Re: [slim] This is driving me nuts

tracks to play. Can anyone help ? liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111970

Re: [slim] This is driving me nuts

oller interface was very poor. So will wait to see if they improve it. -------- liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre

[slim] This is driving me nuts

the list stopped playing again). Aaaagghh liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111970

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

destructive play, Play all songs in Directory) etc. Any ideas ? liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

m a playlist or an album for examle). I want to keep this old functionality without an additional menu keep popping up. Hope you can help. Thanks ---- liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this

Re: [slim] Moving away from LMS ?

love the high res screen). As soon as I can crawl about on floors to sort out cabling etc ( managed to smash my left femur three weeks back so on crutches for quite a few weeks) I will get started. Thanks again liffy99's Pr

Re: [slim] Moving away from LMS ?

ents%2Bportable/xx-criteria.html Thanks but its a question of disc noise rather than speed in the case of atachment to the RPi - it's next to the stereo where I do my serious listening. A low cost HD would be OK if I went with the server option being upstairs. ------

Re: [slim] Moving away from LMS ?

ir chose device, rather than use it to control the server. I do not want / need to play music on my Ipad but I do want it to control the music library played through my Raspberry Pi. Hope I'm making sense. Cheers ---- liffy99's

Re: [slim] Moving away from LMS ?

, picoreplayer all fit on the RPI SD card ? And how then do I get files onto the hard disk ? Cheers liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Moving away from LMS ?

. So, can I do this, is Plex a viable substitute for LMS / Vortexbox, and where do I start ? Thanks liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Clipping analysis

however none of the waveform exceeds the +1 or -1 levels - so I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at. Should, for example, the +1 level equate to 0db (the max level CD can be recorded at without clipping) ? Thanks liffy99's

Re: [slim] Clipping analysis

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Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

on a Vortexbox server connected wirelessly. Something's not right - what can I check ? liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

) Complete 00:00:28 Abort scan Player Information Information on all identified devices connected to Logitech Media Server liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

. Looks like my newly added music is there so will keep an eye. liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

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Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !

correctly when sorting by artist or album . . . liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553

[slim] Phatnoise and Mac

to end in more confusion with the plethora of standards and formats flooding the marketplace - oh for some universality . . . . . Cheers -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832

Re: [slim] SB 3 dead

They seem to have all gone ! Nomenclature is slightly different to mine; WLANTPBG v2 IEEE802.11b/g Is this the same thing ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View

Re: [slim] SB 3 dead

Wow - trying to replace the original for the time being - but it's an awful fit. Is there a secter for sliding it back in - mine still has 2-3mm to go (I can tell from the position of the notch and the semicircular cut outs on the sides) but I can't budge it . . . . -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

increased 10%. Problem now is that it no longer picks up radio (Alien BBC) and can't connect to Squeeze Network - but I suspect that's a result of changimng IP addresses and settings more times than I've had hot dinners . . . . -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

for suggestions. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75886

Re: [slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

the repair costs are . . . (or just wait for the Touch !) -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75886

Re: [slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

Glastonbury who's an expert on these things ??? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75886

Re: [slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

Unfortunately I can't swap the over. One is modified with analogue outputs disabled. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Wireless signal drops every few seconds

effect. Ideas ? Thanks -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75886

Re: [slim] Can't connect

finding the network when I use the Setup Networking route. Agagahgahaga -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Can't connect

). -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75537 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Can't connect

I wonder if its because the SB3 in the kitchen is nearer the neighbours network (but that's where its always been and it used to be OK). I remember you can change channels somewhere but can't remember where - would that be on the router (BT Home Hub), NAS or SB3 ? -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Can't connect

that over here we pay sky high prices with little to show for it. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75537

[slim] Can't connect

. Also curioulsy the web link to Slimserver on the NAs does work ! And my second SB3 works fine - and I can't see any settings differences apart from the obvious. Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong ? Thanks -- liffy99

[slim] Wireless signal drops to 0

to interpret Netstumbler so I'm not sure what the speed clumn actually shows (I would be surprised if the 54mps was actual speed). Is this normal ? I ask as a handful of FLAC files seem to stutter on playback and the kitchen SB3 (see above) often refuses to reconnect. Thanks -- liffy99

Re: [slim] How do you use NetStumbler?

I've checked my wireless signal with Netstumbler and the Speed column shows 54mb, but every few seconds (not periodically) drops to 0.5mb for a second or two. Is this normal ? Is the router a problem ? -- liffy99 liffy99

Re: [slim] Happy Transporter convert!

Presumably using the Transporter's DAC which I would assume is somewhat better than that of the SB3. Did you vere try running the SB3 via its digital output to another DAC before plugging that into your Arcam ? -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

clipped during the mastering process to ensure no output beyond 0db) with an average loudness level of, say, -9db. Lousy dynamic range, loud and clipped ! Or am I completely missing the boat somewhere ? -- liffy99 liffy99's

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

. . . . ) PS Downloaded Stravinsky's Firebird Suite from www.hdtracks.com - now that DOES have some dynamics ! -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

all the files to conform to the new 98db default. nearly there . . . . -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

headroom. But how much headroom ? What is the gap between 89 and 0db ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51320

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

with brushes, the next a tom tom given a thwack with a stick - far more than 11db. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Foobar 2000 query

Ta muchly - that did the trick ! Now, why can't I hear amy output ? Playing files via Media Monkey, Windows etc all works just fine. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View

[slim] Foobar 2000 query

I load a file ? Cheers -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51429

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

positive RG added, I presume I'm in danger of introducing clipping ??? Thanks for all the help - really feel I understand RG now. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View

Re: [slim] Buy non DRM FLAC music

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Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

peaks ? Talking of normalising - is this a good thing to do when ripping ? Many thanks -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Another can't open Slimserver question . . .

OK - found the problem. No idea why but the IP address of my NAS had changed ! Only noticed when I connected the SB3 again and this time noticed that a 4 had changed to a 5. Changed the path to the web lookup and all is fine. -- liffy99

[slim] Understanding Replay Gain

level of some of my quieter albums but preserve the dynamic range - i.e. increase the min and max levels by the same amount. Can I do this with files that are now stored in FLAC format ? What software would I need ? Any other tips ? Cheers -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

keep changing the platforms but seems they also mess up the source itself. aagaaghh -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Understanding Replay Gain

to the same level as RHCP (any compression in the mastering will still be unalterable). -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Another can't open Slimserver question . . .

Anyone any ideas ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51228

[slim] Another can't open Slimserver question . . .

firewall off, the status button still says it is on ! Slimserver is obvioulsy running but I can't acces it for configuration etc. Any ideas ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832

Re: [slim] Operational Questions

that this is a developer choice between browsing in the background as opposed to current track info. Thaks again for all the help - I just love these forums. Now I just want to find sources of high res, reasonably uncompressed audio . . . . (don't we all). -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Digital audio out via USB

- there is no driver disk involved. I'll give it a try. Thanks -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42874

[slim] Digital audio out via USB

I need to take a digital feed from my PC (or NAS) by USB to my digital/DAC amp. . No idea where to start - I've only ever used the line out facilities on my motherboard or soundcard before. Anyone know how to do / configure this ? I've got a feeling it should be blindingly obvious. -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Digital audio out via USB

No, my DAC / amp has a USB input. I just want to know how I configure the PC to get digital audio out from the USB socket. Thanks -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View

[slim] Connecting to a DAC

, but can I output music digitally from the QNAP to the amp, via a USB connection, and control via the PC ? Cheers -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet

). Would it not be possible to standardise supplies around 2 or three alternatives (eg 5v, 12v, 18v) so at least there's the possibility of using existing gear ? Could the duet have been made to work with 5V (esp if the receiver circuitry is much the same) Ah well . . . . -- liffy99

Re: [slim] SB3 doesn't like microwave

probably wishful thinking). Thanks a million . . . . -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40239

Re: [slim] SB3 doesn't like microwave

to anything other than 6 ? Will there be other settings I need to change as well ? I have two SB3s connected wirelessly and a QNAP server ethernet wired to the router (Phillips). Thanks -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http

[slim] American Techpushers - dead or alive ?

anyone know if they are still trading (their website is still up and running). I'm now having to pursue my credit card company to get a refund - so beware ! -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Confused about Now Playing settings

appears when it is first selected. If I press next on the remote (and jump to the nest track) the title does not change. All this is used within the context of searching via Music Folder What am I doing wrong ? Thanks -- liffy99

Re: [slim] American Techpushers - dead or alive ?

Yep - I have all the contact details and have e-mailed, phoned and written from the UK. No response - they just don't seem to want to honour their contractual obligations. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.2 Release

I'd like to try 6.5.2 but my current Slimserver was pre-installed on a QNAP TS201. Where should I download the update to - will it work downloading it to a NAS ? Has anyone tried 6.5.2 on a nAS ? Cheers -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

I've tried the network test at both SB3 and server ends - both return 100% performance at all bandwidths ! Do you think Logitech / Slimserver themselves would help ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

metalwork will be out of the way. OR OR OR Is it just because I've now moved the SB3 away from my Lyngdorf digital amp ? Could that have been throwing out RF nasties to interfere with wireless transmission ? But if so why do all the 16/44 files play without a hiccup ? Ho hum -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

the latter and what File Type options should I have ticked (or not) to transmit FLAC files on the PC or NAS to the SB3 ? Aah -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

. . . . -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34783 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

with increasing bit rates (normal 16/44 FLAC = 750, 16/44 WAV = 1400, 24/48 FLAC = 2000 approx). Over 1500 or so it seems to suffer. By the way, the files are streamed from a QNAP TS201. Is its 128mb memory a limitation here ? Fingers crossed . . . . -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

is emptying faster than it can be replenished. As far as I can see the only buffer setting in Slimserver relates to internet radio. I've run the bandwidth check on the SB3 - all 100% up to 500KBS. Bit rates on the 24/48 FLAC files are about 2000. Help . . . -- liffy99

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

files - or is there just far more difficulty in getting it to stream the larger files ? ??? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

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Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

I've tried FLAC Frontend (see post #4) - it made no difference. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34783

Re: [slim] Playing 24/48

Yep, tried the last two - 32 bit float and signed 24 bit - no difference. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Playing 24/48

to FLAC. Whichever recording option I use (24 or 32 bit), when I play back over my SB3 I just get white noise. Playing the same files on my PC via Media Monkey though is just fine. Any ideas anyone ? -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile

Re: [slim] Shipping to United Kingdom

UK prices on SB3s too - I'll certainly use them in future. -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34637

Re: [slim] Internet eadio continually re-buffers

but when I looked at the recommended Registry entries and processes (in Task Manager) there was nothing there ! Hmmm -- liffy99 liffy99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7832 View this thread: http

[slim] NEXT plays next track but display stays same

When I hit the NEXT button on the remote, the next track on an album plays perfectly. Yet the name of the original track still displays - shouldn't this move on the the second track's details ? Is there a setting I've missed somewhere ? Thanks -- liffy99

[slim] Internet eadio continually re-buffers

is 3, max 30) to no effect. Bitrate is left uncapped (if I can stream FLAC at 800kbs I shouldn't have a problem wuth 160Kbs radio should I ?). Software version is 6.5.1 (I've never used anything else as far as radio listening is concerned). Any ideas ? Thanks -- liffy99

[slim] Sound breaking up and distorting

figures shown in Slimserver (and my broadband connection) all seem OK. I'm using FLAC files and streaming these as .wav, letting the PC do the conversion rather than the Squeezebox. Anyone experienced similar symptoms ? Thanks -- liffy99