Squeezebox : Community : Forums http://forums.slimdevices.com/ Squeezebox Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 23:45:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.slimdevices.com/images/misc/rss.png Squeezebox : Community : Forums http://forums.slimdevices.com/ Installing VMware Tools on Debian 7 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98823-Installing-VMware-Tools-on-Debian-7&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:17 GMT When installing Debian 7 in a VMware VM, installing VMware Tools can be a bit of a conundrum. This page explains how to sort it:

http://briolidz.wordpress.com/2012/0...ian-6-squeeze/

When finalising the install, you can get the following message

"Media change: please insert the disc labeled ’Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ – Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130504-14:44′ in the drive ‘/media/cdrom/’ and press enter".

I found the solution to this here: http://www.jermsmit.com/tag/linux/


"Fixing this was a simple task. All that was needed was to remove or comment the reference to the CD/DVD from the /etc/apt/sources.list

Example: #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ – Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130$

steps are:
log into your debian system
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list – sudo if you are not logged in as root
#comment out the line in the above example – saving the file (ctrl x) enter y for yes" ]]> Linux / Unix kesey http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98823-Installing-VMware-Tools-on-Debian-7 mySqueezebox.com is down? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98822-mySqueezebox-com-is-down&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:57 GMT Problem: mySqueezebox.com not accessible from my Squeezebox radio. Diag cannot resolve mySqueezebox.com. Forget: just came back up after rebooting for 5th time. Problem: mySqueezebox.com not accessible from my Squeezebox radio. Diag cannot resolve mySqueezebox.com.

Forget: just came back up after rebooting for 5th time. ]]> Squeezebox Radio earthbased http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98822-mySqueezebox-com-is-down <![CDATA[Problem mit Squeezenet & EMail-Adresse ändern]]> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98821-Problem-mit-Squeezenet-amp-EMail-Adresse-ändern&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 05:39:46 GMT Hallo,

ich wollte meine EMail-Adresse ändern & habe auch die Neue eingegeben. Eigentlich sollte man ja abgemeldet werden & nach der Bestätigung einer Mail mit Link drin sich wieder einbuchen können. Leider passierte nichts weiter, außer dass die Neue Adresse übernommen wurde, abgemeldet habe ich mich manuell (neue Adresse wurde übernommen) und dann ging nichts mehr in punkto Anmeldung. Ich kann mir kein neues Passwort zusenden lassen (an keine der beiden Adressen).

Für eine Idee wäre ich sehr dankbar.

Gruß Dirk ]]> Deutsch Dirk132 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98821-Problem-mit-Squeezenet-amp-EMail-Adresse-ändern Interesting observation - tag change detected without scan http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98820-Interesting-observation-tag-change-detected-without-scan&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:26 GMT This morning I corrected a couple of song titles that I noticed had incorrect punctuation and capitalization, then I played the album. The Squeezebox Touch screen and iPeng both show the corrected tags even though I did not do any kind of scan after changing them. The LMS Web UI still shows the... This morning I corrected a couple of song titles that I noticed had incorrect punctuation and capitalization, then I played the album. The Squeezebox Touch screen and iPeng both show the corrected tags even though I did not do any kind of scan after changing them. The LMS Web UI still shows the uncorrected tags. Weird, huh? ]]> Logitech Media Server MeSue http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98820-Interesting-observation-tag-change-detected-without-scan Scanner.exe never finishes http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98819-Scanner-exe-never-finishes&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:01 GMT I just added some tracks to my library and started a delete and rescan. Unfortunately it seems now that Scanner.exe runs and runs for ever and never finishes. What could be the reason for this? (Note that scanner.exe does not seem the hang, but it just seems to run and run forever doing nothing...)... I just added some tracks to my library and started a delete and rescan. Unfortunately it seems now that Scanner.exe runs and runs for ever and never finishes. What could be the reason for this? (Note that scanner.exe does not seem the hang, but it just seems to run and run forever doing nothing...) (Using v7.7.2)
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]]> Logitech Media Server AndrewFG http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98819-Scanner-exe-never-finishes piCorePlayer with hardware buttons http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98818-piCorePlayer-with-hardware-buttons&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:52 GMT Hi there, I just testet the piCorePlayer and it works like a charm. Now I thought, I put the hole stuff in a nice case and I wonder, if someone had connected hardware buttons to the PI for volume up/down an so on before. My vision is to control volume with a incremental type encoder and have... Hi there,

I just testet the piCorePlayer and it works like a charm. Now I thought, I put the hole stuff in a nice case and I wonder, if someone had connected hardware buttons to the PI for volume up/down an so on before.

My vision is to control volume with a incremental type encoder and have some buttons for skip an maybe one or two favorits.

Has anybody done something like this or an idea where to look first.

Regards
Mik ]]> Linux / Unix Mik http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98818-piCorePlayer-with-hardware-buttons LMS and Perl 5.16? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98817-LMS-and-Perl-5-16&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 12:57:07 GMT Hello, I have been attempting to install LMS on my new Mageia 3 server which boasts perl 5.16. Are there any efforts in progress to port LMS to perl 5.16, or has development stopped entirely? The buildme.sh script fails, with compile errors on many of the C parts of the modules, which do... Hello,

I have been attempting to install LMS on my new Mageia 3 server which boasts perl 5.16. Are there any efforts in progress to port
LMS to perl 5.16, or has development stopped entirely?

The buildme.sh script fails, with compile errors on many of the C parts of the modules, which do not appear to be straightforward to fix.
Installing CPAN modules by hand failed too - as some are not known to CPAN.

Does anyone knowledgable have any useful advice on how to proceed? The only way I can think of is to compile an older version of
perl from source and use that.

And perhaps I have missed this, but there does not appear to be any useful set of installation instructions anywhere. The wiki
page [xurl]hxttp://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Linux_Installation_Guide[/xurl] has apparently not been updated since 2006!

In particular any suggestions of how to manage the server from systemd instead of SysV init scripts would be welcome.

Keith ]]> Logitech Media Server kf27 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98817-LMS-and-Perl-5-16 Squeezebox replacement with Andoid Mini PC + DAC, e.g. A10, RK3066 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98816-Squeezebox-replacement-with-Andoid-Mini-PC-DAC-e-g-A10-RK3066&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:01 GMT it seems there already are quite a few projects on the way to help compensate for the lack of squeezebox compatible hardware since logitech decided to cancel the product line, but either the replacement hardware is scarce and hard to come by (pogoplug) or the price seems to be quite on the high... it seems there already are quite a few projects on the way to help compensate for the lack of squeezebox compatible hardware since logitech decided to cancel the product line, but either the replacement hardware is scarce and hard to come by (pogoplug) or the price seems to be quite on the high side (wandboard). This makes me wonder if there is a way to make cheaper systems for people how care more about multiroom sync than high end audio. Maybe based on android arm platforms like the Allwinner A10 or Rockchip RK3066 in combination with external dacs (e.g. chinese muse pcm2704 based), which seem to be much cheaper.

So far I have two squeezelite clients on x86 hardware which are connected to the network via ethernet and which will play synced music for hours without experiencing any skip ahead events. When I add the raspberry pi connected via lan, skip ahead events on the pi occur every 10-15 seconds amounting to 10-15 msec while the two others stay in sync. Unfortunately this is not the case when adding another client (raspberry pi, A10 Tablet, Motorola Defy) via wifi, which I ascribe to wifi latency issues (caused by ~20 wifis around here). But also if i increase the minimum sync difference, the wifi clients will slowly run out of sync (faster in case of the raspberry, which i think might be caused by the usb issues).

Now my question would be: given an ideal wired network and using an android mini pc equipped with an external usb dac, who is in charge of the timing? will this be determined by the pc or the dac? So does it matter if I buy a RK3066 based device like the MK808 or an MK802 which is A10 based? Will it depend on the specific clock the company puts on the pcb? or is it all contriolled by the usb dac? ]]> General Discussion xvlun http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98816-Squeezebox-replacement-with-Andoid-Mini-PC-DAC-e-g-A10-RK3066 Album art on LMS internet radio (still) missing http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98815-Album-art-on-LMS-internet-radio-(still)-missing&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:53 GMT I like to see the same album art on my local LMS as I do see when using > the webserver www.mysqueezebox.com. What do I need to change in my > settings or code? What LMS version are you using? -- Michael]]> > I like to see the same album art on my local LMS as I do see when using
> the webserver www.mysqueezebox.com. What do I need to change in my
> settings or code?

What LMS version are you using?

--

Michael
]]> Logitech Media Server rmgvs http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98815-Album-art-on-LMS-internet-radio-(still)-missing A new know-nothing looking for help (please) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98814-A-new-know-nothing-looking-for-help-(please)&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:30 GMT Hello all,

I’m new to all this and the first port of call was FAQs which drew a blank, then the “new member and some tips please” discussion started by mônman. The thing that impressed me most was that mônman seemed to understand what he was being told; “macro variables”, “crossfade”, "smart gain", “bitrates”. I’d understood this digital audio thing can be complicated, I didn’t realise I had to learn Welsh, though it might be easier!

Seriously though, how do you guys learn about all this? I read real lot of review sites and forums trying to understand enough to decide on my kit and here I am, hopefully sounding like I know what I’m talking about – looking for help (please).

All I needed was something to rip my CD/cassette music collection, store it and play it at a decent quality, with a decent UI, ideally all in one box. The product reviews of the Cocktail, Olive Media or the Brennan units sound between good and wonderful - until you read the customer comments, then you want to slit your throat. I settled on FLAC by a VortexBox and a Squeezebox Touch into my ‘Hi-Fi’ with RCA phono plugs.

I had Hi-Fi separates, Celestion Ditton 15s and Shure cartridges but that was back then. I tell you that to show I’ve got some respect for what the audio is supposed to be but when buying CDs, did I check the audio specifications? No! And all I wanted with the VB and SB was quality access to my music and the info. on the CD cover such as album name, cover art, tracks and notes – and the same ability to organise them. Accepting that VortexBox tagging might not always be correct, I presumed a means of correcting them would be available.

Somehow the SBs (Touch and Radio) can access the VB and play the 24 CD’s worth of music ripped so far. They can’t see the cover art that I know is there (though only 50% correct/available) but do show half a double-CD incorrectly labelled ‘Various Artists’. Obviously a VB listing error but how to amend/correct it? I’ve seen instructions but they don’t say precisely which and where the incorrect files are – I have a PC so is this what “mp3tag, the best tag editor” does - edits the file names, is that what you have to do? I’ve also seen your recommendations for dBpoweramp's metadata/tagging facilities but, “tinker with the paths/macro variables”? Like I said, I just want to find and play some music – I’ve heard of something called Bliss too, that might help but I’ve got a feeling it’s a different sort of bliss.

The only thing working as it should is music, both RIP and PLAY but every answer about anything else seems to generate two new questions, and the result is this embarrassingly long posting. I’ll try to conclude with some straightforward questions.

- Leave the Squeezebox Touch / ‘Hi-Fi’ connection as is with RCA phono plug leads?
- Find/buy something that will allow me put the music in alphabetical order by Album and by artist, where tracks weren’t associated with an album. E.g. pre-album singles or random compilations like ‘Hits of the 60s’ - mp3tag? Or can the SB Search facility show all artists’ music grouped by name?
- Buy dBpoweramp and Bliss?
- Where can I find and what is Samba? Should I be looking for this?

Logitech Media Server - Control Panel
I start this from a Desktop icon instead of automatically. Does this have to be kept started or stopped, and does this affect anything else?

I suppose I’ve synced to my MySqueezebox.Com account as I’ve entered my details as instructed but I can’t tell.
I’m supposed to configure LMS to find my media through the Library tab. How? (I have Googled all this!)
a. The ‘Media Library Name’ is ‘Nil Yet’. I didn’t create that. Do I call it something else?
The Control Panel doesn’t seem to ‘see’ the VB, so rescans come up at zero. Even though the VB is obviously on the network, re-mapping didn’t show it up.

b. Still in the Library tab, my Windows Music, Videos and Picture folders are listed already. I see ‘Playlist’ but I haven’t set any of these up; there’s nothing else unless I Browse to ‘Network’ where the VB name is listed, is that it, or one of its sub-lists? Or all of them? Do I select and click to Add? (I have Googled all this too!).

Logitech Media Server
In the top right hand corner the Player selection button offers Player 1, Player 2, and the two SBs, plus Syncronize. This is a bit obvious even for me but ‘Syncronize’ what? And what decides which synchronised component dominates if any settings differ?

If I go to Settings (which I’m aware I can’t expect to understand yet) I see that somehow LMS knows I have ripped 24 albums even though the rescans on the Control Panel come up at zero, so something is working.

On the Information tab I can see that the SB Touch has a Wireless Signal Strength of around 45%. It seems to play OK (but what do I know?), would the % affect the fidelity? I ask because I’ve seen the advice posted by Garym and Julf about digital-analog-digital and other mysteries, which begs the question – am I doing this all wrong?

Do the settings in LMS apply even when it’s not on? (I.e. accessing the VB by the SB Touch directly).

I’m reluctant to make random ‘try and see’ changes anywhere in case what is working stops. So far we are using the SBs to access the music so I’m guessing LMS isn’t essential.

On my Windows 7 laptop, browsing to ‘Network’ is supposed to show the VB and SBs on the map but it doesn’t and re-mapping didn’t work either. However, if I enter the VB name in Search, it finds everything in ‘Network’. As far as I know, other than ‘Rescans’ in the LMS Control Panel, everything works, so should I just ignore this?

Now I’ve found out how to do it, I hope to place a similar post (not the same) on the VortexBox forum.

Thank you for any help and information, very much appreciated and welcomed. ]]> General Discussion dtw3 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98814-A-new-know-nothing-looking-for-help-(please) Using playlists to make moods, suggestions? alternatives? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98813-Using-playlists-to-make-moods-suggestions-alternatives&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 00:11:42 GMT I primarily listen to dynamic playlists and music generated by MusicIP, either initial mixes or Sugarcube seeded from a single song.

Lately, I've been looking for more of a mood music option (e.g. mellow, lively, etc.). I can do only so much with Dynamic Playlists (as far as I know) since the genre/year (my usual criteria) isn't enough of a qualifier in this instance.

My idea was to use the playlist manager plugin to create playlists which and add tracks which I liked and fit into these categories "using the add to playlist... feature. Over time the list should be big enough that I could play these playlists in shuffled order and these would give me my moods.

Has anyone else done anything similar or have a better way to do this?

Also can playlists be saved as shuffle even if the regular system doesn't use this option? I rarely use conventional playlists or listen to albums, so in theory I could set this on the player/lms, but I'm unclear if this would mess up any of my existing functionality.

TIA ]]> General Discussion sander http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98813-Using-playlists-to-make-moods-suggestions-alternatives <![CDATA["Life's Eternal Query" when searching for radio stations 7.8.0]]> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98812-quot-Life-s-Eternal-Query-quot-when-searching-for-radio-stations-7-8-0&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 23:59:37 GMT Running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.0 - 1368712274 on a Wandboard I tried searching for several radio stations from the WebUI. The result is that it always searches for the literal string {query} whatever search string I enter. Thus if I search for KQED or KDFC or another call sign, all I... Running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.8.0 - 1368712274 on a Wandboard

I tried searching for several radio stations from the WebUI. The result is that it always searches for the literal string {query} whatever search string I enter. Thus if I search for KQED or KDFC or another call sign, all I get is a list of podcasts with the the word query in the title, including (ironically) "Life's Eternal Query" by Masson, Thomas L. and "Jenny Rappaport on Writing a Strong Query Letter." You get the idea.

Can someone confirm this on a recent version of 7.8? ]]> Logitech Media Server dsdreamer http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98812-quot-Life-s-Eternal-Query-quot-when-searching-for-radio-stations-7-8-0 Absolute APP no longer functioning http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98811-Absolute-APP-no-longer-functioning&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 18:57:53 GMT I just recently started having a problem accessing Absolute Classic Rock on my devices (Transporter and Squeezebox Radios). Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I use the Absolute App and cannot access any of the Absolute stations using the App. I just recently started having a problem accessing Absolute Classic Rock on my devices (Transporter and Squeezebox Radios). Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I use the Absolute App and cannot access any of the Absolute stations using the App. ]]> General Discussion arichter5 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98811-Absolute-APP-no-longer-functioning Scan, different song count, how to tell what is different http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98810-Scan-different-song-count-how-to-tell-what-is-different&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:16:03 GMT Hello, When I scan a network share that contains music, twice, once from a mac and once from a PC, I get a count that is different by 4 songs, 4 more songs on the mac. I looked at the scanner log, there was nothing that I could see that would explain the difference. Total songs on PC were... Hello,

When I scan a network share that contains music, twice, once from a mac and once from a PC, I get a count that is different by 4 songs, 4 more songs on the mac.

I looked at the scanner log, there was nothing that I could see that would explain the difference.

Total songs on PC were 3846. ]]> Logitech Media Server bengaldave http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98810-Scan-different-song-count-how-to-tell-what-is-different Using NFS share on Windows 8 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98809-Using-NFS-share-on-Windows-8&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:02 GMT Hello, How can I connect to a NFS share when logitect server is running under Windows 8. I am able to do this when the share is SMB. When I bring up the Logitech control panel I am unable to see or add UNC path, or see a mapped drive that I added using NFS. When I use smb, I can connect... Hello,

How can I connect to a NFS share when logitect server is running under Windows 8.

I am able to do this when the share is SMB.

When I bring up the Logitech control panel I am unable to see or add UNC path, or see a mapped drive that I added using NFS.

When I use smb, I can connect to the server using the machine's name.

When I connect to the NFS share, I have to use the IP address. ]]> Logitech Media Server bengaldave http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98809-Using-NFS-share-on-Windows-8