[slim] Re: Alias in music folder not working
On 21/12/05 at 22:10 -0800, Dan Sully wrote SlimServer does not currently support Mac Aliases. Please use a symlink instead. You can create one via Terminal. Example: ln -s /Volumes/NewHD/Music /Users/Ultramog/Music And if you *really* dislike using the Terminal, search Versiontracker for symbolic link and you will find a couple of programs that let you create a link using the GUI. -- Daniel Cohen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
Well, this could go on for a while, because I think we are all discussing our own requirements and preferences, and in this we are all different (cry from the guy in the corner: I'm not! ) My view, FWIW, is that if I have a need for a computer in a particular spot then I won't be buying an SB. There are 4 people in my house, we all have computers, we all access the common music library: I use Softsqueeze or foobar, the others use iTunes. But in rooms where is no computer, I definitely want a Squeezebox. So far we have one in the main living room and one in the kitchen - I can't imagine wanting anything as ugly as a computer in either of those places. Maybe the bedroom is next, I don't know. This way we have what we really want - music EVERYWHERE! Fantastic. Ceejay. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A thank you to Slim Devices
I received my SB3 a couple of days ago, and apart from an error message about a missing perl58.dll (which didn't seem to matter?), everything installed very, very easily. (I use Win XP, with no service packs.) Anyway, the SB3 is a clean and beautiful design to look at, and the way the user interface has been designed to get the most of the limited display area is fantastic! (Although the display is relatively huge, it is not a PC-monitor!) The open server source tops it all off nicely! All-in-all: Fantastic! P.S: Currently my ageing laptop (500MHz when on battery) acts as a server, doing transcoding on the fly from AAC while communicating via wifi (11 Mbit!) between both laptop and SB3, and it all works fine. Most impressive! -- P Floding P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19351 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
Ah well, Audio T have given up chasing this I've cancelled my order. Might well turn out to be a missed opportunity there. -- pedalhead pedalhead's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
Some great answers there guys. Thanks for all your input. I particularly liked radish's 'looking for an argument' response. That tickled me. Right, for my next attempt at raising swords... ;-) And many, many thanks to Listener. Some of his statements have pointed out the reasons for going the HW over SW route. Just the reply I was looking for. Cheers Bill. Once again, thanks to everyone who chipped in. I'm now waiting for the e-mail to say to come and collect my SB3. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
broadbandstuff.co.uk supplied mine and are still showing that they have stock might be worth a try - could even get it before Christmas if you order today -- jdp jdp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2844 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A thank you to Slim Devices
Glad to read about another satisfied customer. I could be wrong but I believe you'll need to put the perl58.dll file in your Windows/System folder to rip with EAC. In case you do, email me and I'll gladly sent you a copy. -- vdorta DIY computer (EAC/FLAC) -- wireless SB2 (Bolder digital analog mods, Sonicap Platinum bypass caps, Bolder Deluxe Power Supply) -- Stello M200 monos -- ACI Sapphire XLs on dedicated Sound Anchors and REL Storm III | JMT PPA headamp with custom bass boost -- AKG K501 and Etymotics ER-4S vdorta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19351 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
www.scan.co.uk have them, due to a late delivery from the suplier (the batch a few uk retailers had a week or two ago). -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
Cheers guys. Unfortunately I can only get a credit note with Audio T on returning the Roku. So, I shall be treating myself to a Naim headphone amp I've had my eye on instead :-). -- pedalhead pedalhead's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
I'm a bit late arriving at this discussion, but anyway: I already have a PC in the lounge, running Windows Media Center Edition 2005, hooked up to a 42 plasma and a decent surround sound system. So I decided I didn't need a Squeezebox - I could just use the PC instead. But I came across the following problems: 1) Unfortunately MCE2005 doesn't support FLAC (and almost all my music is in FLAC format) 2) The MCE2005 music browser is painfully slow (yes, worse than SlimServer!!). 3) Its a right pain having to turn on the plasma screen just to play music. And once the music's playing, do I leave the screen switched on (burning a static image into the screen), or switch it off (and not know what track is playing)? In the end, I just bought a Squeezebox because its so much more convenient! For music I use the Squeezebox, and for TV and DVD I use the PC. And when I'm watching TV, the Squeezebox makes a great clock... Running Softsqueeze on the PC wouldn't really be feasible for me, since its impossible to control with a remote. Although I suppose I could buy a web tablet instead, and control Softsqueeze via the web interface??? But I'd still have the problem of whether to leave the screen on or off. Chris -- cbemoore cbemoore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=163 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
Chris, Before buying a SB3 I was considering building a DIGN X15E HTPC with MCE with a build in LCD touchscreen. So I could replace my VCR, playing MP3's, and watching movies. (see: http://tinyurl.com/95z9k) But after reading a lot stories with MSC problems, drivers do not work after an update, and numerous other problems. And most important the MCE interface isn't the most friendly one (my wife has to make use of it as well) I'd decided for a SB3 first and look further for a more stable solution. Perhaps this is a solution for you. Regards, Peter -- pbudding pbudding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2790 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nested Folders in Playlists?
mlmurray Wrote: Something you may want to try is appending a category or something (whatever you would have named the folder) to the begining of the playlist filename. Something like Jazz_Playlist_01.m3u. You won't get quite the same effect as with folders, It will still be a flat list, but playlists of a like category will, at least, be grouped together. I tried naming my folders *.m3u and the list of playlists was still a flat alpha file which ignored the folders! Ben -- bmccall bmccall's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19308 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
pfarrell Wrote: I bought mine, because the SB is silent in my audio system. That was my second reason. The first was and always will be audio quality. A PC has so many other bits of hardware in it spreading noise and interference around and it has PC power supplies that are designed for PCs, not high end audio. It all adds up to interference and poorer reproduction. I was using a M-Audio card in a Mac for a while. Sounded great, but there was a constant hum of fan noise and a slight degree of electronic chatter, and M-Audio are a good brand. SB is a purpose design hifi component. I always try to use things for what they were designed for. PC are good for processing and storing information, hifi is good (usually) for playing audio. Paul -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Softsqueeze and WAV file
I am new to this forum, so hello everybody. I have been trying to get Softsqueeze running, as I explored the new features of Slim Server 6.2.1. It works ok on MP3 files but when it comes to uncompressed WAV, I get loads of Buffer underruns (as visible in the log page), if I enable the display of the buffer fill, it hardly ever shows larger numbers than 0%. The sound of course is not acceptable. The client computer is connected via a 100MBit Ethernet. The lame encoder is not set up on the server. Playing the WAV files from the server share via a standard player such as Winamp just works fine. (server is a 800Mhz Celeron on W2k, client a 1.3GHz Celeron / W2k) I tried to increase the audio buffer (*10). This does not seem to help Did somebody encounter similar problems ? Is anybody running fine with playing uncompressed WAV with Softsqueeze ? Michael -- MichaelD MichaelD's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2938 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19356 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 04:11 -0800, CardinalFang wrote: pfarrell Wrote: I bought mine, because the SB is silent in my audio system. That was my second reason. The first was and always will be audio quality. A PC has so many other bits of hardware in it spreading noise and interference around and it has PC power supplies that are designed for PCs, not high end audio. It all adds up to interference and poorer reproduction. Agree that a PC is not where you want high quality audio signals. In my recording studio, I have two M-Audio Delta 1010s, which have external rack mounted AD and DA convertors. Keeps the wacko noise of the PC many feet from the critical audio paths. -- Pat Farrell PRC recording studio http://www.pfarrell.com/PRC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
dangerous_dom Wrote: www.scan.co.uk have them, due to a late delivery from the suplier (the batch a few uk retailers had a week or two ago). Yep, just collected mine from Scan. Fingers crossed it's not the batch with the dodgy front panels. -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: A thank you to Slim Devices
Totally off topic, but I'd at least install SP1 on your PC. Current and future Microsoft security updates will only install if you have either SP1 or 2 installed. -- chaz chaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2802 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19351 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB1 - Connection Issues
Hello, I have a 1st generation Squeezebox and am running slimserver 6.2.1. The box plays flawlessly for hours upon hours at a time. However when it's shut down it won't hold a connection to the server. Example would be last night listed to the box for 2 hours. Went to bed and when I woke up the screen was dark. Powered up the device and it says lost connection to server. I have to reboot the unit, scroll through the setup menu's again and then listened to it for another hour before work. Idea's? This just started recently. I upgraded to slimserver 6.2.1 in hops of fixing, but no. I'm using a Linksys WRT54GS v.3 wireless router, computer has Windows XP with all updates. I checked my power settings and sleep mode is disabled on my pc and the hard drives never shut down. Help -- mjslou mjslou's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2939 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19359 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronisation sadness
SoftSqueeze synch broke about three weeks ago (if you're on Nightlies); there's been no word from Richard, maybe he's on an early Xmas break... -- Neil Darting_Trough [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it just me, or are there quite a few problems with the synching of the devices. I'm running 1 Squeezebox2 and 4 PC's all with the softsqueeze 2 software. It was always a little flaky, but I've just upgraded the server to the latest version, and rather than improving it, it's caused a delay that lasts a second or so between the devices. Anyone else run into this, or even better... anyone know how to fix it?? Other than that, I do have to say, I am OVER THE MOON with my kit. Cheers Darting_Trough -- Darting_Trough Darting_Trough's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2921 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19326 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Audio quality is terrible
Can anyone give me some info on why audio sounds terrible. I have sb3 connected to a onkyo receiver with boston acoustic speakers and my music sounds terrible. Thanks for any help! Musicman -- musicman musicman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19360 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audio quality is terrible
Can anyone give me some info on why audio sounds terrible. I have sb3 connected to a onkyo receiver with boston acoustic speakers and my music sounds terrible. Thanks for any help! Musicman -- musicman musicman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19360 Oh, that's the well-known Squeezebox-Onkyo-Boston Acoustic bug. Just kidding. When you say terrible what do you mean? Digital swirly compression artifacts? Tinny like an old radio? Static-like distortion? How is your Squeezebox connected to your receiver? Digital? Analog? What server version are you running? What file format are you streaming to your SB3? Does the music still sound bad when you connect to SqueezeNetwork? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Audio quality is terrible
You only need to post once! http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=73287posted=1#post73287 -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19360 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Edirol MA-15D warning
Much appreciated! Where did you get them from? I'm finding the MA-15D's a little harder to source in Canada than either the 10D's or the 20D's (which I don't want because each speaker requires AC!) -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19314 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Oh no...
I splashed the cash on a new SB3 today and guess what... I've only gotten one with a faulty display. [image: http://tinypic.com/iyou9u.jpg] And no, the Sky+ unit it's sitting on isn't on, or hot, for that matter. Guess that batch Scan got are all dodgy. Now what do I do? -- CavesOfTQLT CavesOfTQLT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=263 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19364 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] how can i play other radio stations
how can iu play other radio stations eg the brilliant http://www.deep.fm on my slim box from pc (windows) -- mattd mattd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19366 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
CavesOfTQLT Wrote: Pat, let's say it's one of those fancy fanless motherboards, 0dB powersupply, very quiet harddisk, and I've said all this can be hidden away in a cupboard anyways, with just the screen and mouse available. One in each room, running softsqueeze, and all the music is held on one of these computers. Do I really need an actual hardware SqueezeBox? Why don't you run the numbers on this for yourself? - Those silent components are not cheap. At some point (which I think you're well past with that system description) it becomes less expensive to buy the SB. - Also you fail to mention the sound card you'd be running and its cost. You have to get a pretty expensive sound card to rival the SB's audio quality. - Consider the power requirements of a full PC versus the SB, that's also a cost issue as electricity isn't cheap. - Finally, you need to run that sound to the nearest stereo system so that you can listen to it, which requires that that PC be reasonably close to the stereo, or you'll be running really long (messy) lengths of cable from that hidden cupboard to where your stereo components are. Hopefully that helps you justify your purchase. Grats on the SB! -Dan -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] My Slimserver hates The Beatles
I can't get scan library to recognize all my songs. This became evident when I couldn't find any of my 16 Beatles CDs although they are all tagged. I don't know what else is missing. I do have a large collection, over 35,000 songs but I've been reading that this is not a problem other than potential slowness. I've tried using 6.2, 6.2.2 and 6.5 and get the same results. When I re-scan, eventually Slimserver shuts down while the browser continues to tell me that it is still scanning my library. If I go to Browse Music Folder, I can see the missing albums and songs and play them. Once I play an otherwise missing song, It will appear in the library. Can anyone suggest a work-around? -- Harry G Harry G's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19368 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
CavesOfTQLT Wrote: And many, many thanks to Listener. I'll take that as encouragement to make a few more observations. If you are serious about sound quality, you want a S/W + H/W solution that is dead reliable in playing without pops, gaps or glitches. You don't pay money to get a music-on-hard-disk system that does play perfectly. That isn't easy for a user-mode program like Softsqueeze. Every now and then Windows may do a blizzard of disk I/O to save its state. Firefox produces periodic disk I/O storms too and Slimserver may rescan the music folder at intervals producing its own disk I/O storm. The web has a number of little communities of audiophiles who mostly agree on a technical approach. USB based DACs are popular on several of those communities. The isochronous method of transfer theose USB DACs use is not a good starting point for high-quality audio. (No re-transmission, clock is ultimately derived from the USB traffic, etc.) However, Windows provides a builtin driver for that method of audio data transfer. There is a right way to do it, but it requires writing a kernel-mode audio driver for Windows and then building a USB DAC that talks to the new driver. Nobody has done that. Instead, they do more-or-less heroic efforts to work around the limitations of isochronous transfer. The Squeezebox connects to its server via an Internet via an Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection. It does the job right: data can be re-transmitted if necessary and the all-important word clock can be generated in the Squeezebox with very low jitter. And the DAC is outside the electrically noisy PC environment with its own power supply. So the Squeezebox might produce better sound quality for $ 250 than a USB DAC or an high-quality soundcard. You might still use a Squeezebox with a PC in the same room as your stereo. Bill -- Listener Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Web interface device oddness
A little bit more investigation, and it seems that what is happening is that whenever songs are added to the playlist from the left hand pane, the current device switches back to whatever is top of the list. It seems to be something with the latest stable build of slimserver, as I've never noticed this behaviour before. I tried restarting the server, but that didn't seem to make any difference. I've also tried IE, and Konqueror to make sure it isn't just a Firefox thing. Is this a known bug? Does anyone have any clues as to what I can do to fix it? -- valley valley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2924 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19331 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 770 Skin
I posted a Nokia770 skin for Slimservers 6.2 and 6.5 on my slimserver page, http://benklaas.com/slimserver/. The skin is optimized for the 770's 800x400 screen and looks pretty great on the device, a gadget I like more and more every day. There are still some bugs to work out (be warned: the All Songs link on any browse page will play the entire library right now), but I wanted to get this out and solicit feedback before I take off for a few days doing holiday schtuff. I started a discussion thread on the dev forum a few days ago as well... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19303 As the skin matures, I plan on trying to get it folded into the slimserver distribution. cheers and happy holidays, #!/ben -- bklaas bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My Slimserver hates The Beatles
Harry G wrote: I can't get scan library to recognize all my songs. This became evident when I couldn't find any of my 16 Beatles CDs although they are all tagged. I don't know what else is missing. I do have a large collection, over 35,000 songs but I've been reading that this is not a problem other than potential slowness. I've tried using 6.2, 6.2.2 and 6.5 and get the same results. When I re-scan, eventually Slimserver shuts down while the browser continues to tell me that it is still scanning my library. If I go to Browse Music Folder, I can see the missing albums and songs and play them. Once I play an otherwise missing song, It will appear in the library. You do realise that slimserver ignores 'the' - so The Beatles will come under 'b' in the alphabetical list of artists? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
dwc Wrote: - Also you fail to mention the sound card you'd be running and its cost. You have to get a pretty expensive sound card to rival the SB's audio quality. I can attest to that. Before I got the SB2 for my car, I pulled the audio from the built-in sound chips on my Via M1 motherboard. Needless to say, the audio quality was terrible. It was so bad that even casual listening in the car was irritating. I even got distortion on the low-end that was basically unlistenable. Now I have the Via M1 (running Linux) connected to the SB2 via wired ethernet, so the computer can concentrate on giving the SB data, rather than trying to do audio. Sounds great. -- LavaJoe LavaJoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Cheers Ben, my 770 arrived a couple of days ago. I'll download your skin over the next couple of days and give it a try. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Edirol MA-15D warning
There are plenty of companies in the UK that stock them. DolphinMusic is probably the cheapest but I used StudioSpares here as we have an account with them. r -- luga00 luga00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1938 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19314 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Edirol MA-15D warning
The UK, that is. Lived in Derby for 2 years. What I wouldn't do for a nice breakfast cob some days! (and a CAMRA pub right down the street wasn't a bad thing either!) -- nicketynick nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19314 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] IR blasting in the UK
Can anyone suggest a source for a SB3 compatible IR blaster in the UK ? Thanks -- NeilH NeilH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=822 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19371 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Edirol MA-15D warning
aah, Real Ale, It must be hard over there. :) -- luga00 luga00's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1938 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19314 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
ianjohnson_nz Wrote: You have an SB in your *car*? This I am interested in. What setup do you have in your car? Hi - yep! It's installed in the lower part of my double-DIN opening below my Kenwood head unit. See this thread that I wrote right after installing it: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17638 -- LavaJoe LavaJoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
LavaJoe Wrote: Hi - yep! It's installed in the lower part of my double-DIN opening below my Kenwood head unit. See this thread that I wrote right after installing it: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17638 Ian doffs his cap to LavaJoe That is very cool. I will add that to my rainy day projects list. Just got to get a head unit with an Aux input (or maybe I can hack into the cassette unit, disable the cassette and pinch that as a source? Try that with a bloody Roku! (Or an SB3 for that matter, long live the SB2.) Regards, ian [edit, stupid typo] -- ianjohnson_nz ianjohnson_nz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1870 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Synchronisation sadness
Neil Cameron wrote: SoftSqueeze synch broke about three weeks ago (if you're on Nightlies); there's been no word from Richard, maybe he's on an early Xmas break... No such luck! I am reading the forum, but don't have anytime to respond at the moment due to work commitments. But just so you all know yes sync is broken, yes gapless playback is broken, yes I will fix them in the new year. If this is a real problem for you might want to try Softsqueeze 2.0beta11 from sourceforge - I think this one will work better, but I have not checked myself. Happy xmas, Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My Slimserver hates The Beatles
but they got over it :-) But, seriously, please explain this bit: When I re-scan, eventually Slimserver shuts down while the browser continues to tell me that it is still scanning my library. If the Slimserver shut down, there'd be nothing to tell you it it is still scanning. So did it shut down or didn't it? When you hover your mouse over the slim icon in the system tray, what does it say? Oh, sorry, you should probably also tell us what operating system, what level of slimserver, what squeezeboxes ... that's a good place to start. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19368 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
I am having the same problem. I just installed SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 and it found my iTunes XML file but it does not list any of my playlists. I am running iTunes version 6.0.0.18. In my case, the MP3s are in C:\MP3\ but the XML file is located in the default C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\ Does anyone have this working? Santa is bringing my Squeezebox in a couple days and I'm going to need my playlists. I have spent the last two years building a lot of smart playlists and I'd be lost without them. -- biomech biomech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2945 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18232 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
Can anyone get these tars to open on an XP machine? I'm using WinAce and I don't see any contents. -- biomech biomech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2945 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Or Glorified PC?
ianjohnson_nz Wrote: Ian doffs his cap to LavaJoe That is very cool. I will add that to my rainy day projects list. Just got to get a head unit with an Aux input (or maybe I can hack into the cassette unit, disable the cassette and pinch that as a source? [edit, stupid typo] Thanks, BTW! Yes, I am quite pleased with the way it worked out, and I use it all the time. Yeah, you really should get aux input to take advantage of the good sound. My factory unit was a 6-disc in-dash CD changer, double-DIN, but it had no aux input, plus it took twice the space. I never liked using the changer, since I then had CDs captive in my car, and I had to choose what CDs to take on trips, etc - never bothered for short drives. For a few years I had been looking for a way to play my collection without lugging CDs around (or even MP3 discs, for that matter). Now I'm happy! Because of a display glitch, I was sent a replacement SB2 wireless, and I tried that for a while, even using it as a wireless bridge to sync music, which worked fine. But that unit exhibitted the display glitch even more often (others on the forum have seen it too, so I filed a bug on it - who knows, it might be exacerbated by the changes in temperature, etc.), so I kept the original wired unit, and I'm back to using my little Linksys USB wireless adapter to sync, which works just fine. -- LavaJoe LavaJoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19342 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
biomech Wrote: Can anyone get these tars to open on an XP machine? I'm using WinAce and I don't see any contents. WinZip 8.1 tries, but chokes with an error reading the header. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin
II am not trying to hijack the thread, but thought you guys mmight help. I own a Roku Soundbridge. My computer is a Mac PPowerbook with Apple Airport Extreme as WIFI router. I have bbeen looking for a GUI remote control since buying the Roku. I ttried the Phillips RC9800i, but UPnP is just like Microsoft's pplug-and-play . . . it is actually plug and pray. The 770 llooks like it could do what I wanted, so I bought one this wweek. It is awesome! Anyway, to my problem. When accessing mmy Roku via the slimserver web interface, music plays for 30 sseconds then hiccups for about 5-10 seconds. I assume this is aa buffering issue. However the internet radio works fine. I know the easy solution is to get a true Slim Device instead of tthis Roku, but I want to make sure it iisn't a Apple issue. Aany suggestions? Is the Roku iincompatible with slimserver websurfing control or is my Mac iincompatible with slim? Sorry so long winded. Thanks in advance for your input. -- macdaddy macdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2252 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: SB sends no DHCP host name
0xdeadbeef wrote: Unfortunately, in my case the DHCP server is running on my DSL modem/router and there's nothing to configure there. Though it should give the SQ the same IP every time due to MAC caching, I have the feeling it doesn't. Indeed, I observed at least 3 different IP addresses in the few days since I obtained my SQ. Then again, all devices whith a DHCP name get the same IP all the time. You really need to trace the packets to know what's really going on, as I know of at least two different ways that a given host might keep a stable IP address. First, the client might cache leases in nonvolatile memory across power cycles or reboots and simply request the previous IP address when rebooted. A DHCP server will almost always grant a request for a specific IP address as long as it's in that server's pool and no other client has a lease for it. Second, the server might cache client MAC addresses and previous leases (expired or still valid) and reassign the previous IP address even when the client doesn't ask for it. It's helpful to know the DHCP protocol exchange. A cold start looks like this: Client: DHCPDISCOVER [who can give me an IP address?] Server: DHCPOFFER a.b.c.d [I'm a DHCP server, and I can offer you this address] Client: DHCPREQUEST a.b.c.d [I'd like to use this address] Server: DHCPACK a.b.c.d [Okay, you've been officially granted this address] A booting client that wants to use a previously assigned address will jump directly to the DHCPREQUEST message. The server can respond with a DHCPACK as before, or it can respond with a DHCPNAK (negative acknowledgement), rejecting the request. At this point the client will fall back to the DHCPDISCOVER step. Ideally the Squeezebox would save DHCP leases across reboots, and your DHCP server would hand out very long leases to minimize the chances of that address being given to another client. But there are other ways to ensure that a Squeezebox always gets the same IP address, including bypassing DHCP altogether and assigning a static IP address. That might be your best bet assuming your Squeezebox doesn't move often. Just make sure that you set up separate blocks of addresses for static use and dynamic assignment, so your DHCP server doesn't hand out the address already in use by your Squeezebox. DHCP clients are supposed to detect this by ARPing for an assigned address before actually using it, but it can fail if the conflicting host with the static assignment happens to be offline at the time. --Phil Phil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Different skins on different devices?
I thought it would be fun to try running the SS web interface on my iPaq, and got it working fairly easily (usually I have no end of trouble with the iPaq's WiFi support). I wasn't too surprised to find that my preferred skin on the laptop (Fishbone) is just a tad (!) cramped on the iPaq, so I changed the skin to Handheld. Unfortunately, this also changed it on my laptop - not what I wanted to happen! Is there a way to have different skins on different devices? Having to change the skin each time I switch device would be quite a pain (especially from Fishbone on the iPaq!) I thought that Touch(screen) might look better on the iPaq, but alas it's way too big. (Hmmm, but I *do* have a tablet PC for work...) (I wasn't planning on using the iPaq regularly; it usually has trouble re-establishing a connection after being turned off, and I don't intend to leave it on all the time. However, when I tried it just now, it reconnected fairly quickly. I suppose if it wasn't such a battered old thing I could use it to impress friends, though I think the SB3 is impressive enough on its own!) -- 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=19374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Different skins on different devices?
On 22-Dec-05, at 5:52 PM, Brian Ritchie wrote: Is there a way to have different skins on different devices? Having to change the skin each time I switch device would be quite a pain (especially from Fishbone on the iPaq!) you can choose any skin on demand by using the url: http://slimserver:9000/skinname -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Different skins on different devices?
You can select a skin with the URL, e.g. http://slimserver:9000/Fishbone/ so just bookmark the appropriate one on each device. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19374 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't get Sirius to play on SB2
Hi, I have tried to connect Sirius internet, but I have not been able to do so. Any help would be appreciated. What exact URL to use. Thanks -- kpdan3 kpdan3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2890 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19376 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: how can i play other radio stations
From the web UI, select Radio Tunein Paste the URL into the box click Tune In See also: this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19210 -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19366 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: My Slimserver hates The Beatles
Figured out the problem. Once I talked it out, it became obvious. Should have just told my wife or the dog who both view the audio stuff as magic rather than bothering you guys. I had an old, no longer used playlist folder from my SB1 days in my main music directory. When rescan got to that folder one of the playlists must have crashed the program. I hadn't noticed a third of the alphebet missing because I could access CD folders that started with p through z from my other drives. Once I deleted the playlist folder, everything worked fine. Hard to blame anyone but myself. -- Harry G Harry G's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19368 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Radio Locator
I found this useful when looking for internet radio stations. Thought others might too. http://www.radio-locator.com/ -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19378 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Radio Locator
Excellent link, thanks Michael -- RadioClash RadioClash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19378 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alias in music folder not working
Well I clearly don't know what I'm doing here. I opened terminal and entered ln -s /Volumes/ION/Slim which is the path to music on my external drive. Terminal did not complain. Do I need to do anything else to get my Slim music folder to see the symlink? -- Ultramog Ultramog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1585 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19343 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Extremely loud white noise from Squeezebox?!
seanadams Wrote: Cleve can you tell me if your playlist had a mix of 44.1 and 48 KHz tracks? Sean, I'm sorry, I don't know. I had been listening to an internet radio station. Not sure whether they were 44.1 or 48 khz tracks. -- Cleve Two-channel system; McIntosh MC2205 amplifier McIntosh MAC4100 receiver Klipsch CF-4 speakers Denon DR-M3 Cassette Deck Cleve's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19309 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
