[slim] Albumart again
Guys, I have cover.jpg's in the music folders. The Album art is displayed, if I look at a certain album in detail, but when I look at the album overview (50 albums per page and only the albumart plus album name) I see only the default icon (with the questionmark). It worked already, but I was forced to reinstall slimserver again. I already deleted the brower cache and also forced a rescan of the music files. any hints? KR -- RaK RaK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7855 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Auto ratings for my songs?
All power to you if you've got the time and organization to do this, but I'm simply not that kind of person. What I was hoping for was a starting point so that I could fix any ratings that I disagree with, but individually rating ALL my library ? Life's too short :) I guess the other problem (for me) is that a song which I thought was great three months ago, I might get fed up with now. It's difficult to judge if a new song is a grower or a catchy tune that you will grow to hate. Steve -- sbutton sbutton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1655 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25790 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open SC 7 web interface page
BTW, maybe this thread should be moved to the Beta section. Also, looks like another new posting of the same issue... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41302 You said that you would get the loading page. What happens if you hit a full reload, after having cleared your browser's cache? And can you confirm the message in the event log? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
If you can't go wired how about ethernet over power lines in your home? This technology has been around for years and in the last few been adopted by many of the common network vendors: Netgear: http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters.aspx Linksys: http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2childpagename=US%2FLayoutcid=1166859566539pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapperlid=6653922279B60 -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimcentre 7.0A1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2 (SP2). Remote storage QNAP(2.1.1T)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP - dBpowerAMP R12.3 to FLAC ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.39 ~ Paul_B's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A Nightmare Before Christmas
I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox that has suddenly started to play with a high level of background hiss. This is present when i change amps and also when i use the headphone socket. Please help Col. -- debscol debscol's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Auto ratings for my songs?
If you are satisfied with setting the same ratings on all the tracks on an album, TrackStat plugin together with Custom Scan plugin supports to retrieve album based ratings from Amazon.com and store them in SlimServer database. -- 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 Database Query 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=25790 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
If there were the first rule of coding, then, I'd imagine it would be - the code has to do something useful and purposeful, preferably what the paying side asked for. That's not a rule of coding - that's the role of requirements capture and design :-) Good that this thread was started (kudos to the idea that the client is ultimate target of the product and keep it simple - ask them - what is that they really want). Yes, I agree that it is good to ask in the forum how the community want functionality to work. However, that is not going to capture a large proportion of the user base, and only forum readers who have a problem with the current functionality will respond. How many users are there that don't read the forum, and how many users actually like the current functionality? So far there have been 8-10 replies, some of which agree that new functionality (or the proposed removal of functionality) should be optional. I too find the current solution rather useless, partially because of the fact that it's not consistent - SB does not react to the remote same way all the time; an then, pressing the play is hit and miss. I'm not sure what problem you have - but sounds like this is nothing to do with FF functionality. What is not consistent? SB reacts to the remote the same way all the time for me - what varies for you? Sounds like you have dead batteries, if pressing play is hit and miss. Since I have discovered song scanner, I don't think I ever used the original way to FF. That is a good useful plugin, but I still find the standard FF functionality more useful, most of the time. I think that just integrating the song scanner, so that it is easier to access would be big step in the right direction. Because, the only drawback to it is the fact that it takes too many key strokes to get. This is already possible by creating a custom key map file. You can call up the song scanner from any chosen button (overriding FF.hold if you desire). I have changed play.hold on the now playing screen to take me directly into the song scanner. I think the Song Scanner could be made a standard plugin (released and supported with SqueezeCenter) to sit alongside the current functionality. My vote would be for play.hold to be used to invoke the seek progress bar. The SavePlaylist plugin currently uses play.hold to get into that plugin, but I think Song Scanner would be a better use for the button. How often do people want to save the playlist? Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Albumart again
RaK;251034 Wrote: Guys, I have cover.jpg's in the music folders. The Album art is displayed, if I look at a certain album in detail, but when I look at the album overview (50 albums per page and only the albumart plus album name) I see only the default icon (with the questionmark). It worked already, but I was forced to reinstall slimserver again. I already deleted the brower cache and also forced a rescan of the music files. any hints? KR You may need to check your thumbnail setting under SlimServer or SqueezeCenter setting/interface/thumbnail. What is your current setting? Perhaps you should set to default or lower. Hope this help. -- auronthas Auronthas Tajima Power Conditioner #61614; Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 #61614; Van den Hul The Source #61614; Cambridge Audio 540A #61614; Van den Hul Goldwater / Ortofon SPK 200 #61614; Sonus Faber Concertino Domus Dell Inspiron 640m #61614; Window Vista #61614; SC 7.0 - 15528(Nightly release 21 Dec) #61614; Aztech DSL600EW (ADSL2/2, Wireless 802.11b/g 125Mbps 4-port ethernet router) SqueezeCenter Version: Firmware: 84 http://www.last.fm/user/auronthas/ auronthas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41312 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
How would you feel about DVR-like behavior? Press Fwd once and you jump ~30 seconds ahead (rough computation based on file size if not natively supported format?), pres Rew once and you jump ~10 seconds back. The UI should let users choose different Fwd and Rew jump amounts. That would be even worse. Perhaps even better -- momentary presses would have that DVR-like behavior, and held presses would have Alan's proposed behavior. The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly. The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward behaviour. I don't like having to hold down the button for long periods of time. Uses the battery power up, and would be less secure than current functionality. I press.hold to start fast-forward, and then release the button. I press.hold FF again to ramp-up the speed. When I hear a change in the music (eg. the end of a long gap, crowd-noise between live songs, I press play to resume normal playback. Nothing confusing or difficult about that, and totally practical. I compare the current fast-forward functionality to my Sky+ box for digital TV control, which is considered by many to be the best and most user-friendly PVR on the market. With that box, you press . This takes you into x2 playback speed. Press it again and you go to x5, then x15 and x30. Press play to resume playback. Exactly the same, except the SqueezeBox remote doesn't have a dedicated button, so you have to press FF.hold each time to go up to the next multiplier level. I can't imagine how bad it would feel if someone took away visual feedback from the Sky+ box and just provided a progress bar or an arbitrary jump n seconds into the future. I use my Squeezeboxes and a RadioShark AM/FM capture device to time shift radio programs. Often I have to stop playing a program mid-way. I use SongScanner to resume playback in these cases (I'd like to have something like MythTV's saved position functionality.) Yes, that is kind of when I use the SongScanner; if I have stopped a long song/podcast and know what position I want to resume from. However, there is also a bookmark plugin, that allows you to save the song and position as a bookmark, so you can instantly resume from that position. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
I'm probably to fast ;-) Slow down and chill out then ;-) i press nothing happens or it goes silent then a little later a sound snippet ? by then i've pressed play again. Confused as ever. Now i get it, I'm not patient enough to let the function kick in. There would be no difference with the new proposed functionality - you would still have to learn how to hold a button down for long enough. Longer in fact, because as soon as you release, it would stop fast-forwarding, so you better learn to have more patience :-) Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] So... are we going to see a new Squeezebox at CES?
I hope new hardware is released soon, then all the idle speculation can stop :D -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41281 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
simondp;250801 Wrote: Any suggestions before I'm forced to get something else? A new wife perhaps...? ;) -- egd Thecus N5200PRO Transporter ATC SCA2 ATC SCM100SLAT egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Someone able to search in WebUI with unicode?
I have asked this in the past; but it seems either this works for everyone but me, or the issue is totally overlooked. I was never able to search my unicode (cyrillic)- tagged artists/albums/etc., using simple or advanced search. The result page is instantly blank; no matter what I search for. I have found bug 2532 (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532), but this is marked as fixed. In case I'm not alone: this is THE MAJOR ISSUE! Shall I fill in a bug request? My system: SlimServer Version: 6.5.5 - 15454 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1251 Server IP address: 192.168.11.6 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt -- ymilner ymilner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1370 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41318 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
Tend to agree with an earlier poster: need to be able to hear what you are skipping for this to be useful. Currently I find that the lack of responsiveness is the biggest cause of frustration but I like being able to skip forward or backwards in a track. I agree if this is a problem on transcoded data then drop the audio for this -but then I only use FLAC occasionally MP3! I would like to see current situation where each FFWD press speeds it up, but would be nice if FRWD stepped the speed back down so could control speed.doesn't seem to do that now. -- ntom SB3, Perpetual Technologies P1-A / P3-A, Naim 82, 4 x Naim 135, Magneplanar MG3a ntom's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3197 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
There is considerable dissatisfaction with the current implementation, although I suspect that it probably meets the needs of some people just fine. Can you recap what features of the current functionality users are dissatisfied with? Maybe there's just a lack of information on how it works and people need some extra words in the documentation. Are users actually saying that they don't like the sound made when fast-forwarding, or is that just an internal thing because Logitech want to make the software easier to understand? Do users understand that they have to hold the FF button down? Do users understand that they can release and hold again to go faster? Do users understand that they have to press play to resume normal playback? I'm trying to understand where the dissatisfaction is. Let me start by recapping on the current functionality, as I understand it. From this statement it does sound like there's no written documentation. I can't find my original user manual. I've looked in the Help-Remote Control Reference, and all it says is Press and hold FWD to scan forward through the current song. Whilst that statement is not untrue, it doesn't really detail the whole functionality. Your recap of the functionality was really good - and at least one user replying to this thread now undertands how it is meant to work. I suggest that as part of the rework (if anything has to be done), you also consider writing some details into the help reference, and eventually it would be good if Logitech release a better user manual for new products. There is considerable doubt about whether being able to hear the 1s chunks of audio in these modes is actually of any use. Really? Where does the doubt come from? I find it very useful, and I would find it useless without. Most other playback devices have audio feedback - CD players and mp3 players. Take for example the industry standard for mp3 playback devices - the iPod. If you press and hold the button on an iPod, it will fast forward, playing chuncks of audio in exactly the same way as the SqueezeBox fast-forward implementation. Comparing to VCR/DVD/PVR devices, they all show a visual feedback when fast forwarding through video. Video players often had two mechanisms too. Fast-forward when playing will give a visual feedback, so you know when to stop fast-forwarding through adverts, for example. When stopped, fast-forward would go faster, showing a time position, so you can set playback at a particular point in time. The iPod also has two mechanisms for seeking through a song. 1. Press and hold to fast-forward with audio feedback. 2. Press the middle circular button to go to a song progress bar. The wheel is then used to set a specific position within the song. The music plays at normal speed whilst you are selecting a new playback position (whilst the user continues to move finger around the wheel). When the user stops moving for a second or so, playback will automatically resume at that position. To me, this is also how the Squeezebox should work by default out of the box, as a large user base would be most familiar with this functionality. Your suggestion is like (1) and (2) above merged together, but in my opinion the audio feedback is crucial for this type of seeking, otherwise it's pointless. The implementation (called trick-mode internally) is pretty inefficient and somewhat hit-and-miss. Recent improvements have made it somewhat more reliable Seems to work flawlessly under SC7.0 beta for me, on both wireless players (SB2 and Transporter) that I have. I used to have a FF problem on my SB3, but to be honest I had loads of problems in general with wifi and the player rebooting, etc. It needs to go back for repair. The song scanner plugin in like (2) above, except that it by default it is awkward to navigate to, and return back to the now playing screen. This could be improved. The implementation also has the problem that it affects many different parts of the SC software. It would be great to get rid of it. True, but that's probably true for lots of other important bits of functionality - you can't just remove something because it hasn't been implemented well, and not replace it with something else. Eg. many people have unreliable wifi problems, but that doesn't mean that wifi should be disabled on all players! Can I suggest that you try to support both seeking methods, like an iPod does: 1. Press and hold FF to fast-forward through a song, similar to your suggestion, but with audio feedback. 2. Press and hold play to bring up a progress bar, where left/right buttons set the current playback position. Automatically resume playback when left/right are not pressed any more, or press play to resume. I suggest that the above could be the new default settings, but I would also like to see some configuration options to tweak the functionality (not sure whether the settings would be
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
I would like to see current situation where each FFWD press speeds it up, but would be nice if FRWD stepped the speed back down so could control speed.doesn't seem to do that now. The current functionality uses repeated press-and-hold FWD presses to speed up, use repeated REW presses to slow down or go backwards. Press play at any time to resume playback instantly. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
Your radio problems might be improved by increasing the RADIO STATION BUFFER SETTINGS and RADIO STATION TIMEOUT in Server Settings - Network. I have found that 10 secs buffer and 15 secs timeout are needed if you are using the 128K stream of ClassicFM. -- MrStan MrStan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Hi everyone! I have two issues that are quite annoying. The first is when I browse to an album and want to listen to the whole thing, all the tracks are played out of order. Secondly, it appears as though my SB3 is not finding all the songs in my library. It seems like track 1 is missing from a lot of my albums. What gives??? I can see the song on my HD, but the SB won't find it. All of my music is ripped as WAV files. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! -- Inspiribomb Inspiribomb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Your first issue is caused by the fact that you are using the Browse Music Folder option - rather than using the Album (by tag) view. Assume you have made a conscious decision to use se .wav rather than another lossless format which supports tags (such as FLAC, which is what a lot of people on here use, including me)? Even if you want to use .wav, Slimserver can guess tags from your file name and folder structure - just enter the appropriate format in the Server settings and Slimserver will try to build a library based on that, so you can ditch the Browse Music Folder option. If neither of these options work for you, the only alternative is to rename your files so that they start with the track number rather than title. Browse Music Folder is essentially just a hook into the way that your OS sees the folder, so the tracks will always appear alphabetically by file name. There are lots of tagging products that can batch rename files to take the pain out of this - what OS are you using? On your second issue - are you using .cue sheets by any chance? Also, what version of Slimserver, OS etc? -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
I just downloadeded Slimsever from the Logitech website a couplda days ago, not sure what version it is, how do I check? I run Windows XP Pro. I chose to go with WAV so that there would be no compression whatsoever, since my stereo is composed of pretty high end components. Perhaps I will try FLAC, I've heard good things about it, its just going to be irritating having to rip all my CD's again. Is there a specific program that works for this? Also, my songs are still played out of order even when I browse my music by album. Maybe switching over to FLAC will solve some of these problems. Some input before I get going on that this morning would be appreciated :D -- Inspiribomb Inspiribomb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
First of all - you don't need to re-rip, promise. There are lots of good encoders that you can point at your wavs and create a second library of FLAC files, like the 'FLAC front end' (http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm). See 'here' (http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FlacFrontend) for a howto. There is also lots of good info in the wiki (see the Beginners Guide in particular) (look up at the top of the page, although it seems to be down just now). For future ripping to FLAC, check out any of EAC, DBPoweramp or Audiograbber. Again, lots of relative merits discussed in the wiki. Your slimserver version will be shown at the bottom of the Server Settings page - if you've got the latest stable it should be 6.5.5 I think. There's a new release called SC7 which is being beta tested, but that shouldn't make any difference to your immediate problem. If your music is still out of order when you browse by album, have you adjusted the Guess Tags setting to match your folder / naming structure and done a full clear and rescan? Should be under Server Settings / Formatting (I'm on SC7, but should be in the same place). From the help file: -Guess Tags Formats For files that do not have reasonable tags, you can have SqueezeCenter guess at tags using the path and filename. Using the same variables as Title Format, you can create a pattern to match your file naming conventions so that the application can make a good guess at what the tags should be. Priority goes in the order listed below. The first valid pattern match is used. - -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 12/23/07 - Can't access Slimdevices Main Site
Is slimdevices.com down this morning or Am I the only one having this problem? -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Quoting Inspiribomb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I chose to go with WAV so that there would be no compression whatsoever, since my stereo is composed of pretty high end components. Perhaps I will try FLAC, I've heard good things about it, its just going to be irritating having to rip all my CD's again. Is there a specific program that works for this? You don't have to re-rip. You can convert directly from the wav files using DBPowerAmp or a variety of other tools. FLAC is lossless, as is wav, so there is no real benefit to re-ripping from the source disk. Also, my songs are still played out of order even when I browse my music by album. Maybe switching over to FLAC will solve some of these problems. Some input before I get going on that this morning would be appreciated :D Since wav doesn't support tagging, there is no way for it to know outside of file names what order the songs are supposed to be in. flac DOES support tagging, including the 'track #' tag, so SlimServer can get it right. dd ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Nightmare Before Christmas
debscol;251052 Wrote: I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox that has suddenly started to play with a high level of background hiss. This is present when i change amps and also when i use the headphone socket. Please help Col. You could try resetting the xilinx chip in the squeezebox, I think you press and hold button 1 on the remote pointing at squeezebox while powering it up. Hope this helps. -- Ashy72 Ashy72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12230 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 12/23/07 - Can't access Slimdevices Main Site
It's back up. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41328 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
I, myself, have had very poor luck with Netgear wireless routers. The solution to constant dropouts, etc. has been to switch. I have had the best luck with a Linksys Wireless (pre)N router. Although the SB3 is not an N device, the stronger wireless signal put out by this type of router has solved problems of dropouts in cold-spots around the house. In this situation, I might find a store with a liberal return policy, buy the pre-N router (D-link's also gets good reviews) and see if you can solve these problems. I have had the best luck leaving the N router on automatic settings which seems to send a wider band signal than a G router. -- ds2021 ds2021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
simondp;250889 Wrote: Guys, thanks for the responses. The thing with the laptop is strange. I put it into hibernate as standard. When it 'comes alive' again, the squeezeboxes stop. If it's music, they'll restart eventually. If it's radio, they'll stop until told to restart. Then everything is fine until the next hiccup sometime later. MP3's normally play just fine for hours on end, it's the radio that's the hang-up. Maybe that suggests the router could be the problem, as everything goes through that... One thought - If you operate like I do, your laptop probably has the Slimserver interface open in your browser all the time. It could be that when your machine comes back on-line, in attempting to update the page, it is pausing the player. Can you try closing the web UI before you put the laptop to sleep? I recall experiencing something like this with 6.5.x - I now run 7.0.0 nightlies so I can't test it out. -- hdb hdb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1949 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
You might also try scattering around some Ruckus Wireless products around the house to get a strong wireless mesh network. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for use only by the addressee(s), and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, copy or disseminate this message or any attachments to it, or to take any action based on them. If you have received this message in error, please permanently delete or destroy the original and any copy of this message. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Got it. I ripped one of my CD's using EAC as a FLAC file and it worked flawlessly. I still have the issue with the SB not finding track 1 for all my albums. I've only got 75 CD's to rip, so it'll be a nice relaxing Sunday getting it done right now. Thanks guys! -- Inspiribomb Inspiribomb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open SC 7 web interface page
Michael, I can email you (or attach here) my server.log file -- sleepysurf main system: sb2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac-1 modwright swl 9.0se belles 350a reference ml summits. blue jeans cables. secondary sb3 systems in master br (russound r235ls amp driving in-ceiling speakers) and game room (powered swan s200a speakers). sleepysurf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote: Perhaps even better -- momentary presses would have that DVR-like behavior, and held presses would have Alan's proposed behavior. The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly. The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward behaviour. Anybody have a good rock I can hide under? Yeah, about the only time my even better suggestion would make *any* sense would be if there was only one item in the playlist, which is the case when I listen to most radio programs (but most of the time I have normal music playlists, duh). My even better might be another good plugin to write that would wrap the Fwd/Rew keys and only change the behavior for single item playlists -- JumpSkip, maybe, to continue my camel case naming? :-) -Peter -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ free plugins: http://www.tux.org/~peterw/#slim AllQuiet BlankSaver BottleRocket FuzzyTime SaverSwitcher SleepFade StatusFirst VolumeLock peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer not restarting
SoundBoy;250925 Wrote: Dear both I had the same problem. My SlimServer did not autostart once the system boots. It had nothing to do with the firewall, as it had all the permissions - at least nothing that was eluding to it - but I am by no means an expert - and yes I added Perl and all the other applications to my exception list for the fire wall as described above. However what did th job for me is an apple shell script I wrote to check and restart the server if it is not running. I added it to the login-accounts on my computer. Since then - i's running smoothly. Happy Holidays Thanks so much. That's beyond the mind of this mere mortal man. So, now I know it's happening, I just restart the server after restarting the computer. I imagine Slim-folk will eventually figure out what's really going on with Leopard and fix it. Enjoy your holidays, Rich -- rzahradnik rzahradnik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9347 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40750 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
The radio stations hardly draw bandwidth in a wireless setup, all things told, and the fact that the problem arises when the laptop come son could mean that... - There is an IP address conflict? But if that was the case I assume the MP3 streams would stop playing to - which they don't. - I never use the radio feature on the SB all that much. I just nostive that then SS loses all visibility of the SB, which I have always found interesting. The SB obviously connects to a different host, and it goes through your router. I would not think that does any changes tro the IP address, though, and thus should not create an IP address conflict... - Security issue? Not sure why the firewall rules would change when you turn on the laptop. the only thing I could possibloy imagine is that SN uses a TCP port, and when the laptop comes on for some reason the router address conversion gets momentarily screwed up? But that seems a long shot, not sure why the router would interrupt a flow or drop a packet when adding a new entry to the address conversion table... Just musing aloud, sorry to not be able to offer more help. For what it is worth, I tested in in my setup (work computer woken up from hibernation on my wireless network) and the SN runs like nothing happened. -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Embedded artwork not showing up
running 6.5.4 on Mandriva Linux 2008.0 Artwork embedded in mp3 files is not showing up in either the Browse album mode, or when viewing the individual song or album. Artwork files inside album folders works fine, it's just the embedded ones that don't work. I've wiped the cache and rebuilt the db, with no effect. Any ideas? Searching revealed others with this problem, but no clear solution. -- Xhorder Xhorder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1774 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41334 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] FS: Wireless SB3 with original Silver SlimDevices Logo
In my collection of SB3 devices in my house I have two of the original silver front SB3 wireless devices with the small SlimDevices logo on them that I no longer need. I also have the original boxes for them too. The units are in near perfect condition (see picture) and would be great for anyone looking for one of these hard-to-find items. Picture link: http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x221/bradsjm/IMG_0005.jpg Please PM me to make an offer. -- bradsjm bradsjm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41336 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:50:58 +, Phil Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I compare the current fast-forward functionality to my Sky+ box for digital TV control, which is considered by many to be the best and most user-friendly PVR on the market. With that box, you press . This takes you into x2 playback speed. Press it again and you go to x5, then x15 and x30. Press play to resume playback. Exactly the same, except the SqueezeBox remote doesn't have a dedicated button, so you have to press FF.hold each time to go up to the next multiplier level. I can't imagine how bad it would feel if someone took away visual feedback from the Sky+ box and just provided a progress bar or an arbitrary jump n seconds into the future. Video is much different from audio in this respect. But I'd prefer a timeline that I can move to any position of anyway. Like in Windows mediaplayer or any other computer mediaplayer that I know of. None have speed up play speed to move to a different location. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:00:41 +, Phil Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm probably to fast ;-) Slow down and chill out then ;-) i press nothing happens or it goes silent then a little later a sound snippet ? by then i've pressed play again. Confused as ever. Now i get it, I'm not patient enough to let the function kick in. There would be no difference with the new proposed functionality - you would still have to learn how to hold a button down for long enough. Longer in fact, because as soon as you release, it would stop fast-forwarding, so you better learn to have more patience :-) It's much like the way the volume up/down buttons work. Except now the display bar indicates the location inside the current track. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
It's much like the way the volume up/down buttons work. Except now the display bar indicates the location inside the current track. Not really. Volume up/down is instant - as soon as you start to press the volume up key, it will start to raise the volume. However, you'll still have to hold the FWD button down to fast-forward, as a short press would skip to the next track. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about 10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for this. Thanks in advance! -- Inspiribomb Inspiribomb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
Inspiribomb;251190 Wrote: As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about 10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for this. Thanks in advance! Assuming the discs have no problems, yes. That's why it's good to have multiple computers setup for the task if you have them. -- thomsens thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
Inspiribomb;251190 Wrote: As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about 10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for this. Thanks in advance! EAC can be slow, depending on your settings and your CD drive. Ten minutes for a sixty minute CD would be about 6X. I often get under 4X when doing a 'Test Copy'. If you install AccurateRip you can usually use EAC's burst mode and get very fast rips along with assurance that the rip is accurate. The Flac compression should cost you almost nothing in time. In EAC options you can safely set 'On extraction, start external compressors...' and 'Use 1 simultaneous...'. This will launch the Flac encoder in the background while you rip the next track. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Tracks cut off
I have a few albums of MP3s whose last few seconds are cut off when I play them with Slimserver. The same files play perfectly fine on any other player. The log says stuff like: [15:47:09.6245] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1226) Warning: [15:47:09.6233] openSong: bitrate 128000 does not concur with duration 264 and size 4012666 at /usr/share/perl5/Slim/Player/Source.pm line 2038. I'm running SC7 on Debian etch; I had the same issue with 6.5.4. Any thoughts on how to fix this? I can upload one of the files if that will help in diagnosing. Thanks! -- eater eater's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13695 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41340 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What cache to delete to solve libary problems?
Using SlimServer 6.5.4 on Windows Vista and it's running fine. Only real problems are with the Music Library which refuses to accept some changes to tags, while most other changes are accepted. The choices of Look for New and Clear and Rescan simply do not dislodge some persistent errant entries, although those choices do correct others. I've worked my way through tags in Mp3tag dozens of times on these certain entries and tag data are just not the problem. I've seen references to clearing the cache files in SlimServer, but I can't quite figure out where the files are. In Windows Vista, there are two paths: Program FILES/SlimServer/server/CPAN/Cache and Program DATA/SlimServer/Cache under which there are four folders: Artwork, Filecache, MySQL and Templates. I am inclined to think the cache files to delete for rebuilding are those under the Program DATA folder, but which of the four folders or their subfolders do I delete? John -- JSharp JSharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13675 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
Inspiribomb wrote: As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about 10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for this. Thanks in advance! That's why I don't use EAC as the first cut. When it is in hyper careful mode, it takes a long time. I use something faster first, and if its perfect, I'm done. If there are problems, I use EAC. YMMV, of course. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
OK, this thread seems to back and forth about what DLNA role(s) it's talking about. In plain terms: I'm looking for a device, perhaps something like a Squeezebox. I've got music served up on an existing Windows Media Player infrastructure, and I'm planning on installing a Windows Home Server over Christmas. I wan't something kitchen (stereo already in place.) In DLNA terms, I think I want a PLAYER and CONTROLLER. I don't want to install more software on the PCs. Funkstar AndyG don't give me much hope that Squeezebox will ever do what I'm looking for. OK, I can look elsewhere, but I'm interested in what's behind it. What is this philosophy that's prevented this? Will the relationship between Slim Devices and Logitec (a DLNA member) change this? -- Burt_Harris Burt_Harris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14575 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tracks cut off
These sound like vbr files without the usual (Xing?) header specifying the correct duration. (Ie, players that need to know the track duration in advance have to parse the whole file simulating playback to find the length.) Did you use a really old encoder to make these? There are a variety of tools that fill fix that, but I dont know any offhand on Linux. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41340 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time to rip/convert a single CD to FLAC?
Wow, much better! Thank you! -- Inspiribomb Inspiribomb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14551 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41339 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 802.11n range question
Hello, I just got the SB set up yesterday and it is a very cool device for listening to tunes. The distance between my pc and computer seems to be an issue. Using a Linksys WRT54G router the sound cuts out, or gets more distorted, from time to time. Looking at the new routers it sounds like the new 802.11n routers get better range. Does anyone know if there would be an increase in range if one went to one of these routers? -- slack_ed slack_ed's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14560 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41342 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
DLNA provides a mere subset of what is available in Slimserver... I would think providing less functionality would be low on the list of things people want. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
Burt_Harris;251205 Wrote: . What is this philosophy that's prevented this? The SqueezeBox is a slim device. That was the name of the company before Logitech joined the party. The SqueezeBox is really dumb, all the brains are in the SlimServer (aka SqueezeCenter). I can't figure out from the dlna.org site what it really means to be DLNA compliant. If there is a market, I'm sure Logitech will have something. It might not be a squeezebox. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 802.11n range question
slack_ed wrote: The distance between my pc and computer seems to be an issue. Using a Linksys WRT54G router the sound cuts out, or gets more distorted, from time to time. Looking at the new routers it sounds like the new 802.11n routers get better range. Does anyone know if there would be an increase in range if one went to one of these routers? You can get better range on your WRT54G with DD-WRT. 11n may or may not help. It would help a lot if you could move to 5gHz and leave 2.4gHz for microwave ovens, bluetooth, etc. The current issue of PC Magazine reviews several 11n routers, and recommends against some. The diversity antennas on some newer routers also help. A big question is what format are your music files. The SqueezeBoxen handle MP3 and FLAC natively, so they are sent compressed. This doesn't impact range from an engineering view, but the compressed files can be buffered in the SB and so very short dropouts can be played through. Music that is sent uncompressed is very susceptible to dropouts because of network 'issues' -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DLNA Compliance?
Burt_Harris;251205 Wrote: Will the relationship between Slim Devices and Logitec (a DLNA member) change this? Good question, but it's not going to be answered by Logitech in these forums and it's unable to be answered by end users. Existing Squeezeboxes aren't likely to be made DNLA clients because of limited memory and CPU power, but that doesn't mean future products won't go there. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18295 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote: The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly. The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward behaviour. Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more I think about it the more sense it seems to make. Why not reverse the current logic so that a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long press skips to the previous or next track? This would be much more intuitive to me than the current behaviour. It would also make it much easier to seek within a track, since you would be able to control the 'seek' speed with brief presses instead of long presses. Anyone agree, or is it a stupid idea? Chris -- cbemoore cbemoore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=163 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wife wants to get rid of squeezeboxes...
Although I like the Netgear boxes, they are fairly simple to use I did find that the two different ones that I have had were both rather poor in terms of wireless coverage. I did notice that if I fixed the channel rather than let it auto decide it was better. I now have the Thompson hub branded as BT which they give out and this has a much greater range (and some quite useful features). If range is really a problem you could try replacing the antenna with a higher gain item. I noticed that Maplin (UK) have some alternatives. It will make the signal more directional though. I don't know the NAS but I did wonder if they are going through a browser election when you activate the laptop. I've heard of such causing network interruptions before with full servers rather than a NAS. How you'd stop that though I don't know. You can also run a network performance test I recall with SB3s which might also give you some more information. -- Zaragon Zaragon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41275 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Tune In Assistance Please
Thanks for much for this - it finally gave me the clue I need to tune in WXRT-FM from Chicago (follows exactly the same pattern). -- cak cak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11641 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34358 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
Why not reverse the current logic so that a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long press skips to the previous or next track? It did cross my mind too for a split second, as I often navigate through the now playing list to choose a song to skip to, rather than using the remote FWD key anyway. However, that would be a rather radical change that would catch many users out unaware. Perhaps an option could be added to swap the key actions. There's no reason why the FF single and hold actions can't be reversed via a custom key map file either. Phil ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
cbemoore;251239 Wrote: Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more I think about it the more sense it seems to make. Why not reverse the current logic so that a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long press skips to the previous or next track? This would be much more intuitive to me than the current behaviour. It would also make it much easier to seek within a track, since you would be able to control the 'seek' speed with brief presses instead of long presses. Anyone agree, or is it a stupid idea? Chris Not stupid, but I still don't like it. I've so far never used the fwd/rew functionality, but I regularly choose to skip a track when something bad comes up in a random playlist. Skipping track should be easy to access. I think the main issues here is really that the remote misses some buttons. Most remote controls for CD and DVD players have separate buttons for fwd/rev and next/prev track, the SB uses the same buttons which causes the user interface to be a bit strange. -- 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 Database Query 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=41235 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How to play ACC plus radio?
How to play an ACCplus radio stream? I want to play a radio stream at http://polskastacja.pl/play/aac_koledy.pls I'm running SS 6.5.4 on Windows XP box. I've got AlienBBC with the latest MPlayer. It plays fine in mplayer in command line. But, when I try to tune into the stream using slimserver it does not play. I have spent the whole day trying to set it up. I have even uninstalled SS 6.5.4, and installed the new 7.0 beta and new AlienBBC, but the result is the same. MPlayer plays it, and SS does not. Please help, Thanks -- MarcinKG MarcinKG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41346 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Happy newbie questions
Dear all, I just became a happy squeezebox owner - didn't find much of a sound improvement over my airport express w/ jack analog out, but the rest (access times, overall design, extensibility) is amazing. Just a few things I couldn't find info on: - Podcast plugin: where are the config parameters? (equivalent to iTunes' refresh frequency and whether you want to keep older episodes etc). Essentially I want the download to only happen at night as my bb plan has a decent off-peak quota. - Podcast pre-processing: my podcast sources have annoyingly differing sound levels - the sound levelling does not seem to compensate enough, so I was wondering if there is a way to set the replay gain in the podcast file after it is downloaded. - Live radio recording: would it be technically possible for a plugin to be instructed to record a stream from the squeezebox? As in, the program you are listening to becomes really interesting and you want to tape it. Thanks -- vincoz vincoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open SC 7 web interface page
After downloading SC nightly build 22 Dec, I have no problem running SC web interface page so far. -- auronthas Auronthas Tajima Power Conditioner #61614; Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 #61614; Van den Hul The Source #61614; Cambridge Audio 540A #61614; Van den Hul Goldwater / Ortofon SPK 200 #61614; Sonus Faber Concertino Domus Dell Inspiron 640m #61614; Window Vista #61614; SC 7.0 - 15528(Nightly release 22 Dec) #61614; Aztech DSL600EW (ADSL2/2, Wireless 802.11b/g 125Mbps 4-port ethernet router) SqueezeCenter Version: Firmware: 84 http://www.last.fm/user/auronthas/ auronthas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Inguz Room Correction Plugin
How many of you have used it? Is it worth the investment (in money, time and skill set)? -- vincoz vincoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14580 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41349 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to play ACC plus radio?
Maybe this will help: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AACplus -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41346 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Inguz Room Correction Plugin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41349 Question: Inguz Room Correction plugin - Highly recommend - Worth a try if you have time - Geek stuff only - Vaporware The Inguz plugin is many things to many people. A work of art in progress to me. This plugin introduced me to the intracasies of DRC. As a side benefit, (due to it's author) I'm engaged in all manner of research concerning sonics,overtone,room effect etc. . -- haunyack haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41349 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Nightmare Before Christmas
debscol;251052 Wrote: I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox... Have you made any changes lately? - hardware - software Tell us about your current setup. . -- haunyack haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is my Squeezebox 3 dead?
Just thought I would let you know that I have 2 SB3's and they have both failed, I havent used them this month, we went to use them a couple of days ago, and they are both dead. I'm als in Sydney (balmain). But I dont think its thunder. I am suspecting a firmware issue. Anyway, I am about to pull mine appart, so I will let you know what I find -- stuffa stuffa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is my Squeezebox 3 dead?
stuffa;251284 Wrote: Just thought I would let you know that I have 2 SB3's and they have both failed, I havent used them this month, we went to use them a couple of days ago, and they are both dead. I'm als in Sydney (balmain). But I dont think its thunder. I am suspecting a firmware issue. Anyway, I am about to pull mine appart, so I will let you know what I find So, do you know where the Squeezebox can be handed in for repairs in Sydney? I would really love to have the second in the bedroom! Cheers Matt -- matthijskoopmans LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/matthijskoopmans/ matthijskoopmans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Happy newbie questions
Welcome to the community. I hope you have as much fun with your SqueezeBox as I have with mine. I have attempted to answer your questions below: Podcast plugin - there are two ways you can listen to podcasts on a squeezebox. You can download them first, and stream them like any other file, or you can point to the podcast feed directly in SqueezeCenter (settings, advanced, podcasts). All podcasts still availble in the feed can be streamed directly, without downloading them first. Podcast pre-processeing - I guess you could do that only if you downloaded the podcast first, but you would need a separate applicaiton to set the gain levels per podcast. I would say that that is not worth the effort :) Live recording from internet radio - I doubt if it is possible from the SqueezeCenter end. Either SqueezeCenter streams the station as a proxy, or the SqueezeBox bypasses it and connects directly to the stream. There may also be legal considerations with such plugin. If you really want to record, you could hook a CD-Recorder to the digital output (I suppose) Cheers Matt -- matthijskoopmans LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkoop LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/matthijskoopmans/ matthijskoopmans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Happy newbie questions
vincoz;251265 Wrote: - Live radio recording: would it be technically possible for a plugin to be instructed to record a stream from the squeezebox? As in, the program you are listening to becomes really interesting and you want to tape it. Thanks There are, of course, other programs that can be used to record radio streams. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41347 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What cache to delete to solve libary problems?
Artwork, Filecache, MySQL and Templates. I am inclined to think the cache files to delete for rebuilding are those under the Program DATA folder, but which of the four folders or their subfolders do I delete? Try the MySQL folder - although I doubt this will fix your issue. If you do a full wipe and rescan, the tables are zapped and filled from scratch. If you're in doubt about wrong data showing up, give a second tagger a try, make sure mp3tag does show APE tags, too etc. These issues are almost always due to bad tags. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open SC 7 web interface page
Whenever i right click on SC tray icon to stop SC, the SC keep running. After second attempt, SC finally stop, but the following error 'Stopping SqueezeCenter failed, please see the Event Viewer Contact Support' pop out (attached image). It could be related to my previous problem, failed to load SC web interface page. +---+ |Filename: stop SC failed.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3903| +---+ -- auronthas Auronthas Tajima Power Conditioner #61614; Squeezebox 3 / Cambridge Audio 540C V2 #61614; Van den Hul The Source #61614; Cambridge Audio 540A #61614; Van den Hul Goldwater / Ortofon SPK 200 #61614; Sonus Faber Concertino Domus Dell Inspiron 640m #61614; Window Vista #61614; SC 7.0 - 15528(Nightly release 22 Dec) #61614; Aztech DSL600EW (ADSL2/2, Wireless 802.11b/g 125Mbps 4-port ethernet router) SqueezeCenter Version: Firmware: 84 http://www.last.fm/user/auronthas/ auronthas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12394 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41270 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't open SC 7 web interface page
SqueezeCenter failed, please see the Event Viewer Contact Support' pop And... what did the Event Viewer say? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 2 Annoying Issues (album playback and missing track 1)
Inspiribomb;251137 Wrote: Got it. I ripped one of my CD's using EAC as a FLAC file and it worked flawlessly. I still have the issue with the SB not finding track 1 for all my albums. I've only got 75 CD's to rip, so it'll be a nice relaxing Sunday getting it done right now. Thanks guys! The Track 1 missing problem went away for me only after I had re-tagged everything, deleted the cache and completely re-scanned. After that it hasn't ever reappeared. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41326 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:07:14 -0800, cbemoore [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote: The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly. The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward behaviour. Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more I think about it the more sense it seems to make. Why not reverse the current logic so that a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long press skips to the previous or next track? This would be much more intuitive to me than the current behaviour. It would also make it much easier to seek within a track, since you would be able to control the 'seek' speed with brief presses instead of long presses. Anyone agree, or is it a stupid idea? Changing tracks *is* intuitive, I would suggest keeping that the way it is. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
