would like a system
wherein at least some components can facilitate 24/192.
Thanks for
jarrod2750 wrote:
I was able to get my hands on a small form factor Dell Optiplex ($50)
which I'm upgrading the RAM and Hard Drive. Am I still better off making
this a VortexBox or is there any benefit to running the LMS server on
the computer and not converting to a Vortex?
A couple of
aubuti wrote:
Either way you are using Squeezebox server, now known as Logitech Media
Server (LMS). One is Microsoft Windows + LMS and the other is Linux +
LMS. If the hardware is underpowered you may do better with
Linux/Vortexbox because it tends to demand less overhead than MS
Windows,
Interesting how people have different experiences with the same product.
My two Touchs, an old SB3 and a Radio are quite reliable whether it is
playing NPR on the Radio in the kitchen or choosing music off my server
for the main stereo. And, if the Squeezeboxes ever collectively die, I
know my
I've looked in the forums and checked all the settings I can find but to
no avail.
I have two Touchs and a Radio, fed from a Vortexbox. Everything was
working fine. On Tuesday this week, I took AT up on their offer to
switch from 12 MB DSL to 100 MB U-Verse internet. That meant a switch of
All the Squeezeboxes are currently wireless. The U-Verse router supports
wireless b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and my other wireless devices seem fine
(including an original model Kindle Fire and an original model Roku.)
I did try a quick experiment this morning. Before coming to work, I ran
an ethernet
Here's a follow-up to let everyone know the problem has been solved.
The U-verse router comes set to WPA2-PSK only wireless security. The
setting is pretty well buried and I hadn't paid as much attention to the
WPA2 v. WPA issue as I should have. I figured if its making the wireless
connection
Will add my vote for the Squeezebox system. I started with one of the
original SliMP3 players 15 years ago. Took the CD player out of my
system after getting a SB3 and haven't looked back. Today, my 2 Touches
continue to work perfectly and recently added a Raspberry Pi player to
the group. The
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