Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-03-31 Thread Reciva
majones;283497 Wrote: Andrew - is this on the cards? Lets just say, that I have known Logitech for a very long time and that the topic has been explored over a pint or two. -- Reciva Reciva's Profile:

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-03-26 Thread trilly
Paul Webster;275083 Wrote: It seems that this is a configuration/design fault in the IRMA1 - and if you are prepared to do a bit of hacking then you can get around it by disabling the erroneously set de-emphasis option. More about that on the Sharpfin wiki. Thanks for above, made change

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-03-25 Thread majones
Reciva;270378 Wrote: Sorry but nither the SB3 nor the Duett currently are compatible with the Reciva directory, because SD hasn't licensed the directory/sofwtare. Andrew - is this on the cards? -- majones majones's

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-03-25 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Screamer radio includes a very nice set of about 4000 stations broken down by Genre and Location. It is built from suggestions by a worldwide group of listeners. It's a standard xml file. http://www.screamer-radio.com/ The Screamer Windows program automatically updates the preset list when

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-03-04 Thread Paul Webster
trilly;270350 Wrote: ... Sound quality is very poor, muffled ... It seems that this is a configuration/design fault in the IRMA1 - and if you are prepared to do a bit of hacking then you can get around it by disabling the erroneously set de-emphasis option. More about that on the Sharpfin

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-02-17 Thread trilly
and now Pandora , see http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=F412766C-310E-4CE0-9DD2-1FBFBA910BB9 First post to this forum and thought I would let you know why I am here. Around Xmas time was just about to buy SB3 and then saw Duet and been waiting since. In the meantime doing some

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-02-17 Thread Reciva
Hi, If you are unhappy with the sound quality of the Logik (it is a value for money device) you might want to try the Tangent Quattro (available at www.firebox.co.uk) or the Roberts Radio. The latter is a stereo device, whereas the former is the highest quality mono device that you can get with

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-01-13 Thread y360
According to the following press release, Reciva radios will soon support Rhapsody Direct. http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_viewnewsId=20080110005267newsLang=en So it seems that Reciva devices will actually compete with SB for the user segment that's using

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-01-12 Thread Reciva
Hi, I thought woudld provide some clarifications with regards to Reciva: 1) Reciva 9Directory) services are actually avalable as a web service (under license), but under that scenario a filter applies with regards to the supported codecs (i.e. no Real streams, if the Real codec is not natively

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-01-12 Thread andyg
Any radio directoy such as Reciva could be implemented similar to RadioTime, it's just a simple hierarchical listing of radio stations. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2008-01-12 Thread sixofone
andyg;257735 Wrote: Any radio directoy such as Reciva could be implemented similar to RadioTime, it's just a simple hierarchical listing of radio stations. It is simple, but the Reciva implementation is far more convincing than the current mish-mash of radio directories available on my

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread bpa
Quick comparison Ireland Reciva - 34 Radiotime - 17 UKReciva about 1500 Radiotime - about 250 The Wifi Radio in the UK (e.g. AE, Roberts, Bush, BBC, Pico) which can receive RealAudio BBC are Reciva chipset based and so users really only consider one Internetradio directory and that

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread bernt
Reciva looks very organized compared to RadioTime. I tried RadioTime for a while but I ended up using My Picks instead. Reciva looks promising as it already have all my favorite stations listed in highest quality and with the right name. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
'Similar question on the Reciva forums' (https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboardItemid=108func=viewid=11434catid=3#msg11434) recently (comparing the Reciva database with 'RadioRoku' (http://radioroku.com)). I think that Reciva only make it available to the radios that embed their

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread radiobill
Bill from RadioTime ... begging the Squeezebox community to report bad or missing information. This community is technical enough to find their own URL, but that means the responsibility of tracking changes and it can't benfit anyone else. Likewise, if RadioTime is missing regions -- we

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread toby10
Paul Webster;248279 Wrote: 'Similar question on the Reciva forums' (https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboardItemid=108func=viewid=11434catid=3#msg11434) recently (comparing the Reciva database with 'RadioRoku' (http://radioroku.com)). I think that Reciva only make it

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Real stations are passed through if you have installed Alien. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
radiobill;248303 Wrote: One problem is UK streams are often Real networks, so filtered from the SB I've suggested to RadioTime in the past that the RealAudio stations should be passed through - because Squeezebox users who are internet radio fans may well have installed AlienBBC ... which

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Thanks Andy I knew it was a good idea ;) Filters=mp3,wma,real but I hadn't realised it was done - and looks like Bill of RadioTime didn't know either. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Just tried it (on SC7). Went for BBC London - which is a RealAudio link on RadioTime. Squeezebox shows the staion via RadioTime plugin - but lists as not supported. i.e. RadioTime lists the station but does not pass the stream URL. However, Ato confuse things - AlienBBC seems to also have a

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Where did you find that? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
In their developer reference page. With my location as London - I told it to fetch my local stations - and I verified it by creating the URL by hand and looking at the resulting response with filters and formats. http://wiki.radiotime.com/doku.php?id=dev:doc:opml:guide:start -- Paul Webster

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
Heh wow, I did not even know about that page. Thanks. :) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40957

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread Paul Webster
Found it - it should be formats not filters. -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-11 Thread andyg
OK, perhaps Radiotime is no longer handling the Filters query param properly... Bill? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

[slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-10 Thread gandt
I hae a SB2 and a reciva radio. Undoubtedly the SB2 wins hands down but the Reciva radio occasionally has the Internet Radio advantage. The reciva website now has quite a few new interesting stations I have to add manually to the SB2. I assume the basic reciva download the list of stations is

[slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-10 Thread gandt
I have a SB2 and a reciva radio. Undoubtedly the SB2 wins hands down but the Reciva radio occasionally has the Internet Radio advantage. The reciva website now has quite a few new interesting stations I have to add manually to the SB2. I assume the basic reciva download the list of stations is

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-10 Thread dean blackketter
On Dec 10, 2007, at 1:55 AM, gandt wrote: I have a SB2 and a reciva radio. Undoubtedly the SB2 wins hands down but the Reciva radio occasionally has the Internet Radio advantage. The reciva website now has quite a few new interesting stations I have to add manually to the SB2. I assume the

Re: [slim] What would it take? (reciva thread)

2007-12-10 Thread gandt
It's just that the reciva database is currently used by probably more than TWO dozen different internet radios and is regularly updated by all the users of those radios. Consequently it seems to be the largest database on streaming radio Im aware of. You can get the picture here