Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-26 Thread kewe65

 So, you are using MC 12 with the Squeezebox?

 Off and ON. Right now, MC 12 is a single room solution for me.  The
rich, configurable GUI and support for the tags I need for  classical
music are essential to me.

Me too, which is why Im trying to find the best hardware set-up for my
configuration: three rooms, plus the room with the PC/media server.

I think that the Squeezebox is the best architecture for getting
Audio from a PC. Very smart, Sean.

For audio only, that seems clear, but has to work seamlessly within my
overall environment.

I'd like to use Squeezeboxes in rooms two and three. However, SS just
doesn't have the GUI and tag features I need. 

thats what doesnt make sense to me.  my assumption is that the MC2Slim
allows me to use the MC12 GUI, controlled on my pocketpc with
NetRemote, to stream audio through the slimserver to the squeezebox.

the things in that sentence that do work quite well without SS and
Squeezebox are:
- installing MC on both PC and PocketPC, using NetRemote on the
handheld to control MC12.
- installing MC server on the PC and using a laptop to connect to the
server PC.

so, how does MC2Slim and SS/Squeeze fit into this?

attached is a diagram of how i picture this.  the central question is:
how to add a Squeezebox into the mix, while continuing to use the
handheld PC (an Ipaq) as the 'remote control' for all rooms, since
NetRemote facilitates this quite nicely as currently configured without
the squeezebox.

i don't see using the Ipaq's browser to the Slim GUI as an option that
passes the WAF as you have to switch back and forth between interfaces
to the audio store - Slim GUI in Room 3 and Netremote GUI everywhere
else.

I'd also like to be able to play the same music simultaneously in all
three locations, which is easy if diagrammed setup works, but how to
play different music in all three locations is unclear right now.

Mostly, im trying to figure out if the SS/Squeezebox solution will fit
into the arrangement and investment already existing.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-26 Thread Listener

Nice diagram.

 I'd also like to be able to play the same music simultaneously
 in all three locations, which is easy if diagrammed setup 
 works, but how to play different music in all three 
 locations is unclear right now.

I would not could on glitch free synchronization if there is a
substantial amount of s/w execition and data buffering involved.

I'd like to use Squeezeboxes in rooms two and three. However, 
?? SS just doesn't have the GUI and tag features I need.

 thats what doesnt make sense to me. my assumption is that the 
 MC2Slim allows me to use the MC12 GUI, controlled on my 
 pocketpc with NetRemote, to stream audio through the 
 slimserver to the squeezebox.

As I said in the earlier post, MC2 Slim didn't seem to be ready for
prime time when I tried it.  My understanding is that MC2Slim (an MC
plugin) doesn't stream audio from MC to SS.  It keeps track of what MC
is playing and tells SS to play that file.  It tries to adjust MC's
position in the file to be in sync with SS.  The result was that MC
playback was jerky.  There were also real problems with installation
and operation.  Some things didn't work right and those problems
weren't documented.  

I'll wait until testing and documentation has been done to use MC2Slim
again.


What I'd like to see is a driver interface that routes audio output to
one or more squeezeboxes:

- SB1 and SB2 appear as (Windows) WaveOut/DirectSound 
audio devices in MC 12.
- You select SB1 as the output device in Zone 2.
- MC 12 outputs audio to the SB1 device using
the WaveOut interface.
- The SB1 driver sends the audio stream (raw PCM)
to SS or directly to an SB.

RogueAmoeba sells the Airfoil driver that routes audio output from any
program to an Apple Airport Express.  The analog audio output from AE
isn't great but if you send the digital output into a hugh quality DAC
that is insensitive to jitter, the result would be quite good.

Of course, the SB is a much better engineered product.  It just needs
something like the Airfoil driver.  Perhaps Logitech could just
contract with RogueAmoeba to have them implement the driver.

Bill


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-26 Thread JJZolx

Mark Lanctot;183444 Wrote: 
 After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and Winamp have become, foobar
 is a minimalist pleasure.  Fast and light on resources.

I've been using Winamp for years and I'm afraid I don't see the bloat
that you're talking about.  The footprint is certainly acceptable for a
Windows app - under 12MB on my system.

There are many features that you don't have to install or use.  I don't
install any of the library features or any of the video support.  You
don't need to install any of the visualizations either (I love to play
with MilkDrop myself).   And if you don't poke around too much in the
rather extensive preferences you'll never know they're there.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-25 Thread kewe65

Listener;183299 Wrote: 
 Almost any Windows based music player application would be simpler and
 offer a better UI than SlimServer/Softsqueeze.  There are a lot of
 players that support the Flac format.
 
 I use J. River Media Center 12 which costs $ 40.  Integrated secure
 ripping, great tagging facilities, great support for classical music
 tagging.
 
 A free player that does not need a lot of configuration:  MusikCube at
 
 http://www.musikcube.com/page/main
 
 There is a plugin for Flac.  I t has a small footprint and is quite
 responsive.
 
 Bill

Hi,

So, you are using MC 12 with the Squeezebox?  If yes, does that mean if
I'm using a pocketPC or a small tablet PC with MC12 client server, that
I can control and play *any* audio file that is in the MC12 library,
via my handheld device, to the stereo that the Squeezebox is
connected?

thats terrific if true...

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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-25 Thread kewe65

kewe65;210949 Wrote: 
 Hi,
 
 So, you are using MC 12 with the Squeezebox?  If yes, does that mean if
 I'm using a pocketPC or a small tablet PC with MC12 client server, that
 I can control and play *any* audio file that is in the MC12 library,
 via my handheld device, to the stereo that the Squeezebox is
 connected?
 
 thats terrific if true...
 
 thanks

nevermind, looks like there's support for the above now - had to use
google to do a search to find MC2Slim, which then led me back here..


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-06-25 Thread Listener

 So, you are using MC 12 with the Squeezebox?

Off and ON.  Right now, MC 12 is a single room solution for me.  The
rich, configurable GUI and support for the tags I need for classical
music are essential to me. 

I think that the Squeezebox is the best architecture for getting Audio
from a PC.  Very smart, Sean.  

I'd like to use Squeezeboxes in rooms two and three. However, SS just
doesn't have the GUI and tag features I need.  The MC to Slim plugin
and Erland's Custom Scan and Browse plugins are steps in the right
direction.  Just not there yet. A few weeks ago, I again tried some of
the fancy skins and found them to be quite buggy in Firefox.  Not there
yet either.  Moose and the Flash interface didn't provide the features I
need for classical music either.  

Maybe SS V.7 will provide a first rate GUI and the classical music tag
features that Ceejay proposed.  It's been almost 18 months and no
action yet that I am aware of.

 If yes, does that mean if I'm using a pocketPC or a small 
 tablet PC with MC12 client server, that I can control and 
 play *any* audio file that is in the MC12 library, via my 
 handheld device, to the stereo that the Squeezebox is 
 connected?

A complicated question.  MC has two server features: Library Server
gives another copy of MC 12 running on a different PC read-only access
to the database on the server PC.  When you play a file in the server's
database from a client PC, it plays on the client PC.  If you had
MC2Slim installed on the client PC and it had a connection to a
SlimServer and Squeezeboxes, you could IN THEORY play the file through
Slimserver.  Try MC2Slim and see if you think it is ready for your
use.

The other server feature in MC 12 is Remote Server.  MC provides a web
page interface to any web browser.  The last time I used it, the
interface was crude and had little functionality.  However, the little
functionality it had fit my needs far better than SS did.  MC put up a
series of lists corresponding to the browser panes of the currently
selected view scheme.  So I could define the a set of browse panes in
MC with whatever tags I wanted and have them appear in the browser
interface as a series of browse steps.  Brilliant! 

I don't know whether you can run MC on a Pocket PC but you certainly
can on a laptop or tablet PC running Win XP.  And you can run a browser
on lots of small devices.

I use VPC s/w to control my music PC from three other PCs.  That works.
I can even have more than one VPC client controlling the music PC at
the same time.

Bill


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-03-08 Thread ModelCitizen

Foobar 2000, but only a programmer could love the interface. Otherwise
Winamp but it's now joined the iTunes, MusicMatch, Windows Media
Player stable of bloated, resource hungry and flaky applications.
MC


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-26 Thread autopilot

Mark Lanctot;183444 Wrote: 
 
 Doesn't bother me much.  After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and
 Winamp have become, foobar is a minimalist pleasure.  Fast and light on
 resources.

I could not have put it better myself.

Yet under that minimalist exterior are some very powerful tag
management tools etc.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-26 Thread dcolak

Kyle;182768 Wrote: 
 I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the
 office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my
 laptop.  Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?
 Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

Try PartyDJ, it plays FLAC out of the box.

http://partydj.colaksoft.com

You can also play music through your Squeezebox/Transporter, using
PartyDJ as a front-end.

Regards,
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread mkozlows

Kyle;183319 Wrote: 
 My files are already all flac.  I'm looking for a player compatible with
 that.

If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar.  If you don't, I don't
think there's a good option on Windows.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread Kyle

Think I'll give MusicCube a try.  It has a flac plugin (also toast,
which I like from Moose).  We'll see how it goes.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot

mkozlows;183415 Wrote: 
 If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar.

I have to disagree - foobar works fine right after install.

It's plain though - if you want to make it pretty, that's when you have
to do the fiddling.

Doesn't bother me much.  After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and
Winamp have become, foobar is a minimalist pleasure.  Fast and light on
resources.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread bonze

I don't actually play music on my desktop that much and, as WMP was
already installed, couldn't see the point in installing a second
application just to play back music (besides SoftSqueeze).
Therefore the WMP extensions seemed to make sense to me :)


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-24 Thread Listener

Kyle;182768 Wrote: 
 Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?  Any
 other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

Almost any Windows based music player application would be simpler and
offer a better UI than SlimServer/Softsqueeze.  There are a lot of
players that support the Flac format.

I use J. River Media Center 12 which costs $ 40.  Integrated secure
ripping, great tagging facilities, great support for classical music
tagging.

A free player that does not need a lot of configuration:  MusikCube at

http://www.musikcube.com/page/main

There is a plugin for Flac.  I t has a small footprint and is quite
responsive.

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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-24 Thread mkozlows

Kyle;183005 Wrote: 
 Is there a recommendation in there?

If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar.  If you don't, use WMA
Lossless or Apple Lossless (depending on whether you use an iPod/OS X
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-24 Thread Kyle

mkozlows;183316 Wrote: 
 If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar.  If you don't, use WMA
 Lossless or Apple Lossless (depending on whether you use an iPod/OS X
 or not).

My files are already all flac.  I'm looking for a player compatible
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread Peter
Kyle wrote:
 I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the
 office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my
 laptop.  Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?
 Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?
   

VLC player does it on my system.

Regards,
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread jeffmeh

Winamp will play them also.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread autopilot

Foobar2000 is the best for FLAC IMO. Nice simple UI and low system
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread JJZolx

Kyle;182768 Wrote: 
 I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the
 office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my
 laptop.  Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?
 Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

Winamp works well.  I beleive the latest version even comes with the
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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread bonze

even Windows Media Player will play flac with the correct 'adjustment'


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread Kyle

bonze;182872 Wrote: 
 even Windows Media Player will play flac with the correct 'adjustment'
What's that?


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread ceejay

Kyle;182768 Wrote: 
 I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the
 office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my
 laptop.  Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?
 Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

foobar2000, of course, but out of the box its very unfriendly, I find -
ok its very customisable but hard work.  I do use it for a quick test of
a FLAC file, though, if I suspect a bad rip.

For actually playing I suggest you try MusicIP (formerly
MusicMagicMixer). It now natively plays FLAC and looks nice, though it
may not pass your low-footprint test.

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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread jeffmeh

I agree that Foobar is pretty unfriendly, although I did work through it
to get it working.  Winamp, on the other hand, is pretty easy to deal
with.  I have the free version.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread Kyle

I tried MusicIP today, which I already have.  It worked fine for
playing, although I had trouble figuring out how to add songs to the
playlist.  If I double-clicked an album, it replaced the current one
playing, rather than adding.  It also is pretty memory-intensive. 
Winamp looks nicer than foobar.  Does it use album art?  Also, is it
more of a memory hog than foobar?


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread bonze

Kyle;182910 Wrote: 
 What's that?
couple of add-ins to persuade WMP to play flac
see this page: http://www.losslessaudioblog.com/?p=40


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread bergek

Kyle;182910 Wrote: 
 What's that?

One example would be http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread mkozlows

Kyle;182768 Wrote: 
 I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the
 office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my
 laptop.  Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey?
 Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

Windows Media Player can do it, but (in my experience, a few months
ago), it'll be unreliable and terrible with metadata.

Foobar can do it, and extremely well, but you'll spend a LOT of time
just trying to beat it into being a halfway workable player.  You need
to -- and I'm not kidding -- download extensions that completely
replace the UI, and THEN start tweaking the configuration like mad. 
The results are solid, but the process of getting there is hell. 
(There must be a large market for a sensible default install of Foobar;
someone get on that!)

WinAmp can do it, but does it look like 1995?  No, it does not.


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Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-23 Thread Kyle

mkozlows;183003 Wrote: 
 Windows Media Player can do it, but (in my experience, a few months
 ago), it'll be unreliable and terrible with metadata.
 
 Foobar can do it, and extremely well, but you'll spend a LOT of time
 just trying to beat it into being a halfway workable player.  You need
 to -- and I'm not kidding -- download extensions that completely
 replace the UI, and THEN start tweaking the configuration like mad. 
 The results are solid, but the process of getting there is hell. 
 (There must be a large market for a sensible default install of Foobar;
 someone get on that!)
 
 WinAmp can do it, but does it look like 1995?  No, it does not.

Is there a recommendation in there?


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