[slim] Re: Need Help!!!
Your suggestion is absolutely right, thanks Im not considering anymore one amplifier for the tree rooms but one of each room or self-powered speakers. My Idea is to place many speakers on my ceiling, for an homogeneous diffusion of the music in each room. Your suggestion of self-powered speakers could be the right solution, but Im ignorant and I would prefer if someone like you can give me the suggestions in which one to buy. Referring the size of the rooms, I have tree different size: 14X5 meters 6X4 meters 4X4 meters How many speakers shall I have to consider for each room? In the case I decide to use self-powered speakers, can I use the digitals Output of the Slim Device? And I still can control the volume? I live in Italy and our electric power is 220 V. Does I need to get a new power adaptor or the Slim device comes also with a different power adaptor? For the big room (14X5) I think I will need many speakers, shall I consider for this room just one amplifier and have many non self-powered speakers? In this case, do I have to turn on the amplifier or does this turn on by itself when one of the slim device start running? Beside all the above, can you give me any additional information I shall consider in realizing my project? Thanks in advance to all yours help. Andrea -- a.catalani Andrew-ITA a.catalani's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9015 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Need Help!!!
a.catalani;162944 Wrote: My Idea is to place many speakers on my ceiling, for an homogeneous diffusion of the music in each room. Your suggestion of self-powered speakers could be the right solution, but Im ignorant and I would prefer if someone like you can give me the suggestions in which one to buy. How many speakers shall I have to consider for each room? In the case I decide to use self-powered speakers, can I use the digitals Output of the Slim Device? And I still can control the volume? I live in Italy and our electric power is 220 V. Does I need to get a new power adaptor or the Slim device comes also with a different power adaptor? For the big room (14X5) I think I will need many speakers, shall I consider for this room just one amplifier and have many non self-powered speakers? In this case, do I have to turn on the amplifier or does this turn on by itself when one of the slim device start running? Beside all the above, can you give me any additional information I shall consider in realizing my project? Thanks in advance to all yours help. Andrea Having speakers in the roof is not usually considered a suitable solution for hifi, so you may need to look more industrial (PA)solutions rather than looking at hifi forums. Powered speakers still need analog signal as far as I know. Powered speakers usually just means there is an amp is built into the speaker box. I'm sure there probably are exceptions. The SB is a switchmode PSU and accepts a wide range of input voltages, including 220V. I think you need to ask yourself the question, are you after hifi or just want music in every room because it sounds like you want a PA system. regards -- Greg Erskine Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Excluding tracks, but only from random play
I have a Squeezebox that often is left on random mix, and that normally works well. I would like to have it play only stuff suitable for random listening then, though, and not things like ebooks. On the other hand I like the ebooks to be available in the Squeezebox menus, I just don't want them to appear when it plays randomly. Can this be done, somehow? Having slimserver skip entire directories when playing randomly would be good enough. -- pinkunicorn pinkunicorn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5082 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30683 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Excluding tracks, but only from random play
I would like to have it play only stuff suitable for random listening then, though, and not things like ebooks. You can configure random play to only include certain genres. My I do exclude the Spoken (or speech or whatever it's called) from that list. See the web interface for random mix. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any Digital Piano Owners Out There?
I have a Roland F-100 digital piano. It's got a great action, although the main selling point for me was its size - much smaller than the Clavinovas, which is important in London flats! It cost just under £1k new, about 3 years ago. Sound is good; I felt it had a slightly fuller sound than the Yamahas, but that's not so important as it's usually used via headphones. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30680 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia770 - Any tweeks possible?
Hi, Is there anyway to locally cashe the 192.168.1.10:9000/nokia770 websites? It currently downloads the page everytime it connects which is really slow. Regards Steve. -- stevos stevos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7145 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30686 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How Many Squeezeboxes wiht NAS
Schindler wrote: I think she would have only one source - server or nas. So a nas is not as powerful as a pc build as server? I think they should be able to have all six or seven Squeezeboxes running at the same time... Yeah, a NAS is basically a very small, low powered computer, with a lot of hard drive space. Slimserver used to run comfortably on a number of NAS models out there, but as the software's gotten bigger (especially with the switch to mysql as the db backend in 6.5), it's starting to really push the limits of many of them. If you have the flexibility to put in a real server computer, I'd do so. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver stops
I've just upgraded to version 6.5.0. I'm using my iTunes library and am trying to play a random list. At the moment, the client is SoftSqueeze. I've had lots of instances where Slimserver just stops (the client says it cant connect the the server and the icon in my system tray shows the server as stopped). Are there any logs I can look at to see what's causing this? Or is this a common problem? -- imo imo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9033 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30687 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver stops
You've not said which OS but if you are on Windows you could look in the Windows Event Log (Control Panel Admin Tools / Event Viewer). If you've upgraded to 6.5 from an earlier version then make sure you have upgraded any plugins you are using (better still try running without any to start with). Also check for McAfee virus checker not allowing access to the MySQL database. There may well be other causes, a search here might turn up some threads... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30687 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mac Mini, iTunes and cover art
yooper;162891 Wrote: So, there is no way to show artwork when using iTunes? Is there an option when using a mac to get artwork? Another words, If I have a Mac and lossless music, cover art is not going to happen? The iTunes album art downloader stores the covers in your iTunes directory vs. the file itself. If you want to see the covers in slimserver, you need to either... 1. Store the art in the file. Get Info, Artwork tab, drag the artwork to the desktop, then exit the dialog. Select the files you want to store the artwork in and repeat the process except drag the artwork from the desktop to the files. You can Clear Downloaded Artwork once you are done. I'm not sure if lossess files support embedded artwork so you will have to experiment. 2. Drag the artwork from the files to the desktop as noted above. Rename and store these files in the coverart directory of slimserver. When slimserver opens your tracks, it will attempt to find the coverart. I'm not sure of the naming requirements for doing this, but I think there are some older threads which discuss this. -- bishopdonmiguel bishopdonmiguel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30656 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimp3 and Netgear ME101
I have one of my Slimp3s attached via a Netgear ME101 (to get past a very wide wall in my house. I'd had some problems recently with signal dropout so reloaded the firmware on the Slimp3 and it seemed to have sorted out everything until yesterday when I replaced two short CAT5 cables with one long one. Now the ME101 and Slimp3 cant see each other (no green light on for the LAN connection on the ME101 and Slimp3 cant find network. I've now tried two Slimp3s with the same result, I've tried three different cables. I've repeated the tests directly to my wireless router and both slimp3s work fine there. Now the puzzling bit, I connected a laptop to the ME101 and the LAN light comes on and I can see the ME101 from browser on my laptop. Any suggestions where to go, because all I can come up with is that the two have just developed a compatibility problem they didnt have before. robin ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Mulitple Genre Tags with FLAC and MusicIP
I run 6.5 witt MusicIP as the data source and all my music in FLAC format. I would like to use Multiple TAGs. Will it break this setup or work ok? I basically want to be able to tag some files as Girly if they are my wifes but keep the original Genre too. Thanks, Fairy -- fairyliquidizer O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. -Robert Burns- fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Need Help!!!
a.catalani;162944 Wrote: Your suggestion is absolutely right, thanks Im not considering anymore one amplifier for the tree rooms but one of each room or self-powered speakers. My Idea is to place many speakers on my ceiling, for an homogeneous diffusion of the music in each room. Your suggestion of self-powered speakers could be the right solution, but Im ignorant and I would prefer if someone like you can give me the suggestions in which one to buy. Referring the size of the rooms, I have tree different size: 14X5 meters 6X4 meters 4X4 meters How many speakers shall I have to consider for each room? As Greg mentions, it seems that you want a background music PA (Public Address)-style system than what the Squeezebox is - a networked music player like a CD player without the CDs. You should really use each Squeezebox with two speakers only. If you choose the right speakers and amplification, the sound can fill the room, even a large one. However putting multiple speakers in the ceiling makes for pretty poor sound and it negates the stereo effect. I can't help there as I have no experience in this area, nor do most people on this forum. There is some discussion about it at www.avsforum.com but the consensus there is that in-wall/in-ceiling architectural speakers are a pretty poor imitation of their regular counterparts and try desperately to achieve the same performance, usually falling short. The best solutions come with positionable tweeters though. But the fact remains that a wall or a ceiling is just not a good resonator cabinet. In the case I decide to use self-powered speakers, can I use the digitals Output of the Slim Device? Not many self-powered speakers have digital inputs and they don't make much sense anyway - unless you spend enormous amounts of money you won't get a better digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in self-powered speakers than you'd find in a Squeezebox. And I still can control the volume? You can control both the digital and the analog volume of the Squeezebox. I live in Italy and our electric power is 220 V. Does I need to get a new power adaptor or the Slim device comes also with a different power adaptor? Slim Devices supplies the proper power adapter based on your shipping address. For the big room (14X5) I think I will need many speakers, shall I consider for this room just one amplifier and have many non self-powered speakers? You will need BIG speakers for this room (for those that don't know, 14 metres is 46 feet!) and for speakers of that size, getting unpowered speakers plus a big amp is probably cheaper than high-end powered speakers. Again, you will get better sound quality by using two speakers only. Getting multiple speakers is a different pursuit altogether and not something many people here can help you with. In this case, do I have to turn on the amplifier or does this turn on by itself when one of the slim device start running? You can get self-powered speakers or amplifiers that have an auto-on feature, yes. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do I retag?
A newbie question probably, but I've searched the forums with no success: Lots of my MP3s are tagged in different ways, not correctly, that is. How do I retag e.g. an mp3 file, so that the artist, the name of the track and they year etc. show up correctly? Regards Jan Norway -- janti janti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
this is part of the reason I uninstalled slimserver from my normal user account (not an administrator, but plenty of personal information), and reinstalled it under a dedicated slimserver user account. I then gave the new slimserver user read-only access to my music library and read-write to the playlists folder. if someone exploits a buffer overflow in the slimserver software they won't get very far. okay they could trash my slimserver installation and copy all my music, but they wouldn't able to access any of my other files or delete any music. -- kefa Mac OS X 10.4.8, Slimserver 6.5.0, Netgear DG834GT fw V1.02.04 Squeezebox 3 fw 64, Primare SPA20, Monitor Audio GR20 Squeezebox 2 fw 64, Denon UD-M30 SoftSqueeze, Cyrus 3, Monitor Audio R90 kefa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=421 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do I retag?
Lots of my MP3s are tagged in different ways, not correctly, that is. How do I retag e.g. an mp3 file, so that the artist, the name of the track and they year etc. show up correctly? http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (Windows only) http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ (Linux Windows) ...have been mentioned here before. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
Try 'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en[/url). Make sure you're only writing ID3v2, not ID3v1, and remove ID3v1 tags from the files. See here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide If you retag your files so the correct information appears on the left, SlimServer will see the tags correctly. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Need Help!!!
a.catalani;162944 Wrote: Your suggestion of self-powered speakers could be the right solution, but Im ignorant and I would prefer if someone like you can give me the suggestions in which one to buy. As I stated before, use the search feature at the top of this webpage and search for powered speakers. One thread it turns up is here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30324 -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live365 Problem
Neither can i. I cant help with it, but i am finding the whole SB/SN/Slimserver internet radio thing to be a bit of a waste of time right now. Sorry. -- autopilot *SlimServer Version:* 6.5 - Windows XP. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Denon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom). *Remote:* T-Mobile MDA Vario / Sony PSP / Harmony 525 (IR). *Clients:* 1 Squeezebox3 + Softsqueeze. autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver Browse Albums
How about customizing the Browse Album display on the left side of the Slimserver display on my PC? At present, the possibility to sort the Slimserver Browse Albums title tag display does not help. Example (theoretical) I have 20 symphonies by three composers executed by five different orchestras directed by ten different directors: Why do I need to insert/cram/repeat Composer + Album Title + Artists names + Album artist + Year (etc) in ONE tag (Album Title) in order to be able display it under Browse Albums? I am surprised I get little echo from the Community . . I am not a developer: only a user with three boxes and a rather expanding classical music base. If I am missing one of the many possibilities/functions of an otherwise great Slimserver , please help me! -- Scallywagfr78 Scallywagfr78's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5136 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mulitple Genre Tags with FLAC and MusicIP
I suggest you do some experimenting. Remember to try both the mulitple tags option (ie more than one genre tag) and the multiple values in one tag option. I have the multiple values option, which SS is of course very happy with, but MusicIP doesn't understand - it sees value1, value2 and value1;value2 as three different genres. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reports Stats
Hi I'm using the official 6.5 with MySQL. This is from my prefs file dbpassword: '' dbsource: dbi:mysql:hostname=127.0.0.1;port=9092;database=%s dbusername: slimserver Still can't see what options to use to get the connection working Cheers Eserim -- Eserim Eserim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Reports Stats
Eserim, Try downloading the MySQL Query Browser as mentioned in previous post and install it on the same computer that SlimServer is installed on. Try filling in the following values and see if you can connect. Server host name: localhost OR 127.0.0.1 Port: 9902 Username: slimserver Password: Default Schema: slimserver Make sure you can connect with this tool. If you cannot, change the port to 3306 the MySQL default. Once you find a working config, use the same settings to the ODBC portion. -- Linzer -- Linzer Linzer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30510 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
Mark Lanctot;162988 Wrote: Try 'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en[/url). Make sure you're only writing ID3v2, not ID3v1, and remove ID3v1 tags from the files. See here: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide If you retag your files so the correct information appears on the left, SlimServer will see the tags correctly. Thanks, I've already downloaded a tag editor. But what does this mean: Make sure you're only writing ID3v2, not ID3v1, and remove ID3v1 tags from the files. Regards Jan -- janti janti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
I just started using the Sirius plugin. Thanks a lot, Greg! I thought my Squeezebox was displaying artst and track info the first time I tried this. I can't get that info displayed anymore. Any ideas? Thanks, Darren -- dgstrat dgstrat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
janti;163002 Wrote: Thanks, I've already downloaded a tag editor. But what does this mean: Make sure you're only writing ID3v2, not ID3v1, and remove ID3v1 tags from the files. Did you check the wiki link I posted? There are many types of ID3 tags used in MP3s, and the lack of standardization and limited functionality of some of them can really confuse both software and users. Eliminate the obsolete ID3v1 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=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live365 Problem
Are you using slimserver 6.5.0? I seem to remember that there was a problem with live365 where it just displayed connecting... and then didn't actually connect. I think this was fixed in 6.5.1 -- John C John C's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mulitple Genre Tags with FLAC and MusicIP
Cool will do. Thanks for the tips. -- fairyliquidizer O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. -Robert Burns- fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Anyone Have Sugababes: Three? (Tau Analyzer Q)
I have ran this CD of my wifes through Tau Analyzer and it says MPEG and it seams to have a frequency cut off that suggests MPEG source but it looks like a genuine CD and I know the shop she bought it from. Is it a False Positive or has she been sold a quality fake? Thanks, Fairy -- fairyliquidizer O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. -Robert Burns- fairyliquidizer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
Mark Lanctot;163004 Wrote: Did you check the wiki link I posted? There are many types of ID3 tags used in MP3s, and the lack of standardization and limited functionality of some of them can really confuse both software and users. Eliminate the obsolete ID3v1 tags. Yes, I read it, but i suppose I just didn't understand it, the difference between different types of tags etc., but this is totally new to me. I suppose I will have to study it more carefully tomorrow. Thanks again! Jan -- janti janti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
janti;163002 Wrote: Thanks, I've already downloaded a tag editor. But what does this mean: Make sure you're only writing ID3v2, not ID3v1, and remove ID3v1 tags from the files. This isn't required, just good advice. It means SlimServer is 1/2 brain-dead and doesn't logically handle the situation where there are both id3v1 and id3v2 tags on mp3 files. It's also possible to have APE tags along with the above two, which throws it for an even bigger loop. Unlike most software, SlimServer doesn't merge the different types of tags, instead preferring one over the others, and often throwing out much of your tagging information. For instance, in your tag editor or another program you might see an artist name from the id3v1 tag, while it's blank in the id3v2 tag. It may not be apparent to you, and it looks like you have a complete set of tags. But SlimServer will read only the id3v2 tag and throw away the id3v1, leaving you with no artist. So, unless you _really_ need both id3v1 and id3v2 tags, and can be sure they contain the same information, you should just play it safe and delete id3v1 tags from mp3s. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
janti;163012 Wrote: Yes, I read it, but i suppose I just didn't understand it, the difference between different types of tags etc., but this is totally new to me. I suppose I will have to study it more carefully tomorrow. Sorry about that, I'll add this info to the wiki. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How do I retag?
JJZolx wrote: For instance, in your tag editor or another program you might see an artist name from the id3v1 tag, while it's blank in the id3v2 tag. It may not be apparent to you, and it looks like you have a complete set of tags. But SlimServer will read only the id3v2 tag and throw away the id3v1, leaving you with no artist. So, unless you _really_ need both id3v1 and id3v2 tags, and can be sure they contain the same information, you should just play it safe and delete id3v1 tags from Hmm, strange thing that nobody ever wrote a little Perl script to traverse the music tree, merge the id3v1 and id3v2 tags and delete the id3v1 tags if this is all such a problem... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How do I retag?
Hmm, strange thing that nobody ever wrote a little Perl script to traverse the music tree, merge the id3v1 and id3v2 tags and delete the id3v1 tags if this is all such a problem... If merging was that simple we would ot even have to, as slimserver would do it. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any Digital Piano Owners Out There?
My mother tried out a number of electric piano's. The Rolands and most of the non Clavinova's didn't feel right or sound right. When she played the clavinova, I asked her how it was and she said great, but this one is a piano. She honestly thought is was a real piano, even though she was listening through headphones. So her recommendation would be the clavinova range. -- Bruce Hartley Bruce Hartley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30680 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How do I retag?
If merging was that simple we would ot even have to, as slimserver would do it. What I wanted to say... If it was that simple we would not even have to do it. :-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
I'm experiencing the very same problems from my current set up. I can log into these services without error, enumerate the channel listings - but when it comes to play it just sits there connecting.. I've upped the timeout error on the slimserver side. One COULD be led to believe that SLIM devices is shedding it's OPEN SOURCE nature, but compelling users to go through SQUEEZENETWORK. There it is not problem for LIVE 365 (unfortunately it is not MY account). ANYONE OUT THERE know how to fix this? Slimeserver 6.5.0 (I could not find 6.5.1) Squeezebox3 - FW ver 64 -- stellmsm Steve Stellmacher, CISSP, CISA IbaseT Federal IT security solutions stellmsm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver Browse Albums
Probably because a lot of the development is done by individuals doing the things they are interested in ... if none of them is interested in classical music, not much happens. I've had some enhancement requests for classical music on the stack for a long time, and there is no sign of any attention to them, even though they've attracted a reasonable number of votes. I don't recall one like yours, though - have a good search in bugzilla and if you can't find a match, submit your own. Just one very small contribution to your problem - you don't have to have Composer in your all-in-one string if you have set Artist to be Composer (I think this is necessary and is likely to be for some time), as you can have the list show Album by Artist. (Server Settings-formatting-show artist with albums). HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30691 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live365 Problem
I have the same problem with SIRIUS plugin and LIVE 365. The only exception is that through SQUEEZE Network, Live365 is available (albiet not my account) and actually streams. Sirius channels are not available through squeeze network. Why should I have to go through an online network to listen to online music? The Squeezebox3 are very capable platforms without adding middle-ware Internet radio is internet radio -- who's got the solution Server 6.5.0 (I could not find 6.5.1 that someone mentioned) Device FW 64 Softsqueeze 3.0 has same problems. -- stellmsm Steve Stellmacher, CISSP, CISA IbaseT Federal IT security solutions stellmsm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9040 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.5.0 will not start - Help
I got the slimserver working with the revised settings in McAfee. I made the recommended browser link to deal with the incorrect address on startup. I now have what seems a solid stable program running. I think it is now safe to order the squeezebox. I really appreciate the many people who helped me through the issues I had installing/configuring the server. It does seem like a really nice system when it is running well. -- Inniswhe Inniswhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8377 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30507 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
stellmsm wrote: I've upped the timeout error on the slimserver side. One COULD be led to believe that SLIM devices is shedding it's OPEN SOURCE nature, but compelling users to go through SQUEEZENETWORK. There it is not problem for LIVE 365 (unfortunately it is not MY account). What are you TALKING about? - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How do I retag?
JJZolx;163013 Wrote: This isn't required, just good advice. It means SlimServer is 1/2 brain-dead and doesn't logically handle the situation where there are both id3v1 and id3v2 tags on mp3 files. That's just plain not true on 6.3 and later. SlimServer will attempt to read ID3v2 first. If the tags exist it will use them. If they do not, ID3v1 will instead be used. Consult Slim/Formats/MP3.pm, function getTag. In 6.3 this is around line 98; you will see that it explicitly asks for ID3v2 first (the '2' argument to the function), and only if nothing useful is returned (could be APE as well, as you mentioned) does it revert to ID3v1. SlimServer 6.2.1 was the last version I am aware of which has the problem you cite. -- gerph gerph's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1819 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30690 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
dgstrat;163003 Wrote: I just started using the Sirius plugin. Thanks a lot, Greg! I thought my Squeezebox was displaying artst and track info the first time I tried this. I can't get that info displayed anymore. Any ideas? I don't use the Sirius plugin that often, but FWIW I think you're right. I can confirm that I do not see artist/track info either on the SB or in the extended view web page. I *think* it used to be there... -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
stellmsm;163046 Wrote: I'm experiencing the very same problems from my current set up. Really? This sounds completely different and unrelated to me... I can log into these services without error, enumerate the channel listings - but when it comes to play it just sits there connecting.. If you're referring to Sirius, did you follow the instructions on the Sirius Plugin website about disabling built-in WMA? I've upped the timeout error on the slimserver side. One COULD be led to believe that SLIM devices is shedding it's OPEN SOURCE nature, but compelling users to go through SQUEEZENETWORK. There it is not problem for LIVE 365 (unfortunately it is not MY account). What does Squeezenetwork have to do with the Sirius plugin? -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Live365 Problem
stellmsm;163050 Wrote: Why should I have to go through an online network to listen to online music? The Squeezebox3 are very capable platforms without adding middle-ware Internet radio is internet radio -- who's got the solution But the server software makes the box do everything. It's a slim device, even things like screen refreshes and IR command interpretation are done in a server of some sort, whether it's local or on the Internet. That's the very reason the box is so capable, it's backed up by extensive software. (I could not find 6.5.1 that someone mentioned) http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30551 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How do I retag?
Michael Herger wrote:
If merging was that simple we would ot even have to, as slimserver
would do it.
What I wanted to say... If it was that simple we would not even have
to do it. :-)
I got your meaning, but it doesn't seem very hard to me:
$id3v2-{artist} = $id3v2-{artist} ? $id3v2-{artist} : $id3v1-{artist};
Regards,
Peter
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[slim] Problems with Tina Turner :-/
My Slimserver (6.3.1) insists on listing albums by Tina Turner under both Tina and Tina Turner. Why? How can I stop it doing that? Another question:I ripped an album and the information couldn't be found for it. Since then I've used Windows Media Player to correct the album title but Slimserver still calls it Unknown 13-12-2006. Where is it getting that from? -- AndrueC AndrueC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6612 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SS 6.5.1 = new music folder order
With SlimServer 6.5.1 the Browse Music Folder order algorithm has been changed so that my system will not work... Intital Underscores in the folder names is now neglected. --- I have the majority of my music sorted as: Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac But for some music types, not accessed frequently, like compilations or special genres, such as Childrens music, Classical, Musicals and Jazz I have added an extra level in parallel of the Artist level: _Genre/Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac As you see, to separate the Artist from the Genres, I have added a underscore as a first character, this way I will get all those folders in the top or end of the list when browsing music folders. Otherwise I would have needed one more folder level. This is working very good. I always use the Browse Music Folder when selecting music, I even assigned the Search remote button for this task - very handy! Now for my problem: After installing SS 6.5.1 (Earlier version was before 6.5, dont remember the exact version, probably 6.3.x) the folder order algorithm has been changed so that the underscores is neglected, placing my Jazz music in between of Iron Maiden and Jean-Michel Jarre, not the best place to search for Jazz... I even tried to replace the Underscore with a Hyphen, but it did not make any change. Anyone that can help me to solve this? Suggestion for another intial character or any flag to set the way the order algorithm works? -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Browse Albums
Scallywagfr78 wrote: How about customizing the Browse Album display on the left side of the Slimserver display on my PC? At present, the possibility to sort the Slimserver Browse Albums title tag display does not help. Example (theoretical) I have 20 symphonies by three composers executed by five different orchestras directed by ten different directors: Why do I need to insert/cram/repeat Composer + Album Title + Artists names + Album artist + Year (etc) in ONE tag (Album Title) in order to be able display it under Browse Albums? I am surprised I get little echo from the Community . . I am not a developer: only a user with three boxes and a rather expanding classical music base. If I am missing one of the many possibilities/functions of an otherwise great Slimserver , please help me! I'm a tag-sceptic. I just love my Browse Music Folder option. I wish I could delete the others from the menu. (perhaps it's in 6.5?) Building trees manually gives you so much flexibility... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problems with Tina Turner :-/
Have a good look at all the tags using a proper tagger like mp3tag. There's almost certainly something odd in there Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30699 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Remote Problems
I have a squeezebox 2, the remote that came with the unit has slowly been degrading to a non-functioning condition. I have exhausted attempts to fix, including checking forums, WKI, FAQs. In short the only thing I can think of now is that the remote itself needs to be replaced, but here is summary of what I have tried, symptoms noticed, and other factors which may or may not have any bearing on my problem. Basic problem - remote functions on start up of computer, then stops after time. Music still streams to squeezebox fine, and songs can be controlled from server on computer. Unplug and restart squeezebox, take batteries out of remote for several minutes, retry w/fresh batteries endless times, start restart computer, remote works initially then stops. This has been a slow degradation over last three months, initially from infrequent problems, to now remote only works a short while on startup. As of today, no longer functions at all. I still run version 5.4.1 because I found to be most stable with the way I use Itunes and m3u playlists, but this is another issue I won't bring up here. System - Windows XP, firewall settings as indicated in documentation. Again, no problems streaming music to squeezebox, just with remote. I have AVG and spybot for virus protection. I recently added Spysweeper, thought this was interfering, so uninstalled, but still have remote problems. Really no other problems with slimware, rescans music library and playlist fine, set-up to run through itunes, everything seems ok just the remote, at a loss how to fix. Looking for help on this one, I have a feeling the remote is shot. -- johnlk johnlk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone Have Sugababes: Three? (Tau Analyzer Q)
if you don't get any other responses i can see if i can get my brothers copy and give it a whirl. Never used Tau Analyzer though actually never heard of it before now :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Problems
Use a video camera to view the infrared LED - it should blink when you push buttons. This works best with a camcorder that has a nightvision feature (IR filter) but you can use anything, even a PC webcam. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
dgstrat;163003 Wrote: I just started using the Sirius plugin. Thanks a lot, Greg! I thought my Squeezebox was displaying artst and track info the first time I tried this. I can't get that info displayed anymore. Any ideas? Fletch;163059 Wrote: I don't use the Sirius plugin that often, but FWIW I think you're right. I can confirm that I do not see artist/track info either on the SB or in the extended view web page. I *think* it used to be there... Hey guys- The plugin retrieves song/artist info from parsing web sites that publish the info. These sites are run by third parties and they often go down or get lagged. Because of this the plugin offers the choice of 3 different web sites to get the info from. I personally prefer dogstarradio.com as it seems to update the most frequently and as I write this message it's up and working fine. You can select dogstar by going into Server Settings - Internet Radio and choosing it under the Title Source dropdown of the Sirius Plugin. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any Digital Piano Owners Out There?
I bought a Roland HP137 (entry level) for around £800 new about four years ago and I also looked at Yamaha clavs. At that time the Clavs had the edge in the middle three octaves but over all the range the Roland had a slightly crisper and brighter sound where as the Clav was a bit muddier imo. However digital pianos have really come on in the last few years and it really is a matter of taste but go to a decent music shop to try and go in the week when they're not busy and the resident keyboard expert is at work. If you're buying it as a first instrument (i.e. to learn with) some piano teachers are still dismissive of digitals and it's true in a sense that you can't as easily get the full range of expression that you can in an acoustic piano but you do get the advantage of headphones for silent practise ;-) But now you get progressive hammer action, true half pedal, sostenuto and so on as well as a wealth of other sounds and often a built in metronome too. If your 14 y/o is computer literate (are there any that aren't?) then get one with a MIDI interface and hook it to your PC or MAC and get a copy of Sonar HomeStudio or GarageBand and they will only be limited by their own imagination and your budget!! Make sure you go for 64 note polyphony as a minimum or you can lose notes for long or complex passages with lots of sustain and avoid anything made by Casio (they really should have stuck to making digital watches). As an alternative to a full DP which is a hefty bit of kit also look at portable stage pianos like a Yamaha P80 but you do need an amplifier to get sound out of these. These sites might help as a good source of info: http://www.starland.co.uk/sections.asp?head=Pianos+%26+Digital+Pianos http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Keyboard+And+MIDI/all/ Search harmony sentral for the Rolands and Clavs - quite a few have been reviewed. One final thing - be sure to get one with a key cover - my gorgeous 9 year old (then 5) thought it would be a hoot to (accidentally) pour tomato ketchup onto his Dad's brand new piano. Despite being professionally cleaned twice it still sticks a bit. Good job I love him more than the piano - he will however never ever be allowed to forget it - lol Hope some of this helps Andy -- Andyb01 Wired squeezebox, WinXP SP2, SlimServer 6.5 v 2006-11-23, Player Firmware Version: 69 Andyb01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30680 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Problems
OK, tried with quicktime video on on a digital camera, which I believe works because I can see the blink of the TV remote but not the Slim remote eeven with fresh batteries. Guess the slim remote needs to be replaced. Thanks for quick response. -- johnlk johnlk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SS 6.5.1 = new music folder order
gonk;163072 Wrote: With SlimServer 6.5.1 the Browse Music Folder order algorithm has been changed so that my system will not work... Intital Underscores in the folder names is now neglected. --- I have the majority of my music sorted as: Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac But for some music types, not accessed frequently, like compilations or special genres, such as Childrens music, Classical, Musicals and Jazz I have added an extra level in parallel of the Artist level: _Genre/Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac As you see, to separate the Artist from the Genres, I have added a underscore as a first character, this way I will get all those folders in the top or end of the list when browsing music folders. Otherwise I would have needed one more folder level. This is working very good. I always use the Browse Music Folder when selecting music, I even assigned the Search remote button for this task - very handy! Now for my problem: After installing SS 6.5.1 (Earlier version was before 6.5, dont remember the exact version, probably 6.3.x) the folder order algorithm has been changed so that the underscores is neglected, placing my Jazz music in between of Iron Maiden and Jean-Michel Jarre, not the best place to search for Jazz... I even tried to replace the Underscore with a Hyphen, but it did not make any change. Anyone that can help me to solve this? Suggestion for another intial character or any flag to set the way the order algorithm works? I had the same complaint. No one had a solution. I was using ~ myself. -SL -- Sam Lowry Sam Lowry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3447 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
hi there, i'm a new member of slimserver (i do not have a squeezebox), and i'm working on accessing my music library over the internet using softsqueeze. i've been corresponding with a few people in the beginners forum on the non-static ip thread, but i still have a few unanswered questions, and as someone pointed me to this thread, i thought this might be the right place to ask them, as it seems like you guys know what you're talking about, much better than i do, at least. first of all: if i forward ports 9000 and 3843 (or whatever they are), what real-life security risks does that pose? second: if i use slimserver's password protection (which i do), does that offer a significant amount of protection? third: is it a good idea, as i saw that someone has done, to create a separate user account for slimserver that only has access to my music folder? thanks a lot- -- renaissanceboy renaissanceboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
Greg: Does the Sirius plug-in work best with Slim Server 6.3 vs 6.5.1? Thanks. -- JMW JMW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7479 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
renaissanceboy;163114 Wrote: first of all: if i forward ports 9000 and 3843 (or whatever they are), what real-life security risks does that pose? Anyone and their dog can access your SlimServer. I think to find these in Google you do this: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=hl=ennum=10btnG=Google+Searchas_epq=Welcome+to+SlimServeras_oq=as_eq=lr=as_ft=ias_filetype=as_qdr=allas_occt=titleas_dt=ias_sitesearch=as_rights=safe=off Superficially they can do fun things like start your player at 3 AM :-), disable your alarms or delete all your player preferences. It's more serious if the hacker can manage to crash your SlimServer or cause a buffer overflow as explained in this thread. second: if i use slimserver's password protection (which i do), does that offer a significant amount of protection? Some, but it's inconvenient for you and the password is transmitted over the Internet in the clear, not encrypted. It's probably more secure to whitelist an IP address - see Server Settings - Security - Block Incoming Connections. third: is it a good idea, as i saw that someone has done, to create a separate user account for slimserver that only has access to my music folder? That sounds like a good idea, but I'm wondering how easy it would be. It might also create complications in the future regarding file permissions. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
so if i don't have any slim devices hardware (which i don't) the only security risk is that someone could listen to/download my music? i'm all right with that risk as long as there's no (or no significant) danger of my files or network in general being accessed. -- renaissanceboy renaissanceboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Problems
johnlk;163079 Wrote: I still run version 5.4.1 because I found to be most stable with the way I use Itunes and m3u playlists, but this is another issue I won't bring up here. I could have sworn that the SB2 and above required v6 or better of Slimserver, does 5.4.1 really work, or am I remembering wrong? -- azinck3 azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
renaissanceboy;163118 Wrote: so if i don't have any slim devices hardware (which i don't) the only security risk is that someone could listen to/download my music? They could still delete your player preferences or crash your SlimServer. i'm all right with that risk as long as there's no (or no significant) danger of my files or network in general being accessed. So far no one's been able to do this, but as outlined in this thread, SlimServer wasn't designed for security and if someone really works on it, they will probably find holes that allow for buffer overflows and execution of arbitrary code outside of SlimServer. It's best to use some kind of protection. The password protection you've set is better than nothing. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
renaissanceboy wrote: first of all: if i forward ports 9000 and 3843 (or whatever they are), what real-life security risks does that pose? second: if i use slimserver's password protection (which i do), does that offer a significant amount of protection? third: is it a good idea, as i saw that someone has done, to create a separate user account for slimserver that only has access to my music folder? Do you mean forward without any security? or forward with SSL or equivalent? In general, IMHO, it is a really bad idea to propagate open ports in the wild. What do you mean by separate user account? The default setup on Linux slimserver distos is to use a limited 'slimserver' user for exactly the kinds of basic security you are talking about. But it is by no means 'secure' in any serious sense. so if i don't have any slim devices hardware (which i don't) the only security risk is that someone could listen to/download my music? i'm all right with that risk as long as there's no (or no significant) danger of my files or network in general being accessed. You can't say this. You don't know that some bad person won't access your machine over say 9000 and feed bad commands that cause the SlimServer to react in weird and bad ways. It is unlikely, at least if you aren't using Windows, but you can't know. No one can know. There are some advantages to the SlimServer being written in Perl, it is less likely to have the kinds of buffer overflow problems that other languages can have,but that doesn't mean it is 'safe'. There is no such thing as a safe language in widespread use. Why not just use putty or other SSL tool to forward the ports under SSL? Its a ton safer. IANAL, but the RIAA and others may have differing views on your liability if you allow other folks to listen to your music. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Open Ports ... Security Issue?
as someone who is not a networking expert, i don't know enough about forwarding procedures to say for sure, but if i have the option to use any sort of security, i will (obviously) take it. perhaps you can offer some advice on setting this up? i'm running mac os x 10.4.8, so by separate user account i mean a separate account (called slimserver or something) which is the only one that has slimserver running, and has only read access to my music files, and no access to anything else. thus, if someone atacks my computer through port 9000, and slimserver, they will have an extremely limited scope, because they can't get to anything other than my music (and they can only read that). i also am not allowing other people to listen to my music. if i do the best i can to secure my network, and someone pirates my music anyway, i cannot be held legally liable for this. -- renaissanceboy renaissanceboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30564 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Problems
Purchased late 2004, I thought this was SB 2, perhaps you're right and its SB 1. -- johnlk johnlk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Remote Problems
OK - just email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they will take care of you. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30702 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Sirius Plugin Does it display track and artist info?
JMW;163115 Wrote: Does the Sirius plug-in work best with Slim Server 6.3 vs 6.5.1? A bit back some people seemed to have issues with 6.5.1 nightlies not working well when playing Sirius to multiple synced players. I'm not sure if it was corrected in a subsequent nightly but I've been running a recent 6.5.1 nightly at home with multiple synced players pretty reliably even with the high bit rate streams. Overall in my set up I find the plugin works great with 6.5.1, however, I'm sure there are people that will claim differently. There are a lot of variables at play (Internet connection, wireless strength, server capacity, etc.). -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30692 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anyone Have Sugababes: Three? (Tau Analyzer Q)
What you're probably detecting is the compression/pitch correct and other effects applied to these pop bands to make their CD's sound punchy and to correct for the performers non-perfect vocal skills. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
