as in this
configuration is gives me instant-access to any material.
However, I don't think we need a Squeezebox/Squeezecenter for video as
existing uPnP servers are good enough for the task. The Squeezebox
system excels for audio and isn't as readily adaptable for video.
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Has anyone ever thought of implementing a 'virtual soundcard' on a PC
that would simply stream its output as PCM to a Squeezebox over the
network?
Could be quite useful and surely wouldn't be that hard to do?
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Windows XP. That's good info.
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if all is OK with my installation since I don't seem to
have any way to reconfigure the 'Internet Radio' stations menu. If I go
to the 'plugins' screen of the SC config pages I see the 'Internet
Radio' plug is there but greyed out and with no 'settings' link.
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HDDs these days it's not really an issue that it takes more space to
store and you can always batch convert later if you want to put it into
any given lossy format.
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there was some sort of corruption. Now I've
added back in a few artists, nothing is showing on the Squeezebox at
all.
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on an old version of
Squeezebox Server (version 7.5.1) due to limitations of what my QNAP
NAS will support (the SSODS package).
f/w on the players is:
Boom!
Player Model: Squeezebox Boom
Firmware: 50
Squeezebox
Player Model: Squeezebox Classic
Firmware: 130
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'breaks' due to an upgrade somewhere in the chain). Why on
earth do they keep rolling out new versions of the server requiring new
firmware all the time???
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Just FYI in case it helps other QNAP TS x09 users ... found a package
that supports LMS and was able to install it, Rhapsody/Napster now
running fine although LMS hogs a lot of resources on my now ageing NAS.
Package was by SL1000 and available from a link here:
pablolie wrote:
The key here is to define work - would the software continue to be
officially worked on and thus available for new OS updates that, over
time, are sure to obsolete any application frozen in time? No.
However, the way I see it, for the foreseeable future it is easy to
They need to drop the integral amplifier for starters. Total waste of
space for most people and just adds to the cost.
They also need to let people stream their own media collection from
their own DLNA servers. Plus they should support third party services
like Napster/Rhapsody, Spotify,
Got the blue light on mine yesterday after rebooting it, as it happens.
Rebooting my router seemed to fix the problem as I noticed some of my
other devices connected via wifi were also behaving strangely and this
fixed their issues too ...
Got this when it was on sale. It's the nicest controller app that I've
seen. Easy to use yet fully functional. Works nice on my tablet too.
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It definitely has big potential as a streamer box, both Audio and Video.
On the video side apparently XBMC will be supported so no worries
there. For Audio/Squeezebox use there is no display (except via TV) but
with the option to use a smartphone or tablet as a controller, it's not
a big
It's inevitable that at some stage, probably in the medium term, support
for this service is going to end.
As I understand it, it's responsible for a lot of online streaming
functionality of the Squeezebox system, even if you are running on a
local server. Therefore when it goes it will
Corelli45 wrote:
See the ickstream thread below..
Steve
I'd not bothered reading that thread as the name put me off ... but
whilst it looks like good news and it's certainly something that I would
use, it still seems to have a large dependence on a cloud service which
may or may not be
pippin wrote:
You can do that with ickStream, if you like. But what is your cloud at
home? Most people don't want to have a server running 24/7 and I, for
myself, enjoy having access to music I don't yet know. This will not go
away, people will use online services for a lot of their music
I'm not an expert but I do know that DRMed services like Napster can be
tricky. In the case of Napster which I use, I needed to update the
firmware on my Squeezeboxes when they changed DRM a while back. That
meant a lot of messing around to get the LMS on my NAS up to date.
(Firmware is
For anyone who gets the regular emails from Logitech about their online
store, they are doing a one-day 'buy two get 30% off' sale today (10
Dec), so check your inbox/spam folder to see if you got one.
You get a unique code that you apply at the checkout. You must buy two
(and only two) items
I'm talking about the small, slim remote with a built-in magnet that
came standard with the Boom and was available in a pack with a radio
battery. I'm trying to source a couple of these for some new Squeezebox
Radios that I bought - that magnet is pretty handy in the kitchen and
bathroom.
I
garym wrote:
interesting. I never realized they had magnets.
Yes, it's magnetic. The one on my Boom sticks to the rubberised mount
at the top and will stick on a kitchen fridge or my bath - very
thoughtful piece of design since portable players are likely to be used
in places like the
Uh oh - Last.fm discontinuing their subscription radio service and
relying on third party providers to serve the music
http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/26/last-fm-killing-subscription-radio/
You'll still be able to listen to your personal stations and library
via the Youtube-powered
Better hurry up and revert my 'still in an unopened box' spare UE Radio
over to Squeezebox Radio then.
I had a spare one which I had been leaving in the unopened original
packaging in case I wanted to eBay it at some point in the future but I
think I'd better get it on to Squeezebox firmware
asdti wrote:
Me too.:(
I have over a year's Last FM subscription pre-paid.
At least they say I can claim a refund (we'll have to see how quickly
THAT happens...)
FWIW - just as an alternative suggestion for ex Last FM subscribers - I
still have a Napster/Rhapsody subscription which
garym wrote:
never used last.fm (other than for scrobbling my tracks). Did Last.fm
allow you to select and play particular songs or albums, or did it work
similar to Pandora (that is, play a mix of songs based on a track or
artist, but not be able to play *particular* songs. What I like
ModelCitizen wrote:
This company is a car crash.
Agreed - there's clearly money to be made from 'network connected' home
music systems as evidenced by the fact that Sonos are currently running
a TV advertising campaign in the UK for their products.
Logitech had an incredibly well designed
castalla wrote:
Logitech Mini Boombox
i have the original version (which has been replaced by the rebranded UE
versions - uggghhh!). Another small but powerful speaker - stylish
design with a backlit touch senstive top panel which allows you to vary
the volume. More expensive at
I'm on DSM 4.3 (was the current version when I got my DS114) and made
the mistake of updating LMS to 7.7.3-023 when it was released.
It has broken my media scanning (crashes out during scan) and Synology
seem to show no interest in fixing it.
Here's hoping for the next LMS upgrade but seeing
Hmmm - I'm wondering if it would be worth it to go to DSM 5.x to see if
that helped with the LMS issue ... But reading the forums there are
plenty of people who have experienced all sorts of problems with other
functionality when doing that.
(How come you have LMS 7.7.3-035? Mine is 7.7.3-023
mherger wrote:
Ok, got some more information. And it's a little more complicated than I
though. There's a critical vulnerability in the SSL v3 protocol
(Poodle -
https://blogs.akamai.com/2014/10/excerpt-how-poodle-happened.html).
Therefore Rhapsody's CDN changed their configuration,
For the last few releases of Orange Squeeze I've been experiencing some
strange behaviour on my Xperia SP phone (Android 4.3) and to a lesser
extent my Xperia Tablet Z (4.4.4):
Basically, when I kick off the app via the widget, it can often stay on
a black/blank screen. Then when it finally
What a bummer - Napster was the last big streaming service that I could
use on the Squeezebox and now most of my hardware no longer supports it.
I've now cancelled it after being subscribed for about 6 years.
I remember when I was discovering new music on my Squeezeboxes with
Last.fm, then
Last.fm was a completely awesome service. Not only great to listen to,
also absolutely fantastic for discovering new music.
Slowly throttled to death by ever more restrictive demands from the
rights holders.
slimfast's
Something that's really being annoying me for a year now and never seems
to be fixed (even though it's the first thing I check after every app
update) is that when I use the widget on my Xperia SP (Android 4.3) to
start the app and connect to the server I get a load of " is now
the current
OK, got a regular (HDMI dongle) Chromecast and hooked it up to my
Synology NAS. Installed the plugin on LMS and it works great - I can
stream my music to the Chromecast and it essentially functions like a
Squeezebox Receiver would. Even many streaming Tunein stations will
work (but not all).
davidlymburner wrote:
> I reinstalled LMS and did not check the two boxes relating to listing
> 3rd party plugins and automatically updating them. After that, using
> your repository worked as expected. I appreciate your help and all the
> great work on the plugins. Thank you!
>
> Sent from my
philippe_44 wrote:
> There is something else you might try: under Linux, go in
> /var/libs/squeezeboxserver/cache/DownloadedPlugins or under Windows go
> in c:\PorgramData\SqueezeBOxServer\Cache\DownloadedPlugins and erase
> "CastBridge.zip" if any
I tried on my QNAP and after locating the
Orange Squeeze has always worked well for me ... although it has been
slightly flaky on my old Xperia SP with Android 4.3 since about a year
ago when using the widget.
No issues at all on newer phones and tablets and the widget is very
handy for quick control access.
bpa wrote:
> Think of the Chromecast Audio as an SB Receiver replacement (i.e.
> screenless networked audio aplyer ) - similarly it just has
> digital/analog audio out which would plugin into your DAC or preamp
> etc.
>
> Assuming you have an LMS already set up - as I see it the advantages
>
For 'free' (if you have Amazon Prime) it's pretty awesome. It's not a
replacement for something like Spotify or Napster in terms of available
catalogue but it does have a lot of good stuff. You can also download
music to your mobile device to listen to offline too, using the Amazon
player app.
bpa wrote:
> Chromecast devices have to connect to google and Google exchanges are
> encrypted and google is not giving out keys except to it seems hardware
> vendors as Google has to convince streaming services that contrent is
> protected. This level of trust could not be done if chromecast
philippe_44 wrote:
> CastBridge allows you to play any LMS content to a Chromecast device (it
> is in the 3rd party plugins or here
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104614-Announce-CastBridge-integrate-Chromecast-players-with-LMS-(squeeze2cast)).
> What I've not implemented is the
bpa wrote:
> Have you actually looked at the protocol and the exchanges that go
> between Chromecast devices and Google ?
>
> Chromecast devices are basically browser with one tab - however the
> receiver application that each CCA runs for each app have to be loaded
> from a Google server and
philippe_44 wrote:
> Let me know if it works for you - so far, it causes me much less pain
> than its UPnP cousin ;)
>
> Instructing a chromecast to play something else is doable in a sense
> that it can always be given a URL to get a stream from (when the default
> receiver app has been
Something like this killed the Last.fm streaming service, IIRC. Last.fm
was my most listened-to service on the Squeezebox and enabled me to
discover much fantastic music, which lead to me buying quite a few
albums I would otherwise never even have heard of.
The greed of the corporates knows no
Sad news for fans of music streamer hardware:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/11/google-chromecast-audio-discontinued/
I guess since the protocol is increasingly build in to a lot of audio
gear they figured that there wasn't a market for something to use with
older HiFi setups.
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