[slim] Emulating SB3 display and remote on the PC
Is there an application that emulates the Squeezebox3 display on the Windows (XP) desktop in parallel with the SB3 while the SB3 is playing? (I have the Softsqueeze app. but it doesn't work simultaneously with the Squeezebox). And the same question for the SB3 remote control. Thanks for any tips... -- ulvi ulvi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22570 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?
trebejo wrote: Instead of simply re-writing the entire directory branch everytime I need to make a full back up, I only delete the obsolete files and update or copy the new ones by typing a single line in a terminal: So, what happens when you realise that you deleted a file just before you ran rsync that you didn't mean to delete and that you'd really like to get back? Sure, rsync is cool, but you're not really making a useful backup using it like you are. Have a look at rsnapshot [1] - I think you'll like it. 1. http://www.rsnapshot.org/ R. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SMC Wireless Access Point Storage
Has anyone tried slimserver on this device - http://tinyurl.com/pdp7e ? Would it work ? Would it be a fair choice ? -- georgesabitbol georgesabitbol's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4781 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22571 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last.fm charts in signature
Isn't that related to the fact that [IMG] code is Off? http://forums.slimdevices.com/profile.php?do=editsignature -- TCM http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22568 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last.fm charts in signature
Ok, who should I be bugging about this? -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22568 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?
On Windows XP use robocopy and Schedule. robocopy D:\path C:\path /MIR works for me. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22533 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?
Robin Bowes Wrote: So, what happens when you realise that you deleted a file just before you ran rsync that you didn't mean to delete and that you'd really like to get back? I yell like a stuck pig, or I look at the other N,000 albums in my collection and cope with it. Your point is well taken of course. I make a big investment in my alertness at that moment before the enter key is pressed (e.g. no scotch before that keystroke). There is also something to be said about the nature of the filesystem. With scarcely any exceptions, the music files grow monotonically, and deletions are usually the consequence of having moved something around or having re-tagged something. Hence as far as my music collection is concerned, I'm pretty sure I've made a stable marriage with rsync. With data of a different nature, my concerns shift, which leads us to... Sure, rsync is cool, but you're not really making a useful backup using it like you are. Have a look at rsnapshot [1] - I think you'll like it. 1. http://www.rsnapshot.org/ R. Thanks! The multi-user flavor of that (root password need not be involved) makes it pretty suggestive for a multi-user system. There is a learning curve--hit the next topic tension in modernity that sometimes forces me to choose something like rsync rather than the next step up the chain. Personal on-topic recommendations are the typical stimulant for me to go ahead and make that next step (which is how I replaced a ghastly cp -R whatever command with rsync). And now if your tip bears fruit (it's in an O'Reilly so we're on our way), then my friend shall hear back from *me*. Unix tennis is a lovely game. Cheers, Ariel -- trebejo trebejo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22533 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Of Synchronization, PlayLists, Low Buffers and SoftSqueeze
This is my first post here, but I have been very impressed as to how helpful everyone is. I am expanding my SqueezeBox network, and I have run into two problems. I have one SqueezeBox 2 and two SqueezeBox 3s plus I am trying to run two instances of SoftSqueeze on different computers. All of my SqueezeBoxes/SoftSqueezes are run via wired Ethernet from my LinkSys four-port/wireless A/G router, to four switches in four locations in my home. I am running SlimServer 6.2.1-5194 on an Intel server (actual Intel server MB, case, etc) with dual 3.0 GHz Xeon processors, 4 GB of Ram and 2 TB (net) of internal Raid 5 storage. The server RARELY hits even 4% CPU usage and the vast majority of physical ram is free, even when streaming to all five SqueezeBoxes/SoftSqueezes so I know that isnt an issue. I ONLY use WAV files and they are set up in iTunes Playlists (and I do want to stick with iTunes for my playlists, both for the sake of my iPods and for the sake of sticking with a standard). I have SlimServer set up to use iTunes and have rescanned the library a number of times. Problem 1: I wanted to sync two SqueezeBoxes and one SoftSqueeze together and the other SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze together. This worked fine, except for one little thing: Each SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze would play only ONE (complete) song in an iTunes playlist. If you hit Play after a unit stopped, it would then play the next song on the playlist. Obviously, this was not a workable situation, and, after reading a bunch in the forums here, I solved the playing-only-one-song problem by un-syncing all the players. SO: has anybody come up with a cure for the synced-units-not-playing-through-playlists yet? The Sync feature is very important to me. Problem 2: After I had un-synced the SqueezeBoxes and SoftSqueezes, I found that the SoftSqueeze I was running on one of my downstairs computers STILL had the playing-only-one-song problem, and, in addition, the sound was now breaking up. More reading on the forums introduced me to the low buffer problem. And, after turning on the buffer percentage on the display, I saw that it jumped to 25% for less than a second as I began a song, and then went to 0% until it stopped playing at the end of the song and, of course, did not continue to play the next song on the playlist. I then installed SoftSqueeze on my other computer right next to the one having the problem, and it acted in the same way. I then installed SoftSqueeze on my wireless 811a (signal strength: Excellent) laptop, and it too acted in exactly the same way. I then moved one of my SqueezeBox 3s into this location, connected it to the Ethernet cable from the computer that was originally having the problem, and the SqueezeBox 3 had no problem, went immediately to 100% buffer reading, and had no break-ups in the sound. I put the Ethernet back on the computer, and the buffer and breakup and not playing the playlist were all back. Remember, I am also using SoftSqueeze with the same settings on a computer upstairs with no problems, and I pretty much eliminated the Ethernet connection downstairs as being the problem, when I tested the SqueezeBox 3 on that cable (and, besides, the network connections and speeds between the upstairs and downstairs machines, as well as to the internet, are all you could ask for). SO: why would three wired SqueezeBoxes and one wired SoftSqueeze have their buffers at 100% and play playlists with no problems and no drop-outs, while two wired computers in another location and a wireless computer all have 0% buffer, drop-outs, and playing only one song on the playlists before stopping (and not only did the SqueezeBox 3 work at 100% buffer at this location, this location is the one CLOSEST to the router). I will be one happy camper when I can get both this sync problem and buffer problem solved. Until then, not so much. I appreciate any help anyone can give me here. Thanks, Jim -- Jim Wald Jim Wald's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4783 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22573 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Too many songs reported?
Same here with 6.2.2 although I did change the location of the music folder to a Qnap. Made sure iTunes is pointing to same but even re-running scan several times still shows double number of songs (albums/artists remains correct). Songs are duplicated in slimserver list but not on the HD. Dupes show new location and old location. How do I fix? -- Heuer Heuer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22561 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Too many songs reported?
Got it - iTunes folder was still the old assignment! -- Heuer Heuer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2543 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22561 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with MusicIP and 'non standard' text
I believe I have the same problem. I've never used Music Magic 1.5, I went straight to MusicIP 1.6b2. I'm using Windows XP with SP2, running SlimServer 6.2.1. I'm running the MusicMagicService that came with MusicIP (the Slim Service is set up to be dependant on MusicMagic so it starts in the right order). I noticed yesterday that when I have Slim use MusicMagic, the song count would increase by about 60 tracks. I also noticed some off behaviour in that some tracks were being duplicated. I then trawled all my songs in Slim alphabetically (I only have about 2000), and found all the duplicated tracks - it was easy to see as the duplicated tracks appeared as one with the M (mixable) mark and one without. I found that the duplicates exactly accounted for the extra tracks, and that all the duplicates had extra non-alphanumeric characters, including ?. This struck me as being a character encoding issue. Not only that but when I checked the tag data on the Mixable tracks (i.e. the ones passed in from MIP), they appear to have NO tags. My configuration was that I had the path my music specified both in Slim Server and MusicIP. When I removed the path from SlimServer and re-scanned, as you would expect, the song count dropped by 60 to the correct number. I then check the problematic tracks, and again as I expected, they appeared to have no tags. Just to check, I disabled MusicMagic integration, and reset the music path in Slimserver, then re-scanned, and everything was back to how it should be. I suspect this is a MusicIP issue not a SlimServer problem. Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22478 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with MusicIP and 'non standard' text
The problem has been acknowledged by the MusicIP team on their forums [Search for Unicode] and they have indicated they are working on a fix (but experience suggests this may take a while). -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22478 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last.fm charts in signature
bernt Wrote: [Even more OT] Rock On! AC/DC -party on friday, hm, it's only a two hours drive. http://www.alltomnorrkoping.com/vimmel_visaeve.asp?id_eve=490id_klubb=9 by the way, dosen't he lives on Gotland? No, I think he has moved to a place outside Norrköping http://tinyurl.com/lp7n8 Maybe Gotland in the summer...? -- TCM http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22568 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with MusicIP and 'non standard' text
Siduhe Wrote: The problem has been acknowledged by the MusicIP team on their forums [Search for Unicode] and they have indicated they are working on a fix (but experience suggests this may take a while). Aha, did'nt spot this, have signed up and hopefully will get to play with 1.6b3 later. Tim -- TimM TimM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22478 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Grumpy Git (that has been me over that last two weeks!) Do you have an always on internet connection? The TS-101 is setup to get the latest time every hour from an NTP server if the router you are connected to is connected to the Internet. This should keep the time on your SB accruate. I'll ping Qnap though to see if it is a bug they are working on as SlimServer takes the time from the system clock. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Grumpy_Git Wrote: I've been playing with my squeezebox and Qnap and have noticed that the Time and date info is incorrect, can anyone tell me where I can change this, I'm assuming this info is pulled from the server and hope that the blasted password protection will not prevent me from changing this. Hope I'm not just being incredibly dense. thanks in advance, Nick. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok a couple of things. 1. The OGG update is available for those who want it. 2. The AAC update is making good progress and we hope to have it available this weekend. 3. A firmware update from Qnap has just landed with me so after some testing I will make it available. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Password protecting the server ...
How can you limit access to mac addresses in slimserver? If you set this up, does it eliminate the ability to connect remotely with software players for receiving hostipaddress:9000/stream.mp3? -- rme rme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22424 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Did SD change wireless card suppliers?
Mark Lanctot wrote: I've been debating posting this for about a month now because I wanted to avoid embarassing Slim. However, this is looking increasingly more evident to me... [snip] Now my SB3 works fine with my new Linksys WRT54G router, so I'm not complaining, and I certainly don't want to embarrass SD, but it's just making more and more sense. I do not want to question Slim's decision to reduce part costs. [snip] Given that this forum itself is operated by SD, I feel bad for saying this, but it explains a lot I think. If anyone from Slim feels I have unfairly called them out or unjustly accused them of cutting corners I will quickly delete this thread, or they may wish to do so - I won't be upset, all that I ask is they don't ban me. [snip] OK, here we go, pressing Submit New Thread, hopefully the sky doesn't fall down and hopefully Sean, Dean, Dan, Chris and the others won't hate me. :-( You really must have a low opinion of the SD management if you think all that stuff is necessary. Your questions about the wireless hardware are perfectly legitimate*, and shouldn't need these disclaimers and apologies at all. * Though they are redundant; this has been covered before on this forum before: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18923#post70370 - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Too many songs reported?
EricBergan Wrote: My rescan finished - same thing. Shows twice as many tracks as there are, but the correct number of albums. What type of rescan did you do - Look for new and changed music or Clear library and rescan everything? I find look for new will only add items, it won't remove any, including any duplicates. Only clear library will actually remove any items that are either there in error, or items you've deleted. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22561 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
ceepan Wrote: Is this a known issue with Slimserver? No, this is the first time it's ever been mentioned. Surely if it has problems with the gain it should set it to 0dB rather than 65535db. Playing these can't be good for the speakers can it? Well it cannot literally achieve 65535 dB, obviously. So all it's doing is completely clipping the signal. Yes, if you were to play it loud enough it would damage your speakers, but at lower volumes it'll just sound bad. This may not be much help, but you may want to take a look at the files in a hex editor. I'm not sure where ReplayGain data is kept - it would either be at the front or end of the file. But it sounds like it's been mistagged somehow. I'm not sure how you can correct it though. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with MusicIP and 'non standard' text
Yeah I saw that today. I shall have a play with it later, but I don't think I saw anything regarding fixing unicode character encoding in the API. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22478 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SMC Wireless Access Point Storage
Unfortunately I don't think this would work well, for several reasons: - it's wireless. It's a bad idea to have a wireless server. All data goes through 2 wireless hops, and with a device as server-dependant as the Squeezebox, this is bad. You're hamstringing yourself. Now, some people do this and it works for them, but if you have any wireless bottlenecks, they will be made very apparent. - there is no hacked 3rd party firmware that will operate on it and allow you to install SlimServer is slim, no pun intended. It does seem to run Linux though as it has a Samba server, so in theory the firmware should be available for others to hack. - there does not seem to be any data on what type of processor it uses. If it uses a generic 125 MHz networking processor, it'll be slow as hell. You also can't find out how much memory it has, which is even more crucial to SlimServer. Frankly the idea of a wireless NAS is a bit confusing to me. Small, fanless NAS devices like this, the Linksys NSLU2 and the Buffalo Linkstation/Kurobox are best located near a router - close enough to be wired. I don't mean to run down this product if you like it but it seems to have some very fundamental problems that would make it difficult to be used as a SlimServer. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22571 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Emulating SB3 display and remote on the PC
Hi ulvi ShadowPlay can exactly do that for you. It shows you the SB3 display on SoftSqueeze and sends IR commands to your SB3. You can find it here (near the bottom): http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginRemoteControls Cheers Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This cannot be done. But one day someone came along who didn't know about this - and did it. (Source unknown) fcm4711's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22570 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SMC Wireless Access Point Storage
Mark Lanctot Wrote: - it's wireless. It's a bad idea to have a wireless server. All data goes through 2 wireless hops, and with a device as server-dependant as the Squeezebox, this is bad. You're hamstringing yourself. Now, some people do this and it works for them, but if you have any wireless bottlenecks, they will be made very apparent. I agree with Mark in all but the above point. It is indeed a bad idea to have a wireless server but in this case the server would also be the access point and thus eliminating one wireless hop. It would be the same as running slimserver directly on your wireless router. If you already have a wireless router you have to turn off its wireless features. As Mark has pointed out there are currently no hardware specs available and no hacked firmware. It can only be guessed that it runs some sort of linux os as it supports fat, ext2 and (read-only) ntfs partitions. There won't be any easy way to run third party software on this device for quite some time. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22571 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SMC Wireless Access Point Storage
Ah yes. slimpy makes a good point. I failed to notice that it's also an access point. This makes the networking configuration the same as any other wireless Squeezebox arrangement, which probably 85% of us use, myself included. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22571 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
Mark Lanctot Wrote: No, this is the first time it's ever been mentioned. Actually, I've seen a couple of posts recently from people mentioning bad distortion until they switched off ReplayGain. May be entirely unrelated, may be a tag parsing/processing bug surfacing. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
radish Wrote: Actually, I've seen a couple of posts recently from people mentioning bad distortion until they switched off ReplayGain. May be entirely unrelated, may be a tag parsing/processing bug surfacing. What I meant was I never heard anyone mentioning SlimServer gain reporting 65535 dB. Although those other posts merely mention distortion. They don't list what gain was reported, so you could be on to something. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Too many songs reported?
I had done the clear and rescan, but as suspected above, every track was duped for an album. Looking at the particulars, one track was looking at the drive address on the machine, the other was looking at the full network share address of the track, because that is how the playlists have each track (since they are shared across a number of machines in the house.) Thanks for the pointers, I've changed slimserver to go to the network share address and started another clear/rescan, and presumably I'll have the correct number of tracks this time. eric -- EricBergan EricBergan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22561 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Execute Script Plugin Question
Kevin, Everything is working fine, so far. I have one final issue that I wonder if you would mind helping me with. I would like to listen for the player/Slimserver stopping. If I issue a command (with a button press) that stops playback, then Execute.pm traps for the event. If however, I simply let the song/playlist play through and end, no stop message is generated. Can you point me in the direction I should look to figure out how to do this? I've been looking through the various scripts, and I'm wondering if there's something in CLI.pm? I'm kind of in the dark here -- especially with my limited perl skills. Ultimately, I'm hoping to add some code to my bastardized Execute.pm script to listen for the stopped state. Thanks in advance. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22479 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] CNET network media player list
http://reviews.cnet.com/4521-6531_7-5021436-2.html?tag=cnetfd.ld3 Shame that Slim did not make to their list. How can something so good be such a well kept secret? -- agentsmith agentsmith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...
JJZolx Wrote: Do some research if you can on the system's motherboard and make sure that it can read large hard drives. I've been wondering about this issue myself as I consider buying some older hardware to put into use as a server. Researching the mobos can be tedious and still not turn up results. If one *did* get a mobo whose onboard IDE controller couldn't handle 137GB drives, could that problem be solved by installing a separate PCI EIDE or SATA controller? Would large drives installed on that controller work OK? -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22506 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
that's a sorry omission, esp. when the inferior Roku ranks so high with them. Flood 'em with emails, maybe they will add a review. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- bklaas bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNET network media player list
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:50:59 -0800, agentsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: http://reviews.cnet.com/4521-6531_7-5021436-2.html?tag=cnetfd.ld3 Shame that Slim did not make to their list. How can something so good be such a well kept secret? My personal theory is that their nerd-appeal works against them here. Where it's great for us nerds to read about Perl based 'hackable' servers and plugins, that makes a normal hifi-consumer uncomfortable. The Roku is basically the same device but the software page is a lot less technical ( http://www.rokulabs.com/support/SBSoftwareUpdate.php ). My advice would be to make the technical stuff a bit less 'in your face' and hide it a bit more carefully behind a clear consumer oriented website. The SD team made one important step, the new SB3 looks like something that could sell big. BTW, I've often wondered about the relationship between Roku and SD, is the Roku some kind of clone or spin off? I do like the looks of the Soundbridge Radio. ;) Regards, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
forget emailing that address. it bounced. Nice, that was the contact email displayed on that network media player page. Well done, CNET. -- bklaas bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
peter Wrote: The Roku is basically the same device It really isn't. Sure they have the same basic function, but that's like saying a Kia and a Porsche are basically the same car. BTW, I've often wondered about the relationship between Roku and SD, is the Roku some kind of clone or spin off? It's some kind of clone. The crappy knockoff kind. Think Sorny or Panafonics. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNET network media player list
BTW, I've often wondered about the relationship between Roku and SD, is the Roku some kind of clone or spin off? Oh... search the forums for that device. They aren't related at all except maybe the Roku marketing stuff having had a good look at the original. And don't miss the announcement of the Dorku device, from almost two years ago :-) http://www.slimdevices.com/au_press_dorku.html -- 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
Re: [slim] Re: CNET network media player list
On 3/30/06, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's some kind of clone. The crappy knockoff kind. Think Sorny or Panafonics. http://www.slimdevices.com/au_press_dorku.html Dean summarized it nicely: The Dorku's innovative software is based on some really exciting stuff we downloaded from the Internet. - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
I love reading the reviews those clowns come up with. For instance, the Olive Musica, in the negatives they list no video output. Yeah, and it doesn't make french fries either. They're reviewing devices for features they don't claim to have? Yet they don't list that as a negative for the Roku or Sonos devices. Hmm... Eric -- kolding kolding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...
This is always a fuzzy area for me. It seems that I've installed hard drives before that were not supported by the bios by installing Max Blast for Maxtor hard drives. I think that you can usually break past the barriers with the right software. Incidentally, I've installled a Promise ATA100 PCI card that came free with a Maxtor drive in both a Windows 98 Pentium Pro system (used with a 200G drive) and I installed the same Promise ATA100 PCI card on a Pentium II 266 system using SUSE 10 Linux (with the same 200G drive by Seagate) and it worked fine in both systems. So, I'd say, yea - if you can find one of those old cheapy ATA100/ATA133 promise PCI IDE cards you can probably get it to work. I've not really done any timing tests to determine if the ATA100 promise card performs better than the onboard PII ATA66 IDE controller. I actually have drives attached to both onboard IDE controllers as well as the Promise ATA100 card on my system. Everything just works under SUSE 10 linux. Kevin -- kkitts kkitts's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1993 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22506 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: CNET network media player list
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:18:06 -0800, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: peter Wrote: The Roku is basically the same device It really isn't. Sure they have the same basic function, but that's like saying a Kia and a Porsche are basically the same car. Well, they are very similar really... ;) It's also good to be able to choose between the Porsche and the Kia. And it could be nice to have a little Kia aside for the wife. Lastly, it's great if they're compatible. Can RS SB devices run off the same slimserver? BTW, I've often wondered about the relationship between Roku and SD, is the Roku some kind of clone or spin off? It's some kind of clone. The crappy knockoff kind. Think Sorny or Panafonics. Well, apparently they know what it takes to get on the CNET list, so perhaps there is something that can be learned from them after all. Regards, Peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Whilst sincerely hoping that this thread is TFIC [Tongue firmly in Cheek], have you been following the rash of technology ruined my relationship stories starting with Firefox (summarised by the Register 'here' (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/ethereal_relationship_break-up/)) ? -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Has anyone else been seeing weird messages scrolling across their SB displays? Mine's been scrolling Get rid of her ... NOW! And then the second she walks in the room, it switches to showing the Date and Time. It's really weird... -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
jonheal Wrote: Has anyone else been seeing weird messages scrolling across their SB displays? Hrrm, sounds like you need a faster connection. Those messages are supposed to be displayed for only a 1/60th of a second. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Although, as one of the few [?] girls that seems to hang out here, I do find some of the pat her on the head, it's technology type posts that (occasionally) come up here as fundamentally depressing. [Not referring to Skunk's post here - but the Kia for the wife post a couple below is a good example]. Hardly a card-carrying feminist, but IMHO *people* are either into technology or not, geeky or not, prone to pulling stuff apart or not. It's just that us girls know better than to impugn our husbands' prowess with a screwdriver on a public message board...[TIFC for the avoidance of all doubt] -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: CNET network media player list
On 3/30/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lastly, it's great if they're compatible. Can RS SB devices run off the same slimserver? Sort of. It can be done, provided that the server version and the phase of the moon is right, but nobody will help you with it - Roku won't, because it's not their software, and Slim Devices certainly won't, because it's not their hardware. - Jacob ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: If you store lyrics in your tags
kbeast wrote: That is the major downfall to that plugin that it doesn't utilize timestamps-- that would be sweet. and a resounding chorus of Patches Welcome!!! echoed throughout the hills and valleys of that great land... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Execute Script Plugin Question
On 30-Mar-06, at 7:49 AM, jonheal wrote: Can you point me in the direction I should look to figure out how to do this? I'll have to think about this one. Nothing springs to mind, and I work mostly with 6.5 and developer branches, so I've got the new cli in my head. -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?
bernt wrote: On Windows XP use robocopy and Schedule. robocopy D:\path C:\path /MIR works for me. Better yet, schedule this: robocopy D:\srcpath E:\destpath /E /B This will copy over any new or modified files to your backup but _not_ delete any files/dirs that are in the destpath but not in the srcpath. This practice protects against a lost/deleted source being automatically synchronized over to your backup. And run this only when you are sure of the state of the source files: robocopy D:\srcpath E:\destpath /MIR This will delete files/dirs which have been removed from the source, freeing up space on your backup device. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Alien BBC Plugin.
Richard - thanks for the comments, it is nice to see our hard work appreciated. If you have any tips for Mac users I'm sure they would appreciate it (if you know how to write an install routine that would be even better!). There is a version of mplayer for the Mac on the AlienBBC site if that helps. Neil (one of the AlienBBC devs) -- Neil Sleightholm Neil Sleightholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22566 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Execute Script Plugin Question
kdf Wrote: On 30-Mar-06, at 7:49 AM, jonheal wrote: Can you point me in the direction I should look to figure out how to do this? I'll have to think about this one. Nothing springs to mind, and I work mostly with 6.5 and developer branches, so I've got the new cli in my head. -k I'm figuring that there must be something that generates the stopped message because the word STOP in the web UI player frame highlights when a playlist (and I guess anything and everything you play is technically a playlist) ends. Something must be forcing that frame to reload. But maybe that message is coming from the firmware. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ jonheal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2133 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22479 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Of Synchronization, PlayLists, Low Buffers and SoftSqueeze
Jim Wald wrote: This is my first post here, but I have been very impressed as to how helpful everyone is. I am expanding my SqueezeBox network, and I have run into two problems. Clearly your hardware is underpowered :) Just kidding. Anyway, I don't know anything about the iTunes integration, but I can say that many people have seen performance improvements by switching the database from the built-in SQLLite to MySQL. This is easy to do on any of the supported OS platforms and is one of the development goals for the future of Slimserver. I'd also consider switching to a 6.2.2 nightly, as there are performance fixes and I think some iTunes changes. Since you're running wired, you don't need to worry about the wireless firmware issues that are currently holding up the release. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
ultra238a Wrote: The OGG update is available for those who want it. Paul, Where do we get it from? Is there a download page somewhere? -- happyfishman happyfishman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2601 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help with squeeze3 network issue
OS X Mac Mini 512MB RAM slimserver 6.2.2 For the last several days, I cannot get my squeezebox buffer to stay anywhere above 10%, and I am getting many dropouts. I have, for years, been using etherfast homeplug adapters from my linksys router... and they have forever worked fine. Because they have stopped working well lately, I tried wireless to my squeeze3. I got over 60% signal strength (its not that far away). Yet, even with this setup, my buffer rarely fills above 10%. I need help troubleshooting! Thanks, in advance, scott -- Scott Scott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Last.fm charts in signature
TCM Wrote: Isn't that related to the fact that [IMG] code is Off? http://forums.slimdevices.com/profile.php?do=editsignature bernt Wrote: Ok, who should I be bugging about this? Maybe http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=97825#post97825 but it's not really a bug, it's rather a choice that the forum admin does -- TCM http://www.last.fm/user/ThisCharmingMan/ TCM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22568 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
Signal strength does not address interference; much less data is getting through successfully than the 60% indicates. You can use the NetTest plugin to confirm this, if you like... http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginDiagnostics ... or skip to the fixing. I would start by disabling any turbo mode on your wireless router/AP and trying various channels. Good luck, and note that you can poke around previous posts for lots more suggestions. -- abdomen abdomen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1205 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Siduhe Wrote: Hardly a card-carrying feminist, but IMHO *people* are either into technology or not, geeky or not, prone to pulling stuff apart or not. It's just that us girls know better than to impugn our husbands' prowess with a screwdriver on a public message board...[TIFC for the avoidance of all doubt] I'll agree with that for the most part. Although I think if such a message board [screwdriver follies] existed, women would be all over it. For example, reference the success of the sitcom 'Home Improvement'. It's funny to lampoon those addicted to the screwdriver. Notice however, the show never once lampooned the wifes inability to fix anything mechanical. Her job was to fix the family. I would have preferred equal opportunity lampooning. Sexist? Hardly. They taught us in psych 101 that males are better at math and logic, while females excel in language and nurturing. Who's to say which is more important? My favorite quote on Jon Heal's Web site is 'Jack of both sides of the brain, master of none' (You're brilliant if you came up w/ that yourself Jon!). It's important to balance the yang with a little yin for males, and should be so for females as well. I wish more girls were into jacking around in the other side of the brain. Supposedly thier hearing ability is superior to males, and I bet they could come up with some great sounding hi fi kit. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Siduhe Wrote: It's just that us girls know better than to impugn our husbands' prowess with a screwdriver on a public message board. Yes, it's always much more subtle to just imply things ... ;) -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it (at least in the gmail email client).On 3/30/06, Siduhe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Whilst sincerely hoping that this thread is TFIC [Tongue firmly in Cheek], have you been following the rash of technology ruined myrelationship stories starting with Firefox (summarised by the Register'here'( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/30/ethereal_relationship_break-up/))? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CNET network media player list
Peter wrote: I do like the looks of the Soundbridge Radio. ;) But it is but vapor so far. Nice how the Buy Now button links to the page with the Shipping Soon message. Soon Now --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Skunk Wrote: For example, reference the success of the sitcom 'Home Improvement'. It's funny to lampoon those addicted to the screwdriver. Notice however, the show never once lampooned the wifes inability to fix anything mechanical. Her job was to fix the family. I would have preferred equal opportunity lampooning. Actually, she did better with tools than her husband ever did But then we're going to cross into my view of why Sitcoms are Better Than Reality: in a sitcom, everyone's quirks make them lovable and interesting. It would be a boring show if Tim Taylor could actually fix anything. TV sitcoms often seem sexist to me: the flaws in the males are often more pronounced than the flaws in women who are almost always the bastion of sanity amongst the lunatic men. In reality, we're all nuts. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
okay, i downloaded the plugin... i get 100% for all tests. again, when i go to play the music, the buffer doesnt fill. sb -- Scott Scott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
jimdibb Wrote: The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it Be a man and delete the extra ) -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
Bah, CNET is useless for pretty much everything. Their reviews are too brief to give any weight to them at all, they reach head-scratching conclusions about what ranks best, their technical articles are simplistic to the extreme. They are not only the worst review site out there, they are the worst tech info site out there too. It's amazing they are so big. I assume it's because everything is dumbed-down. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Emulating SB3 display and remote on the PC
)p( Wrote: Did you set the softsqueeze player settings in slimserver to synchronize with your real sb? (I have squeezeslave running as a service on my desktop pc. Squeezeslave is set to synchronize in slimserver with my real sb. Anything I select and play on my real sb is automatically mirrored on my desktop. Works great!) peter Thanks Peter. That's exactly what I was looking for; didn't know about the synchronize option. Ulvi -- ulvi ulvi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22570 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 3 slow to respond to remote control
Hi, I have a squeezebox 3 and i'm running SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Mac OS X 10.4.5 (8H14) - EN - utf8 on a Mac Mini 1.42Gz with 1G of Ram. What i have noticed and sometimes it gets more than a little annoying is that i walk over to the Sqb3 and try and change what is playing with the remote. The screen does not move, so i press some more keys, and then all at once the commands all whip past on the display. It's almost like the thing has been buffering up all the commands and then either once it has enough free CPU it runs through them all at once. What happens to the commands are they run just within the Sqb3 or are they all passed back to the server ? -- kkken kkken's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22582 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
On 3/30/06, Skunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jimdibb Wrote: The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it Be a man and delete the extra )I can't. I replaced the delete key on my keyboard with one that enters Shut the F*** up ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
Should this be raised as a bug? If so what do I need to do to raise a bug? Can I do anything that will log the issue? -- ceepan ceepan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: how can squeezebox turn on a pc
thank you very much for replying, i appreciate the suggestions. i don't have a second network card, just an onboard nic. i'll have another look in my motherboard's manual. if that doesn't help, perhaps i'll have a go at updating the bios. though that isn't something i trust myself with. btw, i should have mentioned that i think the squeezebox is a superior device, considering it was my first post. so there you go. -- strapats strapats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4759 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21480 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
jimdibb Wrote: I can't. I replaced the delete key on my keyboard with one that enters Shut the F*** up This aggression will not stand, man. [the Dude] -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
:)On 3/30/06, Skunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jimdibb Wrote: I can't.I replaced the delete key on my keyboard with one that enters Shut the F*** upThis aggression will not stand, man. [the Dude]--Skunk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
Hi Scott, Are you using firmware 35 or 36 or something lower? Does returning to firmware 28 help? -- ChrisOwens -- Christopher Owens QA Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510) 743-1152 x717 ChrisOwens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4240 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Execute Script Plugin Question
In the version of the script for 6.2.x, this appears in the callback
sub
if (($debug == 1) $::d_stdio) {
print \n;
print | COMMAND: $slimCommand\n;
foreach my $i (@$paramsRef[1..scalar(@$paramsRef)-1]) {
print | PARAMS: $i\n;
}
print \n;
}
Where does this actually print? I checked d_stdio on the dubug
screen, but it didn't generate any extra output during playback in the
log.
--
jonheal
Jon Heal says:
Have a nice day!
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[slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?
As other posters have mentioned in other threads, for Windows, SyncBack is the best backup program I've seen. It works across your LAN, works with Samba... and most importantly of all: it does what it says its going to do. There is a free version I believe. I tried several other solutions and none of them worked reliably and as effectively as SyncBack. ss. -- street_samurai street_samurai's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=199 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22533 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
Go to http://bugs.slimdevices.com/. Create an account. Create a new bug for SlimServer. Make sure you upload the affected file. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
jimdibb Wrote: :) Glad you caught it ;-) [if anyone didn't see fifth pic down: http://www.lebowskifest.com/achievers_page.asp ] -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
On 3/30/06, ceepan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should this be raised as a bug?If so what do I need to do to raise abug?Can I do anything that will log the issue? Please do raise it as a bug -- add one of your files in question as an attachment to a new bug. I believe the attachment max size for the slim bugzilla is 10mb so you should be OK unless your mp3 is too big. Ben ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
Nice thread, Skunk! So, when are we going to see a 12-step program for this problem, you know, SqueezeBox Owners Anonymous (SBOA)? -- ezkcdude SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2 interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton Titanic 10 subwoofer He's not hi-fi, he's my stereo. ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
ezkcdude Wrote: So, when are we going to see a 12-step program for this problem, you know, SqueezeBox Owners Anonymous (SBOA)? Step One: 'have the power save set to two hours on server so I[t] wont play all day'. Thanks bernt. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
I started a thread the other day about my ReplayGain problems. I decided MP3Gain is not the right way to go, because it changes more than just the tag. The proper way (IMHO) is to use Foobar2000 to set the ReplayGain tags (as suggested in the Wiki). -- ezkcdude SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2 interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton Titanic 10 subwoofer He's not hi-fi, he's my stereo. ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
ezkcdude Wrote: I started a thread the other day about my ReplayGain problems. I decided MP3Gain is not the right way to go, because it changes more than just the tag. The proper way (IMHO) is to use Foobar2000 to set the ReplayGain tags (as suggested in the Wiki). Actually if you use just the Analysis option, nothing is changed. ceepan's problem is unrelated - it's some sort of error in the way SlimServer read the tag. From what I've heard, SlimServer won't read foobar2000 RG tags? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
From what I've heard, SlimServer won't read foobar2000 RG tags? I can't comment on other versions but 6.5b1 certainly can now. All my RG tags were set with foobar on mostly flacs with a few mp3s thown in. Richard ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
ezkcdude Wrote: It seems to work fine for me. I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in 0.8.3. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
Mark Lanctot Wrote: Actually if you use just the Analysis option, nothing is changed. ceepan's problem is unrelated - it's some sort of error in the way SlimServer read the tag. From what I've heard, SlimServer won't read foobar2000 RG tags? It seems to work fine for me. -- ezkcdude SB3-Derek Shek TDA1543/CS8412 NOS DAC-MIT Terminator 2 interconnects-Endler Audio 24-step Attenuators (RCA-direct)-Parasound Halo A23 125W/ch amplifier-Speltz anti-cables-DIY 2-ways + Dayton Titanic 10 subwoofer He's not hi-fi, he's my stereo. ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
jimdibb Wrote: The link as formatted seems to have an extra ) in it (at least in the gmail email client). See ! Women and technology don't mix...;-) -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox too costly
ezkcdude Wrote: I thought Step One is admit you have a problem. Hi, my name is Skunk, and damn, I just can't quit you SqueezeBox! Good observation (not from experience I hope) Step 1: Admit your guilt. Step 2: Put a timer on the Slimserver. Step 3: Keep post count under 3/day. (I'm hovering around 5). Step 4: Never take SB with you (thanks again bernt). -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22564 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: CNET network media player list
peter Wrote: It's also good to be able to choose between the Porsche and the Kia. Sure, choice is good for everyone. But you get what you pay for usually holds :) Well, apparently they know what it takes to get on the CNET list, so perhaps there is something that can be learned from them after all. Maybe, maybe not. Slim have been around longer than Roku, and show no signs of doing anything but continue expanding. That's fine by me, I'm perfectly happy being a customer of a succesful niche manufacturer. I'd actually rather that than being just another consumer to some huge faceless megacorp. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22578 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Per Player audiodir in slimserver.conf
My music library is set up like: /volume/Music/FLAC/[artistname]/[albumtitle]/[songname] /volume/Music/MP3/[artistname]/[albumtitle]/[songname] /volume/Music/FLAC is where I want my LAN-connected SB2s to play from. I want my WAN-connected Softsqueeze and SB2s to play from the /volume/Music/MP3 dir. Why? I encode both in FLAC for critical listening at home, but MP3-vbr for iPod. I have no problem pointing my iTunes at the smb://volume/Music/MP3 so it makes that part easy. But now I want to get some SB2s and Softsqueeze's to use the MP3vbrs rather then doing the LAME transcode of the FLACs to XXXmb/s-CBR. The idea being, I can get better audio quality/mb-per-sec with VBR and save the CPU overhead of the transcode. Can this be done? I was hopeing I could edit the /etc/slimserver.conf file for each player to have different audiodir... but don't see a player specific entry for this var only one for everything... was just gonna try it but thought I'd ask... e9:da:e2:4d:f4:9f-audiodir = /volume/Music/FLAC e9:da:e2:4a:23:12-audiodir = /volume/Music/MP3 Or am I on the wrong path to achieving this? -- elo elo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=302 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22584 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Free your Music!
On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:58 PM, Peter wrote: What's up with the new slogan? The SD homepage now says: It's all about the music. I kinda liked the old one, this one's a bit bland to my taste. Don't worry Free your music! isn't gone yet. But we do try to mix it up a bit. It's all about the music. is probably better when we're talking about Pandora, which isn't about your music; it's about the music you haven't discovered yet. Marketeers taking over already? ;) Over my dead body. :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, Just PM me and I will send you a link. Nothink cloak or dagger or anything I just haven't had chance to build a nice looking web page to put all the links on. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd happyfishman Wrote: Paul, Where do we get it from? Is there a download page somewhere? -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
Mark Lanctot wrote: I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in 0.8.3. Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT, the SlimServer has always picked up on the tags just fine. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Execute Script Plugin Question
Quoting jonheal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm figuring that there must be something that generates the stopped message because the word STOP in the web UI player frame highlights when a playlist (and I guess anything and everything you play is technically a playlist) ends. Something must be forcing that frame to reload. But maybe that message is coming from the firmware. that's different. the server reports the playmode state. It is the event that gets you to that state that is required for the plugin Where does this actually print? I checked d_stdio on the dubug screen, but it didn't generate any extra output during playback in the log. the print goes to the console. run the server command-line for debug. I haven't bothered to change it to use the server message facility becuase it is really just too chatty for recording in the file. However, you can just change 'print' to 'Slim::Utils::Misc::msg' and it should then send to the log -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem
fuzzyT Wrote: Mark Lanctot wrote: I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in 0.8.3. Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT, the SlimServer has always picked up on the tags just fine. --rt Just me I guess. As much as I like foobar, foobar doesn't like me. I can never get half its features to work. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22511 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Free your Music!
It's all about the music. eeeww. craptacular. -- joncourage joncourage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
how do i return to a previous firmware without changing the slimserver? sb -- Scott Scott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Free your Music!
joncourage Wrote: It's all about the music. eeeww. craptacular. It's a good music forum slogan. Free Your Music rocks as a trademark, as does the name Squeezebox itself. 'Mp3 is not a crime' is [less than spec]tacular, however. :-) -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
ultra238a Wrote: 5. TS-401T might get unleashed next week - more HDD formatting, I want to cry! Paul, just a side thought for you. How about getting a multi drive duplicator so you can format one drive of each size and then duplicate it to N other drives connected to the duplicator. This is what i found after 30 seconds on google: http://www.starmount.co.uk/category/198.html May well be too expensive for you, but i thought i would at least try and help you out :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
okay, i switched to firmware 28, slimserver 6.2.1 Buffer fullness: 0 network test 1000kpbs- 100% 1500kpbs 37% 2000kpbs 30% any thoughts? sb -- Scott Scott's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=229 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Help with squeeze3 network issue
What file format are you streaming and do you have bit rate limiting enabled? This suggests that during the test there was not enough bandwidth to stream as wav/aiff and flac is marginal. Hence I would recommend installing lame and enabling bitrate limiting so that the rate you are sending at is lower than this. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22580 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Slightly off-topic but I'm trying to set my qnap up so that other people on the network can't delete my music collection. I've worked out that I can make my share writeable only by the administrator group for instance. However, I can't work out how to then access the share from Windows XP as one of those administrators. Any ideas? -- shawkie shawkie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
We had thought about a drive duplicator but we are actually only putting on a small amount of data on the drive in comparison to the size of the actual drive in the box. I have had a look at the specs. on some of the devices on the market and to be honest I think the way we are going to be doing it soon will actually be quicker. Thanks for the info though anyway. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd funkstar Wrote: Paul, just a side thought for you. How about getting a multi drive duplicator so you can format one drive of each size and then duplicate it to N other drives connected to the duplicator. This is what i found after 30 seconds on google: http://www.starmount.co.uk/category/198.html May well be too expensive for you, but i thought i would at least try and help you out :) -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
