Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Local Radio?

2007-10-17 Thread peterw
HalNineThousand;235672 Wrote: I considered, as an alternative, getting a Radio Shark and hooking it up to my computer, then letting it put out an MP3 stream that Slimserver could pick up, but about half the reviews for Radio Shark hate it because of poor reception, so I figure if I want a

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-17 Thread moley6knipe
Glad it worked! I personally think it's always a good rule of thumb to get rid of any tags you're not actually using, just in case! -- moley6knipe moley6knipe's Profile:

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread bernt
Did a WiFi scan and the ap I found use channel 6. My ap use channel 11. The strange thing is that it could work for hours and suddenly 3-4 songs are choppy and then everything works again. No one is using wireless phones, bluetooth or the microwave at the time it happens. I think it all

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-17 Thread MrSinatra
i have ver 1 tags and ver 2.3 tags. is the conventional wisdow that you should only have one or the other? i'vve been thinking about getting rid of ver 1 tags, and converting the 2.3s to 2.4s which i'm told allows one to separate artists into first and last names. thoughts? (what pgm is best

Re: [slim] SB3 Turns itself off during the night.

2007-10-17 Thread Michael Herger
I have a SB3 that has recently decided it should turn itself off during the night, preventing it from waking me up with the alarm. Is your computer going to sleep? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-17 Thread JJZolx
MrSinatra;235706 Wrote: i have ver 1 tags and ver 2.3 tags. is the conventional wisdow that you should only have one or the other? i'vve been thinking about getting rid of ver 1 tags, and converting the 2.3s to 2.4s which i'm told allows one to separate artists into first and last

Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Local Radio?

2007-10-17 Thread bpa
I think poor reception is a frequent problem with WiFi devices that have Radio and do not have an external antenna. If you look at the Roku forums you'll see there are plenty of users who complain about the Roku's poor AM performance and who have to attach an external antenna for FM. I have the

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread oreillymj
There is a known issue with flac files compressed at more than -5 from what I remember. The actual CPU in the SB3 struggles to decode the flac fast enough to keep the playback buffer full. It looks and seems like a network issue that's cuasing a buffer underrun, but you'll notice that the

Re: [slim] Old mac or old pc as slimserver

2007-10-17 Thread sdevans
With regard to the large hard drive problem in old macs, does upgrading the os to Tiger for instance get round the G4 128GB limit, or do you still need to fix it otherwise... Thanks. -- sdevans sdevans's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB3 Turns itself off during the night.

2007-10-17 Thread dcevansiii
No the computer isn't going to sleep, which is why I was stumped. But of course it didn't turn off last night after I turned on the logging. -- dcevansiii dcevansiii's Profile:

Re: [slim] Old mac or old pc as slimserver

2007-10-17 Thread muski
sdevans;235721 Wrote: With regard to the large hard drive problem in old macs, does upgrading the os to Tiger for instance get round the G4 128GB limit, or do you still need to fix it otherwise... Thanks. No, Tiger itself doesn't get past this limit. However, there is something called

Re: [slim] Vote of thanks

2007-10-17 Thread Dante Cubit
Another big thumbs up. I've been loving me some SB3 for quite a while and even my wife thinks it cool (and she makes the unabomber look like Steve Jobs...) They should bring back the MP3 is not a crime* sticker though... *Unless the bitrate is 192kbs -- Dante Cubit

[slim] New Nokia Internet Tablet Nokia N810

2007-10-17 Thread Sike
Hi All I am now starting to like the idea of using one of these to control my squeezboxen! http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/nokia-n810-gets-official/ Nice touch with the Keypad! I have a HTC TyTn and love the keyboard! Imagine searching with this thing!! Sike -- Sike

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

2007-10-17 Thread karma mechanic
I just went upstairs to confirm that my router is a Netgear DG834PN, and the firmware is at 1.03.30. I'm using WPA-PSK, and the Squeezebox has never had any problems with it. I recently changed to channel 13 (from 11) and it all still works. There's always one isn't there...! -- karma

Re: [slim] Vote of thanks

2007-10-17 Thread TiredLegs
In addition to the great music server aspects of hearing all the tunes I own through SB3's, the SqueezeNetwork capabilities have added a whole new dimension to radio listening in my home, where FM reception (not to mention the content quality of commercial radio stations) is poor. -- TiredLegs

Re: [slim] New Nokia Internet Tablet Nokia N810

2007-10-17 Thread SuperQ
Looks awesome. Hopefully the hands-on is wrong about the slider being too close to the keyboard and not being able to type on the top row very well. Damn.. new Nokia, or new parts for my desktop PC.. *sigh* -- SuperQ

[slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-17 Thread flatpackedworld
Hi, Had a quick search around but couldn't find anything. Is there plans to support the upcoming release of Leopard, 10.5 on Mac or will the current version work already? Cheers, Ian -- flatpackedworld flatpackedworld's

[slim] SB3 rebuffering and reset problems

2007-10-17 Thread inca
I have used two SBs on my n/w for years with no problems but my new SB3 (ss6.5.4 f/w 81) is another matter. It constantly resets or stops for rebuffering. I know this is not my n/w setup as I have 2 other SBs v1 and v2 running fine alongside. It happens whether wired or wireless. It happens

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
oreillymj;235718 Wrote: There is a known issue with flac files compressed at more than -5 from what I remember. The actual CPU in the SB3 struggles to decode the flac fast enough to keep the playback buffer full. It looks and seems like a network issue that's cuasing a buffer underrun,

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-17 Thread andyg
We will support it, but since none of us has a copy yet we will have to wait and see. :) -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-17 Thread flatpackedworld
That's good to know. Just got to decide if I should get the Mac Mini now! :) -- flatpackedworld flatpackedworld's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13592 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread oreillymj
Strange, I've seen this behaviour myself (although it was with surround track, so there was a lot of data to decompress) but I'm pretty sure this has been mentioned a number of times in other threads. Maybe I'm getting confused with the issue of files encoded with an old ogg library. --

Re: [slim] New Nokia Internet Tablet Nokia N810

2007-10-17 Thread oreillymj
Bummer I bought an N800 about 4 months ago and it's been largely gathering dust. The N810 seem like a huge leap over the older model. Built in GPS. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile:

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
I have heard this in relation to the Flake FLAC 3rd-party encoder at -9 or -10 compression. I've experienced this myself with 24/96 FLACs with ReplayGain and the spectrum analyzer screensaver on the Transporter (bug 4463) but not 16/44.1 FLAC at -8. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams'

Re: [slim] Buffer fullness

2007-10-17 Thread slimkid
Hi, any chance you have a periodic rescan of music library set up? Or some other task that hogs your music server from time to time? K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially.

Re: [slim] Migrating slimserver to another PC. How to retain all settings

2007-10-17 Thread Millwood
I just copied the whole /program files/slimserver tree onto the new machine and then installed slimserver. Everything survived - settings, plugins, configuration. -- Millwood Millwood's Profile:

[slim] new music in date added order

2007-10-17 Thread defnk
Hi guys, I'm sure there's a simple way to do this that my even simpler mind can't quite figure out.. How do I play music that was added to my iTunes in date added order? New Music on the SB3 menu tree cant be added to the play list. Recently Added playlist on Itunes can do it, but the number

Re: [slim] SB3 rebuffering and reset problems

2007-10-17 Thread mik63
Same here; I have tried everything and it still happens once in a while with no reason I have been able to discover. -- mik63 mik63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9480 View this thread:

[slim] The Squeezebox finally made it to Fry's

2007-10-17 Thread crooner
Saw the Logitech branded SB3 at my local Fry's today. Price was still $299, despite being assembled totally in China. The box was pretty slick, and visually appealing. It was sitting right next to the Roku Soundbridge and the Roku radio. My prediction was a cheaper SB for the retail outlets. It

Re: [slim] HOWTO stream to a mobile phone.

2007-10-17 Thread muski
Has anyone had any luck streaming to an iPhone? I tried the streaming URL in the iPhone Safari browser, but Quicktime doesn't seem to understand it. (Actually, the same problem occurs on a regular Mac running the Safari 3.0 beta browser). iTunes on a Mac will play a stream, but there is no

Re: [slim] Old mac or old pc as slimserver

2007-10-17 Thread pazoo
muski;235809 Wrote: No, Tiger itself doesn't get past this limit. However, there is something called the SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver that does (and doesn't require upgrading the IDE controller). It costs $25. I use it on my Mac Cube with a 250GB IDE drive and it works fine. If I