Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread Arie
bpa;440106 Wrote: I think it is a bug. For something else, I was testing on 7.3.3 and this bug happened to me and went away after a restart. I couldn't reproduce it a 2nd time although it seemed to be associated with changing volume just after starting a station. I think try SC 7.3.4

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread bpa
Do you get this problem if you choose a station from Staff picks ? If not then the problem is associated with RadioTime which supplies the info for Local. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Khuli
Howard Passman;440025 Wrote: Would anyone else like to see the ability to vary the pitch of the music from your SB? Maybe up to a 1/4 tone so as to be able to play along or even use the SB to learn a song. You have music on your SB that's out of tune? -- Khuli

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Howard Passman
Khuli;440154 Wrote: You have music on your SB that's out of tune? Apparently. I don't make lasagna, but I have been playing guitar for 40+ years. Especially when listening to blues I like to grab my guitar and play along. MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread Arie
bpa;440142 Wrote: Do you get this problem if you choose a station from Staff picks ? If not then the problem is associated with RadioTime which supplies the info for Local. It happens with any radio station, also with a station from Staff Picks. -- Arie Arie - SqueezeCenter-version:

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Khuli
Howard Passman;440155 Wrote: Apparently. I don't make lasagna, but I have been playing guitar for 40+ years. Especially when listening to blues I like to grab my guitar and play along. MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run across some music that isn't tuned exactly

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Howard Passman
Khuli;440159 Wrote: Makes sense - but isn't it a lot easier to re-tune your guitar? A bit of a pain if you have a bunch of tracks all with different pitches maybe. Having 6 guitars all tuned slightly differently might help - I'm sure Mrs P won't mind ;) I still have my turntable (Rega

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread cblock
Not at home, so I can't check this, but I'm fairly sure that my old SB1 has a pitch function that alters the playback speed of anything going through it. That would seem to do the trick - and they must be pretty cheap on Ebay by now! -- cblock

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Howard Passman
cblock;440167 Wrote: Not at home, so I can't check this, but I'm fairly sure that my old SB1 has a pitch function that alters the playback speed of anything going through it. That would seem to do the trick - and they must be pretty cheap on Ebay by now! Wow, thanks. I wonder why they had

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread J-skid
J-skid;439524 Wrote: Ah ha - Thank you. I will give it a go tonight when I get home and let you know how I get on! Thanks Thanks for all the tips on this. I spent several hours over the weekend messing around with the settings and changing over the streams to the More Radio variety. And

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread bpa
Time to check the basics - reset after 20 mins sound like network problems. 1. Where are you located in the UK or outside the UK ? 2. What sort of broadband connection do you have (e.g cable, ADSL, Wireless, 3G) 3. Does BBC iPlayer work play OK on your PC ? 4. What results do you get from these

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread cblock
I think it was a hardware feature of the d/a converter chips used in that model, so they just made a control available. When they switched to a better platform for the newer models, the feature was no longer built in. Presumably for recent products to do it would require a server software based

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread J-skid
bpa;440175 Wrote: Time to check the basics - reset after 20 mins sound like network problems. 1. Where are you located in the UK or outside the UK ? 2. What sort of broadband connection do you have (e.g cable, ADSL, Wireless, 3G) 3. Does BBC iPlayer play OK on your PC (i.e. no resets) ?

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread toby10
Arie;440158 Wrote: It happens with any radio station, also with a station from Staff Picks. Do you have a SqueezeNetwork account? You might try logging your player directly onto SN and see if you get proper station/artist/song info on your screen. It won't solve your blank screen problem

[slim] lossless internet radio streaming in FLAC!

2009-07-13 Thread Quad
I would love being able to listen to this lossless radio stream: http://radio.cesnet.cz:8000/cro-d-dur.flac It works well with foobar. Is there a way to make it work with my Squeezebox? Here you can find more information about this lossless broadcasting project

[slim] Can't Control Internet Radio From One SB

2009-07-13 Thread HalNineThousand
I have 2 SB Classics, 2 Duets, and one Boom. The SB Boom is in my bedroom and is my clock radio in there. I usually have all of these synced with each other. I've run into some funky problems along this line and I can best illustrate it with what happened this evening. I've been falling

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread bpa
The thing is, this all worked fine until I upgraded to 7.3.3 of the SQCentre, which I needed to as I purchased a Duet / Controller. Coincidence can be distracting. Since about May-June BBC have been changing their network and some ISP have been massaging BBC traffic - so it may not help to

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread J-skid
bpa;440186 Wrote: Coincidence can be distracting. Since about May-June BBC have been changing their network and some ISP have been massaging BBC traffic - so it may not help to speculate on the cause. When playing a WMA stream (assuming Native WMA is selcted in File types) on SB2/3, Boom

Re: [slim] How do you listen to BBC Radio??

2009-07-13 Thread trouty00
I listen to radio 1 everyday for 8+ hours using either the iplayer link 96kbps or the direct squeezenetwork link 48kbps and I never receive dropouts at all. both just seem to work. -- trouty00 trouty00's Profile:

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread funkstar
cblock;440176 Wrote: I think it was a hardware feature of the d/a converter chips used in that model, so they just made a control available. When they switched to a better platform for the newer models, the feature was no longer built in. Presumably for recent products to do it would require

Re: [slim] RadioIO problems: Anyone else having them?

2009-07-13 Thread HalNineThousand
I've had problems lately with RadioIO stopping at times. Once I checked their site in my browser and couldn't even pull up the web pages. I've also had problems with RadioIO, but seemingly Internet radio in general: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65552 -- HalNineThousand

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread Arie
toby10;440181 Wrote: Do you have a SqueezeNetwork account? You might try logging your player directly onto SN and see if you get proper station/artist/song info on your screen. It won't solve your blank screen problem using Internet Radio on SC but at least you will see how it could look

[slim] Questions about HTPC to run Boxee and squeezecenter

2009-07-13 Thread trouty00
I am looking for a new project, Currently I am using the OH's laptop for squeezecenter and a modded Wii for playing SD movies from a mybook world NAS using homebrew. I want to get a nice low power silent device that I can have on all the time to host squeezecenter and then also have Boxee

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread bpa
The fact that the problem happens with both SC and SN - points to either your local network config or a problem in the SB itself. Since you can get some text on the display sometime - it make more more suspicious of the SB itself. I think you should contact support in case you have an odd h/w

Re: [slim] Questions about HTPC to run Boxee and squeezecenter

2009-07-13 Thread NeilT
.. to the FitPC is one of the Aleutia range of PCs (http://www.aleutia.com/products). I'm using a pre-upgrade version of the E2 (Via V4 Eden ULV 500MHz,512 MB RAM) with a 2.5 IDE disk for storage and U-Lite Ubuntu running from a CF card. I'm only running Squeezecenter on it, usually controlled

Re: [slim] Black screen with internet radio

2009-07-13 Thread Arie
bpa;440206 Wrote: The fact that the problem happens with both SC and SN - points to either your local network config or a problem in the SB itself. Since you can get some text on the display sometime - it make more more suspicious of the SB itself. I think you should contact support in

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread maggior
Howard Passman;440155 Wrote: MOst of the time it's fine, but when playing a mix you do run across some music that isn't tuned exactly to standard. Howard Depending on the players you listen to, you may run into this more often than not. As you probably know, Stevie Ray Vaughn tuned his

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Dogberry2
I play guitar too, and I understand Howard's point. But (no disrespect intended, Howard) I don't think such a feature would be worth putting development effort into. There are plenty of other things to keep the SB engineering team busy, and sidetracking them with developing stuff that would be, I

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread Dogberry2
I'll add my thumbs-up to this. I installed a pair of Duets (well, technically one Duet and an additional Receiver) a year ago, and followed them up with a Boom, and have been tremendously satisfied, happy and impressed with the way everything works ever since. In a large, multi-storey house the

Re: [OT] on offer, �239 / �209 - brand new SqueezeBox DUET for sale

2009-07-13 Thread code . 001
anyone interested? it's a really goog deal! have a nice day! ;) -- code.001 code.001's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31562 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65412

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Pat Farrell
Khuli wrote: Makes sense - but isn't it a lot easier to re-tune your guitar? For a Guitar, perhaps. Not feasible with a Trumpet, Piano, Sax, etc. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Musicians....

2009-07-13 Thread Phil Leigh
Of course, unless you do some funky DSP, changing the pitch will also change the tempo... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom

Re: [slim] Help Me Get Started!

2009-07-13 Thread radish
deutscherhififan;440114 Wrote: - you can use it as a wireless bridge for a DVD player or other components that would like to have access to the web Just as an FYI, all of the (wireless capable) players can act as a bridge in this fashion. -- radish http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread iPhone
I have two dedicated SC Networks at home (one wired without Internet access and one wireless) and sync players for specific purposes often. The Transporter and SB3 (Classic) are the main staples in these networks. The Duets and Booms play more of a specific roll. I just wish I had known and

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread Phil Leigh
Dogberry2;440264 Wrote: My wife can have Danny Gatton on in the kitchen while she's cooking, What taste - I hope you have The Humbler... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU)

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread Dogberry2
Phil Leigh;440296 Wrote: What taste - I hope you have The Humbler...Actually, all I have so far is the two-CD collection Hot Rod Guitar (though Gatton also plays on some other albums I have by other people). I didn't really know much about him until about a year ago, though in his case I

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread Phil Leigh
Dogberry2;440301 Wrote: Actually, all I have so far is the two-CD collection Hot Rod Guitar (though Gatton also plays on some other albums I have by other people). I didn't really know much about him until about a year ago, though in his case I can't credit the SqueezeBox for discovering

Re: [slim] All hail the Squeezebox (Classic, at least)...

2009-07-13 Thread Dogberry2
I had three other Gatton albums on my Amazon music wish list (which currently stands at 117 CDs) but had not yet come across that one. It now shares the #1 priority slot with a Joe Pass Roy Clark album (which I also just heard about a few days ago, from a friend who stumbled onto a clip of it on

[slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?

2009-07-13 Thread milosz
My music collection is stored as FLAC files. I understand that my SB3 and SB2 can play these streaming FLAC files. How do I set up the Squeezecenter server so that it streams in WAV format to the clients instead of FLAC? Is there a setting under AdvancedFile Types for this? Am I correct

Re: [slim] SB1 intermittant gaps

2009-07-13 Thread sander
What I found out when I was trying to sync with an SB1 was that it is extremely susceptible to hiccups in the single threaded squeezecenter. Apparently the delays incurred by certain plugins are enough to put it into a lurch. It could be causing the server to slowdown because its constantly

Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?

2009-07-13 Thread andyg
Please ignore stupid myths such as this one. If you want, you can rationalize FLAC to yourself in exactly the same way: the ethernet/wifi will have half as much work to do. To get FLAC-WAV, disable native FLAC and FLAC-MP3. -- andyg

Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?

2009-07-13 Thread SuperQ
That's pretty much a myth with the squeezebox. The squeezebox has to decode both FLAC and WAV anyway so it won't make a difference. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View

Re: [slim] How do I stream WAV (pcm) from FLAC files?

2009-07-13 Thread JJZolx
Go to Settings Advanced File Types and in the FLAC section, under Stream Format FLAC where it says 'Native', change it to 'Disabled'. Leave the other two settings as they are and FLAC files will be transcoded at the server and streamed as WAV/PCM. -- JJZolx Jim