[slim] Adding artwork to old flac files
Can anyone suggest the best way to add artwork to old flac files? I got about a third way through ripping my album collection when the new flac version added the new artwork metadata feature. The albums i've ripped since then work great on the new slimserver version...and I was able to obtain artwork for a substantial number of earlier albums by using Album Art Aggregator, before it stopped working with the newest windows update (a problem reported elsewhere in this forum). I am told that the program "Tag and Rename", which i have purchased, can add this metadata to old flac files where this data is missing, and can do it in bulk (i.e., rather than album-by-album, which is too cumbersome for my thousands of albums still missing artwork). But if it does that, I can't figure out how to do it. Can someone give me some guidance, or perhaps suggest another method? thanks. -- miguelk miguelk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36252 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sluggish player control
warrenoslimserver;209654 Wrote: > Response O Matic, I like it > > Thanks for replying so quick, here's some details > > Slimserver 6.5.2 > It's running Azereus & PeerGuardian. > > Only 256Ram > PIII 600Mhz It sounds like the machine is having too much asked of it. I am running SlimServer on a PII (yes, Pentium 2) with 128MB RAM and Windows 2000 with no problems at all (admittedly it is a high-end IBM server). Try removing or disabling any unnecessary stuff and it should run SS fine although Windows XP might be a higher overhead! -- amey01 amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36213 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] slimserver artist display question
Thanks for the reply Geoff- I checked that and I couldn't find a artistsort tag associated with any of the files. Still a mystery. Thanks, Paul -- pasil pasil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12047 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36244 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sansa Connect - internet radio on the go.
There isn't a Rockbox theme (UI) in existence that doesn't look like it was created by a 5 year old with a serious mental deficiency. That's pretty much reason enough to not install it on any player. Mind you I think the iPod "looks" fine but has one of the most backwards UI's ever put upon man - it's idiotic (and yes, I know exactly how it can be fixed if Apple cared). But as much as I could never buy any current or past gen iPod because of it, I could never run that Rockbox crapola on any DAP either. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Odd SB3 behaviour
snarlydwarf;209107 Wrote: > > With things other than Volume, of course, it leads to a lot more > flexibility in plugins. Pressing "5" on my remote rates a track as > having 5 stars using the TrackStat plugin... There is no way that sort > of complexity could be in the SB hardware itself. > Sure it could and it's afalacy to think otherwise. IR is very low budget on resources. You can do pretty much anything you want with only a tiny amount of memory in fact and very little processing power. Anything that is decided not to be handled by the client itsle could then be passed on to the server. Having volume NOT supported at all directly by the player is a valid design decision, but not a very good one. It is in fact the easy way out. As it stands, aside from net latency, volume performance is abysmal, but that has more to do with the assigned curve than the fact it's controlled by the server. Not to mention going down from volume level 2 immediately goes to 0 instead of 1. Need to file that one as a bug if it's not already there. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36143 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nokia 800 Tablet Internet Radio
I heard there's a new portable wi-fi Tablet Internet Radio called Nokia 800...I was wondering if anyone has purchased one here to give a review ? I would like to know how the radio streaming is compared to other media devices. I believe the Nokia also supports video so would like to know how the live TV streams are compared to PC. Also there's a software called Select Radio that works with most Mobile phones...was wondering if Nokia 800 supports this software. http://www.selectradio.com/ Dave - -- NY2006 NY2006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36251 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Wireless Bridge and Hauppauge MediaMvp
Haven't tried it, but I might. I put away my MVP when I bought my first SB3. But it would be nice to be able to pump pictures to the TV set. -- byKnight Really, it was like that when I got here. byKnight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network over electrical wiring
Gotcha. Thanks. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver can't find music on my drives
I have Slimserver set up to use my (J:) drive as my main detection drive and there is a shortcut to the (I:) drive. For some reason I can not get Slimsever to recognize either drive. The (H:) drive is for my Ipod but doesn't show up when not plugged in. Is this maybe the answer? Any help would be appreciated. I would love to listen to my musc again. Thanks, Jason -- jmusante jmusante's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
I've not setup SSH, but I did just go through setting up vpn access through Hamachi. VERY easy, even for a non-tech guy like me. Search for 'Hamachi' on the forums and you should find some good information. -- robertlewisca robertlewisca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8922 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Question.
If your SB and Transporter are connected to the same instance of Slimserver, then their behaviour should be the same. However I note that you say you are using the Custom Browse plugin - in this case any bug report should be directed at the plugin writer (erland, IIRC), not Slimserver. I suggest you raise this in the Third Party Plugins board. I'm not overfamiliar with this plugin, but my guess is that you have it configured differently for the two players. HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36195 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver Wireless Bridge and Hauppauge MediaMvp
Hi Folks, Has anyone tried running MediaMVP server on the same machine that hosts your Slimserver, and then using squeezebox's wireless bridge to connect to a MediaMVP box ? Im not keen on streaming my audio via the MVP, but it would be cool to stream video to my television (downstairs) from my server (upstairs) using MediaMVP. The ethernet MVP box is pretty cheep, whereas their wireless version is fairly expensive. Anybody successfully achieved this ? -- DannyKudos DannyKudos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36248 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sansa Connect - internet radio on the go.
NauticusLX;209872 Wrote: > dsw, what features of the Rockbox make it so desireable? What does it > do that the Sansa can't otherwise do? For me, the main advantages are: - Proper playlist support - Audio codec support e.g. Ogg, AAC, FLAC - A shuffle function that actually works! - The ability to browse by files or tags - The ability to resume playback as soon as it powers up (without having to press the play button) - Comprehensive sound settings such as crossfeed, dithering, stereo width etc. - General ability to customise the interface and behaviour - Improved startup time - Active development of the codebase There is also the added bonus of plugins, which add games, an image viewer, MPEG movie player and other apps that may be of interest - but these are not so important for me. It is the perfect complement to users of Slimserver! ;-) Have a look at the manual - http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-sansae200/rockbox-build.html -- dSw dSw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=362 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sansa Connect - internet radio on the go.
dsw, what features of the Rockbox make it so desireable? What does it do that the Sansa can't otherwise do? -- NauticusLX NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
Could the Softsqueeze issue be firewall related? I mean the firewall at where ever you are trying to connect from? If you can get SSH set up, and get it working, that won't be an issue anyway. As for SSH setup, if you're on Windows, try using OpenSSH on Cygwin. Straight forward to setup, and works very well. Gives you a nice bash shell when logging into your windows PC (if you want it). Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/ How to setup ssh on cygwin: http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.htm Enjoy! -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sansa Connect - internet radio on the go.
oreillymj;209647 Wrote: > Yes startup time. From the time of pushing the power button on the Sansa > to actually being able to listen to music is about 1 minute or more. > > Probably more, it's certainly fa slower than even an iPod coming out of > standby. > > Read through some of the AnythingButiPod forums and you'll discover > that a FW upgrade to improve the situation was due months ago. > > I have an iRiver 1Gb flash player, 8gb Sansa & 80Gb iPod and the Sansa > is the worst player of the 3. > > So, let the buyer beware. A 1 minute startup time certainly doesn't sound right, but in any case I would suggest you read the "Rockbox" forum on the AnythingButiPod site and try sticking Rockbox on your Sansa. As I've said elsewhere - it has transformed my Sansa e280 into the best portable DAP I have ever used. Agreed - this is mostly down to Rockbox, but the firmware/UI is arguably the biggest factor in terms of how good a DAP is and at least with the Sansa you have the opportunity to improve that aspect. In terms of hardware the Sansa is a small and beautiful piece of kit with a very decent battery life (and easily replaceable battery). In my fairly modest experience of DAPs I've used a 1GB iRiver for 2+ years and my other half has an iPod Nano 2G (which I've used a few times). Compared to these I would say that the Sansa with Rockbox on it is head and shoulders above both of them. -- dSw dSw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=362 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
Thanks guys, that explains part of my issue. I will be using SSH once I have this working. Just wanted to take baby steps at first. I've never set up SSH, any pointers? Softsqueeze not only will not play any files, but it will not even connect completely. It's MediaMonkey that connects and will not play (due to Lame not being installed, I hope). -- Martin -- mschiff mschiff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
Also, as you are only streaming MP3, you don't need port 3483 open - thats used by Softsqueeze and Squeezebox. Can I make a suggestion? Irrationally, (or not), hearing that you have got ports 9000 and 3483 open to the world gives me shivers... What about using OpenSSH and forwarding those ports? As a network admin, its possibly something you've come across before anyway. Have a search on the forums - quite a few posts on how to do it. I successfully stream my music (and radio stations, including Last.fm) from home to office over SSH. I connect using both WinAmp and Softsqueeze. I can't stream FLAC though - just don't have the bandwidth, and I don't think my employers would be too pleased either. I've succesfully streamed music from my PC in the UK to an office in Colorado, USA before. As for why SoftSqueeze won't play any FLAC files at all, that sounds like a file format issue - in the slim web interface, go to Settings -> File Types. Check that the FLAC to FLAC format is checked (it should be, otherwise your Squeezebox probably wouldn't work). Hope that helps. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
mschiff;209843 Wrote: > I do not have Lame installed on the server, because all of my files are > FLAC files, and I stream FLAC directly to my Squeezeboxes. Will the > server not stream FLAC files remotely? I was using MediaMonkey which > can play FLAC files directly. Yes, that's a problem - stream.mp3 will only play back MP3 streams. If you don't have LAME on the server it has no way to transcode. SlimServer does not support FLAC streaming to any software client but SoftSqueeze - however, most people don't have the bandwidth for it anyway (you'd need 1500-2000 kbps upload at the server at all times). This doesn't explain why SoftSqueeze won't work because that does support FLAC streaming if your bandwidth will allow it, but baby steps first. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
Mark, I do not have Lame installed on the server, because all of my files are FLAC files, and I stream FLAC directly to my Squeezeboxes. Will the server not stream FLAC files remotely? I was using MediaMonkey which can play FLAC files directly. I will add Lame to the server when I get home today and see if that helps. I am the network administrator at work, so there is nothing going on there with bandwidth shaping. We have a T1, so there is no ISP involved here at work. I have Road Runner at the other end. Thanks for your help. -- Martin -- mschiff mschiff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm Issue
my settings are: Pause at Power off / Resume at Power on The Boxes are SB2 kadi -- kadi kadi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alarm Issue
I don't use the Alarm feature myself, but if I understand the way the settings work, I imagine what I'm about to say would be relevant for the Alarm case. In SlimServer, check your AUDIO options for the specific player that does not play a startup (Player Settings -> Audio). Then look at the option titled "Power on Resume." Do you have something selected there that would not either continue or restart the song? Such as the "Remain Stopped" option? -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network over electrical wiring
On 6/19/07, Kyle wrote: > > SuperQ;209718 Wrote: > > Homeplug would be a cool additional connectivity option for the > > squeezebox. I use wifi to my SB2 in the garage.. but it would be sweet > > to be able to just plug it in.. That would require moving the PSU into > > the device.. maybe not a bad idea anyway. > > ??? I don't understand what you're saying. Your SB2 PSU should not be > affected. You plug the Homeplug into the wall and connect it to the > SB2 with a networking cable. I think SuperQ is referring to building a Homeplug receiver into the SB PSU, and the PSU into the SB, so that you don't need either an ethernet cable or a wifi connection (you'd just plug the SB into a regular power socket). You'd still need the homeplug at the server end to send the signal, but you'd save on one homeplug device (and probably pay for it in extra SB cost, not to mention whatever interference issues would crop up - something I know nothing about). Cheers, Geoff ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network over electrical wiring
i bought apair of devolo dlan 200 to explore this and got not good results, the sound in the squeezebox had a very noticeable electrical background noise, easily identifiable with the leds monitoring activity in the devolo device, so i forgot this approach. Just my 2 cents. -- katabasis katabasis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10869 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
MelonMonkey;209787 Wrote: > Everything except perhaps Dyson vacuums and Miele laundry machines are > more expensive in the UK and Europe. My Transporter (bought in the UK) was pretty much the same price as a US one at the exchange rate of the day. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Alarm Issue
I run a slimserver 6.5.3 on server 2003 with 3 Squeezeboxes. 2 of them act as a alarm to wake us up in the morning. The first alarm (daily)is working well. The second box only starts showing the song, and i have to push the play button. any ideas ? kadi -- kadi kadi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12048 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Network over electrical wiring
SuperQ;209718 Wrote: > Homeplug would be a cool additional connectivity option for the > squeezebox. I use wifi to my SB2 in the garage.. but it would be sweet > to be able to just plug it in.. That would require moving the PSU into > the device.. maybe not a bad idea anyway. ??? I don't understand what you're saying. Your SB2 PSU should not be affected. You plug the Homeplug into the wall and connect it to the SB2 with a networking cable. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36225 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug when using Replaygain
MelonMonkey;209790 Wrote: > I can assure you that in my collection which sits at just over 20k > tracks right now, there were numerous tracks with positive RG when > calculating for a target of 89db. The overwhelming majority required > negative RG, but there were still a significant number of positives. That doesn't surprise me. I just did a quick check of my own collection, and out of 1135 albums, was surprised to find that 138 have positive album_gain values. That's over 12%. (Perhaps I'm unusual in having a fair number of CDs from the 80s and 90s, and quite a lot of LP transfers which haven't been compressed to death). But I have some good news. After examining the database structure, there's a simple way to update it to "correct" the ReplayGain values: Code: update albums set replay_gain = -20*log10(replay_peak) where -20*log10(replay_peak) < replay_gain; update tracks set replay_gain = -20*log10(replay_peak) where -20*log10(replay_peak) < replay_gain; commit; (This does of course require you to have a MySQL client of some sort available. The Query Browser Tool can be downloaded from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html for Windows, MacOS and Linux). I have updated the bug report to suggest that perhaps the scanner process could do this as a final step. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] slimserver artist display question
On 6/19/07, pasil wrote: > The library displays every artist but one in alphabetical order by > first name which is fine. But "Steve Earle" is ordered with the E's > -it is not displayed as Earle, Steve either. Are you sure there's not an ARTISTSORT tag in the files? (see http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerSupportedTags for the tags and how they're used by slimserver). To check, select one file in MP3Tag, and hit Alt-T - that should show you all tags, including those not shown by the default MP3Tag display. Cheers, Geoff ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slimserver artist display question
Hi- I'm 2 weeks new to squeezebox but so far it's been awesome. One glitch that I can't figure out. I have a library of 14000 songs probably 1300 artists, don't use itunes, have server 6.5.3 running. The library displays every artist but one in alphabetical order by first name which is fine. But "Steve Earle" is ordered with the E's -it is not displayed as Earle, Steve either. I've got three albums in flac in one folder and a few songs as .mp3 in another folder and it has filed them all this way. I've looked at all the tags of all the songs in mp3tag and can't figure this out. Any idesa? Thanks, Paul -- pasil pasil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12047 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36244 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug when using Replaygain
Mark Lanctot;209773 Wrote: > - RG values are overwhelmingly negative, mostly -7 to -10 dB. They are > very, very rarely positive, I'd say less than 5% of any CDs short of > classical you could buy today. Agreed. But as you say, classical CDs often have positive RG values. Since my collection covers a range of styles with a wide spread of perceived loudness, I find RG to be very useful, and would prefer it not to clip my classical albums. Mark Lanctot;209773 Wrote: > - your example was purposefully manipulated to an extreme. In my 4462 > track collection the highest positive RG value I have is probably + 2 > dB. +21.9 dB really means it's recorded improperly. Yes, I deliberately prepared an extreme example so as to make it absolutely obvious that the clipping occurs. I also subsequently uploaded a short extract of a real recording (Apassionata Sonata) that also exhibits clipping when RG is used on the Squeezebox. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug when using Replaygain
I can assure you that in my collection which sits at just over 20k tracks right now, there were numerous tracks with positive RG when calculating for a target of 89db. The overwhelming majority required negative RG, but there were still a significant number of positives. This process was for track RG, not Album RG. If I can find some script to help me count, I'll see if I can find what the ratio is of negative to positive gain throughout the collection. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
Everything except perhaps Dyson vacuums and Miele laundry machines are more expensive in the UK and Europe. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your Apple Remote' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
Hi, In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James_B<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > US price on Logitech/Slim Devices site $299.99 > Euro price on Logitech site 299 euros = $400 > UK price on Logitech site 219 pounds = $435 That's not so bad. Often stuff that comes over here from the States ends up being charged the same price in UK pounds as it is in dollars... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
James_B;209772 Wrote: > Odder still.. > > US price on Logitech/Slim Devices site $299.99 > Euro price on Logitech site 299 euros = $400 > UK price on Logitech site 219 pounds = $435 The Logitech prices you are listing are MSRP and are inc. VAT. We don't generally move prices with currency fluctuations, so the weak US dollar versus strong EU$ & British Pound has a major impact as well. Resellers set their own selling price, which is why you've seen it for less than our suggested retail price. -- JimC JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Crossfade problems with 6.5.2?
Looks like rescanning the library fixed the problem. I was able to re-enable the plug-ins and still have everything work properly. It's odd that I had to do a complete rescan when I upgraded to 6.5.1 to solve some problems and now a complete rescan when moving to 6.5.2 to fix this. In any case, problem solved and thanks for the help. -- oriordan oriordan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3698 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot stream remotely
For the remote software player, go to Player Settings - Audio - Bitrate Limiting. The paragraph should indicate if LAME is properly installed. Also go to Server Settings - File Types - File Format Conversion Setup. You should check the MP3 conversion of every format you have (keep the native formats checked though or else your local players will get transcoded MP3 too.) I'm not sure why SoftSqueeze wouldn't be working though. Do you have any evidence to show your ISP or your employer might be using bandwidth shaping tools? -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter Question.
ceejay;209724 Wrote: > Presuming you mean 6.5.2 not 8.5.2, which will doubtless have all sorts > of wonderful properties we can only dream of... :) > > I have a slightly earlier version, so its possible something broke > between mine and yours, but its odd that no-one else has noticed this > (I can't see anything relevant in bugzilla, except relating to Rhapsody > use). > > At the risk of being a bit too basic, can you confirm the exact steps > you are taking? > > - you are connected to your local slimserver > - you select Browse - Artist > - scroll to an artist (Sting) > - press play > > result - you get the tracks from just one of the three albums that you > have, not all three. > > If thats the case, could you try this with some other artists - do you > get the same effect? > > If you've followed the steps above and its true for all artists, then > it does start to sound like a bug. If so, before you report, you should > download and try the latest nightly 6.5.3 which has all the latest fixes > in it. > > HTH > Ceejay sorry on the typo. Yes to all of your points. I will proboably try 6.5.3 and if still not right will report it as a bug -- barrygordon barrygordon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7468 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36195 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Bug when using Replaygain
There are reasons why this might not be as high a priority here as you would like. Don't shoot the messenger here, I'm just thinking out loud: - RG values are overwhelmingly negative, mostly -7 to -10 dB. They are very, very rarely positive, I'd say less than 5% of any CDs short of classical you could buy today. - your example was purposefully manipulated to an extreme. In my 4462 track collection the highest positive RG value I have is probably + 2 dB. +21.9 dB really means it's recorded improperly. - audiophiles don't use RG anyway as they believe it introduces distortion -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
satnavstu;209658 Wrote: > hi guys, > > ordering my first squeezebox(es) tomorrow, just been checking pricing > etc and am confused. how come amazon have the squeezebox with a > slimdevices logo at £195, ripcaster have it for £199 while logitech > have it for £219? all seems very odd. > Odder still.. US price on Logitech/Slim Devices site $299.99 Euro price on Logitech site 299 euros = $400 UK price on Logitech site 219 pounds = $435 -- James_B James_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cannot stream remotely
I have set up my server so that it is accessible on the web. I have opened port 9000 and 3483 in my router and verified that they are open. I can bring up the Slimserver web interface on my server from my remote site with no problem, however, I can't stream any music either with Softsqueeze or MediaMonkey. When I try with MediaMonkey to connect to my server via: http://myserveraddress:9000/stream.mp3, I see the IP address of my remote system appearing in the Slimserver interface, but it won't play anything. The play button is non-functional. I can create a playlist of songs, but the current pointer always goes to the last song, and nothing plays. In Softsqueeze, it says "Please wait. Connecting to Slim Server", but nothing ever happens. If I do these things locally on my network at home, everything works beautifully, even if I use the outside address. Any suggestions? -- Martin -- mschiff mschiff's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4298 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36241 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
FYI I just received my two Squeezeboxes from Ebuyer. £190 each incl free postage. They had the new logitech branding, which didnt show up on their website. Would have preferred the old slim devices logo though... -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New Device - Headless SB & Remote Display/Control
dwilliams01;209695 Wrote: > It had security options that my old G hub didn't support. My laptop with > built-in b didn't support it either. You're most likely talking about WPA - which 802.11b never supported. 802.11g has supported it from the beginning, but not all 802.11g chipsets supported it. Those that don't are no longer in production. > There is no point in designing a new device using old standards - as > people have pointed out there probably isn't much in the way of a > signifant price difference, just a simplicity/efficiency one. If you're talking about WEP, certainly, that was broken long ago. Dropping support for it in 802.11n would be a great idea so people won't accidentally use it. Several on this thread have requested to see what "new" security you're talking about and never received the answer. It's WPA/PSK or WPA2/AES or some non-standard manufacturer-specific thing that won't interoperate with equipment from other manufacturers. These are "old" standards in that they're over five years old (gasp!) There's nothing wrong with them provided you aren't stupid about the passphrase - to perform a brute-force attack on these would take on the order of thousands of years... > My pre-n certainly appears to me to have much better range and > reliability than my old G hub. Not a scientific test, but it has been > confirmed with multiple devices (using the belkin pre-n cards and hub) > vs the old G hub that I had for a while. It went through walls much > better, no dead spots and null zones in the house and even work further > out into the yard. So speed isn't the only thing to consider. True, but in order to take advantage of this you only need it in the router/AP - and you can do this with an 802.11g MIMO router. You don't need this technology in a low-bandwidth end client like the SB. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36169 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 Question: When you listen to music, do you connect to Slim Server or SqueezeNetwork? - a) 100% of the time to Slimserver (on computer or NAS drive) - b) 75% of the time on Slimserver / 25% on SqueezeNetwork - c) 50% of the time on Slimserver / 50% on SqueezeNetwork - d) 25% of the time on Slimserver / 75% on SqueezeNetwork - e) 100 % of the time on SqueezeNetwork stinkingpig;209522 Wrote: > I don't really care for radio, internet or otherwise. > > My wife likes radio a lot, but she's got great FM stations to chose > from. It's hard to explain why she should learn how to start and stop > squeezenetwork in order to listen to worse-sounding music than she can > hear by turning on the radio :) Ah well this is totally opposite for us. Before our squeezeboxes arrived (today!), I have been ripping internet radio stations for years, and playing them back because the FM stations mostly play crap chart music that we have no interest in... So one of the big selling points for us is the ability to use shoutcast streams, pandora & last.fm in addition to our CD "soon to be totally FLAC" collection. In fact improvement in syncing of stream playback would be a major plus for me. And I'd love to have last.fm synced playback, which the plugin doesnt support yet. Cheers, Menno -- menno menno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista
I really think this scanner needs to be sorted out! It's always giving one problems! I remember on XP I was having issues when once in a while it would go into a loop and run infinitely, or just get stuck somewhere. Then a debug would usually indicate what the problem file was etc. BUT NOW, on Vista, I've been trying to get the slimserver to scan a partition on my hard disk where I keep all my music, and it's been running for over 24 hours. The log shows nothing except: Setup::rescan - initiating scan of type: [wipecache] :( How complicated can the scanner be? -- volatileacid volatileacid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9868 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help...song restarts spontaneously
You also seemed to have the Trackstat plugin running. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36232 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Having some problems ... Apple Mac (PowerPC)
Just use your music folder on the server Mac. Make a symbolic link to the external drive and put this in the music folder. When I do this, I can see the drive using another machine on the network running Windows no problem. -- bephillips More than 32647 songs on 3248 albums by 2002 artists. SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10713 - Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P135) - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.6 darwin-thread-multi-2level MySQL Version: 5.0.22-standard On a 1.2GHz G4 Mac iBook with 768MB RAM bephillips's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36177 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] malware/virus?
Just downloaded the windows installer and the zip archive of 6.5.2 and scanned with Avast! and found no problems. Avast version 4.7 Home Edition Build: May2007 (4.7.1001) Xtreme Toolkit version: 1.9.4.0 Using ActiveSkin version: 4.2.7.3 VPS file (virus database) Compilation Date: 18/06/2007 File Version: 000750-1 -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36230 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Help reassembling SB3 remote control
Hi Unfortunately my SB3 remote fell on to a tiled floor this morning and split up into several pieces - back, front, batteries, PCB, clear plastic with holes in it and rubber keypad. Assuming I'm not missing any pieces, it seems that the PCB simply sits in the back, the clear plastic is placed on to it (there are no lugs or anything to hold it, and then the rubber keypad sits on top of the plastic. Unfortunately, no joy. I have a remote from another SB3 in the house and that works with both players, but the reassembled remote won't do anything with either player. I've checked the batteries are in OK (and the battery connectors are in place). I'm guessing the drop broke the LED or a solder joint. Have I missed any bits which may have flown across the room? Apart from the tips of the key backs pressing down on the PCB (is this how contact is made, is there a conductive material on the back of the rubber keys??) I can't see there's much more to it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. -- Hamslay Hamslay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12042 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
£219 might be the list price? which is common for the manufacturer to list. Amazon etc. will be selling it at cost+markup. As far as the branding is concerned, you will probably get a Logitec unit as Amazon were OOS for a long time so i doubt they have any of the old runs left. They probably won't update the picture any time soon though. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
I can recommend the service from _'Ecodigital' (http://www.ecodigital.co.uk/estore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cpath=8&products_id=52)_. (I have no connection to Ecodigital) 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=36220 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Bug when using Replaygain
A few days ago in another thread I reported the results of an experiment which demonstrated that when using Replaygain, the Squeezebox can introduce clipping if the RG value is positive. (Here's a link to that report: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=208322&postcount=22) I have now raised this as a bug report here: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5119 Initial response from Slim Devices doesn't seem to show too much concern, which I found a little surprising. So I'm flagging it up here in case anyone else feels this is something that ought to be sorted in the reasonably near future. Please add your vote if you agree. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36234 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sansa Connect - internet radio on the go.
I actually did purchase an e280 over the weekend, but returned it. I may have overstated the case with the "Connect" being "the one", but it does have a remarkable form factor and gui - it's VERY intuitive, and seems not to be bogged down by extras, based on a hands-on trial. I wanted to pick it up as soon as I saw it, and couldn't put it down once I picked it up. That's saying something. Really, pick one up and spin that dial, and watch each icon enlarge as it takes it's turn. It's SO INTUITIVE. It's beautiful, but without looking like it should be "on display". I find it hard to resist it's looks. I can't say the same for any model of cell phone, which is 1 reason why I don't own a cell phone, besides the "curse of the monthly bill". I wouldn't mind ownning a blackberry pearl, for example, and paying for actual useage, but that simply isn't an option, so I don't own one. It's like buying something, but then paying a monthly rate on top of that. Outrageous. -- NauticusLX NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36198 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
