Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

This was reported in bug 15271 as in SBS systems which cannot transcode such as ReadyNAS this behaviour resulted in non playable stream due to another bug 13955 ( https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13955 ). The change fixing bug 15271 ( https://bugs.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] L5 remote for iPod/iPhone

Not that impressed, another programmable IR remote. I think a Harmony is probably as good in real use. They should at least have considered an RF link. They will be as good as their programming library.. Compared with the interactive remote facilities of iPeng, absolutely no competition in my

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

Andy Thanks for that. In that case I'll take Napsters word for it that most are at 192kbps. Keith -- KMorgan - Sorry, can't spare enough hours today for that 5 min job on the computer.

[slim] sandy

I'm new to Logitech Squeezebox Server. I've downloaded and installed Squeezebox Server in Win XP, the server is running, I've checked as described in the forums. My problem is my Sqeezebox radio is not recognised as my player. I want to get the BBC i player app working, where am I going wrong?

Re: [slim] Sonos marketing? What does this mean?

:( looks like the Sonos marketing was even more successful than they could have hoped for. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile:

Re: [slim] sandy

Try turning off the Radio (press hold Power button till you see Goodbye), then power back on. On the Radio scroll to My Music, it should offer you your SBS server to connect to. -- toby10 toby10's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

I'd start with a complete system re-boot, including turning off router, modem, PC, players. If you haven't tried this already. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

I could only suggest testing the TV's digital outs into a known good digital input (most likely on your AVR/receiver). May just be a setting to pass the audio to digital outs. FYI: Something to be aware of, many HDTV's limit digital audio outs to only 2 ch, particularly with HDMI input. --

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

Japes;506072 Wrote: Right .like I said I get 128kbps as a stream 192kbps as a drm wma download My Napster downloaded music purchases are 256k MP3 and DRM free. Perhaps your lower bitrate WMA with DRM are from prior purchases when Napster employed DRM? Maybe regional? UK dl's are

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

nicholas.anderson;506142 Wrote: Hi, I bought a Transporter back in 2006. I have a PC and DVD connected to a Sony Bravia KDL-32S4000 TV which at present sound and picture comes out of. I also have a transporter which I have Swan T200A studio monitor speakers connected to using XLR

Re: [slim] Announce: New Squeezeslave 0.9 Release available on sourceforge

fphredd;505990 Wrote: Whatever makes it easier for you if there's a problem. Otherwise, this doesn't bug me. I it does in the future, I guess I can just run with the switch mentioned. Thanks. I think it causes more confusion than good for the general user so I'm going to move the messages

[slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

Last night both of my SB's began having the same problem. Super Date Time stopped displaying the temperature and Live365 is nolonger available in my menus. I do not have the latest slim server software, as it caused a similar problem about 2 months ago. What's up? Do I need to replace my SB's?

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

toby10;506204 Wrote: My Napster downloaded music purchases are 256k MP3 and DRM free. Perhaps your lower bitrate WMA with DRM are from prior purchases when Napster employed DRM? Maybe regional? UK dl's are different licensing than USA? The DRM WMA's are part of the 'Napster to Go' deal. I

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

The Transporter only accepts 2 channel PCM, not the 5.1 Dolby that TVs and DVD players typically output by default. If you send it Dolby, all you'll hear is a faint hiss and crackle. Some TVs (my Samsung, for example) don't have an option to convert to linear PCM, but every DVD player I've ever

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

Japes;506225 Wrote: The DRM WMA's are part of the 'Napster to Go' deal. I get no DRM free MP3 download allowance on that deal. If I were to purchase MP3 files from Napster, then they would be DRM free MP3's at 256kbps. On 'Napster to Go' I can download (to my hard drive) an unlimited

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

There's a lot of different formats Napster uses. WMA DRM (to-go subscription). These are 192k I believe. DRM-free MP3 purchases (128k or 256k depending on the album) WMA streaming (128k) We only use the 128k WMA streaming format and as far as I can see they are all at 128k. The following

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

This is where I'm confused by Napster as their customer support told me just yesterday... At this time, the majority of tracks that are streamed from the Napster service are offered at a bit rate of 192Kbps. Tracks that are not available at 192Kbps are streamed at 128Kbps. We are working on

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

There is a reported problem with SDT not working -- see the thread in the 3rd Party Plugins forum to see if that sounds like your problem. Don't know what to say about Live365. If you want help troubleshooting you will need to give at least some basic information such as what version of

Re: [slim] Original SB Graphic HELP!

First of all the SB are the original SB with the graphic display. They do not sync/connect with mysqueezebox.com. I am fairly certain that I'm running Squeeze center 7.3. I do not see any way to connect with Live365 from inside of squeeze center, it has vanished. -- Roy Owen

Re: [slim] Napster Bit Rate

KMorgan;506254 Wrote: I've asked them to please specify a track that they know to be streamed at 192kbps so that I can check it. So far no response. I've always had the best response ringing them. If you do get a reply, let us know, cos I'd be interested in your findings :-) -- Japes

Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

Thanks for finding that for me. It looks like it's fixed in 7.4.2. I'm still using the release 7.4.1 I might have to start using 7.4.2 BETA on VortexBox to get around this issue. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer

Re: [slim] Forum problems?

Is anybody going to fix this sometime soon? Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73736

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

peachmelba;506228 Wrote: The Transporter only accepts 2 channel PCM, not the 5.1 Dolby that TVs and DVD players typically output by default. If you send it Dolby, all you'll hear is a faint hiss and crackle. Some TVs (my Samsung, for example) don't have an option to convert to linear PCM,

Re: [slim] sandy

Thanks for your help, everythink is working fine. Just one more thing to ask, do I need to leave my computer on to use the BBCI PLAYER plugin? Once again, thanks. -- sandyged sandyged's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

Frank, thanks for a great utility, upgarded this morning from 1.5ish which I hadn't got fully working and successfully emailed the QuickRef to my phone. Few hours later, that prevented me buying a copy of an album I already had, so I'm donating you the cost of that album. Interestingly, in

Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

agillis;506281 Wrote: Thanks for finding that for me. It looks like it's fixed in 7.5. I'm still using the release 7.4.1 I might have to patch 7.4.1 on VortexBox to get around this issue. Just curious; as a vortexbox user one of the first things I did upon installation was upgrade the

Re: [slim] Network configuration question

audiomuze;504090 Wrote: So, a few questions: - Does having 2x NICS on a single device each assigned unique IPs in the same subnet create an issue and can it be overcome? I'd like to overcome it because making one of my PCs the gateway forces meto have it on anytime another device needs

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

just noticed that Infected by The The appears under an extra T heading prior to '0-9'. it's only a minor niggle, but thought you ought to be aware. I remember iPeng having some trouble with this one. -- DigitalMitch 2 * SB3, 1 * Boom, 2 * SBR, 1 * Radio controlled by IR, SBC and iPeng on

Re: [slim] Would truly love an Audible.com app to be available on Squeezebox

I am generally anti-DRM. That said, I'm also a 9 year audible subscriber and an avid audio book listener (both from Audible and my local library) and I think there are two sides to the story. First I want to point out that audio books are not quite the same as music. This is because the primary

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

DigitalMitch;506318 Wrote: Frank, thanks for a great utility, upgarded this morning from 1.5ish which I hadn't got fully working and successfully emailed the QuickRef to my phone. Few hours later, that prevented me buying a copy of an album I already had, so I'm donating you the cost

Re: [slim] Would truly love an Audible.com app to be available on Squeezebox

On the other hand you (as a publisher) could just calculate each copy of an audio book just like a rented one. I also own hundreds if audio books and I can safely say that I rarely listen to one more than once. And it's not as if the data on my harddisc does impose any manufacturing costs on them

[slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

So I wanted to pick up an extra remote. I've bought squeezeboxes and accessories online before from the company web site. But I couldn't find accessories for sale on the Squeezebox web site any more. Then I see the sticky post above that, since December, accessories are not available at the web

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

Hello, I've got a minor problem when running ACC (v2.1). The output is allways showing ###CAPEND### and ###CAPSTART### in the album header. See attachment. It doesn't make a difference if I switch the option Display starting capitals on or off. I can fix it afterwards with a text editor but like

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Did you actually go to the www.logitech.com site? The Boom and Touch remotes are there and listed as being in stock. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Maybe for US customers. -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74026

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Ripcaster appear to have remotes in the UK https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/483 -- Japes Japes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35547 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

arubaluba;506363 Wrote: Hello, I've got a minor problem when running ACC (v2.1). The output is allways showing ###CAPEND### and ###CAPSTART### in the album header. See attachment. It doesn't make a difference if I switch the option Display starting capitals on or off. I can fix it

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Very hard to find these remotes... Support-Product Support-Audio-Squeezebox Touch- buttom right there is the link for replacement parts, the remote is there. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile:

Re: [slim] Would truly love an Audible.com app to be available on Squeezebox

I have no problem with DRM if I am *knowingly* renting it, as in your library scenerio (a great idea BTW). Just like my Napster account, I have no problem with DRM when I am *knowingly* renting their content via streaming from their server. But if I *buy* it, then I want to own it and have

Re: [slim] sandy

Yes, Plugins reside in your SBS server program on your computer. No computer = no SBS = no Plugin -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

signor_rossi;506374 Wrote: Very hard to find these remotes... Support-Product Support-Audio-Squeezebox Touch- buttom right there is the link for replacement parts, the remote is there. Nope, can not see that link in neither the Swedish or the UK page ?? -- Mnyb

Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v2

Thanks Frank for your quick reply! I'll give it a try tomorrow. Regards, Rene -- arubaluba arubaluba's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32369 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Mnyb;506392 Wrote: Nope, can not see that link in neither the Swedish or the UK page ?? For the UK try http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4876cl=gb,enpcid=4872 I check there every day hoping to be able to order the battery for my Radio. I'll repeat my comment from last autumn - Logitech

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

testmatch;506411 Wrote: For the UK try http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4876cl=gb,enpcid=4872 I check there every day hoping to be able to order the battery for my Radio. I'll repeat my comment from last autumn - Logitech sell things despite their website, and not because of it!

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

DaveWr;506367 Wrote: Maybe for US customers. ...such as the OP, to whom I was responding. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

Assuming your TV is set to output 2 channel audio, do you have the TP set to Digital Inputs? -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.- kphinney's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

This may be basic, but just to be sure your SServer is operating, can you access it via the web interface? Resetting the server to factory settings may prevent it from retaining the Start on Boot setting. -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.-

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

My ailing Transporter remote finally became a dog-toy this weekend. After not being able to find a replacement on-line I called Logitech Support and it was actually suggested I BUY A LOGITECH HARMONY REMOTE FOR $399! With the advent of more digital streamers every day (both consumer and

Re: [slim] Connecting TV to transporter's digital inputs help?

i had this problem on a couple of occasions. try fiddling with the volume knob, even if you have it set to a fixed output. -- netchord netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Mnyb;506415 Wrote: Wow wonderful link, how did you find this ! Pure luck! It appeared one day at the extreme bottom right of Products Audio Wi-Fi Music Players so I bookmarked it. I see it's still there on the UK site, but apparently not on the Swedish site. My Swedish extends to thanks and

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

testmatch;506444 Wrote: Pure luck! It appeared one day at the extreme bottom right of Products Audio Wi-Fi Music Players so I bookmarked it. I see it's still there on the UK site, but apparently not on the Swedish site. My Swedish extends to thanks and four strawberry ice creams please but

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

Alter the country code and you can get a swedish version with SEK pricing http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4876cl=se,svpcid=4872 Don't know what happens if you try to order. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

Re: [slim] Love my squeezeboxes

Good show - I feel equally enthused about my five(!) Squeezeboxes. It has totally changed my relationship with music. It's just so convenient and you can be spontaneous about what to listen to in a way that I never could before. Bravo. -- havoc1

Re: [slim] L5 remote for iPod/iPhone

Seems almost all remotes I unpack now are universal. I think I have three of them laying on the coffee table right now. I'll pass on paying for another one. (Didn't my 16 year old Apple Newton have this feature built in?) -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect

[slim] Bad Omen?

Anyone else notice there are devoted forums for all of the Logitech Squeezebox line - except - the Transporter? It is still in the lineup, for now. http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/product_matrix.html -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.-

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

I can open the SServer via internet no problem. I'll have to wait until I'm home later to try the idea of rebooting everything in the chain. -- Actuary Actuary's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

Actuary;506148 Wrote: ... My set up: Computer_1: Laptop with squeezecenter software, wireless Computer_2: Desktop with music, wired SB3 wireless ... Just so I understand your thinking and have more info, why is the server software on the laptop and the music on the PC? -- kphinney -I

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

kphinney;506470 Wrote: Just so I understand your thinking and have more info, why is the server software on the laptop and the music on the PC? The desktop has more memory. While the laptop is conveniently downstairs. -- Actuary

Re: [slim] Love my squeezeboxes

I appreciate the passion you both have for the Squeezes! I, too, feel exactly the same way...I have never listened to so much beautiful music with such continuous awesome fidelity. I am so impressed with these players. I also have some great radio stations in my favorites collection and stations

Re: [slim] SB3 Your Player Was Not Found

I'd recommend running the server on the PC along with the files -- you can still access all of the functions (and the same web interface) from the laptop by going to the PC's ip address followed by :9000 (i.e. 192.168.1.100:9000). Actually, just about any web enabled device can access the

Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

mbonsack;506320 Wrote: Just curious; as a vortexbox user one of the first things I did upon installation was upgrade the default 7.4.1 SBS to the latest 7.4.2 build. Is there a reason that Vortexbox has not adopted a fairly recent 7.4.2 build as the default, as it's fixed many things (and

Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

agillis;506482 Wrote: The problem with AAC is resolved in 7.5 and will not be back ported as far as I can tell. We are starting to use our own build of SBS for VortexBox. It will be based in 7.4.1 but have a few patches such as this one. I'd use 7.4.2 for this. 7.4.2 is a pure bugfix

Re: [slim] Bad Omen?

On 2010-01-14, at 4:35 PM, kphinney wrote: Anyone else notice there are devoted forums for all of the Logitech Squeezebox line - except - the Transporter? Mainly because they only started creating dedicated forums for players as they were released AFTER the Transporter had already been out

Re: [slim] L5 remote for iPod/iPhone

I've already invested hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars in universal remotes over the years (Prontos, Harmony, etc.) so I will certainly invest another 50 bucks to check this one out as I already have the iPod Touch. It is certainly not a mature product now but one that has potential. --

Re: [slim] Bad Omen?

kphinney;506465 Wrote: Anyone else notice there are devoted forums for all of the Logitech Squeezebox line - except - the Transporter? It is still in the lineup, for now. http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/product_matrix.html Transporter has its own forum - Audiophiles ducks and hides :)

[slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi

I am about to rip my entire cd collection (1000+) and am wondering which format to use. I was planning on using iTunes to rip cds and then stream over wifi to squeezebox touch (when released). I am thinking it best to use WAV (as opposed to Apple Lossless), but are there issues with streaming

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

bpa;506453 Wrote: Alter the country code and you can get a swedish version with SEK pricing http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/4876cl=se,svpcid=4872 Don't know what happens if you try to order. It should work I've ordered a battery once , when it was possible to find the page. --

Re: [slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi

H Rusak;506495 Wrote: I am about to rip my entire cd collection (1000+) and am wondering which format to use. I was planning on using iTunes to rip cds and then stream over wifi to squeezebox touch (when released). I am thinking it best to use WAV (as opposed to Apple Lossless), but are

Re: [slim] Network configuration question

thx, my questions have already been answered 'in the Linux forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73714). Anyone looking for a good explanation re configuring static vs dynamic IPs and IP reservations using MACs would likely find that thread handy. I know I did :) --

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

nothing new here, this has been a joke from the outset. Glad I purchased 5 backlit remotes as spares when I did - had to have them delivered to a friend in the US. -- audiomuze IF YOU WANT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CUSTOMSCAN AND CUSTOMBROWSE PLUGINS, VOTE FOR 'BUG #6023 - NEW PLUGIN HOOKS TO

Re: [slim] Why is AAC the default

The problem with AAC is resolved in 7.5 and will not be back ported as far as I can tell. We are starting to use our own build of SBS for VortexBox. It will be based in 7.4.1 but have a few patches such as this one. It'll be much easier/safer/cheaper for you to just use 7.4.2 than build your

Re: [slim] Logitech brain-dead-edness

I wonder if I'm really should post this... Transporter is still a current product you can order it, but not the remote as spare ? What if you broken or misplaced your remote and needs to factory or xilink reset the machine = brick ? Same applies to a recently sold SB Classic ,but you would not

Re: [slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi

itunes BLOWS. FLAC is good but afaik it only reduces filesize to ~60% of original wav size. if you need better, i use 256kbps mp3 which is about 7 to 1 compression ratio. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 sbc (my home) / sbr (parent's home) - sbs 7.5b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht)

Re: [slim] Album Artist sort

Rufus;50 Wrote: My Boom uses the Album Artist field on my mp3s to sort the artists. How can I change it to use the Artist field instead? My server (version 7.4) is connected to iTunes, on Mac Snow Leopard. afaik you can't, sort of... its a ridiculous limitation of SBS software. if

Re: [slim] Best audio format for streaming wifi

http://flac.sourceforge.net/itunes.html -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3, SB BOOM - SC 7.4.1 - vortex...@hp SFF iPod Touch\iPeng bernt's Profile:

Re: [slim] Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ?

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