Unless you're planning on immersing the speaker, or subjecting it
directly to water spray, the exposed jack with plug inserted shouldn't
present a issue for water entry into the device.
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I think I'd be looking for a set of small powered/active speaker (that
is, speakers with a built-in amplifier).
Depending on the dampness levels and ventilation in the room, it might
make sense to look for speakers are either waterproof or at least built
for damp environments.
There is a
You might want to take a look at the various online backup service
providers out there: Crashplan, Backblaze, etc. They offer good
services at reasonable prices ($50-60/year).
If you're keeping local and remote backups of multiple TBs of data,
these prices are are competitive with the costs
As noted, that URL is broken.
Here's the AES citation page:
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=17501
The PDF is free to download from there. Direct linking to the document
URL is unlikely to work, as it looks like they are using a temp URL
scheme that changes daily.
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On 1/5/16
With the pending, free release of Windows 10 it has me wondering whether
LMS is expected to work under Win10.
I'd like to upgrade my Win7 box that runs LMS, but don't want to break
my music server. In any case, I might wait until Win10 has been in the
wild for a few weeks or months but
On 6/1/15 11:55 AM, SlimChances wrote:
I think the release is July 29
That's the release date I've seen, but they're just just starting to
release preliminary information.
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On 1/29/15 2:05 AM, JohnSwenson wrote:
I'm hear to announce that this project is not dead!
Fantastic news! I was just yesterday lamenting the fact that this
project appeared lost. Can't wait to see and hear the results.
(If there's any penciling going on yet) Pencil me in for two units.
Interesting piece on an recently published hack to enable AirPlay on Sonos:
https://medium.com/@stephencwan/hacking-airplay-into-sonos-93a41a1fcfbb
The hack covers both the AirPlay software server, and a connector that
enables hand-off of the bitstream to Sonos.
It would appear that this
This raises a very good general question of implementing SB players for
the major set-top boxes: Fire, Roku, AppleTV, etc.
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Apple TV has no user add channels / apps unless jailbroken but is an
excellent player when combined with iPeng
Do you mean iPeng, using it's on-device player, then streamed out to
AppleTV over AirPlay?
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That does work, although it's a bit convoluted and requires double
streaming over wireless.
I look forward to the opening of an AppStore for AppleTV, and a native
iPeng player for that device.
Keep hope alive.
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SomaFM has a unique online station that overlays ambient electronic
music with historic NASA astronaut communication recordings. Sounds
odd, but it really works.
http://somafm.com/missioncontrol.pls
On 6/22/14, 3:18 PM, DrGaryG wrote:
I need recommendations for Science and Science Fiction
My experience with the video service has been OK. We don't use it much,
but the streams have been reliable and of good quality. We use their
PS3 app for viewing. We've watched mostly TV shows: Alpha House and
Orphan Black.
At first glance the music service is a little underwhelming. The
Many content providers using Flash-based players will go to great
lengths to hide the actual stream URLs (using a Flash-based player being
the first length).
While it can be difficult-to-impossible to extract the stream from
player markup and scripts, it's generally possible to figure it out
The most obvious immediate benefit is that persons already subscribing
to Amazon Prime get it for no additional cost.
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Fantastic news. So good to hear this.
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Well, we're currently at 20 Votes and tied for ninth place on the
Enhancement Request list with BMW Integration and Chromecast/Roku
Integration. Not too shabby, but just a few more votes we could really
jump up in the queue. Please vote!
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Thanks for the link. I just voted.
Just one or two more votes would push this into the top ten for their
enhancement requests.
In order to cast a vote, you do have to register with the Help site
(distinct from your Beats Music registration). Please consider taking
the time to do this, as
From MOG's Twitter account: MOG will not be shut down on Jan. 21st.
More news to follow.
https://twitter.com/mogdotcom
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Yeah, hard to say what's going on.
Guessing they've been too slammed putting together the new service to
give much thought to the old MOG.
I hadn't seen any communication about what they were planing, and if
they shutting down MOG, how they were planning to transition those
customers.
It
Beats Music has now officially released their launch date: January 21,
2014.
I'm a MOG premium subscriber, but have seen no official information
about a shutdown.
Does this mean that both services will run side-by-side for a time? Or
is Beats just protecting the last few days of that MOG
I have the same questions. They're not releasing any info at all. Maybe
they'll run them together for a while, but I have to believe MOG's days
are ultimately numbered.
I agree. Which leads to the real nut of the question: How well will the
Beats Music applications support the way I like to
Damn. It's a really simple, one-click business to export the contents of
a wiki. And it should be easy to find alternate hosting for it. Any
chance that the contents were preserved?
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On 11/26/13, 12:32 PM, aubuti wrote:
The wiki (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/) seems to have been down
On 4/7/13 5:52 PM, pippin wrote:
But I also don't believe that the model of copying your music onto your
iPod and carrying it around all the time will persist [...]
I believe that the local copy on portable devices will still exist, to
an extent. Not entire libraries but a subset that
I'll take two SWAMP 1.0.2 devices with ick Client preloaded, plz.
Shipping in the autumn is fine.
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I was reminded of a lady's front side (think Hooter's) logo when I saw
the two orange hearts.
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Won't the boot up BEEP let us know that the power in on? ;)
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aubuti wrote: That's
cool if it will work in my car. Thanks.
Yes, yes it will. And is.
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On 8/6/12 7:36 PM, pippin wrote:
Bluetooth Audio uses it's own codecs to encode and
decode the audio before and after the transmission and these can be VERY
lossy.
From what I understand, there are also issues with digital fidelity
when using AirPlay. Audio-only AirPlay streams are encoded
I don't have experience with trying to use Spotify on SB, but I do love
having a MOG subscription. Sound quality is great and it works well
with my SBs.
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Agreed. MOG is great.
Love it on the computer, love it on my iPhone, love it on Squeezeboxes.
On 2/16/12 1:49 PM, mike10100 wrote:
I heart MOG and squeezebox!
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Still gathering details. Blog post here:
http://blog.logitech.com/2011/11/08/new-music-service-sets-squeezebox-to-match-your-moods
Blog down at the moment...
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It's in the App Gallery:
http://www.mysqueezebox.com/appgallery
On 11/8/11 10:09 AM, Ron Thigpen wrote:
Still gathering details. Blog post here:
http://blog.logitech.com/2011/11/08/new-music-service-sets-squeezebox-to-match-your-moods
Blog down at the moment
I've had a lot more success than Cipro with my SB's. I have 2 SB2s, a
Boom and a Radio. I keep them sync'd up most of the time, with the Boom
and Radio playing together most of the day every day. I listen to a mix
of my own library (~100k tracks mixed MP3 and FLAC files) and internet
radio
Sike, have you thought about having just a single SB player device and
distributing either the line or speaker level audio signal? You could
still have control of the player, and nice UI, using iOS devices. And
it would have the major advantage of zero sync issues.
All of the new releases that I've been interested in have arrived in
MOG on their standard Tuesday U.S. release dates. YMMV.
And, yes, I have broken out the line-in cable of my SB a few times to
listen to things on MOG that I didn't have in my home library. No
multi-player action or sync, of
I'd *really* like to see a MOG app. I like the MOG service better than
Spotify and would love to have it on my Squeezeboxes.
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Voted on it?? I wrote it!!
...other voters welcome.
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On 6/21/11 1:55 PM, erland wrote:
Just get a Logitech Harmony remote and get a Play Music button that
does everything of the above with a single click. I haven't tried it
myself but it should work as long as all devices are controlled with a
IR remote.
I have a Harmony. It is set up for all
I have an AppleTV v2. It does indeed require an outboard DAC before it
can render analog audio. An outboard DAC with an optical input no less.
If I wanted to use the AppleTV as an audio output device, I would need
to either:
Using TV interface -
Turn on Stereo
Turn on DAC
Select AppleTV
Loving MOG on my iPhone. Please bring it to the Squeezebox!!
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I don't think I'm interested in any of the first four changes. They all
seem like compromises to make things simpler for a novice user. I'm not
a novice user, and I don't want to lose functionality.
I do use both the iPhone and iPad iPeng versions.
The New Main Screen for iPad is intruiging,
On 10/22/10 3:03 PM, johnny baby wrote:
Does anybody know the story on this, or care to speculate?
Any MLB player for SB would require a subscription to the MLB Audio
service. Because of this, I don't really think it competes with
SiriusXM in the way you imagine.
There are already loads of
I'm a happy user of the MOG streaming service at mog.com. I'd love to
see a Squeezebox app supporting MOG playback on our devices. So I filed
an enhancement request:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16626
If you'd like to see this too, please vote for this bug.
If you're
There is an existing enhancement request here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3280
Log in and vote your preference.
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Nah, this is different.
Sirius/XM is paying for the right to deliver the content to their
subscribers, and charge their subscribers for that content. MLB only
gets paid by Sirius/XM, not the subscribers. That's why the big money
is required.
Logitech wouldn't be buying the content and
I think the Block Incoming Connections security feature may be
interfering with Internet radio streams.
This morning, I rebooted my SBS computer and took a look at my SBS
v7.5.1 security settings (SBS web interface - Settings - Advanced -
Security). Block Incoming Connections had been set to
docs are a bit dense, but everything you need is in there.
http://www.videolan.org/doc/streaming-howto/en/index.html
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pippin wrote:
...between the 28th and the 6th of October depending on how well it
goes through.
Sweet!
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I wouldn't assume that MySpace is all kids anymore. My personal
experience is that anyone in a band or running a club is on there and
using the site to host/promote music and their shows. And that age is
all over the charts.
A quick Google yields this:
That struck me as well. This is more of a Table Radio type of product.
Squid wrote:
BTW, am I the only one who thinks the name 'Boom' is a bit ridiculous ?
I'd never call it like that, even not if it were a boombox kind of
thing (which it clearly is not).
I sure hope they come up with a
Hadn't seen it posted, so here goes:
http://www.ripfactory.com/ripserver.html
Nice form factor, good combination of functions, costs too much, says it
runs 'Slim', but how does it perform?
Anyway, interesting featureset that some have been suggesting.
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fred7 wrote:
Just a helpful reminder to be very careful using the /mir option because
it will delete files not in the source. Doing this backwards can have
devastating results.
I'll reiterate this warning and make a suggestion.
My approach to mirroring music directories uses a batch file
Grahame wrote:
Nor forgetting that the 770/800's have a 4.1 800x480 225ppi screen
Also not to forget that the Nokias are _*OPEN DEVICES*_. The maker
fully expects and supports users developing and deploying custom, native
software on their devices.
The iPod Touch doesn't have an email
My scanner process seems to be dying before it can update the artist
info in the slimserver database. The result is that I end up with
Library Stats that read: 4642 albums with 67754 songs by 0 artists,
and no listing under the Artist browse interfaces.
This started maybe a month ago.
seanadams wrote:
Should we add a robots.txt?
Seemingly an excellent idea.
I can't imagine why you /would/ want your SS indexed by Google, so IOW
no downside.
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What if I have a laptop at each stereo?
I'd have to agree that digitizing and centralizing should be your
immediate goal.
That being said, if you had a laptop running at each system node this
could be made to work. You'd wire a line out from each system to it's
laptop.
ezkcdude wrote:
Please search for existing threads before starting new ones!
Perhaps they didn't like the way that one ended...
Thinking about this - all that's really missing is some small device
that functions as a USB host, can connect to the network and present a
mounted USB volume to
A quick hands-on with the N800 from AnandTech:
Overall, the unit feels like a big improvement over the 770. When I
reviewed the older unit, I found it to be slow and underpowered. In
contrast, the N800 feels much more responsive. The faster CPU, doubled
RAM, and new OS (Internet Tablet 2007
bklaas wrote:
Increased CPU, from 220 to 320Mhz. This may be nice, but I think the
real performance upgrades on this platform needed are in WiFi and
battery life.
You might not want to discount the CPU speed bump just based on the MHz
diff. I haven't seen the CPU model number posted, but
dean wrote:
I have not yet been drawn and quartered, but have been very busy working
with our new friends from Logitech. Also, I took the family to Maui for
a week.
Things should be settling down a bit soon and I'll be more present
here.
Wowee!
Looking forward to seeing what's been
Squirrel wrote:
All the UK suppliers of Squeezebox are showing out of stock,
pre-order etc etc...
Is this just a pre-xmas rush or something more sinister?
Sinister? The last time this happened with SD, it was because there was
a new hardware revision in the pipeline.
Given the timing
radish wrote:
Didn't he vanish around the same time that guy with the appendage-size
issues was inviting us all to go meet him on his yacht off south
america? Hmmm
Or is he nose to the grindstone putting the final polish on some new
Slimmie Goodness?
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Mikael wrote:
I (and my wife(o=)would realy like to have sync between 2 or more
Squeezeboxes/Transporters when loged on to Squeeze Network.
You may find this enhancement request to be pertinent:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3114
Sync'ing players with SN and Pandora would
pc4ever1 wrote:
I know there are normalizing programs for
MP3 files, but most of my files are FLAC and I don't want to edit them
in any manner.
The Track Gain, Album Gain and SmartGain controls in SlimServer
will only work if you have tagged your audio files with gain information.
I'll
davep wrote:
2. The Transporter is my second area of concern. I can see how the SB3
might fit into a Logitech product line-up as they are obviously moving
into that area, but not the Transporter - it just not feel like a match
for a company founded on mice and keyboards. And, as others have
Do you expect that your products will be marketed under the SlimDevices
brand or the Logitech brand?
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CardinalFang wrote:
In that case, I would guess that in order to match the higher profile
and wider consumer appeal that you would want to acquire, products like
SlimServer have to break out of the more tech-led user base it has so
far and develop a more consumer-friendly look and feel?
I
jblotz wrote:
Can a Nokia 770 be used to control a Squeezebox 2? What about a Palm OS
5.2 device using the IR? How about Palm OS 5.2 with wifi b?
yes, there is a webUI skin just for this.
maybe. might require some DIY. probably not ideal.
yes, assuming a decent web browser in the Palm.
Mark Lanctot wrote:
I remember reading that MLB audio is highly protected and won't play on
a Squeezebox.
The MLB streaming audio service is resistant to be hijacked for ad-hoc
delivery to a Squeezebox. But, there are those among us who hope that
SlimDevices can swing a deal with the MLB
ron thigpen wrote:
A location based search tool for terrestrial based streams would make a
fantastic addition to the SqueezeNetwork. Think GoogleMaps hack wired
up to a directory of stations. See map. Click for station deals. Click
to add to SN favorites.
In fact, I like that idea enough
you may want to check the antenna connection on the SB2. just detach
and reattach.
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JJZolx wrote:
What kind of audiophile buys a $2000 source component without hearing
it first?
It appears that the 30 day trial applies to this product as well. And
how better to try out a component but in your listening room, connected
to your gear?
This thing has a wheel.
http://www.frontierdesign.com/Products/TranzPort/Introduction
Maybe it could be set up to talk to the CLI.
Interesting idea for a remote control, but probably a long shot for real
world usability.
Issues:
Looks like closed software
Mac/PC yes, but Linux?
What range
Proposition: Flash isn't Evil. (or Good.) It's just a technology.
What we're really talking about, generically, are Rich Internet
Applications. Which basically describes a client app that can run
almost anywhere, has all the pluses of a browser based app, but is
better at doing things like
Michaelwagner wrote:
I was explaining why I have a knee-jerk reaction to Flash, and why I
have a hard time considering it a real development environment.
Your reaction is understandable, but you might just as well denigrate
HTML, Photoshop or the printing press. They're just authoring
bklaas wrote:
I have no experience with porting apps to the 770 though, so someone
else will have to pipe in with that.
The 770 runs the Maemo distribution. It's GNU/Linux. I believe most of
the available apps are written for GCC. The new version has support for
building applications in
Perhaps there will be good news after all.
http://freedb.org/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=293
These also appear on the homepage, which might be better to monitor for
new items:
http://freedb.org/
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Michael Herger wrote:
I've read a test where they measured the older ReadyNAS X6 at about 55
watts and well above 40dBA.
FYI: The next version of the ReadyNAS firmware is in beta and being
community tested. Some of the features in this update will address
issues of noise and power
oreillymj wrote:
Looks like an open source iTunes replacement
I've been watching this project and hoping for good things.
The dev roadmap is here:
http://www.songbirdnest.com/development/roadmap
And here is a preview-preview of their next release:
http://www.songbirdnest.com/node/525
If
JJZolx wrote:
Keep in mind, though, that the music files will have to be pulled
across the network by the scanner. A scan running locally on a
slower machine in which the music drives are mounted may end up being
quicker due to faster file access.
I am running GigE w/ Jumbo packets to a
mikerob wrote:
I'd be interested if it was possible to do the re-scanning on a
separate machine to generate the database file for those who may find
2-3 hours too painful...
This makes an awful lot of sense. Should be close to reality once the
scanner process is split off.
Do you know if
andyg wrote:
Sorry, but Rhapsody support is only available for SB2/3.
Does this also mean that Rhapsody playback cannot be sync'd between two
or more SB2/3 players?
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bklaas wrote:
I'll leave that choice up to you, but be prepared for some
wait on having 6.5 do everything you want it to do.
Please be aware that the 6.5b branch has just landed some massive
changes and is currently in an unstable state. IIRC, the latest build
that will be usable for most
bklaas wrote:
my 2 cents--I think the Opera caching approach would be Occam's Razor
to this, if it's possible. Big RS-MMC card, Opera configured to cache
images to it and load locally if cached.
might be able to optimize this approach with an automated cache loader
web page. say, load up
kdf wrote:
enfrant
that'd be Infrant, makers of the ReadyNAS line.
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Jack Coates wrote:
MLB is a draw, but only local, and there are also a ton of other local
radio shows/resources that I or my wife want to hear. I've tried a number
of different solutions, but ended up just providing a tabletop radio next
to the SB in many rooms.
You're assuming that listeners
Jack Coates wrote:
via SqueezeNetwork is a good point -- I was imagining something clunkier.
I'd actually prefer a direct SS to MLB connection, as it would allow for
sync'ing players. But I think in this case, the login handoff routine
could be more closely guarded if it only happened in
I've had a good experience with the ReadyNAS NV. Gives good performance
over GigE. Setup was straightforward. Good feature set.
I did have some networking issues on first setup, but it turned out to
be a problem with my router handling the 'burstiness' of the NAS
traffic. Solution
I voted for this as well. Radio (audio) is the best way to enjoy
baseball. This would be a fantastic enhancement, and a sure way to sell
some Squeezeboxes to baseball fans.
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Any idea what the streaming technology is this year? They've used Real
in the past, but I thought I'd read where they'd signed a new deal.
Can't recall who the provider was, or what formats the streams would be
in. That would make a big difference in LOE for the SN.
ron thigpen wrote:
Any idea what the streaming technology is this year?
Answering my own question:
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/help/faq_system_requirements.jsp
Looks like WMA.
That's good news as far as SN feasibility.
But bad news for my idea of tuning in via the Nokia 770
Please don't misinterpret my post. Installation and configuration was a
breeze. And performance is good. This is a very slick product.
It /is/ technology. There is a lot to potentially go wrong, and it has
to get along with other gear. Most of the support threads on the
Infrant forums
JJZolx wrote:
Instead of being forced to buy an SB3, you could also get a second
wireless router and run WEP on it and connect it to your home network.
Alternatively, you could get a WPA-capable WLAN-to-Ethernet adapter and
use the SB1's ethernet port.
ron thigpen wrote:
Mark Lanctot wrote:
I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in
0.8.3.
Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and
MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT,
the SlimServer has always
Mark Lanctot wrote:
Don't think it really matters anyway - 0.9 is the new version. 0.8.3
isn't available for download, not through the regular website anyway.
Yeah, I've been running v0.9 for about a week now.
And it looks like some of the MP3+ID3v2.4.0 files that I'd tagged since
upgrading
kbeast wrote:
That is the major downfall to that plugin that it doesn't utilize
timestamps-- that would be sweet.
and a resounding chorus of Patches Welcome!!! echoed throughout the
hills and valleys of that great land...
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bernt wrote:
On Windows XP use robocopy and Schedule.
robocopy D:\path C:\path /MIR works for me.
Better yet, schedule this:
robocopy D:\srcpath E:\destpath /E /B
This will copy over any new or modified files to your backup but _not_
delete any files/dirs that are in the destpath but not
Peter wrote:
I do like the looks of the Soundbridge Radio. ;)
But it is but vapor so far.
Nice how the Buy Now button links to the page with the Shipping Soon
message.
Soon Now
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I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in
0.8.3.
Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and
MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT,
the SlimServer has always picked up on the tags
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