Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

. It tipped forward spilling all of my CDs into the general entertainment area (TV, stereo, etc.). The room looked not unlike JonWill's, though I did not take a picture. The television still bears the scars (in the plastic around the screen). -- eq72521

Re: [slim] Can you still purchase IR remotes?

sell me one, but they sent me one for free. If you really need a new remote because yours is broken, there may still be some left for you. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View

Re: [slim] Where are your CDs?

and the shelf stayed in storage near home. I'd probably stop buying them altogether if FLAC was offered as a purchasable option. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread

Re: [slim] HELP! Terminally (?) sick squeezebox 3

Eeyore69;546145 Wrote: eq72521, A couple of weeks ago I had my SB3 remote go out. Remembering that the Logitech store sold the remote, although with backlit keys, I went to the site and found that I could not access the Accessories page. So I called the Logitech 800 number thinking that I

Re: [slim] HELP! Terminally (?) sick squeezebox 3

At the risk of being scavengerly, may I ask if this worked? The reason is that while my SB3s are still working OK, one of the IR remotes is slowly dying. If you end up with a dead SB3 and no longer have any use for the remote, I may be interested in purchasing it. -- eq72521

Re: [slim] HELP! Terminally (?) sick squeezebox 3

months ago). If you have any other suggestions (or really think it is the IR LED leads that somehow only affect certain buttons during initial use), let me know. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 as Squeezebox Receiver replacement - questions

. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76852 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Skipping Over Music Folders

players. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75747 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

and patch it myself (at which time I'd be asking about the process for submitting a patch). -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

-- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

like this is possible with a few minor patches to some tools. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75051

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

Been (Disc 1) +- And All That Could Have Been (Disc 2) +- Closer Nirvana +- Nevermind Pearl Jam +- Ten Waits, Tom +- Closing Time +- Real Gone +- Presence -- eq72521 eq72521's

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

browsing the music directory. If you can't do this, then the directory ends up looking like iTunes got a hold of it, which is just wrong. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View

Re: [slim] The competition is catching up and some surpassing Squeezebox...fast!

tries to associate itself with the Valley. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74510

Re: [slim] Remote control for squeezebox classic

ghostrider;515341 Wrote: Backlit remote is stock with the Transporter, also works with the other SB's. I thought for a while the backlit remote was also shipping with SB3s, but I could be wrong. -- eq72521 eq72521's

Re: [slim] $25 off VortexBox Appliance

because this is approximately what I do manually, so that when browsing the music folder directly (BMF, ls, Windows Explorer, etc.) the artists are in the right order (e.g. Tom Waits goes in W, not T). I would need VB to do this in order to be able to switch to using it. -- eq72521

Re: [slim] Where to purchase a remote?

I'm interested in this as well. One of my (original, rounded bottom) SB3 remotes is on the fritz and will probably need to be replaced soon. Slim Devices used to carry the newer backlit remotes for $30 or so, but they seem to be gone now. Are they ever coming back? -- eq72521

Re: [slim] Losing library when I turn off computer

on an old laptop that only has USB 1.1 (or maybe 1.0 for all I know). Still fast enough to stream music. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Losing library when I turn off computer

the exact setup I have. So it may not be immune. I'll keep my eye out. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69283

Re: [slim] Change for change's sake is bad

marketing and management. Please not on the players. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68521

Re: [slim] Whither the Duet?

the smiley. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68270 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Logitech is messing up Squeezebox

. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68654 ___ discuss mailing list discuss

Re: [slim] Logitech is messing up Squeezebox

vram;464040 Wrote: you're lame pski! Indeed. pski, you're rather degrading the quality of the conversation here and in the other threads where you've made these snide comments. As well, you're giving senior members a bad name. Please stop. -- eq72521

Re: [slim] Whither the Duet?

a touch screen remote. I'm not entirely sure what you thought I was talking about... -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Change for change's sake is bad

the Firmware Update Dance every time I switch from SlimServer to SqueezeNetwork or vice versa. Does anyone else have this experience when running a SlimServer that's somewhat behind the times? Is this intentional? Is there any way around it? -- eq72521

Re: [slim] Change for change's sake is bad

the release notes and see that for SqueezeNetwork users this is a required with a capital R upgrade (apparently beyond just the irritation of the Firmware Update Dance). Pidgin 2.4 here I come. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile

Re: [slim] Whither the Duet?

pack mod comes out. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68270

Re: [slim] Why do we need to chose SqueezeCenter/SqueezeNetwork?

to one but to fall back automatically to the other. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68012

Re: [slim] Favorite service?

SomaFM FTW. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62655

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

influences now, like Howlin' Wolf. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60850

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

cdmackay;402614 Wrote: eq72521 wrote: Coincidentally, I just set up the new SB Receiver in their room tonight (replacing the purchased-in-1993-for-$30 Casio CD Alarm Clock Boombox that was handed down to them). They still just want to listen to the same old Tom Waits Lullaby mix

Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...

SB Receiver in their room tonight (replacing the purchased-in-1993-for-$30 Casio CD Alarm Clock Boombox that was handed down to them). They still just want to listen to the same old Tom Waits Lullaby mix that I made for them a couple years ago... -- eq72521

Re: [slim] That was a very stupid thing to do.

This thread is pretty awesome. Interesting that the beer-containing image is missing on that archived page. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Browse by folder name

I've had an SB since 2004 (maybe 2003?) and this is still all I use to browse my music. You can customize the SB root menu so that it's right below Now Playing, so getting to it is very easy (from Now Playing, just left, down, right). -- eq72521

Re: [slim] TB Drive Full

look like this: A-M (drive 1) N-Z (drive 2) Or you could wait for 2TB drives to come out. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Should I switch to SlimServer 7?

OK with it so far. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43479

Re: [slim] Sequential Songs

popular music CDs when I ripped my collection. I'd grep through the cue sheets, but I'm at work. The one I remember is Enigma's MCMXC a.D.. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512

Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

with the recent Microsoft acquisition of TellMe (which is definitely a subsidiary). -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php

[slim] Re: Rave about the new Transporter Remote

should have asked my co-worker about it first, as he has three. I stand somewhat corrected. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Rave about the new Transporter Remote

, or wife, although if I were her I might be insulted at the filename (girl.jpg). -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: Wish List for SlimDevices

at Best Buy had something like this. Here's one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7689129type=productproductCategoryId=cat03066id=1141762608953 -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: Sean demoing Transporter on Gizmodo

The second left hand screen was stage left, correct? :) Seriously though, Transporter does look really cool. I wish I had the money and the hearing ability to enjoy it. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http

[slim] Re: What does the original power supply look like?

Interesting. One of the guys at the office here has one that is 5V 1600 mA. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: streaming AAC files in native format

I believe that the answer is No, although I can't find a document to corroborate. The SB 2/3 can natively decode WAV, FLAC, MP3, and WMA (not lossless). -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Optimal settings for FLAC

mind if he ended up using a bit of extra space. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25064

[slim] Re: 2 Squeezeboxes (bought in April 2006) for sale

. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24767 ___ discuss mailing list discuss

[slim] Re: 2 Squeezeboxes (bought in April 2006) for sale

is practically brand new and still in the box. I only took it out upon receipt to verify contents and then carefully repacked. PM or email me if interested. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

[slim] Re: Cleaning your SB3

I've actually been wondering about this issue and this seems to be the thread to ask: Should one use *only* the supplied cloth to clean dust off the SB3, or is a normal cotton cloth OK (e.g. a cloth diaper)? -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Perl Problem (OT)

I think the reason that the OP didn't look back here is that I actually responded to his message via email right away yesterday and provided something similar. Sorry, I should have posted something to that effect here. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Could I use a 300MHz AMD 6gig 320ish RAM desk top with a SB2 in some way?

FreeBSD, but some flavor of Linux should work as well. In any case, some Unix-like OS will get you a lot more out of the system (to devote to SlimServer) than any version of Windows ever would. Good luck! -- eq72521 eq72521's

[slim] Re: What's next from Slim? Speculate here.

great. Using headphones with one of those (at a low volume) is probably OK. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: What's next from Slim? Speculate here.

a portent of worse things to come. I still don't know where mine came from, which makes it doubly irritating. Maybe about 10 loud concerts in my life, only 2 or 3 of which were without earplugs, no loud stereos or headphones, and I don't even travel that much. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: What's next from Slim? Speculate here.

bothersome, when I'm fatigued, but it never actually goes away. Like jmpage2, I feel that I'm predisposed in some way. I don -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread

[slim] Re: Poll: What is your library size and hardware

that it all works on such low spec hardware. Hopefully it still works when I put in a 120G drive and load it up with FLACs. If it does I'll be happy because I won't have to give my neighbor one of my better machines. :) -- eq72521

[slim] Re: SlimDevices Squeezebox 2/3 and Sonos ZP80

surely *something* fulfilling the need of music storage needs to be turned on when you're using it. What does it matter if that device is a PC or a NAS? In any case, neither should need to be on 24/7, just when you want to listen to music. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: New Slim Devices product K.R.O.N.O.S.

to be a portable device, despite ('apparently' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23509)) looking like it. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http

[slim] Re: Anybody else a member of la la ?

this is some very wishful thinking. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23467

[slim] Re: Squeezebox and ogg Vorbis?

support and have native Ogg support way down on the priority list. I love Ogg as much as the next slashdot reading geek, but I fear that its chances for mass acceptance may have passed. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Hidden Messages.....

new storeshelf ready SB3 box, but there it was. We were happy that that manifestation of the SD sense of humor remained. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread

[slim] Re: Hidden Messages.....

eq72521 Wrote: Somewhere on the website I think that the phrase This one goes to 11 was used as a tagline. I'm too curious to let that lie. According to a 'search' (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22This+one+goes+to%22+site%3Aslimdevices.com) it was on the the old download page

[slim] Re: Do you wan to be a star?

Indeed, the currently running age poll seems to indicate that most of us are well past hip. I'm pushing it at 29, but my home is well away from any major coastal cities anyway. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http

[slim] Re: A Silly Poll

Youngest so far: 29. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22941

[slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

it up as well. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=7614 ___ Discuss

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

on RAID as your only backup. If you lose both drives at the same time or the controller, you're in big trouble. Make sure you back up to some other medium that resides outside the server (separate HD(s), DVDRs, etc.) -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

results. If one *did* get a mobo whose onboard IDE controller couldn't handle 137GB drives, could that problem be solved by installing a separate PCI EIDE or SATA controller? Would large drives installed on that controller work OK? -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Review on HotHardware

the sound quality is. If at all, I think it would have been better to mention the power supply issue nearer to where they raved about the sound quality. But overall, a very good review. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Oh no...

I do? Contact support at slimdevices dot com. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19364

[slim] Re: 20Kb/sec bandwith used and it's not even playing anything?

frames to generate far more traffic - up to 5Mbps.. Ahh, that explains it then. Shortly after posting yesterday and thinking about it, I rather suspected something like this. Thanks. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http

[slim] Re: 20Kb/sec bandwith used and it's not even playing anything?

perused the source though, so I could certainly be way off here. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19099

[slim] Re: Car audio player

this player instead of the one I did, I did no small amount of contacting various people about this and as best I can tell it is a typo on the search/list results pages. [Being Best Buy, maybe not so] odd that it is still there. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

that the iPod juggernaut killed Rio. That's good to hear actually. I was considering a Rio, but the reports combined with the price kept me away from it at the moment. Maybe I'll scour the used market again in 6-12 months and see what I can find. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

can pick up a bunch. As I said, the player is seriously no frills, and I do have some minor qualms, but overall it has been great. This has been long winded enough. If you're interested in more information/opinions/qualms, let me know and I'll elaborate. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: SB Form Factor (wish)

or in this case a custom playlist) and then stop fiddling with it and get to your workout. :) -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

that much and storage is cheap. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18910

[slim] Re: Portable player suggestions

track. Yes, I'm extraordinarily picky. As I said though, all of these are *minor* qualms. Overall it's a great basic player. Still, I'll bet that if Slim Devices made a portable it wouldn't have any of these problems... :) -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Anyone interested to get squeezebox3 in NYC

I stand humbly corrected. Slim Devices *is* a way cool company. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17809

[slim] Re: UK Computer Shopper round up of Wireless Media Players - Squeezebox 2/5

learned this as a dance teacher. For every person who asks a question, there are 10 who were too timid to ask. Furthermore, everyone who has a problem will probably tell far more people about it than will someone who has a good (uneventful) experience. -- eq72521

[slim] Re: Anyone interested to get squeezebox3 in NYC

two SB3s at $100 less profit rather than the other possibilities (one or two at full price or worse, none at all). -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Announce: Third-generation Squeezebox, SlimServer 6.2

seanadams Wrote: Completely different layout and mechanicals. I'll post pics next week. Try getting bthat/b from Belkin, NetGear, Roku, Sonos, etc. -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Slimscrobbler- why should I have it?

of these posts, I assume it is a good thing that I have no idea who this Kelly Clarkson is. -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

stinkingpig Wrote: eq72521 wrote: Aaron Zinck Wrote: People value quality, and the technology to provide consumers with higher and higher sound-quality only continues to improve. There is still plenty of economic incentive to provide high sound-quality. Unfortunately, my

[slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

, because of this chicanery that has gone on in the last eight years. -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Artist/Artistsort tags not what is really needed

it!). I can't speak to the irritating .lnk showing up when browsing links; I'll keep that in mind as a further reason to stay away from Windows. -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo

[slim] Re: Artist/Artistsort tags not what is really needed

), but having Browse Music Folder certainly diminishes the impetus to do so, allowing me to work on the issue at my leisure. -- eq72521 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss