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bklaas Wrote: 
> If there's Nokia770 skin users out there that use a Windows-based
> slimserver, feel free to pipe in your experiences with changing to
> 6.5.
> 
> cheers,
> #!/ben


I'm using 6.5 AND 6.2.1 here... both on XP...

Have 6.2.1 installed as usual, but the service is set to "manual" (so I
can start it when i want, e.g. if the current incarnation of 6.5 is too
buggy).

I've also installed ActiveState Perl - pretty painless, if you ask me -
and I download the Perlscripts version of 6.5, and extract to a
different folder to my 6.2.1 install (e.g. C:\Program
Files\SlimServer-beta\).

I've also overwritten the 6.5 "firmware" folder with the 6.2.1 folder,
as I found firmware 29 not to agree with my wireless network, whereas
28 is fine. This also means that regardless which version I start, I
don't have to run around my place updating the firmware on all my
Squeezeboxes...

Because I didn't want to go through tweaking and re-configuring 6.5, I
also copied the slimserver.pref file from 6.2.1 into my 6.5 install
folder, and changed the cachedir value to the relevant path (so each
installation has its own cachedir).

Now I can run either the service (6.2.1) or the perl version (6.5) -
and there's no convoluted install/uninstall process when I download a
new nightly: I just extract the ZIP into a temporary folder, then move
all files/folders from there - except the "firmware" folder - into my
SlimServer-beta folder. Next time I start the perl version, I'm running
the new build...

Works for me (so far)!

Just my 2c (1.145p, actually)...

Alex


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