[slim] Artwork-reading with %ALBUM does not work in 6.0a2
Hi, In slimserver.pref I have this: lookForArtwork = 1coverArt = %ALBUM_stdcoverThumb = %ALBUMartfolder = D:\Slim\Covers When I run slim.exe --d_artwork i get this result: 2005-03-05 08:23:10.0948 Looking for image files in D:\Music\10cc - Greatest Hits - 19752005-03-05 08:23:10.1301 Variable Cover: .jpg from ALBUM_std2005-03-05 08:23:10.1306 Image File empty or couldn't read: D:\Music\10cc - Greatest Hits - 1975\.jpg2005-03-05 08:23:10.1334 Image File empty or couldn't read: D:\Slim\Covers\.jpg2005-03-05 08:23:10.1377 Looking for image files in D:\Music\10cc - Greatest Hits - 19752005-03-05 08:23:10.1470 Variable Thumbnail: .jpg from ALBUM2005-03-05 08:23:10.1476 Image File empty or couldn't read: D:\Music\10cc - Greatest Hits - 1975\.jpg2005-03-05 08:23:10.1503 Image File empty or couldn't read: D:\Slim\Covers\.jpg This works in 5.4 I've submitted this as bug 952 Thanks, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: MP3 Tag Fix - Recommendations
Dan Sully wrote: Actually that is only partially correct. ID3 v2.2: iso-8559-1 only (latin1) ID3 v2.3: iso-8559-1 or UTF-16 ID3 v2.4: UTF-8 only I recommend using v2.4 if possible, as there is no ambiguity. iTunes supports it, as does MP3/Media Rage on the Mac. Easytag on *nix, and probably Tag Rename, but I havent tested it. -D Excellent TagRename says in their documentation they only write in ID3 v2.3 for compatability reasons. I need/want 2.4. Thus, I have started investigating other solutions, as my growing mp3 and flac collection contains many non-ascii characters in all sorts of fileds, standard and custom. tagscanner in under investigation, no verdict yet. /peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Digital Output
I will certainly give it a try next time I get to vist my friend with the DAX. Unlikely to be this month. From: Mike Reeve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Slim Devices Discussion discuss@lists.slimdevices.com To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] Digital Output Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:10:38 + (UTC) Neil Hastie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried Adrians patch a few months ago and couldn't get it to work. (In my defense it sounds like an Apogee Big Ben is a more useful piece of test equipment than an Audio Synthesis DAX). Neil If you have a moment, may be you could try it again with the 'magic number' 20134. BTW typically the clock rate settles in a few seconds. Mike ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 6.0a2 and artist vs composer
Hi, I just checked V6.0a2 and there is something wrong the count of artists. Despite the fact that I selected Don't include composer, band and orchestra in Artists the count of artist is definitely wrong (501 instead of 111 as seen in iTunes). When I use slimserver to browse the artist list, I only see 111 of them (correct but the count still says 501) but if I browse the artist list on a Squeezebox then I really see 501 of them and indeed I can see that all composers are also included in the list of artist. Note, I am running the windows version on XP SP2 and I use iTunes (I have explicitely specified the path to the iTunes library and the iTunes music folder). Regards, Michel ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slimcasting?
apologies if this has been discussed before but is there a way to use slimserver/squeezebox to automatically download and register podcast type content? i'm using ipodder right now to automate downloads of various podcasts which are then stored in a directory on my main music storage drive. i'd love it if slimserver could somehow either know about this new content and add it to a special podcast --er..sorry, slimcast menu item without having to do a full rescan -- or better yet, step in and do it's own automation and management of podcasts.. gah..crap..slimcasts. plugin? 6.0 feature? --t ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation
Thanks Marc, your article looks great. I am wondering about the memory requirements on a LinkStation. I have currently ~ 900 albums and my windows server is using between 80-100 MB for the slim process. How much memory does the Linkstation have? Any comments on the memory usage you are seeing? Thanks Matt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A question about SB audio frequencies
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:38:08 -, Patrick Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume that any music ripped from CD (whether coded as lossy or lossless) will be replayed by the SB at 44.1KHz. So when (if ever) is 48KHz replay required? I ripped the audio from my U2 Rattle Hum DVD I believe it is 48KHz and not 44.1KHz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation
FANTASTIC! (all caps isn't loud enough) Thanks Marc. As a Linux Newbie (not a Coward) I've just installed Gentoo on my laptop and was wondering what I needed to do to get SlimServer running *properly*. Now I feel confident enough to blow away windows on my server PC (dual 1Ghz Pentium III, SCS 160, 512 MB hdwe interleaved RAM). I have a good command line background (Open VMS, DOS, some *nix), now that I know what needs doing I can do it. Maybe I'll even write a How To for Gentoo as I go. Thanks for the effort and the documentation. Roy Owen On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 16:45:17 -0800, Marc D. Field [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am writing to announce a new article I wrote detailing how to install SlimServer on the LinkStation network storage product by Buffalo. The article goes into a lot of detail, including background on the Linux commands required for the installation (which should be helpful to people who are not already familiar with Linux). If you are interested, you can find the article at the following URL: http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html. Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] A question about SB audio frequencies
Ahh, yes DVD audio uses 48KHz multiples (and 24 bits). Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Peters Sent: 05 March 2005 18:48 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] A question about SB audio frequencies On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:38:08 -, Patrick Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume that any music ripped from CD (whether coded as lossy or lossless) will be replayed by the SB at 44.1KHz. So when (if ever) is 48KHz replay required? I ripped the audio from my U2 Rattle Hum DVD I believe it is 48KHz and not 44.1KHz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Supreme Court
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:57:35PM -0800, kdf wrote: There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means, if you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD. I got too annoyed before I could read the whole article in that case so I'm not sure if is was just intrduced, or final legislation. To me, the very consideration of such a thing is just vile. If we're thinking about the same thing, it was in Norway, and it wasn't a ruling. It's Norway's implementation of the EU's InfoSoc directive. Basically, as you mentioned, it will be illegal to convert a media from one format to another, so your IPod can only be filled with music you bought from an online store that was selling MP3 (or whatever the formats the IPod supports). No conversion to FLAC or WMA or whatever your choice would be. Basically, it's Norway implementing an EU directive they had no say in, that was put into EU law after great lobbying by the recording industry. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Supreme Court
Quoting John L Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:57:35PM -0800, kdf wrote: There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means, if you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD. I got too annoyed before I could read the whole article in that case so I'm not sure if is was just intrduced, or final legislation. To me, the very consideration of such a thing is just vile. If we're thinking about the same thing, it was in Norway, and it wasn't a ruling. It's Norway's implementation of the EU's InfoSoc directive. Basically, as you mentioned, it will be illegal to convert a media from one format to another, so your IPod can only be filled with music you bought from an online store that was selling MP3 (or whatever the formats the IPod supports). No conversion to FLAC or WMA or whatever your choice would be. Basically, it's Norway implementing an EU directive they had no say in, that was put into EU law after great lobbying by the recording industry. Thanks, that's sounds right. I wasn't having much luck trying to re-find the article :) -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Supreme Court
Basically, it's Norway implementing an EU directive they had no say in, that was put into EU law after great lobbying by the recording industry. Of course they had no say in it, as they're not in the EU. But why did they implement it, and in such a manner? Tom ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] ALAC support
As you've probably already seen on slashdot; http://craz.net/programs/itunes/ Are someone working on integrating into slimserver? I assume an additonal check has to be performed on m4a file to determine which decoder to use, as AAC files still needs to go through faad2. -- Torgeir Veimo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ALAC support
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:23:55 +, Torgeir Veimo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are someone working on integrating into slimserver? I assume an additonal check has to be performed on m4a file to determine which decoder to use, as AAC files still needs to go through faad2. Yep. I just now got it working :D At the moment I'm setting the type by manually editing slimserversql.db, but I'm thinking that the detection could be done when the tags are read out of the file. More to come... - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer Recognized Music Folder Structure?
OK, I know SlimServer will recognize Music Folder\CD Artist Name\CD Album Name\Track # Track Name.wav but what else? How about Year or Genre? I can't seem to find this documentation anywhere, am I just missing it? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer Recognized Music Folder Structure?
Quoting Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, I know SlimServer will recognize Music Folder\CD Artist Name\CD Album Name\Track # Track Name.wav but what else? How about Year or Genre? I can't seem to find this documentation anywhere, am I just missing it? slimserver simply reads the file system. all genre/album, etc is taken from the tags within the files themselves. If you do not have any tags, then there is a guess tags feature. settings for this can be anything you want that will best match your file/tree structure. see server settings, formatting. The descriptions there will let you know what values you can use. Read the titleformat description above that for a bit more detail. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] US Supreme Court
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:12:35PM +0100, T wrote: Of course they had no say in it, as they're not in the EU. But why did they implement it, and in such a manner? Although Norway is not part of the EU, it is a part of EFTA (which is kinda of a trade block, I guess. Haven't really looked into it). Anyways, to get access to the EU's inner marked, EFTA (and their members) agreed to implement EU's laws and directives. Think of it like taxation without representation. EFTA used to be a little more powerful, with members like Sweden, Denmark, UK, Portugal, but since those countries joined the EU, we have tiny countries like Norway and Lichtenstein left with no say (personally somewhat frustrated because the No to EU side, basically forced this agreement through. Their argument being that Norway could have all the benefits of EU membership without actually being a member). Norway could object to implementing directives they didn't like, but the EU would certainly penalize any objections, and since the trade block is too small, in reality, Norway at this moment has no say. As to why it got implemented in that manner, who knows? The law was submitted by the Cultural Department as their interpretation of the InfoSoc directive. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer Recognized Music Folder Structure?
Thanks kdf! That is exactly what I was looking for, I knew it was somewhere. On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:11:54 -0800, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, I know SlimServer will recognize Music Folder\CD Artist Name\CD Album Name\Track # Track Name.wav but what else? How about Year or Genre? I can't seem to find this documentation anywhere, am I just missing it? slimserver simply reads the file system. all genre/album, etc is taken from the tags within the files themselves. If you do not have any tags, then there is a guess tags feature. settings for this can be anything you want that will best match your file/tree structure. see server settings, formatting. The descriptions there will let you know what values you can use. Read the titleformat description above that for a bit more detail. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Still seeing same problem in 6.0a2
Thanks Dan, I can confirm that it's ok now on the 05/03/05 build Thanks Craig Dan Sully wrote: * Craig shaped the electrons to say... The JavaScript error I reported in V6.0a1 is still occurring in V6.0a2. Craig - this error is harmless, but has been fixed in the latest nightlies. Thanks for reporting it! -D ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] linux and cuesheet
If you're using cdrdao or something else that uses TOC files, you'll probably also want to check out cuetools to convert TOC into cuesheets, and vice versa. http://developer.berlios.de/projects/cuetools/ -michael Moses Leslie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi John, I believe cdrdao will make a TOC, which can be converted to cue, but there's also a utility at: http://diplodocus.org/dist/audio/mkcue-1.tar.bz2 that just creates cue sheets. The cdrdao method takes much more time, as it reads the entire disc to make sure that it's accurate, I think mkcue just grabs the index and trusts it. Moses On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, John L Fjellstad wrote: Is there an easy way to create cuesheets in Linux? (easy as in not having to fire up vi and manually typing in the information?) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:33:25 -0700, Matthias Schnizer wrote: Thanks Marc, your article looks great. I am wondering about the memory requirements on a LinkStation. I have currently ~ 900 albums and my windows server is using between 80-100 MB for the slim process. How much memory does the Linkstation have? Any comments on the memory usage you are seeing? Hi Matt, I believe the LinkStation has 64MB of memory. SlimServer's memory consumption is usually around 65-75% (as reported by the top command). My library is around 9500 songs. The CPU consumption varies a lot depending on activity. When SlimServer is idle, CPU consumption is about 2%. When playing mp3s, it's about 3%. When serving-up web pages, it can go as high as 98% for a short time. Same goes for the daily song re-scan. This is with SlimServer 5.4.0. In terms of the user experience, the only downsides are that the SqueezeBox takes about 3 seconds to turn-on after you hit the power button on the remote (after that, the controls on the SqueezeBox are very responsive), and the web interface sometimes is slow. I have had no drop-outs or other music streaming problems. Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] new open source decoder for Apple Lossless
http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
