[slim] Pandora on squeezebox?
I just discovered Pandora and i want to know if it is possible to listen to it throught the squeezebox? Link : http://www.pandora.com/ PS: Pandora (i am not paid for avertisings ! lol ) is a streaming radio that sets up a streaming with all the related artists or music style you appreciate . The sound is very good for a streaming thanx Ced -- Cedisdead Cedisdead's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1359 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19195 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 wont detect new music.
Thanks for that - I've got my folder set up with one folder per artist and a folder per album beneath that. I'll try using browse music next time I add some new tunes. I still don't think this should be necessary, why does the SlimServer not pick up additions automatically? I've got the scheduled rescan set up and that makes no difference either. -- Guy Guy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1178 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Pandora on squeezebox?
Have you tried LastFM? as far as I can tell it does a similar thing to Pandora and definitely connects to SlimServer using James Craigs fantastic plugin. It can be flaky on some days but generally I get a good service. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/ http://www.lastfm.co.uk/ This line on the FAQ suggests that streaming might not be possible -- Q: Can I listen to Pandora on my stereo? Pandora delivers high quality 128Kbps audio streams and they'll sound great on your stereo. All you need to do is plug your laptop or computer's audio output into a stereo input. You may need to get a cable to do that (Radio Shack). They usually cost less than ten dollars. Another great way to get Pandora to your stereo is to use an FM transmitter. We've heard good things about the RocketFM from Griffin Technologies - However I could be wrong, it has been known -- mattybain After intensive investigation (comma) of the markings on the alien pod (comma) it has become clear (comma) to me (comma) that we are dealing (comma) with a species of awesome intellect (colon). Good. Perhaps they might be able to give you a hand with your punctuation. - Rimmer and Holly mattybain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19195 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pandora on squeezebox?
I just discovered Pandora and i want to know if it is possible to listen to it throught the squeezebox? Have look at this: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18629 It's not available at the moment, but there's a pretty strong hint it might be one day. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I delete ALL my Playlists - for some reason I have TONS!
Aaron Zinck Wrote: (Quoting Fredly) [...] when I currently go into Browse Playlists I have several pages (effectively every album I have). I didn't mean to create these playlist and just want to clear EVERYTHING and start from scratch. What's the simplest way to clear ALL playlist? -- Fredly In Slimserver you've probably set your playlist and music directories to be the same directory. That results in all of your music showing up as playlists. Change your Playlist directory to a different directory and things should behave as you expect. I don't think this is quite right. My playlist and music directories are the same, and this doesn't happen to me. It sounds to me like Fred's ripper has been set to create playlists for each album automatically. If Fred has ripped each album into its own folder (perhaps beneath a folder for the artist as well), then it may have created a .m3u file in the same place. Deleting only those .m3u files at the top level of the music directory won't delete these - which are probably the ones Fred wants to remove! Indeed, if Fred has separate artist/album subfolders, then the top-level playlists are more likely to be specially-created ones he wants to keep! (However, Fred does say he wants to delete *all* playlists...) In Unix, it's fairly trivial to run a shell command to remove all .m3u files in subfolders (e.g. find -name '*.m3u' -delete or something like that; it's a little more work to leave the top-level playlists). I'm less sure of how to do this in Windows, but you could always use Find Files to look for *.m3u in all subfolders of your music directory, and then just select all of them (except perhaps the top-level ones) and delete 'em. -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19172 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] My wireless card died
I received my wireless SB3 yesterday, set it up, it saw my wireless net, got an IP, connected to my Slimserver but then 10s after selecting a song to play switched off and wouldn't turn back on. I took the cover off to check the CPU wasn't loose and discovered that the SB3 works fine when the wireless card is removed, but is totally dead when the wireless card is plugged in. Anything I can do? Or should I just return the wireless card? (I'd rather not return the SB3 as it's so close to Christmas, and it works just fine in wired mode) -- jdp jdp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2844 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19197 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My wireless card died
[EMAIL PROTECTED] can swap out just the card for you if you'd prefer -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19197 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Had very similar incident about 2 weeks ago... really ticked me off After much debugging, the mac address of the slim device was reset to all f's. Really strange.. so I entered the MAC address of the Slim Device and was able to reconnect with no problem. Hope it helps -- Liv Liv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 hanging after song in Random Mix Mode
Beef I suspect you're on to something with using Pause over an extended period of time. I experienced my only true issue with the device about 2 weeks ago. The device stopped playing, the screen on the device was pixellated and I couldn't reconnect to the network. It appeared that my MAC was corrupted (as well as other settings) and required me to reset the device and re-enter all settings including the MAC address of the device. What's interesting is that I was extensively using the Pause control. For example, I would pause the Slim for hours as I left the house to run errands... I did this throughout the day as well as having the Random Mix playing for hours upon hours. Never had an issue...the only thing can isolate as a variable is the extended pause time. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to relay concerns regarding the Pause control. Smoking gun ... maybe... hope I didn't create and confusion with the post. Liv -- Liv Liv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19009 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default player in web interface
Richie Thanks for the link... been fumble fingerin' it for some time. Liv -- Liv Liv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19174 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wipe Cache?
Thanks, I knew about the clear the library selection, but it did not work. I renamed the .db file, restarted SS, and it rebuilt itself. -- agp agp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19178 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Default player in web interface
I simply SWAPPED two of my squeezeboxes, so that the MAC address listed first in Slimserver is the one used for my Main audio setup. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac wm075-1950-760 linear psu) direct to amp, 300gb buffalo linkstation (remote flac audio file storage), sunfire cinema grand 200 ~five (vertically bi-amped) driving martin-logan aerius i's, blue jeans cables. 'Click to see pix of my system' (http://www.martinloganowners.com/~tdacquis/forum/showthread.php?t=732) sleepysurf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19174 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Enhancement request: Full support for iTunes Dynamic playlists
If you create a shortcut to the exe, and then edit the properties of the shortcut, there should be options to run minimized. That's the best you can (easily) do I think. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18994 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: wmadec.exe
Windows XP -- scharkey scharkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2820 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19191 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Using an epods to control SlimServer
I noticed a few posts from people using the Salton ePods (which runs WinCE 2.12) with their SqueezeBox devices. I am hoping to do the same, and am seeking advice from those who have tried this before me as to how well it works. I do not yet own a Squeezebox, but I do own a couple of epods which I've hacked to add wireless capability; I've installed SlimServer on my computer, and have used my epods to navigate the SlimServer menus via the epods web browser. So I know that much works. My goal is to have a SqueezeBox and an epods in (at least) two rooms in my house. The epods in a given room will be used to control the SqueezeBox in that room. My hope is that the users (especially my wife and kids) will never have to touch the SqueezeBox, instead using the epods to select the music they wish to play via the SlimServer menus. My CD collection is fairly extensive (1,200 CDs). My questions are: 1. Can someone verify that this setup actually works (I don't yet have the Squeezebox to test)? 2. How is the performance of the epods browser for this application, when it comes to browsing through large lists of albums and artists? 3. Is there any way to cache the album list on the epods, to improve browser performance? 4. Any others words of wisdom to offer? Thanks! -- Jon Jon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19202 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last song on album cutting off
Is the album ripped properly? Does it play OK in a software player? RadioClash wrote: Hi guys I am having a problem with the last song on an album cutting off about 2 seconds before the end. All the other songs within the album are fine. This has happened using 6.2 as well as the beta 6.5, which I am currently using. Anyone else have this issue? -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Using an epods to control SlimServer
1. Can someone verify that this setup actually works (I don't yet have the Squeezebox to test)? You'd have to bookmark the room's player on the ePods browser (http://slimserver:9000/index.html?player=12:23:45:54:23) 2. How is the performance of the epods browser for this application, when it comes to browsing through large lists of albums and artists? You can install slimserver without any risk (you did already, didn't you?). Just try it. The performance on the ePods won't be better or worse whether you have 100 or 1200 cds. It's browsing a web page. The server will have to work hard. 3. Is there any way to cache the album list on the epods, to improve browser performance? Not beyond the browser's caching capability. 4. Any others words of wisdom to offer? Just test it. Install slimserver, run Softsqueeze (included with slimserver) on the server and remote control it using the ePod. -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using an epods to control SlimServer
Jon Wrote: My goal is to have a SqueezeBox and an epods in (at least) two rooms in my house. The epods in a given room will be used to control the SqueezeBox in that room. My hope is that the users (especially my wife and kids) will never have to touch the SqueezeBox The SqueezeBox comes with an excellent remote, you know. And the SqueezeBox does not have to be touched in any case. -- gjrhine Gary For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. gjrhine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19202 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help! Use iTunes not working??
Does the Use iTunes feature work at all?? In the server settings, I've clicked the button to Use iTunes.In the iTunes settings, I've: -Set the iTunes reload time to 0 (i.e., no reload) -Set unchecked songs in iTunes to don't include unchecked songs I've tried both using Find iTunes Music Library Automatically and Specify iTunes Library Music Library using: C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml Where [User] is the user ID I'm logged in as. I've actually gone to the trouble of pasting in the location, so no typos. I've tried these variations with iTunes running, and without iTunes running. My iTunes shows about 30K songs--half Apple Lossless (all checked) and half (same songs) AACs (all unchecked). When I do a clear library and rescan, it doesn't pick up any iTunes entries. In fact, it picks up two WMA files that came with the XP Pro install I have--some version of Beethoven's 9th and some other Jazz thing that are in My Music\Sample Music. What gives? Its like Slimserver is ignoring the Use iTunes setting and still trying to scan My Music\ for song files... I can scan for all song files (mine are actually on a network drive), but the ignore checked files thing seems like a great way of eliminating the duplicate AAC files (I'd prefer the home network SB3s to use Apple Lossless files--the AACs are just for iPod use). Any ideas?? -- edesilva edesilva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2783 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19204 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using an epods to control SlimServer
gjrhine Wrote: The SqueezeBox comes with an excellent remote, you know. And the SqueezeBox does not have to be touched in any case. Yes, I am aware of that. But I have trouble believing that my family and I will enjoy browsing our entire collection of 1,200 CDs on a screen that only supports a few lines of text, even with the help of that excellent remote. Hence my desire to control the SqueezeBox from a wireless, handheld web browser. -- Jon Jon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19202 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Using an epods to control SlimServer
You may want to try the interface first. Yes, there are only two lines of text, but searching and browsing is remarkably easy. Finding the song you're looking for takes seconds. Try it! You'll like it! :-) Jon wrote: gjrhine Wrote: The SqueezeBox comes with an excellent remote, you know. And the SqueezeBox does not have to be touched in any case. Yes, I am aware of that. But I have trouble believing that my family and I will enjoy browsing our entire collection of 1,200 CDs on a screen that only supports a few lines of text, even with the help of that excellent remote. Hence my desire to control the SqueezeBox from a wireless, handheld web browser. -- ___ Mark Lanctot ___ __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Using an epods to control SlimServer
There is Search as well as many flavors of Browse and the text scrolls. -- gjrhine Gary For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. gjrhine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2481 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19202 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Enhancement request: Full support for iTunes Dynamic playlists
that would mean there would still be an entry in the task bar, correct? Not perfect, but woth the trade off to have the iTunesUpdage plugin. -- eschurr eschurr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2007 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18994 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox 2 unfriendly with (wired) network connectivity
This may (not) be relevant - my firmware version is reported as 40 for the same 5.2.1 build! Am I *that* far ahead ;-) I also have a problem where my SB2 "can't find slimserver" after a power on or restart. Pressing "left" and resetting up the connection works every time. This is with a Belkin F5D7230v4 router and using DCHP and no encryption. In my case at least, the firmware version isn't sync'd that well. Not sure what this means, though. Russell. Jeff wrote: MrC Wrote: No, that's the slimserver software version and locale. Instead, look just above that info for Player Firmware Version in the web or look at Settings-Information-Player Information on the SB. What's the point? Firmware versions and software versions are sync'ed; that will answer Dean's question. Just to satisfy others out there (since Dean should know), the firmware version shipping with SlimServer 6.2.1 is 28. -- Jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox 2 unfriendly with (wired) network connectivity
On 17/12/05, Russell Mulcahy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may (not) be relevant - my firmware version is reported as 40 for the same 5.2.1 build! Am I *that* far ahead ;-) No you're not ahead, you have a SB1 if the firmware is version 40. I hope no one sold it to you pretending it was a SB2. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Enhancement request: Full support for iTunes Dynamic playlists
I have been through exactly this journey. The utility you need is called cmdow and you can get it from http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/. I have a little batch file (startslim.bat) which I created in Notepad, located in my Windows directoty and have added to my startup group in program manager which containes the following commands: cmdow /run /hid c:\program files\slimserver\server\slim.exe exit This has the effect of opening a DOS window briefly on startup which then disappears once slim and the iTunes update plugin have succesfully started. -- jhurley jhurley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=405 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18994 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Putting SB1 on pause for 3 hours
Does putting SB1 on pause for 3 hours put a strain on the unit? or anywhere else? e.g. if it's music playing from an Internet radio station or music playing from the computer's hard drive? Many thanks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last song on album cutting off
Yes, this is strange. It doesn't happen with every album, just some of them. When playing the same file in foobar the song does not cut off. These are all FLAC files that I am using. They were all ripped the same way using EAC. Only happens on the last song of an album. I play all of my FLAC files on squeezebox using the Browse File Folders option. What the. -- RadioClash RadioClash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19192 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
seanadams Wrote: samlw, Your situation is not typical at all - nearly everyone using AAC is on Mac/Windows (or a linux machine capable of running faad), in which case it simply works. I'm not sure why you keep pushing the SoundBridge button - we are well aware that porting codecs is possible, but I think you underestimate the cost of implementing and licensing codecs for an embedded system. As we've said, the benefits are relatively miniscule in the case of AAC, given that it already works just fine on any of our supported platforms. That's not to say it won't happen - just that it's not a high priority. BTW if you ever need to use ANY lossless format (Flac, Apple, WMA) or any non-mainstream/emerging format, you will be very glad you chose Squeezebox. :) We do appreciate the feedback though, and client-side AAC is understood as a desirable feature. Sean Sorry, I don't mean to push the SoundBridge button. I think the Squeezebox is a great product, or I wouldn't have bought one. I only bring it up because AAC/iTunes integration is a differentiating feature of what I perceive to be Squeezebox's main competitor. You say that my case is atypical. However, a simple google search will turn up many many users of LinkStation and other low-power NAS devices as music servers feeding Squeezboxes. Its a great thing to have a small quiet 17w server dedicated to streaming your music library, rather than operating a hulking power-hungry noisy desktop computer 24/7. The combination of LinkStation + Squeezebox is such an elegant one that I'm surprised Slim hasn't pursued an official partnership with Buffalo. But I digress. In my case, I am running mt-daapd on my LinkStation. This serves shared music to all iTunes clients on my network. If Squeezebox incorporated a daap client, it would be able to see and play all that music, as well as any music being shared by any other instances of iTunes music sharing on the network. This of course would not preclude using SlimServer to gain access to additional formats and features, for those who want it. But I think this would be a great feature for the Squeezebox. For one thing, the unit could be up and running and playing music out of the box without requiring installation of any software (for iTunes music sharing folks, at any rate). Anyway, just my 2 cents. Thanks for listening. And thanks for making a great product. I'm just offering some ideas that I think would make it even better. :) -- samlw samlw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
Marc Sherman Wrote: samlw wrote: Thanks for the suggestion, but - how do I put this - Yuck! Seriously, maintaining a parallel tree with separate formats is just way too inelegant to even contemplate - IMHO, it goes against everything the Squeezebox stands for! To be honest, that's the same reaction I have when I see people talk about running slimserver on underpowered NAS boxes, and then start pushing for more features to be added to the (proprietary) firmware because their server can't handle running the (open-source) code that implements those features server-side. - Marc Fair enough! For my part, I prefer to have a low-power (17w) small silent dedicated server that can be left running all the time so that my music is always available. Leaving a large noisy power-hungry desktop maching running 24/7 for this purpose strikes me as inelegant and wasteful of resources. But that's just my personal preference. And for the record, I don't want to see the Squeezebox firmware become bloated or the product become more expensive. But I do think that perhaps the optimal balance has not yet been achieved. There's always room for improvement, right? Oh, and BTW - I'm a huge proponent of open source and I love that SlimServer exists. Its relatively open architecture is one of the reasons I chose Squeezbox. But this doesn't preclude making the product a bit more flexible and usable by carefully and selectively enhancing the firmware side as well... -- samlw samlw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2818 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 wont detect new music.
I had a scheduled rescan too, but I turned this feature off as it seemed to lose tracks (and playlists) rather than adding new music. I do a complete rescan after deleting the cache folder once in a while and in between I add music with the Browse music folder method. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Reset several times to no avail (both router and SB3). Have not looked at the MAC address that is now on the router. How do I check with it being stuck in the loop of trying to connect, and where would I be entering the correct MAC address in to fix the problem? -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
I run SlimServer on a slightly tweaked, dedicated PowerMac G4 Cube running Tiger. Silent, small and fits right between components in my audio/video setup. The only drawback is that the Cube doesn't support internal drives over 120GB due to the IDE controller, but you can either pull a little software foo and install a larger internal drive or hook up an external drive to a FireWire port. -- el payo el payo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Found where to fix the MAC address which was borked. Of course back to DHCP problems, sigh... -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
I run SlimServer on a slightly tweaked, dedicated PowerMac G4 Cube running Tiger. I run it on a 700 MHz G3 iMac. That model was designed so it could run entireless fanless. If you stick your ear right up to it, you can occasionally hear the hard drive whir, but that's it. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Stoobie, On Dec 17, 2005, at 12:29 PM, stoobie-doo wrote: Found where to fix the MAC address which was borked. Of course back to DHCP problems, sigh... What was happening when the player melted down and you saw the pixellated screen? We haven't seen that here before and we'd like to be able to reproduce. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Putting SB1 on pause for 3 hours
Nope, no strain or problems. The unit is always on unless disconnect it from power - pause simply stops sending data until you unpause. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19206 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nice job on 6.2.1, guys
I'm a longtime Slim user (still have an original Slimp3) who usually stays far from the bleeding edge server releases. I've been using 5.4.1 for a while and it's been very solid. An interest in playing with GoCubs' SuperDateTime screensaver prompted me to try the latest official release, 6.2.1. I'm running the server on a cheap Linux/AMD system with 512 RAM, about 18,000 songs. It's always a joy to look through the server and player settings to see all the neat, new stuff that's been added. All I can say is, the slimserver continues to astound with new features and configuration options. Even sweeter, the performance is much better with the new db backend. With 5.4.1, cueing up a large list like Genre-Rock would usually blank the display for a looong time and occasionally kill the server. With 6.2.1, no complaints from the server and the music starts in a few seconds. Excellent! Keep up the great work! -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19207 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Skips At Start of Songs
Any help would be greatly appreciated -- peetyport peetyport's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2716 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18967 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Native AAC Support
If your goal is to keep CPU activity to a minimum, Why is that your goal? Slimserver's CPU requirements are next-to-nothing when it's not rescanning. Disk performance is much more of a problem, especially if it is not the only process requiring disk access on the host. you have to choose a path sans transcoding. If you hate transcoding so much, just reencode your library and keep a FLACed copy around. only real choice which led to my comment. Many of us cannot justify moving on to SB2/SB3 simply for FLAC Then move because of the vastly superior sound and display quality perhaps? I think the long term goal should be to support all major formats (where possible) in firmware. I really don't. The whole point of the SB is to be a slim device, so as much of its behaviour as possible can be changed in the open source server software. Much less prone to bugs and locked-up units that way. I DO think however that handling of transcoded streams should be changed so that they allow seeking. For the average user who wants lossless, the choice is WMA or M4P. Where'd you get that from ??? Anyway, I suggest upgrading your server, keeping a FLACed mirror tree or, best of all, stop using iTunes. C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cue Files Can not open files.
What is the trick to enable slimserver to read the *.cue files in the directory? If I have a cue file in the directory slim server indicates can not open file. Is there an option in server settings to enable this? Please advise this is aggravating to say the least. Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19208 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB2 - Cannot communicate on wireless network
I've had my SB2 for about 2 months now. Occasionally I've had to reboot the unit when it has become non-responsive which has resolved the problem in the past. The other day I noctied the display was showing some random lines and dots, and the unit was non-responsive. A reboot did not completely resolve the issue. The SB2 will not communicate on the wireless network, where it has for the last 2 months without any issues. I've done the follwoing: 1) Factory Reset 2) Re-programmed MAC address (was 00-FF-00-00-FF-00) 3) Re-programmed all network settings The unit will successfully connect to my network (SSID), but does not retrieve a DHCP address, and will not work using a static address either. DHCP always returns a 169.254.x.x IP address, which means it's not getting an address. All other wireless and wired devices on my network have no problem getting an IP address via DHCP. I've reset and re-programmed the unit countless times and still no success. The device is seen by the wireless router (with the corrected MAC address), but the unit isn't able to communicate on the network. Could it be a faulty PC-Card in the unit? -Jeff -- jbell73 jbell73's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2855 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19209 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Hey Dean When I experienced the pixellated display, here is what I can say occurred in my situation. I had the Slim running for over 24 hours utilizing a random mix across the entire collection. I had paused the device overnight, 'unpaused', ran it for a few hours, paused the device ran some errands, 'unpaused' for a few hours, repeat ran for few more hours then it displayed the pixellation and all my settings were blown. When the device stopped playing I looked over at my cable dig display and it was exactly 10PM est. No storms or power surges at the time. My server was running on a WinXP Pro box that had it's IP assigned via DHCP I reassigned it a dedicated IP (which I obviously should have done day 1 (rushed to set up intially). If you're wondering why I would use pause... I guess I was just doing a little QA :). Hope you figure it out... it kinda freaked me out when it happened but haven't this occur since BTW... I love this thing!!! Thanks Liv -- Liv Liv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer: Rendezvous/Bonjour question
I have an instance of SlimServer running on a Windows XP box. Should I expect it to be listed on Bonjour Browser [1] running on another computer connected to the same subnet? None of Rendezvous/Bonjour/Zeroconf browsers I've tried seem to find the SlimServer instance. iTunes gets displayed in exact same browsers just fine. I do have a non-blank Rendezvous name configured in SlimServer settings. Would appreciate any insights. [1] http://www.tildesoft.com/Programs.html -- aix aix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19211 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Stoo Here a few thoughts... You've reset the device... reentered the MAC... reentered security keys... run through and reset and reconfig... checked current router setting and all is ok... router is ok... Have you tried to connect from wired ethernet connection right to the router? I feel the pain... hang in Liv -- Liv Liv's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last song on album cutting off
Related to this? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434 -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19192 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Putting SB1 on pause for 3 hours
Pressing off by actually puts the player in pause mode. So this is quite normal. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19206 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Suggestion for the Remote Control
I've had my Squeezebox 3 for a few weeks and I'm extremely happy with it. The hardware works great, and I'm continually impressed by the design and hard work that has gone into the SlimServer software. I don't even have time to delve into all the great features I could be using. The only thing that's been an irritant to me--and I admit it is minor--is the design and placement of the volume buttons on the remote. In the spirit of providing feedback to the Slim Devices engineers and suggestions for improvement, I'd like to provide my thoughts. (If this is the wrong place to post this, I'd appreciate someone letting me know where suggestions belong) 1) I'd like the volume buttons to be more conveniently located. I find I have to stretch across the remote to reach them. I'd rather have the volume buttons within easy reach. At the very least I'd move the volume buttons to the right and have them swap places with the power button, which doesn't need to be accessed as often. (I'm right-handed, as are the majority of people) 2) Even more fundamentally, I find the labeling/placement of the volume buttons to be very un-intuitive. Volume up and down are indicated with up and down carets (^) yet the buttons are placed side-by-side, rather than vertically which would make the button arrangement consistent with the icons. Every time I want to change the volume I have to do a mental double-take to make sure I hit the right button. The recommendation would be either (1) to change the labels on the buttons to right and left carets ( and ), using the convention that the caret pointing right means higher volume, or better yet,(2) to place the buttons in a vertical arrangement with the top button being up volume (^). I hope this feedback helps. Other than this little thing, everything's been fabulous. -- Lawrence Lawrence's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2667 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19212 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
Why is that your goal? On a low-powered system, transcoding causes burps in the music and it completely ruins the listening experience so you try to limit whatever you can. I suppose I could upgrade the server, but I have already invested significantly in the players. More $$$ isn't really an option. If you hate transcoding so much, just reencode your library and keep a FLACed copy around. An option, surely, but a single library is enough to maintain. Then move because of the vastly superior sound and display quality perhaps? Only when the prices drop significantly. Where'd you get that from ??? Most average users likely use WMP or iTunes. The lossless choices are WMA or M4P. I think if you asked an average user what FLAC was, they'd have no idea and probably not care. If FLAC is ever supported by WMP/iTunes, it will become a major format, but I won't hold my breath. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Alpha testers wanted for Java-based server
Hi all, I've been hacking on an new Java-based server implementation, and I'd like to get two or three volunteers to try it out before releasing to a wider audience. I have run it on Windows and Linux, but I specifically want a Mac owner to try it out. Windows/Linux users will need the Sun JDK/JRE. I decided to completely rewrite the server rather than implement the features I want in perl. That's how much I hate perl :-) In its current state, the server simply plays random Ogg and Flac tracks from the library, and displays the track time/album/artist. You can also skip forward if a rubbish track comes on. This is pretty much the minimum functionality that is usable (for me, at least). There are a few interesting features: * The server is highly multithreaded. The aim is for UI latencyto be completely unaffected by, well, anything. * Transcoding is done to physical Flac files (to allow FFWD/REW, although that is not written yet) * Allows the user to set a rating for a file (although nothing is done with the rating yet) * Significantly lower resource usage than slimserver. Appears to run OK with -Xmx32M (ie 32MB JVM heap) * Scanning of tags is fast, automatic and does not affect the UI. Anyway, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if youre interested. -- clumsyoik clumsyoik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1997 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19213 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last song on album cutting off
radish Wrote: Related to this? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434 Only seems to happen when using the Browse Music Folder option. And it's only the very last song of the album within the folder. Very strange -- RadioClash RadioClash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19192 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
The situation: The only folder that I have Slimserver look at for music is located at J:\Music\_FLAC_DB. In this folder each CD is ripped to it's own folder, all tracks in FLAC format. For example; The first CD (and consequently the first folder) is AC-DC - Back In Black (1980), and it is located at J:\Music\_FLAC_DB\AC-DC - Back In Black (1980). This folder ONLY contains the associated flac files from that CD (10 tracks), there are nothing BUT flac files in any of these folders. The problem? I have 473 folders (CDs) in that directory, but when Slimserver scans my library, it comes up with 489 albums. ?? I downloaded the latest daily and even deleted the old slimserversql.db file, but after a rescan get the exact same results. This is causing me major brain coniptions, can anyone suggest a possible cause before one of my lobes explodes? Thanks -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19214 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Suggestion for the Remote Control
What, something like _'this' (http://tinypic.com/ipo275.gif)_? Okay, I'll get me coat... -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19212 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
Slimserver only uses folder names to distinguish albums from each other when it can't figure it out from tags. Are the tags correct? (Case matters...) Are some of these double albums that are being counted as (Disc 1) and (Disc 2)? You can get around that with tags, too (though I don't know the tag names with FLAC.. with mp3 it's TPOS for 'part of set'). -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19214 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
Each CD is in it's own folder, even those from boxed sets. Example, see SS1.jpg. Then the flac files in it (SS2.jpg). I was thinking that perhaps a few of the CD titles (album titles) may have been screwed up in the tags, I guess I will have to do some digging to find the culprits. I have Rio Music Manager software, so it is easy to see what is in the tags in a spreadsheet-like format. Time to start digging, sigh... +---+ |Filename: SS2.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=563| +---+ -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19214 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Native AAC Support
... Most average users likely use WMP or iTunes. The lossless choices are WMA or M4P. I think if you asked an average user what FLAC was, they'd have no idea and probably not care. If FLAC is ever supported by WMP/iTunes, it will become a major format, but I won't hold my breath. Lemme get this straight -- you didn't buy the Squeezebox at Best Buy, did you? Didn't read a review in some glossy Ziff Davis magazine, right? Rather, you had to do some research to find out about it, and maybe some more research to ensure that it was the best solution for your needs. Then you had to buy it online and wait for it to be shipped, instead of taking the average user instant gratification route. Same goes for your NAS, right? So what's up with playing the average user card now that it comes to selecting a format to stream in? Or is this a never mind my needs, What About The Children? argument? Just trying to keep it straight. -- Jack At Monkeynoodle.Org: It's A Scientific Venture... Believe what you're told; there'd be chaos if everyone thought for themselves. -- Top Dog hotdog stand, Berkeley, CA ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Browse Artwork issues
Why does some artwork show up and others do not under browse artwork and all directories are the same. If I click on the directory under browse music folder the artwork show up, but not under browse artwork. What am I missing here? Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19218 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Browse Artwork issues
Govnah Wrote: Why does some artwork show up and others do not under browse artwork and all directories are the same. If I click on the directory under browse music folder the artwork show up, but not under browse artwork. What am I missing here? What naming convention are you using for your artwork? At one time I used a variation of the album name, but that didn't work for several release versions of SlimServer, so I capitulated and renamed all of the covers cover.jpg. If you use Browse Music Folder to add music to your library, the artwork for some reason will not be added. You need to do a complete clear rescan before SlimServer will discover the artwork. See the following bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2116 -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19218 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alpha testers wanted for Java-based server
clumsyoik Wrote: Hi all, I've been hacking on an new Java-based server implementation, and I'd like to get two or three volunteers to try it out before releasing to a wider audience. I have run it on Windows and Linux, but I specifically want a Mac owner to try it out. Windows/Linux users will need the Sun JDK/JRE. I decided to completely rewrite the server rather than implement the features I want in perl. That's how much I hate perl :-) In its current state, the server simply plays random Ogg and Flac tracks from the library, and displays the track time/album/artist. You can also skip forward if a rubbish track comes on. This is pretty much the minimum functionality that is usable (for me, at least). There are a few interesting features: * The server is highly multithreaded. The aim is for UI latencyto be completely unaffected by, well, anything. * Transcoding is done to physical Flac files (to allow FFWD/REW, although that is not written yet) * Allows the user to set a rating for a file (although nothing is done with the rating yet) * Significantly lower resource usage than slimserver. Appears to run OK with -Xmx32M (ie 32MB JVM heap) * Scanning of tags is fast, automatic and does not affect the UI. Anyway, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if youre interested. How well can this coexist with the existing SlimServer? Does it use the same database as SlimServer when it scans? Same logic and tags for determining compilations, etc.? Is there any kind of remote interface, or is the interface a Java applet running only on the server? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19213 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Native AAC Support
On a low-powered system, transcoding causes burps in the music. I cannot begin to imagine how low-powered this system would have to be. A flakey wireless connection, maybe. A slow disk with some other concurrent accesses, maybe. Not the transcoding. Both FLAC and AAC run fine on battery-powered devices. Incidentally the SB2 and up have a far larger buffer - you'd have to torture the server to get dropouts. Looks to me you want to solve a problem you have with an SB1 and an underpowered server by adding a feature no-one else needs to the firmware of an SB2, which however wouldn't exhibit the problem in the first place. Most average users likely use WMP or iTunes. Might be, since when is that a reason to do the same? Most likely your average user doesn't know what a Squeezebox is, either. Hell, average users tend to have their Windows machines chock-full with spyware ... One lossy and one lossless format in firmware is enough, provided the server gains the ability to seek through these files and to transcode radio streams. C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlist disappear because of missing #EXTM3U
Hi, New Squeezebox and Slimserver user here. I've done pretty well getting my music server running on a dedicated ClarkConnect box. I am having problems with Playlists not working or disappearing from my Slimserver. I am running: SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Linux - EN - utf8 I have discovered that if I create a playlist using the slimserver web interface and save the new playlist that it is deleted when a rescan playlists is done. I discovered that if I download the playlist using the download link for the current playlist and open in a text editor that the file only lists the songs for the current playlist but doesn't have the header entry EXTM3U at the beginning of the file. If I add this missing header and save the file directly to my designated playlist directory, the file will be accepted and survives a playlist scan by the server. It would seem the playlist feature is a bit buggy? Thanks. -CB -- ctbarker32 ctbarker32's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19219 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Browse Artwork issues
I have done just about everything. Uninstalled, deleted the slimserver directory, reinstalled, upgraded to 6.5b. Currently I have a file named cover.jpg in the directory with the tracks. The same as the others that are showing up under browse artwork. Very frustratingFor example here is my path, ./music/album-name/tracks w/ cover.jpg. Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19218 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Size limit of Playlist?
I have been creating some custom playlists. I created one with over 1250 entries. This crashed Slimserver 6.2.1 running on Linux. I edited the playlist down to about 970 entries and this worked and did not crash the server. I am finding playlists very problem prone. Is there an extensive document that outlines what can and cannot be done with playlists. Thanks. -CB -- ctbarker32 ctbarker32's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19220 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
Yes, there were double entries, problem solved! Most of the double entries were simple things like with vs. With in the album names. I have gone back and edited a few things over the months, I guess I need to become more diligent. I used the Rio software (available free via download), and it works great for editing tags in a quasi-spreadsheet format. Makes mistakes or inconsistencies very easy to discern. By right clicking on a song, group of songs, album, or group of albums, a properties box pops-up allowing you to easily make permanent TAG changes. Easy and free! Here is a partial screen shot: [image: http://home.earthlink.net/~timpics/images/SS3.jpg] (you may need to full screen your browser to read it) Anyone know of any other free apps out there that might do an even better job of this? -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19214 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Liv Wrote: Stoo Here a few thoughts... You've reset the device... reentered the MAC... reentered security keys... run through and reset and reconfig... checked current router setting and all is ok... router is ok... Have you tried to connect from wired ethernet connection right to the router? I feel the pain... hang in Liv I think it is the router, I get real flaky handling with this SMC router; some times i get DHCP on the first try, other times I have to reset the SB3 up to 3 times before it gets the magic IP. Now, it can't see my SlimServer (which is on network, but connected to a wifi repeater) - anyone using repeaters or range extenders successfully? -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
--- Jetlag [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used the Rio software (available free via download), and it works great for editing tags in a quasi-spreadsheet format. Makes mistakes or inconsistencies very easy to discern. By right clicking on a song, group of songs, album, or group of albums, a properties box pops-up allowing you to easily make permanent TAG changes. Easy and free! Here is a partial screen shot: [image: http://home.earthlink.net/~timpics/images/SS3.jpg] (you may need to full screen your browser to read it) Anyone know of any other free apps out there that might do an even better job of this? Sure, Mp3tag, http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ It makes looking for inconsistencies easy because you can sort by tag field. One click on the album name field sorts them by album. That would make minor inconsistencies stand out because they would be either at the start or the end of the group. And yes, minor inconsistencies do creep in all the time. __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver not counting correctly, HELP!
Jetlag Wrote: Most of the double entries were simple things like with vs. With in the album names. I could have sworn stuff like that was made case-insensitive in SlimServer quite a while ago. For exactly this reason - so you don't end up with multiple albums or artists when your tags aren't perfect right down to the same capitalization. Anyone know of any other free apps out there that might do an even better job of this? Mp3tag is quite good. Makes it easy to apply a tag change to one, several, or all of the files in the view - changing an album name, or a release date, for instance. You can build tags from other tags, rename files based on tag data, or pull tag data from file names. And a lot more. Very powerful. http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19214 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slim Devices Picks Not Showing Up
Upgraded to 6.5b1 and now Slim Devices Picks does not show up under Internet Radio under the browser even though I have that checked and it shows up on the SB3Any ideas or should I go back to the release version? Thanks -- Govnah Govnah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2719 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19222 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Devices Picks Not Showing Up
On 17-Dec-05, at 7:56 PM, Govnah wrote: Upgraded to 6.5b1 and now Slim Devices Picks does not show up under Internet Radio under the browser even though I have that checked and it shows up on the SB3Any ideas or should I go back to the release version? 6.5 is experimental. if you are looking for a bug fix, please try 6.2.2 instead. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself, now can't reconnect
Which model SMC router is it? --- stoobie-doo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liv Wrote: Stoo Here a few thoughts... You've reset the device... reentered the MAC... reentered security keys... run through and reset and reconfig... checked current router setting and all is ok... router is ok... Have you tried to connect from wired ethernet connection right to the router? I feel the pain... hang in Liv I think it is the router, I get real flaky handling with this SMC router; some times i get DHCP on the first try, other times I have to reset the SB3 up to 3 times before it gets the magic IP. Now, it can't see my SlimServer (which is on network, but connected to a wifi repeater) - anyone using repeaters or range extenders successfully? -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19186 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3 loses connection to SlimServer
I am having frequent occasions where I am streaming to the SB3 and at some point, the SB3 loses connection to the SlimServer and the SlimServer reports Contol Connection failed. Sometimes connecting to SqueezeNetwork seems to fix the problem, but lately it is getting harder and harder to reestablish that connection. Is this a router issue? (SMC router)? Wifi strength issue? PC with the server is running Blackice - I have UDP and TCP ports 3483 and TCP 9000 always enabled. Any ideas? -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19225 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: seeking and fast forward/rewind
I haven't used Scanner before but I have to comment on this as well, I listen to a lot of trance and most of the mixes I listen to are 1 or 2 hours long. It is a major bummer if I want to skip through a particular point in the song (which is often). I am going to install scanner right now. -- PoW PoW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19193 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Screen pixellated, SB3 reset itself,now can't reconnect
SMCWBR14-G There seems to be plenty of weirdness going on with this router. I fixed the first issue of not connecting, it was a MAC address mess. However, I am having problems acquiring an IP address via DHCP (may take 2-3 SB3 resets) and am having problems maintaining connection to the SlimServer (Web interface reports Control Connection Fail at some point after streaming had been working). Does these both sound like router problems, or something else? The PC with the SlimServer has a BlackIce firewall, 3483 TCP/UDP and 9000 UDP have been configured on BlackIce (but not the SMC) to always be open. -- stoobie-doo stoobie-doo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19226 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Pandora.com
patrick Wrote: Define future ;-) Patrick Oh good lord, as if I don't spend enough time already playing around with my squeezebox. Having this type of functionality would REALLY REALLY set slimdevices apart from the rest(as if you needed much more). Looking forward to hearing more on this front! -- PoW PoW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=884 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18629 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Native AAC Support
I don't see why this is being taken as such an absurd request by some. Sean has certainly made clear Slim's reasons, and he makes a lot of sense. But it it was almost a deal breaker for me when I first purchased my Squeezebox. I bought a SB1 and a Soundbridge M1000 to compare head to head. The SB1 always burped on AAC transcodes, while the M1000 played them perfectly over the same connection. With my server being my main day-to-day machine, I didn't want to mess with transcoding either. Luckily for me, the SB2 came out with 30 days of my SB1 purchase, so I returned both the SB1 and the M1000 and got a SB2. While the SB1 had a lot more power and possibility, the M1000 had a bit smoother out of the box experience. I'm not sure what the harshness towards 'average users' is all about. While Slimserver and Squeezebox are wonderful and have a fantastic number of options, it does sometimes seem that ease of use and simplicity take a back seat. Again, only going by my experience, but I've had the SB2 for going on a year now, and my wife still can't get the hang of it. She's far from a techie, but she still prefers to take 5 CDs from their cases, put them in the player and hit shuffle... This is as opposed to our Tivo, which, in a sense, is a similar type of device. She took to that very easily, and now couldn't live without it. There is something to be said for ease of use. Sorry about the threadjack there, but it was just a bit discouraging to see a couple of posts with folks disparaging 'average users' who may not live and breath this stuff and want to spend every waking moment fiddling with it... -- Ben Ben's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: seeking and fast forward/rewind
Just as an FYI, if you rip your mixes as individual tracks it makes it easier to jump around in them too. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19193 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Native AAC Support
On 12/17/05, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry about the threadjack there, but it was just a bit discouraging tosee a couple of posts with folks disparaging 'average users' who may notlive and breath this stuff and want to spend every waking moment fiddling with it...So what you're trying to say is that your average user wife wants AAC support in the firmware? I seriously doubt that's that case and I think that's the real point. The average user doesn't know the difference between MP3 and FLAC and AAC and ALAC. Adding AAC to the firmware would not benefit the average user in any way that the average user would be able to comprehend. Nothing wrong with that, not disparaging average users, it's just the way things are. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist disappear because of missing #EXTM3U
On 12/17/05, ctbarker32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would seem the playlist feature is a bit buggy?Could be... you might be the first person to excercise the features as you have. I suggest filing your bugs at bugs.slimdevices.com and I'm sure they will be addressed soon.Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
