If you've had the product two years why has it taken you until now to
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slimDevices' SB2
The last three lines are always the last three, with the jsonrpc.js
entry getting added to on each 'refresh'...
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funkstar;199411 Wrote:
Doesn't matter to me, New Posts wins every time :)
Ditto with me too.
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Gildahl Wrote:
(...) but I found that creating a full-fledged PC was both less
expensive and far more powerful.
Maybe so but with a system that's running 24/7 you want it to consume
as little juice as is possible, if not for pennies sake but for the
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Ditto everything that bolfings has said; one of the best investments
I've ever made is the purchase six weeks ago of my $149 KuroBoxHG to
run SlimServer. Installed gentoo, loaded up SlimServer, AlienBBC and
LastFM, and it's performed faultlessly ever since...
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for those wanting to use the KuroBoxHG
as a SS.
Maybe a wiki entry for Philippe's work would be good also?
Robbie
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version comes
out later this year I'll probably get one of those too.
Good to know that Alien and LastFM work okay, not too bothered about
the Nokia 770 because it'll probably be later in the year before I get
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aubuti: I'm just about to splash out on a HG300 and was wondering
whether alien, lastfm, etc all work okay on it. Any other slimserver
issues with this model?
Also, do you use one of those Nokia 770s (or anybody) with the HG300
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whilst it was off! (And
no I wasn't selecting the submit all tracks function that's available)
Unless the plug-in has been changed it may still be doing this.
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Mmm, who am I on LastFM. I wonder...
Now, regarding that entry for Britney ;-)
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Maybe have a quick shufties through my post '_here_'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=83101postcount=9) and
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should be able to start SlimServer with:
Code:
service slimserver start
Don't forget to open the required ports; 3483/tcp, 3483/udp and
9000/tcp using the firewall in Mandrake Control Centre.
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I can confirm that flac is gapless, though if you set up synchronization
between Squeezeboxen then there will be a slight gap due to the sync
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opposite direction button also causes it to jump back a double jump, as
though it's something to do with the displayed info.
I agree that it needs sorting as when it happens it's a RPITA
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it brighter - 'shows it off' better. Oh well...
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the HW over SW route. Just the reply I was
looking for. Cheers Bill.
Once again, thanks to everyone who chipped in.
I'm now waiting for the e-mail to say to come and collect my SB3.
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www.scan.co.uk have them, due to a late delivery from the suplier (the
batch a few uk retailers had a week or two ago).
Yep, just collected mine from Scan. Fingers crossed it's not the batch
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I splashed the cash on a new SB3 today and guess what... I've only
gotten one with a faulty display.
[image: http://tinypic.com/iyou9u.jpg]
And no, the Sky+ unit it's sitting on isn't on, or hot, for that
matter.
Guess that batch Scan got are all dodgy. Now what do I do?
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point over just using SoftSqueeze, i.e it would reduce the risk of
drop-outs to the audio? Yes/No...
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pfarrell Wrote:
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 16:04 -0800, CavesOfTQLT wrote:
Why buy a SqueezeBox?
Now assume a motherboard/mainboard that has an on-board digital
co-ax
or SP/DIF output; can't the Softsqueeze player output via this to an
amplifier with digital in, so negating the need
What, something like _'this' (http://tinypic.com/ipo275.gif)_?
Okay, I'll get me coat...
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had nothing to do with it. I've put it down to some chip
initialization error. Thankfully it hasn't happened since.
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this echoing effect again.
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MrC Wrote:
FYI: as a data point, I'm able to leave on the turbo feature of the
belkin pre-n (although its not called turbo for this unit).
I concur with MrC, my Belkin-PreN is on Turbo mode and, since the UPnP
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I'd download Network Stumbler and check for
other networks in close proximity, and change the router channel to one
that's further away and/or best SNR and take it from there. Good luck.
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To be pedantic the tags should be
'60s
'70s
'80s
'90s
'00s
etc. The ' is used to show that the 19 or 20 is missing.
I have my tags set this way and they appear as they should do on the
Squeezebox and web UI.
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, and not a
collection of things from the 1970s! So I then started changing them to
70s before realising that that's wrong too, so I put in the leading
apostrophe. And that's the way I've tagged files ever since... The
leading ' doesn't bother me when browsing the music on the SB or WebUI.
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, then Track3's all together to go thru. Needs
fixing without a doubt.
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Excellent. And my 100th post too! Nice.
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that the dispay dims whilst using the
SqueezeNetwork, when I prefer my display to run at full brightness all
the time.
Other than that, it rocks. Keep up the good work.
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in the incorrect CD1 track1, CD2
track1, CD1 track2 order. The above way is the way I've used since then
to cure the problem.
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did notice is that when I activated it the wireless signal strength
dropped from 90%+ to around 75%.
Anyway, it may be worth checking it out if your router has this
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with
same.
Regards
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for those Acer babies sounds okay to me if they do work
without issue; Robin please report back with your findings when you get
them - thanks.
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, but if the SB2/Slimserver
starts running reliably then I won't be too bothered.
By the way it is set for a fixed channel [I'm sure someone asked me
this in a previous post.]
I'll post back in about two weeks regarding my findings...
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Fifer Wrote:
CavesofTQLT, this is probably too late for you to see before you leave
and may not help anyway, but I had hellish problems a while back with
my wireless network which I blamed for ages on my decision to by a
cheap Actiontec wirless router/modem. However, the problem turned out
be imploring anyone
who's interested in having a wireless SB2 system not to use a Belkin
router.
I'll post back with my findings, though it'll be in about 2-3 weeks
time in order to give me enough time to give the system a thorough
workout on my return.
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fingers crossed
that this remains so, and I'll be giving it a good work out tomorrow to
see if any further problems arise.
Many, many thanks for all your valued input.
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%. This is one wierd
problem...
I'll send a message to support like you suggest. Thanks for your input.
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because I'm busy on other things at the
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could change
to test this?
Or does anyone have any ideas on what to do now?
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like doing this if it's the router to blame. As you know I'm just a tad
annoyed that after 4/5 weeks since getting my SB2 I've had nothing but
grief with it.
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to connect the SB2 via a wired cable straight to the router to
see if it gets better, before deciding what to do. Since purchasing
approx. three/four weeks ago I've had about an hour's use out of it.
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with the brand new pump.
I'm off to bed - all this grief is... well I'm sure you know how I'm
feeling.
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Andrew, this might help you.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15768
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or Trinloc USB DAB units) on their SB let me know, if
only to keep her 'quiet' :)
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.
I've D/L and installed the latest Server software, plus Softsqueeze too
but the problem still remains.
I'm running XP2 BTW.
Any help would be appreciated.
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that that forum would need a dedicated
moderator just to keep on top of it all. Well, it was just an idea.
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Another idea, if no-one has mentioned it yet, is to use'_
these_' (http://www.edirol.it/europe/details.asp?code=362id=12la=UK)
monitor loudspeakers which have a digital in socket. Don't know what
they sound like though, but it's an extra option to think about.
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into the album where the dupe got
deleted. Shame the thread got spoilt by sarcasm being brought into it.
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as normal. Once you're happy that everything is running okay,
you'd then delete the duplicate tracks in the 'deleted' bin
permanently.
I don't know whether something like this could be done, but I thought
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team could lead the way on this idea, because
I don't think anybody else has thought about it ... yet ;)
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aren't bothered with the
copies, could leave things as is and not use the 'remove dupes'
function.
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decided to do
one.
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the reply ABOVE which came in
just as I was typing this.
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, it's getting to the point now where I wish I'd never brought up
the suggestion.
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Cheers Michael, guess I scanned the list too quick! Now I feel like a
right fool for asking :(
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Even though I only raised the issue as really a query, thanks for
replying and coming up with a possible fix so quickly kdf.
Rob
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And I can finally rip DTS CDs and play them back in surround...
--Richard E
Richard, OOC, into what format do you rip these type of discs?
Rob
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quick run through, it seems to do
everything I need.
Just thought I'd post it on here so anyone looking for a CDripper that
interfaces to a database for track names, and then to encode to FLAC,
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, and as I normally use CDEx for my ripping and mareo
states it will work with it it's a given that I give it a try. At the
moment I'm just following the set-up on the mareo site, and then I'll
be ready to give it a track to rip.
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At the moment I'm just following the set-up on the mareo site, and then
I'll be ready to give it a track to rip.
Well after two hours trying I've given up on it. I keep getting errors
from the Mareo command line window and I'm at a loss where the problem
is. If anyone has
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