Is anyone still using, or trying to use, the Logitech Squeezebox system

[johnb]

Dave,

I don't think LMS is incompatible with Mojave. Doing a quick look I've found two threads about LMS and Mojave. Bear in mind that it is only people having difficulties who will post. Michael Herger, who you will see responding, is THE expert on LMS and things related. I believe he is still employed by Logitech.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109529-Mac-OS-10-14-Mojave-and-LMS

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109743-Help-me-get-the-LMS-working-again-under-MacOS-Mojave/page2

There are other threads that mention Mojave if you do a search in the forum.

As you see, there is pretty good support.

[Dave2002]

I wasn't sure about Mojave. I think it might be Audirvana which I noted recently hasn't got Mojave support yet.

[Dave2002]

Re the Boom.

The reset/xilinx reset procedures seem to have time limited effects and are unreliable. It really is as if there's something in the box which should remember data, but is losing it. Great shame.

I might try posting on the Squeezebox forums - but this really is looking like something which sadly will have to go to the dump in due course. A fairly expensive mistake, considering.

[Dave2002]

The Boom saga is really rather sad. I thought it was a good product when I bought it, and then Logitech decided not to continue with the Squeezebox line. The Boom (and perhaps also the Radio) seem to have a few problems. The DAC drop out seems to be quite well known. Short term fixes are available, but my own experience suggests that these are so short term as to be a real irritation.

Another problem, which I hadn't even noticed before, is that some of the surfaces on these are rubberised plastic. After a while the rubber becomes sticky - and it's really rather horrible - tacky one might say! This is mentioned on the relevant user groups. There isn't really a great solution to the sticky rubber problem. The knob can be removed, and the sticky surface gradually rubbed off - perhaps with meths or isopropyl alcohol. This (apparently) then leaves a hard plastic knob, which at least isn't sticky.

The same rubbing process can be applied to the rubberised fascia, but then the lettering will probably come off the various buttons.

What makes this sad is that relatively this was quite an expensive gadget - not a £30-£50 item for 2-3 years use, then to the dump, but rather more than that. Arguably it paid for itself, as I bought it to make doing some boring jobs manageable. I could have paid people to do them, and I figured that 10 hours of use would have covered the cost. It was a close call.

I think the Squeezebox Classic and the Squeezebox Touch don't have the same problems. We also have a Logitech loudspeaker for iPods - which as far as I can see does not have such problems.

Rubberised surfaces seem to present problems. I will try to avoid any equpment which has such in the future and recommend others to do likewise. Although the sticky rubber problem is disturbing, it doesn't actually stop the device from working. One suggestion was to put the whole thing on a shelf almost out of sight, and let it gather dust! At least functionally it might still work - with the remote. Unfortunately that's only a solution if the box itself is functioning well, which is where I came in. Mine isn't.

Some people have suggested changing the power supply, but it's hard to see how that can help, unless the PSU has failed completely. Mine appears to function well enough.

[johnb]

I did get a lot of messages about updates, but in the end I ignored them, as I wasn't sure where they were coming from - Logitech or somewhere else.
I guess from what you have written that I should be able to get the latest versions from the user site.

There is no point in having these updates enabled - so it is best to switch them off. Then you can decide when to update - by downloading the latest version and installing it.

LMS Web Interface: Settings
Advanced
Software Updates
In "Software Updates" select "Don't check for software updates"
In "Automatic Downloads" select "Do not automatically download updates"

It is possible that LMS has already downloaded the update it is prompting you to install. If so you need to delete it.

(I don't know the OSX folder structure so this is based on Windows, anyway you are looking for a the "updates" subfolder of Squeezebox Cache.)

It will be in your /Cache/updates/ folder on Windows.

To find the location of your cache folder: go to "Settings" -> "Information" and scroll down to the bottom, where you will see the location of the cache folder.

The update file will probably be named *.pkg

If you find it in the /updates/ folder - delete it.

Otherwise, make a backup copy of the contents of the \Cache\updates\ folder (just in case) - then delete everything in it.

[neiltingley]

I just tried to use part of my earlier Logitech system. Seems to recognise some files, but no sound comes out.

That's using a Squeezebox Boom, so if it picks up the data stream it should play - shouldn't it?

I've not used it for a few years, but I wouldn't have expected it to give up the ghost.

I use squeezebox server running on a little linux box to feed by DAC. I use it for radio 3, qobuz and streaming ripped CDs. There's nothing better out there that I've seen,

[Dave2002]

I use squeezebox server running on a little linux box to feed by DAC. I use it for radio 3, qobuz and streaming ripped CDs. There's nothing better out there that I've seen,

Is that a raspberry Pi version? I know some people are using them - raspberry ps that is.