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New user forum on the way

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:49:01 +0000

All I can say is Wow! The VortexBox community really came together on this one. We raised the money for a new user forum in less then 24 hours! My personal thanks to everybody who donated!

I guess I’ll be spending next week building a new forum.

New forum for vortexbox.org

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:47 +0000

One of the greatest strengths of VortexBox is its user forum. An army of tireless volunteers that work to help new users and veteran users alike solve problems and share information. Up until now we have been using the free simple::press Forum software. This works OK but has quite a few problems, as many frequent posters know.

A lot of users have suggested we use vBulletin. I checked it out and vBulletin is a really great system. vBulletin is not freeware though, and we need to buy a license and purchase some better web hosting to run it on. This will cost about $600. I have put a donate meter on the main page and all donations to VortexBox will be going directly to the user forum upgrade. The quicker we get the money the quicker we can get a new forum!

So if you love the VortexBox user forum dig deep; even a donation of $15 or $20 will help us reach our goal!

VortexBox 2.0 released

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:00:51 +0000

With the recent release of Fedora 16 it’s time to release a new version of VortexBox based on it. VortexBox 2.0 is based on Fedora 16 and also includes the new Logitech Media Server 7.7.0. We have added some other fixes and updates as well including new versions of MPD and our built in DLNA server.

Logitech Media Server 7.7.0 released

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:12 +0000

Logitech released their new media server today. We will keep it in BETA for VortexBox users until we determine if there are any problems. If you interested in trying it here is how to install the BETA.

http://vortexbox.org/forum/general/upgrade-to-logitech-media-server-7-7-0/

VortexBox 1.10 released

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:38 +0000

It’s been a while since we released a new version of VortexBox and there are a lot of small fixes and tweaks in this new version. There is the usually updates such as a new Kernel and SqueezeBox server 7.6.1. There are also a lot of small updates such as increased UPnP player support. VortexBox now supports the latest Samsung TVs and the BeoSound 5 from Bang & Olufsen.

We added a lot of user requested features such as a one click restore button in the USB backup manager. We also added faster mp3 mirroring at the request of VortexBox users. This version has been tested with new products from Sonos and Logitech including the new Play:3 to ensure these devices are fully supported.

VortexBox 1.10 supports the new VortexBox Orbiter, a fanless player that automatically finds your VortexBox.

Forget 24/192 how about 24/384?

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:41:32 +0000

One of our customers was testing a Sonore VortexBox with a 24/384 MSB Signature DAC. It seems to be working really well.

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/First-Report-Sonore-Server-24384-Playback

Now if only all music was available in 24/384…

MPDroid now supports VortexBox local cover art

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:11 +0000

Local cover art on MPDroid has been a big request from the VortexBox community. We have been working with the author of MPDroid to get local cover art support on VortexBox working. We are happy to announce the latest version of MPDroid (0.7) now supports local cover art from your VortexBox.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.namelessdev.mpdroid

Chris Connaker will give a live interview on the sate of computer audio playback on Monday June 13.

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:44:41 +0000

Chris Connaker, from computeraudiophile.com, will give a live interview on the state of computer audio playback today. Chris has worked hard to bring computer audio from the “mp3 generation” to true audiophile quality that can rival any older system such as a CD player. He showcases audiophile computer audio solutions on his site. This should be an interesting interview.

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Computer-Audiophile-Live-Monday-06132011-215PM-Pacific

VortexBox 1.9 released

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:00:45 +0000

We are pleased to announce the release of VortexBox 1.9. This release adds updated versions of many of that packages that make VortexBox work so well. This version includes a new kernel for better hardware support. The DVD ripping package has also been improved and of course we added the latest version of SqueezeBox Server (7.5.4).

The DAAP server has been updated to support AppleTV and you can now stream music direct from your VortexBox to your Apple TV including cover art. VortexBox can even stream your FLAC collection to AppleTV even though AppleTV doesn’t support FLAC.

VortexBox 1.8 released

admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:00:16 +0000

We are pleased to announce the release of VortexBox 1.8.In the last release we added DVD movie ripping now we made it better. VortexBox now identifies the DVD and names it accordingly. VortexBox can also create an mp4 mirror of your DVD with a Windows Media Center xml file. This works great for viewing movies in Windows Media Center. You can now select the length the DVD tracks you want ripped. This is great for TV show DVDs where you want to rip all the tracks greater then a certain length.

We have also added the latest version of SqueezeBox Server (7.5.3) and a bunch of other fixes and upgrades. Thanks again to the VortexBox community for all their help testing the new version of VortexBox.