Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the files? ;-) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC
Apple didn't create AAC and doesn't own it, they simply use it in iTunes and on the iPods. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Advanced_Audio_Coding#Licensing_and_patents for some of the details. On Apr 2, 2007, at 10:01 PM, tyler_durden wrote: You can't have AAC support in firmware because slimdevices hasn't paid Apple for a license. That's one of the prices you pay for adopting a proprietary format. Now if you wanted to pay an extra chunk of money to Slimdevices so they could pay a licensing fee to Apple, you might get somewhere. On the other hand, why should Slimdevices put themselves at a competitive disadvantage price-wise in order to support a proprietary format when there are great, free, lossless formats such as flac available? Indeed, why would anyone have chosen a proprietary format over a free one in the first place- oh yeah, those Ipods are s cute! Will Slimdevices make enough money selling more SBs to apple fans who made the mistake of investing large sums into proprietary format libraries to offset the loss of customers due to increased price of the SB? Will apple license AAC decoders or will they keep their flock penned securely in the Apple hardware corral? Questions, questions TD -- tyler_durden -- -- tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php? userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34130 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] I hear squeezebox through my tv when amp is off
The phono (audio) output of my tv is connected to the 'Video1' input of my JVC amp. There is no connection in the other direction. My squeezebox is connected to the 'aux' input of the same amp. If the amp is switched off and the squeezebox is still playing music, the squeezebox output can be heard through the (Sony) tv along with the normal tv audio. Why is this and is something wrong? Thanks, Daz -- dazbarber dazbarber's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34152 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I hear squeezebox through my tv when amp is off
My guess would be that the JVC amp doesn't isolate the signals electrically when they are not selected. My Copland amp for example has relays that completely isolate input and output signals when the amp is switched off or when different inputs are selected. So it seems there is leakage of the SB output into the TV input within the amp since they will all connect to the pre amp stage in the JVC amp at some point. The output from the TV is also probably taken from a pre-amp stage in the TV audio circuits (guessing again!) so SB signal coming in from the amp via the TV audio out also gets amplified along with the TV audio in the power amp stages. That's my theory in any case. I used to get similar effects on my old amp and the only solution was to turn off all the audio input devices when they are not being used - or upgrade to an amp that isolates inputs fully. -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34152 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] M4A playback problems..going nuts! HELP
So, performed a clean install of 6.5.1 ( 6.5.0 kept reporting a scanner.exe error ), then installed latest version of LAME, and seemingly the new socketwrapper and also pointed my firewall to mark that as an exception too and M4A's now play on both Softsqueeze and my SB Thanks for the help... Cheers Richard -- weager weager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34112 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
I can't honestly say this is a major issue for me, its just a little irritating, and I'm left with the feeling that it could be better if only I could find the magic button to push. I'm running on Windows XP Pro SP2, SS 6.5.1, 2.8GHz P4, 1GB RAM, internal disc. 727 albums with 8219 songs by 1510 artists. I've tried some of the MySQL parameter tweaks mentioned earlier - they seem to have increased the amount of memory allocated, as expected, but no obvious impact on performance. My Virus checker is Norton 2006: I switched it from scanning all files to Smart scanning (ie not including the .MY* types) and that made no visible difference. The benchmark I'm using is how long it takes to respond to the Browse Albums click through the Web UI: typically 12 seconds, can be as much as 15. During this time CPU goes to 100%. I'd certainly appreciate some authoritative comments on how the database might be tunable for better performance, if that really is the bottleneck. TIA Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32417 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
So which of the above tends to be the real cause of the problem? I guess that (3) could be tackled by forcing a re-sync whenever an under-run is detected. Does (2) happen? If so, what are the clock tolerances on the different devices? -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
Hmm, 10-20ms, perhaps it is doable. I realise that both getting the initial sync precise and then maintaining it would best be done with firmware support. I suspect that firmware change may be needed in the end but here is an outline of how it could possibly be done without it. On my LAN at home I typically get 2ms round trip time (RTT) for wired connections and 4ms for wireless. There are a couple of switches (100baseT) between the server and the wired SlimP3, plus a WLAN .11g base-station and ethernet-bridge on the path to the wirelessly-connected one. I have measured this with both UDP echo and (by modifying the server software) using normal stream data packets. There is a quite a large variation, with many packets above the median, but at the median (or perhaps a lower percentile) the figures are pretty stable. I realise that there are several reasons for the variation in RTT (and I understand at-least some of them). Nonetheless, it is probably possible to get a good measure of the -true- RTT by taking the median value from the last 20-or-so packets. Given the (lack of) accuracy of these measurements, it is also reasonable to assume that the one-way delay is half the RTT. As each ACK packet is received on the server, we know the following: - the time ACK was received by the server and, so long as the RTT is considered valid ( median), we can deduce the time-stamp (T) of the following data; - the number of bytes in the player's buffer (F); - we can get the number of bytes into the song stream (Sb = $client-streamBytes()); - from which we can deduce the play point at T; Pb = Sb F; We can collect this data for each player. The next problem is how to compare the (T, Pb) tuples for multiple players. If the stream rate is known and constant then this is relatively straightforward. If it is not known or is variable then one could either measure it over time (using either rate-of-consumption data from the player or by inspecting the stream using knowledge of the stream protocol) and assume that the average rate (perhaps the -recent- average rate) is a sufficiently-accurate measure for our purposes, or we could keep a copy of all the data in the player's buffer and calculate the run-time of the current buffer (again, by knowledge of the stream protocol). There are probably a variety of tricks that could be employed to improve the efficiency of these measures and associated calculations. *Question:* is the average bit-rate of variable-bit-rate streams likely to be good enough in practice? With the data above we can calculate the relative play-point delay for each player, at least to the point where it is handed off to the decoder. The next problem is how to get the players which are behind to -catch up-. I work on the assumption that it is better to do this than to cause players which are ahead to pause. I do not know much about the construction of the stream formats (MP3, FLAC, etc.) but I presume that one cannot simply steal a few bytes out of the stream and have it still work. I guess that there must be some kind of framing. Is it possible to detect the frame boundaries just by looking at the byte stream starting at an arbitrary point (I would have expected the protocols to have been defined this way to enable a receiver to resynchronize)? Having found the frame boundaries, can one simple cut out a frame and the stream will still play? What time period do frames represent (typical, range)? Assuming that there are good answers to all the above, then one could steal one or more frames from the next packet(s) sent to the player, so that the relative delay is removed. One problem is that this takes buffer-size-play-time seconds to take effect. So perhaps the pause idea has some merit. By sending a pause command followed by a resume (play) command at a known interval, one could probably make adjustments to around the 1ms level. It has the advantage of being effective more quickly, before running through the data in the player's buffer. The trouble would be if the resume command happened to get caught in a network packet delay then all the other players would have to be paused by the same period to get things back in sync. This could quickly get quite silly. In the case of network streams, such as Internet radio, one might find oneself either exceeding the buffering/delay that can be tolerated by the stream, causing a stream reset, or just get more and more behind real time. Any comments on the above or other suggestions would be appreciated. Alan. -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
A couple of simple firmware enhancements could possibly be helpful. - Have each ACK include the player's 1kHz clock tick value - Have a -start-playing (unpause) at clock-tick value- command - Have a -pause for N clock-ticks- command Using the mechanism described in the previous message to determine the typical round-trip-time, this would probably be sufficiently accurate to get good synchronized player starts and could also compensate for known differences in decoder delays. The third option would allow for accurate implementation of the pause method for resynchronization described above. -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Best replacement remote solution
I need a new remote, the old one is kaput. Do I order one from SlimDevices for $19.99+23 UPS? or try and find one somewhere in the UK/Europe. Ecodigital in the UK sell them at 19.99 UKP (approx $38) + postage but don't have any in stock. Are you charged import duty in Europe on the shipping? Is there anywhere else to get one? -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
The benchmark I'm using is how long it takes to respond to the Browse Albums click through the Web UI: typically 12 seconds, can be as much as 15. During this time CPU goes to 100%. IMHO the bottleneck here isn't the database, but the web part, template parsing etc. No way to improve performance by tuning the database. -- 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
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
Michael Herger;192193 Wrote: The benchmark I'm using is how long it takes to respond to the Browse Albums click through the Web UI: typically 12 seconds, can be as much as 15. During this time CPU goes to 100%. IMHO the bottleneck here isn't the database, but the web part, template parsing etc. No way to improve performance by tuning the database. Thanks - I had a feeling that might be the case (based on the observation that the player UI is generally a lot quicker). Is there anything going on to change the web part to be faster? Or is the best bet for slick PC performance going to be a CLI-based tool (Moose, Slimremote, ..) ? Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32417 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
Given the the speed of sound in air is 345 m/s, even a 10m separation of Squeezeboxes (one upstairs, one downstairs) would result in the distant sound being delayed ~29ms to someone at the local player. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
Ben Sandee;192077 Wrote: You get your CD's for $5? You can buy entire albums for $9.99 @ 256Kbps AAC -- that's pretty good quality although not suitable for an audiophile probably. As other's have said, FLAC could conceivably be offered by someone (but not by Apple of course). The UK price is not quite so generous - it comes out just above $15. Many of the CDs I buy are classical box sets that can work out at well under $5 per CD, brand new, normally buying from US sellers in Amazon.co.uk's marketplace. I do see this as a step in the right direction, but it is hardly a leap, and will not make me buy anything from iTunes. I still prefer the CD approach where I have a good back-up, lossless with no DRM and sleeve notes to read on the tube home. And it's cheaper. To take Tyler Durden's point further, in ten years someone will start marketing CDs, encouraging people to abandon the traditional download approach for all of those advantages - all for just 25% more than the download price. Bargain! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
amcluesent;192160 Wrote: Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the files? ;-) Huh, that's a good question... They wouldn't be that stupid, would they? Quite possibly, - they might be afraid that their customers find 256 doesn't sound right, so they had better stick with something that sounds like 128 -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL
Is there anything going on to change the web part to be faster? AFAICT the developers are aware of the issue. -- 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
Re: [slim] I hear squeezebox through my tv when amp is off
dazbarber wrote: Why is this and is something wrong? I am assuming you can hear it, when 'video' is selected and the squeezebox is driving the 'aux' signal. I also assume that it is not full volume, but rather attenuated so you only notice it during quiet parts of the TV show. It it comes thru loud and clear, something is wrong. Its leakage between the signals. It is very common in mass market 'receivers'. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
A dissenting opinion: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38678 -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
amcluesent;192160 Wrote: Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the files? ;-) A while back I saw a copy of the software that Apple gives out to music contributers and it actually has the option for them to submit them losslessly. I'm not sure if this was always an option and I can't remember if it defaults to lossless for new submissions, but hopefully EMI has been submitting them this way which would be easy to transcode to 256. Hopefully Apple wouldn't give you the option to download a 256 version is the source wasn't at 256 or better. -Greg -- GoCubs GoCubs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Could you get by with a low-end universal remote that has JVC DVD player codes? About the only thing you won't get is BRIGHTNESS, which may be a showstopper as it'll prevent firmware updates. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Quoting Seineseeker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I need a new remote, the old one is kaput. Do I order one from SlimDevices for $19.99+23 UPS? If you are going to order one, I highly recommend the backlit 'candy bar' remote rather than the standard one. It's a few US bucks more, but to me it's a much nicer remote. Feels more solid, nice form factor, better button layout. It's a thing of beauty. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Good idea, I didn't know you could do that. How do you find one that has those codes. Can you recommend one? I am ok with not having Brightness as I have 2 SBs, so I can always use the other one. It's just a pain finding the one remote is downstairs etc. -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Seineseeker;192228 Wrote: How do you find one that has those codes. Can you recommend one? Any one will do. The JVC codes are very, very common. I'm not sure about the market in Europe, but there are cheap universal remotes over here (I think they're called All In One?) that should do the trick. They're available at low-end electronics stores. Obviously you don't want a fancy one that would end up being more than the original Slim Devices remote, so that limits you to the cheapies. But they seem to be widely available here and are quite cheap - I think I've seen them as low as $5 (on sale). Seeing as you have another remote that has the brightness button, you should be all set for the occasional firmware update. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
Each time you send a 'stat' request to the player ($client-requestStatus), you do get back the player's tick value in ms since last reboot (jiffies). See Slim::Networking::Slimproto::_stat_handler. stat is called once per second while the player is playing. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
awy wrote: Hello, I'm giving some serious thought about how to improve the multi-player synchronization problem. In particular, the issue that players can get out of synchronization with each other. Good, there's room for improvement. To make sure that I am starting in the right place, let me briefly assert my understanding of how the current synchronization mechanism works. Players are synchronized at the start of a track by filling each player's buffer above a low-water mark while in 'buffering' mode (not playing), and then putting all synchronized players into play mode as near simultaneously as possible. Synchronization only occurs at the start of a track, including when the track is a remote stream such as an Internet radio station. So the first question is why do players get out of sync? Some possibilities: 1.They start out of sync because the command to start playing is not received sufficiently simultaneously by all players. I know I see this fairly regularly. I use my living room and kitchen players synced. When the 'living' player is playing and I switch on the kitchen one, they don't always start synchronized properly, even though the song restarts (annoying enough by itself). Both players are SB3's and they're both connected to the same wireless access point. Since Slimserver uses TCP I'm assuming they don't use broadcast to turn on the players at exactly the same time, but two commands must go out over TCP. This is never exactly at the same time and apparently sometimes the difference is too great for a decent sync. My idea would be to use a UDP broadcast command to trigger playback. If my understanding is correct, all players should receive that at exactly the same time - or not at all if there's a network error ;). Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization
I guess that I have been concentrating on the SliMP3 protocol (as I only have SliMP3s, no SBs). Reading Slim::Networking::Slimproto I see that the stat response seems to include loads of good stuff. How accurate is the 'elapsed_seconds' measure (presumably only integral seconds) and is the 'bytes_received' 64-bit counter since the start of this stream or some other epoc? -- awy awy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7480 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34133 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Thanks. We can get those all in one remotes over here easily and cheaply. But a backlit remote would be nice ;) -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] For Sale Brand New Unlocked Nokia N95 for $200
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Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Re VAT costs, JFI you do pay VAT on both the item and the shipping, and you'll also get the added fun of paying UPS for collecting the VAT payments. So expect the cost of VTA and collection to be 7 quid or so. BT Why not visit www.zappateers.com, Where Music Is Still The Best! -- BigTony BigTony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10638 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
Hello, I've just got broadband after waiting for 3 years for it. However, it's wireless broadband as I'm in a rural area. I have two SB2's which were working fine. The broadband guy installed today now slim server cannot see the SB's. Before I contact the broadband people I thought I better check here first. One thing it might have something to do with is I was told that a port or something has been closed which stops file sharing p2p software from working, which they do to control bandwidth on their network. Could this be something to do with my problem? I could understand if the SB was trying to access the net but all they do is play music from my hard drive. I have a switch which everything is connected too. Any ideas? -- Orb Orb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=111 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
How is your new wireless BB setup? A wireless router? You might have to go into the network setings on your SB's and get them to look for a new connection and reconfigure the network settings. As your SB's and SS are all inside your home network, no external port blocking will have any effect. (i.e. your IP adress is 192.168.2.x typically) Just a few ideas to start off with. BT -- BigTony BigTony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10638 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter broken?
My power supply failed about 6 weeks ago. Problem is I live in China there appears to be some restriction in shipping electronic goods back from China to the USA. Beats me why this should be the case given that most stuff you buy in the US is from China! Anyway, compromise is that SD will ship a power supply board (which is relatively small an easy plug in replacement) to a colleage in the US he will carry to China. Unfortunately, according to SD they are/were out of PS units at the present time. Seems to indicate that this is a weak part in the system? Also, I wonder, browsing this thread whether the 220/240Volt folk have statistically more of a failure rate than the 110V US folks? There seems to be quite a few UK guys reporting failures here. Dan -- chinablues chinablues's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29777 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
What did the broadband guy install? Might there be a new router or something on your network which is handing out new IP addresses? If so, you might want to disable the DHCP server on the new router, or move all your other machines (Squeezeboxes included) over to the new IP address scheme... What happens if you press and hold [Left] on your SB remote, to set up networking again? My SBs will scan the network for available servers... Matthew -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
Hi Well the broadband is wireless - I have a dish on my house but my network is all cat5, no wireless yet. So the SB's have cat5 going to a switch. There is no software for my broadband, the guy set it all up on his laptop so I guess the setting are stored in the dish bit. I just turned my pc on and I had a broadband connection. -- Orb Orb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=111 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
mflint;192252 Wrote: What did the broadband guy install? Might there be a new router or something on your network which is handing out new IP addresses? If so, you might want to disable the DHCP server on the new router, or move all your other machines (Squeezeboxes included) over to the new IP address scheme... What happens if you press and hold [Left] on your SB remote, to set up networking again? My SBs will scan the network for available servers... Matthew Yeah, SB's started looking for a new IP which it seemed to find, they it goes to connecting to slim server and just goes blank. If I power on again, it says waking up slim server and then goes blank. Slim server cannot see any of the SB's either. -- Orb Orb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=111 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
Orb;192254 Wrote: Yeah, SB's started looking for a new IP which it seemed to find, they it goes to connecting to slim server and just goes blank. If I power on again, it says waking up slim server and then goes blank. Slim server cannot see any of the SB's either. It could be that both SlimServer and your Squeezeboxes have new IP addresses, but the Squeezebox is still looking for the server at its old address... I'd set up networking again on the SB, by holding the [Left] button on the remote. -- mflint 'Clicky-woo linky' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins) to web page of my plugins mflint's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Just got broadband, Squeeze box's not working anymore?
mflint;192255 Wrote: It could be that both SlimServer and your Squeezeboxes have new IP addresses, but the Squeezebox is still looking for the server at its old address... I'd set up networking again on the SB, by holding the [Left] button on the remote. Ah ha, that seemed to do the trick. If I don't report back it's fixed. Thanks guys -- Orb Orb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=111 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
What's the big deal about computers? Mine is on 24/7 is only powered down when I go on vacation. (this for remote possibility of fire risk). It's in a separate room from the stereo, so sound is not an issue. Music goes wirelessly through the walls. Long time ago PC mag ran a report on computer reliability comparing power off at nighters, versus 24/7 ers. There was no real difference in reliability. Typically electronics suffers most on power up, thus leaving it running often results in longer life compared with switching on/off all the time. PS. I work in the process control industry. We have systems that have been powered up for decades...power on is good! Dan -- chinablues chinablues's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
Seineseeker;192192 Wrote: I need a new remote, the old one is kaput. Do I order one from SlimDevices for $19.99+23 UPS? or try and find one somewhere in the UK/Europe. Ecodigital in the UK sell them at 19.99 UKP (approx $38) + postage but don't have any in stock. Are you charged import duty in Europe on the shipping? Is there anywhere else to get one? Try MultiTask Computing www.multitask-computing.co.uk, they have replacement remotes for £15.22 inc VAT -- AllanB AllanB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8749 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
AllanB;192270 Wrote: Try MultiTask Computing www.multitask-computing.co.uk, they have replacement remotes for £15.22 inc VAT Great, well spotted thanks. -- Seineseeker Seineseeker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4591 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC
It -would- be nice to see AAC decoded in the box. If this is not already a priority, the EMI/iTunes DRM decision ought to tip the scales. The Wikipedia link addresses streaming and distribution, but not -decoding-. Is a license required to distribute an AAC decoder? (I doubt it, but does anyone know for sure?) -- windowshade windowshade's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5046 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34130 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?
Mark Lanctot;192218 Wrote: A dissenting opinion: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38678 I have to say, I thought the timing of the announcement was a bit suspect given the Commission decision to open an enquiry into Itunes was taken early last week: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d7ad18c4-e17f-11db-bd73-000b5df10621.html [will work for a few days before becoming subscription only] The analysis here is one of the better I've seen too: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6cd1ff72-e181-11db-bd73-000b5df10621.html [will work for a few days before becoming subscription only] -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter broken?
Seems to indicate that this is a weak part in the system? This is to give a market entry to the 'tweakers' to offer cryogenically processed on the dark side of moon PSUs at a very reasonable $750. One hand washes the other. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29777 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bitrate Display
This is old, but since I'm a new SB user I'd like to throw this out there again. It seems that if you have multiple bitrate versions of music it is almost necessary to display it, but it is unnecessary and a waste of space to display all of the digits. Perhaps a shortened Bitrate field is possible? Alternatively, if I am missing some better way to distinguish between different bitrate versions of songs when searching, browsing or playing, it would be great to have that pointed out. -- Hamlet Hamlet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=6009 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC
Now if you wanted to pay an extra chunk of money to Slimdevices so they could pay a licensing fee to Apple, you might get somewhere. The licensing fees seem reasonable to me. I am happy to pay a couple of extra $ to cover the cost. http://www.vialicensing.com/Licensing/MPEG4_fees.cfm?product=MPEG-4AAC On the other hand, why should Slimdevices put themselves at a competitive disadvantage price-wise in order to support a proprietary format when there are great, free, lossless formats such as flac available? I am not asking for the free formats to be removed. It is great that they are supported. This is about making the great player even better and attracting new customers. Similar arguments had been made before wma support was added to the player firmware. Today we can clearly see that it was a great decision. Pandora, Rhapsody, SN support of many internet radio stations, all made possible because of that. Indeed, why would anyone have chosen a proprietary format over a free one in the first place- oh yeah, those Ipods are s cute! iTunes customer base is huge, if you like it or not. It makes sense to enhance SB compatibility with iTunes music. Cheers, -- shvejk shvejk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34130 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best replacement remote solution
I recently bought 2 of the new backlit remotes from the SlimDevices site which incl. postage came to 43.74 GBP. But there was an extra payment to UPS of 21.29 GBP. Presumably for VAT customs, so altogether 2 remotes cost me 60 GBP !!!, which came as a bit of a shock. And on top of that after I eventually got my hands on the package I found it only contained one remote. Not a pleasant experience! -- bonze QNAP TS-101 (version 2.0.0 build 0105T) SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - utf8 2 x wireless SB3 bonze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34153 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet Radio: Buffering freezes
Perhaps it was only partially broken and I over reacted... I knew something was wrong with it. :P -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34103 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 on Linkstation HGLan ?
You can get all current and past versions of slimserver at www.slimdevices.com/downloads/. If you need to start from square one again (or somewhere close to square one), see Marc Field's site http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html. Good luck. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34145 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi-Zone Whole-House Audio System
TechHome;192296 Wrote: What will you do when the phone rings, the 770 has gone to sleep and you need to mute the music? I probably wouldn't answer the phone anyway. If I did, I wouldn't be playing the music so loudly that I couldn't take the call. -- bmarston bmarston's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4923 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22860 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
chinablues;192267 Wrote: What's the big deal about computers? Mine is on 24/7 is only powered down when I go on vacation. Dan I understand what you are saying and the whole point of me asking the question in the begining is becasue I didn't want to have a computer on 24/7. I wanted to know what options were open to me using one of the slim devices without having a computer on whenever I needed to play the music. If you look at Sonos their system can play music without the computer being on and connect to external storage devices. I have avoided this option because it is more than twice the price of the Squeezebox. but it looks like I may have to consider it again since there is no alternative from Slim devices. -- donglobal donglobal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 not displaying artist on current song
Thank you for the information on the nightly build. I updated to last night's 6.5.2, but unfortunatly, I still have the problem. When I use the web interface, or the Transporter or Softsqueeze visualizer screen, to scroll forward, the artist name is displayed. Shortly after I select Play, however, the artist name disappears. -- beels beels's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34134 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
Hello. I dont even have my squeezebox yet but have set up the server software and scanned my tunes. I am not sure if this is supposed to work or not - but when I browse by Genre, then select an Artist within that Genre - it lists all of my tracks! All 4000 of them under a given Genre/Artist! This cant be right? So are you not able to see the individual tracks under a Genre and then an Artist listed under that Genre? Thanks for you responses! -- Club1820 Club1820's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
Hi Dong, I also wonder why people have a problem with 24/7 computer onnage. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Windows Home Server running Slimserver?
I am running SlimServer (6.5.2) on a modest machine (HP D530 CMT, 2.67 GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 1+ TB of data on 6 hard drives) and it seems to be running fine. I am not a heavy user of my Squeezebox/SlimServer so I may not be the best to judge. I do plan on running some other applications on my WHS so I will probably increase the RAM to 1GB. -- Kiwi Kiwi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 Cutting Out with SS 6.5.1
Hi there, It has been a long time since I sent my original question, but I have been away from home, so no access to my slimserver. Amyway back now, and I have connected via Ethernet and still have the same problem. In fact I have also downgraded to SlimServer Version: 6.3.1 and the problems still remains :-( I see there have been several posts on the forum regarding this cutting out/rebooting of SB3 and the mention of the MAC address being changed, but the MAC address of my SB3 is the correct one. Please help, I dont have a clue what to do! Thanks! -- cumry cumry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31996 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
donglobal;192302 Wrote: If you look at Sonos their system can play music without the computer being on and connect to external storage devices. I have avoided this option because it is more than twice the price of the Squeezebox. but it looks like I may have to consider it again since there is no alternative from Slim devices. Are you sure about Sonos? I honestly don't know, but according to their web site http://www.sonos.com/products/zoneplayers/zp80/features.htm it seems to have the same requirements as a Squeezebox: MULTIPLE MUSIC SOURCES Sonos accesses music stored on up to 16 PCs, Macs or NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices on your home network, as well as music services and Internet radio stations and even CD or MP3 players connected to a ZonePlayer. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
ModelCitizen;192308 Wrote: Hi Dong, I also wonder why people have a problem with 24/7 computer onnage. MC Arguably your computer will last longer when it is always on - one thing processors are not keen on is thermal shock - suddenly hitting high temperature in just a few seconds. As long as you don't have a serious dual-SLI graphics card setup, it won't be that high in power usage. Give up flying and spend the carbon on convenience! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
Club1820;192307 Wrote: Hello. I dont even have my squeezebox yet but have set up the server software and scanned my tunes. I am not sure if this is supposed to work or not - but when I browse by Genre, then select an Artist within that Genre - it lists all of my tracks! All 4000 of them under a given Genre/Artist! This cant be right? So are you not able to see the individual tracks under a Genre and then an Artist listed under that Genre? Thanks for you responses! Yeah it should do what you expect - only show the artists in that genre. - check your tags using MP3Tag - under 'server settings - behaviour' there is an option for what to show based on genre browsing, but it seems to make no difference to me. Anyway, it should never do what you are seeing. So it's a tag thing. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
Yes. I meant path. Thank you for your info. I did exectly like you said but Slim Server would not change the directory anyways. I get: Oops - Z:\ doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again. I mapped the drive, maned it Z. Made all folders shared. Still doesn not work. I can see the new network drive in My Computer though. Any idea? Thank you! -- pankotskii pankotskii's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3987 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34141 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
Oops - Z:\ doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again. I mapped the drive, maned it Z. Made all folders shared. Still doesn not work. I can see the new network drive in My Computer though. Any idea? Thank you! SlimServer doesn't see your drive mappings. Use the \\yourserver\yourshare notation instead. You can copy the path you see in the drive mapping dialog in Windows Explorer. -- 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
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4824 Probably this. -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
aubuti;192319 Wrote: Are you sure about Sonos? I honestly don't know, but according to their web site http://www.sonos.com/products/zoneplayers/zp80/features.htm it seems to have the same requirements as a Squeezebox: MULTIPLE MUSIC SOURCES Sonos accesses music stored on up to 16 PCs, Macs or NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices on your home network, as well as music services and Internet radio stations and even CD or MP3 players connected to a ZonePlayer. Thats right it does everything the Sqeezebox does and more. You can connect a Nas storage device directly into the back of the zoneplayer and access all files, no need for a computer to be on to stream, check it out. As I mentioned before the only reason i have not purchased one in the past is because of the relativley high cost. But looking at the current options available it may be the best bet. -- donglobal donglobal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10951 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
You are not authorized to access bug #4824. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
Sorry about that, I forgot that bug is viewable only by admin and developers. I'll summarize: Bug 4824: behavior setting: filter genres at album track level broken. It seems the filtering behavioral options is broken. It seems to me that selecting the option Show any tracks albums for an artist (within a genre selection) should show exactly that, any tracks and albums by said artists. Reproduction steps summarized: Server settings - behavior - filter genres at the album track level - Show any tracks albums for an artist. Browse - Genres - (choose a genre) - click all albums - click all artists. SlimServer doesn't show all tracks and albums in said genre, it shows all albums and artists in the library regardless of genre. -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
donglobal;192332 Wrote: Thats right it does everything the Sqeezebox does and more. You can connect a Nas storage device directly into the back of the zoneplayer and access all files, no need for a computer to be on to stream, check it out. As I mentioned before the only reason i have not purchased one in the past is because of the relativley high cost. But looking at the current options available it may be the best bet. It is almost certainly much cheaper to buy or recycle an old PC into a dedicated slimserver/NAS/whatever. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
donglobal;192332 Wrote: Thats right it does everything the Sqeezebox does and more. You can connect a Nas storage device directly into the back of the zoneplayer and access all files, no need for a computer to be on to stream, check it out. As I mentioned before the only reason i have not purchased one in the past is because of the relativley high cost. But looking at the current options available it may be the best bet. As has been pointed out several times already in this thread, (1) a NAS *is* a computer, just a highly specialized one, and (2) slimserver runs just fine on several NAS devices, without having another computer on. I have been happily running slimserver on a LinkStation NAS for over a year now, feeding 3 Squeezeboxes around the house. No computer (other than the NAS) required. So what exactly do you mean by ...everything the Squeezebox does and more, other than the fancy Sonos remote? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34060 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
I did it. Same result: Oops - \\Desktop2\e\My Music doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again I copied that directory from windows explore mapping dialog. I have no idea. Need more help! -- pankotskii pankotskii's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3987 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34141 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
Ross, so are you saying that yes, it is a bug that I can't see the tracks listed under a given Artist when browsing by Genre? -- Club1820 Club1820's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
I did it. Same result: Oops - \\Desktop2\e\My Music doesn't seem to be a valid directory. Try again Please give the following FAQ entry a try: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-sharedvolume -- 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
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
Or consider running SlimServer as an application (rather than service) as your user. To do this you'll need 6.5.2 available in our nightly build section. Right click on SlimTray and you'll see the option Automatically run at login. With SlimServer running in userland, and your user already authenticated for accessing this drive, SlimServer will also be able to access the drive. -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34141 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet Radio: Buffering freezes
Well, the release notes say that 6.5.1 fixes Bug 4168: Live365 plugin fails in 6.5.0, which includes a comment from Andy that Live365 doesn't work at all for me. I will fix for 6.5.1. So completely broken sounds about right! -- axiomatic = SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I1119) - EN - utf8 axiomatic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34103 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Art Aggregator - gone bye bye?
Their website: http://team.thenexusnet.com/nexus/AAA/ works again ! -- Wirrunna Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
When I try to play Otto's Baroque Music through SlimServer or SqueezeNetwork, I get the message Error: Can't Connect To Retrieve Playlist. Have had the problem for several days now. URL: http://65.19.173.151:8045/ I'm tempted to think the problem must be on my side, since nobody else is asking about it... Thanks for your help, as always. -- axiomatic SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I1119) - EN - utf8 axiomatic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
I'm also seeing this... waiting for someone to say this is baroquen again. :P -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4885 filed. -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC
I've got a large iTunes library, now outdone by CD's ripped by me. I hope Slim Devices choses to support non-DRM ACC files. Of course I have no idea how many of my 2,000 iTunes songs come under the new agreement with EMI, or if any other companies will go along with this. -- Jazz1 Jazz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34130 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
OK I'm going to replace Otto's link with the WMA version which appears to have a proper playlist. http://streamdb1.raxx.net/asx/1fm/baroque/128k/Listen.asx -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now Playing Display with current time?
Is there any Now Playing display mode where I can also see the time of day. Is there a plugin for a Mac that would make this happen? -- Jazz1 Jazz1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6623 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Turn two SB3's on/off at the same time
I am running 2 SB3's - one wired to my server and the second is connected wirelessly. I am running shawdowplay permanent. Is it possible to turn both SB3's on/off at the same time? It seems to me I came across something like this, but can find it now. -- spooley spooley's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34171 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing Display with current time?
Jazz1;192382 Wrote: Is there any Now Playing display mode where I can also see the time of day. Is there a plugin for a Mac that would make this happen? Under player settings Basic Settings Screensavers you can set the screensaver to use when playing to the Date and Time Screensaver. But you can't flip back and forth between the normal track information and the date/time, if that's what you're looking for. Not unless there's a plugin that does that. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing Display with current time?
XDateTime will alternate between Date/Time and NowPlaying, ScreenSaverSwitcher will alternate between arbitrary screen savers (ie, DateTime and NowPlaying and others), and MusicInfoSCR will let you customize the display so the time is, say, the right bottom if you want. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing Display with current time?
snarlydwarf;192394 Wrote: XDateTime will alternate between Date/Time and NowPlaying, ScreenSaverSwitcher will alternate between arbitrary screen savers (ie, DateTime and NowPlaying and others), and MusicInfoSCR will let you customize the display so the time is, say, the right bottom if you want. And SuperDateTime can be customized to show the screensaver by pressing and holding the size button. -- azinck3 azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC
I found an existing enhancement request in Bugzilla. Bug number 1985, add support for aac in firmware. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1985 Please vote for this bug if the feature is important to you. Thanks, -- shvejk shvejk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34130 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Turn two SB3's on/off at the same time
On 3-Apr-07, at 6:55 PM, spooley wrote: Is it possible to turn both SB3's on/off at the same time? It seems to me I came across something like this, but can find it now. Look in player settings-audio The setting want is Synchronize Power -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
OK. So I think you are confirming my question. ??? Currently you are unable to view a given artist's tracks under a given genre when first browsing by genre. So for example, If I wanted to view Johnny Cash's tracks that are tagged as Country Genre, I can't until this bug is fixed with 7.0. ??? When will 7.0 come out? If this is correct - wow. This is how I listen to my music. I will select a genre first, and then select tracks under that genre. Or just shuffle the genre. Anyway - I hope this gets fixed soon. Probably wouldnt have purchase the squeezebox if I had know about this before-hand. My squeezebox is due for delivery Friday. Can the bug be fixed by then? lol :) Thanks for your responses. -- Club1820 Club1820's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing Display with current time?
MusicInfo screensaver will do exactly what you are looking for. You can find it here: http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins/detail.php?nr=446 -- matthijskoopmans matthijskoopmans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
Andy Ross, thanks very much for the great support. Otto's music is back in the house. I'm not sure what you mean about the proper playlist though. My SB3 now just displays Baroque Music while tuned to Otto, whereas before it used to display composer-artist-title tags for the music. That's one of the things that has put Otto's Baroque a cut above most streams--though the main thing is great uninterrupted music. BTW, is there some reason why Slim Devices Picks does not include Otto's Opera or Otto's Classical? (Is it just that they're new and may be added later?) -- axiomatic SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Mac OS X 10.4.6 (8I1119) - EN - utf8 axiomatic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3775 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Funky Random PlayList's driving me nuts
I posted a while back about biases in random playback and I was point to a bug that was recently fixed. I tried the fix and it's still funky. It may simply be user error or another not so intuitive feature. I think I know what's going on. I boot everthing up clean. I hit random song and it adds a batch of songs. It will loop through these songs. If I hit random song again it ADDs another group and loops through both lists. If I hit random song again it adds another chunk loops through all 3 chunks. How do I clear the list with the remote. If I go manually choose an album I think it clears the list and puts the album. And if I go back to random song I think I it will clear the album and put in a chunk of random songs again. I use random all the time and it never clears out old songs unless I manually clear them using web interface. Should it clear the list each time I hit shuffle random song? Can I clear the list with the remote? How is it supposed to work? -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34173 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Tentitive Fix for unexpect server shutdown on Pause, Stop or Off
I modified the PreventStandBy plugin to work around a shutdown problem that annoyed me. When you paused, stopped, or turned off for as little as a minute the server would disappear. This may only apply to people that let their server go to sleep and use Wake-On-Lan. The problem was very obvious in this PreventStandBy plugin. The Work around guarantees it will wait a minimum of 15 minutes before shutting down on pause, stop or off. Only tested on Windows XP. Replace Plugin.pm in C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Plugins\PreventStandby With attached file. If anyone has had this problem please give it a test and if I get good feedback I work on getting it into the official release. +---+ |Filename: Plugin.pm| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2635| +---+ -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34174 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Otto's Baroque--Can't Connect
I couldn't find an mp3 stream for Otto's, they don't even seem to have a website anymore. By 'a proper playlist', I meant an m3u file or something that won't change, but where they can change the real stream address within it without breaking things. If you know of an mp3 stream, let me know and I'll fix it. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34168 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't bug 4824 only refer the the case when you doesn't select a specific artist. In my setup I have: Server Settings-Behaviour-Filter genres at the album track level = Only show tracks or albums matching the selected genre for an artist With this configuration I can browse to: - Genres/Country/All Albums (Which shows all albums in the Country genre) - Genres/Country/Johnny Cash (Which shows all albums in the Country genre by Johnny Cash) - Genres/Country/Johnny Cash/I Walk The Line (Which shows all songs in the Country genre by Johnny Cash from the album I Walk The Line) If I hit play on Genres/Country/All Albums it will play all Country albums. If I hit play on Genres/Country/Johnny Cash it will play all albums by Johnny Cash within the Country genre. If I hit play on Genres/Country/Johnny Cash/I Walk The Line it will play all tracks by Johnny Cash within the Country genre from the album I Walk The Line. Isn't this the behaviour you are seeing ? Are you expecting a different behaviour compared to this ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and RandomPlayList plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34162 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?
Thank you guys! this link: http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.ht...g-sharedvolume really helped. I did everything and slim server accepted the new directory. Cool! -- pankotskii pankotskii's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3987 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34141 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
