Re: [slim] Accelerated audio increment/decrement rate functionality

2008-04-22 Thread max . spicer
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Re: [slim] Accelerated audio increment/decrement rate functionality

2008-04-22 Thread max . spicer
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Re: [slim] Accelerated audio increment/decrement rate functionality

2008-04-22 Thread max . spicer
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Re: [slim] what is jump back on wake?

2008-04-09 Thread max . spicer
Louis-David Mitterrand;289370 Wrote: Among two now playing screensavers, one is labeled (jump back on wake). I tried both and didn't see any visible difference. What does that jump do? Jump back on wake remembers where you were in a menu before the screensaver kicked in and will put

Re: [slim] what is jump back on wake?

2008-04-09 Thread max . spicer
max.spicer;289375 Wrote: It really could do with some better wording! Actually, I wonder when you wouldn't want jump back on wake. A better solution might be just to remove the non-jump option. *Max awaits howls of protest* ;-) Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog VU with

Re: [slim] Spam PMs

2008-04-04 Thread max . spicer
Patrick Dixon;287280 Wrote: Any chance the forum administrators could do something to prevent spam by Private Message? Maybe prevent people sending PMs until they have a minimum number of forum posts - which is a common approach on other forums. Yes, that would be helpful. It doesn't

Re: [slim] Spam PMs

2008-04-04 Thread max . spicer
bpa;287291 Wrote: I've got a few of these as well. Not commercial SPAM message but message about problems, nothing user confidential which should have been posted on the forum. I don't like discouraging user queries so I usually push them to start a public thread - some do, some

Re: [slim] Spam PMs

2008-04-04 Thread max . spicer
Here's another timely example: * freegamexprt Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 0 freegamexprt is on a distinguished road Default Hi [Name} I'm new to the forum and just wanted to say hello. I look forward to hanging out here. Visit My Site http://[not going to

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread max . spicer
Siduhe;284723 Wrote: Probably not, but it is protecting the screens of my SBs (at least the way I have it set up). My SB2 is suffering a little bit of screen burn (where the : between the hour:minute is on the time). Only really noticable when brightness is on high, but I'm hoping that

Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign

2008-03-25 Thread max . spicer
It sounds to me as if you are needlessly mixing the scanner mode and accelerated playback modes. I think it would be much better if they were entirely separate. During playback, single presses of ffwd/rwd should trigger accelerated playback. Holding ffwd/rew when there is a current track (but

Re: [slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

2008-03-18 Thread max . spicer
max.spicer;280312 Wrote: Thanks for all the help! I've just ordered some of these http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/1371. And they arrived this morning. Just over £7.50 for 4 adapter cables and a couple of stereo splitters, including delivery. Definitely recommended.

Re: [slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

2008-03-16 Thread max . spicer
gary;280053 Wrote: I got mine from maplins, Trouble is the only thing i can find now is this:http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1218doy=15m3C=SOU=strat15 , does the same job That's backwards, unfortunately. Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog VU with FLAC!

Re: [slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

2008-03-16 Thread max . spicer
Thanks for all the help! I've just ordered some of these http://www.kenable.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/1371. Thanks again, Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog VU with FLAC! When do we want it? At the soonest possible convenience to the hard-working yet undervalued

[slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

2008-03-15 Thread max . spicer
I'm looking for a few 3.5mm female to RCA male cables in the UK. One like this - http://www.trianglecables.com/255-036.html. I just wondered if anyone could recommend a good online supplier in the UK. The site I've linked to does ship to the UK, but it seems a bit daft to put them in a plane.

Re: [slim] Looking for 1x 3.5mm F to 2xRCA M cable in UK

2008-03-15 Thread max . spicer
bobkoure;280065 Wrote: This is so you can listen to 'phones from the RCA outputs? Is is perceptibly better that way? Just wondering...(?) No, it's so I can plug a really cheap pair of speakers into a couple of boxes. Tragic, I know! Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog

Re: [slim] Albums sortorder *very* mysterious

2008-02-17 Thread max . spicer
GoodVibrations;270293 Wrote: I have a very mysterious problem with the sortorder when browsing albums by name. Sounds like you've hit the same problem I'm getting. No solution as yet, I'm afraid. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7035 Max -- max.spicer What do we want?

Re: [slim] Albums sortorder *very* mysterious

2008-02-17 Thread max . spicer
max.spicer;270304 Wrote: Sounds like you've hit the same problem I'm getting. No solution as yet, I'm afraid. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7035 Max I think this is actually a MySQL bug. http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=32202 Max -- max.spicer What do we want?

[slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-19 Thread max . spicer
I'd like to set up my Squeezeboxen so I can quickly listen to BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 when I want to. What's the easiest way to do this? Cheers, Max -- max.spicer What do we want? Smoother Analog VU with FLAC! When do we want it? At the soonest possible convenience to the

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-19 Thread max . spicer
bpa;260392 Wrote: Since you are based in the UK you can listen to the WMA URL. So create two entries in SC7 Favorites - one for R3 and one for R4. You can do the same on SN. If you have AlienBBC installed then in SC7 you can also make Favorites entries for the RealAudio streams (as an

Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations

2008-01-19 Thread max . spicer
bpa;260401 Wrote: www.mikesradioworld.com www.radiofeeds.co.uk Try these Radio 4 RealAudio http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/fmg2.ram Radio 4 WMA http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx Radio 4LW RealAudio http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/realplayer/media/lwg2.ram

Re: [slim] Receiver with no display - why?

2008-01-10 Thread max . spicer
Michael Herger;256312 Wrote: I'm curious about the rational behind removing the display from the new receiver. Because users have been asking for this kind of device. Good rationale. I was assuming that the products with display line (i.e. the SB3, at the moment) was going to be

[slim] Receiver with no display - why?

2008-01-09 Thread max . spicer
I'm curious about the rational behind removing the display from the new receiver. I understand that the controller now does all the display work, but can't see how this removes the need for a display on the receiver itself. The controller provides a great interface for selecting and browsing

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread max . spicer
I'm very happy with my Harmony 880. The pc interface does admittedly leave a lot to be desired (why can't I bypass the wizard???), but with a smallish amount of tinkering time it is now controlling my system very effectively. I haven't yet tried Logitech's support for the few remaining niggles,

[slim] Re: Forums too busy grumble

2006-03-28 Thread max . spicer
I spoke to Dan about this and he said he'd try raising the number of simultaneous connections that vbulletin allows. The issue itself is one for vbulletin, not slimdevices. Max dangerous_dom Wrote: Yeah, i have been getting a lot of 'server too busy' for a couple fo days now too'. Will post

[slim] Forums too busy grumble

2006-03-27 Thread max . spicer
I've noticed recently that when you get the forums too busy notice, it still updates the last visited information. This means that it still marks topics as read, even though you can't read them. This gets quite annoying after a while! I realise that this is likely a vbulletin issue, but is

[slim] What's the point of Favorites?

2006-03-25 Thread max . spicer
I decided to try and use the new button on my SB3 remote the other day. However, I only seem to be able to add a single track as a favourite, not an album or an artist. Am I missing something obvious, or is this really all it does? Why would I want to map a button press to one song? Max --

[slim] Re: Slim web interface and player selection

2006-03-21 Thread max . spicer
Ah, well I did say I spent 10 seconds with the code. ;-) It calls a function called something like getRandomClient. There's nothing to say that this always returns a different client though (or even that this function really gets called!). Max JJZolx Wrote: I don't believe it's random, as

[slim] Slim web interface and player selection

2006-03-20 Thread max . spicer
This question is mainly related to the Nokia 770 web interface, but it may also relate to the main interface. How does the interface decide which player to select in the dropdown list? Mine seems to always default to my Squeezebox3, regardless of the fact that it's not on, my Squeezebox2 is

[slim] Re: Slim web interface and player selection

2006-03-20 Thread max . spicer
Aaargh, it's worse than I thought. I've just spent 10 seconds in the source and it appears that if there isn't a player specified in the url, the server picks a RANDOM player. Why would you want to do this? It means that not only do you not get the one you used last, you don't even get a

[slim] Re: How random is Random Song Mix?

2006-03-15 Thread max . spicer
So do you conclude that there is or is not any statistical evidence that the random mix isn't being random? Max smc2911 Wrote: Despite having a mathematics degree, I too was initially suckered by the birthday paradox and was surprised by the frequency of multiple tracks from a single album

[slim] Re: Question about cloth in the SB3 Box

2006-03-15 Thread max . spicer
Both of mine functioned as soon as I plugged them in. Took me longer to get my wireless network set up correctly about a year before I bought my first squeezebox, but of course that's a completely separate issue... Max slimdemage Wrote: It's for wiping the tears and sweat from your face that

[slim] Re: Problem stopping Slimserver

2006-03-12 Thread max . spicer
Are you running as root (or a similarly privileged user) when you try and stop it? Max Dave Horoschak Wrote: Every time I try to stop Slimserver in Linux (.../slimserver stop), I'm getting a FAILED message. I'd like to create a script that stops Slimserver, starts Music Magic, and

[slim] Re: SB3 i n What Hi Fi this month

2006-03-12 Thread max . spicer
Nice to hear someone finally talking about the audio quality of the squeezebox! However, that comes across as a fairly poorly researched review. Aside from the itunes mistake, they also say that it can play pretty much any music format - I'm surprised they didn't notice the lack of DRM. Whilst

[slim] Re: Problem stopping Slimserver

2006-03-12 Thread max . spicer
'pkill slimserver' should probably do the job nicely, but you're right - it's best to use the init script. Does the init script work when you run it manually? Max PS You'll get a better response in the Linux/Unix forum. Dave Horoschak Wrote: Two reasons: 1. I'm trying to use this as a

[slim] Re: Can't use SB at full volume?

2006-03-11 Thread max . spicer
Isn't this what the preamp volume control is for? Max Mike Anderson Wrote: Some claim that if you don't play the SB at full volume (40), you're losing sound quality. I'd like to know if that's true, because when I run my SB2 at full volume it is too hot for the device receiving the signal

[slim] Re: Is something wrong with my display?

2006-03-11 Thread max . spicer
Try pressing the Brightness key. The Squeezebox maintains two brightness settings - one for active and one for inactive. It switches to inactive after a few seconds of no keypresses on the remote. Max knassiri Wrote: I'm having a problem with the display on my sb3 going black when the

[slim] Re: Power over Ethernet

2006-03-10 Thread max . spicer
Yeah, wireless electricity is something that's long overdue. Come on Slim, get your act together! :-) Max stevieweevie Wrote: AFAIK you can buy PoE kit to use with any Ethernet equipment? Now Power over Wireless would be something I'd subscribe to! -- max.spicer The wild things

[slim] Re: Anyone running Slimserver on a Mac Mini?

2006-03-09 Thread max . spicer
What's your disk situation? I've been tempted by a MacMini to replace my noisy server, but I need around 200GB of storage space for my collection, and also want to be sure I can easily add more disks if necessary. With the mini, I'm guessing that means external USB2 drives. Max Jungle Wrote:

[slim] Re: Optimizing Slimserver on a dedicated machine

2006-02-01 Thread max . spicer
Since switching to MySQL I've definitely noticed things being a lot quicker. Then again, my slimserver machine is fairly underpowered (PIII 450 with 224MB RAM), so you may not see these effects if running on a decent machine to start with. If you know MySQL anyway, I'd say go for it. If you

[slim] Re: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?

2006-01-31 Thread max . spicer
I've never heard of ungrant. To be honest, if you're not comfortable with MySQL already, you may be better off using the supported solution i.e. the sqllite db. You don't need to specifically create the slimserver user. 'grant all on slimserver.* to slimserver' implicitly creates the user

[slim] Re: When should I switch from SQLLite to MySQL?

2006-01-24 Thread max . spicer
Well prompted! I put mysql on my server last week in order to serve another application. Your post prompted me to take the obvious step of making SlimServer use it. Following the wiki entry, it took me an obsolute maximum of 5 minutes to set up. I'd say things definitely seem faster as a

[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-01-17 Thread max . spicer
I still have all my cds out, so browse through them to find an album then tell the Squeezebox to play it. Max cliveb Wrote: I'm a very satisfied SB2 user. The device is superbly thought out, and I sold my high-end CD player a few months ago as a result. But I've noticed one minor downside

[slim] Re: Random Mix Genre Extended Character Bug

2006-01-14 Thread max . spicer
and work out what needs changing to have random mix exit appropriately. Max Dr Lovegrove Wrote: On 12/01/06, max. spicer max.spicer.21j9pz (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: If you look at the random mix code (around line 563) you'll see that it has a specific list

[slim] Re: Random Mix Genre Extended Character Bug

2006-01-12 Thread max . spicer
Random mix will stop if you replace the current playlist. If you just add to the playlist, random mix will keep going. You can specifically stop the mix via the player and web ui, but I don't know if you can do this via the cli (probably not). Max Dr Lovegrove Wrote: On 12/01/06, jonheal

[slim] Re: Random Mix Genre Extended Character Bug

2006-01-12 Thread max . spicer
/01/06, max. spicer max.spicer.21iuwn (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Random mix will stop if you replace the current playlist. If you just add to the playlist, random mix will keep going. Indeed, although if I do a playlistcontrol cmd:load, which replaces the playlist via

[slim] Re: Feature request: alarm volume ramping

2006-01-11 Thread max . spicer
This is in the realms of a plugin rather than something that would be added to the core server, I would have thought. It's technically possible, but a bit obscure. Max stevekdavis Wrote: As I understand from this thread, the alarm takes 20 seconds to reach it's maximum. Would it be

[slim] Re: Feature request: alarm volume ramping

2006-01-11 Thread max . spicer
Have a look at Slim/Buttons/AlarmClock.pm, somewhere around line 24. You should just be able to change $FADESECONDS. I don't believe there is a pref for this atm (it might make sense for there to be a hidden one). There is a pref called alarmfadeseconds, which from it's name I would guess used

[slim] Re: Excluding Tracks

2006-01-10 Thread max . spicer
You can't do this at the moment, but you're right - it is a good idea. This was discussed only recently, so you'll probably find some more info if you search this forum. Max jonheal Wrote: I've seen numerous posts about excluding folders or genres from playing/playlists. For me, a much

[slim] Re: How random is Random Song Mix?

2006-01-06 Thread max . spicer
The RandomMix plugin currently takes no steps to avoid playing the same track more than once. However, I've started work on a change to stop songs being played more than once using the last played timestamp (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2551). This will get done, but I'm still

[slim] Re: Feature Request: Random Mix profiles by player

2005-12-31 Thread max . spicer
I originally wrote this to be player specific, but changed it to be server wide after feedback from users and Dean. Feel free to create a bug for this and get people to vote - it wouldn't be terribly hard to change it back, but would take a bit of thought to get the web ui sensible. Max

[slim] Re: Extremely loud white noise from Squeezebox?!

2005-12-21 Thread max . spicer
You've said before that you don't recommend connecting a squeezebox directly to an amp. I think I must have misunderstood this. I have both my squeezeboxes connected to my integrated amp via analog interconnects. How else am I meant to connect them, short of buying pre-amps. I've never had

[slim] Re: Extremely loud white noise from Squeezebox?!

2005-12-21 Thread max . spicer
Thank you. That's the clarification I was hoping for. I couldn't really see how the squeezebox could suddenly make my integrated amp go so loud that it would start to damage things. I don't think I ever turn my amp up to even the half way point, so I'm hoping I'm in no danger. Max fuzzyT

[slim] Re: Random Mix: possible to select x most recently ripped albums?

2005-12-11 Thread max . spicer
No, you can't do that, I'm afraid. The closest is to go into Browse Music-New Music, add your new albums and then shuffle the playlist. Max chrisgeary Wrote: as per the subject line. does this functionality exist? and better than that, the x number of recent albums ripped from the

[slim] Re: Random Mix - Bug?

2005-12-09 Thread max . spicer
Probably. Assuming that the ignore flag is in the db, I guess random mix should honour it. File it as a bug. Max Keith Wrote: When using random mix I find that tracks that I have excluded in iTunes being played even though I have checked that I want these files ignoring. If I attempt to

[slim] Portland Event - (was Re: Seattle Event)

2005-12-04 Thread max . spicer
Pah, would be much better if they came to old York! We have vikings and a guy that can't play guitar, mouth organ or sing, but nevertheless does all three at once with amplification and two dogs! Max radish Wrote: Ooooh New York :) Looking forward to that one. If you can make it

[slim] Portland Event - (was Re: Seattle Event)

2005-12-04 Thread max . spicer
No, it gets worse. At random moments in the performance, the guy gets his dogs to sing by playing twiddles on the mouth organ and shouting Sing Bess, sing. For some reason, this draws crowds of tourists, and they're not even lynch mobs. My favourite is his hand lettered sign saying Live Music,

[slim] Re: Used Squeezebox (SB1) or new SB3?

2005-12-03 Thread max . spicer
You need speakers for all the squeezeboxes. Unless you have active speakers or headphone, you'll also need an amp. Max EYE97 Wrote: Do any of these units come with a built in speaker or does it have to connect to a speaker? Cheers RJ www.eye97.com -- max.spicer The wild things

[slim] Re: Pandora.com

2005-11-30 Thread max . spicer
Now that's an unusual combination of words! Max Steve Baumgarten Wrote: super nice, super simple, flash-based interface -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped

[slim] Re: Conspiracy theorists unite!

2005-11-29 Thread max . spicer
Eh? What did I miss? Max cbemoore Wrote: Okay then, I'll bite So what's a Shocker?? -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and

[slim] Re: Can I setup slimserver to log all files served?

2005-11-29 Thread max . spicer
Done, the new version lets you specify a log file and also disable the ftp part of the plugin. Get it from my website and please let me know how you get on. Could we move the discussion to the topic in the plugins forum though - having two threads confuses me! ;-) Max tomsi42 Wrote: Good,

[slim] Re: Feature Request: Squeezebox 3 remote connect to my home server

2005-11-28 Thread max . spicer
You could set up your work pc to handle the ssh tunnel. The squeezebox could then connect to the work pc, which would forward the requests over an ssh tunnel. I think putty can do this if you're stuck with windows. Max dean Wrote: You should be able to use a Squeezebox to connect, assuming

[slim] Re: SQL Tutorial

2005-11-28 Thread max . spicer
Thanks for that recommendation! I've just been playing with this at work and am immediately a fan. It's easily better than our current favourite, WinSQL, and is cheaper too. I suspect we'll be buying a few copies in the not too distant future! For non-commercial use, this product is free so

[slim] Re: Slim Devices is hiring!

2005-11-27 Thread max . spicer
Oh if only telecommuting from Britain were an option! Max dean Wrote: Slim Devices is growing and we need some help. We have several job openings for full-time positions and are looking for smart people who want to work at an exciting, growing, small company to help us and our community

[slim] Re: SQL Tutorial

2005-11-26 Thread max . spicer
Assuming you're talking about SQLLite, http://sqllitebrowser.sf.net. For ODBC or JDBC, winsql is very good: http://www.indus-soft.com/SynametricsWebApp/WinSQL.jsp. It has a free version, but also has non-free versions with more features. Max Jim Wrote: Anyone know of a reasonable freeware

[slim] Re: SQL Tutorial

2005-11-26 Thread max . spicer
I wouldn't say it was useless, although the lack of browse is a minor inconvenience. If you can still download the older versions, they do have browsing enabled in the freeware version - it was only recently removed. If my memory of version numbers isn't too far out, I think you want a pre 4.5

[slim] Re: Being returned to Now Playing

2005-11-25 Thread max . spicer
Yes, the name isn't very good at describing it's purpose! Can anyone think of something better? I remember being completely confused by this when I first got my squeezebox - it wasn't until someone described it on these forums that I understood. Max dfk Wrote: Ah, that's what Jump Back on

[slim] Re: Where to buy an IR Blaster?

2005-11-24 Thread max . spicer
Can you not ship a big boxful to the UK distribitutor and then have him arrange something? Max seanadams Wrote: Dave, The US Postal service is very bad when it comes to international commercial shipments - unfortunately we're only set up to ship higher value packages by UPS. Those are

[slim] Re: Being returned to Now Playing

2005-11-24 Thread max . spicer
Change your when playing screen saver to Now Playing - Jump Back on Wake. This will put you back where you were in the menus when you interrupt the screensaver. Max MattM Wrote: OK, bear with me while I try to explain this one... I'm a fickle kind of chap, and often put on music for just

[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp

2005-11-23 Thread max . spicer
Thanks Dean. Glad to hear you're not Sean - that would just be weird. ;-) Max dean Wrote: I'm not Sean, but I do have answer from him. The IR blaster dongles are just infrared LEDs at the end of a long cable and are available from a number of sources, including us:

[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp

2005-11-22 Thread max . spicer
Sean, are you reading this and keeping quiet or not reading this? Any ideas on how I could get Sean's attention without at the same time bugging him? Max fcm4711 Wrote: Hi there I doubt the IR emitter I am using consists of more than the cable and the IR LED. So, yes, the output is

[slim] Re: Favorites button not working

2005-11-20 Thread max . spicer
I'd forgotten that. When I got my SB3, the first thing I did was push the new button on the remote. The server crashed. Instantly. I haven't pushed it since. ;-) Max kdf Wrote: On 20-Nov-05, at 11:03 AM, briansin wrote: Hi all, I cannot figure out how the favorites button on the

[slim] Re: SBs keep turning themselves on

2005-11-19 Thread max . spicer
I'll have a look. It did it again this morning, so I tried using the menus and things. They all worked as normal. When I then pressed Power, it turned on. According to my wife, the player upstairs restarted its current track and possibly skipped to a new one whilst I was doing this. This in

[slim] Re: Synchronisation

2005-11-19 Thread max . spicer
I've recently got two SqueezeBoxes (a v2 and a v3) so have tried synchronisation for the first time this week. I must admit, that this was pretty much the experience I had as well. I found that sometimes it would be perfectly in sync, but others tracks would restart just after starting and

[slim] Re: SBs keep turning themselves on

2005-11-18 Thread max . spicer
It is 0. I've noticed today that the device isn't actually powering on, it's just displaying a screen as if it was - this morning I had the Plugins menu displayed. When I pressed Power, the device showed the welcome screen as if it had previously been powered off. Unfortunately, I didn't try

[slim] SB3 Display tilt feedback

2005-11-17 Thread max . spicer
A few people, including myself, were concerned about the tilted back display on the SB3 and how this would affect visibility. Now that I have an SB3, I thought I'd post some feedback. Basically, it's not a problem at all. My SB3 is on top of a wardrobe, so is about 2m off the ground. I

[slim] Re: Random Mix suggested changes

2005-11-17 Thread max . spicer
I've just added this feature for you. There's now a checkbox at the bottom of the random mix web page to stop it continuously adding new songs. This is currently labelled Keep adding new stuff until I can think of some better text - suggestions welcome! This new feature should be in the next

[slim] Re: Random Mix suggested changes

2005-11-17 Thread max . spicer
How do you mean? You can get to the random mix settings by going to the Random Mix page in the web interface (look under Browse Music on the front page). These settings are at the bottom of the page. Max jmpage2 Wrote: Let me ask a stupid question, where are the random mix settings being

[slim] SBs keep turning themselves on

2005-11-17 Thread max . spicer
Since I've had more than one squeezebox, I keep noticing them turning themselves on. I leave my squeezebox downstairs powered off overnight, when I come down in the morning it's back on again. Likewise, the one upstairs was off at the start of the evening, but was on when my wife went into the

[slim] Re: Powering up soaked SB2

2005-11-17 Thread max . spicer
Maybe this should be considered for when you release the pink SB3? Max dean Wrote: If the alcohol has evaporated, the player is probably ok and should work. And I bet it smells really pretty now. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible

[slim] Re: Mountain View event tomorrow (Wednesday 11/16/05)

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
Mine too, dagnammit! However, if the Slim team fancy coming to York, I'm sure Robin and I could manage to get them a beer each. ;-) Max Robin Bowes Wrote: seanadams said the following on 15/11/2005 22:58: Come see and hear the new SB3 tomorrow at Slim Devices' World Headquarters in

[slim] Re: Powered speaker hum

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Wrote: does this occur only when both speakers are connected to the squeeze box? I'm not sure. I'll experiment tonight. Also, how are the speakers powered? Is there a separate supply for each speaker or are they daisy-chained together in some way? The

[slim] Re: Powered speaker hum

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
The speakers have an external power supply. This is plugged into a four way plug, which is plugged into the wall socket. The power supply plugs into the right speaker (which has the amp inside it) and a lead goes from the right speaker to the left speaker. My SB3 is plugged into the same four

[slim] Re: Feature request: alarm volume ramping

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
I've just got a squeezebox in my bedroom, so I may soon gain some motivation to do this. I certainly can't think why it wouldn't be possible. Max dallan73 Wrote: ...Get a second vote on that request. I'm pretty sure it's possible as the volumelock plugin gradually normalises the volume

[slim] Re: Powered speaker hum

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
I've just run a cable from the left interconnect to the earth pin on the plug for the speakers power supply. I've also put a resistor in the middle of the cable. There's probably lots of reasons why this is a very stupid thing to do (which is why it's currently unplugged!), but it cured the hum

[slim] Re: Who is the UK distributer for SB3?

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
Hear, hear! As a resident of the grim north, I've never even heard of them! Max Fifer Wrote: Didn't you mean to say 'one of the main high street av retailers in -the south of England-'? Although the BBC often make the same mistake, it's not -quite- the same thing. ;) -- max.spicer The

[slim] Re: Feature request: alarm volume ramping

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
Buy the squeezebox anyway. You'll regret getting the Roku! Max makingmark Wrote: You know, like a Bose Wave radio, that gradually increases the volume so you're not jolted awake when the alarm comes on. Adding this feature would tempt me to buy another Squeezebox instead of the Roku

[slim] Re: Feature request: alarm volume ramping

2005-11-16 Thread max . spicer
Are you sure it doesn't already do this? The alarm code calls fade_volume. I haven't got time to read it through properly and have not yet used alarms, but this sounds hopeful... Max MrC Wrote: Now there's committment for you! :-) I've added the bug:

[slim] Powered speaker hum

2005-11-15 Thread max . spicer
Whilst I wait for my T-Amp to arrive, I've got my SB3 plugged into some Labtek computer speakers. The speakers themselves don't actually sound too bad, but they have a fairly loud hum when the SB3 is plugged in. When powered on, but with nothing plugged into them, they are fine. The moment I

[slim] Re: Places to buy lossless tunes?

2005-11-15 Thread max . spicer
If you're going to get stuff from there, I personally would say go and use Shareaza instead. The artists get no money from tracks purchased from allofmp3.com, and I see no reason to give my money to some nameless Russion outfit that is not really legal anyway! Max bernt Wrote: Have a look at

[slim] Re: SB3 in UK yet?

2005-11-14 Thread max . spicer
Mine was delivered today as well, and very nice it looks too! It's currently set up at work in a blatant attempt to gain some more sales for SlimDevices. Max kitschcamp Wrote: Hurrah! Mine arrived this morning - and even more amazingly, customs didn't stop it! Is it home time yet? :-)

[slim] Re: New Slimserver Features?

2005-11-13 Thread max . spicer
Zapping a song also removes it from the current playlist. This probably isn't what you want. I've never seen the point of zapping. Can anyone explain the rationale behind it? To zap a song, press and hold add on an item that is already in your current playlist. Max m1abrams Wrote:

[slim] Re: Need Australian female voice talent

2005-11-13 Thread max . spicer
Why Australian? I'd go for a sexy Swedish voice every time! Max seanadams Wrote: I'd like to spice up our phone system a bit... Looking for a professional who can record approx 20 minutes of announcements/menus, and be available in the future for updates. If you know anyone please

[slim] Re: Random Mix and Crossfade

2005-11-13 Thread max . spicer
That's very strange. I've never heard of anyone having a problem like this. By default, Random Mix will select ten songs from your library (as filtered by the genre filter) and either add them to the end of your playlist, or replace your playlist with them, depending on whether you selected Add

[slim] Re: any messages for auntie (BBC)?

2005-11-13 Thread max . spicer
No. Why use WMA rather than MP3? More devices support MP3. If you're going to go for a non-free format, it might as well be the ubiquitous one! Max bglad Wrote: the bbc are offering at least one live radio feed in WMA format - Windows Media Audio 9 32 kbps, 44 kHz, mono 1-pass CBR

[slim] Re: How to reliably/easily backup 100Gb of FLACs?

2005-11-11 Thread max . spicer
Welcome onboard, by the way. That's 3 York users now. Won't be long before we can have Slim parties. Or maybe not. ;-) Max -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max

[slim] Re: How to reliably/easily backup 100Gb of FLACs?

2005-11-10 Thread max . spicer
Why?? You're not very likely to loose two drives simultaneously, are you? This all sounds a bit over the top to me for a home music system (or is it not a home music system?). Max Robin Bowes Wrote: I recommend either RAID6 or, at the very least, have a hot-spare in your RAID5 array. --

[slim] Re: How to reliably/easily backup 100Gb of FLACs?

2005-11-09 Thread max . spicer
I went the other way as I figured it wouldn't be too bad once I got over the pain of the initial backup. However, I've still not yet managed a full backup of my data! I decided to use pbackup.sf.net to do incremental backups of my data to dvds. I use Nero's packet writer, InCD, to do the

[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp

2005-11-09 Thread max . spicer
Can't I just turn on on the first signal that I receive and off on the 2nd (and so on)? The plugin would then just send a signal on power state changes. Are there any details on the outputs from the headphone jack in this mode? Max fcm4711 Wrote: Hi all Here is an idea to (mis-)use IR

[slim] Re: SB2 wireless getting bizarre IP address

2005-11-08 Thread max . spicer
I thought Turbo-G modes needed every device on the wlan to be by the same manufacturer and have the same 3rd party extensions to the standard. I therefore wouldn't have expected it to work with the Squeezebox. Is this not the case? Max KitKat Wrote: I received my SB3s today (one wired, one

[slim] Re: Amusing, somewhat off topic iPod comment

2005-11-08 Thread max . spicer
I notice that the SB3 designer has worked for Apple... Max Jim Wrote: BAAA! As much as I hate Apple, I despe DRM and iTunes makes me want to puke I do love my iPod :D And how can you criticise it. it looks sort of like the new Squeezebox :D -- max.spicer The wild

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