Logitech...where innovative products go to die. After Logitech bought
the Canadian company Harmony, they screwed up the programming software
making the UI harder to use and constant USB cable problems. I would
have to provide tech support to my brother and friend because it was so
hard to use
Can OPUS codec stream legacy Vorbis?
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Has anyone tried out HEOS? It appears to be a peer-to-peer system that
can play FLAC. The HEOS devices are controlled by smartphone app.
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What can I use to to safely remove the rubber-like coating (its
degrading) and what is the recommended product to re-apply to the case?
Thanks!
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Recently the following have happened when playing music from my SB2 (vs
Echo Dot);
1) One time a loud electrical buzz sounded. I rebooted the SB2 by
unplugging it. That fixed that issue
2) Recently a sound like a blown speaker tweeter appears but in both
speakers. Rebooting the SB2 by unpl
mandryka wrote:
> Is it possible?
Most modern routers include VPN. For example TP-Link AC2300 comes with
OpenVPN. Older routers can use DD-WRT to use OpenVPN.
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cliveb wrote:
> The price of CDs, digital downloads (and vinyl LPs, for that matter) has
> little to do with production costs.
> It has everything to do with what the market can bear.
>
> If the price was governed by the cost of production and delivery, then
> FLAC downloads would cost no more
SlimChances wrote:
> Surely there is a much greater cost to produce and ship CDs to stores
> than to provide a download
Yes, you are correct. Store rental, inventory costs, worker costs,
stolen merchandise costs, etc. See
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-15/affordability-crisis-low-in
JJZolx wrote:
> With CDs you were never really paying for the physical media and
> packaging. I recall when CDs first became prevalent, there were claims
> that they'd lower the cost of buying albums, but that was never true.
> They came out and were actually more expensive than vinyl records.
>
Everyone that sees my LMS system loves it. I think with QLMS it is
much easier to set up too (Kudos DigiMaster!). Logitech ruined the
company like they are doing to Harmony now (no software update for
Harmony One???). I am using my Harmony One to adjust tonal frequencies
on my stereo for LMS
MeSue wrote:
> Ive been enjoying the hands free experience with Amazon Echo. Mostly I
> use Echo for Pandora and Squeezebox for my music library (since Im not
> as likely to be skipping unwanted tracks with my owned music). Its nice
> to just say, "I dont like this song," and have it instantl
Mnyb wrote:
> I know . Working in a multinational myself :) the top floor does not
> really know what to do with smaller products even if they work well in
> their niche's and even turn a small profit with reasonable margin .
> They just cant fit it into both bussines model and organisation .
Th
toby10 wrote:
> This has been discussed in here for years, over and over. It will never
> happen. It will never be resurrected, nor sold, nor licensed to a third
> party, etc..
> It's dead as a viable consumer product offering.
Everything has a price.
dhallag wrote:
> Yes to all of the above. ;) At the same time, I see the market a
> little differently. So I live in Chicago and have good relations with
> two high end audio consultants here called "Decibel" and "Audio
> Consultants" I too am frustrated with companies like Sonos and Apple
>
As long as KRACK cannot see Pre-Shared WPA2 password then I am not
worrying. Furthermore, both WiFi access point and client have to be
unpatched for this hack to work.
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The new paid Amazon Music Unlimited service is very compelling. The
selection is massive and audio quality is very good. Any plans for LMS
plugin?
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I use https://www.backblaze.com/ which has been very reliable. It is
installed on my Macbook Pro and backs up mounted external drives.
$55/year Unlimited.
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DanSmedra wrote:
> Not sure Michael Herber, employee at Logitech, can talk freely. Some how
> money (revenue) must have gotten Logitech's attention. At least three
> new apps have now appeared at MySqueezebox.com (ClassicalRadio.com,
> RockRadio.com, and RadioTunes.com). An affiliate, JazzRadio.c
bonze wrote:
> There's also stuff here:
> https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4q8dvq20iyz9e/Builds
>
> not sure which is the later though
Are there installation instructions for Squeezelite or can it be run
from any folder on Mac? Does it have to be started from command line
for can icon be set u
epoch1970 wrote:
> I guess it is squeezelite these days. At the bottom of the Google code
> page there are OSX builds available for download.
> https://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/
> (I don't run LMS on OSX but should the Local Player plugin be available,
> installing that it is probably the be
What is the recommended software client for Mac OS X now? Is
SqueezePlay obsolete? TIA
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It looks like a Raspberry PI 2 can run SqueezeLite and be managed by WEB
Browser on iPad/iPhone. Anyone doing this?
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With proper marketing LMS and hardware can be a success. Make simple
to to install and stream to smartphones too over VPN. Social Media
reduces marketing costs drastically.
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So SB Radio on non-UE firmware is OK to upgrade to 7.7.3 r16676 WITHOUT
installing UE firmware?
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I cannot play RadioIO as it plays for some seconds then stops. Seems a
server issue on their end as other non-RadioIO stations play fine. Time
to jettison RadioIO?
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What third party audio devices connect to LMS? The Denon Ceol looked
interesting until I saw it has no line out (I have 2 channel stereos).
Sonos Connect looks more like a direct replacement but much more
expensive as it always was, with no plugins. My requirement is to not
have to have a com
Now that we are 3 or more years from the start of the destruction of
Slim Devices by Logitech what has happened? Home streaming options for
a good sounding stereo have decreased, consumers have been corralled
into pay per month (or advertising) smart device solutions with lock in,
in all very ba
I just switched to TL-841N's with DD-WRT 11/20/14 from WRT54GL's. Runs
cool, very fast (~500 Mhz cpu) and not expensive. There are some minor
bugs in the ATH9K linux driver that DD-WRT uses but that will be fixed
soon. No show stoppers.
As I move away from video to books and music, Logitech cancels a modern
audio product to replace it with a Big Brother whatever. Guess this is
another sign to head to the Gulch. Great work original team; maybe see
you in the Gulch with your new product for the true 1%.
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the SqueezeBox2. Is there a workaround for this? TIA, EB
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h portable speakers. So don't try
to achieve "listening room" quality. My advice is to rip to high bit
rate OGG (or batch convert from FLAC), then buy the Koss Porta Pro for
head phones with good bass. I use a Tivoli Songbook unit for hotel
rooms and am happy with that.
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I would ditch the Vista PC; it is mostly running cycles for the bloated
OS. Sounds like you have cash so go with a Transporter or Repertoire
for the server end. On the cheap, look at embedded linux servers like
the Buffalo/Kurobox/?.
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I noticed the button set was set to custom. I think I did this for a
fast forward/reverse function that never worked well. I set it back to
standard and now problem is fixed. JVC was already unchecked. Thanks
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Hi, my Lite-On DVD Recorder's rewind command turns on my SB2. Is there
anything I can do to fix this? Also, the DVD recorder's rewind command
turns on SB2 with something other than the 'toggle power' command
because pressing rewind again does not turn off the SB2. TIA,
Somehow my music and playlist directories were reset to blank. I filled
them back in and have my music back, but the Playlists still lists EMPTY
though the directory is correct and I rescanned playlists. Running SS
6.3 on a linux kurobox. Any ideas how to fix this?
TIA,
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> and run locally. At least that's how I understand it. I have one of the
>
> beta units and it works a lot better than a PDA with a web browser.
>
> Regards,
> Peter
Harmony integration?
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> http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2006/07/music_sales_fal.html
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krochat;252794 Wrote:
> The RIAA claims ripping your own CDs is illegal!
>
> http://www.dailytidings.com/2007/1229/stories/1229_etc_music.php
>
> Regards,
> Kim
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te control over acts [digital/electronic
> reproduction] which in the off-line world were never the right holders
> prerogative-" and which rights go significantly further than the
> Directive was intended to allow.
>
Ridiculous! Also, all those street video cameras you guys h
se "that's the way things are".
It all started with Rap (it doesn't need dynamic range), just thumping
bass. The iPod was the nail in the coffin. Thankfully, I have enough
good music in CD form to last me a life time.
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Especially when the band listens to the master on an iPod. There was
an article about this about a year ago in the WSJ. It is
disheartening. The new Bruce Springsteen cd sounds like crap; a muddy
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What's with the proprietary license agreement on the download page? Is
SS no longer open source?
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umer electronics vendor with such a policy?
>
>
> Do not feed the trolls
Not agreeing with poster, but AR replaced the woofers on my speakers 7
years after the warranty expired.
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Get in the real world.
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uot;pro" models. I'm not an audiophile and
> don't need top-of-the-line stuff as long as it sounds decent plugged
> into my stereo.
If all you want to do is stream MP3 then maybe go with something
cheaper. But if you wan
art agregator in windows is also handy.
>
> The word is that flac will be natively supported under Mac OS 10.5, so
> also in quicktime and iTunes/iPod presumably.
Foobar will probably run under Parallels...
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otten around calling them.
Try using an eraser on the contacts.
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ies' such as Watch TV,
Play CD, Play Digital Music, Play Radio, etc. The lower priced ones
can't handle as many devices/activities and have smaller lower
resolution monochrome displays.
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e form factor of
550 better, but the color screen on the 880 better. You can get the 550
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MacBook, but I can not ping the ReplayTV even with giving Mac OS X the
explicit route via the SB2...
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I have ReplayTV connected to one of my SB2's via the ethernet
connection. The ReplayTV can connect to the Internet fine for updates,
but I can't ping it. Does the SB2 do routing both ways?
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year ago and it installed a bunch of
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aded to sound (from the spec) fuzzy with
> less detail"
>
> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
XP is my last MS OS. I mostly use Mac OS X now (and linux for
servers). What ever happ
mantis007;175408 Wrote:
> right now it only shows Album. I'd love NEW MUSIC to show Artist too -
> is there any way to change this?
>
> Thanks
> Tony
Artist will only show in the WEB GUI II
Still no Java? Man, I have Java on my RAZR phone!
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h source, and widely
> supported. it is not so easy for ALAC or WMAL for many reasons.
>
> I think your solution of using FLAC + MP3 is the most reasonable
> right now.
>
> Josh
Better yet is FLAC + OGG. iRiver has appeared to stop supporting OGG
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n to radio through the
> internet explorer...
> I have SB2 and my server version is 6.5.1 (I downloaded it a month ago
> and until now it works without any issues)
>
> Ideas any one?
> Thanks,
> Yoni.
Sounds like you
When I try to connect to Internet Radio using SS 6.3.1 I now get parsing
errors on all channels (Shoutcast, 365Live, etc). Do I have to upgrade
to SS 6.5 to get this to work again?
TIA,
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John Gorst;147457 Wrote:
> >
>
> Video squeezebox??
> (not actually interested in one myself)
>
I think a cool idea would be for the SB to have a video output so
lyrics and album info/art could be shown on the TV
radish;145547 Wrote:
> http://slimlyrics.sourceforge.net/
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so families can play their home-made he-res videos through the
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Richie Wrote:
> > I have my SB2 set to VU Meters for screensaver. It would be nice for
> > the SB2 to go back to where it was from the screensaver.
>
> You might want to try Player Setting > Plugins > Jump Back On Wake
>
> Richard
That is only an option with
consciouspnm Wrote:
> Try changing the screen savers to none, or at least away from Now
> Playing
I have my SB2 set to VU Meters for screensaver. It would be nice for
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Hi,
I usually search by Artist and play a cd. I then after a period of
time want to "back up" to the artist name to go to a different cd but
SB2 forgets where it it is. Any way to fix this?
Thanks,
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> Is the make/model not in their database?
Nope. At least not what I could identify as the model # on the box.
The box is made for Time Warner and doesn't identify itself well. Just
says Pioneer with what I think is a serial # and model # on the
bottom...
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ing
it learn my Pioneer digital cable box remote (TW). I will get a good
scan for TogglePower but then subsequent button scans are always "Bad
Infrared" error. I emailed Logitech and am still waiting for a
response...
Oh I am using Mac OS X
I am possibly looking for a high end universal remote that I can program
with icons for each device. Since SB users appreciate good design I
thought I would ask for opinions here...
TIA,
Dan
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Windoze computer still needed to login
into Rhapsody so that SB can play it?
TIA,
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Does a Windoze PC have to be logged in to Rhapsody for the tunes to play
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When ever I pick 'Internet Radio -> Shoutcast', it doesn't list many
stations anymore. For example, the Classical category only lists 2
stations. What's up?
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, a SB2 and a SB3 and SlimServer
> is running on a 2.8GHz XP Home PC.
I can't connect either to Shoutcast and am using SS 6.2.1. Are you
still having trouble?
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o Hot Swap 2nd PSU
> 2x 10/100/1000 Ethernet Interfaces
>
> We are probably looking at £949.99 for a 1Tb version.
>
> Paul
> Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd
What is your website? Or are these produc
kdf Wrote:
> Quoting earthbased forums.slimdevices.com>:
>
> >
> > I see no way to create a current playlist from the remote w/out
> first
> > starting a song/cd. I want to be to create the list without playing
> it
> > right away. What am I missing?
I see no way to create a current playlist from the remote w/out first
starting a song/cd. I want to be to create the list without playing it
right away. What am I missing?
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'Smart Gain' enabled. What exactly is this as I don't see it documented
anywhere.
TIA,
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>
> We are probably looking at £949.99 for a 1Tb version.
>
> Paul
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What is the website for this product? htt
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I create my FLAC files using dbPowerAMP and to my knowledge it didn't
(doesn't) have a ReplayGain feature. How can I add this metadata to my
existing FLAC files?
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I recently upgraded my setup to 6.2.1 for SS and fw28 for SB2. I am
enjoying the new Random Mix feature, but would like to know if there is
away that SB2 could auto-adjust the volume since my FLAC files across
CDs have different volume levels.
TIA,
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kdf Wrote:
> On 5-Nov-05, at 3:56 PM, earthbased wrote:
>
> >>
> >
> > I tried loading SoftSqueeze and I get "Found unsigned entry in
> > resource:
> http://192.168.100.2:9000/html/softsqueeze/SoftSqueeze.jar";.
> > I am running 6.0.2 (
kdf Wrote:
> On 5-Nov-05, at 2:21 PM, earthbased wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > My music on the slimserver is in FLAC format for my home stereo
> systems
> > using SB2s. I was wondering if a Windows software music player can
> > connect to hear th
Hi,
My music on the slimserver is in FLAC format for my home stereo systems
using SB2s. I was wondering if a Windows software music player can
connect to hear the flac file.
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Hi,
I am running 6.0.2 on Linux. How do I install 6.1.1? Do I simply
unzip the tar into the existing Slim Server directory overwriting whats
there or should I delete the contents first? Do I need to update Perl
as well?
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pressing the brightness key turned the screen saver back on. Thanks
for the tip!
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ezeBox 2 Firmware 11. None
of the "powered off" screen savers will display; SlimServer states that
the screen saver is turned off but offers no way to turn it on!
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One of my SB2s has lost it screen saver when powered off. I can find
no way to enable it again from either the HTML GUI or remote. Help
please!
TIA,
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;s a server problem, as once i've run
> through the setup again, it connects just fine and plays happily. Also,
> I can still use the local stream while it's in this state.
>
> I'd be happy to hear i'm not alone... I don't like the idea of being
&g
l SlimServer and rsync on
it? If so, I would like to get two of them. BTW I am not a Linux
hacker but am comfortable installing software from CLI.
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>
> Anyone else seen this?
>
> Also, the display seems to glow on both sided when powered (except in
> the
> display off state).
>
> Just curious
>
> Peter
Yes, I have noticed this too. Thought I had a faulty display and was
on this?
I am too interested in running SlimServer on a Kuro or LinkStation.
Has anyone succesfully done this? If so, please tell how...
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