Mark Lanctot's replies should either be in a "sticky" or the "wiki" !
Firewalls and DHCP servers are a constant source of puzzlement for PC
users venturing into networking, which is just what the SB3 will be
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here in Oztralia the Internet providors give you a maximum amount of
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Run SoftSqueez on a PC other than the server (the PC running SlimServer)
connected in the way you are going to connect the Squeezebox - cable or
wireless.
This will give you an idea of how your network will handle the music
transfer and also how to drive the Squeezebox.
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im Devices sold by "Authorised dealer /
installers" in the future, especially after the recent write ups.
In Oz, existing stock of Squeezeboxs was sold out within a week of the
review on the Silent PC Review web
. change the antenna on the router to one with higher gain,
3. connect via cable.
If you still suffer from dropouts and the signal strength is over 90%
then the fault may be in the server.
Maybe also add a line saying how to display signal strength ?
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Was the SB in the same physical location relative to the bike ? The rf
from the bike may be quite directional.
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. Checking what processes are running showed that
c:\programfiles\slimserver...MOV123.EXE is the main program running.
Should I stop Slimserver and reinstall it ?
What has caused this - the defrag ? Prior to this a rescan would take
only a few minutes.
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in the forums a while ago of the wireless
network card not being seated properly or being faulty, so if it works
via a cable check with Tech Support
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_tech.html
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arted every now and
again. Anyone else get this during a rescan ? Maybe it is trying to
open a track (file) that it doesn't know about yet.
SlimServer 6.2.2 Firmware 41, Win XP.
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It started today, plays a few tracks and then stops. Power button
wouldn't restart, found that the slimserver service had stopped.
Firmware 41, Win XP SP2, wireless link from Netgear router.
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Daveo, did you resolve the problem ?
If so, let us all know what it was and how you fixed it.
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this being too simple ?
Or could a low end Dell server be chosen and a LINUX distribution
built? Or could the LINUX build handle a wide range of hardware?
Probably like others, I have ended up with a server dedicated to
SlimServer running WinXP because I know nothing about LINUX.
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The trick is to have the MusicIP API running BEFORE SlimServer starts.
If the API is not running when SlimServer starts then the MusicIP
options do not appear.
Easy to fix: with the MusicIP API running, just stop the SlimServer
service and restart it.
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Just "Clear Library and Re-Scan Everything", your playlists will appear
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aarongarrett Wrote:
>
> I also have a question. Has anyone found a particularly quiet hard
> drive to use for audiophile purposes?
>
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Have you been able to analyze the ip addresses of people streaming ? I
have noticed replies from the US, Nova Scotia and of course the UK.
Be interested to try the plugin to get artwork.
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Has it hung on Something About You, Level 42 ?
18:03 Australian eastern time, GMT +10.
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erland wrote:
>
> The more I think about this, the more I think you should focus on making
> a player box rather than a player + server box.
> You can prepare the hardware for future revisions by offering USB and
> internal SATA, but without a soft power off/eject button it's not going
> to be
I asked a similar question -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98196-Other-Album-images-back-booklets-etc-Any-way-of-displaying-these
- as I thought it would be a great enhancement to the software
controllers like iPeng and OrangeSqueeze to be able to display other
scanned images on the
seren wrote:
> Wondering whether we will see an update of this app, been quite a while.
It's July - in the bike world everything stops for "le Tour" !
(http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/)
In this case it is " Le Tour de West Wisconsin" -
http://orangebikelabs.com/orange-bike-labs-is-going-on
slartibartfast wrote:
> I'm sure they will but that tour was last year :-)
Oops!
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Just bought this to try out the new Musicinfo plugin and can now display
other jpg's (back cover, booklets etc) that are in the same folder as
the track. Needs the latest 7.8 -see
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99537-Announce-Music-amp-Artist-Information-plugin/page5.
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Kvaks wrote:
> Sure, the UI of SqueezeCommander could benefit with an update, but it's
> holding up remarkably well I think. And the app is pretty much feature
> complete, so there's little to keep me from enjoying it in the
> foreseeable future.
Agree, at my house we have gone Android - Nexus 4
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelite
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slartibartfast wrote:
> Orange Squeeze official version has just updated to 2.x and seems to
> work. Maybe that is why preview stopped working.
>
> Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
Orange Squeeze now displays local artwork (other .mpg files in the album
folder) requires a recent version of L
C. Parker has MusicIP (MIP) guides here
http://spicefly.com/section.php?section=overview - look at the drop down
menus.
I'm intrigued what you use the PUID for.
As I understand it, Erland now uses Musicbrainz track ID to identify a
track in his TrackStat plugin and MIP doesn't use PUID to create
Nonreality wrote:
> What does the MusicArtistInformation plugin do?
It displays info about the music and artist from the 'net and local
artwork (scans of the booklet, back of the cd etc) if you have jpg files
in the currently playing directory.
Needs a recent version of LMS 7.8 , then works rea
As DJanGo asks, "SO which way you wanna die and what size of Money you
wanna spend? "
What works for me is a master / slave two server combination. Both
systems run Win 7/64
The master is an old Antec P182 case with a quad core Intel chip and a
bunch of 2GB drives, 2 for music, one for video and
Jim,
I suggest that you start with a Raspberry Pi and HiFiBerry DAC- you end
up with a box the size of a cigarette packet that works.
The only fly in the ointment is that the latest version was released in
August and the software hasn't caught up yet -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.ph
What have you missed ?
1. The server software, currently called Logitech Media Server (LMS) has
been greatly enhanced, especially in version 7.9 (thanks to M. Herger)
2. Software controllers - wifi apps for iThingy and Android phones and
tablets to allow you to control your Squeezebox players.
3.
Is it just me ?
If I go to http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html and click
"6.5.5" to download small, safe changes since 6.5.4. I get Access
forbidden!
Is 6.5.5 closed now? Do I have to go to 7.0 ?
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re any way of specifying where the MYD and MYI files are built ?
SC 7, SB3, WinXP
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he production guys would have one less orphan
remote to make and the programmers would have a bunch more programmable
soft keys and best of all the humble user would (unless he/she has
already done so) have one less single device remote cluttering up the
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and rescan" and
check the log file when it starts on the art work and hangs. The last
entry should be the problem file.
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d.
The pedantic scanner means that the gui displays of artists and albums
occasionly have duplicates, but I'm gradually correcting the tags -
hardly a showstopper.
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I'm sure that the Server Power Control plugin could do this, you should
ask in this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521.
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Have you checked for other wireless networks in your area? I used to use
NetStumbler but InSSIDer is much better. See the second last post in
this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88706.
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I use SyncBack Freeware V3.2.26.0, available from
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html.
I rip using a quad core box and then use SyncBack to copy to the low
power box under the TV that records & plays TV and is my SB server.
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o let you try out some mixes on the
analyzed songs.
Don't hesitate to post back with questions, as aubuti says "I (and many
others here) think it works great".
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Mike, you should give us a few more clues - what version of Squeeze
Server are you running ? Are you also using Music IP ?
Has this started happening after updating Squeeze Server ? Has Squeeze
Server worked fine for a while and just suddenly decided to start
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if you have an iPhone or iPod
Touch is iPeng.
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All I can suggest is to email support or try 7.5.1 (or even 7.6.0) and
see if it goes away. Pretty lame advice, but I can't think of anything
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see how it goes. Thanks again.
> Bill
Also thank you from me. Excellent explanation.
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plympton;572360 Wrote:
> Whoah. Who approved this one?
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/logitechs-lonely-tv-revue-with-google-tv-ad-may-be-sending-th/
Both adds were obviously done by the same agency.
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it showed that they had been
encoded with "flacuda#91". A google search showed up a thread on
Hydrogenaudio discussing this encoder that described it as alpha
software.
I recoded the files to FLAC -8 with dbPoweramp and the glitches went
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a software equivalent of "pre amp
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sgobowinski wrote:
>
> SORRY. I realised this was ambiguous. What I meant was that I pulled
> apart the system and put it back together in exactly the same way. That
> is, I re-cabled the system, but I didn't change any components or
> cablingsorry for the confusion.
> ...consists of a
An updated version of Inguz EQ, maybe using SoX.
InguzEQ was (and still is for me) a great plugin but some users are
having trouble getting it to go.
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db122 wrote:
> Thanks for posting those screenshots Gordon. I think 7" tablets are the
> best size for Orange Squeeze.
>
> Just letting everyone know that it is our policy to offer unconditional
> refunds outside of the standard 15 minute window that Google allows,
> should anyone desire it. We
db122 wrote:
>
> The thing to look at is if the menu items come up on any of the Jive
> players like SqueezePlay (software) or the SB Touch. Menus that appear
> in the web interface are not necessarily visible or available in
> controller apps.
db122, thank you for that explanation, the menu it
Just noticed this article
http://www.technibble.com/wi-fi-testing-and-mapping-apps-for-techs/ .
These will supplement InSSIDer for trying to work out why your Wi-Fi
connected Squeezebox keeps re-buffering.
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Boxed Touch, still sealed (but will unbox, set up and upgrade
firmware.)
Mothballed - White SlimDevices SB3, Black Logitech SB3
In Use - Server 1 - Touch, 2 Booms, iPeng; Server 2 Touch and 1 Boom,
iPeng and OrangeSqueeze
!. Start our own forum/wiki somewhere? We need an indication from
Logitech as to how long they will keep this forum alive or risk
fragmenting the knowledgebase.
2. Fork LMS - probably a good move, but again we need some indication
from Logitech, better answered by you, Erland, Triode, CParker and
The Nexus 7 Tablet in a dock certainly looks good.
There are a few Android mini PCs appearing -
http://liliputing.com/2012/08/this-is-what-those-new-rk3066-android-4-0-mini-pcs-look-like.html
- I suspect that at least one of these will be able to output digital
sound and/or good analog.
A DIY "Sq
This one would do the trick -
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=MP3480
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snoogly wrote:
> Looks good. Will the polarity of the jack be OK?
Yes, the polarity can be switched between centre + or centre -. On the
link there is a link to a pdf that shows different plug sizes, the two
silver prongs allow the selection of the polarity simply by plugging in
one way or the o
slimhase wrote:
> Hi;
> from the look & feel, I like this app better than squeezecommander -
> which was so far the best remote app around imo.
> It's less cluttered and more intuitive.
> However: As long as it does not have a sleep button (sleep after end of
> song / after 5, ... 45, 60,
db122 wrote:
> Hmm, yes, but no button on now playing like he wanted -- still not
> exactly what I'd like it to be, but hey, it's a start!
Good start, and works too!
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castalla wrote:
> I'd like to see the icons BUT I can't - since updating the preview it
> has stopped working almost totally. It won't connect to my server, nor
> mysqueezebox.com. More often it just seems to lock up.
>
> Original Orange still works.
First time I tried the new preview it lock
agillis wrote:
> The PogoPlug I'm using has a Marvell Kirkwood 1.2GHz (ARM) processor and
> 256 GB memory. You could run LMS on it if you wanted. I'm using
> squeezeplug as a base OS so this would be very easy to do.
>
> I never recommend running LMS on a unit like this becasue of problems
> wit
I had the same trouble years ago
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49785-SB3-appears-dead)
KarlK, When you measured the PSU did you measure it no load ? With the
back off the SB3, connect the power supply and measure the volts at the
power input socket - in other words "with load". A
KarlK wrote:
> No, I didn't do that, but will do so tomorrow. When I measured the
> voltage, I took one of the volt 'pens', stuck it inside of the female
> PSU outlet and used the other pen on the outside.
>
> How would one do that on the unit itself if it's plugged in?
>
> Almost seems li
erland wrote:
> To anyone that currently uses static playlists:
> 1. How many static playlists do you have for your library ?
> 2. Is a static playlist typically something you make, use for a single
> event/party and deletes afterwards ?
> 3. Is a static playlist typically something you make onc
Never heard or read of the Headphone jack being used as an IR input,
only output.
I use one of these http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5432
to control my NAD amp in a vented cupboard, SB3 sits in the open on
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igeorge, on the web display, go to Settings, My Music, and check what is
selected for the Compilations options and the Group Discs.
I think the default changed between releases a while ago, so if things
changed, this may explain why.
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This post >>->
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=38242&view=findpost&p=337788
<<-< set me on the Squeezebox path, though I have long since left iTunes
behind for FLAC (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209)
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Moodagent has a desktop profiler -
http://www.moodagent.com/desktopprofiler - now a desktop Moodagent
application with an API is needed for a plugin to be written.
There is no info about the operation of the desktop profiler, whether
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sure you delete all prefs files.
> Let 7.6 start with an entirely clean slate.
then follow the instructions in this thread to get the scanner working
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I would feed it's rear panel audio sockets from a RaspberryPi with an
inbuilt DAC such as the IQ Audio (http://iqaudio.com/), control the RPi
from OrangeSqueeze.
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may be relevant.
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Andy, as Michael said, check out the Music and Artist info plugin -
start here on the thread for the Local Artwork development,
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99537-Announce-Music-amp-Artist-Information-plugin&p=757041&viewfull=1#post757041.
Then here for further development -
http:
MeSue wrote:
> Do you have any sync'd players? My playlists are never saved properly
> for a sync group when the server restarts... been that way a long
> time.
Aaaa, that explains it. I had not made the connection between a sync
group and an unsynced player, all I observed is that occas
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> I have to wait one more year.
> Bought my first SB3 in 2006...
Same here, they didn't arrive in Australia 'till December 2005, bought
mine (a white SB3) in Jan 2006 after reading this post
http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=38242&view=findpost&p=337788
http://www.zettaly.com/avy/
Load Orange Squeeze, Squeeze Ctrl or Squeeze Commander as a controller,
SB Player or SqueezePlayer as a player and away you go for around $220.
This device was first noticed and discussed over here
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102903-Interesting-potent
As a wearisome Australian, I had the same problem years ago, as far as I
remember it was caused by a fault in an early version of MusicIP
archiving analysis to tags that resulted in the last piece of a flac
file being a few samples short. I found that dbPoweramp could fix the
problem by converting
Some more reading -
https://volumio.org/raspberry-pi-i2s-dac-sounds-so-good/
I just ordered one of these -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/I2S-HiFi-DAC-ES9023-Expansion-Board-Decode-Board-Encoder-for-Raspberry-pi-B/181694631154?_trksid=p2046732.c100040.m2060&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%
pkfox wrote:
> Hi all, I'm currently extending my LMSDocumenter application to include
> artwork for albums and I've noticed that some of mine are incorrect ,
> for instance I have a Katy Perry cover for the REM album UP, how can I
> correct this ? I've downloaded the correct jpg and named it cov
Interesting article in Ars -
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/sonos-on-the-cheap-how-chromecast-audio-breathes-new-life-into-old-speakers/
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Are Library statistics disabled? Settings / Advanced / Performance -
Library Statistics.
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This device http://www.allo.com/sparky/piano-dac.html has has a DAC and
a headphone amp, I have one but it only arrived last week so I have not
tried it yet.
If you go to the site, check out the Kali.
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I tried playing some audio books to try out the new plugin for audio
books that bookmarks where you have read to and restarts where you
stopped to play music.
The mp3 books were encoded at either 22 or 32 instead of 44.1, so they
played fine on my boom but were like chipmunks on the Raspberry pi
I set logging to debug and got:
/mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/squeezelite-armv6hf -n pCp2-Mambo -o
hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry -a 80:4::: -s 192.168.2.26 -d all=debug -f
/var/log/pcp_squeezelite.log -v -u E, -u E
[16:28:44.878653] stream_init:294 init stream
[16:28:44.878926] stream_init:295 streambuf size: 209
I looked into this a while ago and one of my requirements for the
wireless cans was to be able to watch TV as well as listen to music.
Bluetoof cans are crap to watch TV as the digital delay of a second or
so makes the sound lag the video.
I ended up getting Sennheiser RS165 that have both a tosli
paltomare wrote:
> While we wait for the VB forums to come back, would anyone here know
> what service might be disabled in my Vortexbox 2.4 that is preventing
> LMS and Subsonic from running?
> Whatever it is, it's preventing me from accessing the appliance via
> pUTTY too. All other services ar
Once you have completed the procedure jfo detailed, further upgrades are
:
dnf clean all; dnf --exclude=logitechmediaserver* update
dnf install
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/6b4ee63/logitechmediaserver-7.9.0-0.1.1487249278.noarch.rpm
I just updated from Logitech Media Server Ve
This is an old one. J.J.Jolz explained it all years ago.
I use MP3Tag to update tags and have MP3Tag Options / Tags - Preserve
file modification time when saving tags - ticked.
Then I use BulkFileChanger to add 5 seconds to the File Modification
Time, that way a scan picks up the change.
Now,
The Music & Artist Information plugin was developed to display other
image files that are in the same folder as the music tracks, so the only
way you are going to display more than the first embedded artwork image
is to extract the images to files.
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