[slim] 6.3.0 doesn't run on Debian, with a fix:
You know, this is good software, and I appreciate its freedom (in all senses) very much. But, geeze, what's with the lack of even the most rudimentary testing in the major releases? In 6.3.0, the server just flat will not run as shipped. Why? Because it doesn't correctly include its own libraries in the search path. It builds them fine, but then doesn't look in the right place to find them. Doesn't anyone have a Debian VMWare image for a quick install test, at the very least? Sheesh! The fix is quite simple: cd to the 'lib' directory of your slimserver, and make a symbolic link of the parent Slim directory into lib. In my case, that's: Code: cd /usr/local/slimserver/lib ln -s ../Slim Slim Runs fine from there. This is a bandaid fix, and you should remove the symlink before installing the next release, if you install into the same directory. (if you install into a new directory each time, which I recommend, you can safely leave it.) If you guys don't feel like you have egg on your faces for this one, you should. If you need another tester, I'd be happy to run things through a basic install/test run on Debian just before you declare a version 'stable'. I'd do it anyway, so doing it a few days sooner won't hurt me any and might help everyone else. -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25556 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Poll: What is your library size and hardware
My music library contains 3230 albums with 39877 songs by 1448 artists. Server is a quite outdated P3 800 MHz, 384 KB RAM, 1.3 TB Raid 5 (6x250GB sw raid), SuSe 8.2 -- docbee docbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.3.0 doesn't run on Debian, with a fix:
much more pointed if this weren't old news, mate. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25250 you'll find that there is a more sustainable fix in nightly builds if you wish to test here: http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.3.0/ If you find anything new, please file a bug report at: http://bugs.slimdevices.com -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why are upgrades so painful?
Well, I've been running Slim for a good long while, since just after the Squeezebox2 shipped. The feature set in the code is great. The testing/QA is *abysmal*. I have NOT ONCE been able to upgrade smoothly from one release to the next. Not ONCE. Something ALWAYS breaks. And it's not like I'm running a wildly unusual system... a mixture of FLACs, CUE/FLACs, and MP3s, running two Squeezeboxen. I use the XMRadio and AlienBBC plugins. This installation has been an endless hassle to try to upgrade. This most recent time, 6.3.0 won't even START on a Debian system, because they screwed up the library paths. It's fixable (I put a bandaid in another post), but then even when it DOES run, all the radio links are now gone. EVERY release is like that. It doesn't look like even the most rudimentary testing is done. 6.2.2 was nicely stable for me, so I have fallen back to that, and I will likely stay there until I have some indication that the QA processes are improving. As I said in my other post, I'd be willing to run potential releases through an installation and basic testing on Debian. As is, the software for the Squeezebox has gotten so bad that I no longer recommend it to most people. The releases are incredibly sloppy. It's not improving, it's getting worse... which is often the sign of a code base that has gotten too complex for the current development model to handle. -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.3.0 doesn't run on Debian, with a fix:
It amazes and distresses me that this is a known problem, has been for at least five days, and yet the default download for new customers remains unchanged. It's obviously fixed, so why on EARTH is the old broken one still up? -- Malor Malor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1961 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25556 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
shen wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a simple way to do the following: On the machine slimserver is installed I want to start a windows program if a special button of the slimserver remote is pressed. Sounds simple, but it seems not to be that simple :( I googled a lot and found programs which can monitor XPL or XAP events sent by slimserver on the press of a remote button, but I did not find a simple way to start an executeble on such an event. Isn't there a simple application which can listen to XPL or XAP messages from slimserver and on a special message (remote button) a program can be started? Has anybody a solution for this? I am sure xplhal can do this. Setup a 'determinator' in xplhal to listen for the IR message of the 'special' button. Then set the action to launch a program. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
gorstk Wrote: I am sure xplhal can do this. Setup a 'determinator' in xplhal to listen for the IR message of the 'special' button. Then set the action to launch a program. Not really. I did the following: Installed xPLHAL Manager 1.53 It can see my SqueezeBox in xPL devices so far. According to http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:vnYJSVMRfOwJ:www.xplproject.org.uk/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DSections%26file%3Dindex%26req%3Dprintpage%26artid%3D34+xpl+slimserver+execute+programhl=degl=dect=clnkcd=11 saying SlimServer's xPL interface can handle infra-red signals in a variety of ways. By default, no xPL messages are sent when you press a button on your remote control. To change this, do the following: - Open the xPLHal Manager and click on xPL Devices. - Your player(s) should be listed, along with any other xPL devices you may have, in the right-hand window. - Double-click on the name of your player to bring up it's configuration window. - Select infrared from the list of configurable items. - The value will probably be set to none. Delete the current value, and enter the word buttons - Click OK. Your player will now send an xPL message whenever you press a button on it's remote control. this does not work for me. Double clicking the player I get an error saying _No_information_is_currently_available_about_this_device._This_device_has_not_issued_a_config.list_message,_therefore_xPLHal_is_not_aware_of_which_items_can_be_cofigured_ Looking at the integrated xPL Monitor, I can see messages from my SqueezeBox coming in. I'm using SlimServer 6.3.0 with SoftSqueeze 2.7 and a SqueezeBox v3 with the latest firmware () installed. Stefan -- shen shen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5787 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playlist rename stops Slimserver
I can't get Slimserver to make playlists so I make them with Winamp - this gives them meaningless titles (like p3fd8r.m3u) so,after copying them to My Playlists I rescan and change the name in Slimserver - this causes the server to stop... Also: after renaming the playlists they no longer appear in My Playlists so adding another playlist and rescanning causes the original playlists to disappear!! Have I missed something with playlist management?? -- jmaynard jmaynard's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25558 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Briefly show now playing, song info when song is changed.
Thank you for all the answers. Regarding implementing and solving this i thought i would share some ideas. I'm not a programmer etc so if anything sounds strange sorry for that. Regarding briefly showing the track info at song change, i believe there are a few implementations. First of all: Requirement: Possibillity to trigger an action at song change, either by computing the time of the track and trigger the action at song end or if there exist any function to trigger an action/event at song change.. Trigger it based on the current song's lenght might be good (see below step 3) Step (1) In a first implementation i would just like to see a checkbox in the player setting next to where you set the screen savers, which basically says Show now playing screensaver at song change. The timeout (time to show song info) could be based on the already set timeout for screensaver. Step (2) To furhter develop this, for me the next step would be to add the possibillity to specify the time to show the track (independent of the screensaver timeout and also the possibillity to chose any of the screensavers to show). This would be done by just adding another listbox in the screensavers which is for Show at song change. Also adding a timout entry below that for Time to show screensaver at song change Step (3) The final step i for this would be the possibillity to show the playing songs info at the end of it and the beginning of next song (kind of like watching an MTV video where they display the song info at the beginning and end. Then another time entry field should be added that basically says Time before song end to show screensaver The already added entry box for the screensaver would say Time to show screensaver at song change I guess this could be done by knowing the song lenght and then based on what is entered in the Time before song end to show screensaver set a time for showing the song info. As i wrote above this would require some way ot knowing the song change and for the later part knowing when there are e.g. 10 seconds left of a song. Regarding the spectrum analyzer and the text shown. Since it's today unreadable if you aren't very close to the player an option somewhere to set the text size would be excellent. -- wiped Squeezebox 3 - SS 6.3 - Core Duo T2500 - 2Gb ram - 25000 Songs - 1750 Albums (Mp3 and soon also FLAC) wiped's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1542 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
First a caveat - the current version of xAP SlimServer was not written for the current CLI that is in v 6 of SlimServer and particularly not v6.3/6.5. It's use here is unsupported until a new version of the conduit is released and that will not be in the near future until the (excellent) new CLI stabilises and the conduit author finds some spare time(if !) If you are just looking for the IR remote keypresses I'm fairly sure this works fine however and you would then monitor these using any xAP capable script engine (eg HomeSeer, MisterHouse, Girder, xAP Desktop, xAP Floorplan). The latter one is free and particularly easy and you don't need to use the inbuilt web (Ajax) based home automation front end. You would just create a small script , triggered by the IR key arrival from SlimServer to shell launch your .exe. Basically anything that is VB scriptable can be actioned. Also for reference Girder has inbuilt xAP support and is particularly well crafted for interaction with external applications. Because it is so flexible and powerful it takes a bit of getting to know. however You should be able to achieve the same with xPL HAL and the inbuilt xPL feature should you prefer - and it is probably a slightly easier setup. The xAP conduit offered much more functionality with SlimServer than the xPL one, although it is CLI attached rather than inbuilt. The fact it is based around earlier SlimServer releases and not currently supported in v6 may steer you away from this though. Kevin shen wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a simple way to do the following: On the machine slimserver is installed I want to start a windows program if a special button of the slimserver remote is pressed. Sounds simple, but it seems not to be that simple :( I googled a lot and found programs which can monitor XPL or XAP events sent by slimserver on the press of a remote button, but I did not find a simple way to start an executeble on such an event. Isn't there a simple application which can listen to XPL or XAP messages from slimserver and on a special message (remote button) a program can be started? Has anybody a solution for this? Thanks ... Stefan ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
Why would voice be the killer app for accessing any kind of extensive library? The picture on the website shows a yuppie doofus sitting in a La-Z-Boy playing with with some sort of walkie-talkie device. I suppose that he either doesn't have a large collection of songs or he knows exactly the song he wants and doesn't need to search around. To quote from the website: Now, instead of scrolling and clicking, you can simply say the music you want to hear. BOGUS! How many of you out there prefer a telephone IVR interface to a web-based interface? The eye and the hand will always be faster than the ear and the mouth! Imagine the disaster if we had to drive vehicles / fly airplanes / fire weapons in battle / etc. without using our hands. But then again, last Sunday I learned how fighting is done on the soccer field without hands! -- fathom39 fathom39's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rescan Music Library . . . Isn't
Ok, I posted this in the third party plugin forum with no luck. Maybe it's not a third party plugin. I'll post it here, hopefully wihout incurring any anti-cross posting wrath. The Rescan Music Library plugin isn't rescanning. It's turned on and set to rescan at midnight. I have the d_scan debug turned on, but the log isn't showing any activity since my last manual rescan. I'm running: SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 7135 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Anyone else seeing this? TIA - Jeff -- JSonnabend JSonnabend's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25560 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
shen wrote: Thanks Kevin, but this all seems to me to be to complex for the simple thing I want to do. I installed a few of your recommended programs and they all seem to be a sort of overkill for the things I'm planning to do :( Well they do a lot more than just what you want as lots of people want different things... Aren't there more simple alternatives to start a program unsing then remote? Not via xAP and xPL I'm afraid - whichever way you will need other apps to make the logic between the button press and the action - and this flexibility is possibly required as there will be the inevitable next question like - how do I quit the application I just started or how do I select menu option 'whatever' or how do I stop it launching the application twice. xPL via xPLHAL is the tidiest solution probably of these two. This should not be a plugin, because the script should be run when the SB is powered off. The SB's don't execute plugins so they can be powered off or on and this would still work . However the plugin ,which is actually running on SlimServer would have to be able to launch the app on whatever machine you desired. Of course if the app runs on the same machine as Slimserver then you could write a simple Perl plugin for SlimServer directly. K Stefan ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
Kevin, I know the possibilities one has with these applications, but that's not the one for me :-) Back to the program I want to run: It's a simple commandline script (PHP) which sends it's output via telnet to the SB. So there's no need to stop this program. So let's say the SqueezeBox is turned off and with pressing the play button I want to start php.exe my_script1.php and with pressing stop ... my_script2.php ... if I got you right this can be done with a plugin!? This would be my preferred solution - is there an example script for this? I'm getting closer - thanks so far :) Stefan -- shen shen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5787 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why are upgrades so painful?
I don't think it's a case of the newest releases being untested. It's just that Slim Devices is a small company and they can't possibly test new code in every way that the full userbase will deploy it. Even a huge company like Microsoft, after extensive alpha and beta testing, still manages to ship broken code. The truth is, Slim needs users on the bleeding edge to hammer the code and find problems. But that doesn't mean the product is hopelessly broken. New users and people who want a trouble-free experience should just stay a few releases behind, and avoid those releases which have been most problematic. I really think Slim should have a series of designated Stable Releases that they can point new (or timid) users to. Versions that have been extensively tested and had new feature sets ironed out. 5.4.1 was a very stable release. I think 6.2.1 is a good one, too. Doing this, of course, would reduce the size of their beta army, but they shouldn't really want new users in the beta army - it tends to create too many negative first impressions and a certain amount of buyer remorse. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
shen wrote: gorstk Wrote: I am sure xplhal can do this. Setup a 'determinator' in xplhal to listen for the IR message of the 'special' button. Then set the action to launch a program. Not really. I did the following: Installed xPLHAL Manager 1.53 It can see my SqueezeBox in xPL devices so far. According to http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:vnYJSVMRfOwJ:www.xplproject.org.uk/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DSections%26file%3Dindex%26req%3Dprintpage%26artid%3D34+xpl+slimserver+execute+programhl=degl=dect=clnkcd=11 saying SlimServer's xPL interface can handle infra-red signals in a variety of ways. By default, no xPL messages are sent when you press a button on your remote control. To change this, do the following: - Open the xPLHal Manager and click on xPL Devices. - Your player(s) should be listed, along with any other xPL devices you may have, in the right-hand window. - Double-click on the name of your player to bring up it's configuration window. - Select infrared from the list of configurable items. - The value will probably be set to none. Delete the current value, and enter the word buttons - Click OK. Your player will now send an xPL message whenever you press a button on it's remote control. this does not work for me. Double clicking the player I get an error saying _No_information_is_currently_available_about_this_device._This_device_has_not_issued_a_config.list_message,_therefore_xPLHal_is_not_aware_of_which_items_can_be_cofigured_ Looking at the integrated xPL Monitor, I can see messages from my SqueezeBox coming in. I'm using SlimServer 6.3.0 with SoftSqueeze 2.7 and a SqueezeBox v3 with the latest firmware () installed. In the slimserver web interface (http://127.0.0.1:9000) Server settings -- plugins -- ensure xPL interface checkbox is ticked and click on apply Server settings -- plugins -- xpl settgins (at the bottom of page for me) -- heartbeat interval 5, infra red processing raw In xplhal help menu -- update plugin library -- select all -- ok In xplhal load up tools menu -- xpl monitor Press the down button on your remote (or whichever button you want to activate the script) I get the message in xpl monitor trig slimdev-slimserv.BATHROOM zone=slimserver device=BATHROOM keys=7689b04f power=off In xplhal right click on 'determinatory' -- select new -- click next type in name and description that you wish -- next add button (this is your ocnditions upon script will be run) select the slimdevices player e.g. for me slimdev-slimserv.bathroom select button pressed in 'button name'' box insert e.g. for the down key 7689b04f (taken from xplmonitor output above) click ok, then next click on add button to add an action select xpl-xplhal.computername select run a program type in the full path to the program e.g. c:\WINNT\system32\notepad.exe or c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe To test right click on the 'determinator' you have created and click execute. The program /will/ be executed. (have a look in task manager) However if xplhal is running a a 'system service' (most likely) then the program will hide in the background and will NOT display on screen. This may or may not be what you want depending on what you are wanting to execute. e.g. running a command line program to shutdown your pc will not require the program to come on screen. However if you do require the program to load up on your desktop then try http://www.xplmonkey.com/xplexec.html (try installing it as a service, and then going into 'services' in control pannel and making it run as your user account) Hope this helps ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
I really hate voice command stuff. I just feel like a complete idiot and nerd using it. I really dont want to talk to electronic stuff, why are some people to obsessed with it? I guess because it's all futuristic like star trek. No, not for me. Also, i would like to know how well it would work in a room full of loud music ;) -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
shen wrote: Kevin, I know the possibilities one has with these applications, but that's not the one for me :-) Back to the program I want to run: It's a simple commandline script (PHP) which sends it's output via telnet to the SB. So there's no need to stop this program. So let's say the SqueezeBox is turned off and with pressing the play button I want to start php.exe my_script1.php and with pressing stop ... my_script2.php ... if I got you right this can be done with a plugin!? This would be my preferred solution - is there an example script for this? I'm getting closer - thanks so far :) Stefan Will this do then? http://www.deane-freeman.com/slimserver/ Execute script plugin ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
fathom39 Wrote: last Sunday I learned how fighting is done on the soccer field without hands! Someone on local radio called it the head-butt seen around the world. :-) -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.3.0 doesn't run on Debian, with a fix:
Malor Wrote: It amazes and distresses me that this is a known problem, has been for at least five days, and yet the default download for new customers remains unchanged. It's obviously fixed, so why on EARTH is the old broken one still up? Because that's not how software release cycles work. It is against every best practise out there to make one tiny, inconsequential fix to a release version and push it out bypassing the proper testing procedure, because the likleyhood that your tiny fix broke something else is very high. All released versions of all software packages from all manufacturers contain known bugs. Those known bugs are often fixed internally for some time before release. It's how these things work. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25556 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
dangerous_dom Wrote: I really hate voice command stuff. I just feel like a complete idiot and nerd using it. I really dont want to talk to electronic stuff, why are some people to obsessed with it? I guess because it's all futuristic like star trek. No, not for me. I have a friend who is a musician with severe repetitive stress injuries from playing violin and piano. She was working on her master's degree when her hands kinda gave out. I offered to help her by typing some of her thesis (it was mixed English/German and not so easy to just hand to a secretary) but she opted instead to get a grant and get a computer with voice response. OK, this was probably 8 years ago, but it sucked the big one. Every time she said something slightly wrong, it would type it wrong. Then she's say oh, shit so then it would type that. You get the point. There's no good syntactic way to give out of band or meta information. We as good listeners running a syntactic and semantic engine in parallel understand when someone goes back and corrects something, but computers don't have nearly the horsepower we have and software isn't there yet anyways. Not by a long shot. When I was in undergraduate school lo those 30 mumble years ago we were told voice recognition was around the corner, 10 or 15 years or so. I stayed in the sidelines of academia for another 15 years and each year got the CSC reading lists and bought all the books. Every few years they'd push that estimate out. If anything, all that's happened in the mean time is we have realized what a large goal that really was and gained new respect for how amazing the human brain is. Now, I'm far even from the outskirts of academia these days, but I do subscribe to a kind of clipping service for SciAm. If there had been a breakthrough in voice recognition in the last few years, I think it would have knocked on my mailbox, either through the SciAm feed or some other way. Nobody's come knocking, so I doubt there's any breakthrough. Without a breakthrough, it's like Dangerous Dom says. Won't work in a room where the music is already playing. Won't work for different people without retraining. Won't work if you have a cold. etc. Someone did a nice job with photoshop, and someone's looking for investors (I think that's the main thing). I think it probably works marginally enough to be a gadget. They have 3 voice recognition products. Polaroid is one of the backers. I'm sure it's not a total crock. It's just that the distance between kinda works and works well enough that it's like talking to my friend is so vast, most of the public won't realize it either until they've bought into it. To give you an idea, my lawyer's answering system asks you to speak the name of the person you want to speak to. I say his name, it connects me to him. My cell phone can dial for me if I say the name of the person I want to speak to. Each of these examples works with a vocabulary of a few dozen words. How many of you have a few dozen songs in your library? Think about saying I want to listen to a version of All along the Watchtower, not the hendrix version but the original dylan version, but not from a live concert. It's a long way from saying Call Home to your cell phone. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ignore files other than audio files in music directory?
I've been saving all of my albums with the same method as shown by Jesse in the original post (with Cue file, log and m3u) and I'd like to ensure that these files are ignored by SlimServer. Was there any answer found to this question in any other thread? -- Dondo new Squeezebox owner - running Slimserver 6.30 with lots of FLAC Dondo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=10177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: rhapsody - problem : can't connect to server message
Rhapsody seems to be working fine on my SB2 after the firmware update. I'm really looking forward to this combination. Can't seem to get the latest Softsqueeze (2.8?) to work with Rhapsody. Is this expected? --charlie -- charlielittle charlielittle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=761 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25171 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Problem with Beta mailing list?
I posted a couple of things to the beta mailing list today, but I haven't seen them arrive back from the list. I had a look in the forum too - they are not there. Is there a problem in general, just the beta list, or is it a problem my end? Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
dangerous_dom Wrote: Also, i would like to know how well it would work in a room full of loud music ;) That is such an obvious point - probably why I hadn't thought of it! Can you imagine shouting turn the $%*!! volume down!!! It's the wrong solution to the problem. Selecting music is often based on looking through your records until you see something and you say to yourself Hey I haven't heard that for a while... It's why the random option is so good - you hear stuff you haven't heard for ages. Also, visual clues are so good for choosing music, voice means you have to remember what's in the library. I want to choose based on album art, not correct pronounciation of band name. Paul -- CardinalFang You're only young once, but you can be immature forever... CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
CardinalFang Wrote: That is such an obvious point - probably why I hadn't thought of it! I was thinking more about Computer, play [Untitled]... Song titles matching [untitled]: 18 And would I have to say something weird for Crimson's The ConstruKction of Light? We won't even get into the Classical Music problem... -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
You know, for about a year after I RIPped all my dance music to a hard disk, I still took the albums along in their books. They weigh a ton, but I found that the way I had grouped my music in the album books and the visual look of the album would remind me of an appropriate song to go next. Then I'd play it off the hard disk. Odd but true. Gives you an insight that how you pick the music you want to hear is a lot more subtle than you think, and just saying it isn't going to cut it much of the time. [edit] this may also give us some insight into why so many people experience the looking for music problem in so many different ways, and why the web interface works for some and not others, why some prefer browse music folder to browse by artist, etc. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
I love just leaving the Squeezebox on Random Mix based on the genres to match my mood. You get to hear tracks you had forgotten all about it is fantastic -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.3 on QNAP(1.2) ~ (160GB Maxtor) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP v to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.35a Artwork - Album Cover Art Downloader v1.6.0 ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to execute windows program using XPL or XAP
gorstk Wrote: In the slimserver web interface (http://127.0.0.1:9000) Server settings -- plugins -- ensure xPL interface checkbox is ticked and click on apply Server settings -- plugins -- xpl settgins (at the bottom of page for me) -- heartbeat interval 5, infra red processing raw In xplhal help menu -- update plugin library -- select all -- ok In xplhal load up tools menu -- xpl monitor Press the down button on your remote (or whichever button you want to activate the script) I get the message in xpl monitor trig slimdev-slimserv.BATHROOM zone=slimserver device=BATHROOM keys=7689b04f power=off In xplhal right click on 'determinatory' -- select new -- click next type in name and description that you wish -- next add button (this is your ocnditions upon script will be run) select the slimdevices player e.g. for me slimdev-slimserv.bathroom select button pressed in 'button name'' box insert e.g. for the down key 7689b04f (taken from xplmonitor output above) click ok, then next click on add button to add an action select xpl-xplhal.computername select run a program type in the full path to the program e.g. c:\WINNT\system32\notepad.exe or c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe To test right click on the 'determinator' you have created and click execute. The program /will/ be executed. (have a look in task manager) However if xplhal is running a a 'system service' (most likely) then the program will hide in the background and will NOT display on screen. This may or may not be what you want depending on what you are wanting to execute. e.g. running a command line program to shutdown your pc will not require the program to come on screen. However if you do require the program to load up on your desktop then try http://www.xplmonkey.com/xplexec.html (try installing it as a service, and then going into 'services' in control pannel and making it run as your user account) Hope this helps You made my day - this works exactly as I need it. Many thanks :-) -- shen shen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5787 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: WAV to FLAC
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=122154#post122154 -- leping leping's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24873 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices Misses The Boat
CouchPotatoe Wrote: Some help posts to the lists also either go ignored or solicit quite unpleasant responses. I know in an open project environment this is very difficult to manage but in the end the customer 'feels' this as reflective on Slims' attitudes. Wow, this is the first I have heard of this. It's usually the opposite. I've never seen a politely-answered question get answered with an unpleasant response. In fact I have seen some rudely-worded questions answered with remarkable patience and civility, when the poster should have been blasted for berating the very people from whom they were requesting help. Referring the poster to a wiki entry in a single line response may seem curt, but there's only so many times you can answer the how do I update my firmware question. Just because a post goes unanswered doesn't mean people are ignoring it, it means: 1. The question is asked 3X per week and could be answered in 15 seconds through the use of the search function. 2. The poster provides too little information. My SB3 stopped working, please help! If someone doesn't respond with a question on SS version, OS, server hardware, etc. it's impossible to address. 3. The poster has a fiendishly difficult problem and no one has any suggestions. BTW only a few forum posters are Slim employees. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sync'd SBs mess up on AAC, AIFF
I have multiple SBs synchronized to move sound through the whole house. WHen I am playing a shuffled playlist (out of iTunes), the SBs begin to stutter and generate noise when they hit an AAC or AIFF track. All of the MP3s are fine, but a single AAC in the playlist will mess things up when that one is played. Any ideas? -- selop selop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync'd SBs mess up on AAC, AIFF
Sounds like your bandwidth is marginal. AAC and AIFF are (by default) streamed in a lossless format thus needing much more bandwidth than MP3. If you don't mind taking a hit in sound quality you can configure it to use MP3 for all formats, the only other option is figure out how to make the connection more solid. Options include new antennas, boosters, relocation of the access point, using wired not wireless, etc. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SLIMP3 Hardware freeze
What repairs were carried out? -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync'd SBs mess up on AAC, AIFF
AAC is definitely in the minority in my library, so converting to MP3 is easy ... thanks. And yes, makes sense that it is a bandwidth issue: 4 or 5 sync'd units, all on wireless (802.11b, so not super fast). -- selop selop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6248 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Syntax for invoking Random Mix from IR/custom.map?
I know I've seen this on this list in the past, but my google fu is failing me. What's the syntax in IR/custom.map to redefine a key to start a Random Album Mix? Thanks, - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync'd SBs mess up on AAC, AIFF
Hi, I have exactly the same problem as you, but only when I am playing from a NAS. I suggest you run slimserver's Home / Server Network Health test (=Home / Server Network Health = enable monitoring). I suspect it will tell you there is a problem as already suggested. My experience is that running lossless / AAC off an internal hard disk in multiple Sbs will work just fine if your wireless settings are ok. You can always test hard wiring them just to check it does work ok. -- ajmitchell ajmitchell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=800 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
Michaelwagner Wrote: Interesting backers though. Polaroid is one. Is Polaroid even a real company these days? I thought they wend bankrupt and someone bought the rights to use the Polaroid brand and IP for instant cameras. I think they then leased out the name to a generic digital camera manufacturer for those. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syntax for invoking Random Mix from IR/custom.map?
On 16-Jul-06, at 1:31 PM, Marc Sherman wrote: I know I've seen this on this list in the past, but my google fu is failing me. What's the syntax in IR/custom.map to redefine a key to start a Random Album Mix? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16091 post #4 -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Syntax for invoking Random Mix from IR/custom.map?
kdf wrote: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16091 post #4 Thanks very much. BTW, I just upgraded my server 6.3.1 (from 5.4.1), _and_ installed AlienBBC for the first time, and it took me all of an hour and works wonderfully. Thanks for the fantastic software, folks. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox date language
Hi, When I set the Slimserver language to Dutch, the date on Squeezebox is still in English. Is it possible to change this? -- Arie Arie Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360 Disconnects when using Squeezebox
The host Media Center PC is on 192.168.1.51 - DHCP can assign from .10 through .50 which the squeezebox and Xbox should be assigned from. I can't see any conflicts... Thanks Mike -- Mike_Izisys Mike_Izisys's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6470 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25530 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why are upgrades so painful?
Slimserver 6.3.0 is released software and is the version you first see from SlimDevices website. A new user will more then likey pick 6.3.0, and may not even be aware of the history of the older versions - especially without a little hunting around the slimdevies website. In addition, I would imagine that SD would be recommending version 6.3.0 to any new customers. I use many open-source software on the net and there are very good ones and some not so good. I find some of the good ones on the internet to be better then commerically available products. Slimserver is not bad software, so I am not sure where the disconnect is - although I have very strong suspicions. I am not sure what the root cause of the problem was, other then when v6.3.0 is oinstalled (and its latest firmware) my environment is broke. I do not have hours to burn to try and fix the issue(s). I performed some quick troubleshooting to look through the obvious stuff with not luck and went back to version 6.2.1. However, I am sure it has to do with the wireless network, which has always been solid with 6.2.1 - everything runs excellent with 6.2.1, minus any bugs with the firmware and software. I ALWAYS appreciate EVERYONE'S input, help and assistance. IMO, forums are places for people to vent, express their opinions and to ask for assistance. If venting is noise to some, then SD may consider another forum category specific to members that can voice their views - or is that what General Discussion is for. -- joek joek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3318 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox date language
Setting the language in Slimserver only affects the webinterface and the menus. You can set the time format under Settings - Formatting. Day of week and month names are dependant on the system language (e.g. system language English - displayed month July). -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can you bookmark streams from Live Music Archive
Or save them as playlists? If yes, I havent been able to figure it out. thanks! -- JimB JimB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=327 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25573 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox date language
Hi, Thanx for your quick reply. So, you are saying that the language display on the Squeezebox depends on my operating systems settings? -- Arie Arie Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problem with Beta mailing list?
I posted a couple of things to the beta mailing list today, but I haven't seen them arrive back from the list. I had a look in the forum too - they are not there. Is there a problem in general, just the beta list, or is it a problem my end? Problem solved - I was sending mails from an unregistered account. The strange thing is that in the past when I have done this, I've received bounces from the list, so I knew I had to delete the pending delivery and resend. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox date language
Arie Wrote: Hi, Thanx for your quick reply. So, you are saying that the language display on the Squeezebox depends on my operating systems settings? Only month (eg July) and day of week (eg Sunday) depend on your operating system settings. Like I said before, the date/time format itself can be set under Server settings - Formatting in the web interface. -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox Killer?
funkstar Wrote: Is Polaroid even a real company these days? I thought they wend bankrupt and someone bought the rights to use the Polaroid brand and IP for instant cameras. I think they then leased out the name to a generic digital camera manufacturer for those. Good one. I hadn't known that, but I think you're correct. See the wikipedia article linked to below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox date language
Ok, I have changed the language on my Ubuntu box to Dutch, and when I type the command date it shows the date in Dutch (ma jul 17 00:13:07 CEST 2006). When I check my SB, it's still monday... What to do next? Thanx in advance. -- Arie Arie Arie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox date language
Do you run slimserver as root? Root may not use the same settings as a regular user. Did you try to run the date command as the same user that runs slimserver? I think this problem has come up before. If I remember correctly it had something to do with perl not picking up date/time system settings at startup. Does slimserver use the correct settings when you start it manually? -s. -- slimpy slimpy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1524 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25571 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sync'd SBs mess up on AAC, AIFF
ajmitchell Wrote: Hi, I have exactly the same problem as you, but only when I am playing from a NAS. I suggest you run slimserver's Home / Server Network Health test (=Home / Server Network Health = enable monitoring). I suspect it will tell you there is a problem as already suggested. My experience is that running lossless / AAC off an internal hard disk in multiple Sbs will work just fine if your wireless settings are ok. You can always test hard wiring them just to check it does work ok. I think you'll have real trouble running more than a couple of units on 802.11b (which the original poster mentioned) with lossless. With a G network you can certainly run several - I run 3 with no problems - but B is very much more limited. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver not starting after 6.3 install
For redhat AS 3, I had to run the following: up2date perl-CGI To fix the perl problem. (Plus the other rpms that were listed as new dependancies). These new dependancies should really be in the release notes... -- jlauro jlauro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6479 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25208 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mp3pro?
Thank you for your rapid response. I should have figured that proprietariness was at least involved, if not the main reason. I was motivated by the fact that I find myself listening to internet radio (via Squeezenetwork) much more than I anticipated I might. I suppose because of the availability of niche, very highly focused streams from Live365 (I listen to several of their stations). Mp3Pro is used quite a bit on Live365, and since internet radio is an explicitly intended use of the SB, I wondered if there might be some kind of switch I could turn on to activate it. I'm not aware of any open source mp3pro decoder. But, I'm probably not a very good source for info such as that. Assuming mpepro is not available open source, would something like that be a possible (paid subscription) value-add that could be delivered via squeezenet? Thanks again. DG -- dgpretzel dgpretzel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2714 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25554 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] remote streaming: can slimserver stream ogg vorbis?
Hi, Is it possible to setup slimserver so that http://myslimserver:9000/stream.ogg produces an Ogg Vorbis stream? I'd like to be able to have a 64kB Vorbis stream to listen to at work. -- toojays toojays's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AsyncHTTP errors
andyg Wrote: single-word domain = use system library for lookup, it's probably in a hosts file or LAN DNS server, so lookup should be fast. That's interesting. My domain is a single-word domain, which explains why it used to work, but not why it's not working now. Any suggestions greatly appreciated, as usual. Thanks, Sean. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: remote streaming: can slimserver stream ogg vorbis?
Not right now, sorry. The non-slim stream is limited to mp3. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Why are upgrades so painful?
IMO, forums are places for people to vent I disagree. I don't think venting in a public place--and I consider forums to be a public place--is ever appropriate. If you want to vent to a friend in email, fine, but to do it in public is at best impolite. Particularly given the well-documented (and rather large) possibility that email can be misinterpreted, I think that courtesy should be the rule. And I don't think adults should have to be told to be courteous. I'm sorry to hear that 6.3.0 didn't work in your environment, though. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Mp3pro?
On 7/16/06, dgpretzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your rapid response.I should have figured that proprietariness was at least involved, if not the main reason.I was motivated by the fact that I find myself listening to internetradio (via Squeezenetwork) much more than I anticipated I might.Isuppose because of the availability of niche, very highly focused streams from Live365 (I listen to several of their stations).Mp3Prois used quite a bit on Live365, and since internet radio is anexplicitly intended use of the SB, I wondered if there might be somekind of switch I could turn on to activate it. I'm not aware of any open source mp3pro decoder.But, I'm probably nota very good source for info such as that.Assuming mpepro is not available open source, would something like thatbe a possible (paid subscription) value-add that could be delivered via squeezenet?Thanks again.DGIt isn't inconceivable (Vizzini, are you sure that word means what you think it means?), but it would have to be done through SqueezeNetwork and would probably only be available in the States. Pandora is an example of the type of integration you'd see. However, it's a long way from feasible to done, and no one outside of SDI knows how much progress has been made down that path (or if anything is on the path at all).-- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin, So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: AsyncHTTP errors
It should work now, have you tried a recent nightly? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25454 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Duplicate tracks due to paths in playlist?
...That makes two positions in the code I have to change on every newSlimserver release. The other one being the SQLite pragmas for using RAM instead of temp files.Seems like that's a UI option in 6.3, are you sure you need to do this? See Server Settings Performance Database Temporary File Tuning (SQLite). -- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Live365 track info
I notice that the track info for live365 stations is significantly out of sync with what is actually playing. Usually, the track info changes about 45 - 75 seconds before the music changes. That's so much that you can't always tell that a piece is winding up. So, sometimes, you don't know whether you're looking at info for the current or the next selection. I think I understand that the situation occurs because the bit stream is buffered, and the track info is polled separately on a near real-time basis. But, I wonder if it is possible for Slim Devices to fix the problem? Is there anything in the actual music bitstream to signal the end or beginning of a musical selection? (I understand, I think, that the actual metadata is NOT in the music bit stream, but, perhaps, there is something that signals beginning/end of each piece.) If so, perhaps the software could modified to defer displaying the new information until the next piece actually starts. The track info is really ambiguous much of the time. Thank you for any comments. Regards, DG -- dgpretzel dgpretzel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2714 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25581 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Xbox 360 Disconnects when using Squeezebox
You may want to set static IPs just to be sure.I had a similar problem, not with a 360 but another like minded networked device. -- JimB JimB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=327 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25530 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live365 track info
You're right that the track info is not contained within the stream but polled from a separate XML feed. I will take another look at how it works and see if the track changes can be more exact. Without looking, I think the feed provides a value such as time until next track that we use to determine when to get the next track title. So if it turns out that this time is actually wrong, there isn't much we can do. Have you checked Live365's own 'now playing' webpage to see if it's more in sync? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25581 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: m4a to wav format
I am doing an Experiment in slimserver. I am trying to play the m4a files in wav format. I dont want the file to be converted in any other format. Or if it must be played in m4a format itself. I have tried changing in convert.config file as m4a m4a * * or m4a wav * *. I just removed all other conversion in convert.config file., Plz help me in doing this.Any suggestion -- libin libin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6440 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rhapsody Question
First, let me say that I love my Squeezebox. I bought it after reading a great review of it in the New York Times. I just got the Rhapsody trial going today, and I think it's pretty cool. I got some playlists and songs loaded up, but I just can't seem to get them to play continuously. I have messed around in Rhapsody's preferences and such, but I can't seem to change this. The music plays fine, but it just won't play songs back to back to back, etc... Does anyone know how to change this? Thanks! -- msiebach msiebach's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25582 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
