Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-10 Thread d6jg
Gingermagic wrote: > Thanks d6jg, > Is there a way of backoing up the OS that I have, incase I ever want to > go back? You will find the latest version of what you already have on that site so you can reflash it back if you want. Suggest you try squeezeplay os via bootable usb first

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-10 Thread Gingermagic
d6jg wrote: > Most people flash their Jogglers with the Squeezplay OS - > https://birdslikewires.net/squeezeplay-os Thanks d6jg, Is there a way of backoing up the OS that I have, incase I ever want to go back?

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-10 Thread d6jg
Gingermagic wrote: > My Joggler arrived today, but I still can't register myself in the > Joggler forum. So, you guys are my only source of information. :-) > > The Joggler seems to have OpenPeak on it, and SqueezePlay as one of the > apps on there. > > I like having the clock screen saver,

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-10 Thread Gingermagic
My Joggler arrived today, but I still can't register myself in the Joggler forum. So, you guys are my only source of information. :-) The Joggler seems to have OpenPeak on it, and SqueezePlay as one of the apps on there. I like having the clock screen saver, but most of the apps that are

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread d6jg
Paul Webster wrote: > Mine are set to blank the screen when idle - old habit from screen burn > era. Ah. They have a much higher WAF is they display a digital clock though. SWMBO actually likes the clock aspect of them! VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread Paul Webster
Mine are set to blank the screen when idle - old habit from screen burn era. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), kcrw, supla finland, abc australia, cbc/radio-canada and rte ireland

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread d6jg
Paul Webster wrote: > The one sitting beside me right now is plugged into a Behringer > Xenyx302USB that I picked up cheap. > It is really a mini mixing system and probably too bulky for most > people. > > This one is running the latest Ubuntu build from Roobarb and I have been > having

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread Paul Webster
The one sitting beside me right now is plugged into a Behringer Xenyx302USB that I picked up cheap. It is really a mini mixing system and probably too bulky for most people. This one is running the latest Ubuntu build from Roobarb and I have been having occasional issues with the USB out that

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread d6jg
Man in a van wrote: > > d6jg wrote: > > Paul is referring to a Joggler that boots from USB. If it has been > > flashed with SqueezeOS and boots from flash then a USB DAC will work > > fine and the settings survive a reboot. > > /QUOTE] > > > > Well, It might be depeneent on which dac is used

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread Man in a van
d6jg wrote: > Paul is referring to a Joggler that boots from USB. If it has been > flashed with SqueezeOS and boots from flash then a USB DAC will work > fine and the settings survive a reboot. > /QUOTE] > > Well, It might be depeneent on which dac is used as I flashed to the > internal ram

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread d6jg
d6jg wrote: > Paul is referring to a Joggler that boots from USB. If it has been > flashed with SqueezeOS and boots from flash then a USB DAC will work > fine and the settings survive a reboot. > > I have just tried one of mine with an Audioquest Dragonfly in this mode. > However as I posted

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread d6jg
Man in a van wrote: > Well, this morning I made a fresh (internal) install of Squeezeplay on a > Joggler. > > I connected a North Star Essensio dac (which has a led indicater for the > bit rate > > I encountered the same problem as Paul Webster, referenced here > >

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-08 Thread Man in a van
d6jg wrote: > Not tried my Tone Board with a Joggler but yes if the price includes the > case that’s a bargain! Are you ordering one? > > I don’t think you’d get the most out by of the Tone Board with a Joggler > though. I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that the Joggler won’t go above > 24/48

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-07 Thread TimT
Man in a van wrote: > and maybe one of these ? > > https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/surplus-khadas-tone-boards.248986/ > > ronnie I have one of these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32954994901.html TimT's

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-07 Thread d6jg
Man in a van wrote: > and maybe one of these ? > > https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/surplus-khadas-tone-boards.248986/ > > ronnie Not tried my Tone Board with a Joggler but yes if the price includes the case that’s a bargain! Are you ordering one? I don’t think you’d get the most out

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-07 Thread Man in a van
d6jg wrote: > Cheap Crap > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTERNAL-VIRTUAL-USB-3D-5-1-CHANNELS-STEREO-SOUND-CARD-AUDIO-ADAPTOR-CONVERTER-/392807460055 > > > Better > https://hifimediy.com/product/sabre-dac-uae23/ > > Better Still > https://petertyson.co.uk/audioquest-dragonfly-black and maybe

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-07 Thread d6jg
cparker wrote: > Can confirm I had to install LAME as it couldn't play very high quality > mp3 files. I also found the output very noisy into my amp, can you > provide further detail on the USB DAC? > > Thanks Cheap Crap

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-07 Thread cparker
d6jg wrote: > What are you planning to do with the Joggler? > If you intend to use as a player be aware that the analogue sound isn’t > HiFi. It’s ok for radio etc but not serious listening. If you want to > upgrade it sonically then an inline USB DAC will boost it significantly. > You don’t

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-06 Thread Man in a van
Gingermagic wrote: > Ibut I'm not a Linux ninja. Copying and pasting comand line imputs from > websites is about as advanced as I get. Welcome to the club :) ronnie Man in a van's Profile:

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-06 Thread Gingermagic
d6jg wrote: > What are you planning to do with the Joggler? > It depends what it's capable of. Minimum requirement is that it's just a nice front end for what plays on either my SLIMP3 or SqueezeBox. Best case scenario would be that it's a great Squeezebox on it's own, and can also be a

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-05 Thread PHAZBLADE
Picture of our Kitchen Joggler, in this case playing Radio Paradise, an App in Squeezebox 32433 Squeezebox die Never It does Spotify great through the Spotty App Sorry about the dust, had a word with the help, just waved a Can at me ...

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-05 Thread d6jg
Gingermagic wrote: > I ordered my first Joggler, from eBay, earlier. :-) > > If it lives up to expectations, I may by a few. > > If not, I may go down the raspberry and touch screen route. > > In the mean time, I'm focussing on getting all of out phones working > better with my current slim

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Webster
If you PM me your email address, I will contact one of the admins there and ask if they can do something for you so that your registration goes through. My guess is that it is such a quiet place the ratio of spam attempts to real requests for new registrations is very high so anti-spam measures

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Gingermagic
Paul Webster wrote: > General Joggler discussions probably better over the the Joggler forum > at https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/ > You will recognise some of the names from here. Sorry to ask this here, but I don't know where else I can ask. I've just tried to register at

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Gingermagic
I ordered my first Joggler, from eBay, earlier. :-) If it lives up to expectations, I may by a few. If not, I may go down the raspberry and touch screen route. In the mean time, I'm focussing on getting all of out phones working better with my current slim devices. Do you guys tend to use

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Webster
General Joggler discussions probably better over the the Joggler forum at https://www.jogglerwiki.com/forum/ You will recognise some of the names from here. Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), kcrw, supla finland, abc

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread bpa
Gingermagic wrote: > Sorry for all of the questions. I've gone from not knowing that > somehting exists, to thinking that it's the answer to all of my > problems! :-) I don;t know about Joggler but I think they are end of life and maybe higher maintenance than you want. First detail what are

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread bpa
Gingermagic wrote: > I'm going insane! :-) > > How did you do that? When I search, I get a load of Panel Tools. When I > elliminate those from the search, there's nothing left. > > Very strange. Your link is working for me, I just don't know how! :-) Just searched for "joggler" and then

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Gingermagic
These Joggler's are fascinating me. Do you use them to play the actual music? Or just to control the Squueze devices around the house? And can they play TV/Films? Can you install Kodi, or are they not that powerful? Are they as good as a RasberyPi solution, or inferiour but quicker to set up?

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Gingermagic
I'm going insane! :-) How did you do that? When I search, I get a load of Panel Tools. When I elliminate those from the search, there's nothing left. Very strange. Your link is working for me, I just don't know how! :-)

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread bpa
Gingermagic wrote: > I never realised it before, but I want a Joggler! :-) > > I'm in the UK, but NOTHING shows up when I search for Joggler/Jogglers. > > Do they come under a different name, or are they just rare now? > > I feel like I'm in a paralel unverse. They don't seem to exist here!

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Gingermagic
I never realised it before, but I want a Joggler! :-) I'm in the UK, but NOTHING shows up when I search for Joggler/Jogglers. Do they come under a different name, or are they just rare now? I feel like I'm in a paralel unverse. They don't seem to exist here! :-)

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread d6jg
Paul Webster wrote: > To add to bpa's comments ... > it requires a power transformer - so, unlike a tablet, it is not very > mobile. > Joggler was than brand name used by the UK telecoms operator O2. > They were available in O2 shops for around 300GBP at launch ... or free > if you took it

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Webster
Gingermagic wrote: > > - What are 'Jogglers'? I really seared for those, and found nothing! > To add to bpa's comments ... it requires a power transformer - so, unlike a tablet, it is not very mobile. Joggler was than brand name used by the UK telecoms operator O2. They were available in O2

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread philippe_44
Gingermagic wrote: > > - What is 'SqueezeAMP'? I did look, but couldn't work out of it was > hardware, or software, or what? > Damian Per @bpa post, SqueezeAMP is definitively the hardware part

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread bpa
Gingermagic wrote: > What is 'SqueezeAMP'? I did look, but couldn't work out of it was > hardware, or software, or what? It is minimal hardware player based on a SoC Espressif 82?? , very small can run on bartteries has it own amp. Small displays have been added. Can be made into own system or

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread Tim Požár
On 12/3/20 3:29 PM, Gingermagic wrote: [...] - What 'screens' do you use? Logitech Squeezebox Touch's? Or Rasberry Pi's with Touch Screens? If Rasberry Pi's, can you share your recommended spec? Which Pi's? Which Screens? The screens I looked at online seemed quite poor. I use the PiCorePlayer

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread Gingermagic
Thanks Everyone, This is probably going to sound stupid, but ... - What is 'SqueezeAMP'? I did look, but couldn't work out of it was hardware, or software, or what? - What 'screens' do you use? Logitech Squeezebox Touch's? Or Rasberry Pi's with Touch Screens? If Rasberry Pi's, can you share

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread bpa
Gingermagic wrote: > Thanks for the quick response bpa! > > I have just updated LMS. I'm running 8.0.0. now. > > My Linux server is running Xubuntu 20.04 LTS > > My OpenSSL version is 1.1.1f > > When I play Spotify on my phone, lo squeeze devices show up in 'Other > Devices'. > > They have

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread Paul Webster
My way to keep LMS in use by others at home was to put as many touch screen control points around the place as possible - with amplifiers/speakers always powered up. Even then it has been a limited success. The kitchen is the one place where everyone has tacitly agreed to use it exclusively.

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread Gingermagic
Thanks for the quick response bpa! I have just updated LMS. I'm running 8.0.0. now. My Linux server is running Xubuntu 20.04 LTS My OpenSSL version is 1.1.1f When I play Spotify on my phone, lo squeeze devices show up in 'Other Devices'. They have in the past, for me, but rarely for my

Re: [slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread bpa
Because of changes in SSL / https - Spotify and internet services need an up to date LMS 8.0.* AND and up to date OS with openssl at least 1.1.* LMS 8.0.0 integrates online music services and local Music library. Your system can play all current services as long as LMS and OS are up to date.

[slim] Can I breath new life into my system, or does in need replacing?

2020-12-03 Thread Gingermagic
Hi Everyone, I have Logitech Media Server (7.9.3) running on a Linux server in the garage. I've got a SLIMP3 (original) in the kitchen, which splits the audio to speakers in the kitchen and to an amp in the front room. I've also got a Squeezebox (not sure if it's 1 or 2) in our bedroom. The